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Conference govt02::basingstoke

Title:	* BASINGSTOKE - Gateway to Wessex *
Notice:	BASINGSTOKE - John Arlott lived here - then left, I wonder why
Moderator:	COMICS::CORNEJ

Created:	Wed Jul 27 1988
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	925
Total number of notes:	5875

513.0. "Slot racing cars in Basingstoke- a UK first..." by KERNEL::PARRY (Trevor Parry) Fri Nov 29 1991 13:30

There is a kind of slot car racing in between Scalectrix and full blown
radio controlled stuff.  It's quite popular in Japan where they have 
'meetings' and much money is spent gambling and participating so I believe.
There are clubs that support the concept.  However there have been no
tracks in the UK until now. 

The first slot car racing track was specially built and imported and guess
where it went... Basingstoke.  The Brighton Hill Snooker Centre that was.

Why the note you may ask ?  Well I quite like Basingstoke and there have 
been a few people who seem to think that not much goes on.  So now you know
that something never seen in the rest of the UK has happened first in
Basingstoke.  What a hip town !

Unfortunately it closed down and disappeared after three months of not
making any money. :-(

So if you go to 'Premiers' and see all these car logos and tracks all
over the place with no cars or tracks, you'll know why.

TP

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
513.1		VULCAN::SMITHP1	The Rotters Club	`Fri Nov 29 1991 14:14`	8
	Not the first I'm afraid !! There was one in Southall in the early seventies when Scalextric was even more trendy than it is now. p1
513.2		BLKPUD::WATTERSONP	No Irish in Sweden	`Fri Nov 29 1991 14:53`	6
	>>>> Not the first I'm afraid !! Typical Basingstoke, lagging behind the civilised world as usual... :-) Paul
513.3	Go Go Basingstoke!	KERNEL::OSBORNE		`Tue Dec 03 1991 13:57`	5
	Ah Ha!. But it was reported to have the Biggest Multi-story Car Park in the UK and reported to have the fastest roundabouts in Europe, although I 'aint seen them move an inch yet. Dave.
513.4		VULCAN::SMITHP1	personal name n� 37	`Mon Dec 09 1991 12:18`	11
	I've been reliably informed that the racing track referred to in .0 has been transferred to the Ice Rink building. The same source gave me some price info too. For �1.50 you can participate in two, 50 lap races. How to cover the distance without skidding on the ice, I didn't find out. p1
513.5	Testing	DGMT01::COLLINS		`Thu Feb 20 1992 12:10`	3
	this is my reply about slot car racing...
513.6	I like replying to old topics	VANGA::KERRELL	Dave Kerrell @REO 830-2279	`Thu Aug 06 1992 09:31`	7
	re.0/1: Actually there were slot car circuits all over the country. There was an Electric Car Racing Association (ECRA) which organised races and championships. Racing write ups appeared in a magazine called "Model Cars". Dave.