Netley Model Car Racing Club

NETLEY MCRC

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 : area rounds, open meetings, ad hoc endurance events, and the National Finals in May.

Netley races a variety of car classes, including (club provided) Fly/Ninco/SCX cars, 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 Ł30, and hand controllers can be purchased from the main suppliers from Ł15 - Ł20.
Main classes are for :
Scratch built, current Grand Prix cars (1/32) Production Saloon (1/32)
Sports cars - Fly/Ninco/SCX etc (1/32) Production 1960's sports cars (1/24)
Scratch built sports cars (1/32)


The Netley track, looking up towards the drivers rostrum.		The Production Sports Class. A bare chassis built by Chris Granger, and Mark Witham's Ford MkIV (the Gurney / Foyt Le Mans winner from 1967) painted by Mick Langridge.

		The track, looking back down from the drivers rostrum, with the first straight on the left, and the return to the drivers rostrum passing under two bridges. The track was built in 1989, with the slots routed in 3/4 inch chipboard, and has a lap length of 120 ft. The current lap records range from 14.95 laps in 3 minutes by Richard Smith in the GT2 class with a Ninco McLaren, to 29.85 laps by Phil Morris with an open sports car.
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. The race format for the Fly / Ninco / SCX class, is slightly different : The cars belong to the club, and race on the same lane all evening. Each driver has a three minute race on every lane, with the total laps covered in 12 minutes counting to the final result.

To find out more about the Netley Slot Car Club :
Phone Mark Witham on 01329 665955, or write to him at Mark@Witham1.Freeserve.Co.UK or phone Richard Smith on 01489 690711.

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 or the Slot_Racing web site