2009 IMCA WORLDS





		DEFINITIVE VERSION - SEPTEMBER 2009

21st IMCA 2009 MODEL CAR SPRINT WORLDS

The Battle with the Gods in memory of the Great Jon Laster

Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2009: Herentals (B) - € 3,000 CASH ON PRICES

THE BATTLE WITH THE GODS
The 2009 IMCA worlds are the real last ones I'll organise, as next year I'll start my proper publishing company. Having never had the smallest commercial interests on promoting slot-racing I'll do for the last time a serious effort for my last promotion action. At my last Worlds I invited the best racers on earth - the very Gods of slot-racing. The invited Gods that are Vlado Okali (SVK), Vladimir Horky (CZ), Josef Korec (CZ), 'Piki' van Rossem (B), Gabriel Inäbnit (CH), Petr Krcil (CZ), Paul Gawronski (USA), Brian Saunders (GB), Giovanni Montiglio (I), Sergio Maresca (I), plus the mythic legends of the 1960s-1970s: Howie Ursaner (USA), Terry Schmid (USA), and Fred Hood (USA). Never in history they were seen together around the same track, and never later they'll be any-more. That makes the Battle with the Gods a unique historical event. Normally the great Jon Laster should have been among the Gods. Unfortunately he passed away one night after he confirmed his entry...
Racing perfectly equal performing cars, together with the Gods and Half-Gods is the ultimate dream of most model car racers. The promotional value of such experiment is several times higher than professional racers can imagine. Especially young people are impressed by the possibility that, perhaps one day, they'll be able to compete with the absolute stars of international slot-racing. IMCA top events as the proposed one result always in demands of several dozens of new comers and home racers how they can enter competition at such high level. Prize money is up to € 3,000 cash, with € 1,500 for the winner of the Procar BMW M1 Race for PROS (GODS & HALF-GODS) and € 1,000 for the winner of the F430 Citation Cup Sprint Worlds for SEMI-PROS & AMATEURS (NORMAL MORTALS). There is € 500 for the Concourse winner (F430 & BMW M1 together).

IMPORTANT: ALL RACERS MUST BE PRESENT ON SATURDAY MORNING AT 7AM!

21st IMCA NATS: SURVEY
l The 21st Model Car 1/24th Sprint Worlds PRO will be organised on Saturday and Sunday October 31-November 1, 2009. Location is definitively the IMCA MTT track at Herentals (B). The Battle with the Gods (as 21st IMCA Sprint Worlds), preceded by two Gianotti Trophy warm-up races, will be contested exclusively on Saturday, with 26 identical handout 1/24th Procar BMWs M1 assembled for BMW Switzerland by Michael Niemas, and all achieving similar performances. For that race we selected 26 racers: 13 GODS and 13 HALF-GODS, all PROS. The PRO racers need to race uniquely on Saturday. There is € 1,500 for the SPRINT WORLDS PRO winner with the 1/24th Procar BMW M1s. [Prize money has to be wired on the winner's bank account for fiscal reasons. Wiring will be done in November.]
l The 1/24th Sprint Worlds for NON-PROs - officially the 1st Citation Cup Worlds - also preceded by two Gianotti Trophy warm-up races are contested with own 1/24th Fujimi Ferrari F430 Challenge cars on Sunday. There is € 1,000 for the CITATION CUP winner with the 1/24th Fujimi Ferraris F430 Challenge. Wiring of prize money will be done in November on the winner's personal bank account.
l Both 1/24th Sprint Worlds are preceded on Saturday Morning by the 12th Model Car 1/32nd Production Worlds, contested with handout 1/32nd NSR Moslers 900MT. This curtain raiser will be open for all PROS and for all invited NON-PROs, thus for all entrants.
l On Saturday evening all invited KIDS (16 in total) will contest the 12th Mello Yello Junior Worlds with 16 handout 1/24th Procar BMWs M1 made by Niemas.
NOTE: € 500 FOR THE CONCOURSE WINNER (F430s & BMW M1s together; maximum one car per competitor). All prize money must be wired on the winner's bank account for fiscal reasons. Wiring will be done in November.
Racers coming from overseas will - if they want so - have their transport costs being reimbursed by IMCA. As we didn't expect that we should have to organise the 21st Model Car Worlds ourselves we could not find a last minute sponsoring budget for the whole event, especially not for the Endurance Worlds. So we postponed the 9th Official Endurance World Championship to April 5-6. 2010.
HERENTALS ADDRESS: Nieuwstraat 31. Herentals. Phone: + 32 (0)498 11.57.82
HOTEL: De Zalm Hotel. Grote Markt 21, 2200 Herentals. Ph: + 32 (0)14-28.60.00 €45pp/night
Hotel De Swaen. Belgiëlaan 1, 2200 Herentals. Ph: +32(0)14-22.56.39 €45pp to €75pp/night ATTENTION: ALL RACERS HAVE TO DO THEMSELVES THE HOTEL RESERVATIONS. MOST RACERS GO TO HOTEL DE SWAEN ON COMING TO HERENTALS. THERE ARE TRAINS FROM THE AIRPORT TO HERENTALS.

ATTENTION - Racers coming by car over Antwerp should know that the main way E313 from Antwerp thru Herentals will be closed up from Friday at exit 19 (Massenhoven), whilst normally they should have to quit the E313 at exit 20 (Herentals-West). At the exit 19 in Massenhoven they have now to follow during 2 kilometres the N14, direction "Nijlen/Lier". After 2 kilometres they have to turn left to follow during 3.5 km the N13, direction "Bouwel/Herentals". After 8 kilometres they find the point where the closed exit 20 goes directly to Herentals. Please pay attention that a traffic jam of one hour is very probably!

RACING IDENTICAL HANDOUT CARS AT THE IMCA MTT - LET FUN BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN JUST WINNING

CLICK HERE FOR LIST WITH ALL IMCA WORLD CHAMPIONS

RACE FORMATS
PART 1. FRIDAY PRACTICE 9h00-23h00
l FREE PRACTICE FOR THE GODS & HALF-GODS - PROS have free practice time on Friday from 9am until 4pm. Practice is only possible with own model cars, not with handout cars. If racers should show without own cars we can give them 1/24th Nissans used at the 2006 Barcelona Worlds. Practice for PROS just serves to recognise the track, not to test the handout cars.
l FREE PRACTICE FOR SEMI-PROS & AMATEURS - They have free practice time from 4pm until 11pm. At 11pm all cars go into the enclosed zone.
PART 2. SATURDAY MORNING 7h00-11h00
l 12th Model Car 1/32nd Production Worlds will be contested with handout NSR 1/32nd Mosler cars, all identical. Should one of the handout cars be defect it suffices to give a track call and the deficient car will be replaced by another. The race is open for ALL entrants, PROs, SEMI-PROs & AMATEURS and goes over 8 heats of 8 x 3 minutes. [ONE OFFICIAL PRO WORLD CHAMPION]
PART 3. SATURDAY NOON TO EVENING 11h00-23h15
l 6th F. GIANOTTI TROPHY: Prior to the BATTLE WITH THE GODS (the 21st MODEL CAR SPRINT WORLDS) there are two 8 x 3' warm-up races, counting for the Franco Gianotti PRO Trophy. Racing goes with the identical handout Procar BMW M1 cars. Racers, entering Concourse, are allowed to make an own version of the assigned BMW M1 cars. Concourse BMW M1 may NOT be raced instead of the handhout. Concourse body has to respect in all aspects art. 7bis of the IMCA Rule Book and must be presented on a RTR car.
l 21st Model Car 1/24th Sprint Worlds PRO- Is open for 27 racers: 13 GODS vs 14 HALFGODS). Racing goes with 27 identical handout Procar BMW M1 cars, respecting art. 7bis of the IMCA Rule Book. Racers have to contest four 8 x 4' Quarters. The top-4 of each Quarter move to the 8 x 4' Semis. The four best of each Semi make the move to the 8 x 5' Main. [ONE OFFICIAL WORLD CHAMPION]
l 12th Mello Yello Junior Worlds - Selected are the 16 KIDS (with their name in blue). Racing goes with 18 identical handout Procar BMW M1 cars. Two 8 x 5' Heats. [ONE OFFICIAL JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION]
PART 4. SUNDAY RACES (EXCL. FOR NON-PROS)
l 1st Citation Cup Worlds NON-PRO- Is the NON-PRO equivalent of the Sprint Worlds PRO and contested with own 1/24th scale Ferraris F430 Challenge Fujimi bodies and cars respecting art. 6.A of the IMCA Rule Book. There are two Gianotti warm-up races over 8 x 3'. [ONE OFFICIAL WORLD CHAMPION]

LIST INVITED GODS & HALF-GODS
€ 1,500 CASH FOR THE WINNER!
SELECTED RACERS FOR BATTLE WITH THE GODS					ASSIGNED CARS
THOSE ARE THE GODS (PURPLE Ts with YELLOW letters)
	1. Vladimir Horky u ©	09.05.1972	28x	1682.5	#4 BMW Motorsport	Jean Pierre Jarier
	2. Josef Korec u ©	11.03.1978	10x	1391.0	#41 Airpress	Wolfgang Schütz
	3. "Piki" van Rossem ©	14.09.1978	7x	934.5	#26 BMW Motorsport	Jacques Lafitte
	4. Vlado Okali u ©l	16.09.1955	5x	920.5	#55 Krebs Warsteiner	Jochen Mass
	13. Brian Saunders u©	21.07.1970	3x	599.0	#3 BMW Motorsport	*Didier Pironi*
	15. Petr Krcil u ©l	03.04.1957	4x	553.5	#50 TWR Gösser Beer	*Dieter Quester*
	25. Paul Gawronskiu ©	09.06.1964	4x	399.0	#45 Schnitzer Memphis	*Sepp Mannhalter*
	28. Giovanni Montigliol©	12.05.1950	6x	386.0	#81 Kreis Telefonbuch	*Manfred Winkelhock*
	29. Sergio Maresca ©	17.06.1966	7x	385.0	#61 Team Abel Lepitre	*Walter Brun*
	43. Chris Radisich u ©	16.05.1965		262.5	#71 Max Heidegger	*Marc Surer*
	47. Gabriel Inäbnit	30.07.1964		250.0	#27 BMW Motorsport	*Alan Jones*
	104. Fred Hood u©l	02.08.1942		108.5	#90 BMW Motorsport	*Hans-Georg Bürger*
	-. Howie Ursaner ©ul	19.07.1949		-	#44 DS Tuning Castrol	*Markus Höttinger*
	-. Terry Schmidu©l	31.03.1950		-	#81 GS Sport Denim	*Hans Heyer*
THOSE ARE THE HALF-GODS (PURPLE Ts with WHITE letters)
	12. Michael Niemas ©	03.01.1981	1x	606.5	#28 BMW Motorsport	Clay Regazzoni
	23. J-P van Rossem ©l	29.05.1945	3x	406.5	#60 Osella Corse	*Elio de Angelis*
	26. Ralph Seif ©	21.07.1966	1x	397.5	#6 BMW Motorsport	*Nelson Piquet*
	53. Tim Tyler u ©l	15.03.1959		230.5	#66 Eggenberger	Helmut Kelleners
	58. Alex Ortmann u ©	14.02.1991	1x	196.0	#1 BMW Motorsport	*Mario Andretti*
	64. George Kimber ©l	31.10.1948		176.0	#99 Alimpo Sport	*Toine Hezemans*
	69. Yves Welter jr ©	03.04.1985		162.5	#70 Osella Corse	**Bruno Giacomelli**
	82. Marcel Oosterling ©	25.02.1965		141.0	#80 MRS Arvor	Jean-Louis Lafosse
	84. Jozef Miskolci ©l	04.08.1960		134.0	#88 Aawag Konrad	*Franz Konrad*
	102. Hugo Dekker ©l	23.02.1956		111.0	#77 Eggenberger Uher	Helmut Kelleners
	103. 'Javi' Checa Lozano©	04.07.1989		109.0	#52 Castrol Winter	"John Winter"
	110. Leo Vogel ©	04.05.1983	1x	105.0	#2 BMW Motorsport	*Carlos Reutemann*
	193. Carlos Checa Lozano	04.07.1989		54.5	#5 Project Four	Niki Lauda
	210. Javier Checa Villal	06.06.1956		49.0	#51 TWR Toleman	*Frank Sytner*
u = racers receiving travelling money incentive - © racers having confirmed their entry
*T o t a l I O C p o i n t s*				*11772*	l= geezers competing among them for bonus points in the match "GODS vs HALFGODS"

CITATION CUP WORLDS

Click here for a survey of the 2007 F430 Challenge Competition Results

LIST INVITED ORDINARY MORTALS
€ 1,000 CASH FOR THE WINNER!
	128. Ramon Trimborn©	19.12.1992	89.5	#21 Autohaus Gohn F430	*Björn Grossmann*
	129. Andre Linberg ©	16.08.1991	89.5	#27 Ferrari GB Dealer F430	*Nathan Kinch*
	185. Kristof Huys©	18.04.1988	57.5	#55 Boardwalk Ferrari F430	*Scott Tucker*
	193. Carlos Checa Lozano©	06.06.1956	54.5	@102 Stradale Automobili	*Ettore Contini*
	197. Björn van Campenhout©	28.11.1992	53.0	#6 Tamsen Ferrari F430	*Sascha Bert*
	210. Javier Checa sr©	06.06.1956	49.0	#03 Ferrari Beverly Hills F430	*Roberto Fata*
	219. Desmond Dekker©	25.11.1991	47.0	#12 Baron Service F430	*Niek Hommerson*
	248. Mike Stahl©	06.05.1957	41.0	#29 Ferrari GB Dealer F430	*Bruno Senna*
	286. Marc Kurella©	03.04.1994	35.0	#5 Motor/Malucelli F430	*Max Blancardi*
	334. Gert Klinge©	31.10.1958	27.5	#78 Ulrich Frankfurt F430	*Roland Asch*
	385. Dirk Baele ©	12.07.1971	21.5	#144 Kessel Racing F430	*Fons Scheltema*
	523. Louise Valkenborgh ©	10.10.1955	14.0	#65 Ferrari Long Island F430	*Peter Castellana*
	575. Marcel Kuhn ©	02.10.1997	12.0	#123 Zenith Team F430	*François Trottet*
	576. Stefan Kuhn ©	26.01.1961	12.0	#143 Kessel Racing F430	*Ronnie Kessel*
	696. Remco Vanwaaij ©	05.08.1969	9.0	#22 Kessel Racing F430	Michal Broniszeswski
	839. Sven Manti©	27.09.1993	6.0	#1 Stradale Automobili F430	*Ange Barde*
	918. Gerry de Roeck©	06.04.1964	4.0	#155 Ferrari GB Dealer F430	*Mikail Cantillon*
	923. Arttu Salomaa ©	31.08.1994	4.0	#153 Ferrari GB Dealer F430	*Daniel Weachter*
	1007. Marc Huys©	17.01.1958	3.0	#16 CDP Ferrari F430	*Dario Caso*
	1075. Quinten Vanspauwen ©	05.08.1997	2.0	#012 Ferrari of Ontario F430	*Michael Louli*
	1076. Bart Gijsen ©	31.03.1971	2.0	#134 Rossocorsa F430	*Plamen Kralev*
	1128. Atte Salomaa ©	25.09.1996	1.5	#154 Ferrari GB Dealer F430	*J-Marc Bachelier*
	1261. Marko Salomaa ©	22.03.1971	0.0	#69 Rossacorsa F430	*Paddy Shovlin*
	1262. Henk Visser	17.07.1960	0.0	#71 Ferrari of Ontario F430	*Patrice Brisebois*
	1263. Ralf Wernery ©	23.10.1967	0.0	#26 Ferrari GB Dealer F430	*Nathan Kinch*
	1264. Quinten Ivens ©	21.12.1993	0.0	#18 Stradale Automobili F430	*Nicolas Misslin*
	1265. Hubert Jacob ©	03.09.1960	0.0	#28 Ferrari GB Dealer F430	*Bruno Senna*
	1266. Patrick Havet ©	11.10.1962	0.0	#8 Shelton Ferrari F430	*Mike Zoi*
	1267. Laurent Havet ©	06.03.1969	0.0	#2 Rossocarsa F430	Michael Cullen

TIME SCHEDULE			MATCH GODS vs HALFGODS Points system Race #1 Production Worlds - On finishing in top-10: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 pts bonus points geezers: 10-7.5-6-5-4-3-2-1.5-1-0.5 Race #2 Benelux Cup - On finishing in top-10: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 pts bonus points geezers: 10-7.5-6-5-4-3-2-1.5-1-0.5 Race #3 EuroNats - On finishing in top-10: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 pts bonus points geezers: 10-7.5-6-5-4-3-2-1.5-1-0.5 Race #4 21st Sprint Worlds - On finishing in top-10: 40-30-24-20-16-12-8-6-4-2 bonus points geezers: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 After the four races one adds all points won by the Gods and all points won by the Halfgods. The team having collected most points wins the match. REMARK: The GODS are all but one wing car racers and/or ISRA scale car racers. The HALFGODS are all but one model car racers. So, in fact its a competition of the model car racers (HALFGODS) versus the scale & wing car racers (GODS). The model car racers believe of themselves that they are much better racers than the scale and wing car racers. That seems to be a well-spread myth. So let's see who is right by letting both groups racing equally prepared cars. The GODS will be present in purple t-shirts with their name in yellow letters. The HALFGODS will be present in purple t-shirts with their name in white letters. On the back of their t-shirt the GODS will have no number, only the word "GOD". For the HALFGODS that will be their actual IOC ranking number.
Friday 30 Oct	09.00-16.00	Free practice for BMW M1 racers with own test car(s)
	09.00-23.00	Registration: € 50 + handout sealed PS4000-IMCA motors +Worlds t-shirt
	16.00-23.00	Open practice for preselected racers with Ferrari F430 Challenge cars
	23.00-23.30	Handout rear tyres for all Ferrari F430 Challenge cars
	23.00-00.00	Warming up Mosler 1/32nd cars by Giovanni Montiglio
	23.00-01.00	Technical control all cars + Concourse Worlds all F430 & BMW cars
	23.00-00.00	Warming up tyres BMW M1s by Michael Niemas & Christof Kremer
Part 1: NSR 1/32ND IMCA WORLDS SPRINT
Saturd 31 Oct	07.00-11.00	PRODUCTION WORLDS 8x8x3 ' handout NSR - GODS & HALF-GODS start first in inverse order of their IOC-ranking number. After their race it's up to the semi-pros & amateurs in inverse order of their ranking number
Part 2: PROCAR 1/24TH IMCA WORLDS SPRINT FOR PROS
	11.00-12.00	Short free practice with handout BMW M1 cars
	12.00-13.45	Gianotti Trophy Pros: 21st Benelux Cup [8 x 3 min] with BMW M1 (with GODS)
	13.45-15.30	Gianotti Trophy Pros: 17th EuroNats Sprint (8 x 3') with BMW M1 (with GODS)
	15.30-16.30	1 minute qualifications on purple (with GODS)
	16.30-19.00	SPRINT WORLDS: QUARTERS 3 heats of 8 x 4' - 16 best move (with GODS)
	19.00-20.30	SPRINT WORLDS: SEMIS 2 heats 8 x 4 minutes - 8 best to Main (with GODS)
	20.40-21.30	21st IMCA SPRINT WORLDS: MAIN FINAL 8 x 5 minutes (with GODS)
	21.30-23.15	MELLO YELLO JUNIOR WORLDS: 2 heats of 8 x 5' for KIDs with BMW
	23.20-23.30	Prize giving ceremonial
Part 3: F430 CITATION CUP WORLDS FOR NON-PROS
Sunday 1 Nov	07.00-08.45	Gianotti Trophy Non-Pros: 21st Benelux Cup [8 x 3 min] with F430
	08.45-10.30	Gianotti Trophy Non-Pros: 17th EuroNats Sprint (8 x 3') with F430
	10.30-11.30	1 minute qualifications on purple for F430
	11.30-14.00	CITATION WORLDS: QUARTERS 3 heats of 8 x 4' - 16 best move up to Semis
	14.00-15.30	CITATION WORLDS: SEMIS 2 heats of 8 x 4 minutes - 8 best to Main Final
	15.40-16.30	CITATION CUP SPRINT WORLDS: MAIN FINAL 8 x 5 minutes
	16.30-16.45	Prize fiving ceremonial with rainbow t-shirt for winner Citation Cup Worlds
	17.00	*Closure Racing Premises*

§ 1. THE TRACK AT THE 21ST IMCA WORLDS SPRINT

§ 2. THE CARS AT THE 21ST IMCA WORLDS SPRINT
HISTORY OF 1979 PROCAR - HISTORY OF 1980 PROCAR
The 1/24th Model Car Sprint World Championship returns this year to its 1985-2003 roots. nl. a race for sprinters, not for constructors. That implies that the 26 top racers will have to drive a handout 1/24th scale Procar BMW M1 cars - all nearly equally performing - have been attributed randomly. The new Sprint Worlds format has the major advantage that NSRA/ESROC/NPRA wing car racers and ISRA scale racers can compete with equal weapons with the typical model car racers. It allows a much more competitive entry field with much more top racers. Distribution of the handout cars has been done in function from the wishes of our 6 sponsors. Racers who want so, going after the € 500.00 Concourse Prize, can enter a concourse car with the same characteristics as the original one. Only unmodified Revell Procar BMW M1 bodies are allowed. Concourse bodies cannot be used at racing, only at Concourse. Use of lexan windows is strictly forbidden. Nothing on the RTR chassis may me changed. All cars have been assembled by Michael Niemas and recent tests prove that they all perform a fastest lap around 7.94 and 7.99 seconds. Any form of tyre dressing is absolutely forbidden.
HISTORY OF 1979 PROCAR - HISTORY OF 1980 PROCAR

2.A. 21st IMCA SPRINT WORLDS with PROCAR 1979 BMW M1 CARS

BMW Motorsport Sport (Mario Andretti) (27)
BMW Motorsport (Carlos Reutemann) (26) BMW Motorsport (Didier Pironi) (8)

Alexander Ortmann u©
Dennis Vogel Brian Saunders u©

3 Procar Races 1 x 9th
1979 Procar: 1 Procar race 1 x 8th 1979 Procar: 3 races 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th

BMW Motorsport (Jean-Pierre Jarier) (28) Project Four (Niki Lauda) (1) BMW Motorsport (Nelson Piquet) (7)

Vladimir Horky Carlos Checa Lozano© Ralph Seif u©

1979 Procar: 1 race 1 x 9th WBS59910004301028 3 wins, 1x2nd, winner Procar 1979 WBS59910004301018 -1979 2 wins -1981 sold to D. Wilson

BMW Motorsport (Jacques Lafitte) (6) BMW Motorsport (Alan Jones) (10) BMW Motorsport (Clay Regazzoni) (3)

"Piki" van Rossem © Gabriel Inäbnit © Michael Niemas ©

1 win, 1 x 2nd WBS59910004301044 1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th WBS59910004301039 1x2nd, 1x3rd, 1 x4th, 3 x5th

Wolfgang Schütz Airpress (Wolfgang Schütz) (16) DS Tuning Castrol Winnebago (Markus Hottinger†)(4) Schnitzer Memphis (Sepp Manhalter) (20)

Josef Korec u© Howie Ursaner u© Paul Gawronski u©

WBS59910004301030 1x5th, 1x6th, 2x7th WBS59910004301041 1x2nd, 1x3rd, 1x6th -1981:sold WBS59910004301017 - 1x7th, later('81,'83,'88) 3 wins in CZ

Tom Walkinshaw Racing (Dieter Quester) (12) TWR Toleman Group (Frank Sytner,Walkinshaw) (24) Castrol John Winter Racing ("John Winter") (25)

Petr Krcil © Javier Checa Villa© "Javi" Checa Lozano ©

WBS59910004301021 Quester's car 1 x5th, 1x6th, 1x7th WBS59910004301061 - 2 entries: 8th & 12th WBS59910004301026 (??) - 1 entry: DNF

Krebs Warsteiner (Jochen Mass, Albrecht Krebs)(22) Osella Corse/BMW Italia (Elio de Angelis) (14) Tzam Abel Lepitre (Walter Brun) (23)

Vlado Okali © Jean Pierre van Rossem © Sergio Maresca u©

WBS59910004301023 1x7th, 1x8th sold in 1981 WBS59910004301040 1 win - 1980 sold to Red Lobster WBS59910004301063 - ex-Sauber - 2 rounds: 1x8th

Eggenberger (Helmut Kelleners) (9) Osella Corse (Bruno Giacomelli) (19) Max Heidegger (Surer, Markus Hotz, David Hobbs)(11)

Tim Tyler u© Yves Welter jr © Chris Radisich u©

WBS59910004301026 1 win, 2x4th, 2x6th WBS59910004301059 - 1x2nd, 1x8th, 1x9th, 1x10th WBS59910004301063 2x4th - 1981: sold to Lepitre

Eggenberger (Helmut Kelleners) (2) MRS/Arvor (Jean-Louis Lafosse) (18) Team Winkelhock (M Winkelhock, J-P Beltoise) (13)

Hugo Dekker © Marcel Oosterling© Giovanni Montiglio u©

WBS59910004301062- 2 wins, 1x2nd, 1x4th WBS59910004301034 1x6th, 1x10th WBS59910004301072 ex-Warhol art car - 1 x 3rd, 1x5th

GS Sport (Hans Heyer) - 8 rounds 41 pts (10) Aawag Konrad (Franz Konrad, "John Winter")(21) (T Needell, M. Bleekemolen, T Fabi, H-G Bürger) (15)

Terry Schmid Jozef Miskolci © Fred Hoodu©

WBS59910004301099 1x3rd, 1x5th, 1x7th WBS59910004301066 - 1x10th 1979: sold to Kanacher GT works car for invited young stars - 1x3rd, 1x6th, 1x9th

In the history of slot-racing 182 world championships have be organised, won by 83 different racers. At the 21st IMCA Worlds we find 16 of those racers at the start having won no less than 87 world championships. Never in the history of slot-racing such extraordinary group of absolute top-racers was seen together. Never more in the future such a strong field will be found together around the same track at the same moment. So the 21st IMCA Worlds will be an absolute unique event which will still be remembered during several decades. Those who'll be absent will deplore it their whole life that they missed such event which NEVER more will come back. It's my very last organisation of an international race. Up from April 2010 it's up to Raymond van Campen-hout and his friends to continue my work. It will also be the very last race I still will dispute.

Alimpo Sport (Toine Hezemans) (5)

George Kimber ©

WBS59910004301033 1x2nd, 1x4th, 2x5th, 1 x 6th

2.B. CITATION CUP 1/24 WORLDS: THE FUJIMI FERRARIS F430

PROS are racers having won in their career more than 100 IOC-points. If one consults the International Overall Classification (the famous IOC list) one finds that only 114 racers in the long history of slot-racing reached the status of PRO. The future of our sport, however, are the SEMI-PROS and the AMATEURS. For them we organise this year an OFFICIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPRINT FOR NON PROS. The winner receives the official rainbow shirt plus € 1,000 cash. It can be a very interesting competition with such Germans as Andre Linberg, Ramon Trimborn, Mark Kurella, Marcel Kuhn and Sven Manti fighting against Carlos Checa (last year still finalist at the Sprint Worlds), Desmond Dekker (NL), Mike Stahl (USA), the young Björn van Campenhout (B), Kristof Huys (B), the Salomaa Bros (SF) , Dirk Baele (B), the French Havet Bros) and the returning Hubert Jacob who'll receive for this race the car Ralph Seif prepared last year for "Piki". Perhaps more than Linberg, Hubert Jacob will be the man to beat at the 1st Citation Cup Sprint Worlds.

l#21 Autohaus Gohm Ferrari F430
[Ramon Trimborn] body Seif©

l#27 Ferrari GB Dealer Ferrari F430
[Andre Linberg] body Tim Tyler©

l#55 Boardwalk Ferrari F430
[Kristof Huys] ©

l#6 Tamsen Ferrari F430
[Björn v Campenhout] car Niemas©

l#102 Stradale Automobile Ferrari F430 [Carlos Checa] ©

l#12 Baron Servivce Ferrari F430 [Desmond Dekker] ©

l#03 Ferrari of Beverly Hills Ferrari F430 [Javier Checa] ©

l#29(!) Ferrari GB Dealer F430
[Mike Stahl] ©

l#5 Motor/Malucelli Ferrari F430
[Marc Kurella] body Fola Osu©

l#78 Ulrich Frankfurt Ferrari F430
[Gert Klinge] body Chr Kremer©

l#144 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430
[Dirk Baele] ©

l#65 Ferrari of Long Island Ferrari F430
[Louise Valkenborgh] ©

l#123 Zenith Team Ferrari F430
[Marcel Kuhn] ©

l#143 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430
[Stefan Kuhn] ©

l#22 Kessel Racing F430
[Remco van Waaij] ©car Radisich

l#1 Stradale Automobili Ferrari F430
[Sven Manti] ©

l#155 Ferrai GB Dealer Ferrari F430 [Gerry de Roeck] car Louise 2008©

l#153 Ferrari GB Dealer Ferrari F430
[Arttu Salomaa] ©

l#16 CDP Ferrari F430
[Marc Huys] ©

l#12 Ferrari of Ontario Ferrari F430
[Quinten Vanspauwen] ©

l#134 Rossocorsa Ferrari F430
[Bart Gijsen] ©

l#154 Ferrari GB Dealer Ferrari F430
[Atte Salomaa] ©

l#69 Rossocorsa Ferrari F430
[Marko Salomaa] RTR car F Hood©

l#71 Ferrari of Ontario Ferrari F430
[Henk Visser] ©

IMPORTANT NOTE: BMW M1 racers (GODS and/or HALFGODS) having entered an F430 at last year's IMCA Worlds are asked to bring that car to the raceway as some Citation Cup amateurs have no competitive car or not the correct body. That is asked to: Tim Tyler, Fred Hood, Ralph Seif, Alexander Ortmann, Christian Schnitzler, Giovanni Montiglio, Michael Niemas, Christoph Kremer, Philipp Kremer, "Javi" Checa Lozano, Marcel Oosterling and Hugo Dekker. DON'T FORGET!

§3. THE RACERS AT THE 21ST IMCA WORLDS SPRINT

THE MERCILESS COMBAT WITH THE GODS

		If one compares actual slot-racing with racing from a quarter ago, it stirs that FUN nearly completely disappeared. But let's have FUN again at my very last IMCA Sprint Worlds. Several model car racers believe they are the best racers on earth. Of course that's not true. The best racers on earth are ALL-ROUNDERS being able to win with ANY car, from a very simple box stock 1/32nd plastic car to a very complicated ISRA ES24 car to an ultra fast Open G7 car. Such ALL-ROUNDERS are the Gods of slot-racing. They can give the Half-Gods of model car racing a simple lesson in modesty, although such racers as Ralph Seif, Alex Ortmann, Philipp Kremer or Michael Niemas come surely with the intention to beat ... the Gods. . On Saturday Gods & Half-Gods contest four races: l The 12th Production Worlds with 1/32nd handout NSR Moslers; l The 21st Benelux Cup warm-up with 1/24th handout Procar BMW M1s; l The 17th EuroNats Sprint warm-up with 1/24th handout Procar BMW M1s; l The 21st IMCA Model Car Worlds Sprint with 1/24th handout BMW M1s. Let's give the 10 first of the three first named racers res. 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point(s), and the double of it at the last named race. Let's make a separate ranking of the 10 best ranked "geezers" (l) for bonus points, being half of the normal points. And let we add all won points. Then we can see if the Half-Gods can beat the legendary Gods. Of course the Gods deserve divine cars. And if we look after the most divine One-Make Series for race cars, there is only one worth the Gods: the 1979 Procar BMW M1 Series. There the five best qualifiers of the preceding F1 Grand Prix were the Gods, receiving a real works BMW M1. The rest of the field went to the Half-Gods waiting to enter F1 racing, and to the Ordinary Mortals having never been personally involved in F1 racing. The Gods won the Series with Niki Lauda (A) having won 3 of the 8 rounds, with Clay Regazzoni (CH) finishing as 3rd, Nelson Piquet (BR) finishing as 6th, Jacques Lafitte (F) finishing as 7th, Didier Pironi (F) finishing as 8th and Alan Jones (AU) finishing as 10th. Except for two they won all rounds. The Half-Gods finished with Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) as 2nd and Helmut Kelleners (D) as 9th. The Ordinary Mortals finished with Markus Höttinger as 4th and with Toine Hezemans as 5th. Time for a modal car version of the Battle with the Gods.

THOSE ARE THE 14 GODS (PURPLE T-s yellow letters)


Vladimir Horky	Josef Korec	Piki van Rossem	Vlado Okali	Brian Saunders	Petr Krcil	Paul Gawronski


Sergio Maresca	G. Montiglio	Chris Radisich	Gabriel Inäbnit	Fred Hood	Terry Schmid	Howie Ursaner

THOSE ARE THE 14 HALFGODS(PURPLE Ts)


Michael Niemas	Ralph Seif	J P van Rossem	Tim Tyler	Alex Ortmann	George Kimber	Yves Welter jr


Marcel Oosterling	Jozef Miskolci	Hugo Dekker	'Javi' Checa Lozano	Dennis Vogel	Carlos Checa Lozano	Javier Checa Villa

THOSE ARE THE CITATION CUP RACERS


Andre Linberg	Ramon Trimborn	Kristof Huys	Carlos Checa Lozano	Björn v Campenhout	Javier Checa	Desmond Dekker	Mike Stahl

Marc Kurella	Gert Klinge	Dirk Baele	Louise Valkenborgh	Stefan Kuhn	Marcel Kuhn	Remco van Waaij	Sven Manti

Gerry de Roeck	Arttu Salomaa	Mark Huys	Bart Gijzen	Quinten Vanspauwen	Atte Salomaa	Marko Salomaa	Henk Visser

Quinten Ivens	Ralf Wernery	Hubert Jacob	Patrick Havet	Laurent Havet

§4. IN MEMORY OF JON LASTER (1954-2009)

IN MEMORY OF JON LASTER
The first racer I invited for the BATTLE WITH THE GODS WORLDS was Jon Laster. Of the several thousand racers with who I was corresponding Jon Laster was the one I mailed the most and of who I received the most mails. I met him for the first time in 1985 at the Antwerp Crest Hotel where in an endurance race he was the team mate of Joel Montague, being involved in a gruelling combat with Csaba Szekelyhidi/John Strachan, Paul Pfeiffer/P-A Watson, Bernd Möbus/Martin Gramann and Franco Gianotti/Corina Gianotti. They finished on the five first places with Csaba's team as winner. It's hard to believe, but of those 10 magnificent racers already three passed away: Franco Gianotti in 2002, Martin Gramann early 2009 and Jon Laster one day after he let understand that he should come out of retirement to do the Battle with the Gods Worlds.
Most of the discussions with Jon - who was a brilliant intellectual - went on politics in the States, seldom on slot-racing politics. Jon always defended original viewpoints. He had a critical spirit and an apart sense for humour, which - I guess - he had in common with his spiritual father, Camen's Joel Montague. In our last mails we discussed also about the 1979 Procar BMW M1 series, having been won by Niki Lauda. As always Jon gave full evidence that he knew very well the Procar Series. Our discussions went on the young Hans-Georg Bürger and Markus Höttinger. Both passed away in 1980. It led us to a discussion how fragile is life. Although Jon suffered from lung cancer, he seemed not afraid to die of it, he was much more afraid of his coughing fits, just as if he felt how he should die one day later. Indeed, during a coughing fit, when phoning with his sister, his aorta (the largest blood vessel in the body) ruptured. The day he passed away I received exactly 119 mails from racers telling me the horrible news. Although Jon retired from active racing a decade earlier, it proves at what point he was admired by other slot-racers.
From 1985 to 1989 Jon came regularly to Europe and more than once we raced together at the famous Pinky Point Series with a Ferrari 308 GTB (1/1) as first prize. During a 24 hour on the Uden King we were, thanks to my team mate Jon, royally out on the lead when at the banking I made a terrible mistake, bending the chassis. Quiet as always, Jon rebuilt completely the piano wire chassis and we came back from the one but last to the third place.
Concerning the 1979 Procar races Jon wondered how a young racer as Markus Höttinger (insert left under) - only 22 years old - could finish fourth in the series with a privately entered car (Jon even remembered the sponsors!) in a competition with six works cars (seven if one counts Lauda's) with the best F1 racers of that time behind the wheel. And yes, if he entered, he wished absolutely race a copy af Höttringer's car, just as if they were already tied by death. When Jon passed away I was terribly depressed. I daren't to write Joel Montague if he wished to drive the #44 DS Tuning Castrol in memory of Jon. For me Joel and Jon were nearly one and the same person. Writing to Joel was in my eyes something as trying to communicate over the borders of life and death. When Joel eventually answered me that he should try to show it was for me perhaps the greatest honour of my life. On October 31 we all will race in memory of the Great Jon Laster!

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