Leading slot racing brand, Scalextric, owned by Hornby Hobbies Ltd, set a new world record on Sunday 16th of August 2009 by recreating the famous Brooklands banked circuit entirely out of Scalextric, near Weybridge in Surrey. The incredible stunt was recreated with Scalextric for the new television show James May’s Toy Stories to be shown on BBC2 later this year.

Brooklands opened in 1907 and was the world’s first purpose-built motorsport venue. It hosted its last race in 1939 and now plays host to Brooklands Museum. James May and 300 volunteers used approx 20,000 separate sections of track to recreate the 2.953 miles circuit. Scalextric shattered the current record for a slot car track which was replicated in Berlin on October 2007 by 2,189.82 metres. Once the mammoth challenge was completed, two Scalextric model cars, a maroon Aston Martin DBS and a silver Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren roared around the newly created track.

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