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The Farrout Raceway

I would share some pictures of my home track. It is a landscaped Scalextric Classic 4-Lane using a MRC variable (0-18v) train transformer per lane. Buildings are a mixture of mainly vintage Scalextric and some newer Carrera Garages (tucked under the bridge), Mike's Scenic Supplies, Gakworld, carrera4fun.de paper vending machines and SCX Rally tent. the 150 people are a mix of vintage Scalextric, MRRC, current Carrera and SCX, a couple of old Tamiya army men and the Pit Babes from Slot.it. Over 350 trees have been planted!! Track and slot-car collection are located in my garage where I am fortunate enough to have 2 spare parking slots.

Race control and timing is through a pair of DS-Slot Stop'n'Go and DS-300 boxes linked to a PC-LapCounter software (thanks Guy Langenakens- brilliant stuff!).

We race on the track as part of our Los Angeles club (The On The Hill Gang) every 2 to 4 weeks, usually 12-18 people depending on the weekend.

Hope you like it and welcome any thoughts on improvements. The buildings and people all need painting and refurbishing but one thing at a time! I have only just got the 800 cars sorted out in the display cabinets! Apologies in advance for the low quality of the pictures, still figuring out how to do the digital camera thing!

All the best,
Stephen

The Overall Track: approx 16 meters/55 feet per lane, part of display cabinets reference library in background
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Pit Row Close Up
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Pit Straight and drag up the hill with 8ft workbench in background
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Continuing across the hill/bridge and other end of pit straight. Note the real tire wall at the end of the straight consisting of used slot car tires from he last 15 years
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Back part of photo the off-camber curve down the hill leading into u-turn leading into back-to-back Goodwood chicanes - a favorite of the marshals! - and then down the main straight.
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Grandstands on main straight
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View of Goodwood infield section with historic cars display
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The sweet taste of victory
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One of the two display walls for the collection. Cabinets are Perspex to my own design with mirrored backs which each hold 50 cars on 5 shelves of 10 each.
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In the track/collection comments I have been collecting since I got my first set when I was 8 years old but that is only 31 years ago! Luckily I have always lived in slot-car friendly countries - Australia, UK, Denmark, France, USA - that had focus on 1:32 scale. Og ja, Rene, jeg er Dansk - that is for Rene!

The collection is primarily SCX, Scalextric, Ninco and Fly with a handful of Carrera, TeamSlot, Slot.it thrown in. Racing is SCX and Ninco, all with old NC-1 or RX-4/8 motors for better non-magnet racing

Here are some more images while I figure out the display cabinet photos
All the best,
Stephen

The garage looking into the left corner
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and into the right
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and the racing posters on the right wall
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and the racing posters on the left wall
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looking up the main straight
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esses across the top of the bridge: the DS units under the bridge are now 3 double Carrera garages
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feverish rally car perparation as the historic Le Mans series passes by
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refreshments on the cliff top
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one of 3 camera towers on the track
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the view from the Dunlop Tower across the track
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view down the main straight
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Goodwood corner looking back to the pit straight
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the horseshoe going into Goodwood
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better view of the right hand side display cabinets
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better view of the left side display cabinets
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someone always forgets to shut the door to the port-a-potty!
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