1000mph Scalextric Record

[DriftNismo]

1,000mph Scalextric record

 

 

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The Scalextric Guinness World Speed Record has been smashed by celebrity Dallas Campbell.

He set a new speed equivalent to 983.88mph with a Honda F1 model Scalextric racer.

That beats the previous record by almost 300mph, which stood at 696.90mph.

It was achieved on a 200-foot stretch of track set up at the VK Chatsworth Rally Show.

Former rally champion Steve Perez was on hand to help out and said: "It's amazing that cars of this size can achieve equivalent speeds of over 900mph, with Dallas achieving a terrific feat by smashing the world record by some margin."

 

 

Quite surprising, especially since the title of it on the Yahoo homepage was "F1 Car Beats 1000mph Speed Barrier" :p.

[Nodz86]

damn you beat me to it, but my title was:

 

Honda F1 car clocks 1,000mph.

Its mental they can make it go that quick I doubt it'll handle that well round a corner unless it had a really strong magnet in it

[DriftNismo]

Yeah, i just remembered, that was the Yahoo title. Bloody deceiving wan'nabeetles!!!!

[CptDarknuggets]

Is that the scale speed? i.e the car isn't actually going 1,000mph but thats the speed it would be going if it was the real size

[Mb]

Jezus, divide 1000 bij 32, that's still damn quick!

My slotracers race on my track (with a lot of bends) under 9 seconds.

Around 30meters long.

[HavockJoker]

That is insane. damn I want one!!!

[Speedtouch]

Is that the scale speed? i.e the car isn't actually going 1,000mph but thats the speed it would be going if it was the real size

 

Yes, which makes it a load of old rubbish. Physics doesn't work like that.

[Pherelas]

Yes, which makes it a load of old rubbish. Physics doesn't work like that.

 

That was what I was thinking, don't even thinking. I don't even do physics and know that dosn't work. Thats why a car with 50 bhp can do over 100 mph but to go 200 you need 500+ normally. Why bother, thats like saying a Peel goes 300 becouse its much smaller than a veyron.

[DriftNismo]

Yeah, it is scale speed because if it was actually doing 983mph it would cover the track less than a second :p.

[Fridge Magnet Rabbit]

thats like saying a Peel goes 300 becouse its much smaller than a veyron.

NUGGET!! Peels only go 30!!

[Camel]

NUGGET!! Peels only go 30!!

You for nugget, he wasn't saying that a peel goes 300. He said it was like a peel doing 300mph just because it was smaller than a veyron

[Pherelas]

You for nugget, he wasn't saying that a peel goes 300. He said it was like a peel doing 300mph just because it was smaller than a veyron

 

Yer I thought that was kinda obvious lol. He really should get nugget for that.

[Camel]

Yer I thought that was kinda obvious lol. He really should get nugget for that.

I totally agree

[Fridge Magnet Rabbit]

You for nugget, he wasn't saying that a peel goes 300. He said it was like a peel doing 300mph just because it was smaller than a veyron

caught out by the opposition -.-:mad: