Josef Korec          "Piki"                        Fred  Hood        Michael Niemas    Desmond Dekker           Vladimir Horky                                                Chris Radisich

(Situation on Dec 31, 2010) Those  300 famous racers have  written slot  racing history!

This page - a picture gallery of the 300 best ranked racers on the IOC-list - is updated once per year. It's based upon an equal number of top-races for (1) wing cars, (2) scale cars and (3) hard body model cars, where an equal number of points can be won.  In this year's TOP-300 we find racers from 24 different countries, with 64 for the USA, 56 from Germany, 20 from the UK, 19 from Brazil, 18 for Spain and 17 from Belgium. Of the 300 best ranked racers 51 are no longer active, 10 of them having already passed away. Of the 300 racers 153 have the pro-status, because they won 120 IOC points or more.

 

Racers with their  name in blue are supposed to be less than 21 years old. If the racers name is followed by u or u that implies that the racer retired from active racing. The complete IOC-list counts 1825 racers and is based upon the top-10 results of 1225 international races since 1964. As can be seen from the table below the photo gallery racers of 33 countries are IOC-ranked. Winningest nation is the USA with 255 victories, followed by Germany with 212 wins, the UK with 106 wins, Belgium with 66 wins, Brazil with 62 victories and Spain with 60 wins. The nation making the biggest progress is Denmark, that had earlier not one single racer in the list, against 3 newcomers now. [Jean Pierre van Rossem]

Vladimir Horky Josef Korec "Piki" van Rossem Nick de Wachter Michael Niemas "Gugu" Bernardino Vlado Okali Ralph Seif "Beuf" Pedersen Lasse Åberg
Brian Saunders Paolo Trigilio Mario "MSP" Schöne Petr Krcil Jan Limpachu Juha Yli-Sipola Salvatore Noviellou Philip Kremer Paul Gawronski Paul Ciccarello
Gabriel Inäbnit Paul Pfeiffer Chris Radisich Howard Ursaner Michael Landrud Anders Gustafson Jon Laster u P-A Watson Einari Fyhr  u Giovanni Montiglio
Sergio Marescau Antónin Vojtik Matti Fyhr Alexander Ortmann Youri van Rossem u Mikael Silén Jean Pierre van Rossem Mike Swiss u Kai Kivekäs James Cleave
Dieter Jens Jaroslav Recek Mike Steube Charlie Gooding Jiri Karlik Christian Schnitzler

Martin Gramannu

Frantisek Polednau Sebastian Nockemann John Cukras
Desmond Dekker John Tore Anderson Christoph Kremer Tamar Nelwan Dave Gicku Greg Gilbert Alberto Caprau Matthias Parke Felipe da Silva Tavares Kimmo Rautama
Gilles Dohogne Ron Hershman Dave Fiedler Afolabi Osu Dan Debellau Piero Castricone Geert Mertens Csaba Szekelyhidiu Björn van Campenhout Willy Heerwegh
Tim Tyler Terry Schmid Jari Porttinen Steve Walkeru  Sandy Grossu Jose Mario Serra Les Wright Nicolaj Dolzhanskyi Dani Gonzalezu Marcel Oosterling
Ian Jensen u George Kimber Andre Linberg  Wayne Bramble   Jay Kisling   Mike Stahl Jan Uhlig Andreas Laufenberg Leo Hongisto Jose Javier Checa
Mikail Radkovic Børge Haug Thomas Spicker Dave Harvey Stefan Törnfeldt Peter Oberbillig Pavel Flaisig  Bryan Warmack Joaõ C. Geraldo Jan Schaffland
Waiting to enter the top-100, now ranked from 101 to 200
Pete Hore u Franco Gianotti (†)u Achim Burgmannu Marcelo Serra Mark Harrisonu Clithio van Buggenhoutu   Jerry Bradyu Janis Rage-Ragis Reggie Coram Bernd Möbusu
Benny Justceu Yves Welter jr Ramon Trimborn  Zdenek Benes   Forrest Watchers u Hans-Peter Sutter (†)u Thomas Nötzel Bill  W.F. Skinner   Glenn Wennerberg Peteris Taurins
Caroline Schnitzler   Herman  James Jozef Miskolci Jiri Micek jr Kevin Krollmann Joel Montagueu Georges Baikry Andris Podosinoviksu Jiri Micek sr Ulli E. Pietsch
J. Chubbie Salzman Yannik Horn Denis Traegeru Bruno di Dotto Leo Vogelu Miroslav Vadlejch Günther Riehl Ladislav Szalai   Doug Matthes Christer Helgesson
 Chuck Gambo Vladimir Vasilewskij John Strachanu Marcio Paschoalin  Doug Henlineu Petteri Pirhonen Daniele Malangoneu Kristof Huys Manfred Stork Hugo Dekker
  Fred  Hood Graeme Stephenson Heiko Thinschmidt Marcelo Triginelli Matt Bruce   Mike Morrissey   Jordão Isaias Gustav Heymann Paul Harwood Javier Checa

Pete von Ahrens(†)u Peter Plug Francesc Reyes Philippe de Lespinay Stuart Koford Frank Hermes Philip de Vriesu Dirk Baele Marc Kurella Paolo Niccolai
Stefan Bolz Assi Mai-senbacher Dennis Vogel Milko Tenthof Harri Nykänen Geoff Mitchellu Peter Dightu Boyt Johnson Marko Pirinen Klaus Wickert
Janne Ekman Paul Shephard Carlos Checa Robert Massart Jozef Hensl Duran Trujillo Tomas Rosenbergu Andre Villar Charles Rickards Dietmar Schmeer
Albert Ortega Stephan Wiesel u(†)  Bob Cozineu Sven Manti Manel Campo Rolf Schäferu Yanick Demeyeru Jay Guard Tobias Münchberger M 'Erkle' Tylinski
Waiting to enter the top-200, now ranked from 201 to 250
Raivis Jansons Toni Ortega Ken Swanson Alexandre Riberio u Justus Pohjasniemi Quinten Vanspauwen Laurent Havet Geoff Little Kari Sinisaari Graham Woodward
Rüdiger Krieger Fabio Signoretti Silvio Giacobbiu Pierre Stein Tomas del Castillo "Norba" Arrivabene George Russell Tony  Pye Kurt Petri Ralph Klose u
Atte Lyyski Lars Harrysson Giuseppe Rudiloosou Patrick Havet Ivan Basas Martin Bartelmes Ernie Provettiu John van Hoornaar Corinna Gianotti u Philip Helmuthu
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Miquel Colomer Juanma Torres  u(†) Lucas Hoffmann Rich Curnutte Joachim Welsch Paco Rodriguez Jeae Young u Richard Cryar Bruno Novarese u Andy Wassermanu
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Uwe Geißleru(†) Guido Santarelli Paul Sterrett Henri Eskman Xavi Prat Adrian Gay Mike Hampel Patrick Meister Ricard Latorre Tomas Hansenu
Waiting to enter the top-250, now ranked from 251 to 300

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Grégoire Hans Andrej Zhbanov Patrick Studer Bernat Basas Gaby Fischer Michi Hirt Lars Blomqvistu Didier Moretu Hubert Jacob Rodrigo Mastrochirico
Thomas Weckerle Ian Fisher Rande Marshall Olli Kantamaa Lee   Gilbert Emerson Fischler Peter Bichsel Burkhart Werner Jürgen Stüdemann Mauri Bascuñana
Emily Kuipersu François Callat Jim Hugger Aivis Ruks Antti Immonenu Lars Nørkjaer Milos Hojer Dieter Sommer Peter Berg Henri van Gool
Gørm Norgaard Bob Emott Norbert Amandu Christian Høfler Joan Carles Estebanez Paolo Gonçalves Roy Hood Rinat Kildeev Mirko Weber Greg Harwood
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Brad Friesner Chantal Aerts u Jordi Prat Phil English u Keith Gibson Alex Segura David Borntrager Mikael Gustavsson Marco Prigl Fred Meyerdressu
Waiting to enter the top-300, now ranked from 301 to 320
Thomas Hahnel Ivan Wearne Tebu Satohu Roger Schmitt Lee Hines Jim Mayer Daniel Bisbal Viktor Garcia Tracy Chin Gary Fry
Dennis Karamov Mich Philippaerts Tim Ryan "Raisin" Garrett Sherrie Pedersen Ron Quintana Michael Krause Arthur de Kok Alan Lucas Ugis Viksne

COMPLETE RANKING OF ALL RACERS: HERE

RANKING OF SLOT-RACERS PER NATION (PERIOD 1964-2010) ON DECEMBER 31, 2010

  TOTAL Points pTOTAL wins pros semi-pros amateurs rracers in list Best wing racer Best scale racer Best model car racer
1. USA 16604.0 255 34 47 356 437 Beuf Pedersen Howie Ursaner Jan Limpach
2. Germany 13008.0 215 27 34 249 310 Mario 'MSP' Schöne Ulli E. Pietsch Michael Niemas
3. Czechia 7091.5 121 13 6 29 48 Vladimir Horky Vladimir Horky Josef Korec
4. United Kingdom 5179 107 11 21 75 107 Adrian Gay Brian Saunders Brian Saunders
5. Belgium 4769.5 66 10 11 47 68 Gert Franssen Willy Heerwegh 'Piki' van Rossem
6. Sweden 4107.5 65 7 7 69 83 Lasse Aberg Michael Landrud Lasse Aberg
7. Brazil 3966.5 62 8 15 59 82 'Gugu' Bernardino 'Gugu' Bernardino Clithio van Buggenhout
8. Italy 3960.5 51 8 8 38 54 Maurizio Baccarini Paolo Trigilio Salvatore Noviello
9. Finland 3774.5 51 8 9 33 50 Juha Yli-Sipola Matti Fyhr Kai Kivekäs
10. The Netherlands 3698.5 49 6 13 65 84 Philip de Vries Theo Wegman Nick de Wachter
11. Spain 3491.5 59 2 20 149 171 - F. German Domingo Dani Gonzalez
12. Australia 1476.5 27 2 9 42 53 Wayne Bramble Esther Lestrell Jan Roestorf
13. Slovakia 1358.0 17 3 0 10 13 Vlado Okali Vlado Okali Jozef Miskolci
14. New Zealand 1042.5 14 3 4 0 7 Tim Tyler Dave Gick Chris Radisich
15. Switzerland 1033.0 14 2 4 6 12 Hans-Peter Sutter Hans-Peter Sutter† Gabriel Inäbnit
16. Russia 827.5 12 2 5 30 37 - Nikolaj Dolzhanskij -
17. Latvia 818.5 10 3 4 14 21 - Janis Rage-Ragis -
18. France 777.0 10 0 6 34 40 Philippe Thibault Philippe de Lespinay Laurent Havet
19. Norway 614.5 7 2 2 18 22 Egil Aksnes Egil Aksnes Børge Haug
20. Denmark 549.5 3 0 6 30 36 Thorkild Hjorth Lars Nörkjaer Gorm Norgaard
21. Austria 490.0 12 1 1 9 11 Martin Gramann† Thomas Trantura Martin Gramann
22. Japan 312.0 7 0 2 20 22 Tebu Satoh Masuru Sasaki Nobuhisa Kudou
23. Canada 287.5 3 0 1 19 20 Brad Friesner Ernie Mosetti Mark Campbell
24. Nigeria 264.5 1 1 0 0 1 - - Afolabi Osu
25. South-Africa 184.0 1 0 2 5 7 - Gustav Heymann Gustav Heymann
26. Sint-Maarten 172.0 4 1 0 0 1 Reggie Coram - -
27. Portugal 99.5 1 0 0 13 13 Vladimiro Barros Ulisses Relvas Jorge Manu da Cruz
28. Lithuania 69.0 1 0 1 1 1 - Simas Nemira -
29. Estonia 37.0 0 0 0 1 1 - Kaiar Tammeleht -
30. Chile 34.5 0 0 0 1 1 Ricardo Garri - -
31. Luxembourg 23.5 0 0 0 2 2 - - Erich Humbert
32. Venezuela 20.0 0 0 0 1 1 - - Oskar Hernández
33. Argentine 11.0 0 0 0 4 1 Enzo Peluso - -
34. Ukraine 9.5 0 0 0 3 3 - Ihor Kuropiy -
35. Turkey 5.5 0 0 0 1 1 - - Mehmet Simsek
36. Greece 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 John Kapotis - -
T o t al 79600 1244 153 238 1434 1825 Vlado Okali Vladimir Horky 'Piki' van Rossem