[Kevan]

[Kevan]

[Kevan]

Race report and results - 7th May 2026 - 
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A good turnout tonight with seven of us racing but we did have another couple of club members turn up before racing but they left early.
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Saloons

   
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Six Prostock Class cars (alphabetic order)

• Brian - SlotIt Opel Calibra
  
• Chris - Scalextric/SlotIt Honda Civic type-R
  
• Geoff - Sideways BMW 320i Group 5
  
• Kev - SlotIt Opel Calibra
  
• Mike - Resin Jaguar XJ12C with a JS3D chassis
  
• Dave - Resin Jaguar XJ12C with a Kev 3D chassis
  

One Open Class car

• Paul - Scalextric Rover SD1 with an Andy’s brass chassis
  

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Heat #3 was the closest race tonight as Brian, Chris & Mike all finished within a lap of each other with Chris’s Honda crossing the line first.
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A couple of Broadspeed Jags raced by Dave & Mike, Dave’s car getting a better result in Yellow lane but Mike’s was better in Red & Blue lanes.
They did lineup side-by-side once, Heat #5 with Dave in Red lane and Mike in the middle Yellow lane.
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Paul considered racing a police Rover SD1 in the TV/Film event later in the evening but chose to race it in Saloons.  A best result in Blue lane finishing 2nd against Chris & Dave.
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Brian & Kev racing SlotIt Opel Calibras, nice running cars that always go well but Kev’s was too quick for Brian’s Opel to keep up.
A best run in Blue lane for Brian and a best run for Kev in Yellow lane for a change.
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Geoff decided to race his BMW Group 5, it’s had a long rest since the heady days of managing 6.2 sec lap times but it looked better each heat and was starting to look competitive in its last run in Blue lane.

   
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TV & Film cars (plus standard Scalextric Saloon type cars)

   
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Four Standard Class TV & Film cars (alphabetic order)

• Chris - Scalextric - James Bond 'Spy who loved me' Lotus Esprit
  
• Geoff - Scalextric - Blues Brothers Bluesmobile
  
• Kev - Scalextric - James Bond 'Spectre' Aston Martin DB10
  
• Mike - Scalextric - The Batman 2022
  

Two Modified Class TV & Film cars (alphabetic order)

• Brian - Pioneer - Dukes of Hazzard Dodge Charger
  
• Paul - Pioneer - Bullit Mustang GT390
  

One Standard Class car

• Dave - Scalextric Ford Mustang GT3
  

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TV & Film cars are obviously aimed at the collectors market but with a bit of tuning can make an enjoyable class of race cars even without the magnet.
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Dave said he’d never had any interest in TV & Film cars but did enjoy driving the big Mustang borrowed off Chris.
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Paul opted to race his Pioneer ‘Bullit’ Mustang for this event with a best run in Yellow lane.  This was the first of two Modified Class TV & Film cars.
The other was Brian’s Pioneer Dukes of Hazzard Dodge Charger which was much more competitive after its motor upgrade in Modified Class.
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The four Standard Class TV & Film cars varied dramatically in size with Chris’s James Bond Lotus Esprit probably a little smaller than Kev’s James Bond Aston Martin DB10, both dwarfed by the huge Bluesmobile Dodge Monaco and Batmobile 2022 of Geoff & Mike.
These cars all have standard Scalextric motor and gears with ponderous acceleration and mild brakes (especially once the cars are loaded with ballast to keep them in the slot in corners)
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Afterwards Brian remarked how enjoyable the racing was despite these being slow cars…and that was the whole idea when we originally talked about this class.

   
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Dave & Mike turned up with SRF F1 Sidecar kits to hand out to eager buyers.  These come with a sealed spec motor but will need wheels & tyres, gears + guide to get them up and running.
Interest is very high and it is expected that we’ll see some wild and wonderful colour schemes.
I’ve been asked by a few people outside the club for videos of these racing together (don’t worry there’s going to be plenty! ).
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Next week is Sports (including Small Sports and Group 5 Sports) followed by NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge 2026’ #4


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[Kevan]

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TV & Film cars racing

[Kevan]

Race report and results - 14th May 2026 - 
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A good turnout tonight with seven of us racing what was always going to be a night of fast racing with Sports and Moslers.
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Sports

   
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As we were all racing NSR Moslers in the second event the first lot of racing was anything but Moslers.
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Three Audi R18 LMP’s, a Porsche 956 Group C and a Ferrari 312PB made up the Prostock class.
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One scratchbuilt car and a Revoslot made up the Open class.
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There was a gradual spread of results through the field with close racing at times.

   
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NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge 2026’ #4

   
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Four ‘official’ entries and three ‘unofficial’ entries but every one a NSR Mosler.
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We had a pure ‘racing incident’ that happened so fast that blame was wrongly apportioned.  The slo-mo showed it was exactly a 50-50 incident as both cars travelling at full speed side-by-side in the left/right/left chicane collided as the rear of the car on the middle slid over the front end of the car in the outside lane causing the car in the middle lane to deslot at speed into the path of the car on the outside lane.  Sadly some things were said that were unnecessary and apologies have since been given.
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Apart from braids wearing out (it always seems to be on one side only), the Club Challenge Moslers have had zero repairs in over four years.
One car had a motor replaced last year but that’s all.
The tyres that are on the cars were put on for the first race in 2023, NSR Evo Supergrips, glued & trued, no tyre treatment whatsoever but they grip amazingly well as they have polished to a shine.
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It may be time for a motor swap as another club member is seeing a decline in performance.
Considering the amount of racing they have done, these have been amazing cars, introduced in January 2022, there’s not even one missing wing mirror!
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There were some amazingly close races with these tonight, well there should be as they’re all the same besides the paint scheme..and we all share the same controllers to race them.
Talking of controllers, it’s noticeable that no two people use the same settings on these shared controllers, with only sensitivity and brakes to adjust. You'd think we’d all find very similar settings… we don’t, they’re wildly different.

   
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Next week is Targa Florio night using all four tracks in the club room, one car each, 3 minutes on each Rally stage then finishing off with a three lane round-robin on BallaYorkley.
…a list of cars that raced in the Targa Florio is on the clubs Facebook page -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/manx.sca...4566038700


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[Kevan]

[Kevan]

[Kevan]

Race report and results - 28th May 2026 - 

• Club Revoslots
  
• F1 (including Grand Prix, Prewing F1 and Classic F1)
  
• SRF F1 Sidecars
  

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A great turnout tonight, nine of us and a pleasant summer evening near the end of TT practice week on the day it was announced that the Sidecar TT was cancelled for safety reasons…and the day we were to have our inaugural F1 Sidecar racing.
We had a quick conflab about the Sidecars, my original plan was to race those as an alternative class to the F1’s, Dave suggested running them at the end as he wanted to race the Club Revoslots and F1’s, so it was decided to shorten the racing of one of the other events and have a short round robin at the end for the Sidecars.
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Ed was back from his Safari… wearing his running shoes tonight, he meant business!
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Club Revoslots

   
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These are so close you will probably get on the podium if you have no deslots…but It’s rare that happens (no deslots that is).
Everyone went quickest with the yellow Marcos except Paul who was quickest with the red Porsche.
The closest race was the last heat as Brian and Dave finished four car lengths apart with Chris chasing them on the same lap until the last lap of the night when his Blue Viper had a deslot.

   
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F1 + Grand Prix + Prewing F1 + Classic F1

   
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Five NSR F1’s tonight, Andy’s wasn’t getting caught tonight but Chris’s NSR was flying round, I don’t think he’s ever managed a 6.0 sec lap with it before, Brian and Mike weren’t far behind him either but Brian’s consistency put him second behind Andy’s NSR.
Ed went well with his NSR too, especially in Blue lane where he usually struggles.
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A pair of Policar Classic F1’s, Dave & Geoff.
Dave’s Ferrari had grip problems, too much grip, which was making one tyre roll off the edge of one wheel; whilst Geoff’s Ferrari went as well as last time.
It’s fair to say we didn’t see what Dave’s Ferrari was really capable of.
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One Prewing F1 (Kev’s Lotus 24) which was the quickest of the ‘non NSR F1’s’ and one Grand Prix car (Paul’s Cartrix Porsche 804) with a Ninco NC1 motor which is Paul’s favourite motor.
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Everyone chooses to race the class they prefer, it doesn’t have to be the fastest to enjoy driving it.

   
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SRF F1 Sidecars

   
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As it stands, five of us have race-ready Sidecars and tonight was the inaugural race.
Some time was saved by shortening the Club Revoslots races and we had a round robin event of one minute heats.
First up were Mike (Red lane), Dave (Yellow lane) and Paul (Blue lane) for the very first race.  It was a fantastic race too with Mike & Dave within a few outfit lengths all race and all three outfits crossed the finish line about seven sidecar lengths apart albeit with Paul a lap down.
Kev’s fluoro green & pink sidecar was the one to catch, managing a 6.4 sec hot lap - these aren’t slow!
Geoff’s silver outfit was the first of the new SRF Sidecar owners to be built and driven and is going through the ‘ironing out the little problems’ stage.
These need super low profile front tyres if they’re using the supplied 3D printed wheel.  Some were using an alternative front alloy wheel, Kev used an old very worn down BSCRA foam tyre and wheel cut to 10mm wide.
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These are great fun to race, very forgiving, they all have the same motor - Slotcarmann 26k Harrier, which is more than quick enough for these outfits.

   
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It’s always good when something new works better than expected, three classes in one evening was a first and we all enjoyed it so we could do this going forward with slightly shorter races in the other two events.
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Three videos this week…enjoy!


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Next week is Saloons (including Small Saloons and Group 5 Saloons) followed by Sports (including Small Sports and Group 5 Sports).


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