The 108’ Johnson Road Course 8 lane computer controlled race track is available for Birthday Party hire.

We recommend a minimum of 4 children with no maximum, but please be mindful of the time and effort taken to organizing larger bookings. From our experience and from a parent’s perspective and their feedback, we find a party of up to 16 children is manageable.

As the “Party Track” has eight lanes we normally ask the parents to divide the party into two groups and we put on Group A for 15 minutes whilst the children in Group B assist with marshalling which is putting errant cars back on the track. The cars and lanes are all colour coded i.e. green car goes on the green lane- We then rotate the groups with the Group B children becoming the drivers and The Group A children marshall. We then repeat the procedure to ensure each child has their ½ hour on the track.

The hire cars are the larger 1/24 scale using a modified flexi car chassis and fox motors. They have impact resilient Lexan bodies, 20mm wide rear tyres for extra grip and are capable of lap times of less than 8 seconds per lap. They are designed to be a comfortable introduction to slot car racing even for the youngest racer.

We recommend a minimum age of 5 years for birthday parties.
Children 8 years and under are usually unable to marshal correctly and therefore will require assistance from adults for the marshaling role.
We recommend 2 adults be present at the party.

Racing tips:

• Initially all racers should have practice runs on the track.

• The hand controller regulates the speed of the car and whilst we have combined many features into the hire cars to ensure high cornering speeds they are not infallible and will deslot if driven at full speed. We suggest judicial use of the throttle until the racer becomes experienced at car control. The main idea is to clock up the laps by staying in the slot.

• Once all racers are comfortable you can then run short race events including best of a determined number of laps or press the button on the side of the track to run the 10 lap auto race. Here the computer will control the track and the results will be displayed on the monitor. Where there are more than 8 racers and a competition is the nature of the day, we suggest splitting your group into 2, and the 4 quickest racers from each group then race in a final 10 lap race.

Party Price:

$10 per half hour per child-includes use of a dedicated party table capable of sitting 16 children within the premises.

The use of the party table which measures 4.1m x 1.1m, fridge/freezer and microwave oven are all available for birthday party bookings. The party table has a fixed seating arrangement and is located within the shop. If parents wish to decorate the area with balloons, streamers etc, to enhance the birthday theme they are welcome to do so, however we do ask that they be removed and dispensed with when the party is concluded.

As we do not provide food you are welcome to bring your own or have it delivered. You may bring your food prior to your function and have it stored in the fridge. Please also bring any cooking/serving utensils, paper plates and sufficient disposable drink cups.
From our experience slot car racing is thirsty work so please ensure the children have sufficient liquids to drink. We also sell chilled cans of soft drink and bottled water for $1.50 each.

Please note that alcohol may not be consumed on our premises.