ASCC Slot.It Challenge 2010 Rules

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ASCC Slot.It Challenge 2010

This page contains the Austin Slot Car Club Slot.it Challenge rules for 2010. If you have any questions about the rules please contact Marty (Porsche917) on the ASCC forum under Rules and Regulations.

General Rules
• Only Slot.it cars & Slot.it parts may be used. Applicable cars are as follows:

• Porsche 962C 
• Porsche 962KH 
• Porsche 956LH 
• Porsche 956KH 
• Mercedes Sauber C9 
• Jaguar XJR9 
• Jaguar XJR12 
• Lancia LC2 
• Mazda 787B 
• Toyota 88C

• Only one car can be used through out a meeting, if a part breaks or fails during a heat, the car can be repaired but needs to be scrutinized before commencing the next heat. In the unlikely event of a total write off where the original car is beyond repair a replacement car (conforming to the rules) may be used for the remaining heats & finals but scores will be scrubbed for that meeting. No change of car is allowed during a heat.
• New cars/spares which may radically change the championship format must be passed for use by the official scrutineer two weeks prior to an event and must be readily available to everyone.
• Traction Magnets MUST be removed and no extra magnets can be added.
• Weight may be added as long as it is inside the body and is not visible from the outside of the car and is firmly attached. No weight can be added anywhere under the chassis.
• Weight of the car including any magnetic down force may not exceed 100gm as weighed on the Magnet Marshal.
• The minimum ground clearance at the front of the chassis under the front axle is 0.1mm and 2.2mm at the rear of the chassis under the rear axle with new tires.
• The maximum external tire to tire width for front and rear wheels is 63mm and 64mm respectively.
• Front wheels must run with tires.
• Press on front axle supports are optional.
• Cars MUST have all their chassis to body fixing screws firmly secured or covered with a piece of tape to prevent screws working loose and falling onto the track.

 

BODY
• Bodies may be repainted but must remain standard.
• The use of plain Unpainted bodies is not allowed
          o Plain Unpainted bodies must be painted so that there are no unpainted areas (the use of clear coat laquer over unpainted plastic is not allowed).
          o Liveries cannot display any sexually explicit or otherwise distasteful wording or images.
• Body posts may be reinforced by using a plastic tube.
• No lowering of bodies, body mounting posts or trimming of wheel arches (with the exception of the Jaguars wheel arch locating points inside the body which may be removed to prevent the tire from rubbing).
• The body may not be made lighter by sanding or any other means.
• Rear wing attachments may be reinforced with glue or tape provided the body shape is not altered.
• All Slot.it tear-proof parts for each model may be used.
• Windscreens must remain standard and remain clear so that the interior can be viewed.
• Bodies MUST start each race with rear spoilers and wings in place and securely fastened.
• Mirrors & aerials may be removed.
• Headlamp / tail lamp lenses must be in place at the start of the first heat of each meeting.
• Nissan R390 must retain the rear grill section at the start of each heat.
• Mazda may use the Jaguar XJR9 racing rear wing as a replacement for the original.

CHASSIS
• Chassis must match the body and remain standard.
• The chassis edges may be trimmed to allow body or motor mount rock only, excessive trimming is not allowed and must not be used as a way of reducing weight or increasing flex.
• The body may not be made lighter by sanding, drilling or any other means.
• Some cars are supplied with angle winder ready chassis which are eligible for use in the championship; however they MUST retain the two pop outs which allow an angle winder mount to fit if used with inline or sidewinder mounts.
• The HRS & HRS2 adjustable chassis are NOT eligible.
• The new Evo 6 Chassis and Mounts are NOT be eligible.

SUSPENSION UNITS
• All Slot.it suspension units in standard form may be used providing the body or chassis is not modified to fit them.
• Suspension units must remain standard no mixing / matching of units allowed.

 

MOTOR MOUNTS
• You may use any Inline, sidewinder or angle-winder matching motor & mount combination i.e. a boxer mount must use a long can motor.
• Motor mounts MUST remain standard and must not be modified in any way.
• Motors MUST fit the mount as they were intended i.e. no turning or lowering of motor in mount, no additional adaptor mounts can be used.

 

MOTORS
• Any Slot.it motor is eligible for use and MUST remain standard with the exception of cutting down the motor shaft to avoid interfering with running gear.
• No hybrids or upgrading of motor magnets or brush gear allowed. If there is evidence of the motor can being opened this will be viewed as tampering and the motor will be deemed illegal.
• The motor cannot be glued or taped to the motor pod or chassis.

 

GEARING
• Any combination of gearing from the Slot.it range only may be used.
• Gears MUST remain standard, no drilling or lightning of gears allowed.
• Gears are NOT allowed to be glued to the axle or motor shafts.

 

WHEELS
• Any combination of Slot.it wheels (plastic, alloy or magnesium) from the Slot.it range only may be used. Slot.it F1 sized wheels are not eligible.
• Wheels MUST remain standard, no drilling or lightening of wheels allowed.

 

AXLES
• Only Slot.it solid or hollow axles may be used.
• Slot.it independent front axle kits may be used in standard form only.

 

TIRES
• Any Slot.it tire currently available from any Slot.it retailer is allowed except for the following:

• SIPT26 F15 
• SIPT27 F22 
• SIPT28 F30

• Tires may be trued and have their edges rounded.
• Traction enhancing substances may NOT be used on any tires.
• Tires may NOT be glued to the wheels.
• In order for the scrutineers to identify the tires used are legal, the Slot.it logo which is molded to the tire wall must be clearly visible. Please Note if the tires are not easily identifiable by the scrutineers they will be deemed illegal.
• Rear Tires are of a free choice from the Slot.it range only.
• Front Tires are of a free choice but must be of a rubber compound.

 

GUIDES
• Any guide from the Slot.it range only may be used.
• Guides may be trimmed to shape if required. (It is illegal to add parts to a guide ie extending the blade.)

 

LIGHTING KITS
• Are not required and MUST not be fitted.

 

FREE CHOICE
• Only parts available from the Slot.it range are to be used except for the following:

• Braid, 
• Axle spacers 
• Guide spacers 
• Motor to guide cable 
• Alloy wheel grub screws 
• Body screws 
• Motor fixing screws.

 

If Its not mentioned above then it’s illegal!
By registering for the Slot.it Challenge series you are accepting the rules above and agree to abide by the organizers & scrutineers decisions.

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• Tires may NOT be glued to the wheels.

Can you true a tire without gluing it ?

About the cars; can you use these?
Porsche 956K Schiesser Hockenheim 1985
Porsche 956C Obermaier Racing LeMans 1986
I’m guessing this class includes all LeMans cars from the 80’s?

[porsche917]

Ary,

You can true a tire without gluing it to the rim. Most Slot It aluminum wheels are very true to begin with and the tires are tight enough on the rims that they will not spin when trued.

All Porsche 962’s and 956’s are allowed. I was using the descriptions lised on Slot It’s site.

Marty

[porsche917]

Russell wrote-

The Slot-It challenge sounds good. Is there a reason why other Slot-It cars are not listed? (Chaparral 2E???)

Russell

[porsche917]

The Slot It challenge is not open to all cars due to performance and looks.

The Slot It cars listed are evenly matched in weight and performance while all being from a similar period in time. The idea is to have a race series that was as evenly matched as possible in performance and looks.

Marty

[porsche917]

Here is another Slot It Challenge option from the Houston group.

Race 1: Slot.it Le Mans

Race any flavor of Lemans car you want as long as it’s a Slot.it with an

Orange end-bell motor (only), In-line driveline configuration (only), tuned to current Challenger rules (only).

Thoughts?

Marty

[Race Control]

What does the Challenger rules consist of?

[Autorama]

I agree that motors should be only one type (same RPM). I would allow yellow dogs for tires, but Kings would need to to carry them in stock. On the car model I think you should select a date range as previously posted. I’m not in favor of running a 70’s, 80’s cars against the current stuff.

[porsche917]

I am all in favor of just selecting specific Slot It cars to run in the series. Here would be my list of cars we could run-
Porsche 962
Porsche 956
Nissan
Toyota
Sauber Mercedes
Jaguar XJR 9
Jaguar XJR 12
Mazda 787b
Audi R8
Lancia LC2

Marty

[Race Control]

To keep the cars even, you can’t add the Audi R8 or the Nissan R390. Those are far more stable and faster due to the chassis designs and wider wheels.

[Race Control]

I’ve been mulling this around and I would like to propose 2 Slot.it classes. The first will be the Grp. C class with stock configurations and rear tires can be changed to whatever. Slot.it, NSR, SuperTires, etc. The second will be open to all Slot.it cars but all parts must be Slot.it including tires.

Thoughts?

-Shawn

[porsche917]

Then its the same list less those two. Can we please pick the rules so we can all start to work on our cars so they are in line with them.

Marty

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I vote for:

• The original car list
• Orange Endbell FC-130 Slot.IT Motors only 
• Inline Setup Only
• Any gears (They are basically all the same and SCX are cheaper)
• Yellow Dog or Slot.it tires

 

 

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• Porsche 962 
• Porsche 956 
• Mercedes Sauber C9 
• Jaguar XJR9 
• Jaguar XJR12 
• Lancia LC2 
• Mazda 787B 
• Toyota 88C

 

 

[Race Control]

What Ary said.

[porsche917]

I would stick with Slot It gears and tires so Kings can stock and sell the parts we use and suggest other racers use. I am good with everything else but those two points.

Marty

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