Proposed 2023 Race Series

Ha! This is why, last night as David and I ran our (mostly) out of the box Policars that my Ronnie Peterson Lotus was so quick on stock tires. I'll go ahead and shrink my tire profile a bit. :)

BTW, they're really good just out of the box...and so dern purdy.

Marty, I just saw this car list for the BRM after ordering the Scirocco :(
I was not able to weigh in on this.

Is it final?

David and Erik, did you run the Policar f1's with the plastic wheels?  Did you true them?  Do you expect to use the correct size aluminum wheels to be able to true the tires?  Erik, what brand tire truer do you have?  What volts were you running the cars?

Datto - the decision to allow the Scirocco is up to the series manager.  We discussed it and felt the car would be outside the time frame for the current car list and may offer an advantage due to the shorter rear end on the car.  I would say this is still up for discussion with the series manager.

Do we know who theories manager is yet? The Mk1 Scirocco, Mk1 Escort and Mk1 Capri overlap production dates.

Randy Wrote:

David and Erik, did you run the Policar f1’s with the plastic wheels? Did you true them? Do you expect to use the correct size aluminum wheels to be able to true the tires? Erik, what brand tire truer do you have? What volts were you running the cars?

Answers:

Yes - I used the stock plastic wheels on non-trued tires. I did purchase the aluminum wheels and replacement F22 tires for the car, but have not done anything with them yet. My tire truer is a Tire Razor - haven't tried putting the wheels/tires on it...but I think it will work. We were running the cars at 12v.

Datto  - I just looked up the Group 2 cars from the European Touring Car championship on the Racing Sports Cars website.  It looks like the Scirocco first raced in 1975 whereas the other cars all raced earlier in the 70's.  I would leave this up to the race director.

At the original class selection meeting we had a paper with classes listed. The Monte Carlo 72-82 had a list of cars either specified or suggested for this period.  Can we get that list in a proposed form on our website?  Understanding there may be some overlap from the 2022 race that would either be in, or not, like our Porsche 914/6's and 911's.

Just ordered:

Policar PCAR04BMarch 701 Jackie Stewart in his tartan helmet.  Won't be changing that livery and helmet.

RevoSlot RS0132 Alfa GTA dark blue #93  I think it raced at Mid-Ohio when I saw the races.  I cannot imagine changing the big fancy car number to avoid a duplicate, but it will be on the rally track by itself.  I will definitely run this for fun on the big track too.

BRM BMW Kleber 91 1975 Le Mans.  Kleber was the BFGoodrich French affiliate in 1958-1961 when we lived in Germany.  It became part of Michelin like BFG.

So I am done unless the Monte Carlo rally cars don't get covered by what I have.

(un) BOX2  My F! car.  (Jackie Looks like he might be sitting on a pillow.  Beautiful tartan helmet.

WHEN can we have the Race at Marc's?   During the holidays?
A New Years day  party?  Early Jan?

Mark - I think its best for him to have the track up and running before we head over.

I tested my 1/32 RevoSlot Alfa Romeo on the rally track yesterday and it does not hit the track on the main straight hump.  My tires have not been trued, so car is out-of-the-box ride height.  It took the turns fine, but the track was so dirty, by the third lap the tires lost grip up hill running clockwise.