Netley Model Car Racing Club

NETLEY MCRC

Southern 32
12 June 2011

Classic Meeting
25 July 2010

Classic Meeting
2011

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Unfortunately we have had to suspend racing from the end of November 2011.
We hope it will be possible to restart racing at a later date.
For more up to date news please contact Mark Witham on 01329 665955, or Richard Smith on 01489 690711.

Netley Model Car Racing Club, is situated in Station Road, Netley in Hampshire, and races every Monday night on its' purpose built, 120ft long, 4 lane track. The Netley club has been in existence in Station Road for almost 40 years, making it one of the longest running slot clubs in the country. Although the main emphasis of the club, is a social gathering for people with an interest in Motor Sport, a competitive element means that some of the club members compete at other venues in : Southern 32 championship meetings, open meetings, ad hoc endurance events, and the National Finals in May.

Netley races a variety of car classes, including production slot cars in 1/32nd and 1/24th scale, and scratch built 1/32nd scale. Usually, a different class is raced each night, and visitors are encouraged to 'try their hand' during practice, and join in the racing, which begins at 8.45pm. Club cars and hand controllers are available for visitors to borrow, while for those wanting to join the club, new cars can be assembled simply, from as little as 30 pounds, and hand controllers can be purchased from the main suppliers from 15 - Ł20 pounds.
Main classes are for :
Scratch built, current Grand Prix cars (1/32) Production Saloon (1/32)
Sports cars - Production 1960's sports cars (1/24) - Scratch built sports cars (1/32)

The track

The track was built in 1989, with the slots routed in 3/4 inch chipboard, and has a lap length of 120 ft. The pick up is from copper braid. Here are photos taken from either end of the track.

The club track

BSCRA classes raced at Netley, showing a 1/24 scale Lola T70 sports car, a 1/32 Williams FW14 Grand Prix car, a 1/32 Porsche K2 sports car, and a 1/32 Alfa Romeo saloon car.

All the bodies were painted by Mick Langridge who has won concours titles at both National and International meetings.

Click here for more detail on the racing classes

On most evenings, drivers have one race on each lane with their own car. The fastest single run counts towards which final they race in.
The winner of each final moves up to the next one, with the last race of the evening (the A final) producing the overall winner for the night.
To find out more about the Netley Slot Car Club :
Phone Mark Witham on 01329 665955, or e mail mark.witham AT talktalk.net [Replace the AT with @)] or phone Richard Smith on 01489 690711.

The club room is at the rear of 60 Station Road, Netley Abbey, Hants. SO31 5AF

Click here for a street map of Netley Click here for an wider area map

To find out more about Slot Racing in general, visit the site of the National Association

Southern 32

Netley hosts an annual round of the Southern 32 Championship. The 2011 round will be on 12th June. Find out more about these races on the Southern 32 web site. The 2010 round was held on 13th June - see report.

Classic Racing

The 2011 Netley Classic Meeting was held on Sunday 7th August - see meeting report

The 2010 Netley Classic Meeting was held on Sunday 25th July -see meeting report.

The Netley Classic meeting for 1961-65 F1 cars and pre 1964 sports cars was held on 2nd August 2009 . See the meeting reports on this meeting and previous Classic meetings at Netley/

Find out more about this and other 2009 Classic meetings on the Classic Slot Car Racing Association web site.