Signatech Nissan drivers and the slot car competition with the media

SCX also hosted a competition today for visitors to the Autosport 6 Hours of Silverstone race meeting, in which members of the public raced against each other on the state-of-the-art digital slot car track, using 1:32 scale ILMC and LMS cars, including the Audi R10 and Peugeot 908 HDi FAP. Chris Lyons, from Stoke, was declared the overall winner after a two and a half hour contest involving 40 slot car racers. He was presented with his prize – a pair of tickets to the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours and a 6-month subscription to Autosport magazine – by former Silverstone 1000km winners, Desire Wilson and John Fitzpatrick. SCX is one of Europe's leading slot car track and model distributors. Its motorsport slot cars, which also include DTM, F1, rallying and NASCAR models, are bristling with technology including digital chips and guides to enable overtaking, powerful motors, xenon effect lights and adjustable magnets for set-up changes. The track on which Lucas triumphed earlier today will be open for the public to try all day tomorrow, providing some light entertainment during the 6-hour race being contested by the real ILMC and LMS cars on the Silverstone Grand Prix track.

The Autosport 6 Hours of Silverstone gets underway with a rolling start at 11.30am tomorrow.