1/24 IROC for NASTE races

I voted for Flexi's so I have no idea.  Of course there were those kits that the one place had on sale - the Cobra, RSK and so forth.  Didn't you get one of those?

I voted econo, but the EJ's kits would be ok by me, or something comparable.  On the forum in the link for the Tifosi class, there is a post about the D3 chassis.  These look interesting to me, but probably not too different from what I know of the current econo class, which is very little.  The Tifosi class looks like it would be fun, but I am unsure of the format to be used, can anyone shed some light?

Thanks for listenin
Rico

Yes, those were the cars I was talking about.  Let me know what you need, I'm always willing to help.  Especially if we can get the EJ's guy to throw in a few extra bodies.  We know he has 'em.

Monte, I doubt if we could get EJ's to throw in anything. he seems like a nice guy, but he is definately a business man! I have quite a few old vintage cars, but probably not a whole bunch that are alike. However, I'm wondering if an IROC race of "similar" cars might be acceptable? I might be able to put together 6 or 7 cars with old vintage chassis that use the same motors. In addition to the same type motors I could fit them with like gearing and rear tires. The final results would be cars that were similar in handling. It might be an opportunity for everyone to try different types of old vintage cars?  -----------------Bill

Well the NASCAR flexis made it through another race! This time we KILLED one, but there were no other problems. Two of the seven handled like crap, but oh well, they handled like crap for everybody! These things were a lot of fun on the Cape Horn 6 lane track with it's narrow lane spacing!!!   -----------------------Bill

One of the problems with everyone building their own cars is that we run three different scales and it is unrealistic to expect that everyone will want to spend the dollars to be competitive in every scale and style.  And that's just NASTE.  Decisions have to be made.  In fact, the one time last year that we allowed racers to run their own cars, we had two other cars show up.  I suppose if the class were clearly defined so that we ran one of each scale car for a season it wouldn't be so bad.  But if we allow open mods then the car builders have a distinct advantage over those that just want to race.  Once again, decisions have to be made.

So Larry, how many of these "vintage" cars can you supply for us to race?  And personally, yes, I'd pay a REASONABLE price.  See, I got this 36D motor...

Well right now on e-bay there are no less then 2 dozen cars or chassis for sell.. I understand that you are into the scale 1/32 racing and this might not be for everyone. Before the big 1/32 scale stuff got going our group ran our own cars that we built and the racing was fun & completive.
This New Class will give all of us who want a chance to see what it was like to race and go back into the sixties and reliving the first RTR slot cars. These cars were fast for what they were and every slot car company made this type of aluminum sidewinder 36d chassis. I have no idea if one chassis is better then another, but what I remember from back in the day they were all about the same..
These cars are like 1/24 T-jets to drive witch means the fastest car might not win the race. You have to drive them and work on the car a little to get it to handle.. There is really nothing to build unless you start with just a chassis and then all you have to do is bolt it together. This isn't rocket science to find & buy one of these cars.
  The cost is about the same or less then one of the 1/32 cars to buy. And the nice thing is when you get done racing it you can resale it and get your money back. You won't do that with a 1/32 car that you have been racing.  I'm into cheap racing and to be able to  restore & race then resale the car and make money seems good to me.
Hey this is for fun and and the reason these cars will be competive with each other is because they all have to run tall rear wheels and tires because of the big gear you have to run with the tall 36d motor. Most of the cars will have to run 1 1/8" rear tire so the ring gear will clear the track.. That is just the way the chassis were designed back then and everyone copied other manufacture that had the hot selling car of the week.  So every company ended up with making this type of aluminum chassis for there RTR cars.
Mr. Bill will be putting pictures of all the types of cars and chassis for the NEW Class so you know what to look for and buy.  It is best & cheapest to buy a complete running car or chassis, but if you have a lot of vintage slot car parts then you could start with just a chassis.  Anyway check out the pictures that Bill will be putting on tonight in the NEW SLOT CAR CLASS in the form.   
Ok for an answer on rear tires... There is no way we can run a spec. tire in this class because you are going to have to hunt for tall used or new tires on e-bay and you can't find enough of the same tires for every car.  Most of the sponge tire of the sixties was about the same.. Hard and harder, but the good thing is you don't ware out tires.. A lot of the old used tires can be turned down a very little bit and take the crust off and they work good like new ones. You could run new Parma Drag tires, but these cars are so light and the tires have so much grip that you would be tipping over at every corner.  The rear end of the car needs to be able to slid in the corners to stay in the slot.. Also they made some huge rear tires back in the day so use some wisdom when buying tires... We would like the rear tires to be inside the body if at all possible and not look like they ran them 3 feet out of each side of the body back in the day.
I don't think the plan was to race these this year, but to let everyone have time to find a car and tool it up for racing next winter. 
Rico these cars are run on a 1/24th scale routed wood tracks with NO magnets like your use too. You will really have to drive these cars and it might take some time to learn to drive one of these babies, but it will be a blast and a lot of fun. And isn't that what slot car racing is about? THE FUN! Larry

my thought is that we run all vintage cars, with vintage style bodies.  You run whatever you bring, and there are no rules as long as it has a vintage style chassis and body.  However the races do not count for points, so there's no inclination to beat out everyone with a hot car, just a race where everyone can have a fun time and race their cars.  After a few races we could see what works and start developing rules to follow after.

My other thought is that we just build simple, not flexing brass pan cars. Just based on a flat peice of brass with small walls on the outside for body and axle mounting.

Just some thoughts, AJ