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It's at Al's this week, if my memory serves me correctly.  I am pretty sure I'll be showing up there at least....

What are the classes Bill?

CK

Just a reminder for those who have them- bring your BRM Classic (917 or 512) or your BRM GT (McLaren F1 or 911 GT1) to Too Bad starting this week.  We will see if we can fill a grid and get a race off the ground.  Plastic chassis w/pink motors, aly chassis with black motors are fine although one may be better suited to the voltage/track layout. 

For rules, let's play by the box stock rules for now (including traction magnet).  True the (stock) tires, set your guide pressure, ride height and spring tension, fluff your braids, float your body, and go racing...

See you there!

Chris

While not a big fan of loaning my cars out willy-nilly, I completely agree with Mitch's point.  I'd be happy to maintain some portion of a NASTE IROC fleet, maybe evn donate a car or two towards establishing one.  I have a Ninco or two which would be an ideal start.

We also have the fleet of GT40's Bill and Goose put together to play with. 

The one thing I'm stuck on is that while wanting to encourage others to get involved, I'm not sure that it's our responsibility as NASTE regulars to ensure that those who don't have the inclination to research what classes/cars to purchase and how to tune them have a competitive ride for any given night.  I kinda feel that there should be some incentive for them to commit if they're interested- or at least contribute a nominal maintenance fee after the first X number of events?

This is assuming the Championship stays on Sundays...  I'd imagine I wouldn't want to mess with the success of Odd Thursdays.

Chris

You mean like this, Stan?

So yeah, sure!

(Actually, I just edited my original post.  I had mentioned the 917 & 512 initially but apparently deleted it)

Al,

Thanks indeed for another fun night of racing!  It was nice to see everyone and swap paint again, and it's a fun track to run on.  I was quite happy to partake in the after-hours running of the Classics heats as well.  Good fun to get those cars out too!

Dan,

Glad you enjoyed it, they are great, fun cars.  If you're serious, I may be able to put together a car for something reasonable.  Let me know if you're interested and I can take a look.

Chris

Thanks Bill for the hospitality again and another great night of racing.  I was very happy to see the new class with so many people and their new car builds.  It seems like we created an interesting and fun way to get some shelf queens off the shelf and onto the track.  Thanks to all who contributed their feedback and input on the direction we took.

Looking forward to the next round!!

Chris

Bill can work it into the Odd Thursday rotation at the most appropriate opportunity.  I would guess that it won't be the next event though.

Chris

The official rules for the Le Mans Classics Category:

Technical Specifications-

Except for the following allowances, car should be box stock.  Specifically this means-

• Stock motor

• Stock body and chassis (wheel wells may not be altered)

The allowances-

• Traction magnet must be removed

• Any rubber/urethane tires may be used

• Tires may be glued and trued on the wheels

• Guide and braid are free to replace/modify

• Guide may be shimmed to appropriate depth for track

• Grinding to fit (lead, brass, etc...) weight in is acceptable.  Grinding to remove weight is not.

• Front stub axles may be replaced with a single, solid axle holding the stock front wheels

• Use of metal gears is allowed provided they are the stock ratio (pitch may be different)

• Use of metal wheels and a replacement axle & bushing is allowed.  Wheels and tires may be of similar size/aspect ratio to the stock hardware (from any vendor), or use the Slot.It replacement kits (http://www.132slotcar.us/store/index.ph … =24_94_100).

• If wheels are replaced, the wheel itself must be appropriately detailed or period-correct inserts must be installed.

• It is permitted to glue bearings into the chassis

• It is permitted to glue the motor into the chassis

• It is permitted to apply glue inside bearings to eliminate slop of oversize bearings

• Chassis may be filed along its perimeter for float, but do not remove more than 1/16" of material.

• Valances and other bodywork may be separated from the chassis and attached to the body provided it maintains the original profiles, features, proportions, and contours of the model.

• BNOVA and similar guide repair components are acceptable for repairing existing cars but not as a tuning option

• If it's not mentioned, you can't do it.

Classes-
The category will be broken into two classes- front vs rear motored and scored as such (inline counts as REAR motored; front motor has a driveshaft between the motor output and the pinion). 

Eligibility-
Any Le Mans competitors modeled by Fly Scalextric, Monogram, Revell, or Ninco which ran in the 1971 event or prior are eligible for competition.  All entries need to use the Fly/Scaley black stripe motor regardless of chassis manufacturer

Things seemed to run well with the cars we had last night and I think this is a good start for the class.  We will go forth with these as the rules baseline and if we need to adjust, then changes will be made.  I appreciate the feedback and discussions and hope this rule set will generate a fun, new way for us to run very pretty cars which have been sitting on the shelf or in boxes for way too long.

Chris

Just a reminder, Bill's opening early today and we'll do a race with cars prepped per the regs on page 4 (http://naste.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5745#p5745).  Doors open at 3, aiming to run around 4 so we can be done and get back to the normally scheduled event for the night.

CK