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World Indoor Rally Championship Best Park with Bridge Sport Slot car racing 1:32 Scale Founded 22nd November 2008 Next Event 5th August 2017 Last Event 22nd October 2016 Country Worldwide Most recent champion(s) Dale Lott Sue Franklin (Ladies) Robbie Pope (Junior) n/c (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 The original rally was conceived jointly by David Townsend and John Darby 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 in Exeter. As from October 2016 money raised went to The Barn Owl Trust in Ashburton. The initial Championship was held in Totnes, Devon and subsequent races have been held in Dartmouth Devon. Competitors race against the clock, not each other Rules 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 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, 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 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 year Winner Second Third Ladies Junior Young Ladies Venue 2008 Jamie Hudson-Bond Ed Carter Phil Langman - - - Dartmouth Inn, Totnes Devon UK 2009 Dale Lott Jamie Hudson-Bond Jason Stephens Debs Gillard Daniel Carpenter* - The Guild Hall, Dartmouth Devon UK 2010 Dale Lott Jamie Hudson-Bond Alasdair Geary Eve Stewart Tommy Stewart - The Guild Hall, Dartmouth Devon UK 2011 Dale Lott Jamie Hudson-Bond Alasdair Geary Nikki Hayes Laurence Hopkins - The Flavel, Dartmouth Devon UK 2012 Dale Lott David Townsend Alasdair Geary Sue Franklin Tommy Stewart Eliza Haskins* The Flavel, Dartmouth Devon UK 2013 Dale Lott Arron Stephens Phil Pichowski Nikki Hayes Laurence Hopkins Charley Stewart Townstal Community Centre, Dartmouth Devon UK 2014 Dale Lott Arron Stephens Ollie Whitten Nikki Hayes Tommy Stewart Charley Langman Townstal Community Centre, Dartmouth Devon UK 2015 Dale Lott Simon Perkins Arron Stephens Sue Franklin Laurence Hopkins Charley Langman Townstal Community Centre, Dartmouth Devon UK 2016 Dale Lott Mike Cox Arron Stephens Sue Franklin Robbie Pope n/c 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 eight titles from a possible nine, 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 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 14.93sec Best Park 20th October 2016 Junior Robbie Pope 15.68sec Best Park 20th October 2016 Ladies Jacqui 18.03sec West Heath Kurve 20th October 2016 Young Ladies Charley Langman 22.03sec Woodlands Run 2nd August 2015 Entries 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 As from 2010 the Open and Junior events were run separately. From 2014 onwards total entries were counted (not just leaderboard results) Sponsorship/Donations Since 2010 each track has been sponsored by local businesses, including Lemar Engines, Best Limited, The Crab and Bucket, Woodlands Family Theme Park, WHK Services, Chris Moseley, Andy Hood and Barclays Bank Kimble Engineering Limited Where's the Car? References Slot cars