THE NURBURGRING by Robert Schleicher [= eae acknowledged as ‘one of the most difficult road courses the world, It winds and twists its way for 14.17 miles of Germany's Eifel mountains. There are 174 identified ‘corners on the course and the road rises and falls through over 900 foot dif- ference in altitude, One of the uphill sections has a 17% grade, one of the downhills 11%. And, if this were not enough 10 discourage fast lap times, the road winds its way alternately through the dark shadows of the forest and brightness of sunlit fields. Current Grand Prix car engineering allowed this year's German Grand Prix winner, John Sur- tees, to average 96.60 miles per hour for the 15-lap race with a one lap record of 96.768 miles per hour. The course is also the site of the annual 1000 kilometer race for sports and G.T. cars. The following is a list of the winning cars, drivers and speeds since the Nur- burgring course was completed in 1927 YEAR WINNING CAR DRIVER AVERAGE SPEED (MPH). 1927 Mercedes-Benz Merz 63.75 1928 Mercedes-Benz Caracciola/ Werner 64.60 1929 Bugal Chiron 66.79 1930 no race 1931 Mercedes-Benz Caracciola 67.29 1932 Alfa Romeo Caracciola 74.13 1933 no race 1934 Auto-Union Stuck 75.14 1935 Alfa Romeo: Nuvolari 75.25 1936 ‘Auto-Union Rosemeyer 81.80 1937, Mercedes-Benz Caracciola 82.77 1938 Mercedes-Benz Seaman 80.75 1939 Mercedes-Benz Caracciola 75.18 1940-1949 no races 1950 Ferrari Ascari ‘77.67 1951 Ferra Ascari 83.76 1952 Ferre Ascari 82.21 1953 Ferr Farina 83.89 Conttaved om page 42 PLAN #1 NURBURGRING CIRCUIT SITE OF ANNUAL GERMAN GRAND PRIX 14.7 MILES PER LAP FUCHSROHRE Home- in KARUSSEL FLU@PLATZ WALLow N SWATL TRIBUNEN suokeHRe ‘START-FINISH 40 NO. Ill in the GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT seriesTHIN LINES INDICATE POINTS WHERE CURVES BEGIN AND END TO GUIDE WHEN ROUTING: UNLESS NOTED (LE, IN CHICANE AREAS). WIDE LINES INDICATE LANE CENTERS: a + CcunvE STARTS AT THs PNT; SMALL + INDICATES CENTER OF CURVE: fe. IN CROWDED AREAS CURVE IS INDICATED: ~ y ALL LANES ARE SPACED ON THREE:INCH CENTERS KEY PLAN NO. 2 _— [AND OUTER RADII ARE SHOWN ( ‘WOULD HAVE RADII OF 9", 12", 28 ‘ALL CURVE RADII ARE INDICATED NEAR CURVE CENTERPOINT (4), \\_TFLANES ARE ON STANDARD THREE:INCH CENTERS, ONLY INNER [ANY SPECIAL LANE CENTER SPACING ON CURVES IS MARKED, ANY SUGGESTED CHANGES IN HEIGHT (THESE FOUR LANES ARE TWO INCHES ABOVE TABLE TOP LEVEL.) PLAN #2 NURBURGRING CIRCUIT FOR 12 FT. x 12 FT. AREA 4 LANE, 53% FT. PER LAP A, B, C, & D ARE SUGGESTED DRIVER CONTROL LOCATIONS ACCESS HOLE MARSHALL FOR CORNER 1 1 ' 1 L. SWALLOW TAIL, HOME-ACHT Z CORNER: ul 9 D x 3 . ® FINISH \S7/i8 _ eRANDSTAND A oO" iz" Er 3 SCALE (34"=1954 Mercedes-Benz 1955 no race 1956 Ferrari-Lencia, 1957 Maserati 1958 Von Wall 1959 German G.P. held at Avus 1960 Porsche 1961 Lotus 1962 BRM 1963 Ferrari 1964 Ferrari Fangio Fangio Fangio Brooks J. Bonnier S. Moss G. J 4 Surtees Surtees 82.77 85.57 88.79 90.35 80.29 92:31 80.29 95.56 96.60 Lap record: J. Surtees, Ferrari, 1964 at 96.768 mph If you like scenery for your racing cars, Nurburgring is for you! The course is an endless procession of hills, dips, bridges, forests and meadows. The photos in the sports car magazines and books can provide you with endless. detailing ideas for your course. ‘The plans for the larger scales (#2, #3) should be built about 30 to 36” ‘minimum height from the floor to allow corner marshals to reach the cars, Plans #2 and #3 have been kept to maximum size of 127 X 12’ to allow most clubs, and some individuals, a track that is possible to construct in reasonable period of time. If you were to model a whole course as lengthy as the Nurburgring in 1/32 scale, you PLAN #3 NURBURGRING CIRCUIT FOR STROMBECKER OR KAL-KAR TRACK (CAN BE ADAPTED FOR ANY 60° "SET TRACK” (Use same Key Plan No. 2 as Oct. issue page 54.) PIT AREA START —4 FINISH HOHE ~ACHT CURVE 42PLAN #4 NURBURGRING CIRCUIT 6 6" | e PIT AREA FOR “SET TRACK" USING 90° SEGMENTS OF ° CIRCLE SHOWN FOR AURORA OR ATLAS HO TRACK. would need a room approximately 100 feet long and 60 feet wide and each car would cover over 2,370 feet in one lap! T have condensed the actual plan to include all the most popular corners. Tt allows for adequate skid areas on the outside of each curve, with 3” lane centers in all but chicaned areas. Note the access hole indicated to allow easier replacement of spun-out cars. The 12 X 12 size will allow you, as shown on the plans, to construct the course using readily available 4 X 8° panels. The length per tap in each lane is a practical 53 feet. Those who wish to build the course using sectional track can easily siart with only a small portion of the course, say the oval around the start- finish, and add 4 X 8 tables one at 4 time until i's complete. For added interest, and to more close- ly simulate actual conditions, each lane can be controlled from a different posi- tion on the course as indicated by lewers A, B, C, & D on Plan #2. If a driver is required to change control positions each time he changes lanes, the course will have to be relearned with each change. “Deduct any special, standard length, straight sections such as chicanes, lap counters, start-finish, adaptors, etc., from total. Radius measured around outermost edge of circle formed by sections. SCALE (2 NURBURGRING PLAN #3 (Plan No. 3 is scaled for Strombecker or Kal-Ker track sections, however, the same general theme can be carried out using any sectional track with 60 degree segments of a circle for curves, if the areas using 4 sections are eliminated.) BRAND SCALE LAYOUT. SIZE Strombecker 1/32 or 12" X 12" 1/24 KalKar —1/320r 12° X 12" 1/24 Varney 1/320r = 12°X 12" (2 lane only) 1/24 vip 1/32 12x 12" (2 lane only) STRAIGHT TRACK REQUIRED* 28 full straight ‘half straight 12'4 lane straight section 22 sections 26 sections CURVED ‘TRACK REQUIRED? 27 reg. curve 12 half curve 66 outer curve 5Y% full circles 4 lane 36 standard 36 standard NURBURGRING PLAN #4 (Plan #4 is scaled for HO construction but the same sectional layout idea can be used with any set track using 45 degree segments of a circle for curves.) Aurora HO (1/87) 4X 8° or Atlas Wrenn 1/s2 aX SRM, 140 XB Scalextric 1/30 5X9 Eldon 1/30 5x9" (2 lane only) 124 18 sections 8 tull sections 2 half sections 12 full sections 6 standard sections 4. AVERAGE LENGTH LAP 55 53 50! 51 circle 6” radius 12.9" sections 12-14 circle 9” radius B-Y% circle 12” radius x 12-14 circle 6” radius 16-14 circle 9” radi 4-14 circle 12” radius 44 inner 44 outer 16 inner 46 standard 28 outer 44 inner 45 degree 44 standard 45 degree 44 standard 26 24" 30° ar 25" 43THE OULTON PARK NO. V IN THE SCALE CIRCUIT SERIES. Build this exciting race course from any make ‘of set track, in any scale, or by custom building to suit your particular table top racing area. By ROBERT SCHLEICHER ‘The Oulton Park Circuit is located near Tarporley, Cheshire in England. It is not a part of the regular Grand Prix season. The Grand Prix races in Eng- land the count toward the world cham- pionship are held at either Aintree, Silverstone, or Brands Hatch. The Oulton Park course, however, lays some claim to fame jin being the site of the last race held under the old 2¥4-titer form- ula. The regular British Empire Trophy race for sports cars is held here in addi tion to a number of local club events for sports and Formula 11 cars The primary reason for including the Oulton Pack citcuit in this series is i general layout. Tt is one of the most Interesting courses that can be adapted 10 model racing. The course is laid out in the open fields of an English park with only a few tees dotting the grassy rolling hills. This type of scenery is quite easy fo model using plaster and wire screening to form the rises and dips of the land, Spray on various shades of green to simulate and add a few ees in the infield to complete the ‘The circuit was opened on Angust 8, 1953 with an inter-club event sponsored by the local Mid-Cheshire Club. This original circuit was only 1% miles in length and consisted of only the rectangu lar shaped segment on the north half of the plans. This first event was won by a Formula If Connaught at an average speed of 77.26 mph. Later the circuit was lengthened to its present 2.75-mile length. The last event of the 25-ter formula, in 1960, was won by Sterling Moss in a Lotus 18 at an average speed of 9285 mph. Jimmy Clark set the fastest lap time in this 1960 event at 97.07 mph! ‘The Oulton Park plans for model tracks are, as all plans in this series, pre- senied in’ four forms: Number 1 is a skeich of the general plan of the full size course, number 2 is a plan for use by those who prefer to route a track from particle board oF build using the So-Cal system, number 3 is a plan for use with commercial set track sections based on 60° segment curves, and number 4 is for 52 tise with commercial set track based on 4S” segments. The plans of the full size course are taken from scale sketches of the circuit to give you a proportional idea of the size of the curves, relative lengths of the straights. and to provide the proper ames for the more famous corners. The ‘current Grand Prix cirevits range from a 1.2S-mile length (Brands Hateh) © 176 miles (Nurburgring). To accurately model an exact scale of these circuits would require a 1/32 scale track with approximately 207 feet per lap for Brands Hatch to over 2900 feet for the Nurburgring. For most home or club tracks there is just not enough space for a four-lane track of such tremendous size The plans in this series are, therefore scaled down yet preserve as much of the shape and the corners of the course as possible ‘The number 1 plan in this series is de. signed to be lid out on four 4! x 8 panels. This size allows an approximate Jap length of between 35 and 60 fect These four 4! x 8° sections can be ar ranged in a number of combinations that will fit inside @ two-car garage and still PLAN NO. | THE OULTON PARK CIRCUIT 2.75 miles per lap Cheshire, England 0) HALL CORNER FINISH NoT To Scalr E MODEL CAR & TRACKCIRCUIT PLAN NO. It for 1/32 or 1/24 scale cars, four lanes, 8’ x 16’ area. Approximately 35 ft. per lap. ‘START DRUIDS SCALE (%4"=1) 0” “TWIN LINES INDICATE POINTS WHERE CURVES BEGIN AND ENO TO GUIDE WHEN ROUTING: (WIDE LINES INDICATE LANE CENTERS: —————~™ CCURVE STARTS AT THIS POINT: KEY PLAN NO. 2 ae — [ALL CURVE RADII ARE INDICATED NEAR CURVE CENTERPOINT (+), {LANES ARE ON STANDARD THREE INCH CENTERS, ONLY INNER AND OUTER RADII ARE SHOWN (€., A CURVE MARKED: WOULD HAVE RADII OF 8°, 12°, 15° and 18°) ANY SPECIAL LANE CENTER SPACING ON CURVES 1S MARKED. a7 sua.+INOGATES CENTER OF CURVE. ) Ay suGoesTeO CHANGES Ih HEIN Winnie Re RRO) TE TT BE (THESE FOUR LANES ARE TWO INGHES ABOVE TABLE TOP LEVEL) [ALL LANES ARE SPACED ON THREE:INGH CENTERS UNLESS NOTED (LE, IN CHICANE AREAS) allow room for spectators, drivers and corner marshals. If necessary the 4’ x 8° panels con be supported by sawhorees, of removable legs, and taken apart for storage, Some of the plans will work out to fit an 8” x 16" area which can be squeezed into a single car garage if need- fed, Any of the circuits can be assembled into a permanent unit if you have the space. These plans are carefully marked with the curve centers and the points where the curves begin and end. If you are routing your track, these points are essential so you will know where £0 pivot the router and exactly where to start and stop routing each curve. For this type of construction all of the lines shown on the plan should he transferred to the table top before routing. If you plan to build the circuit using the So-Cal/Tru- Scale poured plaster construction method, ‘you need only draw the lane centers on the table top and then proceed with the construction as illustrated on the So-Cal 83truck (Oct., Nov. and Dec. '64, MC&T). ‘The number 3 plan is also laid out on four 4’ x 8 panels for Strombecker or Kal-Kar track sections, With set track you can rearrange the four tables and the track sections to duplicate any of the courses in this series. If you need to store the track when not racing, the track sec- tions can be packed away in boxes and the tables stored against a wall, The chart published with each set of plans also enables anyone using Varney or V.LP. track to lay out a close dupli cate of each course for two-lane racing since these brands also use 60° segments, of a circle for curves (six pieces per circle) ‘The number 4 plan is drawn for either of the popular HO set tracks, ‘Aurora and Atlas, 10 he set up on a 4 x 8 panel, This is about the maxi- mum size for an HO cireuit as you tend to lose the tiny cars on a course that is much larger. These brands use 45° see ments of a citcle for curves (eight pieces per circle) so the same plan can easily be duplicated (by using the chart) with Wrenn, S.R.M., Sealextrie or Eldon track sections, The larger Scalextric and Eldon tracks need a 5’ x 9 ping pong table- siaed track to use the same plan, 54 THIS AREA MAY BE REMOVED FOR ACCESS | KNICKER BROOK CLAY HILL CASCADES OLD HALL CORNER PLAN NO. IV THE OULTON PARK CIRCUIT for four-lane, HO scale track, 4’ x 8’ area. Adaptable to any 45° set track. Approximately 21 feet per lap. (All straight sections are standard nine-inch length unless otherwise indicated). (Plan #4 is drawn tor use with HO scale track sections but the same layout idea can be used with any set track using 45° segments of a circle for curves, 8 pieces per circle.) BRAND SCALE. «LAYOUT ‘SUE furore HOI/E7) 4x or Alas Wren ys ae SRM. yao axe Scalextric 1/30 sxo Eldon 130 sxe 2iane only STRAIGHT TRACK, (CURVED TRACK AVERAGE REQUIRED ‘REQUIRED LENGTH/LAP 10-6" sections 3-4 circle 6” radius 22-9" sections $14 crcle 6” radius B-h cicle 9" radius 7M cic 9” radius 51h circle 12° radius 3-14 cirdle 12" radius 28 sections 2 inner 22 standard 19! 6 fu Tinner 10 half 22 standard 16 outer 1 B halt 6 Inner 45° 2B" sections B ianor 90° 0 ful 22 stand. 45° oy 28 standard sections 22 standard z MODEL CAR & TRACKDRUIDS CORNER PLAN NO. Ill THE OULTON PARK CIRCUIT for four-lane, 1/32 or 1/24 scale cars, Strombecker or Kal-Kar track. Adaptable to all 60° set track. Approximately 34 ft. per lap. (Plan No. 3 is drawn for use with Strombecker or Kal-Kar track sections, however, the same layout idee can be used with any set track using 60° segments of a circle for curves (6 pieces per circle) if the areas using the half curve sections are eliminated.) ‘BRAND SCALE LAYOUT. STRAIGHT TRACK. CURVED TRACK AVERAGE ‘SUE REQUIRED REQUIRED LENGTH/LAP Steombecker 1/32 or 1/28 8x16" 46 ful straight 11 requir Bhat 6 half straight 30 outer aay" al Kar 1/32 or 1/24 B16" 2444" A lane straight 2% full circles 4 ane 3a Verney 1/32 oF 1/24 8x18 28 sections 18 standard 40 (@ lane ony) Vue. 1/32 oF 1/24 8x16" 30 sections 15 standard 3 lane gr) SCALE (%" = 1) SCALE (1"=1) o” 12 v > 3 FEBRUARY 3965, 55CHEQUERED FLAG RACING TEAM SCALEXTRIC is real Motor Racing in miniature and captures all the thrills, excitement and atmosphere of the real race track. Its authenticity is acknowledged by many internationally known drivers some of whom find well merited relaxation with Scalex- tric. Indeed there are many top class drivers whose childhood interest in the sport started with a Scalextric layout. The Scalextric design team always keeps in close touch with events in the real live race track and their closest connection is through the specially sponsored Chequered Flag—Scalextric Racing Team which was formed by an association between Scalextric, leaders in the field of Model Motor Racing, and the Chequered Flag Team, long est- ablished as England's leading private entrant in formula 3 racing. This true marriage of Champions, The Chequered Flag Racing Team and Scalextric Model Motor Racing, can look forward to providing both many future Grand Prix World Champions and more and more excitement for champions of the Model World.British Automot 8 Standard Curve Liner Curve "G" 4 Outer Curve 4 Hal Seandard Curve le has no slow corners and fast corners. The lap di situated off the Towcester-Brackley Road (AB) it i equally accessible from London and the ‘Midlands via the AS road. rodrome circuits, Asa disused air fel 2Serighe "AT PTT] SSeright"C” PTS Weak "D" PTOI Stareing Line PT/63 ance is about 3 miles, and Silverstone FAMOUS CIRCUITS the fastost and largest of all the it was taken over after the war by the Royal Club, who held the frst post war RLA.C. Grand Prix there in 1948. It has boen completely re-surfaced. jectators and drivers can enjoy the thrills provided by a variety of typesA)) U6 Seandard Curve PT/60 32 Outer Curve Pras 4 Straight Pres 12 Seraph” Anas NV } 10 Standard Curve PY/SI 8 Seraighe PTS 2 Inner Curve prs G Sersgne PTs G Halt seanetrd Curve PT'S4 26 Straighe“"D" Pre 6 Halflnner Curve PT’SS 2 Starting Une Pre [4 Double ner Curve PTS6 18 Sundaes carve PT/SI / 18 inner Curve prs? 36 Outer Curve 6 Sersighe “A 8 Straight 32 Straight 533 Strighe “0” 3 Starting Line jee 10 Standsed Curve 22 Outer Curve 16 Standard Curve 1 Taner Curve 27 Goxer Curve ‘Half Seandaré Curve T Hat Inner Curve 2 Double inner Curve PTs! 18 Seaighe “0 2 Starting Line 2Shore Chane See PTA 2Pairs Changeover PTD Hump Back Bridge A248 BD seraighe PT/6o} 3 Searting Straight PT 63 [2 Large Radius Curve PT84) \ 2 Sersighe 2Serigne 4 Sesiane 14 Seaighe“D” 2 Searing Une 2 Long Chicane SetFAMOUS CIRCUITS ‘The unique Monaco circuit is among the most It is one of the shortest (1-98 miles) and slowest (lap record 767 mp.h) yet provides some of the most exciting racing seen in the Grand Prix calendar. It snakes through the ly streets of Monte-Carlo, perched on the shores of the Mediterranean in the South of France, and is one of the only round:the-house circuits lefe in Europe. Gasometer corner, the famous in the worl station hai in and curving tunnel are scenes of ' famous battles in motor racing history. The spectacular harbour, bobbing with boats beneath Prince Rai 's towering yacht, has claimed, among fothers, the great Alberto Ascari whose ear plunged from the road in a column of spray; boat crews fished him out unharmed. Graham Hill won the race in 1965 for BLM. and became the first man ever to win at Monaco three times in succession. 6 Stsnearé Curve inner Curve 24 Outer Curve 5 Double Inver Curve 8 Seeaighe "A | Seraighe "8" 4 Seraighe °C 57 Straghe “O° 1 Seacing Line | piece ChicaneFAMOUS CIRCUITS Situated in East Anglia near Norwich, Snetterton is one ofthe longest and fastest circuits in the country. It has been extensively modernised and developed as an international centre of motor racing. ‘The lap distance yard access is very easy as the All, Lo wich Road, passes the gate. TSanded Curve PTS! ‘6 Outer Curve prs) Thal Sandard Carve PY Sth {Straight Pra 4 Straight" prs? Ue Seraphe Pr eo 1 Searing Line Pres19 Serie 1 Star nhs 14 Sera “D" 1 Sean Sesine 2 Outer Curve 1} Double inner Curve ‘ Seriane "AFAMOUS CIRCUITS Mallory Park is one of Britain’ several small club irkby Mallory about racing circuits where many famous drivers first made their name. Ie is near ight miles from Leicester. Although small—about I} miles—it is quite fast circuit which the quicker cars can lap at almost 100 m.psh, reaching, perhaps, 130 m.psh. down the shore straights and dropping to around 35 mph. on the one sharp hairpin called Shaws, The circuit, on private ground, i beautifully situated in a wooded park and is very popular with spectators who can see most of the way round 1 the circuit. {from the natural terraces overtoo! ‘You can also go for speedboat trips on the lake 4 Outer Curve PT/s3 4 Seraighe Pry 2 Double inner Prise 18 Seraighe "0" Pr 60 1 Seesighe "a" erst 1 Searcing Stesighe PTGS 1 Seraghe “B Prise 12 Large Radius Curve PT/B4Fron aare) ees TrSandard Curve PY'ST ‘ Pr 4 Inner Curve Prat 28 Pr | {Bewbietnner curve PTS 10 Straghe a 4 Seah" Prat 2 Starting Line re meget Memes er icre I | ES eee | W2Sandaré Cure PTS 7 Straighe 26 Outer Curve rr 4 Stain" 2 Half Sandard Curve 14 Seraigne “BD” Pre Prs7 2 Starting Line Pres I cece neath ne ene ret rere Fe eee Hoc Hei Bee eee 3 z 7 Fao ea Soy femora Be inner Curve” ] [ics PT Acces ] ieee RS Soe ee J ifiroet ee BY 3 Sos ee Fa ee iFAMOUS CIRCUITS Every now and then the French Grand Prix, ‘of all the classic Grandes Epreuves, shifts from its now almost traditional home at Rheims to the (197 miles), prettier, wooded circuit of Les Exsarts, near Rouen in north-west France: part of the circuit ion RN.840 about €0 miles from Paris. Rheims is very fast with long straights and few corners, a circuit where the fastest car, rather than the fastest driver, will win, Roven Is just the o ‘real driver's circuit, in fact. The last two Grands Prix held at Rouen, in 1962 and 1964 were both won, short straights, many eorners— by the American Dan Gurney driving a Porsche and 2 Brabham respectively. BSancirg Curve PYISI| 3 serge PT s6 5 Straight "C prs? 27 Seraighe °O" PT 60 THatFinner Curve 1 Scaring Line Pres | 3 Double Inner Curve PT/S6|iss Curve PTA Pre