Gentlemen,
Here are the details and model specifications.
Wolverhampton Slot Car Club
Claregate Centre - Aldersley Stadium,Aldersley Leisure Village,Aldersley Road, Wolverhampton,West Midlands, WV6 9NW.
Doors open; 10am Saturday for practice and set up, 8.30am Sunday Race Day.
Hot Food and drinks available on Sunday.
Entry Fee (one class only) £7 per driver in advance, please.
Advance Entry Fee payment cheques, P/O's, made payable to 'Wolverhampton Scalextric Club' and sent to;
Malcolm Scotto.
Aylton,
73 Broad Street,
Bilston,
West Midlands,
WV14 0BZ
Entries Invited.
All entries provisional until paid.
Wolverhampton SCC will hold the Pre War and Brooklands 'Classic' Event, sponsored by Penelope Pit Lane and Tertre Rouge Racing Cars, on the Weekend of 17th/18th November 2012.
Saturday 20th November will be an open practice day with £1 donations to the Acorns Children's Hospice, practice time from 10:00 till 16:30. Hotel facilities should be available, details will be posted later.
Prize Donations for the raffle would be most appreciated.
Class 2.
For models raced at Brooklands in the period 1920 to 1939 and 1.5 Litre GP cars of the 1920's.
General Rules
This event has one mandatory stipulation;
1. Both Classes; All rear tyres (or driven wheels) to be ORTMANN
All models to be good 1/32 scale representations of real prototypes raced at Brooklands 1920-1939 and 1920's 1.5 litre GP models.
All models Wheelbase to be to 1/32 SCALE (tolerance +/- 2 mm )
All models should be finished in correct, period racing liveries, and have at least 2 racing numbers displayed.
All models should have a period style steering wheel and 3 dimensional driver figure (min; upper torso, arms, period head/helmet)
All models of prototypes that had a clear windscreen, must have windscreens fitted.
No chassis, motor, lead wires etc, should be visible from above or through the cockpit.
The guide must not be visible from above (in straight ahead posistion) and must not protrude beyond front most point of the model.
The Organisers reserve the right to exclude any model they deem 'not in the spirit of the event'.
Bodies
All bodies to be 'hard', made from; F/Glass, plastic, Resin, wood, metal (thin alloy sheet only).
No Vacuum formed bodies allowed.
Chassis
Can be made from; Metal, plastic, F/glass, Wood, Resin.
Must be Inline configuration only.
Minimum ground clearance; 3mm.
Maximum overall Width; (the max width is measured from the outer edge of the R/H wheel to outer edge of L/H wheel)
Over 2 litre models; 54mm
Under 2 litre models; 51mm.
No model will be allowed to run if wider than these limits.
Motors.
Free choice.
Wheels and Tyres
Wheel & tyre Minimum diameter;
Over 2 litre; Rear 25mm.... front 24mm.
Under 2 Litre; rear 23mm....front 22mm.
Maximum overall width; Rear tyre 6mm (contact width 5mm).
Rear tyres or driven wheels, must be from the Ortmann range.
Front tyres; any rubber/ortmann type, but no silicons or spongies.
All wheels should be in keeping with the real cars and have appropriate wheel inserts fitted.
Class 1.
For all other Pre War and 'Novelty' models.
This class is for those models built to Phil Insull's 2008 event rules.
Any Pre War model not permited in class 2, e.g. American roadsters, pre 1920 Brooklands models, pre war road cars, Racerbouts, Bearcats, flying bedsteads etc etc.
Model pecifications and tyre rules the same as class 2, with the following two exceptions.
1/ Ground Clearance 4mm.
2/ Tyre width (contact area) 4mm.
Body Types excluded from both classes;
No motorized die cast models. No all enveloping bodies (Bugatti 'Tank' type)
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There will be a Concours competition, judged by Dave Capelen (TRRC) and Steve Ward (Penelope Pit Lane).
To both of these Gentlemen, Wolverhampton SCC extends its gratitude for their patronage of this event.
Concours models must compete in at least 1 heat.
Prizes.
There will be trophys and Prizes to the top 3 in Racing of class 1 and class 2, and the Concours competition.
TRRC and PP may also give prizes to the top placed models from their product range
Format.
All models will be scrutineered.
2 cars Maximum entry per driver (one class only), no 'loan' models after racing has started
Class 1
3 minute heats, all heat totals to count, followed by step up finals, Top 2 qualifiers to A Final. 1 to go up from each final, until the semi final when the top 2 will go through to the Final.
Semi Final to be 4 minute heat
Final to be 2x 3 minute races with a 1 minute interval, where drivers can clean tyres and braids at the Parc Ferme area.
The second 3 minute race will involve a lane change for all drivers.
Class 2.
3 minute heats, step up finals to semi (4 minute), where top 2 drivers advance to the grand final and join the top 2 qualifiers.
Grand Final.
Spit 50 lap Race. 25 laps on an inner lane followed by 25 laps on an outer lane. Lowest aggregate time for both races wins.
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48 entries available. If insufficient entries received for either class, then I will offer a double entry (£12.00) nearer the event date, on a first come first served basis.
Please post all entries on this thread (or to me by PM) and state which class you wish to enter.
Kind Regards Bill Charters.
Here are the details and model specifications.
Wolverhampton Slot Car Club
Claregate Centre - Aldersley Stadium,Aldersley Leisure Village,Aldersley Road, Wolverhampton,West Midlands, WV6 9NW.
Doors open; 10am Saturday for practice and set up, 8.30am Sunday Race Day.
Hot Food and drinks available on Sunday.
Entry Fee (one class only) £7 per driver in advance, please.
Advance Entry Fee payment cheques, P/O's, made payable to 'Wolverhampton Scalextric Club' and sent to;
Malcolm Scotto.
Aylton,
73 Broad Street,
Bilston,
West Midlands,
WV14 0BZ
Entries Invited.
All entries provisional until paid.
Wolverhampton SCC will hold the Pre War and Brooklands 'Classic' Event, sponsored by Penelope Pit Lane and Tertre Rouge Racing Cars, on the Weekend of 17th/18th November 2012.
Saturday 20th November will be an open practice day with £1 donations to the Acorns Children's Hospice, practice time from 10:00 till 16:30. Hotel facilities should be available, details will be posted later.
Prize Donations for the raffle would be most appreciated.
Class 2.
For models raced at Brooklands in the period 1920 to 1939 and 1.5 Litre GP cars of the 1920's.
General Rules
This event has one mandatory stipulation;
1. Both Classes; All rear tyres (or driven wheels) to be ORTMANN
All models to be good 1/32 scale representations of real prototypes raced at Brooklands 1920-1939 and 1920's 1.5 litre GP models.
All models Wheelbase to be to 1/32 SCALE (tolerance +/- 2 mm )
All models should be finished in correct, period racing liveries, and have at least 2 racing numbers displayed.
All models should have a period style steering wheel and 3 dimensional driver figure (min; upper torso, arms, period head/helmet)
All models of prototypes that had a clear windscreen, must have windscreens fitted.
No chassis, motor, lead wires etc, should be visible from above or through the cockpit.
The guide must not be visible from above (in straight ahead posistion) and must not protrude beyond front most point of the model.
The Organisers reserve the right to exclude any model they deem 'not in the spirit of the event'.
Bodies
All bodies to be 'hard', made from; F/Glass, plastic, Resin, wood, metal (thin alloy sheet only).
No Vacuum formed bodies allowed.
Chassis
Can be made from; Metal, plastic, F/glass, Wood, Resin.
Must be Inline configuration only.
Minimum ground clearance; 3mm.
Maximum overall Width; (the max width is measured from the outer edge of the R/H wheel to outer edge of L/H wheel)
Over 2 litre models; 54mm
Under 2 litre models; 51mm.
No model will be allowed to run if wider than these limits.
Motors.
Free choice.
Wheels and Tyres
Wheel & tyre Minimum diameter;
Over 2 litre; Rear 25mm.... front 24mm.
Under 2 Litre; rear 23mm....front 22mm.
Maximum overall width; Rear tyre 6mm (contact width 5mm).
Rear tyres or driven wheels, must be from the Ortmann range.
Front tyres; any rubber/ortmann type, but no silicons or spongies.
All wheels should be in keeping with the real cars and have appropriate wheel inserts fitted.
Class 1.
For all other Pre War and 'Novelty' models.
This class is for those models built to Phil Insull's 2008 event rules.
Any Pre War model not permited in class 2, e.g. American roadsters, pre 1920 Brooklands models, pre war road cars, Racerbouts, Bearcats, flying bedsteads etc etc.
Model pecifications and tyre rules the same as class 2, with the following two exceptions.
1/ Ground Clearance 4mm.
2/ Tyre width (contact area) 4mm.
Body Types excluded from both classes;
No motorized die cast models. No all enveloping bodies (Bugatti 'Tank' type)
----------------------------------------
There will be a Concours competition, judged by Dave Capelen (TRRC) and Steve Ward (Penelope Pit Lane).
To both of these Gentlemen, Wolverhampton SCC extends its gratitude for their patronage of this event.
Concours models must compete in at least 1 heat.
Prizes.
There will be trophys and Prizes to the top 3 in Racing of class 1 and class 2, and the Concours competition.
TRRC and PP may also give prizes to the top placed models from their product range
Format.
All models will be scrutineered.
2 cars Maximum entry per driver (one class only), no 'loan' models after racing has started
Class 1
3 minute heats, all heat totals to count, followed by step up finals, Top 2 qualifiers to A Final. 1 to go up from each final, until the semi final when the top 2 will go through to the Final.
Semi Final to be 4 minute heat
Final to be 2x 3 minute races with a 1 minute interval, where drivers can clean tyres and braids at the Parc Ferme area.
The second 3 minute race will involve a lane change for all drivers.
Class 2.
3 minute heats, step up finals to semi (4 minute), where top 2 drivers advance to the grand final and join the top 2 qualifiers.
Grand Final.
Spit 50 lap Race. 25 laps on an inner lane followed by 25 laps on an outer lane. Lowest aggregate time for both races wins.
-------------------------------------------------------------
48 entries available. If insufficient entries received for either class, then I will offer a double entry (£12.00) nearer the event date, on a first come first served basis.
Please post all entries on this thread (or to me by PM) and state which class you wish to enter.
Kind Regards Bill Charters.
