C2892 Chevrolet Impala - Casey Mears Nascar DPR
History
Casey Mears, nephew of Indianapolis 500 legend Rick Mears, joined the Hendrick Motorsports team for the 2007 season. In July he took his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at Chicagoland Speedway.
Mears has big plans for 2008. In his second year with team owner Rick Hendrick, Mears drives the #5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST Chevrolet. He joined forces with one of NASCAR’s rising stars, crew chief Alan Gustafson. Gustafson and the No. 5 team earned consecutive berths in the “Chase for the Sprint Cup” in 2006 and 2007, earning 10th and 5th place finishes.
The Scalextric Model
NASCAR has been a very popular theme in the Scalextric range for over 10 years and the cars have an excellent reputation high build quality, decoration, robustness and performance.
The side-winder chassis design, rugged body exterior and detailed interior make this car a joy to race.
The car features a high-quality build specification with expected high performance straight out of the box. This Digital Plug Ready (DPR) car can be converted for use with the Scalextric Digital range in under sixty seconds using the C8515 Digital Plug. The car features adjustable Magnatraction™ positions and easy change pick-ups.
Configuration
- Motor
- Mabuchi SP; 18k rpm; Gear ratio 11:36
- Chassis
- Rear Mounted Side-winder Motor; Rear 2 wheel drive
- Magnet
- Rectangular 2.5 mm; Down-force 275 gm
- Overall length
- 160 mm
- Wheelbase
- 87 mm
- Axle/Hub width
- 59 mm Front; 59 mm Rear
- Tyre diameter/width
- 21(ext), 12(int) x 9 mm Front; 21(ext), 12(int) x 9 mm Rear
- Weights
- Car 95 gm; Case 156 g
- Scale
- 1/32
