home	British National Slot and Rail Racing Champions  The 1/32 champions starting from the first Nationals in 1961 Updated  March 2024

The  "Nationals" first run by the Electric Car Racing Association in 1961 is generally acknowledged as the most prestigious event of the British slot racing Calendar - the one the racers most want to win!  ECRA organised the first  British National Championships in 1961, the first 3 years these were for rail guided cars.   The 1964 event was the first  National championship for slot cars in the UK, and as far as we know the first  National slot racing championship anywhere in the world.  Initially there were just 2 individual championships (Grand Prix and Sports/GT), a 3rd class (Saloon) was added in 1966.     Since 1969 when it was first  run on an Association owned track built specially for the purpose there have been 9 different track layouts.   There has been a tradition of moving the event to different parts of the country, here's  more info on every one of the venues and tracks

The 3 Individual Championships (Grand Prix, Sports/GT and Saloon) and the Club Team Championship are the most prestigious events. The Victor Ludorum introduced in 1969 is not a separate event, it is calculated from the results in the  3 Individual Championships.  Formula 32 was an introductory class for the novice driver, utilizing a production chassis and motor. F32 was introduced in 1971, and replaced by a Saloon event for novice drivers in 1983, this has also been known as  intermediate grade saloon and  clubman grade saloon.  In 1982 the Main Grade Championships were introduced, these are separate finals in the 3 Individual classes that were not open to the Premier Grade drivers. (Premier Grade drivers were the top two dozen or so drivers based on their performance in previous Nationals.) The  Production class was introduced in 1990. Production cars have standard pressed chassis, the class is open to Clubman Grade drivers.  In 2003 a new event, the Production Challenge, was introduced for Super Production cars open to all drivers. In 2008 a limited motor F1 class was added to the Production Challenge, initially called Falcon F1 (because it was limited to a Falcon motor) it is now known as F2.   The Production class has been replaced by the new INTRO 32 class for 2016. There is also the constructor's trophy - that's  a separate story. 

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