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Here's
a little challenge for those of you lucky
enough to own a Scalextric track.
Below left is the design of a simple circuit.
Hopefully you'll have enough track to
make it yourself.
The challenge is this: time yourself doing
10 laps of this circuit. Fill in
the form below and send in your best time.
You don't have to include your email if
you don't want to, I just won't be able
to let you know if you win the challenge
if you don't.
Each challenge will last a few weeks,
and at the end I'll publish the winning
names and times (but not your email!).
The DriveArchive team will have timed
the circuit, so if you send in a silly
time, I'll probably disallow it.
But, hey, it's only a bit of fun, you
wouldn't want to cheat, now would you,
what's the point?!
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This is the Sliderz circuit with additional straights. |
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| Challenge
#2 |
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You will require:
- 12 standard curves
- 10 standard straights
- 2 half straights
- 1 straight crossover
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Rules:
- start near the crossover on the power straight
- use the inside track of the long straight
- time 10 laps
- direction as arrowed
- no banked curves
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The
inside lane is
24 feet 4.2 inches
or 7.422
metres in length. How do I
know?
See the Calculator download
below!
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| Challenge
#1 |
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You will require:
- 12 standard curves
- 9 standard straights
- 2 half straights
- 1 quarter straight
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Rules:
- start in the middle of
the long straight, as marked
- use the inside track
- time 10 laps
- direction as arrowed
- no track barriers
- no banked curves
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inside lane is 20 feet or 6.097
metres in length. How do I
know? See the Calculator download
below! |
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| Results of Challenge #1 |
| Name |
Car |
Time |
| Ari Sahila |
Aston Martin |
90.0 |
| Dylan |
Nissan 350z Drift car |
82.6 |
| Conor Wills |
Seat Leon WRC rally car |
41.5 |
| James |
Aston Martin DB7 |
41.4 |
| Shadow5692 |
Mercedes F1 Lewis Hamilton |
31.0 |
| Bradley |
Bugati Vayron |
30.1 |
| SnakeRacer |
Nissan r390 |
24.1 |
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As I say above, there's little point in sending me a silly time... it's just for fun.
SnakeRacer looks, um, a bit too quick! |
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New!
Download the DriveArchive Scalextric
Track Length Calculator :
you can download the slighly smaller
Zipped up program
installer, or Run or Save the EXE
option. (Version 1.0.0.2) |
Download
ZIP (356k) |
or |
Download
EXE (359k) |
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| Scalectric Resources
- Links to Scalextric sites on the
WWW |
| The Official Scalextric
UK web site : |
here |
|
GetSlotted.co.uk - Slot
Car Superstore |
here |
| Bilbanan - great Flash
racing game on-line |
here |
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Pendle Slot Racing |
here |
| Slot Car Portal |
here |
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Scale Models - Scalextric
Specialists |
here |
| HO Slot Car Racing |
here |
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Slot City |
here |
| Scalextric Racing |
here |
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MAXi-MODELS - hand-built
model slot cars |
here |
| SlotCarPortal - UK Slot
Car Clubs |
here |
|
Slotcars.co.uk for obsolete
Scalextric cars |
here |
| NSCC - National Scalextric
Collectors Club |
here |
|
Phil Smiths scale slot
cars |
here |
| Slot Car Illustrated
- On-line Magazine |
here |
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Slot Car Forum |
here |
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