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Hi Nick.
Slot Rally GB was a great Series.
Gareth Jex, a member of your esteemed Club was the driving force behind the championship with multi classes to keep everyone happy.
He decided to stand down a few years ago, and although valiant efforts were made to continue some sort of 'National' Series, it's time had passed
These days the only 'open' proper Slot rally events are held at venues such as Wye Valley Club and they seem to get reasonable turn outs for
these 'stand alone' competitions.
Towards the end of SRGB, it was becoming much more difficult to have proper sensible structured classes, as many makes had either gone fully
'toy' or the opposite, with fully 'Pro' models. Efforts were made to get the big hitters such as Scalextric into the formula, but this did not
prove popular with entrants. Rules for just about anything to do Slot Racing/Rallying will always be difficult but at the moment our hobby faces a much bigger problem.
Lack of interest and too much divergence.
Regards Bill.

 

[Hobby]

Yes.

It would be by definition 'modified'.

A non running model would have to be repaired with the same parts as original, with the exceptions of 'free choice items' usually; braids, lead wire, body screws, axle spacers.

Tyres can sometimes be in this free list as well, but that is much more contentious.

Regards Bill.