ORGANISER: Centre Modelisme Les Franqueses for MOCPA, with support of the local municipality.

DATE: Sunday-Monday July 29-30, 2012.

RACE LOCATION: Centre Modelisme Les Franqueses,  Carrer Sant Isidre sin numero  (S/N means without number) (near to the train station), 08520, Les Franqueses del Valles.

TRACK: 48m Steve Ogilvie MTT 8-laner used since 2007 for all world championship races.

HOSTING OF RACERS - All foreign racers, wanting to do so, will receive the possibility to sleep without costs in a school close to the track (they have to mention on the entry form if they wish to accept that proposal).

NOTE ON TRAVELLING INCENTIVES - Racers coming from overseas receive a travelling incentive: $ 2500 US for racers from Australia; $ 2250 US for racers from Japan; $ 1750 US for racers from South-Africa; $ 1500 US for racers from USA East, Brazil, Argentine; $ 1250 US for racers from Central & West USA, € 250 to € 500 for racers coming from the UK.

SURVEY OF THE 3 RETRO SPRINT RACES WITH CANAM CARS
1. THE 24th BENELUX CUP (Sunday) will be contested for the first time in a quarter century with D3 Canam cars and this following the technical prescriptions sub art 6.C of the MOCPA Rule Book. That article copies, except for part C ("The Motor") the existing D3 rules. As motor retro cars will use in 2012 the ProSlot Euro Mk1 with US Puppy Dog armature and can with ball bearing. The Benelux Cup is the warm-up race for the 3rd Retro Worlds on Sunday.
2. THE 21st RETRO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (EURONATS) (Sunday)  will be contested no longer with 1/24th model cars but for the first time with D3 retro Canam cars. The race will be reserved for 64 racers. Technical rules are D3's (except for the handout motor a broken-in ProSlot Euro Mk1 Puppy Dog with bearing at the can).
3. THE 3rd RED BULL RETRO RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Monday) will be the highlight of the Barcelona Worlds. That race too will be contested with 1/24th D3 Canam cars with a format of 8 Consis (8 x 3'), 4 Quarters (8 x 3'), 2 Semis (8 x 4') and 1 Main Final (8 x 5'). There will be room for 64 entrants, among them 12 racers from the USA, 5 racers of the UK, 5 racers of the RSA, 3 racers from Australia, 3 racers from Japan, 2 racers from Brazil, 1 racer from Argentine, 1 from South-Africa, 1 from New Zealand, 1 from Nigeria and all the traditional racers we normally saw at the former IMCA Worlds meetings, now the first MOCPA meeting. Racers coming from overseas will receive a travelling bonus covering their plane ticket cost. As racers can lodge for free at the local school, no extra hotel costs will be due. The D3 Retro Racing Worlds will be TV covered. No less than 34 racers coming from overseas will be at the start, representing the five world continents. Not earlier in the history of slot-racing such happened, even not in the golden sixties! Something that will be stocked in your memory for the rest of your life.  More details can be found at MOCPA's Special Retro Worlds page

UNDER D3 RULES
Except for the motor, we race under D3 rules (as formulated by Paul Sterrett), what can be seen from the MOCPA Rule Book in art. 6.C. As motor we prefer handout double sealed, tagged and already broken in numbered Proslot Euro Mk1 "Puppy Dog" motors, which have to be drawn from a closed box. Should a racer feel unhappy with the drawn motor he can always buy another copy, sold at its market price.