21st Vintage Meeting Torino

This years Torino Vintage meeting will take place on the above dates.
Only real difference this year is that it will not be held in Turin! but at the club in Roncole Verdi nr. Parma. (where the Sports/THingie race was held this last October)
Personally I am not so sure about this, while the 8 lane track is very fast and impressive I am not so sure it is entirely suitable for these kind of cars.
But I guess I'll still be there. (but not 100%)

21TH VINTAGE SLOT MEETING - TURIN 2010
Memorial BRUNO NOVARESE
1-2 ND May 2010

Turin's Vintage Slot Meeting is the most classical and well-known appointment in the vintage slot world. In fact the 2010 edition of the meeting will be the 21st (it starts in 1978).
The swapmeet will take place on Saturday (10.00 am - 7.00 p.m.) and Sunday morning.
Tables and participation are free of charge and according to tradition the market take place before the meeting.
This year's theme will be:
FERRARI - FORD Duel for both 1/32 and 1/24 scales (no single seat)
The Meeting is divided in two parts:
The Concours (with the score determined by selected judges) and the Race. Results in Concours will be higher (60% of the total) respect to the Race.

The spirit of this 21th Vintage Meeting is to gather the most exact and accurate copies of the originals slot cars in 1/24 and 1/32 scale. The scratchbuilt models may take part but will suffer a penalty.

SPORT RULES

1- The presented models will have to be the exact reproductions of model cars built before 31.12.1972.
2- Each competitor is allowed to entry one single model for each category (1:24 and 1:32).
3- In order to enter the event, each competitor will have to show his models on Saturday from 5:00 pm or on Sunday before 9:30. The entry fee is 20 Euro per driver.
4- The score of each model for the Concours will be determined by the sum of the scores of a jury composed by a representative of each Nation + one from the organizer Club (ECA).
5-The score will range from 1 to 20. The result of the Concours will come from the sum of all valid votes.
6-The Contest score will be the following: the 1st 40 points, the 2nd 32 points, the 3rd 28, the 4th 26, the 5th 24, the
6th 22, the 7th 20, the 8th 18, the 9th 16, etc. up to the 16th who will get 2 points. From the 17th onwards 1 point.
7- After the Concours, the 1:24 and 1:32 races will take place in 3 minutes heats.
8- The Management will arrange the composition of the heats according to the performance of the models.
9- The final results of the race will get a minor score of the Contest. That is: the 1st 25 points, the 2nd 20 points, the
3rd 17, the 4th 15, the 5th 14, the 6th 13, and so on.
10- The sum of the two different results (Concours and Race), after deducting any possible penalty, will declare the
winner of the Meeting.
11- A Technical Commission will be created with 3 drivers to discuss and solve any type of problems which should
arise.

TECHNICAL RULES

A. The spirit of the meeting consist in having the most faithful models as possible to the originals, with chassis, body and type of engine* of the same brand. Therefore also the models which do not meet the adequate requirements will be allowed to participate but will have to have deducted some penalty points from the total of the final points.
B. All tyres will have to be black. The use of repro tyres is allowed. It is forbidden the use of mou, both on the tyres and on the track.
C. Any kind of magnet on the chassis is forbidden. Models with open motor and central magnet, will have 3 mm ground clearance under the motor. It is allowed to weight the model only with lead fixed inside the model and in any case not visible from outside.
D. It is allowed to lower the body by modifying the fastenings so to make the model look more realistic. The body of the model will not be allowed to be cut or filed. It is allowed only to add parts and not to remove them. Added parts cannot be modern photoetch.
E. Maximum width allowed: 1/32 62 mm 1/24 75 mm
F. Chassis with angle winder motor mount are forbidden.
G. The foreseen penalties are the following:
- Chassis / body of different brands - 5 points
- Vacuum form body (even when original) - 2 points
Sponge tyres - 4 points
- Rewinded engine or of a different type from the original* - 3 points
- Modified chassis (welding or lightening processes) - 4 points
- Scratch (parts of different brands or self-built) - 8 points
- Modern Guide (Parma, jet flag, or similar) - 3 points

* With regards to "type of engine" it must be understood X88, D16, D26, D36 etc.