AXLE WARS! Tournament Full

Can you build Axles of Evil?

18 entrants only = 72 cars. NOTE: Up to 24 can enter, but only 18 will qualify! Everyone will see their cars run.

Cars must be here EARLIER than October 31st 2026!

The 30/05/2027 date is the Grand Final ... all things going to plan!

This is the ultimate suspension experiment. All attention is on the suspension.

We're taking one casting ... and building it four different ways.

Every competitor will enter four identical castings, each with a different axle configuration.

Once a casting has been chosen, it is no longer available to other racers.

Please put your choice AT THE TOP OF YOU COMMENT so others can see what's been chosen.

Rules & restrictions

• Modified entries only
• 200g maximum weight
• 3.25in. long x 2in. tall x 1.25in. wide
• Limit 4 entries per household
• Retail axles and wheels only. FTE/NPA axles allowed.
• Any lube
• Car #1 – Factory setup (front loose, rear loose) Car #2 – Front axle locked, rear axle loose Car #3 – Front axle loose, rear axle locked Car #4 – Front and rear axles locked Every car must be clearly numbered on the roof or hood 1, 2, 3 and 4 to match its axle configuration. Any entry not meeting this requirement will be excluded from the tournament.
• Special Badge Exceptions: Some identities have unique circumstances and will receive special consideration. For example: F1 will be treated as its own badge due to the limited history of official Hot Wheels F1 releases. F1 entries are exempt from the four different decade requirement. Major licensed identities, such as Batman are allowed to enter, but will be required to be 4 different decades. Other requests may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Car #1 – Factory setup (front loose, rear loose) Car #2 – Front axle locked, rear axle loose Car #3 – Front axle loose, rear axle locked Car #4 – Front and rear axles locked Every car must be clearly numbered on the roof or hood 1, 2, 3 and 4 to match its axle configuration. Any entry not meeting this requirement will be excluded from the tournament.
• No fantasy castings
• Experimental suspension allowed on loose axels
• No glue that melts!!!

Dates & deadlines

All entries must be received by the host before 10/31/2026. Racing is scheduled for Sunday, 1/11/2026. Results will be posted on or after that date as is convenient for the host.

How to enter

Contact the tournament host to get the shipping address for entry.

Include at least $Owners expense for return shipping if you want your entries back. Entries not getting returned will be given to the winner as part of the prize.

Include a Race Entry ID slip with your entry

Track

Racing will be on the Bathurst Diecast Racing. View track profile and specs

Race format and scoring

For rounds 1 to 6, points will be awarded and all lap times recorded, but the leaderboard will be determined by dividing these 2 totals, giving us BDR's exclusive "Race Performance Index" (RPI)

Round 1 is against yourself to rank from 1st to 4th. (6 weeks)
Round 2 will be all 1sts, 2nds, 3rds, and 4ths will race against each other and the bottom 12 cars will be eliminated. (6 weeks)
Round 3 60 to 48 cars (5 weeks)
Round 4 48 to 36 cars (4 weeks)
Round 5 36 to 24 cars (3 weeks)
Round 6 24 to 16 cars (2 weeks)

Round 7 onwards only top two finishes progress to the next round

Round 7 16 to 8 cars (2 weeks)
Round 8 8 to 4 cars (1 week)
Round 9 is the Grand Final and crown the Axle of Evil winner!

This makes the season 30 weeks in total.

A 0.250 time penalty will be added to cars that DNF

Points:

4 cars finish a "Full Lap" = 15,11,8,5

2 finish a "Full Lap" and 2 stop in "Pre Finish" = 15,11,5,3

All 4 finish before "Chase Line" = 8,5,3,0

5 points for flying off the Mountain...just for the entertainment

Penalties/DNF

Car #1- Factory setup (front loose, rear loose)
Car #2 - Front axle locked, rear axle loose
Car #3 - Front axle loose, rear axle locked
Car #4 - Front and rear axles locked

Every car must be clearly numbered on the roof or hood 1, 2, 3 and 4 to match its axle configuration listed above.

Any entry not meeting this requirement will be excluded from the
tournament.

If you don't have numbers, we will supply for you.

Cars that fail to run or fit on the track, or that happen to break during racing, will forfeit their matches.
Cars that arrive broken will attempt to be minimally repaired before the racing begins.
Cars that break during racing will not be repaired or replaced.

Prizes

Prizes

Alwasy!