The 2004 IMCA Nats consist out of two parts. From Monday August 23 to Thursday August 26, all racing goes at the MRTU Blue King in Uden. Here are contested the Red Bull Ultimate G7 Race (U7), the two Yukos G12 Races and the 16th CocaCola 1/24 Model Car World Championship (with as curtain raiser the Red Bull Amateur's Worlds and the Mello Yello Juniors Worlds). From Friday August 27 to Sunday August 29 the IMCA Nats continue with model car racing on the Carrera 6 of the Belgian Model Car Centre.

The Belgian races go exclusively with 49 splendid handout classic cars which will be raced at the F. Gianotti Trophy. Nothing on those cars may be changed without approaval of the constructors (8 in total). The 1/32nd race goes with handout construction kits of NSR-TSRF cars. All what need to be done for this race is bringing with the correct hard plastic DTM body. The Belgian races go exclusively for fun. Here no heavy slot-racing boxes are needed. Even the controllers are handouts by NSR. 

UDEN: MRTU, Parklaan 2, NL-5404 NH Uden
AALST: Belgian Model Car Centre, Moorselbaan 391, B-9300 Aalst

HOW TO GO TO UDEN ON COMING BY PLANE VIA BRUSSELS? Racers flying in via Brussels-Zaventem will find at the airport a train going from there to Aalst.  Each hour a direct train 3529 IR (direction: "Gent Sint-Pieters") starts 4 minutes after the hour and arrives in Aalst 52 minutes after the hour. Price: € 5.30. Around the station one finds the hotels. On Monday at 11.00h (11 pm) the IMCA bus starts at the station (Hotel Graaf van Vlaanderen), goes to the Belgian Model Car Centre (11.10h) and goes from there directly to Uden (arrival around 13h30). The IMCA bus is free. The Belgian Model Car Centre opens on Monday morning at 9.00h (9 am). Here you can see the unique collection of the most beutiful model cars at scale 1/24th which will be raced at the F. Gianotti Trophy. [The traject from the Aalst station to the Belgian Model Car Centre can be reached by taxi or by bus (line 41, price: € 1.00).]  During the night from Wednesday to Thursday (departure at midnight) and on Thursday evening (departure 22h30) the IMCA-bus brings the racers back to their hotel in Aalst.

HOW TO GO TO UDEN ON COMING BY PLANE VIA AMSTERDAM? Racers flying in via Amsterdam-Schiphol find at the airport on track 2 the Intercity train 1629 to Duivendrecht (direction: "Amersfoort"). There they have to take the Intercity train 931 to 'Eindoven on track 8. At the station of Eindhoven they have to take the BBA bus 152S or 157 to the Uden Marketplace. Travelling time: 1h20, price € 16.70. From the Market place to the MRTU it's less than 1 mile (walking distance). A taxi from the market to the MRTU costs € 2.50.

PHONE MRTU (Raceway): + 31/413-26.52.73
PHONE DOUWE BANNING OF MRTU: +31/6-537.40.711
PHONE BELGIAN MODEL CAR CENTRE AALST: +32/498/11.57.82
PHONE JPVR: +32/498/11.57.82
PHONE HOTEL ARROWS UDEN: + 31-413-268555
PHONE HOTEL VERHOEVEN UDEN: + 31-413-262627
HOTEL TANTE PIETJE UDEN: http://tantepietje.nl/hotel/hotel_en.html
PHONE STATION HOTEL AALST: +32(0)53-77 58 20
PHONE HOTEL DE LANGE MUUR AALST: + 32-53-77.37.46
PHONE HOTEL DE LA GARE AALST: + 32 53-21.39.11
PHONE HOTEL GRAAF VAN VLAANDEREN AALST:
PHONE HOTEL KEIZERSHOF AALST:

Useful Websites & e-mails

MRTU Uden: http://home.planet.nl/~banni115/
Belgian Model Car Centre: http://www.imca-slotracing.com/BELGO.htm
IMCA: http://www.imca-slotracing.com jppro@pandora.be
Race director Bob Demeyer (only model cars): bdemeyer@pandora.be
Race director Ralph Klose (only G7): Ralph-R.Klose@t-online.de
Race director Andy Brown-Searle (G12): ABSlotsport@aol.com

Uden is a Dutch city with 41,000 inhabitants in Noord-Brabant (NL). It's close to Eindhoven and to 's Hertogenbosch. The MRTU runs since at least 24 years a Blue King track.
Aalst is a Belgian city with 40,000 inhabitants between Brussels and Ghent. The Belgian Model Car Centre was opened last year and is at walking distance from to the famous O.L.V. Ziekenhuis (the hospital).