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Tether cars (also commonly known as spindizzies)^[1] 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

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.^[2]

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 and speed records

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 3 years, the 2013 World Championships was held in Basel, Switzerland.

World records

Class	Date	Driver	Speed
Class	Date	Driver	km/h	mph
WMCR I (1.5 cm³)	December 9, 2006	Jan-Erik Falk	268.697	166.961
WMCR II (2.5 cm³)	August 20, 2016	Torbjorn Johannessen	285.711	177.533
WMCR III (3.5 cm³)	March 4, 2017	Andrii Yakymiv	300.953	187.004
WMCR IV (5 cm³)	April 5, 2014	Tonu Sepp	317.124	197.057
WMCR V (10 cm³)	October 18, 2019	Ando Rohtmets	347.490^[3]^[4]	215.920

References

^ Yeager, Robert C. (2010-09-24). "Fast and Finely Crafted, Spindizzies Still Dazzle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
^ Neiger, Christopher (2010-02-08). "How Tether Car Racing Works". Howstuffworks.com.
^ "Eesti koondis domineeris Austraalias toimunud MM-i: 15 võimalikust medalist võideti seitse!". Sport.delfi.ee.
^ "2019 Brisbane World Championships : Final Reseults" (PDF). Trcaa.org. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

External links

Speed model car official website
Vintage Miniature Gas Powered Race Cars, Buys cars, private website covering the early history of tether cars
AMRCA - American Miniature Racing Car Association
WMCR - World Organisation for Model Car Racing
GMBK - Gävle ModellBil Klubb

[1] Yeager, Robert C. (2010-09-24). "Fast and Finely Crafted, Spindizzies Still Dazzle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

[2] Neiger, Christopher (2010-02-08). "How Tether Car Racing Works". Howstuffworks.com.

[3] "Eesti koondis domineeris Austraalias toimunud MM-i: 15 võimalikust medalist võideti seitse!". Sport.delfi.ee.

[4] "2019 Brisbane World Championships : Final Reseults" (PDF). Trcaa.org. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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+{{Short description|Model combustion engine racing cars}}
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 [[File:Priboy2.JPG|thumb|A tether car with 1.5 cc engine]]
-'''Tether Cars''' are [[Model car#Powered model cars|model racing car]]s powered by miniature [[internal combustion]] [[engines]] and [[tether]]ed to a central post. Unlike [[radio control]] cars, the driver has no remote control over the model's speed or steering.
+'''Tether cars''' (also commonly known as '''spindizzies''')<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yeager |first=Robert C. |date=2010-09-24 |title=Fast and Finely Crafted, Spindizzies Still Dazzle |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/automobiles/collectibles/26TETHER.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> are [[Model car#Powered model cars|model racing car]]s powered by miniature [[internal combustion]] [[engines]] and [[tether]]ed to a central post. Unlike [[radio control]] cars, the driver has no remote control over the model's speed or steering.
 ==Basics==
+[[Image:tether track.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Modern tether car track surrounded by safety walls]]
-The little cars are 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. Over the past couple of years, electric motor driven cars, powered by batteries, have also emerged.<ref>[http://vectoracing.com Vector Racing] (Electric powered tether cars)</ref>
+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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-02-08|title=How Tether Car Racing Works|last=Neiger|first=Christopher|url=https://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/motorsports/tether-car-racing.htm|access-date=|website=Howstuffworks.com|language=en}}</ref>
 ==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.
+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 and speed records==
-==Today==
+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 3 years, the 2013 World Championships was held in Basel, Switzerland.
-[[Image:tether track.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Modern tether car track surrounded by safety walls]]
-There are tracks in Australia (Brisbane and Sydney), New Zealand, Switzerland, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia, the United States, and other countries. World Championship races are held every 3 years, the 2013 World Championships was held in Basel, Switzerland.
 ===World records===
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 |WMCR III (3.5&nbsp;cm³)||March 4, 2017||{{flagicon|UKR}} Andrii Yakymiv||300.953||187.004
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-|WMCR IV (5&nbsp;cm³)||April 5, 2014||{{flagicon|EST}} Tonu Sepp ||317,124||197.057
+|WMCR IV (5&nbsp;cm³)||April 5, 2014||{{flagicon|EST}} Tonu Sepp ||317.124||197.057
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-|WMCR V (10&nbsp;cm³)||October 15, 2019||{{flagicon|EST}} Ando Rohtmets ||347.490<ref>https://sport.delfi.ee/news/auto/eesti/eesti-koondis-domineeris-austraalias-toimunud-mm-i-15-voimalikust-medalist-voideti-seitse?id=87813289</ref><ref>http://www.trcaa.org/worldchampionships2019brisbaneoctober.pdf</ref>||215.920
+|WMCR V (10&nbsp;cm³)||October 18, 2019||{{flagicon|EST}} Ando Rohtmets ||347.490<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport.delfi.ee/news/auto/eesti/eesti-koondis-domineeris-austraalias-toimunud-mm-i-15-voimalikust-medalist-voideti-seitse?id=87813289|title = Eesti koondis domineeris Austraalias toimunud MM-i: 15 võimalikust medalist võideti seitse!|website=Sport.delfi.ee}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trcaa.org/worldchampionships2019brisbaneoctober.pdf|format=PDF|title=2019 Brisbane World Championships : Final Reseults|website=Trcaa.org|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref>||215.920
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.tethercar.net Vintage Miniature Gas Powered Race Cars], Buy's cars, private website covering the early history of tether cars
+* [http://www.speedmodelcar.org Speed model car official website]
+* [http://www.tethercar.net Vintage Miniature Gas Powered Race Cars], Buys cars, private website covering the early history of tether cars
 * [http://www.amrca.com AMRCA - American Miniature Racing Car Association]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070421214544/http://www.wmcr.net/ WMCR - World Organisation for Model Car Racing]