Oaklands Park Model Car Club

29/10/2026

A very busy Wednesday evening racing BSCRA saloon cars attracted 4 from North Staffs Scalextric Racing Club, 2 from Black Country Slot Car Raceway and 1 from Leicester Electricity Slot Car Club. Together with the regulars, this made a total of 16, which included the very welcome return after ill health of Nigel Pedley and wife Emma. After gooping the track, Lapmaster was used to randomly select who raced who in the 4 finals.
The first final saw Mick Metcalfe take an easy win from Doug Pinkerton (below 5 second lap), Dean Byatt and Emma.
The second final saw Andy Smith take the win with Alex Krupskaya (below 5 second lap) not far behind. Third was Steve Talbot and fourth Robbo.
The third final saw James Noake lap enough times to take the overall win. Oscar Byatt drove well to take second place from Nigel and Barrie Wildfat Gregory who had controller problems.
The fourth final saw Stephen Rhodes win from landlord David Beeching, Duncan Bullock and Dave Warren.
The overall results are as per the photo.
As stated, it was a very busy night but we hope everyone enjoyed themselves in a very crowded clubroom.
Next week it's 1/24 Sports - start sharpening your elbows!

22/10/2026

22/10/2026

22/10/2026

This Wednesday, for some reason new member Paul Stokes was reported sunning himself on a hot Tunisian beach dreaming of the evenings "all you can eat" buffet. What he missed was two lots of hard body racing, Tiddlers and Libre - the latter counting towards the Oaklands Park championship. We did have the welcome return of Matthew Lukeman from M & V Models Our Place, together with James Noake and Doug Pinkerton from Black Country Slot Car Raceway.
Lapmaster randomly selected who raced who and we went straight into Tiddlers. In the first final Stephen Rhodes took the win from Duncan Bullock by about two and a half laps with Doug third. In the second final David Beeching had a nightmare with his revitalised Metro and finished well behind James. Barrie Wildfat Gregory came third with a borrowed car. The third final saw Steve Talbot take the win with a great scrap for second with Matt just pipping Dave Warren. The overall results are as per the photo.
The first final in Libre saw Steve T take a win from Doug with Dave B choosing not to race. The second final saw a win for Steve R with Duncan not far behind and then Matt who suffered with traction problems. The third final saw James dominate proceedings with his newly acquired hyper car. The race for second was a great scrap with Barrie just getting the better of Dave W by about 0.2 of a lap. The overall results are as per the photo.
Next week it's our fastest 1/32 class - BSCRA saloon on a freshly gooped track.

15/10/2026

We were a few regulars down for this Wednesday's BSCRA F2 racing. Steve Talbot was unwell (get well soon Steve), Dave Warren was seduced by the bright lights of London to stay for a few days after his daughter's wedding at the weekend, Doug Pinkerton had a committee meeting and James Noake was recovering from his racing at the Worlds in Finland. We did however have visits from David Ensor from Leicester Electricity Slot Car Club and Alex Krupskaya from North Staffs Scalextric Racing Club.
With only seven racers we let Lapmaster sort out the finals.
In the first final Barrie Wildfat Gregory was forced to use a club car as his own lost its front axle in practice and he subsequently failed to challenge for the lead. The car of David Beeching wasn't behaving itself until the final heats when he produced the fastest lap and finished second. The win was taken by Alex with a recently purchased car from SCJ and would have challenged for the overall win had not the motor fallen out at the end of heat 3. Alex used a spare car in heat 4. Alex is getting to know the track well and is quite capable of getting a win very soon.
In the second final Paul Stokes struggled with his F2 and finished behind David E who is still developing his latest Mack. Second was Duncan Bullock not far behind Stephen Rhodes who took the overall win. The overall results are as per the photo.
The evening showed how difficult F2 can be with breakages and handling - but it can be very rewarding when it all clicks into place.
Next week it's hard bodied Libre and Tiddlers right after a track clean.

08/10/2026

Wednesday evening 1/32 BSCRA sports racing attracted 3 racers from the North Staffs Scalextric Racing Club and 1 from Black Country Slot Car Raceway. There were 11 racers in all, so fastest lap qualifying was used to see who raced who. After Lapmaster had sorted out the order, we went straight into the first final. This was won by Dean Byatt of NSSRC with a brushed Genesis from Paul Stokes who raced his brushless Genesis for the first time. Third was Oscar Byatt of NSSRC with a brushed Genesis from Doug Pinkerton who had problems with his brushless Genesis and retired before the end.
The second final was a win for David Beeching racing his brushless Genesis for the first time from Alex Krupskaya of NSSRC who had the highest placed brushed Genesis. Third was Steve Talbot who also used a brushless Genesis and fourth having an absolute nightmare was Barrie Wildfat Gregory (it'll get better Barrie).
The third final provided some very quick close racing with Stephen Rhodes just edging out Mick Metcalfe by just over a lap. Third was Duncan Bullock who probably had his best race yet. All three used brushless Genesis.
The overall results are as per the photo.
Next week it's BSCRA F2 racing - a difficult class to master but good fun trying to!

08/10/2026

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07/10/2026

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01/10/2026

Update on the Oaklands Park championship after 5 rounds. In the lead is Barrie with 41 points from Duncan with 37 points. There are 3 rounds to go hard bodied Libre, hard bodied Tin Tops and BSCRA F2 - plenty of chances to improve your position.

01/10/2026

For various reasons we were a few racers down this Wednesday for our scheduled hard bodied F1 and Tin Tops racing. We did however have a welcome return for Matthew Lukeman from M & V Models Our Place and a visit from Doug Pinkerton from Black Country Slot Car Raceway.
With seven racers Lapmaster was used to randomly select who raced who.
First up was hard bodied F1 and in the first final Stephen Rhodes finished ahead of David Beeching and the ever improving Paul Stokes. In the second final Dave Warren won from Duncan Bullock, Matt and Doug who did very well considering his experience with these cars. Overall it was a win for Steve R from Dave B with Dave W only half a lap behind him.
In Tin Tops the first final saw Duncan finish ahead of Steve R, Paul and Doug. The second final was a bit quicker with Dave B just pipping Dave W again by about half a lap. Matt was third struggling with our recessed slot track with his NSR. Overall a win for Dave B from Dave W and Duncan. This event will not count towards the Oaklands Park championship - this will now take place on Wednesday 11th November, plenty of time to get your car up to our latest specifications.
Next week it's 1/32 BSCRA sports and some of our members will be racing brushless for the first time.