Does anybody want any of these before I bin them?  

Free to a good home, just cover postage cost.

Had a chance to see the finished pictures for the new Ferrari 333sp, Ernie's social media team will be posting the pictures shortly and arriving shops soon.

   
Scalextric C4317 Honda Civic Type R - BTCC 2021 - Jade Edwards. RRP £49.99. Scheduled October-November 2022.

Following close behind the Gordon Shedden car (SlotRacer review here), a second livery on the new Scalextric Civic FK8 features the BTC Racing colour scheme raced by Jade Edwards in the 2021 BTCC...

       

Having made her debut in a one-off drive in 2020, Jade Edwards became the first female driver to contest a full season in the British Touring Car Championship since 2007. Driving the third BTC Racing entry - their second year with the new Civic FK8 - Jade had a tough first weekend at Thuxton with two retirements, but bounced back at Snetterton with her first point for fifteenth place in race three. That was no mean feat for a rookie driver in such a competitive series - and she became the first female driver to score in the championship since Fiona Leggate at Thruxton back in 2006.

       

A third-generation driver, Jade follows in the footsteps of her father - BTCC race winner Jim Edwards Jr - and grandfather and Clio Cup racer Jim Edwards Sr. She began her motorsport career with the 2006 Ginetta Junior series. Edwards’ first high-profile win came in 2014, when she won an Aston Martin GT4 Challenge race outright and was selected as an Aston Martin Young Driver for 2015. Jade would contest a number of selected British GT rounds, as well as winning the Hungary 12-hour in the car. Edwards rose to prominence in the Renault UK Clio Cup, which she contested until the series came to an end at the end of 2019. A seat in the BTCC was the obvious next step.

Quote:Racing in the BTCC is a childhood dream of mine, and is something that I’ve made no secret of working towards. I’ve been  in the paddock since I was 10 years old, either supporting my dad or competing myself-to now be racing in the main event is something I’ll never forget! PMR have a brilliant track record, and Adam has always shown support in my career, even sponsoring my Clio campaign in 2018, so it’s amazing to have the opportunity to work with them. The Astra has already proven its speed this season, so I’m itching to get out in it and see what I can do.

Her debut in the Astra at Silverstone was enough to catch the eye of BTC Racing and - with extra backing from sponsor PHSC -  a full season contract was signed. Interviewed by Steve Rider in August 2021, Jade was philosophical about her early progress in the top UK race series...



No more points came Jade's way in 2021 - although a string of consistent Sunday performances meant she was retained by BTC Racing in 2022, alongside Josh Cook and Jason Plato. With a season under her belt and the mentorship of Plato, Edward's 2022 campaign saw her much closer to the points at every weekend - although another fifteenth place (at Brands) was her best result. Extremely popular with fans and in the paddock, Jade is hoping for another crack at BTCC in 2023 and the opportunity for a breakthrough season.

Before that, Jade will have her 2021 Civic released by Scalextric - and raced on slot car tracks in living rooms and clubs around the world. Surely it doesn't get any better than that! She certainly looked rather pleased during this 2021 Xmas video...




The Jade Edwards Honda Civic is due to arrive with the next batch of cars from Scalextric. Keep an eye on the Scalextric website and retailers over the next couple of weeks. A big thank you to the Scalextric team for access to these images of the new car.

   

   

The club has its Annual General Meeting coming up on Wednesday 2 November - a 5-minute formality before the Nascar race begins. All our HO and Scalextric digital plans for 2023 are usually unveiled in plenty of time before then. So here we go...

Race Fees: Remain the same - £3 (£2 under-16s) for a Wednesday evening and a Saturday morning or afternoon session. A full Saturday costs £6 (£4 under-16s). There are no added costs to borrow club cars or controllers. Terry is working on 2023 season ticket prices, which will offer a small discount.

HO racing calendar: this is easy to remember - a meeting on the first Wednesday of every month, starting on 4 January 2023. As always, the three classes will run in turn - WHO Mod, WHO Nascar and WHO F1.

HO rule changes for 2023: There are a couple of changes and a 'watching-brief' planned for 2023...

• Firstly, the new ‘2019’ Micro Scalextric chassis will be eligible to race in WHO Tuners and WHO Mod next season, following testing at the Barn over the summer. There are some nice Aston Martin, Porsche 911 and Lamborghini Huracán bodies arriving this year - all of which will require racing numbers to be added.
  
• The second change is that the minimum tyre height restriction in Formula One will be removed for both the Tomy Super-G+ and Mega-G chassis. This follows some successful testing at the Barn in September.
  
• The brass-weighted F1 Classic Cup class will continue in 2023, but we will review this in 12 months if participation remains low.
  

As usual, all the HO regulations will be updated on the WHO website after the final race of the year in December: http://www.whoracing.org.uk/rules.html

   

The 22-page WHO Digital 2023 Guide will be published in pdf format here and on the club website next week. However, this is a summary of what's in store...

In 2023, we’ll continue to develop our digital racing by building on what we do best. That means continuing with our Scalextric Sport Digital system, RCS64 race management software and Truspeed controllers for all our WHO/digital racing. It also means enjoying the Scalextric cars and classes that have provided spills and thrills since 2014 - although we’ll be creating more defined themes and events in 2023.

• The WHO Digital GT Championship takes a big leap forward this year. The six GT teams will have three two-hour Wednesday night races in January, March and May - with a four-hour climax to the championship in June. That Saturday will begin with a GT club car rotation to get us nicely warmed-up.
  
• We’ll still have four of our Nascar & Pioneer Legends Wednesdays in February, April, July and August. These remain fantastic fun and are a perfect introduction to our Scalextric digital racing.
  
• Our traditional Digital Saturdays are now Tin-Top Saturdays and round off the year in November and December. They will feature a club car rotation, three-race BTCC competition, a Sierra-BMW team race, plus the Muscle Car Mondiale heats and feature format.
  
• The WHO Goodwood Revival is back in September 2023 with an identical schedule to the inaugural event. We’d like to add two more classes - a front-motor ready-to-run (RTR) GT pairs race and a 50’s sports car team race. To make sure we get to enjoy all the classes every year, we’ve created a Goodwood Members’ Meeting-style theme for our October Saturday…
  
• The Birkett Relay is a wacky event dating back to 1951. Each team runs a variety of cars during the race - and we will use this format to create a 4-hour team race that lets us enjoy cars from various WHO Digital classes, including Slot.it Group C. The day will start with a Goodwood class. The relay runs during the afternoon and includes at least one Goodwood team-race class.
  
• We're working with Gary to bring a Slot.it oXigen race day to the Barn on Saturday 12 August. Keep an eye out for more details.
  

We hope these different themes will give an exciting ebb and flow to the WHO/digital year.  As always, we’ve tried to make our events accessible for new racers and an enjoyable challenge for old-timers. Full participation is possible without owning any car - and every event begins with practice and a ‘Digital Driving School’ session.

Of course, if you have any questions about our HO or Scalextric digital racing - just ask.

I am fortunate in that our small village in the wilds of West Norfolk actually has a station on an electrified mainline - here to London in 1 hour 40 minutes so perfect for a short stay in the capital. First though it is necessary to navigate the weird world of train fares which change by the hour.

Using a tip given to me by a booking clerk, don't buy a ticket to where you actually want to go! I went to London to see a West End show this week. Standard off peak return to King's Cross £55.60. Changed the destination to Dartford on the other side of the river and it dropped to £42.10. So it is cheaper to go much further with two changes of train! You don't actually have to go to Dartford, just get off at King's Cross and ignore the onward journey which is exactly what I did.

Is it me that's crackers or the rest of the world? Nationalised British Rail was by no means perfect but at least you could understand the fare structure.

As in subject, my last design is a motor pod ,for SCX slot cars to accept mabuchi C130 motor,2 pin version with 2 pins,can drive .Endbell drive and long can are coming soon as well as the other version with single pin and hole

   

   

Thanks to those who helped out with their unwanted stock Pioneer rubber for our Legends cars. 

The squirrely blue car from the last meeting, ( https://slotracer.online/community/showt...50&page=12 ) fitted with the correct trued and 'diameter matched' tyres, behaved itself impecabbly to produce some great and very close racing. These run as sold, other than supergluing the wheels to the axles then truing up the wheels and sanding the tyres. Stock guides are retained with a nut and washer.

Thoroughly recommended   

   

N.B. 'Production' Pioneer bodies from the last round were switched back to the custom finished white-kit bodies.