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{| style="float:right" The World Indoor Rally Championship is a slot car race/tournament where all the competitors use the same vehicle and handset on the stages set for the event (at least three stages/tracks) and race against the clock.

History
The original rally was conceived jointly by David Townsend and John Darby in November 2008, who then established the International Federation of Indoor Tournaments (IFIT) to govern the championship. The annual event was to raise money for The Greyhound Sanctuary in Exeter. As from October 2016 money raised went to The Barn Owl Trust in Ashburton. The initial Championship was held in Totnes, Devon and subsequent races have been held in Dartmouth Devon.

Rules
There are four tracks each with their own timing device. On each track a car peculiar to that track, supplied by the organisers (IFIT) The scale used is 1:32 scale. Each competitor will be given a Race Log, the log is handed to the stage marshal before attempts on each track commence. At each track there are three attempts to complete one lap in as short a time as possible. Any vehicle failing to execute a lap would be considered an attempt. After the three attempts have been concluded the stage marshal would register on the card the results including any failures. When all four tracks have been completed the contestant shall then offer their card to the race marshal who will tally up the four track times, taking the fastest time from each one to tot up a final time to be added to the leader board. If at least one of the four tracks was not completed it would be counted as a dud race (failure), any one who has had a dud race but succeeded in establishing the fastest lap on a track shall be recorded as such. The winner would be the competitor with the shortest time on one Race Log at the end of the event. Tracks shall be created so as to be at least 15 seconds a lap.

Stages
The original event consisted of three tracks all constructed to a similar layout. In 2009 when the event was laid out in the Guild Hall, four tracks were used and each track demanded deferent styles of racing. After 2009 IFIT the organisers were approached by local businesses to sponsor the tracks and so began naming the tracks. 2010 to 2012 there were Chris Cross Challenge, Lemar Raceway, Best Park and Woodlands Run (sponsored by Woodlands Family Theme Park). Since 2013 the tracks have been named West Heath Kurve, Lemar Raceway, Woodlands Run and Best Park.

Venues
The Dartmouth Inn, Totnes was the first venue for the championship. It was held upstairs in the second bar. After Totnes the following six years have been in Dartmouth. 2009 to 2010 The Guildhall, 2011 to 2012 The Flavel and from 2013 to the present the championship has been held at the Townstal Community Centre.

Winners
* Daniel Carpenter's and Eliza Haskins's titles were retrospective.

n/c Not contested.

Dale Lott has proved to be the most dominant racer collecting nine titles from a possible ten, with Nikki Hayes and Sue Franklin(Ladies Champion), Laurence Hopkins and Tommy Stewart (Junior Champion) and Charley Langman/Stewart (Young Ladies Champion) receiving three each.

Lap Times
The initial format was three tracks with five laps, then in 2009 four tracks were used still using a five lap time on each, then in 2010 the current system of one lap on four tracks was used. The tracks have changed many times but the fastest lap time was set by Dale Lott at 14.93 seconds on Best Park in 2016.

Entries
As from 2010 the Open and Junior events were run separately. From 2014 onwards total entries were counted (not just leaderboard results) The greatest number participants shaded in orange.

Sponsorship/Donations
Since 2010 each track has been sponsored by local businesses, including Lemar Engines, Best Limited , The Crab and Bucket , Woodlands Family Theme Park, WHK Services, Chris Moseley, Darmech Limited, Andy Hood and Barclays Bank Kimble Engineering Limited