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Teams will compete for the coveted title of Scalextric4Schools champions.

Entry forms will be sent to everyone registered on the challenge web site and entries must be received by Friday 3rd May 2013.

To improve our service, PTC has been working with Hornby to supply parts and track through their (PTC) online global e-store.

Temporarily, the components packs C8523 are unavailable and expected back in stock in May.

Hornby and PTC sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Formula 3 Overall Winner – The Gauntlet – Forfar Academy Our Lady, Queen of Peace School, Lancashire.

Best engineered car - SKEM DM – Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College, Skelmersdale, Lancs.

Best Presentation - PM Ladoga – School #30, St Petersburg, Russia.

Fastest F3 car - WRC – Wootton Upper School, Bedfordshire.

Bloodhound SSC LSR – Leek & Potato Soup – Leek High School - 612mph.

Furthest Travelled - Teams from #30 School, St Petersburg, Russia

All teams who registered for the finals have now received entry forms which must be returned by Monday 7th May. Why not come along to see how the teams get on. 10am – 4pm on Sunday June 24th 2012 at the RAF Museum, Cosford, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8UP

In 2011 with support from Holden/GM, Concept2Creation managed two challenges for schools in North Adelaide.

Endeavour College won the Holden Cruze Assembly Challenge and St. Patricks took the award for the Holden Eco Challenge.

Congratulations to winners and the teams who took part plus Holden, Concept2Creation, Southern Model Supplies and Sonnex for their support.

Many schools run the project in their timetabled lessons while some enter the competition trying to become Scalextric4Schools Champions.

Register now for Scalextric4Schools Challenge 2012

PTC and Hornby are pleased to announce the 2012 challenge launched at the D&T with ICT Show at the NEC, UK on 17-19th November. At the show we will be offering schools the opportunity to “Race what you bring” on the F3 and 40 metre Bloodhound SSC tracks!

Formula 3 results

• Overall winners - Cobra - Our Lady, Queen of Peace School, Lancashire.
• Runner-up - Jack Barclay Racing, Bideford College, Devon.
• Runner-up - Roary the Scout Mobile, Boreaton Scouts, Shropshire.
• Best engineered car - Team Leek & Potato Pie, Leek High School, Staffordshire.

Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record

• Fastest car - Sharp Edges, Arthur Terry School, Sutton Coldfield achieved a scale speed of 612mph