| 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 |
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
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| 513.1 | VULCAN::SMITHP1 | The Rotters Club | Fri Nov 29 1991 16:14 | 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 16:53 | 6 | |
>>>> Not the first I'm afraid !!
Typical Basingstoke, lagging behind the civilised world as usual... :-)
Paul
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| 513.3 | Go Go Basingstoke! | KERNEL::OSBORNE | Tue Dec 03 1991 15:57 | 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.
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| 513.4 | VULCAN::SMITHP1 | Mon Dec 09 1991 14:18 | 11 | ||
| 513.5 | Testing | DGMT01::COLLINS | Thu Feb 20 1992 15:10 | 3 | |
this is my reply about slot car racing...
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| 513.6 | I like replying to old topics | VANGA::KERRELL | Dave Kerrell @REO 830-2279 | Thu Aug 06 1992 13:31 | 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. | |||||