29/07/21: NSR Formula 86/89 – Serious?
Serious? Slot car racing. It’s a hobby, right? One that isn’t taken too seriously and where, when it all goes wrong, drivers dismiss their disappointment with a shrug and a smile. Don’t they? Er,…
Serious? Slot car racing. It’s a hobby, right? One that isn’t taken too seriously and where, when it all goes wrong, drivers dismiss their disappointment with a shrug and a smile. Don’t they? Er,…
Four Wide. Not so long ago, when the world wasn’t preoccupied with airborne baddies, a turnout of just eight drivers would have been considered poor, but not this time. No, this time eight was…
Final Five. Well, that’s it. The final race to be held under Covid restrictions is over. With just five drivers present, you’d be forgiven for expecting it to have been a dull affair, but…
Wind direction. Mercifully it’s not long until Molesey's spies become redundant, but, until then, race reports continue to be compiled from a mixture of secret messages, unreliable gossip and unsubstantiated rumours. It’s the rumours…
Juice. How quickly the abnormal becomes normal. Ever since Covid came out to play, racing has been handicapped by reduced numbers to the point where it’s begun to seem normal, so it was great…
Voodoo. With just four drivers present at this meeting, there was little chance that the other three would mount a realistic challenge to Josh, so instead he challenged himself to set a new lap…