24 HOUR SLOT CAR RACING RECORDS

24 HOUR SLOT RACING RECORDS

How far can a slot car go in 24 hours? This has long been seen as the ultimate slot racing endurance challenge. No doubt the original inspiration for 24 hour races came from the Le Mans 24 hours, however slot racers developed their own rules rather than just following the full size precedent. When it comes to 24 hour World Records, to ensure a fair competition, there was seen to be a needed some limitation following areas. 1 What type of car is used - Generally cars have to follow current racing regulations. 2 What type of track is used - The restrictions on corner radius etc. prevent the use of "speed bowl" type circuits. 3 How much of the car can be replaced - This is a test of endurance for a car. Although some components can be replaced, replacing complete cars is most certainly not a permitted. 4 It has to be a race - Record attempts with just a single car running are not recognised.
The rules? In the 1960s Duncan Laycock wrote the rules which have been the basis of 1/32 records ever since. In the early 1990s, a version of the "Laycock" rules adapted for HO (1/64) racing were agreed. These rules were adopted by Guinness publishing as world record guidelines. The EEC (European Endurance Championship) is a series of 1/24 races run each year, the 1/24 record rules simply followed the EEC rules.
The Current Records. 0utright \| 1/24 (unbanked) \| 1/32 \| HO \| Hardbody 1/32
1/24 outright - 488.5 miles The outright record was claimed on October 22-23, 2005 at Chicagoland Raceway banked Blue King track in LaGrange, USA. The winning "Rock River Raceway", with drivers Bob Boyd, Ed Hoyle, Alex Hoyle, Ken White and Jesse Wagler are the new world record holders, having covered 488.5 miles in the 24 hour long race. Chicagoland’s own team of Mike Swiss, Jeff Goldberg, Mark Woday and Cap placed second with 474 miles, Penrose Raceway covered 451 miles for third. Photo -the winning team (L-R) Bob Boyd, Jesse Wagler, Alex Hoyle, Ken White, Ed Hoyle Thanks to Jeff Goldberg for the information and Roger Schmitt for the photo
1/24 (Unbanked tracks) - 400.21 miles This was set on 17/18 May 1997 in Bournemouth UK on the "Super 8" track. The winning Czech CS1 team drivers were (left to right) Vladimir Horky, Jaroslav Svanda, Jana Novackova, Michal Radkovic, and Jaroslav Recek.
1/32 - 305.949 miles This was set on 5/6 July 1986 in Southport UK at the ARRA club. The winning North London SME team drivers were Ian Fisher, Chris James, Alan Lucas, Paul Harwood and Paul Martin. This was set to the "Laycock rules" which were laid down in the 1960s and are more stringent than other rules about what parts of the car can be changed, the tightness of corners and the minimum bend angles.
HO (1/64) 280.35 miles - This was set on 12/13 November 2011 in Derby UK covering 6344 laps of the 233 feet 4 inch (71.12m) eight lane circuit at the Derby HO Racing Club. in the Rolls-Royce Leisure Sports Hall, Victory Road, Derby. The top photo shows Right to Left back row Dean Wragg, Tony Baldock, Michael Ovens, Andy Abbott and Aaron Shearman R to L front row Rob Heaton, Hannah from RRLA who presented the trophies and Steve Guard This breaks the record set on the same track in 2010 by 33 laps. Thanks to Nick Sismey of Derby HO racing club for the info and photos
Hard bodied 1/32 cars 269.16 miles This was set in the Brno 24 hour race at Brno, Czech Republic on 4 - 5 June 2011 new The winning SRC Brno drivers were : Lubomír Pazdera, Lukáš Prchal, Jiří Eliáš, Jaroslav Švanda using a Maserati MC12 with a HRS2 chassis The record distance was 433.17 km/ 269.16 miles. More details Thanks to Lubomír Pazdera for the information and photos This beat the record of 255.76 miles set in the Michigan 24 hour race at Fenton, MI, USA on 2/3 April 2011 by the "Team Slot Car Corner" with drivers Christian Gringas (Canada), Dickie Pearson (USA), Mike Chiocchio (USA) and Steve Sawtelle (USA) driving a Slot.it McLaren. The track had 5 lanes with an average lap length of 126.12 feet / 38.44m. More details Thanks to Steve Sawtelle for additional information This beat the record of 243.36 miles was set on 26/27 June 2010 in Brno, Czech Republic. The drivers were Jiří Hameta, Daniel Hameta, Květoslav Mašita, Marek Jačka using a NSR Porsche 917. The winning team covered 11033 laps of the Bruno eight lane circuit (lap length 116 feet 6 inch / 35.50m), some 73 laps ahead of the second place team. More details Thanks to Lubos - SRC Brno for the story and photos This beat the hardbody record of 233.3 miles set Chicago on 6/7 March 2010. Before that the record was 223.3 miles set on 6/7 June 2009 in Bruno. More details of the previous records.	The wining team The cars at the start
NOTE The very impressive distance of 375.07 miles was covered by an HO car in San Diego, California on 4/5 September 1994, however this was not set in a race so is not recognized as a race record.