http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30567932

That cant be right 😯 10 laps in just shy of 27 seconds.

It’s not really a colossal track though. Three seconds to do a lap doesn’t seem that big an ask to me (when we’re talking about record-holding champions, anyway).

[edit] maths fail

Hmmm ok that is quick with standard cars and controllers, as you say best in the world, damn another sport I will not attain greatness in 😆

That’s not proper Scalextric: it’s HO scale with the tiny little cars pinned to the track with a magnet. Wouldn’t be getting round my 55′ 1:32 track in that time!

Call that a circuit? Hardly Tottenham Model Raceways is it?

official world champion with a time of 23.12 seconds.

27 seconds was the woman in 2nd place. She was doing fine until she tried to parallel park 🙂

Paging Cinnamon Girl to get medieval on WCA’s ass

Scale speed of 530mph for the winner.

Scale speed of 530mph for the winner.

Yeah, but the actual speed of 8.3 mph sounds a bit less impressive…