Invicta Informant

This weekend there is IndyCar and IMSA Sportscars from Long Beach, California, the World Endurance Championship with a 6 Hour race at Imola, NASCAR from Talladega, Alabama, Australian Supercars from the Taupo International Motorsport Park, New Zealand, and the World Rally Championship from Croatia.

This weekend there is MotoGP from the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, NASCAR from Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, and the Goodwood Members' Meeting.

This weekend there is WRC from Kenya, NASCAR from Richmond, Virginia, and British GT from Oulton Park.

The Erith Model Railway Society held its AGM on Thursday 21st March. The members present at the meeting voted to elect Clive Simpson as Chairman. Shaun Blake has also joined the Committee. The club's Committee now consists of: Clive Simpson - Chairman. Paul Plummer - Exhibition Manager. Michael Chipperfield - Secretary. Stan Monger-Godfrey - Treasurer. Shaun Blake - Committee Member. Alan Bone - Committee Member. David Bone - Committee Member. Janet Jackson - Committee Member. New members are always welcome. We suggest that anybody interested in joining the club visits our clubrooms in Belvedere on a couple of Wednesdays (between 6:30pm and 9:00pm) just to get to know the members and the feel of the place before taking the plunge and signing-up. So any railway modellers, railway enthusiasts or modellers in general, regardless of skill, in South East London and North West Kent who are interested to joining a friendly and active club, then please do not hesitate to get in contact with us via the 'Contact Us' on our website: https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/erithmrs/contact.html Alternatively, you can also PM me here on RMweb.

This weekend there is MotoGP from Portimão, Portugal, Australian Supercars from Albert Park, Melbourne, NASCAR from the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, and a non-championship round of IndyCar - The $1Million Challenge at the Thermal Club in California.

This weekend there is NASCAR from Bristol, Tennessee, and the second round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship - the Sebring 12 Hours.

There is also the first round of IndyCar from St. Petersburg, Florida, and NASCAR from Phoenix, Arizona.

The UK Open was won by Dimitri Van den Bergh, who beat World No.1 and World Champion Luke Humphries 11 legs to 10. Van den Bergh moves back into the top 10 of the PDC's Order of Merit from 14th to 7th. There was also the sad news of the passing of Tony Green, aged 85 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Green was better known as a commentator for the BBC's coverage of the BDO World Darts Championships, and as the announcer and co-host of Bullseye.

The entry list for this year's World Endurance Championship had to be limited because of garage limitations at some of the tracks on the calendar, but the series organisers are looking to expand. They appear to have the opposite to Formula One's 'closed shop' attitude, plus has a lot more manufacturer interest (Cadillac, Porsche, Toyota, Isotta Fraschini, BMW, Alpine, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Peugeot in Hypercar, with Aston Martin, BMW, Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini, Ford, Lexus, Chevrolet, and Porsche in LMGT3).

This weekend there is NASCAR from Las Vegas and the first round of the World Endurance Championship from Qatar (coverage on Eurosport).

Darts is a sport. The World Darts Federation, the sport's highest governing body, was one of nearly 100 members of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (which was dissolved in 2023 and replaced by Sport Accord), alongside the FIA, FIFA, the ICC, etc. There has been a World Championship since 1978 and a World Cup since 1977. Rugby Union, by comparison, had their first World Cup in 1987.

This weekend there is NASCAR from Atlanta, and the first meeting of the Australian Supercars Championship from the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales. The Bathurst 1000 is not until 13th October.

The World Senior Darts Championship was won by John Henderson who beat Colin McGarry 5 sets to 0 in the final. Lisa Ashton made the semi-finals, while familiar names like Phil Taylor, Terry Jenkins, Keith Deller, and John Part did not get beyond the first round. Winners on the PDC Pro Tour thus far this year are Luke Littler, Gary Anderson, Ryan Searle, and Damon Heta. One interesting Rileys 'Amateur' Qualifier for the UK Open (1st-3rd March) is Joe Croft, the grandson of Olly Croft who founded the BDO.

A few days ago, the entry list for this year's Le Mans 24 Hours (15th-16th June) has been released, and it looks stacked. 23 Hypercars, 16 LMP2s, 23 LMGT3s, and 7 reserves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans The World Endurance Championship starts with the Prologue this weekend at the Losail International Circuit, Qatar, prior to the first race of the season at the same circuit on 2nd March. The entry list for the season had to be limited to 37 entries because of pit garage limitations at Imola and the Circuit of the Americas, but they are looking to increase the grid size in future seasons. This series appears to have the opposite to Formula One's 'closed shop' attitude, plus has a lot more manufacturer interest.

I got some in Lined Crimson livery. The models come in packaging similar to Rapido's LNER Dynamometer Car. You must fit the couplings yourself and you are provided with four 'bar' style connectors (similar to what I have seen used on Hornby and Bachmann models of DMUs and EMUs), two shorter ones and two slightly longer ones. You also get one tension lock coupling with the brake carriages. The models have a nice weight to them, and have the look and feel of a quality product. The lighting in them is superb, with a working tail light on the brake carriages that lights up red, depending on the direction. Recommended.