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Reasons to come along and bring the kids:

Racing Zone
Over 20 different free to race tracks will be available for public use.

Slot Rally GB

• FREE to race the stages
• 7 special stages (some favorites from the various hosting clubs).
• All cars & controllers will be supplied by Slot Rally GB and sponsors.

The Manufacturers Race
Just who makes the fastest slot cars? Come an see this exciting feature race and support your favourite manufacturer:
Scalextric, Ninco, SCX, NSR, Slot.it, Scaleauto, Mr Slot Car, Avant Slot.

Drag Racing Track
How fast can you go? Bring along your fastest cars to race down the custom built Drag strip.

BSCRA - British Slot Car Racing Association
Examples of the cars we race, Maintenance bench where car repairs can be watche, Rolling presentations of our hobby, video with interviews with some of the BSCRA racers including our ex world champion.

HO Zone
A dedicated area focused on HO Racing.

Manufacturers Zone
This area is a dedicated to manufacturer & distributor exhibitors. Including:
Scalextric, Ninco, SCX, NSR, Slot.it, Scaleauto, Sloting Plus, Mr Slot Car, Avant Slot, Carrera, MSC, Pioneer, MB Slot, Slot Track Scenics, Teamslot, JP Slot, DS Electronics, TruSpeed Controllers, Gaugemaster & Kyosho.

Manufacturers with representatives flying into the event will be

• Mr Slot Car - Ernie Mossetti
• MSC / Scaleauto - Bernat Basas
• Slot.it - Maurizio Ferrari, Maurizio Gibertoni
• Fly - Rafael Barrios
• BRM - Pascal Baratella
• NSR - Giovanni Monteglio & Salvatore Noviello

Retailers / Swap Meet Zone
Wander around the swapmeet where a gathering of Europe's top traders will have a stunning array of Scalextric and slot car equipment from past & present available to buy, sell or swap.
Confirmed traders attending:
Pendle Slot Racing, Scale Models, Steve Cannon (Triplex), Roger Barker (TomaliToys), Penelope Pitlane, Typhoon Slot & Models, Slot 32 (from Germany), Vintage-Slotcars, ScaleSlotcars

Club Zone
Come and meet representatives of the following Clubs & Associations:

• NSCC - UK based slot car collectors club
• SlotForum International - online forum for all Slot Car related topics
• SLN - Dutch based slot car collectors club
• UK Slot Car Clubs

Motor Museum
The Heritage Motor Centre museum in Gaydon tells it's story, from some of the very first cars to take to British roads, right up to the latest designs. Discover the history of British motoring with the museums collection of over 180 exciting cars from the past century. Visit the HMC website to discover what the museum has to offer www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk



Detailed floorplan of stallholders and tracks:
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Lots of new developments at chase-cars with a lower cost chassis and additional bodyshells too, it won't get you the fastest lap around your club circuit (unless you ditch the caravan race and have an American TV chase instead) but will be plenty of fun chasing the bad guys on your home track.

You can see all these new items and try them out at the UK Slot Car Festival 2012 - Sunday May 20th, on the chase-cars.com display in the main hall.
First, the chassis. Building on the established idea of making an American saloon car, errr, sedan, look realistic as you thrash it around the track, the chassis has steering for dramatic looking power slides and suspension so the car leans as it corners. The emphasis is on making the car easy to drive so the centre of gravity is low, the motor is mounted lengthwise, the tyres aren't super-grippy and there are no magnets.

The new chassis is more compact so it can fit under a wider range of bodyshells and it's easier to build too. Wheelbase is adjustable from 75 to 103mm and now there's only 16mm from the front axle line to the front of the chassis so if your yank tank has a short nose, this chassis will fit.

As before, the chassis uses a laser sintered process to make it very tough, and standard parts wherever possible to reduce costs. If you have a few old, dead cars in your toolbox you can probably use the motor, rear axle, and bearings for this chassis. A full list of parts required is on the website and can be easily sourced from your favourite spares supplier.

Because the chassis is more compact, it's cheaper. The chassis kit which includes the fixings, front stub axles and all the custom parts now starts at just £22. If you don't want to shop around for the standard parts like motor, axles, wheels (Penelope Pitlane alloys) and tyres (Ninco classics) then the complete kit is available for £50 and a fully assembled chassis is £65

Chassis components:




If you want your slot car to look like this:


Then you can drive it like this:


There are also new bodyshells in the range too. The 1977 police car is still there; a resin cast bodyshell and wheel inserts, with vacform windows and interior and extra details like clear resin roof lights, custom waterslide graphics and a resin Sheriff's head for the driver figure.



It's joined by completely new bodyshells you won't find anywhere else. The Bad Guys' black limo is a resin cast bodyshell and wheel inserts, with vacform windows and an interior featuring a driver, front seat passenger and Mr Big on the back seat. It's your choice how many dead bodies you fit into the trunk.

This very special resin bodyshell is made from 3D data which is fed into the latest rapid prototype machine to produce a high-resolution master body. Then it's back to traditional skills of a silicon tool and from there the slush-cast resin body. Mounting posts are included which line up with the custom chassis, or you can mount it to any standard chassis of the right dimensions.



Then there's the exclusive 1974 police car which is perfect if you're 106 miles from Chicago, you've got a full tank of gas, a half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and you're wearing sunglasses. A resin cast shell and wheel inserts, with vacform windows and an interior with 2 figures. The passenger appears to be looking at the dashboard and saying "fix the cigarette lighter".

This bodyshell was created by a graphic artist and again uses the 3D data to directly produce the master body.
Resin wheel inserts complete the castings and the custom graphics are of a Mount Prospect police car, the whole thing looks great with a weathered look





Available in May is another unusual choice, the 1981 panel van. The bad guys couldn’t get enough of these on TV; painting them as delivery trucks for kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy family or transporting stolen goods to a deserted warehouse. Or if you’re planning a coast to coast race you might decide that this van painted as an ambulance will help you win. Maybe you’ll paint it black and grey with a red stripe and decide it’s the best form of transport for soldiers of fortune. The kit includes resin wheel centres for this choice and the roof spoiler too.



The next project which will be released this summer is a 1982 pickup truck. Imagine you’re a Hollywood stuntman, you need a vehicle to get around with one or two of your colleagues (and pause here to think how beautiful one of your colleagues might be) but to make ends meet you’re also a bounty hunter so you need a vehicle that can go anywhere to avoid the bad guys. Your vehicle of choice will be a fantastic pickup truck painted brown and gold and the only place to get the correct one is at www.chase-cars.com.

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MINI COUNTRYMAN WRC No.37 Rally D’Italia 2011

Driver: Dani Sordo

Reference No: C3301
Type: Single car, crystal box
Class: Rally
Availability: August 2012

High-quality build specification with expected high performance straight out of the box. Continuing the ever-popular range of Mini cars in the Scalextric range, the Mini Countryman has the DPR digital chip plug facility for upgrading to digital racing and a life-like weathered rally livery.

History: May 2011 saw the Rally D’Italia held on the island of Sardinia. Dani Sordo and co-driver Carlos del Barrio claimed a well-deserved 6th place beating the Ford Fiesta of Malcolm Wilson. Dani has competed at toplevel motor sport for the last ten years. For the 2011 season Dani Sordo had joined MINI in their first year in the WRC securing 2 podiums in Germany and France 3rd and 2nd place respectively and 4th place in Spain and 6th in the first round for MINI in Sardinia.

Features: High detail. Front and rear lights. Magnatraction. Quick-change braid plate. Digital Plug ready chassis.







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2 New liveries from Avant Slot available now.


50805 Mitsubishi Evo X
Driver A.Araujo and Co Driver M.Ramalho


51006 Subaru N14
Driver Ojeda and Co Driver Barrabes
Rally Cantabria Infinita 2010


50805 Mitsubishi Evo X
Drop Arm
Republic Long motor (20113) 12v-21,000rpm and 14.8v - 25,000rpm
4x4 with band drive
Complete car weight 78g
Angle winder but can be In line.
Adjustable height




Drop Arm
Republic motor (20113) 12v - 21,000 14.8v - 25,000
Angle-winder but can be In line.
Complete car 78 g
Adjustable Height
4x4 with band
Non magnet
Avant Sponsored car (see door pillar and rear number plate)



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Limited Edition ABARTH 500 Assetto Corse.

Models of cars used by famous drivers during the Race of Champions 2008 at Wembley Stadium in London.

Just 50 cars will be produced in just 50. Each driver is as follows:

SLLE03/A - M. Schumacher
SLLE03/B - J. Button
SLLE03/C - D. Coulthard
SLLE03/D - S. Loeb
SLLE03/E - T. Kristensen

Like previous releases the Abarth 500 Assetto Corse is equipped with Slot.it Flat6 motor.











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New for April 2012 and ready to be shipped. Retailing at 75,00 Euros.






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New for April and ready to be shipped. Retailing for 75,00 Euros







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Ford RS200 "Red Road Car"
Reference No: C3319
Type: Single car, crystal box
Class: Road/Street
Availability: through Collector Centers only
Release Date: July 2012



From Scalextric Press Release;
"The Scalextric model"
Originally a 1984-86 4-Wheel Drive Group B Rally Car, the famous rally car from
Ford was extensively used in rallying and rallycross and can still be seen in
competition today. The car was soon replicated as a standard road car as
demand grew from motoring enthusiasts who wanted road going versions. Many
motor kit-car businesses have reproduced this iconic competition car for road use
as well as for continued competition after Ford ceased production of the RS200.



"History"
Power came from a 1.8 litre, single turbocharged Ford/Cosworth "BDT" engine
producing up to 450 horsepower (340 kW) in racing trim. Although the RS had the
balance and poise necessary to be competitive, its power to weight ratio was
poor by comparison, and its engine produced notorious low-RPM lag, making it
difficult to drive. Factory driver Kalle Grundel's third place finish at the 1986 WRC
Rally of Sweden represented the vehicle's best-ever finish in Group B rallying
competition, although the model did see limited success outside of the ultracompetitive
Group B class.



"Features"
High detail. Magnatraction. Quick-change guide blade. DPR

"Configuration"
Motor; Mabuchi SP - 18k rpm
Gear ratio; 11:36
Chassis; Rear Mounted Motor
Side-Winder - Rear two-wheel drive
Magnet; Rectangular 2.5 mm - Down-force 200 gm
Overall length; 125 mm
Wheelbase; 78 mm
Axle/Hub width; 54 mm Front - 54 mm Rear
Tyre diameter; 20(ext), 13(int), 8 mm Front - 20(ext), 13(int), 8 mm Rear
Weights; Car 78 gm
Case; 156gm

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This Aston Martin joins our growing stable of DBR9 liveries from our fantastic GT Endurance range. The DBR9 has a superb standard of decoration and the high detail interior and metal etched small parts for finer detail make this model stunning to look at as well as race. The chassis has been updated to offer the DPR feature enabling easy upgrade to digital operation.

June 2011 – Silverstone: Young Driver AMR finished on the podium for the fourth consecutive race at the British round of the GT1 World Championship at Silverstone, England. After a brilliant victory in Saturday’s Qualifying Race, Alex Müller (GER) and Tomas Enge (CZE) finished second in their Young Driver AMR-Aston Martin DBR9 in Sunday’s Championship Race.

Magnatraction with two magnet positions for driver choice. Front and rear lights. Side-winder motor. Digital Plug Ready (DPR). Quick-change braid plate.

Reference No: C3293
Type: Single car, crystal box
Class: GT
Availability: 2012







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CA18b - Ford GT40 n.8 Le Mans 1968

Official release date: April, the 13th

The Ford GT40 is one of the most famous cars in Le Mans history, having won the 24 Hours four times in a row. In 1966 it was with the Mk II version, in 1967 with the Mk IV, in 1968 and 1969 with the first one, Mk I.

The Mk I was a race car, but also a road car; the name “GT40” comes from the height from ground, which is 40 inches. This model had a second youth since 1968; a 3-liters limit was introduced for the displacement of prototypes, thus excluding the big units of Mk II and Mk IV.

The GT40 was engaged among the “Sport” cars, with a road homologation and a limit of 5 liters for displacement. The chassis was a steel semi - monocoque, the body was made of fiberglass. On the 1968 version, the rear wheels were enlarged to 14 inches. Engine was an atmospheric V8, with 4.7 liters displacement.

The Belgian Team Claude Dubois run the 1968 Le Mans 24 Hours with a Ford GT40 and the number 8; the chassis number was 1079; the owner was Jean Blaton “Beurlys”, who was also one of the drivers, together with Willy Mairesse.






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