Model sport in Weidenhain: GDR model racing car racing on the Prefo car racing track

Model sport in Weidenhain: GDR model racing car racing on the Prefo car racing track

model sport

Prefo car racing track: GDR fashion racing cars go to Rundehaz

racing spectacle with the Leipzig slot racing car club: In Weidenhainer Heideschlösschen, the Prefo plastic racers from GDR times on Saturday round off round for round.

in Weidenhain decide small things

Mostly - as in big racing - little things decide on victory or defeat. In the case of Ralf Schladitz, it was so far the rail stickers that were happy to dissolve in the course of the races and caught between the electro-contact shells of his racing cars. "And suddenly there is no electricity," says Schladitz, who deals elegantly this time with a white edding this time.

The engines of the cars create between 9600 and 12,000 revolutions per minute - depending on the performance class. In the simplicity and speed of the speedsters, Schladitz also sees the reason why the fun of the hobby has kept itself. A lot could be repaired easily. He sees no reason to switch to modern, digital systems.

Details about the event

Weidenhain. In the hall of the Heideschlösschen Pension Gasthof it goes around on Saturday: The members of the Leipzig Slot Racing Car Club (LSRCC) leave their plastic speedsters on the old plug-in GDR car racetrack parts of the VEB Prefo Dresden. The track length is 50 meters. Four vehicles go into the race next to each other. The Weidenhainer Ralf Schladitz hopes for one or the other visitor who cannot miss the round spectacle with preliminary and final runs.

Wednesday will start nine drivers at 2 p.m. The cup handover is expected around 8 p.m. Since 1976, the men who have now been seasoned have been swearing on the Prefo scale 1:32. In Weidenhain they have been coming together for years to send their vehicles on track in four performance classes. Using a special software, the course was optimized in such a way that the route lengths deviate only by four centimeters despite the paths that run next to each other.

association and venue

Schladitz belongs to the association's board, which has guaranteed the cohesion of the group for decades. On December 11, 1976, the LSRCC in Leipzig was launched. The electrically powered racing cars from Leipzig to Weidenhain were moved due to the better space. The hall of the Heideschlösens offers enough space for exciting duels on 180 square meters.