Power breaks & dips - how to fix.

The most comon reasons that this might happen are:
1: The car motor has expired or their is a mechanical reason within the car that is stopping the motor from turning (e.g. tyre jammed against wheel arch).
2: A motor wire has broken.
3: A guide braid has come out.
4: The guide blade has broken.
5: The track that the car is resting on has no electrical power due to bad track connections.
6: The power base has broken.
7: The hand controller has broken.
8: The hand controller is not plugged in to the power base.
9: The power base is not connected to the power supply.
10: The power supply lead is broken.
11: The power supply has broken.
12: The electrical power switch is turned off.

The most common, in order, are:
5, 1, 3, 4, 7, 10

Here's how to cure the most common problem of electrical power problems on the track - No 5 above.
When the following procedure has been completed you should be able to race cars at full speed on tracks of up to 200 feet without any practical electrical problems.

Power jumper cables can be used on 'analogue' or digital track circuits. Note though that a power jumper cable only hides a bad track connection and, ultimately, it is better to fix the track problem than add power jumper cables.

Q. Power dips or breaks. How to repair:

A. When a car stops on circuit this always indicates TWO breaks in electrical continuity since electricity travels in both directions around the track. If there was only one break then you would not notice it as electricity would have flowed from either direction! The way to correct this problem is to disconnect the track behind the power base. Then drive a car forward at a slow speed. When the car crosses from one piece of track to the next there should not be a drop in power/speed. If there is a drop or loss in power, then fix the track connection. Disconnect both track pieces (the track piece immediately before and after the fault). Turn them over and ensure that the metal rail tabs at the ends of the rails (there are 8 of them on every track piece) are fully pressed and clamped down to the plastic. Use a stout screwdriver or similar to push them tight. Reconnect the track pieces and retest by placing the car back at the power base and again drive the car slowly forward until you meet the next reduced or lost power section. Continue the above repair process until you get to the last track piece and then reconnect the last track piece to the power base.

Happy Racing.