BVR Slotcar Racing

Slowly but surely, things are happing to get the new facility built. Earthworks started Thursday. The 2 old stumps shown were well over 2t and unfortunately took out power and the comms line to the house. Currently without power but hopefully 🤞🏻🤞🏻we’ll be back on by Wednesday.

We’re still a way off but getting the rough cuts in place ready for “all systems go” once the formal approval comes through.

Part of order No1 for the 1:24 Scaleauto Hypercars has arrived. These cars will form a regular class on our 1:24 scale nights at the new facility at Bahrs Scrub. They have fantastic detail and finish and will be run essentially straight out of the box. Only items that will be open are gearing, braids, guide shoe, axles (3mm only) and bearings. These are to accommodate preference of brand.
Wheels/tyres 21x13mm rim rear with tyres 25mm diameter minimum 13mm width maximum. Front, 21x7mm rim and 25x7mm tyres.
Ground clearance 1mm minimum.
A lightweight interior comes in the kit, this can replace the fitted plastic interior but the hard plastic windows/windshield must remain.

The idea is to make the class even and affordable to a new person starting.

The final chapter of BVR at Bonogin. Dismantling well under way.

The final class was a class that has proven to be the favourite among the guys who race at BVR, our LMP class. I managed to get my first podium for the night with a win, averaging just better than 6sec per lap for the 12 minute race distance. Jan was hot on my heels and Grant close behind in 3rd.

A big thanks to all who have supported BVR in Bonogin for the past 10.5 years. It’s been a privilege to host such good racing and have so many talented racers among our group. We’ll now be charging full steam ahead to get the new facility built so we can start the next chapter on the BVR track.

Our second class for the night was the Plafit Historics. Just .23 of a lap (1.6 seconds) separated Ash in first place from Nick. Jan rounded out the top 3, pretty good for someone who had just flown back from overseas and suffering from Jet lag. Such nice cars these, not overly expensive and quick.

A great field of 15 drivers for our last night of racing in Bonogin. Scaleauto GT was our first class with Nick getting a lap record and just missing bettering the most laps for 12 minutes by 3 meters. 2nd to 4th was covered by about 3.5 seconds with Ash finishing 2nd and Jan 3rd.

Now on track are our Historics.

This Wednesday night sees the end of 1 chapter at BVR. After 10 and a half years, this will be our last race night in Bonogin. Our classes will be Scaleauto GT, Plafit Historic and LMP. The track will be open from 3pm Qld with racing to start as close after 5pm Qld as possible. 🏎️🏁

This Saturday we will be dismantling the track and putting it into storage until the new facility at Bahrs Scrub is completed. Hopefully this won’t take too long but we still need a registered builder to put their hand up so we can finalise and lodge the plans with council.