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World Indoor Rally Championship
Best Park with Bridge
SportSlot car racing 1:32 Scale
Founded22nd November 2008

Next Event 6th August 2018

Last Event 5th August 2017
CountryWorldwide
Most recent
champion(s)
United Kingdom Dale Lott

United Kingdom Cherry Gillard-Wallis (Ladies)

United Kingdom Flint Darby (Junior)

United Kingdom Amelia Lee(Young Ladies)

The World Indoor Rally Championship is a slot car race/tournament where all the competitors use the same vehicle and handset on the stages set for the event (at least three stages/tracks) and race against the clock.

Lemar Raceway

History

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The original rally was conceived jointly by David Townsend and John Darby [1] in November 2008, who then established the International Federation of Indoor Tournaments (IFIT) to govern the championship. The annual event was to raise money for The Greyhound Sanctuary[2] in Exeter. As from October 2016 money raised went to The Barn Owl Trust[3] in Ashburton. The initial Championship was held in Totnes, Devon and subsequent races have been held in Dartmouth[4][5] Devon.

Competitors race against the clock, not each other

Rules

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There are four tracks each with their own timing device. On each track a car peculiar to that track, supplied by the organisers (IFIT) The scale used is 1:32 scale. Each competitor will be given a Race Log, the log is handed to the stage marshal before attempts on each track commence. At each track there are three attempts to complete one lap in as short a time as possible. Any vehicle failing to execute a lap would be considered an attempt. After the three attempts have been concluded the stage marshal would register on the card the results including any failures. When all four tracks have been completed the contestant shall then offer their card to the race marshal who will tally up the four track times, taking the fastest time from each one to tot up a final time to be added to the leader board. If at least one of the four tracks was not completed it would be counted as a dud race (failure), any one who has had a dud race but succeeded in establishing the fastest lap on a track shall be recorded as such. The winner would be the competitor with the shortest time on one Race Log at the end of the event. Tracks shall be created so as to be at least 15 seconds a lap.

Stages

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The original event consisted of three tracks all constructed to a similar layout. In 2009 when the event was laid out in the Guild Hall[6][7], four tracks were used and each track demanded deferent styles of racing. After 2009 IFIT the organisers were approached by local businesses to sponsor the tracks and so began naming the tracks. 2010 to 2012 there were Chris Cross Challenge, Lemar Raceway, Best Park and Woodlands Run (sponsored by Woodlands Family Theme Park). Since 2013 the tracks have been named West Heath Kurve, Lemar Raceway, Woodlands Run and Best Park.

Venues

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The Dartmouth Inn, Totnes was the first venue for the championship. It was held upstairs in the second bar. After Totnes the following six years have been in Dartmouth. 2009 to 2010 The Guildhall, 2011 to 2012 The Flavel and from 2013 to the present the championship has been held at the Townstal Community Centre.

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third Ladies Junior Young Ladies Venue
2008 Jamie Hudson-Bond England Ed Carter Phil Langman - - - Dartmouth Inn, Totnes Devon UK
2009 Dale Lott England Jamie Hudson-Bond Jason Stephens Debs Gillard Daniel Carpenter* - The Guild Hall, Dartmouth Devon UK
2010 Dale Lott England Jamie Hudson-Bond Alasdair Geary Eve Stewart Tommy Stewart - The Guild Hall, Dartmouth Devon UK
2011 Dale Lott England Jamie Hudson-Bond Alasdair Geary Nikki Hayes Laurence Hopkins - The Flavel, Dartmouth Devon UK
2012 Dale Lott England David Townsend Alasdair Geary Sue Franklin Tommy Stewart Eliza Haskins* The Flavel, Dartmouth Devon UK
2013 Dale Lott England Arron Stephens Phil Pichowski Nikki Hayes Laurence Hopkins Charley Stewart Townstal Community Centre, Dartmouth Devon UK
2014 Dale Lott England Arron Stephens Ollie Whitten Nikki Hayes Tommy Stewart Charley Langman Townstal Community Centre, Dartmouth Devon UK
2015 Dale Lott England Simon Perkins Arron Stephens Sue Franklin Laurence Hopkins Charley Langman Townstal Community Centre, Dartmouth Devon UK
2016 Dale Lott England Mike Cox Arron Stephens Sue Franklin Robbie Pope n/c Townstal Community Centre, Dartmouth Devon UK
2017 Dale Lott England Mike Cox Sam Cox Cherry Gillard/Wallis Flint Darby Amelia Lee Townstal Community Centre, Dartmouth Devon UK

* Daniel Carpenter's and Eliza Haskins's titles were retrospective.

n/c Not contested.

Dale Lott has proved to be the most dominant racer collecting nine titles from a possible ten, with Nikki Hayes and Sue Franklin(Ladies Champion), Laurence Hopkins and Tommy Stewart (Junior Champion) and Charley Langman/Stewart (Young Ladies Champion) receiving three each.

Lap Times

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The initial format was three tracks with five laps, then in 2009 four tracks were used still using a five lap time on each, then in 2010 the current system of one lap on four tracks was used. The tracks have changed many times but the fastest lap time was set by Dale Lott at 14.93 seconds on Best Park in 2016.

Event Competitor Time Track Date
Open Dale Lott 17.46sec Lemar Raceway 5th August 2017
Open Dale Lott 12.41sec Best Park 5th August 2017
Open Sam Cox 12.17sec West Heath Kurve 5th August 2017
Open Dale Lott 12.33sec Woodlands Run 5th August 2017
Junior George Oliphant 22.20sec Lemar Raceway 5th August 2017
Junior Robbie Pope 14.09sec Best Park 5th August 2017
Junior Ollie Lee 13.41sec West Heath Kurve 5th August 2017
Junior Flint Darby 15.71sec Woodlands Run 5th August 2017
Ladies Charlotte Sherrard 21.95sec Lemar Raceway 5th August 2017
Ladies Sue Franklin 14.58sec Best Park 5th August 2017
Ladies Sue Franklin 13.19sec West Heath Kurve 5th August 2017
Ladies Cherry Gillard-Wallis 16.21sec Woodlands Run 5th August 2017
Young Ladies Amelia Lee 29.52sec Lemar Raceway 5th August 2017
Young Ladies Amelia Lee 16.30sec Best Park 5th August 2017
Young Ladies Amelia Lee 17.59sec West Heath Kurve 5th August 2017
Young Ladies Amelia Lee 19.81sec Woodlands Run 5th August 2017

Entries

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Year Open Ladies Juniors Young Ladies Event Total
2008 20 6 0 0 20
2009 20 2 1 0 20
2010 20 1 24 4 44
2011 20 3 25 2 45
2012 20 3 25 3 45
2013 20 2 25 7 45
2014 21 6 26 4 47
2015 29 9 30 7 59
2016 20 4 3 0 23
2017 27 10 9 1 37

As from 2010 the Open and Junior events were run separately. From 2014 onwards total entries were counted (not just leaderboard results) The greatest number participants shaded in orange.

Sponsorship/Donations

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Since 2010[8] each track has been sponsored by local businesses, including Lemar Engines[9], Best Limited[10], The Crab and Bucket[11], Woodlands Family Theme Park, WHK Services,[12] Chris Moseley, Darmech Limited, Andy Hood and Barclays Bank[13] Kimble Engineering Limited[14]

Where's the Car?

References

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Slot cars