2025 Targa Florio 1966 to 1969 – Rally Track

Bellator Bellator 2 years ago


Series Manager – Marc T. (aka Datto)
Period: July – September (Two rounds per month)

The end of an era.  The time of race cars wearing their national colors, rather than the Colors of Benneton was coming to a close.

Join the discussion for Targa Florio 1966 to 1969 over in our forums.


Fees:   $5 ASCC Premium Members,  $10 ASCC Standard Members, $15 non-members.

Models Allowed

Any car that was entered in the Targa Florio in the years 1966, ‘67, ’68, and ’69.  Cars that were DNS, or DNF are fine.

Any slot car that is a reasonably scale depiction of the above.  Must be within 12% of 1/32 scale plus or minus.  That is a 24% window.  Thunderslot models, for example, are too over-wide, and are not eligible. Cars must have driver figure and Steering wheel.  Lightweight interiors are okay.  Glazing must be in place.  If your car has a navigator figure, you do not need to remove it if you want to keep it un-modified.  Historic liveries are not required, but very much encouraged.  Avoid duplicate liveries if at all possible.

Please post a picture of your car(s) Model, or 1:1 to the rules thread, so we can get an idea of what cars and liveries will be entered.

Track 

ASCC Rally course.

Motor, gearing:
  • Open
Axles, wheels, tires:
  • Axles, bushings, bearings open.
  • Wheels must be a good faith effort at scale, with inserts.
    • Maximum wheel/tire width 10mm front and rear.
  • Tires can be any rubber or urethane compound.  Truing and gluing is encouraged. Coating of front tires with nail-polish, C/A glue, etc is permitted.
Chassis and drive layout:
Open
Braid, guide, and motor leads.
open
General  
If it is not mentioned – contact Series Manager for legality (BEFORE the first race).  Cars may be presented to Series Manager any time before the first race for a test inspection.

Power

Adjustable

Direction

Decided on the day of the race by coin flip.

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Riffing off of Steve's work (to which I get an "Access Denied" message, but I'm sure that's just due to my dysfunctional relationship with Google). I merged and deduplicated the cars and then created a table indicating which year(s) they ran.  Image of that table below and attached the Excel workbook for those that want to sort and filter.

1966 to 1969 Targa Florio Entrants

Are we going to have some slot car versions of the cars banned from our series like the Ferrari ban last time we raced?

Starting work on the Targa rules. Series is going to be pretty wide-open setup wise, but will be cracking down on grossly overscale (over wide) models. Attaching a sample scale worksheet form in pages and word formats.

Randy, if it was entered in the targa, it's eligible.

I'm looking forward to the challenge of repainting one of my GT40 bodies and getting the decals on there for this livery... that graffiti looks familiar!

Nice livery. I think John is planning something similar.

I got the Mustang France decals using this GT40 set.

https://www.indycals.net/decals/lemans/67gt40-targaflorio.html

I am using my existing GT40 maroon/gold if I do use the GT4o.

I will be fielding this gal, the number 216 Lola T70 MKIII driven in the 1967 Targa Florio.  (Assuming the Fly body meets the scale specs.)

Model: Fly Lola white kit.
Decals from: Le Mans Decals. They have a dedicated Targa Florio section

1967 Lola T70 MK3

Found this great site dedicated to the Targa Florio.  The collection of photos is the best I have ever found.

Main site: http://www.targapedia.com/

1966 Photo Album: http://www.targapedia.com/album_targa_florio/1948_1968/1966/

1967 Photo Album: http://www.targapedia.com/album_targa_florio/1948_1968/1967/

1968 Photo Album: http://www.targapedia.com/album_targa_florio/1948_1968/1968/

1969 Photo Album: http://www.targapedia.com/album_targa_florio/1969_1977/1969/

I have three cars to choose from for the Targa Florio,  Is the Rally Track functioning for testing with timing working?  If not, when?

Timing is working on the Rally Track.

I am trying to wrap my head around an NSR up against a ThunderSlot, Slot.It, or Fly. I think Fly has the most authentic looking Targa Florio models. But, I don't know a thing about Fly. Haven't owned one. NSR models seem big for the Rally track. I have a ...

ThunderSlot 350 1967 CAN-AM, Chris Amon #23, Riverside
ThunderSlot Lola T70 MK 3 1968, Patrick Jorden #9, Sebring
Slot.It Ford GT40 1966 MK 2, Ken Miles and Danny Hulme #1, Le Mans

All three have the same wheel base and tire size. The 350 seems smaller but it is not. Women look thinner in red or black. ThunderSlots have the 21,500 rpm motor and the Slot.It has a 23,000. I am assuming I can run any of these 3 cars. Right?

And, someone who's more familiar with the rally track, what tires?

Kim,

Thunderbolt cars are too over-scale with wise, so they will not be eligible.
The slot it or NST GT40 are fine.

-Marc

These are the cars i will be running.

Chaparral 2F #222 Phil Hill / Hap Sharp (Slot.it)
Ferrari 412p #220 Jean Guichet / Herbert Muller (Policar)

Appearance wise, I have my Slot.it GT 40 almost ready.

Here is the car I am planning to run in the Targa Florio.  Not exactly a Targa livery, but I do not have the time currently to do anything with it.

Marc told me he was going to add time to my results if I didn't run a Targa livery.  Maybe with others not running Targa liveries, I should get time deducted.  :)  I am enlisting the help of my wife to provide a driver with a baguette on the vacant seat next to him.  Targa is a fairly long circuit and he'll probably get hungry!

Guys

I have a Fly Porsche 910 with a printed chassis, but I can't find it!

Russell

My ride for this race.

Throwing this in as an alternate. hope to test it this weekend

Iso Grifo Bizzarini from a George Turner kit

Good News, Everyone!

First apologies. It seems I was going on bad data when looking at Thunderbolts for the Targa Florio. Marty checked on his own, and indeed the Thunderbolt Lola coupe is legal for the series. Sorry for the mess-up, I will do better in future.

-Marc

Are we allowed to use them or is it too late to add them

Not too late. Feel free to run them.
-Marc

In light of everyone running a GT40 I have decided to switch to the Lola T70 MkIII.

Still not a Targa livery but not too far off.

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