Slot Car Racing Evenings at Dowty's Slot Car Racing Club

Dowty Slot Car Racing Club update: "Congratulations to all the club members at the National Finals this year. Dave finished in the top 10 in two classes, Rob had problems with cars and controllers, but still finished in the top 30 in Sports and Mike and Noddy both made the intermediate saloon final."

April results are now available on Dowty Slot Car Racing pages on Cheltenham4u.

Dowty Slot Car Racing Club are offering local clubs, companies or social groups the opportunity to experience an evening some great racing fun. Their track is available for corporate race evenings. For £60 plus £2 per driver your group can enjoy an evening full of great entertainment.

The cars you will race are 1/24th scale models of cars raced at Le Mans, such as Mercedes, Ferrari, Porsche or Toyota. They have a pressed steel chassis with a relatively slow motor, although they are much faster than the cars you race a home.

The controller works like the accelerator on a car, the farther down it is pressed the faster the car goes. There is a dynamic braking facility to slow the cars down quicker which only operates when the controller is fully released. The lanes are colour coded and the cars will have corresponding colour stickers. Each driver has at least one three minute practice run to get an idea how the cars perform and to learn the track.

Each driver has one three minute race on each lane. The best three times are totalled at the end of the evening to find a winner. If there is enough time there may be finals at the end of the evening. The winning driver from the heats total or finals win the trophy. If there is time members of Dowty Slot Car Racing Club will demonstrate all types of cars they use for their racing.

During the evening drinks can be bought from the Sports & Social Club and taken to the slot car room.

For more information please ring Dave Coward on 01452 421311.

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