A question for our friends across the pond ?
I believe that muscle cars of the 60's and 70's used 3litre or higher capacity engines, but is it a characteristic of ALL muscle cars ?
Were there any under 3litre capacity motor muscle cars ?

   

Our 2026 Scalextric digital season continues on Wednesday with another Nascar club car team race and Trans-Am pairs race - a perfect introduction to our digital racing formats and RCS64 race management software.

We do ask that new racers complete at least one (and preferably two) Nascar & Trans-Am evening to progress to our GT Championship and the Saturday events. During the evening we gradually introduce the tyre wear, fuel consumption and weather features of the RCS64 software. Team captains will get you up to speed with the nuts and bolts of digital racing - and to the subtleties of race strategy.

Doors open at 6.30pm for practice and digital driving school. Teams are allocated and we start racing with evenly-matched club cars as near to 7pm as possible. An hour of action is divided into three or four segments of either 15 or 20 minutes, including driver changes every five minutes. Teams swap cars at each break - winners with last place, second with fifth etc. After an hour of racing, total laps are added up and prizes awarded at around 8.30.

Trans-Am cars are back for the pairs race for 2026-8. Scalextric and Pioneer models of cars that raced in the Trans-Am series between 1966 and 1972 are eligible. The usual Trans-Am format is two 8-minute qualifying heats, with a driver change at half-distance. The cars completing the most laps in their 8-minute heat automatically qualify for a the feature race, the other six battle it out for the remaining places in an 8-minute ‘B-Final’. And that usually takes us up to around 9.30pm - or sometimes a little later.

The whole evening costs just £3 for adults and £2 for under-16s. All equipment is provided for the team race. Those without a Trans-Am car will need to negotiate to share a ride. We do ask that racers aged 13 and under bring a responsible adult with them.

Having already posted about my experience this year in regard to a very late retuned proxy cars from the US, it was a little amusing to have another late arrival from USPS this week.

This time it was an order placed on the 23rd December 2024 with Slot Car Corner for some Paul Guage tyres

They just arrived !!! 

First Class Postal service 

Is this really the first 1/24 purchase of the year?

A banana yellow BRM 911.

   
   
   

Hi,

This year we have 3 rounds.

The classes are the same as last year :-

Group B Peugeot 205 & Lancia S4.

Group 2 Porsche 914/2 Inline 

Group 4 Ford Capri and BMW 2.8CS

Best 2 rounds to count. 

Basic rules

SRC Unglued tyres only
SRC motors & gears only
SRC parts only except braid, wire and screws. 

Dates 
22nd March Wye Valley Abergavenny 
14th June Whitchurch slot rally club
11th October Wye Valley Abergavenny 

SRC are providing lots of prizes again. 

Any questions please ask. 
Phil.

           
hey slot car race fans! glad to check in here. bought my first d132 ten years ago, carrera's daytona set. cool. i added an f1 road course to the infield then ran out of space so put on my thinking cap and came up with the only solution: verticals. much anguish couldn't make it work in the space alotted. then i moved and purposed enough garage to do digital slot cars justice. after much experimentation, the Eclectic Electric Motor Speedway v2.5 skeleton is complete and the fast ghost cars clock in about twenty seconds per lap. here's a pic
not being one to color in the lines, you won't find climbing loops in many other designs if at all. scenery purists needn't bother; this track tempts the likes of speed racer or racer x. the build is documented on my free no ads no tracking website peterfisherbooks.com

Last year I posted a Future Proxy Questionnaire, and I received some good feedback regarding preferances of  car construction etc which I will endevour to incorperate into any new proxy.

I have reflected on the replies regarding Themes/topics over the last few months on my plans for the follow up for another one, and in regard to a new format have taken a lead from the CSCRA (Classic Slot Car Racing Association).

The basic era Classification regarding the rules are laid out mostly in decade format, across the prevailling Real Race Car series of the times. So I am thinking I could adopt a similar pattern for my next proxy adventure. The 1990's & 00's are not really covered as yet by the CSCRA, so I have just copied their general principals.

Decades Slot Car Race Proxies
Pre 60's - Sports/GT,  Saloon/Touring,  Front Engine F1/Indy
1960's- Sports/GT, Mini cars/  Saloons, early prototypes/ F1/Indy
1970's - Interseries, Special Production Cars, IMSA (GTU, GTO, Gr4/5)
1980's - Group C/ GTP, British Touring Cars Group 2, 1B, & A 
1990's - Global GT1 & GT2, Super Touring cars
Modern - GT3 Legends (2000-2015)/ Post 2015, DTM (1993-2018), BTC ( post 2000) Touring cars


Once a period/theme has been chosen from the list for the next proxy it will be removed from any future selection.

So I have attached another Questionnaire just to get your feedback on the most popular theme periods/topics
You don't have to be a current participating entrant to fill in the questionnaire, but I would prefer the opinions of those who are or who would like to enter a proxy based on this new format.

Principles of the new format
The new format will give the opportunity to look differently at the Classes within an Event and the technical rules which will apply. I will be closely following the CSCRA Technical Rules format whenever possible (for smooth running some details will be different because this is a proxy and not an open live event). With the exception of the ocassional Road Race which is outside this criteria as its based on Rally style single car running format, the above "Decade" proxies will be run  as a race of at least 2 cars against each other on each Round.
Compliance with the Technical Rules
The cars will be checked as they arrive for compliance to the rules and entrants advised immediately if there are issues to be resolved. In the event of non compliance at the beginning of the first round the cars will be allocated penalties proportional to the degree of non compliance and these will be applied at the end of the series (as deducted points from the total) unless the entrant chooses to fix the issue during the series (this may result in loosing points for a missed round).

Questionnaire Link
https://forms.gle/FxkR53qixaTpgdAp8

I would carefully consider these results and wishes of the entrants before continuing.

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