DIGITAL RACING TRACK DESIGN

81 May/June 2015 $6.95 Le Mans 1975 Gulf-Mirage

The Fastest Ferrari Porsche’s Winning 914/6 GT Tech Tips: Racing Rear Axles Russia’s Formula 1 Track On A Tabletop Le Mans: - 1981 Lola T600 - 1982 Ferrari 512BB

www.modelcarracingmag.com - 1972 Matra FLIP TO PG 7 to compare with the real car!

Innes Ireland in the Yeoman Credit-sponsored light green Lotus 19 (with wire wheels) on his way to second overall at the Bank Holiday Meeting, , England July 8, 1962.--- John Hendy photo

81 17 Race Tracks on a Tabletop 2-Lane Sochi, Russia Autodrom Plan for Sport, Classic, SCX, Ninco or Carrera (with optional 81 lane-changing) on a 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop by Robert Schleicher 19 Digital Racing CONTENTS Carrera Digital 132 Reliable Lane-Changer Location by Robert Schleicher

ON THE COVER: The Avant Slot 1/32 scale replica of the Gulf Mirage GR8-Ford that and Derek Bell drove to win LeMans in 1975. — LAT Photo

1/32 SCALE MODEL CAR RACING: 21 World Rally Cup Scalextric 2014 Volkswagen Polo R WRC by Albin Burroughs

7 Track Test 24 LeMans LeMans SRC (Slot Racing Company) 1981 Lola T600 Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8 by Albin Burroughs by Marc Purdham 10 Track Test Flyslot/Avant 1982 Ferrari 512BB LM by Marc Purdham 13 Tech Tips Slot.it Rear Axles for Flyslot cars by Robert Schleicher 14 Real Race Track Plans 2-Lane Sochi, Russia Autodrom Plan for Scalex- 27 Track Test tric Sport, Classic, SCX, Ninco, Carrera (with op- LeMans tional lane-changing) on a 10 x 18-foot tabletop. ScaleAuto “Homeset” 1980 by Robert Schleicher by Marc Purdham

4 Model Car Racing 28 TRACK TEST: Supertuned Racers, Part 117: Magnet-Free: ScaleAuto “Homeset” 1980 Porsche 935 by Marc Purdham

56 LeMans SRC (Slot Racing Company) 1971 Porsche 914/6 GT by Bill Wright HO MODEL CAR RACING: 30 LeMans SRC (Slot Racing Company) 1972 Matra MS670B 18 Track Plans by Bill Wright 4-Lane Sochi, Russia, Autodrom for 4 x 8-Feet by Robert Schleicher 33 Historic Racing LeMans 1972 in 1/32 Scale 34 Track Test AFX Mega G+ by Brad Bowman DEPARTMENTS: 6 Editorial: It’s My Sandbox 48 Club Directory 49 Pit Board 50 All New 2015-2016 From The Toy Fairs 36 Your Track On Your Tablet: Art Tschinkel’s 7 x 22-foot Three-Lane Wood Model Car Racing is now available for iPad or Kindle. Just click on the Ring Raceway Apple iTunes icon and search for Model Car Racing to order individual issues, subscriptions or a limited number of back issues. There’s more 38 Race Car Shop information on page 56 of this issue. Pattos 1961 Lotus 19 on Slot.it HRS/2 Where To Buy Model Car Racing Products: Dealers: A listing of the addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, 39 Tech Tips and websites of all the dealers that carry Model Car Racing magazine Trimming Clear Plastic Bodies appears on our website at www.modelcarracingmag.com Manufacturers: A listing of the addresses and websites of firms that 41 Tech Tips manufacture model car racing products appears on our website at Assembling the Slot.it HRS/2 Chassis www.modelcarracingmag.com: 43 Tech Tips Painting Clear Plastic Bodies More Information: There is an Index of all of the past issues, a Digest of the results of the 44 Home Racing first 269 cars in our Race Track Test series, Pros and Cons of plastic track by brand, the Pros and Cons of the four digital systems, Pros and Scalextric 1967 VW Type 1 Bus Cons of 1/43 scale and an index of the 157 previously published track by Robert Schleicher plans, by size, on our website at www.modelcarracingmag.com. 46 Club Racing Handicap Racing Equality by Jack Robinson

Model Car Racing 5 Clear Plastic ���������������������� It’s My Sandbox A Body In Clear Plastic on the outside. The downsides are that the panel lines around the hood and doors are less visible and you will The differences between toy cars and serious miniature There’s more on the history of clear plastic bodies in want to apply a clear coat. To me, the model is far more replicas (models, is the word we use) has diminished. the March/April 2015 number 80 issue but, briefly, they realistic and it is much easier to paint the body on the Today, the big box stores sell die-cast cars that are ac- were a product of the sixties to produce quick and in- outside---painting on the inside means you work back- curate down to the last pinhead-size sponsor logo. We expensive reproductions of current race cars. The clear wards, applying decals, then the detail lines around the expect that kind accuracy from our 1/32 and HO cars- plastic body companies could carve, mold, and sell a window frames, followed by the color coat. To be truly --and the manufacturers deliver. The difference is that replica of a current race car within months of the full- “retro” the body should be painted on the inside be- our cars really do run and they can be controlled al- size car appearing on the tracks. Firms, like Revell, cause that’s the way it was done back in the day. Today, most as precisely as full-size race cars. Monogram, Cox and Atlas were producing injection- that’s not a match for the realism of the cars you can molded cars and bodies but it took about a year for For most of the twentieth century a hobby was defined race out of the box. them to reach the market (today, the time lag is more as something that required a builder. You could not buy like two years from the time a manufacturer sends cad Unless you discover a car that you just have to have, really fast ready-to-run slot cars, and, the slot cars of files to China until the time the container arrives with there’s no reason to build one. However, that car you the sixties from firms like Revell, Monogram and Cox, the finished models). want maybe one that no one has made as a ready-to- were sold as kits. Sure you could buy a ready-to-run run. Chances are, there’s a clear plastic or cast resin or Revell Stingray but every slot car racer knew that the Most of the clear plastic bodies are manufactured by 3D-printed body (like the TDR tdrmodels.com /models kit produced a better car (although that’s not actually simply heating a sheet of clear plastic so it is pliable kit) available in 1/32 scale. The techniques to paint and true). But the ready-made cars were not decorated any enough to conform to a male replica of the body. The mount a clear plastic body on a modern chassis on pages more realistically than the cars you built. Most were un- clear plastic is clamped in a frame and lowered over the 38-43 are relatively simple and you’ll have the satisfac- painted plastic. A few had hand-applied decals. Most body while a vacuum pump beneath the body pulls the tion of racing a car that no one can buy at any price. had self-adhesive labels for the numbers and stripes. nearly-molten plastic over the body mold to wrap the Scalextric and Carrera were that same toy-like plastic. clear plastic tightly around the mold. The body mold is Volume 14, Number 3 (issue number 81) However, a couple of small Spanish firms, Ninco (in cooled, then pried from the clear plastic, leaving the and 1993) and Fly, decided to apply realistic silk-screened exact replica of the body molded into the clear plastic. May/June 2015 markings on the cars and jump-started the hobby we There are two advantages to the clear plastic body: 1. Publisher: Technical Editor: know today, with the realism we expect. The Ninco 155 The windows are already clear so the body can be paint- Robert Schleicher Chris Walker Alfa Romeo lured me back into the hobby in 1997. The ed leaving the windows clear and 2. Because the plastic accuracy and precision of the paint and markings on Editor: Track Test Editor: is clear you can paint the body on the inside and the today’s ready-to-race 1/32 scale cars makes it frustrat- Robert Schleicher Marc Purdham clear plastic will protect the paint and markings. ing for those of use who like build our own cars because Layout & Design: Aaron Tipton - [email protected] we cannot hope to make our models as accurate. I have a personal grudge against clear plastic bodies, however, and it’s that very clear plastic that I do not like. Contributing Editors: There is something very special about building your When you paint the body on the inside (as the maker Mark Gussin Alan Schwartz Dan Esposito own slot car. There are still hundreds of cars that have intended) that “clear coat” would be over an inch deep Dan Wilson Bernard Pat Dennis not been mass produced and hundreds more that have (when enlarged 32-times). That’s a lot of wax! That ul- Brad Bowman Sampson been produced but with older and very inaccurate bod- tra-depth is distracting because it looks deep and there Jeremy Dunning Jason Boye ies. The Lotus 19 on pages 38-43 is an example. Strom- is the refraction you would see if looking at the details becker made the car as a kit (with an injection-molded Editors Emeritus: through an inch-deep layer of water. The concept of plastic body and chassis) and as a ready-to-run in the Rocky Russo Bill Sipple Albin Adams having clear plastic protect the paint makes sense if sixties and seventies but the body was incorrect. I want- Jose Rodriguez Jim Russell you are racing on a commercial track where the car ed a Lotus 19 and I was willing accept Strombecker’s Bob Braverman Ron Klein might hit the wall at a real 10-miles-an-hour, but the shortcomings. However, I also wanted a “retro” car and 1/32 scale cars seldom have that kind of impact. There Circulation & Dealer Contact: that presented an opportunity to build the model with is no reason why a clear plastic body cannot be painted email: [email protected] a clear plastic body. Model Car Racing Publications, Inc. 6525 Gunpark Drive, Suite 370-142 Clear Plastic Body Suppliers Today: Boulder, CO 80301-3346 website: www.modelcarracingmag.com True Scale Products (http://truescaleproducts.com) • ELEB-026 1/32 scale 1969 Ferrari 512M produces sixties and seventies-era PETG bodies. Both Coupe clear plastic body Model Car Racing (USPS 020-443, ISSN 1538-9170) is published bi- accurate 1/32 scale and some that are lower and wider Master craftsman Lloyd Asbury made this monthly by Model Car Racing Publications, Inc., 6525 Gunpark Drive, Suite 370-142, Boulder, CO 80301-3346. Copyright 2015, Model Car for commercial racing. The bodies are very clean and body for M.A.C. in 1970, and has now Racing Publications, Inc. the detail is excellent. helped re-issue this classic. Individual issue price $6.95. 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6 Model Car Racing Race Tracks on a Tabletop: 2-Lane Sochi Autodrom on a 5 X 9-Foot Ping-Pong Tabletop for Scalextric Classic, Sport, SCX or Ninco, and For Carrera with (Optional) Digital Lane-Changing

These plans are much-modified versions of the Sochi Autodrom, site arrows and numbers 0 through 2 indicate the elevation of the track of 2014 Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix, on pages 14-16. These plans fit above the tabletop through the 360-degree turn T4. nicely on one 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop but they can be expanded in length by adding four sets of straight track sections at the points ½½ Digital Racing Systems marked “L” on plans. There is room on the plans for Scalextric, SCX and Ninco track for three of the double lane-change track sections at “X” on the plan. The plans include that odd 360-degree turn 4 that was expanded from the 200-degree turn on the full-size track for the 1/32 scale version. The Carrera plan does not show any locations for the Carrera lane- Turn 4 effectively increases the length of the straight from 5 to 15-feet changers, however, two of the Carrera Digital 132 number 30347 dou- on the Scalextric/SCX/Ninco version and the straight on the Carrera ble lane-changers could be located on the main straight between urns version from 4 1/2-feet to 13-feet on this plan. Turn T4 also rises to T19 and T6. cross over itself to make the full 360-degree travel possible. The small

For 2-Lane Sochi Autodrom on a For 2-Lane Sochi Autodrom on a TRACK PLAN 5 X 9-Foot Ping-Pong Tabletop: TRACK PLAN 5 X 9-Foot Ping-Pong Tabletop: List of Scalextric Classic, Sport, SCX or Ninco Track Required List of Carrera Track Required Key Quantity Description Key Quantity Description Key Quantity Description Key Quantity Description H 0 1/2 Standard Curve E 0 1/4-Straight H 2 20577 1/2 Inner Curve R1 E 4 20612 1/4-Straight S 6 Standard Curve D 2 1/2-Straight S 6 20571 Inner Curve R1 D 0 20611 1/3-Straight O 24 Outer Curve B 6 Full-Straight O 9 20572 Middle Curve R2 B 5 20509 Full-Straight OO 4 Outer-Outer Curve A 2 Connector Track OO 18 20573 Outer Curve R3 A 2 20583 Connector Track (analog) F 0 “Short” Straight OOO 0 pr. 20578 Outer-Outer Curve R4 L Track can be expanded in length by adding matched pairs of straight track L Track can be expanded in length by adding matched pairs of straight track sections here. sections here. T Turns on the model versions of the track T Turns on the model versions of the track X If you are assembling the track with Scalextric Digital, 1 1/2 straights at this point can be replaced with the C7036 double-crossover straight lane-changer plus a half straight. If you are using NINCO N-Digital, the 40207 double Lane-changers can be substituted for any standard straight. To build the plan with NINCO track you will need about 10-percent more space and you may need some additional short straights to get everything to line up properly.

Model Car Racing 17 Race Tracks For Your Home: HO 4-Lane Sochi Autodrom for a 4 X 8-Foot Tabletop ■■By Robert Schleicher

This Sochi Autodrom is based on the full-size Sochi Autodrom, site of The majority of the HO plans in the magazine cram as much track as 2014 Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix, on pages 14-16 of this issue. This possible into that 4 x 8-foot area. Any of them would be more enjoyable plan mimics the shape of the full-size race track, including that unusual to race on with the straights longer than the typical six-feet or so. It can 360-degree turn 4 that was expanded from the 200-degree turn on the be difficult to design a plan for, say, 4 x 16-feet that can be shrunk to fit full-size track. Turn 4 effectively increases the length of the straight a 4 x 8-foot area. So we present them as compact as possible and hope from 6 to 14-feet. Turn T4 also rises to cross over itself to make the full that you’ll expand them to 4 x 10 or 4 x 24-feet to get those exciting 360-degree travel possible. The small arrows and numbers 0 through 20-foot straight-aways. Most of the plans are marked with “L” letters 2 indicate the elevation of the track above the tabletop through the indicated just where to insert the additional sets of straight track sec- 360-degree turn T4. tions to expand the track to any length.

TRACK PLAN HO 4-Lane Sochi Autodrom in 4 x 8-feet AFX Track Sections Required Quantity Description Quantity Description 0 6-inch 45-degree Curve 19 12-inch 45-degree Curve 4 9-inch 45-degree Curve 9 15-inch 45-degree Curve 7 9-inch 90-degree Curve 9 18-inch 45-degree Curve

18 Model Car Racing Digital Racing Carrera Digital 132 Reliable Lane-Changing The Carrera lane-changers seem to be completely reliable. When you press the lane-changer button on the controller and the car crosses onto the lane-change section the flap opens and the car moves into the other lane. There are, however, some unusual circumstances that can prevent the lane change signal from operating properly.

The Carrera Digital 132 lane-change sensor is a small bulb on the edge of the lane-change section about 1/8-inch to the left of the slot. All of Carrera Digital cars have a sending sensor located about 1/8-inch to the left of the car.

Model Car Racing 19 If the car is not directly over the sensor, however, the signal can be lost and the When the car passes the onto lane-change section the two sensors are directly changer will not operate. When the lane-change section is a straight, there should above one another and the signal that is transmitted opens the lane-change flap. be no problem, however, if the car is entering the lane changer from a curve, particularly one of the tighter R1 “standard” curves, the car may be sliding sideways enough so the sensor bulb in the car is not directly over the sensor bulb in the track.

There are two solutions: the obvious one is to slow down when entering the lane-change section so the car is straight. The alternate solution is to insert a piece of straight track between the curve and lane-change track to give the car a few inches to straighten-out before it enters the lane changer. The straight can be one of the 20612 ¼-straights, a 20611 1/3 straight or a full 20509 straight. To maintain track alignment a second straight the same size will need to be inserted in the track 180-degrees from where you inserted the first section.

20 Model Car Racing Track Tests 1. “OUT-OF-THE-BOX” 2. MAGNET-FREE, Supertuned Racers, Part 117 Scale Auto “Homeset” 1980 Porsche 935J DRM

■■by Marc Purdham

Scaleauto has a series of super-quick cars with chassis that are fitted with ScaleAuto 1980 Porsche 935 separate motor pods. However, ScaleAuto has also started a new “Homeset” The Prototype The size the model should The dimensions of the series of lower-cost cars with one-piece chassis. The ScaleAuto “Homeset” SPEC SHEET (the real car): be in 1/32 scale: ScaleAuto model: cars are designed to match the performance of the other 1/32 scale mod- Length 192.5 in. 6.02 in. (152.9 mm) 5.96 in. (151.2 mm) els with one-piece chassis and sidewinder SP-size motors, including the Scalextric and Flyslot cars. There’s more information on the ScaleAuto 1980 Width: 578.3 in. 2.45 in. (62.1 mm) 2.56 in. (6.0 mm) Porsche 935J DRM in the in the January/February 2015 number 79 issue. Height: 47.2 in. 1.48 in. (37.4 mm) 1.51 in. (38.4 mm) Wheelbase 89.7 in.. 2.80 in. (71.2 mm) 2.87 in. (72.7 mm) We tested the ScaleAuto “Homeset” car with the downforce magnet Track, Front: 63.9 in. 2.00 in. (50.8 mm) 1.78 in. (45.1 mm) in place and, again, with the magnet removed. Out-of-the-box (with Track, Rear: 62.0 in. 5.02 in. (127.4 mm) 1.98 in. (50.3 mm) downforce magnet and stock ) it is not the quickest in its class but, among the lower-priced machines, it is by far the fastest---only Tires, Front: NA 1.94 in. (49.2 mm) 10.0 x 19.6 mm the more sophisticated Slot.it, NSR, Ninco ProRace and Fly cars with Tires, Rear: NA NA 12.1 x 22.2 mm separate motor pods can beat it. Weight: 1,025 kg. NA 78 grams (2 3/4 oz.) Weight on Front Tires: 25 grams (7/8 oz.) Running magnet free the ScaleAuto “Homeset” is one quick car. It out performed all of the more expensive cars with separate motor pods. It Weight on Rear Tires: 53 grams (1 7/8 oz.) makes the concept of a separate motor pod a questionable benefit---this Magnetic Downforce on Carrera: 105 grams (3 1/2 oz.) simple-once-piece (but rigid, chassis keeps the torque generated by the Magnetic Downforce on Scalextric: 195 grams (6 1/2 oz.) motor and tires under control. The car is very well balanced with the Ground Clearance on Carrera: 1.2 mm (.060 in.) gearing matched nicely to the motor output. All of the tests we have per- formed on cars without downforce magnets have also included replacing Ground Clearance on Scalextric: 1.1 mm (.055 in.) the rear tires with silicones. We could find no silicone or urethane tires to Pickup Lead (pivot to rear axle): 87.5 mm (3.45 in.) fit the ScaleAuto wheels on the Porsche so we replaced the complete rear Gear Ratio: 3.27:1 (11/36) axle assembly with Slot.it components that produce the same gear ratio and provided wheels that can be fitted with Super Tires silicones that are SOURCE: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com close to the same diameter and width as the ScaleAuto tires.

Model Car Racing 27 Model Car Racing Track Test: 36-foot Scalextric 36-foot Carrera "Out-of-the-Box" Lap Times Indy F1 Course: Indy F1 Course: ScaleAuto Homeset 1980 Porsche 935 3.71 sec. 3.98 sec. Slotwings 1982 Ferrari 5 12 BB LM 4.42 sec. 4.35 sec. Slot.it 1998 Porsche 911 GT1-98 3.26 sec. 3.28 sec. Fly “Evo 3” 1998 Porsche 911 GT1/98 3.24 sec. 3.52 sec. Racer “Sideways” 1979 Lancia Beta 3.61 sec. 3.82 sec. Montecarlo Turbo NSR 2010 Porsche 997 GT3 3.80 sec. 3.63 sec. Flyslot “Alpha” 1970 Ferrari 512S (INLINE) 4.05 sec. 4.35 sec. Carrera 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 4.13 sec. 3.93 sec. Scalextric 2010 Corvette C6R GT2 4.02 sec. 4.63 sec. NINCO ProRace 2005 Toyota Supra JGTC 3.81 sec. 3.74 sec. NOTES: The lap times and other test results for all of the track tests in the first 78 issues are available on the website www.modelcarracingmag.com under “Model Resources”, then click on the link “Race Car Test Results”. We performed a full Model Car Racing Track Test on the Slotwings 1982 Ferrari 512BB LM in the May/June 2014 number 75 issue, on the Slot.it 1998 Porsche 911 GT1-98 in the November/December 2013 number 72 issue, The ScaleAuto Porsche 935J DRM has a simple one-piece chassis with a sidewinder on the Fly “Evo 3” 1998 Porsche 911 GT1/98 in the March/April 2006 number 26 issue, motor and a single downforce magnet just ahead of the motor. on the Racer “Sideways” 1979 Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo Group 5 in the March/April 2013 number 68 issue, on the NSR 2010 Porsche 997 GT3 in the September/October 2012 issue, on the Flyslot “Alpha” 1970 Ferrari 512S in the July/August 2012 number 64 issue, on the Carrera 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 in the July/August 2012 number 64 issue, on the Scalextric 2010 Corvette C6R GT2 in the March/April 2012 number 62 issue, in the SCX 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 in the March/April 2012 number 62 issue, the Carrera 2009 Morgan Aeromax in the January/February 2008 number 48 issue and the NINCO ProRace anglewinder 2005 Toyota JGTC Supra in the March/April 2006 number 26 issue.

½½ Shoot-Out: MODERN LE MANS CARS

Model Car Racing Track Test: 36-foot Scalextric 36-foot Carrera "Magnet Free" Lap Times Indy F1 Course: Indy F1 Course: ScaleAuto Homeset 1980 Porsche 935 4.66 sec. 4.13 sec. Slotwings 1972 Ferrari 512BB LM 4.89 sec. 4.77 sec. Flyslot 1970 Ferrari 512S 5.22 sec. 4.97 sec. We replaced stock ScaleAuto rear axle with these Slot.it components to be able to fit silicone rear tires for the magnet-free tests. Slot.it “Reloaded” 1999 Audi R8C 5.22 sec. 4.34 sec. Slot.it Rear Axle Parts: Sloting Plus 2003 Reynard 2KQ LM 5.17 sec. 4.62 sec. Scaleauto 2008 Radical SR9 5.52 sec. 5.02 sec. • SIGS1936 Gear 36-tooth Sidewinder 19mm (purple) NINCO 2007 Honda NSX Super GT with NC-6 • SIPA90Als 17.3 x 10 mm wheels with inserts 5.52 sec. 4.26 sec. motor and Slot.it 3.60:1 gears • SIPA02 Bearings Fly 1996 Ferrari F40 5.83 sec. 4.79 sec. • SIPA01-51 Axle 51 mm Avant Slot 2006 Audi R10 TDI LeMans 5.24 sec. 4.96 sec. NOTES: • SIPA47 Spacer Washers The lap times and other test results for all of the track tests in the first 78 issues Super Tires: are available on www.modelcarracingmag.com under “Model Resources”, then click on the link “Race Car Test Results”. The Slotwings 1972 Ferrari 512BB LM • 1408RC silicone tires was Race Track Tested in the July/August 2014 number 76 issue, the Flyslot 1970 Ferrari 512S in the September/October 2012 number 65 issue, the Slot.it “Reloaded” 1999 Audi R8C was Race Track Tested in the May/June 2012 number 63 issue, the Sloting Plus 2003 Reynard 2KQ LM and Scaleauto 2008 Radical SR9 in the March/ April 2011 number 56 issue, the NINCO Lamborghini Gallardo with 2.38:1 gearing in the September/October 2010 number 53 issue, the NINCO Honda NSX Super GT car with Slot.it 3.60:1 gearing in the September/October 2006 number 29 issue, the Fly Ferrari F40 in the September/October 2008 number 41 issue and the Avant Slot Audi in the November/December 2007 number 36 issue.

28 Model Car Racing The Slot.it rear axle assembly snaps-into the ScaleAuto chassis.

Model Car Racing 29 30 Model Car Racing and Henri Pescarolo on their way to winning LeMans in 1972. — LAT Photo

Model Car Racing 31 Your Track Art Tschinkel’s 7 X 22-Foot 3-Lane Wood "Ring Raceway" Ring Raceway is the kind of track most of us dream of. For Art, it was the culmination of decades of experience building and racing---it is as good as it gets.

Art Tschinkel’s The Ring is a 7 x 22-foot three-lane track routed from 3/8-inch MDF face elevation change is just 7-inches but it appears greater. The average board. race surface height from the floor is 2-feet 9-inches. ■■By Art Tschinkel ½½ Routing & Support Structure The current version of the Ring is thefift h custom routed wood track For efficiency I used three routers, one mounted on an adjustable ra- and the sixth track that I’ve built for myself. I’ve also built or routed dial arm to cut the outside track edge, one set up with a jig using two tracks for others. Briefly, the Ring is a private three-lane custom routed adjustable bearings to cut the outside lane and one with a stepped base scale model slot car race track occupying a footprint of approximately (3, 3½ and 4-inch spacing) for center and inside lane routes as well 7 x 22-feet. The track surface is constructed from 3/8-inch MDF routed as edges and ditches. I had Luf Linkert’s ( [email protected]) flexible strip using a 1/8-inch flat bit sunk 1/4-inch deep. The track ‘floats’ on open to guide the router around the larger curves and spirals, some 8-foot grid bench work and is fully sceniced using a cloth soaked Hydrocal strips of 1/8-inch hardboard to guide router down straights plus the hard shell base over cardboard strips. There are 1/8-inch thick borders most warped piece of strapping I could find, and from scrap MDF. I raised an average of 1 1/4-inches above the track surface around the also made an ‘S’ shaped template to route each lane for the squeeze so outside of lanes to keep the deslotted cars off the floor. The three lanes that all three lanes would be identical. are spaced 3 1/2-inches apart but for the single squeeze where spac- ing drops to just 1-inch. Lane lengths are very close (blue is 72-feet If you are an experienced and capable woodworker with the necessary 2 ¾-inches, yellow is 72-feet 3-inches and red is 72-feet 2 7/8-inch- tools and wish to try to route your own track there are no shortage of es) and the number of left and right turns are identical. Outside skid tutorials elsewhere if you need them. But I will assume that no one with aprons are at least 6-inches wide. Three overpasses provide a minimum little routing experience would take on this critical component of such clearance of 3 ¾-inches, enough for Fly Euro Trucks. Total track sur- a large project...

36 Model Car Racing The frame supporting this track is nothing spe- • Have any lane with a diameter less than 12-inches (12-inches is already a hairpin) cial. The table is an open grid of pine (1x4s & 1x2s) with spruce (2x4s) legs assembled like the • Have lane spacing less than 3-inches anywhere but bracing for an outdoor patio or deck. The edges for a squeeze of track are covered with a cloth skirt. A shelf • Place any scenic element (i.e. guardrails, was made underneath for storage. The track was stacks, hay bales, trees) closer than 6-inches on painted using a standard roller and mid range the outside of any corner or the exit of any corner flat latex paint. Dollar store acrylic paints were • Make straights perfectly straight used to paint the ‘patches’, skid marks, lines and DO: Art assembled this jig with clamps and scrap wood race driver tributes. ½½ • Endeavor to make your lanes as even in length as to keep the routed slots in alignment at the joints possible between the MDF panels while the track was The track is wired positive. This track was attached to the open-grid bench work with flathead ‘taped’ using Venture Tape (www.venture- • Place all driver stations along the same vantage wood screws. tape.) MasterFoil Plus 7/32-inch width and ‘area’ (i.e. The same side of track) but not too close together (alternate driver hookups spread around .038 mm thick (red core) part no. 1750. Four any track are great for practice or those times that soldered ‘power taps’ ensure continuous just a few of you are having some fun) and uninterrupted power throughout from a Pyramid 30 amp adjustable power sup- • Ensure the last corner before your main timing straight is either an ‘easy’ corner to drive or a ply. Trackmate (slotmaster.com) hardware hairpin to minimize the frequency of cars hopping and SlotTrak ( http://slottrak.com/) software into an adjacent slot as ‘riders’ provide the timing while Trackmate driver • Incorporate at least one high speed corner, one stations ensure easy controller hookup via al- hairpin, one long straight and one squeeze zone ligator clips or banana plugs. As racing is a priority at this track, the racer’s sightlines and • Have lane spacing of at least 3 1/2 or 4 inches in the area directly in front of driver stations. ease of marshalling were kept in mind during The scenery is a variety of model railroad products the construction of the track. • Remember that the higher speed corners require from firms like Woodland Scenics. greater lane spacing than just 3-inches Model railroading inspired the scenic ‘dimen- sion’. The hay bales are, of course, from Dart Hobbies (http://darthobbies.com/) SB0101 Urethane Straw Bales and tire stacks number TS0101 Urethane Tire Stacks. But for a hand- ful of recognizable items (mechanics, offi- cials, spectators and pit accessories, half tires, guardrails, signage posts and seven ‘Klein- bahn’ HO light posts, everything is scratch- Trackmate (slotmaster.com) hardware and SlotTrak built from wood or styrene or cast from either (http://slottrak.com/) software is used for lap counting plastic, resin or urethane. All but five trees are The overpasses have 3 ½-inches of clearance so the and timing with displays on a monitor (upper center). hand made, including various birches, aspens racers can use Fly racing trucks. & hemlocks. Don’t overlook what raw scenic materials you can find in your local green belt or at the bottom of a Muskoka lake.

Some of the DO’s and DON’Ts I followed:

½½ DON’T: • Cram too much track into your space • Less is more All of the buildings are scratchbuilt from bass wood and styrene sheets and strips. • Use mechanical lane switchers or other ‘gimmicks’ The pit complex is wide enough so cars can be parked • Use lane cross-overs/switches or ‘crisscrosses’ in front of the buildings with their pickups inserted in (unless you are building a digital track) inch-long slots. • Try NASCAR style banked turns with corners having an outside diameter of 6 feet or less

• Have ANY ‘humps’ (depressions are fantastic and achieve the same thing) or abrupt elevation change • Incorporate any very tight fixed radius ‘kink’ in the middle of any long straight The hay bales are • Have ‘shortcuts’ that dramatically favor any lane The three lanes are spaced an extra half-inch apart at available at Dart Hobbies • Place corners or brake zones in obstructed areas the driver stations so the driver’s picking up their cars (www.darthobbies.com) will not accidentally hit a passing car. SB0101 painted as shown • Place corners in unreachable spaces in the July/August 2013 • Have more than one squeeze zone number 70 issue.

Model Car Racing 37 Start Here Handicap Racing: You Can Be Racing By The Weekend! Racing is more fun if you really do have a chance to win. But many of us just do not have the skills or the time make it to the podium. So, some of the more successful clubs have devised systems where every driver has a chance. The editorial in the March/April 2008 number 38 issue described the handicap concept; The British used to do it with full-size cars in the forties when there just weren’t enough equal cars around to “make” a race. They called it “scratch” racing. Dirt track midgets have a similar system of “inverted starts” where the fastest qualifier is at the back, the slowest at the front. Simply, the faster cars (and/or drivers) were given a handicap. A “perfect” handicap system would allow an entry of 20 cars to cross the finish line at exactly the same moment. Obviously, no system could be that perfect, but that was the goal. “Performance Parity” perhaps? If winning is everything, you won’t give this much thought. If having fun is important, consider it, at least. Close competition is more fun for everyone, even the champions. The Basement Racers Auto Group (B.R.A.G.---P.O. Box 1804, Hutchinson, Kansas 67504-1804) has devised a simple system that has allowed their club to grow and prosper…

■■By Jack Robinson

This is a step-by-step blueprint that will equip you to build your own drives three warm-up laps. Upon completion of the third warm-up lap, racing program from start to finish. We’ll begin with the basic frame- he is to stage at the starting line, ready to qualify… work for slot car racing and finish with all the “nuts and bolts” neces- sary for you to invite a few friends to your home track and do a single A driver’s qualifying time is based on how fast he can complete one lap night’s race or a season long series, let’s go … model car racing! on the track. This is called a “Flying Lap”. After a driver has driven the Flying Lap, record the elapsed time for his lap. (Note: If a Lap Counter #1 Select a Racemaster … This person has the unique task of implement- isn’t available or if your Lap Counter doesn’t indicate elapsed times, a ing a racing series or a single night’s racing event that will provide en- hand-held kitchen timer or even your smart phone will work.) joyable competition for all participants, regardless of their skill level. Important! - During any phase of a driver’s Flying Lap, should his race- #2 Decide pertinent details such as race date or dates, times, locations, car de-slot, crash, or stop for any reason, the driver’s qualifying attempt fees, etc. (Who, what, when, where and why … and how much?) is over (DNQ – Did Not Qualify).

#3 Choose a Series theme, examples: Ford Mustangs, Formula-One, The second driver attempts to qualify in like manner, and on down NASCAR, Trans-Am, etc. the line. All qualifying driver’s times are recorded … with the lowest elapsed time earning the post-qualifying position of Q-#1. Q-#2 is #4 Establish guidelines for the choosing of a racecar … brand, scale, etc. awarded to the second lowest elapsed time, Q-#3 is third lowest, Q-#4 is fourth, etc. #5 Note all allowed and/or disallowed modifications to the racecar. Drivers who failed to qualify are to be ranked (after all qualifying driv- #6 Gather a few friends … Drivers! Start your engines! ers) based on the descending numerical order of their original qualify- ing sequence earning them the Q-# and points paid for that respective ½½ It’s Race Day! position. After a short practice, it’s time to Qualify: ½½ Qualifying ranking and points All participating drivers must attempt to qualify prior to the race. We earned are as follows: begin with a drawing to determine the driver qualifying sequence. This sequence will be used as an official tie-breaker, should two or more Q-#1 pays 100 pts. Q-#4 pays 70 pts. Q-#7 pays 40 pts. drivers qualify equally and it determines the qualifying ranking of Q-#2 pays 90 pts. Q-#5 pays 60 pts. Q-#8 pays 30 pts. those who fail to qualify. O-#3 pays 80 pts. Q-#6 pays 50 pts. Post the driver’s qualifying sequence on a dry-erase board (or on an When ready, the first driver chooses his favorite lane on the track and old pizza box), then as they qualify, post their elapsed times. After all

46 Model Car Racing the head-start laps he was awarded… (8-laps)

Upon the slower driver’s completion of his 8th lap … the faster driver may now join the race! To win the race, the fast guy (Q-#1) has to make up the 8-lap advantage now enjoyed by the slower driver.

There is one exception to this head-start handicap! Should the slower driver de-slot, crash, or stop for any reason during the du- ration of his head start … the handicapped faster Driver may immediately begin racing. A Track Steward is to hand-deliver the af- fected car back to its driver to rejoin the race, starting from his driver station. All unused handicap laps are immediately cancelled.

All drivers who are not racing in a particu- lar race are to serve as Track Stewards. This is a practical solution that provides a valuable service for the group while keeping everyone attentive and involved during the event.

During a race, should a driver’s car de-slot, crash, or stop for any reason other than to avoid a collision, that driver is subject to a 30 second off-track penalty in the Pit area. The opposing driver continues to race. These intervals are self-timed or timed by Track Stewards using simple hand-held kitchen- The Basement Racers Auto Group (B.R.A.G) Scalextric track has a number of crossovers to force the drivers to think type timers pre-set for 30 seconds. When the ahead about where and when to pass. It adds a degree of driving difficulty that is closer to full-size car racing than buzzer rings, the driver may re-enter the race the typical simple lane-beside-lane track. from the pit area.

Record the winner of each race. have qualified or attempted to qualify, their their particular race is figured based on the Q-# and points are to be posted. differences in their respective post-qualifying And The Overall Winner Is? positions as per the example of Q-#5 vs. Q-#1. ½½ Analog tracks only allow two competitors on- Now, some fun stuff! … From all the drivers, track at a time. Draw from all drivers to pair- Many racing venues require 5 to 7 seconds to draw one name. That driver is awarded the up opponents (called “driver seeding”). As complete a lap. If your track is a shorter track, Lucky Dog Award of 50 extra points! an example, suppose the drawing puts driver or a faster track, or if you have a smaller group Q-#5 (qualified in 5th place) vs. driver Q-#1 than eight drivers, increase the multiplying Qualifying pays from 100 points down to 30 (qualified in 1st place) in the first race. A stag- factor of two (x 2) to three (x 3) to adjust the points, as determined by a driver’s post-quali- gered-start handicap system will go into play handicap for your particular situation. fying position. Winning a race pays 50 points. to benefit the slower driver, Q-#5. Should a driver choose to “sandbag” during Winning drivers are to add their qualify- This simple handicap system is based on the qualifying, resulting in a falsely earned handi- ing points to their win points to determine differential between two opposing driver’s cap over a slower car, he will soon discover that their score. Non-winning drivers are awarded post-qualifying positions. The above example he could have earned up to 100 points by qual- only their respective qualifying points for sites driver Q-#5 versus driver Q-#1 … Q-#5 ifying well vs. only 50 points for a win. Only their score. Now add the Lucky Dog points minus Q-#1 = 4. A “multiplying factor” of qualifying well and winning his race will guar- to the appropriate driver’s total. Compare two (x 2) has been calculated prior to the Se- antee a driver of a good points paying event. the scores. The highest scoring driver is your ries, so 4 x 2 = 8. WINNER! Back to our race … our two drivers( Q-#5 The number 8 (above) indicates driver Q-#5 and Q-#1 in our example) are staged at the To maximize your fun, we suggest you host has been awarded an 8-lap head start over Starting-line. Our race length is 200 laps. a multi-date racing series. After each weekly driver Q-#1. This formula is based on the (Note: If you race a shorter race than the sug- race has concluded and the winners have probability that a driver with less skill or gested 200 laps, be sure to reduce the number been determined as above, the driver’s weekly with a slower car will qualify slower, thus he of head-start laps by the same percentage.) event totals are logged throughout the series. needs an advantage to compete with a faster At the conclusion of the series, the driver opponent. As each pair of competing drivers When the race is started, ONLY the slower with the most points is your series champion. comes to the starting line, the handicap for driver (Q-#5) leaves the starting line, driving

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Most model car racers prefer to race at home on their own tracks with a few class where extra magnets are allowed or different bodies. We try to NOT list friends. There are hundreds of model car racing clubs in the world but some the clubs that primarily race cars with hand-made metal chassis and clear plastic of them are groups who race very highly modified cars on tracks routed from bodies---those clubs are listed on various internet sites or you can find most of wood or PVC. The model racing cars you see on the pages of this magazine are them through the Old Weird Harold site at http://www.oldweirdherald.com. all designed to be raced on plastic tracks (although they can be raced on most There are hundreds of dealers in the country that have operating tracks in the store. wood or PVC tracks) from Scalextric, Sport, Carrera, NINCO, SCX, Riggen or Artin or the older Strombecker, Revell or Monogram tracks 1/32 scale tracks or We cannot list them all, but you can contact the ones in your area from the list of Tomy AFX or Mattel/Tyco HO tracks. dealers that carry Model Car Racing magazine www.modelcarracingmag.com. The clubs that are listed here are groups whose main interest is to race out-of- If your group races out-of-the-box 1/32 scale or HO scale cars, with only oc- the box cars and mostly on plastic tracks (although the club may also race on casionally events for modified cars) send us the information at www.modelcar- one or two hand-routed wood or PVC tracks). The group may have a modified racingmag.com and we’ll try to include your club in the next issue.

California, Los Angeles (Glendale): OTHG – Farrout Illinois, Central area: Hotslots 1/32 Slot Car Shop, [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/ Tyler , TX 75771, (903)882 0965 ETXSCA@ Slot Car Club. Contact Stephen Farr-Jones (818) 1809 A. Philo Road, Urbana, IL 61802 (217) 355- groups/205657316120426/ hotmail.com 260 9192, www.farroutslotcars.com/ 2277, [email protected] Missouri, St. Louis area: (Carl Shorle) gsra@ Texas, Houston (Northwest Harris County): Hous- California, Fresno area: Insane SCRC, Illinois, Chicago area: Bolingbrook Speedway, Karl swbell.net ton Scale Club (HSARC), www.hsarc. Joe Cabral [email protected] Staehlin, [email protected] Missouri, St. Louis area: Monaco Grand Prix net, (281)807-4026. California, North San Diego County: Nomad Slot Illinois, Chicago area: Great Lakes Slot Car Club, Miniature Racing Club, www.mgpmrc.org, email: Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern Racing Club, Jim Cunningham (760)492-4619 contact: [email protected] Virginia Digital Slot Racers, contact: Hayes Lewis, [email protected] www.NomadSlo- www.greatlakesscc.com New York, Binghamton Area: Tri-County Slots, [email protected] tRacing.com Illinois, Chicago Area: JYD Racing, contact www. Contact: [email protected] Vermont, Burlington area: Burlington Slot Dorks, California, North San Diego County, Escondido toys4slots.com New York, Watkins Glen area: The Slot Car Club Daniel, [email protected] - “The Slot Outlaws” 760-747-4511 or email: Illinois, Peoria/ Metamora area: Peoria Model Car Of The Twin Tiers, Contact: Frank Spena, Jr., sc- Williamsburg Virginia area: The Barn Burners” [email protected] Raceway, [email protected] Contact: Joseph Brimer [email protected] California, San Jose area: Devin Mauldin web@ (309) 573-1027, [email protected], North Carolina, Winston-Salem area: Road Washington, Auburn area: Rainier Raceways, flyinghump.com (309)712-3299 [email protected] America Racers, King City, North Carolina, Tom Greg Gaub [email protected] California, South Bay (Los Angeles): Stan Smith Indiana, Indianapolis area: (Jeremy Dunning) Brooks, (336) 985-3867 or [email protected] (310)812-1866 [email protected] Ohio, Columbus area: 1/32 Slot Car Racers of Washington, Seattle/Tacoma area: PSSRA (Puget [email protected] Indiana, Terre Haute area: Otter Creek Slot Racing Central Ohio, Randy Horton, http://groups.yahoo. Sound Slot Car Racing Association) http://pssra. California, South Bay (Los Angeles): ITG - In The Association, com/group/1-32SlotCarRacersOfCentralOhio webhop.net/ or Tony Kuljis, [email protected] Groove Slot Car racing, 324 W. Florence Ave., Bob Redman [email protected] Oregon, Portland area: Beaverton Area Slot Car Inglewood, CA 90301. Contact: Marc Natividad Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: Iowa Model Area Racers, Club (B.A.S.C.C.),15430 SW Gull Ct., Beaverton, Washington, Seattle/Tacoma area: NMRL (North- (310) 200-6300. [email protected] http://imar.us/ Oregon 97007, 503-330-6907 west Model Racing League). John MacKenzie (206)295-9980, [email protected] Colorado, Denver area: Rocky Mountain Slot Car Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Dale Monroe, Pennsylvania, Allentown-Reading area: Allen & Club (RMSSC) [email protected] Allen Motor Speedway Racing, (610) 520-7247, Toronto, Canada area: Scale Sloters 1/32, http://rmscclub.proboards.com/index.cgi Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: ERASR (Ecurie Road [email protected] [email protected] Colorado, Denver Area, Colorado Slot car Club, America Scale Racers) Art (319)626-6374 Pennsylvania, Chambersburg area. Vancouver, Canada area: (Luf Linkert) luf@ contact: Iowa, Swisher area: IMAR (Iowa Model Auto Sherman Collings [email protected] (717) telus.net http://coslotcarclub.proboards.com/ 377-1435 Racing), 1/24 scale racing clubs: Colorado, Denver area: Front Range Vintage Jerry Hightshoe [email protected] Pennsylvania, Harrisburg area: Homestead Oregon, Eugene area: Pelican Park Speedway Slotcar and Historical Racing Club, http://monovell. Speedway, Landisville, Pennsylvania. Ken Falco at proboards.com/index.cgi Kentucky, Louisville area: Derby City Slot Car (541)349-0917 htm210@comcast. Club, www.derbycityslotcarclub.proboards.com/ [email protected] D.C., Washington area: The Capital Racing [email protected] Pennsylvania, Manheim area: Digital Racing Clubs: League, D & B Raceways, Don Noll [email protected] Phoenix, Arizona area: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcrl, contact: Louisiana, Lake Charles area: Lake Area Slot Car DSCRC-Phoenix, Carrera [email protected] Auto Racing, Julian Guillory, http://groups.yahoo. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing com/group/LASCAR Association, Herbert Bigelow (215) 868-4464, 1/32 & 1/24 only, email D.C., Washington area (Alexandria): Classic Slot [email protected] [email protected] Car Association (CSSA), John Roberts, (703) 582- Maryland, Baltimore area: (Allan Schwartz) 5504, [email protected] [email protected] Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car Ohio, Mansfield area: Mid-Ohio 1/32 Scale Club, 570-903-9182, nepaslotcars.com Racing Club, [email protected], John Chorpening D.C., Washington Metro area: Old Dominion Slot Michigan, Grand Rapids area: Rivershore Interna- (419) 289-6563 Car Club, 5322 Graystone Rd., Warrenton, VA tional Raceway, Alto, Michigan, Stephen Thomas, Pennsylvania, Wyoming Valley Area: Wyoming Val- 20187, contact: Chris Bowles (540)341-1405 or, (616) 891-1632. email: [email protected] ley Slot Car Association, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern [email protected] , Michigan, Kalamazoo area: West Michigan wvsca.blogspot.com Virginia Digital Slot Racers, contact: Hayes Lewis, www.nascarslots.com or www.metalracer.com Slot Car Group, John Lacko (269) 344-5588, Texas, Eastern area: East Texas Slot Car Association, [email protected]

HO Clubs: The majority of HO racing on a club level in the US is home to be utilized by small round robin groups by invitation or as groups of friends. sectional tracks, using hard bodies and largely stock equipment. The majority There are some excellent clubs across the US racing basically stock hardshell T-Jet are Thunderjet focused, although many do run the Life-Like, Auto World, Play- cars for the most part on sectional home tracks. This is only a partial listing. If you ing Mantis, G-Plus and Mattel/Tyco cars, these mass produced magnet cars tend have an active group racing hard-bodied T-Jet-style cars, let us know.

California, Bay area: M.S.C.R.C. - Model Slot club. http://www.scaleracers.com/FrontRangeHO/ http://home.kc.rr.com/jhabernal/mahor/ Association, Herbert Bigelow (215) 868-4464, Car Racing Club www.mscrc.orgemail: info@ default.asp Missouri, St. Louis area: [email protected] [email protected] mscrc.org Illinois, Chicago area: http: nitro-racing.4t.com/ Ohio, Columbus area: Winston-Salem/Greenville, South Carolina area: California, Bay area: Shaunadega Racing www. Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Monroe, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colohhoscc/ Upstate HO Slot Car Club, 403 Hill Lane, Mauldin, shaunadega.com [email protected] messages SC 29662 California, South Bay (Los Angeles): ITG - In The Kentucky / Virginia area: http://www.thunder- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: (864)967-7865 Richard Tabb at mrnova@alltel. Groove Slot Car racing, 324 W. Florence Ave. jetracing.com/ http://vintagehoracing.mr-bigstuff.com/ net or Steve Lorch at [email protected] Inglewood, CA 90301. Contact: Marc Natividad Michigan, Lansing area: NASAR, Richard Leeper Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car (310) 200-6300. [email protected] (517) 290-9952 or [email protected] Club, 570-903-9182, nepaslotcars.com United Kingdom, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Colorado, Denver area: Front Range HO (FRHO) Missouri, Kansas City area: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing Burning Rubber, www.burningrubber.net

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More Speed, Lots More you can imagine (we’ve published plans for over 160 of them). You can choose to snap four-lanes together or six or just assemble a two-lane track I started slot car racing with Aurora T-Jets and graduated to even faster cars with a range of different radii. And, if you learn that track so well you are from firms like Wizard. Somehow, I missed seeing that 1/32 scale home rac- bored with it, snap it apart and assembly another. Yes, you can do all of this ing had revived itself. It is, though, pretty slow stuff compared to the HO cars with Scalextric, Ninco, SCX or Carrera. Each brand has its fans and most I remember. Why would anyone want to race slower cars? Is there a prize for of them (like NASCAR fans) do not want to hear about any other brand the slowest lap? (or driver). Yours for speed, Randall Stevens Out there in the real world, it is often opinion that matters more than fact. And the bad news is that there are absolutely no facts that make any one There is a wide range of definitions of speed, even when applied to slot of the four brands a better choice than any other. We cannot tell you that cars. The simple form of racing is that the fastest car wins. That’s really the a Toyota is better than a Honda or a Nissan or a Chevy or a Kia. We can basis for the full-size land speed records. If speeding from nothing to max do something more than that, we can give you a full list of pros and cons is the goal than drag racing provides that, with the fastest car the winner. of every brand of 1/32 scale model car racing track. That’s on www.mod- Model car racing on a tabletop, however, requires that there be at least four elcarracingmag.com and it is free under the top link “More Information” corners so the cars can proceed around a reasonable size track. The con- then click on the left sidebar “Plastic Track” link. You might also consider cept of “speed” becomes relative because all the cars need to slow for the if you want to race digital cars with lane-changers and up to eight cars on corners. The downforce magnets have, however, made the need for driv- two lanes. That presents another set of pros and cons and, again, they are ing skill through a corner less important because the magnet will hold car all on the website home page on the left link “Digital Car Racing Tips”. The down until that last possible millisecond when centrifugal force overcomes good news is that any of the four brands will satisfy you—the bad news, is the magnetic force and the car bullets off the track. For many, that is what that all four have Achilles Heels that will frustrate you. So pick one and go tabletop racing is all about---finding the maximum amount of magnetic racing…. downforce that the most powerful motor you can find will try to overcome. The driving skill with a car that has a strong downforce magnet is in deter- Supersize Me mining just how far you can push that car before that instant break-away occurs. As you remember, that can be nearly bullet fast. That concept cer- I have a 1/32 scale Ninco track on two pieces of 4 x 8-foot MDF board sup- tainly places a lot of importance on the maximum motor and maximum ported by sawhorses. I want to expand my track but I am really not sure how amount of downforce, with the major variables being tire grip and gearing. far to go. My basement has room for a 24-foot long track but I am concerned That is still the ultimate in slot car racing to many fans. that it will be a maintenance hassle (I have had a model railroad that large and it was a dust-collecting nightmare that would only run after three hours The major growth in the hobby, however, has resulted from new 1/32 scale of scrubbing the track and wiggling some connectors). Is there a practical limit cars that are more difficult to drive than the early HO cars because the new for a track? There’s only about six of us racing so there will real be no such cars have relatively weak downforce magnets. The motors in the majority thing as a maintenance night. of the current 1/32 scale cars are also much slower than the motors in the commercial raceway cars of the sixties. These motors can barely overcome Regards, Jack Burgher even a relatively small amount of magnetic downforce so the driving expe- rience of balancing speed and centrifugal force against magnetic downforce Today’s model car racing tracks are a far more practical product than any is essentially the same as with the faster HO cars, the speeds are just lower- model railroad. The electrical system is simple with no need for polarity or, --it is still a challenge to coordinate the throttle and the car’s cornering unless you want to race six digital cars, DCC or other complex electronics. speed to keep the car from launching off the track. Today there is an added Probably the best answer is speed---almost every racer really wants to see challenge for the majority of folks now race cars without any downforce his models reach the fastest speed they can---for 1/32 scale, that typically magnets---for them, it is tire grip versus centrifugal force that must be bal- requires a 15-foot or so straight. You will want to add jumper cables for anced to keep the car from spinning off the track. Really, the major differ- every 15-feet of track to be sure there is power drop but all of the brands ence between bullet-fast magnet-stuck cars, stock magnet-stuck cars and offer them with snap-in connectors. There is obviously, more than that be- magnet-free cars is the speed of the car—the reaction time, skill and control cause you will also want a variety of curves to enjoy that aspect of model the driver needs to win a race are essentially the same with any of them. So, car arcing. Track maintenance is a simple sequence of vacuuming the track no, speed does not make it more difficult to drive a slot car, it’s just a differ- before every race (assuming you race two or more times a month), a wipe ent kind of excitement. down with a damp rag, then polish the rails with a red shop rag---that’s it. All of the track plans in the magazine include the letters “L” to show Only The Best Will Do where they can be expanded. Start with one of them or create your own, snap-together the longest straight you can fit and connect the ends with a I recently discovered 1/32 scale model car racing when I bought a Scalextric variety of curves. set from my local Hobbytown USA store. This store does not stock track, but only a few sets and four or five cars. I want to expand the set with a longer New To The Hobby? straight and some wider curves. I know Scalextric track is available online from a number of sources. I am, though, concerned that Scalextric may not There’s more information on pages 46-47 of this issue. There are some be the best track. If I am going spend more for extra track than I did for the basic tune-up tips that are needed for every model race car on www.mod- original set, I want be sure I am getting best track. In your pinion, then, is elcarracingmag.com under the “New to the hobby?” link. There are 13 tips Scalextric track better than Carrera? Or Ninco? Or SCX? including: How To Get Started in Model Car Racing, Two Driving Tech- niques, Perfect Pickup Braid, Tire Mounting, Cleaning Track Rails, Clean- Thanks for your help, Bruce Walters ing Track, Avoiding Disaster: Oil & Grease, Controllers, Race Program Set Up: Color Coding & Racing classes, Reliable Wires, Chassis Set Up, Carrera It is wonderful that you can buy extra track. There was a day when the Guide Shoe Mods. There’s lots more you can do, including changing to sili- choices were so limited that serious racers were forced to build their own cone rear tires with better grip, loosening the body-to-chassis screws and track with the slots routed in particle board (similar to the track on pages more. 36-37). Now all of the brands of plastic track offer at least four different size curves and all the necessary filler straights so you can assemble any track

Model Car Racing 49 All New for 2015-2016 From The Toy Fairs

Most of the model car racing manufacturers introduced the products Carrera: Mercedes F1 W05 2014 World Championship Formula 1 and that will be shipped in 2015-16 at the Nuremburg International Toy 2014 Ferrari F14T, 2014 Corvette C7R, 1970 Porsche 917K, Lambo- Fair in early February, which is about the time you receive the March/ rghini Huracan LP610-4, Formula E cars and a number 21224 Control April 2015 issue. If you subscribed to either the free internet edition Tower. (www.modelcarracingmag.com) or asked for the full internet edition with your paper copy subscription, you will have received this as well Ninco: New motor pod chassis with side peg body-mounts for Seat as seeing it in print in the May/June 2015 issue. There are dozens of new Leon and future new cars. New paint schemes on existing tooling. paint schemes on existing bodies coming for 2015 but most of the ones listed below are cars made from new tooling. We only show photos of Flyslot (Slotwings): 1977 6-wheel March 761 2-4-0, 1974 Lola T370, models (or their CAD tooling program images). Where possible we 1975 BT44 1975,and 1984 Toleman TG184 Formula 1 cars. have listed the make, model designation and year of the car so you can Still due from 2012: 1979/80 RS10 Grand Prix and 2007 and look at the image of the full-size car by doing a Google search under 2008 Lamborghini Diablo. Some Flyslot cars will be available with a ‘Images” for that description on the Internet. new chassis with an Avant Slot motor pod/motor/axle/pickup includ- ing the 1979 BMW M1 Group 5 and 1970 Porsche 911. ½½ 1/32 SCALE: Vulcan Slot (a new company): 1971 Ford Escort Mk1, 1973 BMW Scalextric: The 2014 Formula 1 McLaren Mercedes MP4-29 an- 3.0CSL, 1971 Porsche 908/3 Turbo, 1982 Rondeau M382 and 1/24 scale nounced in 2014 will be out this spring with replicas of the Mercedes racing sidecars. F1 W05 2014 World Championship Formula 1 cars (and the 2014 Lo- tus Formula 1 is the 2012 car with 2014 decoration). Other all-new SCX: new paint schemes on existing tooling. New wireless SCX “WDS” cars will include the 2012 BMW Z4 GT3, 2013 Aston Martin Vantage digital system with car adjustments on controller for current track. GT3, 2014 McLaren P1 supercar, Brabham BT26A-3 (to race with the Tyrell, Lotus 49 and McLaren 1968-1973 F1 cars), 1968 Lotus 49 with ScaleAuto: 2014 Porsche 911 RSR and 1979 BMW M1 Group 5 low duck tail, 1/32 scale Go-Karts, cab-over racing trucks, Peugeot 205 T16 Rally car and (from the 2014 catalog) the 2013 Volkswagen Polo Avant Slot: 1992 Jaguar XK220, Audi Quattro A2, 1995 Toyota Celica WRC Champion. The two Scalextric BMW Z4 GT race cars and the GT-Four ST20S, 1998 Porsche 911 GT1, 2014 Subaru Rally Cross, 2014 two McLaren P1 street cars can be fitted with an optional new chassis Mitsubishi Evo X and Dakar Mann truck. for 2015 called PCR. The PCR chassis is designed so that a Slot.it motor pod can be installed with your choice of Slot.it motor, gearing, wheels Pioneer (www.pioneerslotcars.com): Still due from 2012: British “Leg- and tires (not included---but can be purchased separately). The 1969 ends” dirt track coupes, 1965 MGB hardtop, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Sunoco #6 Trans-Am Camaro is coming back with a DPR-ready chassis Trans-Am, and 1970 Javelin Trans-Am. for quick conversion to Digital. The new Scalextric ACS control system for analog has been shipped but the Digital version will not be available Auto Art: to be announced until late 2015. Slot.it is offering reprogrammed Scalextric Sport Digital lane changers so they will return to the straight position to make it even Racer “Sideways” range: Late in 2015 the BMW 320 Group 5 cars will easier switch from analog to Sport Digital with the Scalextric C7042 be shipped, followed by the IMSA Mustangs. For most of 2015 the new Advanced Six-Car Digital Powerbase. releases will be paint schemes on existing Porsches and Capris. The Lancia Stratos Turbo, Nissan Skyline and Toyota Celica later in 2016. Slot.it: the 2013 Audi R18 quattro four-wheel-drive car announced in 2014 should be here this spring. A new series of classic early-90s SRC (Slot Racing Company): Formula 1 cars including: McLaren DTM cars, the Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI and (in 2016) Opel Calibra (both M23 1974, Renault RE30 1979,Ferrari 312T4 1979 and Hesketh 308B with the option of installing the Slot.it belt-drive four-wheel system), 1975 plus BMW 3.0CSL, BMW 2.8CS, Opel Kadett GT/E and street 1967 Chaparral 2G and 2009 Lola Aston Martin “Gulf”, Porsche 956C versions of the Porsche 914. (LH) 1985. Slot.it will also offer more 3D printed chassis like those for the Carrera DTM cars (in the January/February 2015 number 79 issue) MRRC: Still due from 2012: 1963 Corvette Stingray fastback for the Scalextric 1969 Mustang Trans-Am, 1970 Camaro Trans-Am, Bentley Continental GT3, Aston Martin Vantage GT3, McLaren 12 C NSR: 2013 BMW Z4 and 2013 McLaren M12C GT3 GT3, Audi Sport Quattro S1, Lancia Delta S4, MG Metro 6R4, Peugeot 205 T16 and for the Carrera Ferrari 458 GT3. Mr. Slotcar: Still due from 2012: 1995 McLaren FI GTR LeMans and 1969 Policar: Formula 1 cars from the sixties and seventies; Lotus 72C, Lotus 72E, March 701 and March 711 all with double-gear reduction Cartrix: 1953 Lancia D50 and the 1960 Scarab and 1961 Ferguson P99 chassis. Grand Prix cars still due from 2012.

50 Model Car Racing Pink-Kar: The 1934 Bugatti Type 59, 1937 Auto Union C-Type, 1962 Scaleauto: 2010 Jaguar RSR Ferrari GTO, VW Bug, Citroen 2CV and Austin Healey 3000 are going back into production to ship during 2015. ½½ 1/43 Scale: Carrera Go!!!: Mercedes F1 W05 2014 World Championship Formula Le Mans Miniatures (cast resin): 1962 Ferrari Testa Rossa TR61 Le 1 and 2014 Ferrari F14T and 2014 Corvette C7R Mans winner and 1977 Renault A442 Le Mans. SCX Compact: new paint schemes on existing tooling MSC: Still due from 2012: 1985 Rothmanns Porsche 959 Dakar car.

½½ HO SCALE: ½½ 1/30 Scale: Racemasters AFX: The new Formula cars, the 2013 Chevrolet SS and Racer (cast-resin): 1966 Ferrari Dino 206S Spyder, 1970 Ferrari 512S Ford Fusion NASCAR cars and the 1969 Camaro Z28 and Mustang Coda Lunga (long tail), 1979 Ferrari 512M and lower-priced “Silver Boss 427 will be available with the new Super G+ chassis with a can Line” 1956 Porsche 356. motor there is also a new 120 ohm controller. 1/24 Scale: ½½ Auto World: to be announced Carrera: 2014 Corvette C7R and 1979 BMW M1

Carrera is going to produce 1/32 scale replicas of the 1970 Porsche 917K as well as new paint schemes on 1/24 scale 917K cars.

Carrera will have Lewis Hamilton’s and Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes F1 W05 2014 World Championship Formula 1 cars in both 1/32 scale and 1/43 scale

Model Car Racing 51 The Scalextric Brabham BT26A-3 will also be available as the double-wing 1968 car in a two-car set with a two-wing Brabham BT26A-3. Scalextric offer the 1/32 scale Go-Karts late in 2015. Carrera will also have the 2014 Ferrari F14T Formula 1 cars in both 1/32 scale and 1/43 scale

Scalextric will ship both of the Mercedes F1 W05 World Championship Formula 1 cars.

Carrera will offer replicas of the 2014 Formula E cars. The 2014 Formula 1 McLaren Mercedes MP4-29 announced in 2014 will be out this spring.

The first Slot.it four-wheel drive 2013 Audi R18 should be on sale this spring. The chassis has a tooth-belt drive to the front wheels with a belt tensioner similar to those on automobile engine cam chains and ratcheting front wheels that mimic the mechanical action of a limited slip differential. The Scalextric 1968 Lotus 49 with the low ducktail

The Carrera 21224 Control Tower can be attached to the 30357 Digital 132 Position Tower or used as a stand-alone building for any analog track.

The pre-production Slot.it 1967 Chaparral 2G Can-Am racer.

The Sideways by Racer BMW 320 Group 5 cars will be The stock sidewinder chassis in the Scalextric 2014 shipped late in 2015. McLaren P1 supercar (and the 2012 BMW Z4 GT3) can be Policar has a new series of seventies-era Formula 1 replaced with a new PCR chassis so any Slot.it anglewind- er motor pod, motor, gears and wheel can be installed.

The Scalextric Brabham BT26A-3 recreates the low- Policar will also offer the Lotus 72E. wing 1968 car. Scalextric will ship two cab-over racing trucks in 2015.

52 Model Car Racing GMC is producing cast-resin replicas of the 1960 Lola Mk. I. The car is available ready-to-race decorated The Policar chassis has a double gear to match the car raced at LeMans in 1960 or as reduction with a pair of idler spur gears parallel to the a painted body kit from Electric Dreams (www. The AFX Mega G+ (note the +) is completely new with rear axle. The system allows the final drive crown gear electricdreams.com). The LeMans regulations a custom can motor that provides more predictable to be small enough so there is no ugly gear cover bulge. specified a tall glass windshield. With a lower throttle control and quicker cornering. windshield the Lola Mk.I was the last of the successful front-engined 1100cc sports cars in America and in Europe, beating the Lotus 11s and Coopers. 12 Top Picks for 2015 The NSR 2013 BMW Z4. The most exciting cars that are coming in 2015 – not The Mr. Slotcar 1995 McLaren F1 GTR will be available decorated match he LeMans winner as well as in necessarily in order choices of solid colors. • Scalextric Mercedes F1 W05 2014 World Championship Formula 1

The MMK (www.mmkproductions.com/) cast-resin • Scalextric BMW Z4 GT with PCR replicas of the Cadillac-engined Allard J2 will be chassis with a Slot.it anglewinder available from Electric Dreams www.electricdreams. motor pod com) in five different paint schemes including these two cars that dominated the modified class in • Slot.it 2013 Audi R18 quattro four- America---there’s an article on them in November/ wheel-drive December 2004 number 18 issue if you want to build • Carrera 2014 Corvette C7R your own car with the MMK body kit. Mr. Slotcar will have this optional add-on front • Policar Formula 1 March 711 with suspension with working springs and adjustable double-gear reduction chassis and camber for the McLaren F1 GTR. more • Flyslot (Slotwings) 1977 6-wheel March 761 2-4-0 Formula 1 and more • SRC (Slot Racing Company) McLaren M23 1974 Formula 1 and more • Mr. Slotcar 1995 McLaren FI GTR LeMans

The newest Ninco cars, including the Seat Leon, will have • Cartrix 1960 Scarab Formula 1 this motor pod chassis with side peg body-mounts. • Scaleauto 1979 BMW M1 Group 5 • Avant Slot 1992 Jaguar XK220

The AFX Formula cars are included in the Infinity • Racer “Sideways” BMW 320 Group 5 Raceway set with a figure 8 track and the AFX • NSR 2013 BMW Z4 adjustable-power Tri-Power Pack with new 120-ohm trigger controllers. The cars are all new with narrower • HO Scale: Racemasters AFX HO front wings like modern F1 racers. Super G+ chassis with a can motor The Racer 1/30 scale 1970 Ferrari 512S Coda Lunga • 1/43 Scale: Carrera Go!!! Mercedes (long tail) is due this spring. F1 W05 2014 World Championship Formula

Model Car Racing 53 81Autoworld Ad Books & Back Issues: All of the books by Robert Schleicher are currently out of print. index is searchable (with Safari, Firefox and others) under the top bar “Edit”, then scroll down to “Find”. We have no paper copies of any back issue. You may be able to find some paper back issues at some of our dealers on the www.modelcarracingmag.com web- However, most of the articles from any of these issue are only available in the site, and Electric Dreams (www.electricdreams.com) has most of them as well full paper or iPad issues, including the larger plans for “Real Race Tracks On A as a few of the number 1 through 6 issues (from 2002) with a Scalextric Limited Tabletop” and the majority of articles comparing model cars to their prototypes, edition Cadillac Northstar LeMans car. with the history and provenance of over 300 cars including the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s Formula 1 cars, Jaguars from XK120 to C to D to E to XKR, most of Internet versions of issues number 55 through 69 (all the issues from 2011, the GT, sports and Formula 1 Ferraris and Porsches and more. 2012 and 2013) and issues number 70 through 81 are available at $4.95 each direct from the Apple iTunes store for the iPad, but only as readable and The majority of the material (including all of the race track plans and visits downloadable copies. to finished home tracks) that appeared in the in the January/February 2005 through November/December 2007 (numbers 19 through 36) issues of Model We have tried to keep the most significant material in print because photocopy- Car Racing is in the book SLOT CAR RACING IN THE DIGITAL AGE. Similarly, ing back issue articles is not an option. The most important tuning and race much of the material in SLOT CAR RACING, TIPS, TECHNIQUES & TRACK PLANS setup information is on the www.modelcarracingmag.com website under the was first published in the magazine in the January/February 2003 through No- left hand link “New To The Hobby” as well as information on 1/43 scale vs. 1/32 vember/December 2004 (numbers 7 through 18) issues but both of those books scale. All of the Race Track Test results from issue #1 through #72 are also on are no longer in print and no reprints are scheduled. At present, no additional the website under the top bar link ”More Information” then in the left box “Race books are in preparation. Car Tests” and there is information on selecting a specific brand of track. All of the articles on digital racing, on visits to “Your Tracks”, 4 x 8 and 5 x 9-foot There are two other earlier books on model car racing (also by Robert Schleich- 1/32 scale plans, 4 x 8-foot HO plans and additional features from issues #44 er) that contain additional material that was not published in this magazine but (March/April 2009) through the current issue are available on the website under both books are long out of print: RACING AND COLLECTING SLOT CARS was the top bar link “Sample Issues”. These are readable and printable but cannot published in 2001 and the SLOT CAR BIBLE in 2002. be downloaded for security purposes. To subscribe to Model Car Racing magazine, click on “SUBSCRIBE” on the top All of the articles from the first 72 issues are indexed under the top bar “More bar the www.modelcarracingmag.com home page. Information”, then scroll down on the left to “Model Car Racing Index”. The

54 Model Car Racing Coming Next Issue The July/August 2015 number 82 issue of Model Car Racing will be on sale June 15, 2015 and it has the articles you asked for:

• Digital Racing Pros & Cons---All the systems and brands • Scalextric 2014 Formula 1 Mercedes F1 W05 • Scalextric 2014 Formula 1 McLaren Mercedes MP4-29 • Scalextric 1968 Brabham BT26A-3 Formula 1 • Slot.it 2009 Lola Aston Martin MP1 LeMans • Track Tests (Magnet-Free): – Avant Slot LeMans-winning 1975 Mirage • -Slotwings/Avant 1972 Ferrari 512BB • Race Track Plans: – 2-Lane Formula 1 Hockenheimring Track on an 8 x 16-foot tabletop

Randy Peterson 15 x 30-foot Satan’s Turf four-lane track is routed from MDF board, The track is host to several of the Chicago area clubs. It is the featured "Your Track” in July/August 2015 number 81 issue of Model Car Racing.

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