Speed model car
Speed model car (engl. Tether Cars ) are, which, bound to high-speed designed model car to a steel wire, not remotely run on a circular track.
description
The models are equipped with two-stroke engines in displacement sizes of 1.5 cm³, 2.5 cm³, 3.5 cm³, 5 cm³ and 10 cm³. The engines are operated with a mixture of 80% methanol and 20% castor oil .
history
In the 1950s, speed model car racing, which had become popular in the USA in the post-war period, reached Germany.
today
There are currently three official race tracks in German-speaking countries, in Unterreichenbach (Kapfenhardt), Langenhagen near Hanover and Witterswil (CH). In Germany, the German Model Motor Club (DMMC) is the leading umbrella organization. Other race tracks can be found in many European countries, the USA and Australia.
Today's speed models reach speeds of over 340 km / h, which makes them probably the fastest model cars.
Current records
| class | World records | German records | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| date | driver | km / h | date | driver | km / h | |||
| WMCR I (1.5 cm³) | 12/09/2006 |
 Jan-Erik Falk |
268.697 | 05/21/2011 |
 Lothar Runkehl |
265.976 | ||
| WMCR II (2.5 cm³) | 05/31/2008 |
 Priit Hoyer |
283,942 | 06/27/1998 |
Wilfried Sott |
277.778 | ||
| WMCR III (3.5 cm³) | 04.03.2017 |
 Andrii Yakymiv |
300,953 | 08/24/2017 |
Horst Denneler |
286,630 | ||
| WMCR IV (5cm³) | 04/05/2014 |
Tonu Sepp |
317.124 | 05/03/2015 |
Thomas Finn |
303.981 | ||
| WMCR V (10cm³) | 03/29/2009 |
 Gualtiero Picco |
344,959 | 05/03/2015 |
Dieter Hecht |
337,518 | ||
| FEMA 3b (3.5 cm³) | 07.09.2013 |
 Nikolai Kubasov |
* 271.036 | 08/30/2009 |
Berthold Kästle |
255.545 | ||
(*) European record
German champion
| year | Class 1 (1.5cm³) | Class 2 (2.5cm³) | Class 3 (3.5cm³) | Class 4 (5cm³) | Class 5 (10cm³) | Class 3b (3.5cm³) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Volker Besang | Volker Besang | Horst Denneler | Thomas Finn | Walter Roeder | Mika Döring |
| 2017 | Volker Besang | Manuel Finn | Horst Denneler | Christoph Rabenseifner | Horst Denneler | Mika Döring |
| 2016 | Lothar Runkehl | Manuel Finn | Horst Denneler | Thomas Finn | Willi Hähnsen | Mika Döring |
| 2015 | Lothar Runkehl | Manuel Finn | Berthold Kästle | Thomas Finn | Dieter Hecht | Mika Döring |
| 2014 | - | Volker Besang | - | Thomas Finn | Horst Denneler | Mika Döring |