WORLD 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 -
2 What type of track is used -
3 How much of the car can be replaced -
4 It has to be a race -
The rules?
In the 1960s Duncan Laycock wrote the rules which have been the basis of 1/32 records ever since. (Link to Laycock Rules) 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) was a series of 1/24 races run each year for Group 12 powered 1/24 cars. The 1/24 flat track record was set in 1997 by a car to these EEC car standards. Cars to current 1/24 open group 12 are eligible for this record
The rules for the outright record (most recently set in 2019) allowed one chassis, two motors and four bodies. The outright records have been set on banked King tracks.
The Current Records.
0utright | 1/24 (unbanked) | 1/32 | HO | Hardbody 1/32
1/24 Outright Race Record -
Congratulations to the winning Team Chubby, the team consisted of Joe Salzman, Jimmy Williams, Justin Colvin, Matt Bruce, Doug Bauer, Chris Radisich and Paul Ciccarello.
The 2nd place Team Plan B went 19,640 laps 576.55 miles The team consisted of Bud Denning, Eric Shirey, Willy Custer, Ross Scharf, Frank Ulbrik and Cap Henry
The 3rd place Team MIGO went 19,518 laps 572.97 miles The team consisted of Ron Hershman, Ralph Thorne, James Merriman, Dave Simerka, Terry Watson and Joe Liguori
This breaks the 488.5 mile outright record set on October 22-
Thanks to Ron Hershman for the information.
A 24 hour race was held on the same track at Mark's Model World on 26/27 June 2021,
the winning car achieved 19833.05 laps -
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Single Car Running -
The car was driven by a team of 4 drivers on the banked track. It was a 1/24 wing car, they used six Koford motors built by Vlado Okali.
More details on the SLOTRACING Mettmenstetten web site .
1/24 (Unbanked tracks) -
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1/32 -
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.
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HO (1/64) 289.409miles -
The top photo shows left to right Tony Baldock (who set a new hour record of 303 Laps) Aaron Shearman, Steve Guard, Ian Grinham, Michael Ovens, Andy Abbott and Rob Heaton.
This breaks the record set on the same track in 2012 by 96 laps.
Thanks to Nick Sismey of Derby HO racing club for the info and photos
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Hard bodied 1/32 cars 271.71 miles
At the 24 hour race in Fenton, Michigan on 29/30 March 2014,Team Slot Car Corner
broke their own world record, setting a new record of 437.27 km/ 271.71 miles. The
team drivers were the same as last year -
The official video of the 2014 edition for the Michigan 24-
Thanks to Christian Gingras for the information
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Previous record 269.46 miles
At the 24 hour race in Fenton, Michigan on 13/14 April 2013, the winning Slot Car
Corner team of team of Christian Gingras (Canada), Georges Hamel (Canada), Dickie
Pearson (USA), Mike Chiocchio (USA) and Steve Sawtelle (USA) regained the record
with 433.65 km/ 269.46 miles The car was an NSR Mosler (the yellow car at the front
of the photo) -
Chassis – NSR Evo3 Lightweight
Pinion – NSR 6.5mm
Spur gear – Slot.it 18mm
Pod – Sidewinder Hard
Motor – 20k ScaleAuto
Axles – Slot.it 54mm
Guide – Sloting Plus
Rear tires – Super Tires Classic 2112RC (silicone)
Rear rims – CB Design 5-
Front Tires – Super Tires Yellow Dog 1402RY (urethane) coated with IC2000
Front Rims – CB Design 5-
Tire Glue – IC2000
Braid – SCC Racing Braid
Lead Wire – SCC Hi-
Bushings – SCC Racing
SCC Front Axle Mounts
SCC Axle Spacers
SCC Motor Pod Kit
SCC Super Lube Oil and Grease
SCC Lighting Kit
Video report More pictures of the event More details
Thanks to Christian Gingras for the information and photos
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This beat the record set in the Brno 24 hour race at Brno, Czech Republic on 4
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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.
Thanks to Lubomír Pazdera for the information and photos
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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.
Thanks to Steve Sawtelle for additional information
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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.
Thanks to Lubos -
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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.
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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 as far as we can establish this was not set in a race so is not recognized as a race record.
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Video of the 2014 race
