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He's even got a team colors jacket already!  I'll say he's ready.

CK

Last I checked, you were third last night Mitch...  Plenty of cars in your mirrors!  You have that Fly flyin'!

Sounds a lot like how the Le Mans class evolved.  There are going to be a few cars that are good performers, but if someone wants to develop a slower car which fits the intent (Carrera, for instance), I think it's the NASTE nature to be inclusive.  I think the H&R 18k is a good alternate spec motor, although cars of lesser brands may take a little more mojo than just an H&R motor to be comparable to the Scaley fleet.  They do make some pretty ones though, and they are generally pretty affordable too.

Hey Fernando, welcome to the online side of the circus!

Doc- Do you have an official draft of the rules yet?  Are there any mods planned to be legal?  There are a number of ways this can go- like Trans Am/Le Mans mods (wheels, gears, etc...) to BRM mods (none).  I have a car or two which is legal already but I have a Slot.It rear axle on one and finding the original may be problematic at best.  To be clear, don't let that steer what you want to do with this class, I am simply asking. 

And I am lazy. 

And I don't feel like finding the original axle. 

But I will if I have to...

Chris

Current state of things- wheels turned last night (at least they did on the Mk 1):

Still have some additional painting to do, and I'm not enamored with the screw heads on the nose, but it's a start.  The bodywork was worth 2 additional MPH on the hill in front of the house (17 vs 15).  Once the speeds pick up (and the rest of the bodywork is actually attached), I expect this to make a larger difference.  I also need to dial in the front end.  It feels like the tire alignment is scrubbing off speed.

Chris

Weighs in at ~160#'s, 100 on the front axle, 60 on the rear (clearly, without me in it...).

Break the other Doc?  I didn't realize we had 2?  Is that why he's always coming in second?

I'd be more in favor of a stand alone GT3 class as well.  As Mitch says, the current GT class hardware will crush a stock-ish Scaley car. The one Doc had was fun and well-balanced, and I'd imagine Scaley's can be found pretty inexpensively.

I'd be up for it. Will have to start looking for one...

I know there was a curiosity regarding the planned livery of my car.  This should help you figure it out.  I'm sure the peanut gallery can connect the dots (color by numbers?) and figure out the rest:

Bill spilled the beans already but there's more info and pictures of the whole circus here:

http://www.soapboxracer.com/

Chris

Damn, lots of stuff happens while I fat finger my way through a reply...

Painting of current body panels is in progress:

All together now...

Looking closely, I can see I probably should have done my finish sanding with something a little finer than 120 grit.  Not going to win any car shows with it but it certainly looks functionally beautiful.

Also, proposal for class specs:

Gp C - NASTE spec (red motor, stock tires, traction mag)
Classics - Box stock (black motor, non-mag, rubber tires)
GT - Box stock (black motor, non-mag, rubber tires)

Should mean that anyone who has one can just true the tires, tune the chassis, and run it.