2012 Blancpain Endurance World Chapionship 1/24thm




		STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

	2012 ENDURO WORLDS
	Barcelona (u.r.) , Saturday July 21

August 1, 2011 - The 2012 Endurance Worlds will be organised on Saturday July 18, 2012 with free practice from midnight until 5am, a warm-up race of 8 x 5' at 8am, and the word championship over 3 sections of 8 x 7'30" (with the last section under night conditions) from 1pm until Sunday morning 3am. The race will be open for 64 entrants with 32 cars. Of those cars 16 will be driven by PRO racers (having won in their career 120 or more IOC points) and 16 by SEMI-PRO & AMATEUR racers (having won in their career less than 120 IOC points). There will be a separate world championship for PROs and a separate world championship for SEMI-PROs and AMATEURs. Racers showing exclusively at the endurance races on Saturday (and not entering the sprint races on Friday & Sunday) should be already present on Friday but will have no hotel costs to pay as they can, if they wish so, be hosted on Friday and Sunday at a school close to the race track. RACE LOCATION will be Barcelona (but only if the model cars having been stolen at the 2011 worlds will be returned to Francesc Reyes). Otherwise race location will be or Dunkerque or Le Mans in France. TRACK will be the Steve Ogilvie 48-metre wooden MTT 8-laner, having earlier be used at the Worlds of 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. WHY WE NEED THE BEST RACERS - If we wish to go in 2013 with model car body kits to the model car shops - the conditio sine qua non for good promotion of slot-racing - we cannot work with the very sophisticated model cars as actually used in most model car racing. Model car shops expect a distribution margin of 40 % and manufacturers not selling directly to costumers. Year 2012 will be a year of transition. At MOCPA we wish to give full evidence that high level racing is also possible with inexpensive cars during the year of transition. Success will be only guaranteed if the best racers will show to dispute racing with simple cars. Getting the necessary sponsoring money from Blancpain will only be possible if we can show with the best racers. ON BODIES - *Pro racers* will drive 1/24th scale GFK bodies of the Ferrari 458 Italia (5), of the Audi R8 LMS (5), of the BMW Z4 GT3 (4), of the Ford GT (1) and of the Aston Martin DBRS9 (1) as having been seen at the 2011 Total 24 Hours of Spa. [It's the last year that the expensive GFK bodies will still be raced, in 2013 they'll be replaced by inexpensive thick lexan bodies.] A lexan interior (with driver with hard plastic head) and lexan mirrors are allowed. Semi-pro & amateur racers will drive 1/24th scale polystyrene (= hard plastic) bodies of the Mercedes SLS AMG (7), of the Porsche 997 GT3-R (5), of the Ford Mustang FR500 (2), and of the Aston Martin DBRS9 (2) as having been seen at the 2011 Total 24 Hours of Spa. One has to use the plastic windows and the plastic interior as found in the kit and to add (if necessary) a driver with hard plastic head. ON CHASSIS - Pro racers can use one of the four following chassis: (a) NDW Agent Smith (€ 99.00) (b) Plafit SLP1 (€ 43.78), (c) DoSlot GT-C 13D (€ 78.00) and (d) Slotfabrik nSF 7TX v4 Evo (€ 99.95). No RTR Pro car can cost (motor & decals not included) more than € 299.95. Semi-pro & amateur racers can use one of the four following chassis: (a) MSC-2014RTR (€ 66.25) (b) M-Racing C1-KSC (€ 89.00), (c) Plafit Excel Pro Racing (€ 46.65) and (d) WWW GT Jens (€ 79.00). A complete RTR car of a semi-pro or amateur can never cost (motor & decals not included) more than € 199.95. Chassis parts can only be changed by replacement items of the same make. Nothing on the chassis may be changed. Boring the standard chassis by drilling holes is not allowed. ON MOTOR, PINION & GEAR - Per car entrants will receive a handout Proslot motor. Nothing on this (tagged) motor may be changed. On the received motor a cooler may be added, and the original motor bracket may be replaced by one in the homologation list. Spurgear (M50, 44T) and pinion (M55, 9T) can only be those in the homologation list. Lead wire and braids are free, but we recommend the items in the homologation list. ON WHEELS, AXLES & BEARINGS - Wheels & wheel inserts, Axles & bearings are restricted to those in the homologation list. Before the start there is one set of handout 27.5 x 13 mm rear wheels per entered car. Change of those rear wheels is obliged during racing time at the endurance worlds. A second pair of rear tyres will be handout when the first pair of rear wheels comes back. ON GUIDE, GUIDE NUT & WASHERS - No other guide, guide nut and washers can be used than those found on the homologation list. ON LIGHTS - As the last section of the endurance worlds is contested under night conditions all cars must be equipped with functioning front and rear lights. No other lightning kit can be used than one of those produced by Z Machine. ON DECALS - If 64 excellent racers can be found for the endurance worlds, MOCPA will manufacture the decals for all 32 cars. ENTRANTS - Below we try to give an idea of who could be the entrants. The cited names are certainly not definitive. Should we go to France with the endurance worlds, there will me more French racers on the potential entry list. Should it be sure that we return to Barcelona, more Spanish racers will be added to the potential entry list. If you accept the invitation, please be so kindly to return the below entry form. Pros drive always cars on a yellow background, non-pros cars on a green background. It is always possible to drive another car than the one provisionally reserved under your name. [JPVR]	The provisional Board of Directors asked me to give them an idea of the potential format of the 2012 MOCPA endurance races. What follows is nothing more than a preliminary version. One of the leading MOCPA members - Brian Saunders (GB) - insists to return to Barcelona with the 2012 Model Car Worlds. As positive points of the 2011 edition he names: (1) The fact that the 2011 organiser - Francesc Reyes - did great efforts to make the 2011 edition enjoyable for all entrants. The meeting was well announced in the local press, prize giving was done by the major, brand new restrooms were installed, there was a marquee for catering, there was interest of the local TV, etc. (2) The time schedule was well respected. (3) Reception of IRRA racing was very positive by the Spanish racers. (4) Separate entrance for racers and spectators. (5) Good indication of the way to the racing location with road panels. (6) Decent sponsoring by the local municipality. Negative points, however, were: (1) The lack of internet. (2) Very poor marshalling by some Spanish racers, resulting in the destruction of 2 cars. (3) Still several mistakes at scrutineering, e.g. the fact that the handout Falcon motors at the retro race were not tagged. (4) Only half of the announced Spanish racers showed. (5) Nobody gave any comment in Spanish when the big races were on, so that the public was NOT informed about what was going on. (6) Too many persons with an organisation badge hanging around the track. It's indeed very possible, as Saunders puts, that all those child diseases will be solved in 2012. However there is one crucial point that needs to be solved before the majority of the MOCPA members will agree to return in 2012 to Barcelona for the Worlds: the stolen NDW Corvette, winner of the 2011 Endurance Worlds, the stolen retro car of Howie Ursaner, the solen Niemas F1 chassis and the stolen camera need to be returned by 1 September 2011. If that is not the case the MTT track has to come back in September. Return of the stolen goods is a conditio sine qua non to return in 2012 to Barcelona. It's obvious that the mentioned goods were stolen by one of the Spanish racers being present at the Friday evening unscheduled race. Organiser Reyes is responsible for his racers. If he cannot get the stolen goods back any further co-operation with MOCPA has to be stopped.
CARS FOR THE 2012 MOCPA EEC & FOR THE 2012 MOCPA ENDURANCE WORLDS
16 CARS FOR PRO RACERS (≥120 IOC POINTS) NOTE: Drivers on a WHITE background enter exclusively the Saturday Enduro Races. Drivers on a YELLOW background enter also the Friday & Sunday sprint races, except if their name is in italics.

Vita4One Ferrari 458 Italia Q: 27 VI: 3 XII: 3 F: DSQ	Vita4One Ferrari 458 Italia Q: 20 VI: 7 XII: 5 F: 5th
Michael Niemas/ Piki van Rossem	*X.X./X.X.*

Audi Sport Phoenix Audi R8 LMS Q: 10 VI:5 XII: 33 F:14th	Need for Speed BMW Z4 GT3 Q: 24 VI: 4 XII: 2 F: 2nd
Yannik Horn/ Kai Kivekäs	Fola Osu/ Paul Gawronski

AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia Q: 48 VI:35 XII:24 F:10th	AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia Q:47 VI:14 XII:12 F:31st
Marcel Oosterling/ Børge Haug	Tamar Nelwan/ Gabriel Inäbnit

Belgian Audi Club Audi R8 LMS Q: 7 VI: 33 XII: 19	Belgian Audi Club Audi R8 LMS Q:7 VI:2 XII:1st F:1st
Ladislav Szalai/ Jozef Miskolci	Björn van Campenhout/ Matt Bruce

Marc VDS Racing BMW Z4 GT3 Q: 1st VI: 53 XII: DNF	Marc VDS Racing Ford GT Q:16 VI:10 XII:10 F:11th
Dirk Baele/ Luis "Gugu" Bernardino	Youri van Rossem/ Jonathan Forsyth

SOFREV Autosport Ferrari 458 Italia Q:22 VI:9 XII:6 F: DNF	SOFREV Autosport Ferrari 458 Italia Q:15 VI:13 XII:9 F:6th
Francesc Reyes/ Javier Checa Villa	Carlos Checa Lozano/"Javi" Jose Checa Lozano

United Autosports Audi R8 LMS Q:53 VI:30 XII:22 F:19th	United Autosports Audi R8 LMS Q:30 VI:19 XII:25 F:13th
Ron Hershman/ Jay Kisling	Howard Ursaner/ Chris Radisich

AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia Q:8 VI:18 XII:16 F: 9th	Écurie Ecosse Aston Martin DBRS9 Q:31 VI:27 XII:21 F:20th
Piero Castricone/ Tim Tyler	Brian Saunders/ James Cleave
16 CARS FOR THE SEMI-PRO WORLDS NOTE: Drivers on a GREEN background enter exclusively the Saturday Enduro Races. Drivers on a RED background enter also the Friday & Sunday sprint races

Graff Racing Mercedes SLS AMG Q: 18 VI: 8 XII:8 F:36th	Graff Racing Mercedes SLS AMG Q: 9 VI:11 XII:18 F:35th
Serge Blouet/ X.X.	Jorge Canaves/ Mauro Carreira

Viage KRK Mercedes SLS AMG Q:12 VI:6 XII:49 DNF	Viage KRK Mercedes SLS AMG Q:51 VI:22 XII:15 F:16th
Milko Tenthof/ Peter Plug	Martijn de Kanter/ Remco van Waaij

Team Preci Spark Mercedes SLS AMG Q: 26 VI: 16 XII:8 F:7th	Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG Q:19 VI:15 XII:7 F:3rd
Albert Ortega/ Antonio Ortega	Gorm Nørgaard/ Christian Høfler

Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG Q:39 VI:21 XII:17 F:12th	Haribo Manthey Porsche 997 GT3-R Q:5 VI:29 XII:23 F:21
Alvaro Sarabia/ X.X.	Marc Kurella/ Sven Manti

AutOrlando Porsche 997 GT3-R Q:3rd VI: 20 XII:29 F:DNF	Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-R Q: 6 VI: DNF
Gustav Heymann (RSA)/Luca Bernardino (BR)	Robert Massart/ Raymond Kühn or Patrick Blondiau

Prospeed Comp Porsche 997 GT3-R Q: 2nd VI: 44 XII:26 DNF	Mühlner M'sport Porsche 997 GT3-R Q:40 VI:24 XII:14 F:18th
Philippe Laudet/ Jean-Christophe Job	Grégoire Hans/ Didier Ronveaux

VDS Adventure Ford Mustang FR500 Q:45 VI:54 XII:43 F:30th	Marc VDS Ford Mustang FR500 Q:34 VI: 23 XII:13 F:28th
Brian de Roeck/ Atte Salomaa	Gerry de Roeck/ Arttu Salomaa

Hexis AMR Aston Martin DBRS9 Q:23 VI:26 XII:20 F:8th	Hexis AMR Aston Martin DBRS9 Q:11 VI:12 XII:4 F:15th
Patrick Havet/ Laurent Havet	Hubert Jacob/ André Colson


2012 TIME SCHEDULE
SATURD	00.00-05.00	Free practice
	05.00-05.30	Registration + handout motors & tyres fee € 40.00
	05.30-06.00	Concourse
	06.00-07.30	Technical Control
	08.00-12.00	7TH EEC (4 heats of 8 x 5')
	12.00-13.00	Qualifications 11th Enduro Worlds
	13.00-18.00	11TH ENDURO WORLDS Sect#1 (4 heats 8x7'30)
	18.00-23.00	11TH ENDURO WORLDS Sect#2 (4 heats 8x7'30)
SUNDAY	23.00-03.00	11TH ENDURO WORLDS Night Sect (4 heats 8x5')
	03.00-03.15	Prize giving


GERMAN PRO CARS
2	Ferrari 458 Italia	"Piki" van Rossem (B)/Michael Niemas (D)	no substitute drivers
29	Ferrari 458 Italia	Nick de Wachter (NL), Ralph Seif (D), Alexander Ortmann (D), Christian Schnitzler (D), Sebastian Nockemenn (D), Desmond Dekker (NL), Fola Osu (NIG), Andre Linberg (D), Ramon Trimborn (D), Jan Uhlig (D), Jan Schaffland (D), Thomas Nötzel (D)	Philipp Kremer (D), Dieter Jens (D) , Christoph Kremer (D), Matthias Parke (D), Andreas Laufenberg (D), Peter Oberbillig (D), Thomas Spicker (D), Caroline Schnitzler (D), Kevin Krollmann (D), Günther Riehl (D), Stephan Bolz (D), Manfred Stork (D)
76	BMW Z4 GT3
99	Audi R8 LMS	Yannik Horn (D)/Kai Kivekäs (SF)
BELGIAN PRO CARS
32	Ferrari 458 Italia	Ladislav Szalai (SK)/Jozef Miskolci (SK)	no substitute drivers
33	Audi R8 LMS	Björn van Campenhout (B)/Matt Bruce (USA)	Desmond Dekker (NL), Hugo Dekker (NL), Geert Mertens (B), Yves Welter jr (B), Kristof Huys (B), Quinten Vanspauwen (B),
40	BMW Z4 GT3	Dirk Baele (B)/Luis 'Gugu' Bernardino (BR)	Marcelo Triginelli (BR) or any other Brazilian pro driver
41	Ford GT	Youri van Rossem (B)/Jonathan Forsyth (USA)	no substitute drivers
AMERICAN PRO CAR
12	Audi R8 LMS	Ron Hershman (USA)/Jay Kisling (USA)	Paul Gawronski (USA), Fred Hood (USA), Herman James (USA)
23	Audi R8 LMS	Howie Ursaner (USA)/Chris Radisich (NZ)	no substitute drivers
FRENCH PRO CARS
10	Ferrari 458 Italia	Javier Checa Villa (E)/Francesc Reyes (E)	no substitute drivers
20	Ferrar 458 Italia	'Javi' Checa Lozano (E)/Carlos Checa Lozano (E)	no substitute drivers
BRITISH PRO CAR
79	Aston Martin DBRS9	Brian Saunders (GB)/James Cleave (GB)	Graeme Stephenson (GB), Dave Harvey (GB), George Kimber (GB)
ITALIAN PRO CAR
50	Ferrari 458 Italia	Piero Castricone (I)/Tim Tyler (AU)	Giovanni Montiglio (I), Piero Castricone (I), Hugo Dekker (NL)
DUTCH PRO CAR
43	BMW Z4 GT3	Marcel Oosterling (NL)/Borge Haug (N)	Desmond Dekker (NL)
44	BMW Z4 GT3	Tamar Nelwan (NL)/Gabriel Inäbnit (CH)	Hugo Dekker (NL)
GERMAN SEMI-PRO CARS
888	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Mark Kurella (D)/Sven Manti (D)	Frank Hermes (D), Pierre Stein (D), Lukas Hoffmann (D), Rüdiger Krieger (D), Martin Bartelmes (D), Kurt Petri (D), Joachim Welsch (D), Mike Hampel (D), Patrick Meister (D), Jürgen Stüdemann (D), Dieter Sommer (D), Sacha Kuss (D), Peter Berg (D), Mirko Weber (D), Marko Prigl (D), Thomas Hahnel (D), Patrick Brau (D), Stefan Washow (D), Ralph Klose (D), Peter Höhne (D), Norman Grund (D), Jan Gürtzgen (D), Frank Binanzer (D), Oliver Stork (D), Marcel Kuhn (D), Heinz Oelze (D), Gerd Schumacher (D), Michael Ulbrich (D), Thomas Rübke (D), Thomas Genzel (D), Heinz-Peter Schumacher (D), Axel Bernhard (D)
35	Mercedes SLS AMG	Gorm Nørgaard (DK)/Morten Iversen (DK)	Andreas Jacobsen (DK), Søren Thompson (DK), Keld Høfler (DK), Martin Borch (DK), Pål Hansen (N), Henrik Hasager (DK), Roy Bråten (N), Rolf K. Andersen (N), Kai Torgvær (N).
38	Mercedes SLS AMG	Alvaro Sarabia plus one racer among: Manel Campo Aleda (E), Tomas del Castillo (E), Ivan Basas (E), Miquel Colomer (E), Paco Rodriguez Moles (E), Xavier Prat (E), Ricard Latorre (E), Bernat Basas (E), Mauri Bascunaña (E), Joan Carlos Estebanez (E), Jordi Giralt Perez (E), Alex Segura (E), Daniel Bisbal (E), Aitor Gimeno (E), Albert Vidal (E), Iker Santos (E), Oscar Vargas (E), Israel Gil (E), Roger Suñe (E), Julio Moya (E), Marco Aurelio Ara Chiria (E), Josep Ruiz (E), David Barbas (E), Victor Peña (E), Armando Timoneda (E), Jose L. Barbeito (E), Josema Garcia (E).
BRITISH SEMI-PRO CAR
9	Mercedes SLS AMG	Albert Ortega (E)/Antonio Ortega (E)	no substitute drivers
BELGIAN SEMI-PRO CARS
74	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Robert Massart (B)/Raymond Kühn (B) or Patrick Blondiau (B)	Quinten Vanspauwen (B), Emily Kuipers (NL), Henri van Gool (NL), Arthur de Kok (NL), Cédric Gridelet (B), Michael Philippaerts (B), Robby Cuppens (B), Willem Kloppenburg (NL), Swen Munten (NL), Françis Cathénis (B), Robby Worms (B), Louise Valkenborgh (B), Fernando Corral (B), Onno Griepink (NL), Henri Roufosse (B), Philippe Destrée (B), Chris Bruyninx (B), Patrice Dohogne (B), Pierre-Yves Deblanc (B), Joan-Gladys Deschamps (B), Raymond Kühn (B), Patrick Blondiau (B), Theo Vanginderhuysen (B), Stéphane Martin (B)
75	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Philippe Laudet (F)/Jean-Christophe Job (B)
124	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Grégoire Hans (B)/Didier Ronveaux (B)
85	Ford Mustang FR500	Brian de Roeck (B)/Atte Salomaa (SF)	no substitute drivers
92	Ford Mustang FR500	Gerry de Roeck (B)/Arttu Salomaa (SF)	no substitute drivers
FRENCH SEMI-PRO CARS
3	Aston Martin DBRS9	Patrick Havet (F)/Laurent Havet (F)	Olivier Demoget (F), Marc Joeux (F), François Callat (F)
4	Aston Martin DBRS9	Hubert Jacob (F)/André Colson (B)	Rudi Munten (NL)/Harry van Avensaath (NL)
54	Mercedes SLS AMG	Serge Blouet (F)/X.X. (F)	Thierry Paris, Ludovic Louis (F), Frédéric Barthelemy (F), Grégoire Louis (F), Pedro Mizarela (PT), Franz Adam (F), Sylvain Brunet (F)
55	Mercedes SLS AMG	Jorge Canaves (ARG)/Mauro Carreira (ARG)
ITALIAN SEMI-PRO CAR
9	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Gustav Heymann (RSA)/Luca Bernardino (BR)	Bryan Warmack (USA), Ken Swanson (USA), Jay Guard (USA), Tom Lauterbach (USA), Chris Dillon (NZ), Paul "Split" Heath (NZ)
DUTCH SEMI-PRO CARS
15	Mercedes SLS AMG	Milko Tenthof (NL)/Peter Plug (NL)	Dennis Vogel (NL), Emily Kuipers (NL), Henri van Gool (N), Rudi Munten (NL), Harry van Avensaath (NL), Rob de Ridder (NL), Sergiu Houwer (NL), Roland Peters (NL)
16	Mercedes SLS AMG	Martijn de Kanter (NL)/Remco van Waaij (NL)	Pål Hansen (N), Roy Bråten (N), Rolf K. Andersen (N), Kai Torgvær (N), Charles Dresberg (N), Tom Solberg (N), Egil Aksnes (N), Jostein Vandås (N), Peter Krogstie (N), Morten Momsen (N), Stig-Atle Eriksen (N), Jan Øystein Andersen (N), Anders Skar (N), Frank Rødahl (N)

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