Track Building Part 8 -  Exhibition Tips and Racing Outdoors!

Page updated January 2009

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Exhibition tips     |    Outdoor tracks

Exhibition Tips
1 Let the public know what's going on - a bit of showmanship never goes amiss - and it helps to generate interest if people know what  they've scored.
2 Make sure they all know when club the club meets ... and vitally important - make them welcome when they come to a club night - if they don't enjoy their first visit you won't see them again!
3 If you are not running the event at your club room, make sure everybody knows where the club is. There's not much point in raising public awareness of slot racing if they cannot find your clubroom! 
4 Have some hand outs telling them where, when and who to contact.
5 If the exhibition publishes a programme or catalogue, make sure you get the club's  where, when and who to contact details included.
6 Make sure the public don't walk off with your cars, controllers and anything else that's not nailed down! In some venues string to attach the controller leads  to the track helps!
7 Have enough spares to keep the show going! It's amazing what the public can break, even at what the experienced slot racer thinks of as very low speed.
8 Don't expect too much - if a few hundred people trying the track at an exhibition results in a dozen new people turning up at the club, and 4 or 5 become regulars that's a great success - it's unrealistic to expect more.
9 Keep on good terms with the event organizers, that's a key to being invited to further events.
10 See  the section on reduced power.  Cars on low power might feel pedestrian to the experienced racer, but the general public will enjoy something VERY easy to drive. Your exhibition cars will last much  longer, and you'll do less marshalling with low power!

Exhibitions outdoors? 

Chris Frost