ANOTHER STUNNING LIMITED RELEASE FROM SLOT.IT
The Mercedes Sauber C9 debuted in 1987, however, it was in 1989 that this car is remembered for. Replacing the black colour scheme for its plain silver colour the C9 was able to win all but one race in the 1989 season. During the qualifying sessions of the 1989 Le Mans the C9 reached 400km/h (248mph), the second fastest top speed in the history of the competition. The final result for the 1989 Le Mans was the C9 placing 1st, 2nd and 5th.
In November Slot.it will present these 3 cars in the fifth of their Winners Collection series - SICW05.
REAL MEN DON'T EAT QUICHE BUT DO DRIVE PINK SLOT CARS Rarely does 
a manufacturer re-release a car but this year Slot.it is doing it twice. During March we saw the re-release of the Audi R8C Snetterton, however, that model was manufactured with a new part number, new mould and many new features. On 15 May the SICA03C Porsche 962C pink Blaupunkt is being re-released and that prompted us to hold another competition.
We asked our readers to simply take a photo of their pink (or predominantly pink) slot cars and email them together in one photo to us. You would think after all this time in this industry we should have considered that we are dealing with slot car racers who find it hard to turn up to a race event without any modification to their slot car. In fact it is often believed the word 'scrutinise' was created for slot car racing enthusiasts.
So this entry arrived and impressed we were, however, when observing this photo we know that almost none of the liveries of the cars shown were ever produced in pink. We are also certain that followers of the V8 Supercar series are shuddering when they see the pink Vodafone Ford being held by a boy in a pink Ferrari T-Shirt!
Our dilema was then whether to protect the identity of the winning entry or not but that decision was made easy when we realised he was located in Western Australia - need we say anymore?
As we did not stipulate any rules for this competition we would like to congratulate Darryl P on his winning entry for the most pink slot cars. Darryl may now purchase the Slot.it Porsche 962C Blaupunkt or any other Slot.it car with a 50% discount.
Another competition will be announced shortly.
AMAZING OFFER ON RACER CARS It has been 12 months since we introduced Racer to our range. Made in Italy, the philosophy of Racer is to produce a real collectors item for the slot car world. Whilst not all Racer models are ever placed on a track, to ensure the highest quality level Racer cars are fitted with Slot.it technical parts.
For the months of May to August we are pleased to offer all Racer ready to run cars at a discount of 10% to an amazing 25%. Cars are now available from $195.00. This offer applies to stock on hand, orders and any new stock arriving. Please note this offer definately ends 31 August 2008. Full details HERE.
JUST HAS TO BE SEEN Arguably the most anticipated Scalextric car(s) this year is the C2923A 1967 Year of Legends. This twin pack has now arrived and we are pleased to advise they are as magnificent in the 'flesh' as on paper. The engine detail has to be seen to be fully appreciated.
This set has been limited to a production run of 7,000 and each set is supplied with a numbered card.
HAVE A GUESS... During
the 2nd weekend of March we held another of our weekend competitions
asking you to guess the make of car and driver of an unannounced
2008 release.
Our competition started with
the following statement and question:
We are very lucky
in Australia to receive a range of Australian Limited Release
Scalextric models. For some years we have been receiving a range
of the V8 Supercars along with some classic cars driven by Bob
Jane and Allan Moffat.
In 
2008
we will be again treated to another Australian Limited Release
car not part of the V8 Supercar range. Simply
guess the make of car and driver.
We received an interesting array of answers
and as we enjoyed this answer we felt our readers may also enjoy
it.
"...not
being Australian, I struggle to figure these historical things
out.
So it's guessing time... again.
I'm making the assumption it's a Scalextric release, otherwise
I might have had to guess a Slot-It Porsche 956 driven by Brock
and Perkins in
1984 at Le Mans.
So, if it's a Scalextric release, I'll also have to assume it's
not a new mould.
So that sort of leaves me completely flummaxed.
I'd have thought the logical driver to do would be Peter Brock,
especially with the HRT licensing Scalextric now have.
But I can't imagine Scalextric would try using a Camaro body in
place of his Torana...
And it's not part of the V8 Supercar range, so it's not his last
Bathurst outing in the fairly recent Commodore.
The only other cars lined up seem to be the Lotus Cortina, and
although Moffat drove one, can't see them doing him again. Can't
say I know of any Australian drivers in either the 60's mini or
the 70's Escort...
There's that Georgehan guy who also raced Mustangs, seems he was
a legend - but doesn't seem as inspiring as Brock, or Dick Johnson
or Jim Richards.
Can't see it being a Dick Johnson Ford or Jim Richards in the
Carerra cup, nope.
Everything points to Brock, and at Holden being the make of car
- you don't want the model though?
If I had to guess a mo
