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Tether car

Model combustion engine racing cars

Tether car
Summary

Model combustion engine racing cars

A tether car with 1.5 cc engine

Tether cars (also commonly known as spindizzies) are model racing cars powered by miniature internal combustion engines and tethered to a central post. Unlike radio control cars, the driver has no remote control over the model's speed or steering.

Basics

Modern tether car track surrounded by safety walls

Tether cars are often small (less than 1 meter in length), powered by a non-radio controlled model aeroplane engine (two stroke, glow plug, piston liner, etc.), and run on fuel supplied by a fuel tank within the car. Since 2015, electric motor driven cars, powered by batteries, have also emerged.

History

Tether cars were developed beginning in the 1920s–1930s and still are built, raced and collected today. First made by hobby craftsmen, tether cars were later produced in small numbers by commercial manufacturers such as Dooling Brothers (California), Dick McCoy (Duro-Matic Products), Garold Frymire (Fryco Engineering), BB Korn, and many others. Original examples of the early cars, made from 1930s to the 1960s, are avidly collected today and command prices in the thousands of dollars.

Locations

There are tracks in Australia (Brisbane and Sydney), New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia, the United States, and other countries. World Championship races are held every three years. The 2013 World Championships were held in Basel, Switzerland.

World records

ClassDateDriverSpeedkm/hmph
WMCR I (1.5 cm³)December 9, 2006SWE Jan-Erik Falk268.697166.961
WMCR II (2.5 cm³)August 20, 2016NOR Torbjorn Johannessen285.711177.533
WMCR III (3.5 cm³)March 4, 2017UKR Andrii Yakymiv300.953187.004
WMCR IV (5 cm³)April 5, 2014EST Tonu Sepp317.124197.057
WMCR V (10 cm³)March 1, 2025EST Tonu Sepp348.432216.506

References

References

  1. Yeager, Robert C.. (2010-09-24). "Fast and Finely Crafted, Spindizzies Still Dazzle". The New York Times.
  2. Neiger, Christopher. (2010-02-08). "How Tether Car Racing Works".
  3. "Eesti koondis domineeris Austraalias toimunud MM-i: 15 võimalikust medalist võideti seitse!".
  4. "2019 Brisbane World Championships : Final Reseults".
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