I really get into slot car releases that reflect actual racing liveries and have connection to the racing venues of various types. Auto World’s newest release (SC404) covers this subject with three new liveries representing the Peter Brock racing entries for BRE (Brock Racing Enterprises). Peter Brock is a design legend in automotive racing. Cutting his teeth on his first design job working for GM on what would become the racing Sting Ray. GM was still observing the AMA racing ban, so Brock moved on to become Carroll Shelby’s first hire at Shelby American. Brock worked on several projects that included the Shelby Daytona Coupe and Mustang GT-350 racing platforms. Brock moved on to sports cars and focused on the Hino and Toyota efforts. Later Toyota would buy Hino and have Brock work up the JP6 sports car design. In 1968 Brock was expecting the delivery of the Toyota 2000 GT for entry into the SCCA CP Class (“C” Production at that time). However, Toyota sent the cars to Shelby and our story of the Datsun dominance begins. Brock was smarting from the Toyota shift, so he reached out to Datsun North America (NA) to start working up their 2000 Roadsters. Datsun NA was not interested and stated the 2000 would not be competitive. Brock had a contact in Japan that got his foot in the door with the home company Nissan. Two 2000 Roadsters and some minor funding was sent to BRE (Brock Racing Enterprises) and in 1969 the 2000s became a dominant force. Continuing the success of the 2000s with the new 240Z, BRE was becoming the leader in small bore sports car racing. After the SCCA opened up Trans America series to a second class of cars, the 2.5 Liter class, BRE was ready with the Datsun 510. This car and the 240Z so dominated the class, they won the 1971 and 1972 class championships. It wasn’t long before other makes were dropping out because they could not compete. The Datsuns were so successful, they raced themselves into scaring off their competition and having no one to compete against. The Datsun dominance even appeared in Baja racing with the 620 pick up truck and the advantages the smaller truck gave in off road racing. Brock started racing Baja competitions in 1968 with the Datsun pick up trucks and continued in the series with both trucks, 240Zs and special “Safari Cars” based on the 510 sedans. The new Auto World Xtraction release captures the performance of these classic race cars that have some of the best eye catching liveries in racing.
#1 1972 BRE Datsun 510 Blue/White #85 Bobby Allison
#2 1971 BRE Datsun 240Z Blue/White #3 John McComb
#3 1972 BRE Datsun 620 Pickup Red/White #46
Here is the packaging for the 2024 Auto World XTraction Release 1 SC404 Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) release.
Here are a couple of views of the cars in this release.
These are a great addition to any collection and will be a blast to race. Look for these at your local hobby shop or favorite webstore in September of 2024.