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Mirror.co.uk in association with Santander’s UK shareholders department is offering you the opportunity to meet F1 hero Lewis Hamilton.

You could win the chance to see Lewis quizzed by top sports journalists on his thoughts ahead of the crucial Santander British Grand Prix and have the chance to write up your experiences as an article to appear for Mirror.co.uk. You’ll also get the chance to meet Lewis and challenge him at Scalextric, and as a reminder of your day in London will also receive some official signed merchandise.

For details of how to enter the competition visit mirror.co.uk. Competition closes on June 26, 2008.

Complete the Pit stop challenge in record time and you could WIN one of 10 limited edition Scalextric Silverstone sets.

Topgear are running a competition where 2 lucky winners will recieve tickets to the 2008 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix Test Day at Silverstone, plus the brand new Silverstone Scalextric set which will allow you to race Lewis Hamilton against Kimi Raikkonen.

Five runners-up will each receive a one year subscription to the Scalextric Membership Club, which includes a limited-edition F1 McLaren car.

Visit www.topgear.com to enter the competition. Competition closes on the 18/6/2008.

The Scalextric Guinness World Speed Record has been smashed by celebrity Dallas Campbell.

He set a new speed equivalent to 983.88mph with a Honda F1 model Scalextric car.

His new record beats the previous record by almost 300mph, which stood at 696.90mph.

The new record was achieved on a 200-foot stretch of track set up at the VK Chatsworth Rally Show.

How to build a Scalextric track in under 30 seconds…

Bored of playing with your Scalextric? Pete Nidzgorski has the answer! He has turned an old slot car track into an intersesting piece of wall art.

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Scalextric has signed a deal to sponsor Henry Surtees a young racing driver dubbed the “next Lewis Hamilton”.

Henry Surtees is the 16 year-old son of former Formula 1 and motorcycle Grand Prix world champion John Surtees. Henry competes in the Formula Renault UK (FRUK) championship.

Henry Surtees, was sponsored by Scalextric in Formula BMW category last year, but has now progressed to FRUK and will race for the Manor Competition team. The team was once home to the 2007 F1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton.

Henry’s new car will carry the Scalextric livery throughout the 20-race season.

Good luck Henry!!