RCLazy at the first Scalextric Invitational GP
Si's favourite and also our 1/32 scale Lewis Hamilton
Whilst we were all competing for top honours at the recent PDA 2 dayer, we all got to talking about our younger days and racing those tiny Scalextric cars. So one pint led to another and the Scalextric GP was born.
Monaco, Melbourne and Abu Dhabi were mooted as venues but we thought they just didn’t have the atmosphere required for such an event.
Eventually we decided on my front room. Set in picturesque Totton on the south coast, local amenities include a fish and chip shop, chinese and Dominos. We felt these provided the best selection of catering for the event.
March 18th was chosen for no apparent reason and 7 o’clock was the time.
Leader Crabb arrived promptly with Schumacher Minispikes in a green compound. After pointing out the scale differences and lack of grip on a plastic track he put them away.
We discussed off road and racing tactics whilst waiting 45 minutes for Rob. Who in true F1 style arrived in a helicopter (Seat Leon 1.4 ) and expected a track and us ready to race. Remember this is RC Lazy?
After much Ecclestone-esque track layout discussions we decided on Dominos and a nice figure of eight layout.
The format followed strict guidelines of winner stays on, unless it was Simon and he lost, then he needed ‘practise’. So essentially Simon stays on.
Anyway we had a really great night and some night racing with all the lights off. Well once we could find the controllers in the dark and Simon stopped sitting on the track.
Overall winner was never really decided but everyone’s a winner in the RC Lazy Team.
Thanks to Dominos for providing an excellent internet based system of ordering take away food, it gave Rob something to do while me and Si built the track.
Next round, somewhere at some time in the future. If only Bernie ran such a tight ship as RCLazy…
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- Si’s favourite and also our 1/32 scale Lewis Hamilton
