20th Model Car World Championship

  July 20-24, 2008 - HERENTALS
The 20th IMCA Nats will be organised in 2008 at Herentals (next to Antwerp) during the week before the famous Spa 24 hour race. All racing will go on the new Steve Ogilvie MTT wooden 8-laner. [The 2007 race location at Zaal "De Posthoorn" is no longer free.]  There will be 6 qualification rounds of 8 x 3' for Ferrari model cars counting for the Franco Gianotti Trophy. All model car races will be contested with 56 1/24th Fujimi Ferraris F430 Challenge cars split in 3 groups:  24 Experts for the Trofeo Pirelli, 16 Amateurs for the Coppa Shell and 16 Kids for the Motorola N-America Series. The 20 best ranked Experts after the 6 qualification rounds in the Trofeo Pirelli, the 10 best Amateurs in the Coppa Shell and the 10 best Kids of the Motorola N-America Series will be qualified for the 20th Model Car 124 Worlds. So 40 of the 56 entrants in total. [The 16 best Kids and 8 best Amateurs after the 6 qualification rounds will be qualified for the 11th Mello Yello Junior & Amateur Worlds. The 24 first at the 20th Model Car Worlds will be qualified to contest the 4th Model Car 132 Worlds on Tuesday evening] Entry fee for the Ferrari sprint races (where all entrants will race during minimum 2h30 and maximum 4h00) is € 125.00. The Ferrari Model car races will be contested from Sunday July 20 thru Tuesday noon. Without prepayment of at least € 100.00 entry fee per racer by April 30, 2008 no racer will be allowed to enter the 2008 IMCA Worlds (click here).

From Wednesday afternoon until the night from Thursday afternoon follows the 2nd Endurance World Championship with 16 FIA GT cars (8 GT1 and 8 GT2) being 1/24th copies of the cars having been seen at the 2008 FIA GT Championship. There are three racers per car, doing at least 8 of the 24 stints. Entry fee for the Endurance Worlds is €50.00 per racer. The winners in GT1 and in GT2 were supposed to receive a free entrance ticket for the Publiaplic pagoda at the Spa 24 hours, but after the RACB decided ton reserve their own VIP pagoda exclusively for nobles, and after they gave no more licence for pagoda to Publiaplic, those prices are cancelled and replaced by € 150 cash per winner (both in GT1 and in GT2).

Race location is at Nieuwstraat 31 B-2200 Herentals.  As hotels we recommend Hotel "De Zalm", Hotel "De Swaen" and Hotel "Aldhem". The two first named hotels are at walking distance from the racing premises; the last named is only for racers coming by car. Racers have to do the reservations themselves. More....  Additional info by mailing to jppro@pandora.be or phoning to number + 32 498 11 57 82.
This will be the very last IMCA Nats organised by JPVR.
The 2009 Worlds will be organised in Toronto (CDN) by Mark Campbell from July 27 thru July 31, 2009.

DEFINITIVE TIME SCHEDULE
Part 1: THE FERRARI SPRINT RACES
Sunday 20 05.00-15.35 Registration Ferrari Sprint Races (€ 125). Handout of sealed PS4000-IMCA motor upon registration. REGULATED practice.
  15.40-16.15 CONCOURSE  WORLDS ROUND #1: 1/24 FERRARI F430 CARS
  16.15-17.00 Handout rear tyres for F430 (4' per racer in groups of 8)
  17.00-18.15 Ferraris F430 Tech control - all cars to enclosed zone
  17.00-17.50 PHOTO SHOOT all racers individually, the 11 world champions in group, the national teams in group, the starting grids
  18.30-20.20 ROUND #1 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats of 8 x 3'
  20.30-21.45 ROUND #1 COPPA SHELL- 2 heats of 8 x 3'
  21.50-23.05 ROUND #1 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3'
  23.15-01.25 ROUND #2 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats of 8 x 3'
Monday 21   07.00-08.15 ROUND #2 COPPA SHELL- 2 heats of 8 x 3
    08.20-09.35 ROUND #2 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3''
  09.45-11.00 ROUND #3 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3''
  11.10-12.25 ROUND #3 COPPA SHELL- 2 heats of 8 x 3
  12.30-14.20 ROUND #3 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats of 8 x 3'
  14.30-16.20 ROUND #4 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats of 8 x 3'
  16.30-17.45 ROUND #4 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3'
  18.00-19.15 ROUND #4 COPPA SHELL- 2 heats of 8 x 3'
  19.25-20.40 ROUND #5 COPPA SHELL- 2 heats of 8 x 3' (BENELUX CUP)
  20.50-22.40 ROUND #5 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats 8 x 3'(BENELUX CUP)
  22.45-00.00 ROUND #5 Motorola N-America -2 heats 8x3'(BENELUX CUP)
Tuesday 22     07.00-08.15 ROUND #6 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3'(EURONATS)
    08.25-10.15 ROUND #6 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats 8 x 3'(EURONATS)
    10.20-11.35 ROUND #6 COPPA SHELL - 2 heats of 8 x 3' (EURONATS)
  11.35-11.40 Ferraris F430 all free from enclosed zone
    11.40-13.00 Last Free practice in view of the Worlds (12 first of Coppa Shell 16 first of Pirelli + 12 first Motorola N-America to 20th Worlds)
  13.00-14.00 Handout rear tyres for F430 (4' per racer in groups of 8)
  14.00-15.00 Ferraris F430 Tech control - all 40 cars to enclosed zone
  15.30-18.00 4 Quarters 20th WORLDS 8 x 3 mins (8 best overall to Semis)
  18.10-20.00 2 Semis 20th WORLDS 8 x 4 mins (8 best overall to Main)
  20.00-21.00 Main final 20th MODEL CAR 124 WORLDS - 8 x 5 mins
  21.10-24.00 4th MODEL CAR 132 WORLDS - 3 heats of 8 x 5 mins - only for the 24 best finishers of the 20th 124 Worlds with handout randomly choosen NSR Mosler (from box to track)
Wedn'day 23 07.00-07.30 8 best kids at Motorola N-America Series are selected for 11th Mello Yello + 8 best amateurs Coppa Shell - Time to prepair the 16 cars for the Mello Yello.
  07.30-08.00 Ferraris Mello Yello Tech control -16 + 8 cars to enclosed zone
  08.00-08.40 8 x 3' Final Mello Yello for Amateurs
  08.45-09.30 8 x 3' Final 11th Mello Yello for Kids
Part 2: THE FIA GT ENDURANCE WORLDS More...
July 23-25   See below for the specific time schedule in GT1 and in GT2.
 

RACE FORMATS


PART 1; THE FERRARI SPRINT RACES & THE 20tht MODEL CAR WORLDS
l THE 6 QUALIFICATION ROUNDS -
Races of 8 x 3'. Order of the heats in each group [Trofeo Pirelli, Coppa Shell, Motorola N-America] depends upon the IOC ranking on January 1, 2008. Top-3 finishers in each group  have to add 15, 10 and 5 grams of ballast for the following round. Adding of ballast is done by the race direction. Ballast may only be removed if no more finishing in the top-3.   There are separate rankings for the 3 groups of cars.
l 20th BENELUX CUP - One makes the overall ranking for the three groups at Qualification round #5. That ranking will be the final one for the traditional Benelux Cup.
l 16th IMCA EURONATS - One makes the overall ranking for the three groups at Qualification round #6. That ranking will be the final one for the traditional Benelux Cup. Contrarily to previous years there will be only ONE European Champion Sprint Racing in 2008.
l
5th FRANCO GIANOTTI TROPHY -  Based upon the result of the 6 qualification rounds. In each group the top 15 win res. 30, 25, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point(s) per round. No points are attributed to cars having achieved less than 50 per cent of the distance achieved by the winner of each group.
l 20th MODEL CAR 124 WORLDS - Selected are: (1) The 20 first ranked out of 24 at the Trofeo Pirelli; (2) the 10 first ranked out of 16 at the Coppa Shell; (3) the 10 first ranked out of 16 at the Motorola N-America Series. That makes 40 entrants in total. 8 best IOC-ranked racers go directly to Semis. Four Quarters of 8 x 3' with the 8 best overall making the move to the two 8 x 4' Semis.  The 8 best overall at the Semis go to the 8 x 5' Main Final.  Winner is the 2008 World Champion Model Car 124 Racing (the 20th in slot-racing history).
l 11th MELLO YELLO JUNIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Selected are: The 16 kids are allowed to contest the 11th Mello Yello Juniors World Championship.l They contest two 8 x 3' Heats with a final ranking on contested laps. Eight best ranked at the six Motorola N-America warm-up races start in the second heat, eight last in the first heat. Winner is the 2008 Mello Yello Juniors World Champion (the 11th in history).
l 5th MELLO YELLO AMATEURS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Selected are: the eight best ranked amateurs at the Coppa Shell. They contest a 8 x 3' Main Final. First ranked Winner is the 2008 Mello Yello Amateurs World Champion (the fifth in history).
l 4th MODEL CAR 132 WORLDS - Selected are: the racers having finished at the 24 first places of the 20th IMCA Model Car 124 Worlds. No show is equal to the elimination for the rest of the meeting. The 24 selected racers choose randomly one of the twenty-four NSR Mosler cars, starting with the 24th and finishing by the first. Cars go immediately from the box to the track. They contest a race with three heats of 8 x 5'.  Winner is the 2008 World Champion Model Car 132 Racing (the fourth in slot-racing history).


PART 2; THE ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
l 2n
d WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENDURANCE - always 3 racers per car -  first and second racer do 3 stints per section of 8segments, third racer 2 stints - 1 obliged tyre change - lights obliged - technical rules sub art. 7 of the IMCA Rule Book.
l TYRE & MOTOR HANDOUT: 1 pair of rear tyres before the start. Handout is done in a technical zone, under the eyes of the race direction, with 8 racers on a row where they have 30 minutes to fix the tyres and the motor. Each team uses its own soldering iron. . Once fixed the cars enter the enclosed zone. If not finished after 30 minutes racers can continue only during racing time. Second pair of rear tyres available at the rac e direction if first pair came back shortly after mid-race.
l MOTOR HANDOUT: One marked motor at the start of the event for free. It will be the ProSlot Euro Competition with a balanced armature and ball bearings. At the end of all racing motors should come back at a € 50 sanction. Racers are allowed to buy a second (marked) motor (only once) at the price of € 35.00 [Chris Radisich Clause]. Only ONE motor may be used during the whole race!
l TECH CONTROLS: Pre-race Technical controls are done by the race directors. Ground clearance starting the race is 1.2 mm and may never be lower than 0.4mm on a sanction of a loss of 10 per cent of the achieved laps since the previous control.


 § 1. THE FERRARI SPRINT RACES

Ferrari sells since 1993 race versions (not allowed in the streets) of its most popular car.  Initially it was the F355 Challenge , later the F360 Challenge, since 2006 the F430 Challenge. Yearly a competition over six meetings, with two races per meeting (thus 12 races in total), is organised in Europe (sponsored by Black & Decker, res. the Trofeo Pirelli for pros and the Coppa Shell for amateurs), in North-America (sponsored by Motorola) and in Italy (sponsored by Kimbo Caffè). At the end of those 12 races all cars come together for the Worlds Final (the Mundiali Finali). Of the several Challenge series the most important are (1) the Black & Decker Trofeo Pirelli Europe, (2) the Coppa Shell and (3) the Motorola North-America Series.
In 2008 IMCA will organise a model car version of the Ferrari Challenge with six qualification races, followed by the 20th IMCA Model Car World Championship. In total 64 racers from 21 countries and the 5 continents are invited. They'll be split in three groups: (1) The Trofeo Pirelli group for 24 experts; (2) the Coppa Shell group for 24 amateurs; and (3) the Motorola N-America series for 16 kids..
In each of those groups the 15 first, at each of the six qualification rounds, win res. 30, 25, 20, 18, 16,14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point(s), just as in the 1/1 Challenges. Those qualification rounds will decide upon the 40 racers going to the 20th Model Car Worlds and upon the 8 amateurs and 8 kids going to the Mello Yello.
Indeed, the 16 best ranked experts at the six rounds of the Trofeo Pirelli, the 12 best ranked amateurs at the Coppa Shell and the 12 best kids at the Motorola N-America series can start at the 20th IMCA Worlds. The 8 best ranked kids start also at the Mello Yello for Kids, the 8 best amateurs at the Mello Yello for amateurs.
We'll race a 1/24th Ferrari Challenge F430 as manufactured by Fujimi. Technical rules can be found under the new article 6 of the IMCA Rule Book. IMCA negotiated with success (and still negotiates) with the drivers of F430 race cars to sponsor the slot-racing event. For 2008 we try to bring the best slot-racers on earth together for a unique event.

(1) video Monza      (2) video Misano     (3) video Silverstone     (4) video Spa    (5) video Paul Ricard
All videos courtesey to   www.ferraricorseclienti.com

THE CARS FOR THE MODEL CAR SPRINT RACES: Exclusively 1/24th Fujimi Ferraris F430

CHASSIS: Free at the six warm-up rounds, but mass-manafactured at the 20th IMCA Worlds (where use of parts of other manufacturers is allowed).
MOTOR: Handout sealed PS4000-IMCA.
WEIGHT: Total min. 180 gram, body min. 60 gram.
SPUR: 78 mm front, 78 mm rear.
CLEARANCE: min 0.6 mm at the start.
GEAR RATIO: 44/9. 9T Pinion is already soldered to the shaft of the motor.
BODY: Fujimi's Ferrari F430 Challenge (ref. #FU12268 & FU12318), with original or lexan windows (at choice), driver with full legs, arms & helmet; with fire extinguisher; with gear shift; with exhaust pipes; with the original fire wall; with mirrors and with in the rear the cut top of the plastic motor as seen through the rear window. Use of lexan interior is allowed, but dashboard, steering wheel, rollbar and firewall should be the original ones. Rear bottom plate should be cut no shorter than 20mm long with maintenance of at least half of the rear wheel protection. The front of the plate should be cut behind the wheel fenders and an opening may be cut so that the guide can turn without problems. All sanding or dremeling is strictly forbidden.
ON DECALS:
IMCA studies the possibility to let make three different decal sheets (resp. for Trofeo Pirelli cars, Coppa Shell cars & Motorola N-America cars) with on it the most important sponsor logos. Later more.
SUN STROKES
: Black & Decker sun strokes for cars contesting the Trofeo Pirelli or the Coppa Shell; Motorola N-America sun strokes for cars contesting the Motorola N-America Series.
NUMBER SHIELDS: IMCA'll make the correct number shields for ALL cars (plus all sun strokes).
WHEELS:
aluminum min 21mm Ø
outside,
20mm Ø inside and min 5mm
wide for fronts; Rear wheels are handout Scaleauto wheels 27,5mm Ø 13mm wide, 20mm Ø inside.
Wheel inserts can be cut and must be used at all times. Tech Rules Ferrari F430 Challenge cf.: art.6 Rule Book
Click here!

WHERE TO FIND ALL PARTS?
 Click here! UPDATED

   

 THE 64 FERRARIS FOR THE 6 QUALIFICATION ROUNDS & THE 20th WORLDS

 Trofeo Pirelli Europe for 24 Regular Experts
Legend:  l= car for expert  l= car for kids l= car for amateur ® = Prepayment of € 100 fee has been done in time

 l#1 Stradale Automobili Ferrari F430 [Nick de Wachter] ®

l#2 Rossocorsa Ferrari F430 
 
[Jean Pierre van Rossem]
®

  l#5 Motor Malucelli Ferrari F430
[Afolabi Osu] ®

 l#6 Tamsen Ferrari F430
[Michael Niemas]  

 l#7 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430
[Marcel Oosterling]
®

 l#11 Ferrari Antwerp Ferrari F430
 
[Mimo Martinez]
 

l#12 Baron Service Ferrari F430
[Hugo Dekker]
 ®

l#14 Baron ServiceFerrari F430
 
[Giovanni Montiglio]
 ®

l#15 HP Exclusiv Ferrari F430
  [Francesc Reyes] 
 ®

l#16 HP Exclusiv Ferrari F430
[Pietro Razzano]  

l#17 HP Exclusiv Ferrari F430
[Jozef Miskolci
]
 ® 

 l#18 Stradale Automobili Ferrari F430  [Gabriel Inäbnit]  ®

 l#19 Lueg Sportivo Ferrari F430
 [Al Paterson]
 ®

l#21 Autohaus Gohm Ferrari F430
 
[Ralph Seif]
 ®

 l#22 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430
[
Chris Radisich
]
  ®

l#27 Ferrari GB Dealer Ferrari F430
  [Tim Tyler]  ®

 l#28 Ferrari GB Dealer Ferrari F430
 [
"Piki" van Rossem]
 ®

 l#69 Rossocorsa Ferrari F430
[
Fred Hood]
 ®

l#74 Ulrich Frankfurt Ferrari F430
[Günther Riehl]  ®

 l#78 Ulrich Frankfurt Ferrari F430
 [
Christoph Kremer]

 l#89 Catamount OY Ferrari F430
  [
Kai Kivekäs]
 ®

l#8 Shelton Ferrari F430
[Yves Welter jr]
 

l#96 Autoropa Ferrari F430  
   [
Arthur de Kok]
 ® 

l#109 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430
 [Craig Strydom]
 ®

 Coppa Shell Europe for 24  Regular Amateurs

l#106 Tamsen Racing Ferrari F430 
  [Anthony Bartlett]
 ®

#118 Stradale Automobili Ferrari F430
 [Chris Bruyninx]

l#111 Lueg Sportivo Ferrari F430   [Javier Checa Villa]   ®

l#117 Baron Service Ferrari F430
[Glenn Wennerberg]
 ® 

l#133 Santogal Automotives Ferrari 430  [Antonio Ortega]  ®

l#134 Rossocorsa Ferrari F430
 
[Roy Bråten]
 ®

 l#135 Rossocorsa/Pellin Ferrari F430     [Gert Klinge]  ®

 l#143 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430  
 [Rolf K. Andersen]
 ®

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

l#145 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430
 [Gorm Norgaard]
 ®

l#153 Ferrai GB Dealer Ferrari F430  
[Terry Dalton]
 ®

l#154 Ferrai GB Dealer Ferrari F430  
[Mark Campbell]
 ®  

l#155 Ferrai GB Dealer Ferrari F430  [Louise Valkenborgh]  ®

l#166 Ferrari GB Dealer Ferrari F430
 [Borge Haug]
 ®

l#141 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430
[M
ørten Iversen]
 ®

 l#184 Krooymans Ferrari F430  
[Gerry de Roeck]
 ®

 Motorola N-America Ferrari F430s for 16 Regular Kids

l#02 Ferrari of Quebec Ferrari F430  [Philipp Kremer]

l#03 Ferrari of Beverly Hills Ferrari F430 
[Matt Bartlett]
 ®

l#4 Ferrari of Silicon Valley Ferrari F430 [Albert Ortega]  ®

l#7 Ferrari of WashingtonFerrari F430  [[Desmond Dekker]  ®

l#8 Shelton Ferrari F430  
 [Youri van Rossem]
 ®

l#9 Ferrari of Beverly Hills Ferrari F430 
 [Alexander Ortmann]
 ®

l#12 Ferrari of Ontario  Ferrari F430  
 [Laco Koterba jr]
  ®

l#23 The Collection Ferrari F430  
[Ladislav Szalai]
  ®

 l#24 The Collection Ferrari F430
[
Björn v Campenhout]
 ®

l#33 Ferrari of Washington Ferrari F430 [Christian Schnitzler] ®

 l#55 Boardwalk Ferrari F430  
[Kristof Huys]
  ®

l#59 Ferrari of Ontario Ferrari F430  
[Caroline Schnitzler]
®

l#91 Ferrari of Long Island Ferrari F430  
[Björn Riehl]
 ®

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

 l#152 Ferrari GB Dealer Ferrari F430  [Jose Javier Checa Loeano]  ®

l#199 Ferrari F430  
[Marcel Kuhn]
 


INVITED RACERS AT THE FERRARI CHALLENGE RACES & MODEL CAR WORLDS
24 REGULAR EXPERTS FOR THE TROFEO PIRELLI EUROPE
Piki van Rossem Nick de Wachter Michael Niemas  J.P. van Rossem Giovanni Montiglio Ralph Seif Christoph Kremer Kai Kivekäs
#1 #2 #3 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10

Tim Tyler Gabriel Inäbnit Jozef Miskolci Chris Radisich Yves Welter jr Francesc Reyes Hugo Dekker Fred Hood
#11 #12  #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #19

Günther Riehl  Marcel Oosterling   Fola Osu

  Al Paterson

  Arthur de Kok

Pietro Razzano Mimo Martinez Craig Strydom
#22 #23 #24 #27 #31 #40  #50  #57nn
16 REGULAR AMATEURS FOR THE COPPA SHELL EUROPE n = rookie n = first entry IMCA race
  Roy Bråten Antonio Ortega   Gl. Wennerberg   Børge Haug

  Gert Klinge

  Javier Checa Rolf K. Andersen Anthony Bartlett
#32 #35 #36 #37 #39 #41 nn #44 n #47

Dirk Baele Gerry De Roeck

 .Chris Bruyninx

.Mark Campbell   Gorm Nørgaard Louise Valkenborgh Terry Dalton Mørten Iversen
#48 n #49 n #51nn #53 #55 n #56 n #58 nn  #59 nn
16 REGULAR KIDS FOR THE Motorola N-America RACES n = rookie n = first entry IMCA race
 Youri v Rossem Philipp Kremer Alex Ortmann Chr. Schnitzler Carol Schnitzler Ladislav Szalai Kristof Huys B v Campenhout
#4 #5  #18 nn  #20  #21 nn #25 #26  #29

Desmond Dekker Laco Koterba jr   Jose J. Checa   Carlos Checa    Albert Ortega Matt Bartlett Björn Riehl   Marcel Kuhn
 #33 #34 nn  #42 nn #43 nn  #60 #61nn  #63 nn #64

§ 2. ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP More...

March 31, 2008 - After a dozen of irresponsible racers made us loosing € 6,500 sponsorship - since we could not materialise having 24 FIA GT cars at the start of the second round of the EEC 2008 - we were enforced to modify the format of the 2008 Endurance World Championship. Number of cars will be restricted from 24 to 16, but number of racers will be increased from two per car to three racers per car. Raced cars will be no longer 2007 FIA GT cars, but 2008 FIA GT cars. All GT2 racers will receive for free a RTR body, incl. the correct decals. In GT1 the drivers from Slovakia, the A.C.R. racers and the team of Tim Tyler (AU)/Fred Hood (USA) and Chris Radisich (NZ) will receive for free an RTR body, incl. the decals.
The winners in GT1 and the winners in GT2 (thus 6 racers in total) will receive € 150 cash. There is no longer a possibility to offer them a free entrance ticket to follow the Spa 24 hours from the Publiaplic pagoda, as the RACB (Belgian Autosport Federation) decided at the very last moment to give no longer a licence to Publiaplic and to run the pagoda themselves ... at a price being three times higher than what Publiaplic was asking for the tickets.
The Endurance Worlds go over twice a full 12 hours of racing (24 x 30' with 1' for rotation, and twice a first day section, a night section and a second day section). Professional drivers will be together on the GT1 cars, whilst all amateurs and semi-pros will be found with the GT2 cars. The rules remain the same as for the EEC 2008 with one exception, nl. that drivers of the two Vitaphone Maseratis MC12 and of the PK Carsport Saleen S7R will be obliged to use  a 0.6 Volt restrictor. Tamar's empirical weight calculatior is abolished and replaced by a more efficient principle explained in the IMCA Rule Book under art. 7.2.1.a and 7.2.1.b. Control will be done by the technical staff of the race direction, with NO RACERS allowed in the race director's stand. The famous ProSlot PS4000-IMCA will be maintained as handout motor at the
2nd ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, but now in sealed form and with the pinion already soldered to the shaft We already received all the motors with a tech sheet per motor, proving that they are very equal.
THE QUALIFICATIONS go over 8 x 3 minutes - thus on all 8 the lines - where only the best time per car over the 8 runs is maintained (EEC 2008 system). Best qualifier in each class (GT1 or GT2) can choose as first the lane on which he wants to start the race; last qualifier per class will have to start the race on the lonely lane left free after the seven others made already their choice.

OBLIGED TYRE CHANGE - At first segment following mid-race changing rear tyres for fresh ones is obliged on a sanction of 20 laps.  Any attempt to improve the road holding by forbidden tyre dressing will result in the exclusion of the car.
THE PRESIDENT'S CUP, as initially scheduled,  is no longer on the program.
WHO WILL BE THE 2008 WORLD CHAMPION ENDURANCE RACING? The winners of the race will be 2008 Endurance  world champion.

SCRUTINEERING & TECHNICAL CONTROL - Contrarily to the rounds of the 2008 EEC, where Tamar Nelwan & Cie do all technical control, despite the fact that they are racers themselves, it's excluded that such can happen at a world championship. Technical control and scrutineering will be done by IMCA officials being no racers. Probably that will be Daniel Rasseneur, Raymond van Campenhout and Jean-Marie Tillen.
HANDOUT FIA GT CARS? Except for the #2 Vitaphone Maserati MC12 (being rented from Nick de Wachter) there will be no IMCA handout cars at the start.
HANDOUT OF MOTOR & TYRES - Each team receives before the start two pairs of tyres and one motor. Use of another motor or other tyres than the handouts will result in disqualification. Motor is the ProSlot PS4000-IMCA with balanced armature and ball bearings. After the race ALL motors have to come back.

INVITED RACERS AT THE 2008 FIA GT ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

THE 8 GT1 CARS 2008 FOR THE ENDURANCE WORLDS

BADET RACING I

  F.C.T. RACING

  A.C.R. RACING

Glen Wennerberg Borge Haug   Roy Bråten Tim Tyler Chris Radisich Fred Hood Ralph Seif Alex Ortmann Chr. Schnitzler

#1 Vitaphone Maserati MC12

  #2 Vitaphone Maserati MC12

 #3 Selleslaghs Racing Team Corvette C6-R

  RACING FOR SLOVAKIA

RACING FOR HOLLAND I

  LES ANARS

Jozef Miskolci Ladislav Szalai Laco Koterba jr Nick de Wachter  Marcel Oosterling Gabriel Inäbnit Kai Kivekäs Piki van Rossem Youri v Rossem

 #4 PK Car Sport Saleen S7R

 #5 Phoenix Carsport  Corvette C6-R

 #6 Phoenix Carsport  Corvette C6-R

BAD BOYS

  SLOT FABRIK

 
JULY 23-24: THE FIA GT ENDURANCE WORLDS
July 23 10.00-10.30 CONCOURSE  WORLDS ROUND #2: 1/24 FIA GT CARS
July 23 10.30-12.00 Free Practice GT1 & GT2 cars
  12.00-12.15 Handout tyres
  12.15-13.00 Technical Inspection GT2 cars
  13.00-13.45 Qualifications 8 x 3 mins
  13.45-18.15 Section 1 GT2 cars - 8 x 30' day section 1
  18.15-22.30 Section 1 GT1 cars - 8 x 30' day section 1
 July 24 22.30-02.45 Section 2 GT2 cars- 8 x 30' (night section)
  02.45-07.15 Section 2 GT1 cars- 8 x 30' (night section)
  08.00-12.30 Section 3 GT2 cars - 8 x 30' day section 2
  12.30-17.00 Section 3 GT1 cars - 8 x 30' day section 2
  18.00-18.15 Prize giving Ceremonial Enduro Worlds
  18.30 Closing Racing Premises

 


REMARKS:
(1) IMCA will rent Nick de Wachter's RTR Vitaphone Maserati MC12 for Tyler/Radisich/Hood
(2) IMCA will order 2 RTR Saleen bodies, incl. decals, at Al Paterson (RSA) and let them be posted to Jozef Miskolci.
(3) IMCA will order two RTR SRT Corvette C6-R bodies, incl. decals, at Al Paterson (RSA) and let them be posted to Ralph Seif.
(**) Rolf K. Andersen is allowed to join the Badet as 4th racer

NOTE: Since there are 3 racers per car one racer per team, being free from driving, will have to do to do the marshalling

Michael Niemas  Philipp Kremer Christoph Kremer   Fola Osu Günther Riehl Francesc Reyes
#12 Luc Alphand Corvette C6-R

 #33 Jetalliance Martin DBR9

THE 8 GT2 CARS FOR THE ENDURANCE WORLDS

  A.C.A. RACING RSA

  A.A.C.C. RACING

BADET RACING II

  Al Paterson

Craig Strydom  Anthony Bartlett Antonio Ortega Albert Ortega   Carlos Checa   Roy Bråten Rolf K. Andersen Borge Haug

 #50 AF Corsa Ferrari F430 GT2

 #51 AF Corsa Ferrari F430 GT2

 #55 CR Scuderia Ferrari F430 GT2

THE LADY & THE PRINCES

  ESPACAN RACING

  SLOEFSPEED

Thomas Nötzel Carol Schnitzler .Mark Campbell   Javier Checa   Jose J. Checa Terry Dalton B v Campenhout Kristof Huys J.P. van Rossem

 #60 Prospeed Porsche 997 GT3-RSR

 #61 Prospeed Porsche 997 GT3-RSR

 #62 Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari F430 GT2

VIRAGE

  RACING FOR DENMARK

 
JULY 23-24: THE FIA GT ENDURANCE WORLDS
July 23 10.00-10.30 CONCOURSE  WORLDS ROUND #2: 1/24 FIA GT CARS
July 23 10.30-12.00 Free Practice GT1 & GT2 cars
  12.00-12.15 Handout tyres
  12.15-13.00 Technical Inspection GT2 cars
  13.00-13.45 Qualifications 8 x 3 mins
  13.45-18.15 Section 1 GT2 cars - 8 x 30' day section 1
  18.15-22.30 Section 1 GT1 cars - 8 x 30' day section 1
 July 24 22.30-02.45 Section 2 GT2 cars- 8 x 30' (night section)
  02.45-07.15 Section 2 GT1 cars- 8 x 30' (night section)
  08.00-12.30 Section 3 GT2 cars - 8 x 30' day section 2
  12.30-17.00 Section 3 GT1 cars - 8 x 30' day section 2
  18.00-18.15 Prize giving Ceremonial Enduro Worlds
  18.30 Closing Racing Premises


REMARKS:
(1) IMCA will let make all Ferrari F430 GT2 bodies, incl. the decals by Mark Huys. Once finished the bodies will be sent by postage to one member of each team
(2) IMCA will order 2 RTR Porsche 997 RSR bodies at Nick de Wachter for the two teams racing those bodies.

NOTE: Since there are 3 racers per car one racer per team, being free from driving, will have to do to do the marshalling

  Gert Klinge

Remco van Waaij Dirk Baele   Gorm Nørgaard Mørten Iversen Gerry De Roeck

 #95 Asvanced Enginering Ferrari F430 GT2

  #77 BMS Italia Ferrari F430 GT2


GOOD TO KNOW BEFORE YOUR DEPARTURE

1. WHICH TROPHIES CAN BE WON?
20th Benelux Cup 1st OA, 2nd OA, 3rd OA
16th IMCA EuroNats  1st OA, 2nd OA, 3rd OA + shirt
5th F. Gianotti Trophy  1st, 2nd, 3rd
20th Model Car Worlds 1/24  1st to 8th + rainbow shirt winner
11th Mello Yello Worlds Kids  1st, 2nd, 3rd + rainbow sh winner
 5th Mello Yello Worlds Ama 1st, 2nd, 3rd + rainbow sh winner
 5th Model Car Worlds 1/32 1st to 8th + rainbow shirt winner
 2nd Endurance Worlds first GT1 teams +  first GT2 teams + rainbow shirts OA winners + 6 Publiaplic tickets € 500 for GT1 winners & GT2 winners
 11th Concourse Worlds 1st to 8th + rainbow shirt winner
 Ladies Cup 1st female racer at 20th Worlds
 Rookies Cup 1st rookie [n] at 20th Worlds
 total # of trophies 47 trophies 

2. WHICH IOC-POINTS CAN BE WON?

4 first warm-up EXPERTS 10 - 7.5 - 6 - 4.5 - 3 -1.5 -1-0.5
4 first warm-up  AMATEURS 10 - 7.5 - 6 - 4.5 - 3 -1.5 -1-0.5
4 first warm-up races KIDS 10 - 7.5 - 6 - 4.5 - 3 -1.5 -1-0.5
20th Benelux Cup 20 - 15 - 12 - 9 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 1
16th IMCA EuroNats 20 - 15 - 12 - 9 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 1
5th F. Gianotti Trophy 20 - 15 - 12 - 9 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 1
20th ModelCar Worlds 124  30 - 22.5 - 18 -13.5 - 9 -4.5 -3-1.5
5th ModelCar Worlds 132  30 - 22.5 - 18 -13.5 - 9 -4.5 -3-1.5
11th Mello Yello Kids 30 - 22.5 - 18 -13.5 - 9 -4.5 -3-1.5
5th Mello Yello Amateurs 20 - 15 - 12 - 9 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 1
2nd Endurance Worlds 30 - 22.5 - 18 -13.5 - 9 -4.5 -3-1.5
3. WHO DOES HOTEL RESERVATION

Pay attention: IMCA does no longer the hotel reservations for the racers after last year's bad experience with racers not paying their bill or racers not showing after reservations. So the racers have to do the reservations themselves. Nearest hotels

are mentioned above.

4. WHICH ENTRY FEES TO PAY?
All entrants already paid € 100. Upon arrival €25 is to be paid for the Ferrari Sprint Races. Racers entering also the Endurance Worlds have to pay an extra € 50.00 upon arrival. They receive 2 t-shirts with their name and number + 1 PS4000-IMCA motor for all races + 1 pair free rear tyres (2 pair for Endurance Worlds + new motor per team). Additional tyres at € 12.50. Extra motor at € 35.00. Catering will be done by Mark Huys. Sandwiches, non-alcoholic beverages, French frites will be available at the 'frietkot" on the parking.
5. WATCH THE SPECIFIC RULES
(1) Height front wheels on camber fronts: art. 6.5.d & 7.5.d
(2) On filling up hole front plate: art. 6.3.a & 7.3
(3) On body fixation: art 6.3.a & 7.3
(4) On weight corrections: art. 7.2.1.a & 7.2.1.b
(5) On track calls: art. 5.3.d
(6) On shouting at the marshalls: art. 5.3.e
(7) On t-shirts: art 4, ESPECIALLY art 4.2!
(8) Tamar's weight calculator has been abolished.

§ 3. NATIONAL TEAMS FOR THE 2008 NATIONS CUP

Since 2000 IMCA organises yearly a Nations Cup for Model Car Racers. All nominated entrants have been spread over 20 national teams with never less than 3 racers per team, never more than 5. Of them no more than 3 racers of the same team can score points. Those are the points which can be won:
(1) At the 6 qualification rounds with the Ferraris F430 racers can win for their nation res. 30, 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point(s) by finishing among the top-15 of their group (Trofeo Pirelli, Coppa Shell, 2/3rd for Kimbo Series)..
(2) At Model Car Concourse racers can win for their national team res.  100, 80, 60, 50, 40, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 8, 5  3, 2 and 1 point(s).
(3) By finishing in the top-15 at the 20th Model Car Worlds racers win for their nation res. 300, 250, 220, 200, 180, 160, 140, 120, 100, 80, 60, 40, 30, 20 and 10 points.
(4) By finishing in the top-15 at the Endurance World Championship racers score for their team res.
300, 250, 220, 200, 180, 160, 140, 120, 100, 80, 60, 40, 30, 20 and 10 points. (If the two racers of a car are of the same nationality only one of them scores points).
IMCA builds no longer world championship's cars for less experienced model car racers. At our model car parts side one finds a nearly exhaustive list with all parts which one can use on building a model car. Model cars are less expensive than most racers believe. Cost price (without decals, glue and painting) is under € 200.00.

THE NATIONS CUP - 56 or 58 REGULAR RACERS FROM 16 NATIONS
 Flag Name  1st racer  2nd racer  3rd racer  4th racer  5th racer 
   AU/NZ nn Tim Tyler 111 nnChris Radisich 99

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 BELGIUM A nn Piki" v Rossem 749½ nn J.P. van Rossem 328

n Yves Welter 162

nn Kristof Huys 42

nn Bj. v Campenhout 42

 BELGIUM B nn Gert Klinge 10

n nDirk Baele 1

nn Gerry de Roeck 1

n Chris Bruyninx 0

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 CANADA/USA nn Fred Hood 73 nn Terry Dalton 0 nn Mark Campbell 0   -  -
 FINLAND/ DENMARK nnKai Kivekäs 226

nn Gorm Nørgaard 0

nn Mørten Iversen 0

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 FISCAL PARADISES nnGabriel Inäbnit 128½ nnFola Osu 56½

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 GERMANY A nnMichael Niemas 417½ nnPhilip Kremer 351 nnChristoph Kremer 251½ nnGünther Riehl 63½  n Björn Riehl 0
 GERMANY B nnRalph Seif 264 nn Alex Ortmann 82½ nnChristian Schnitzler 73 

nnCaroline Schnitzler 71½

n Thomas Nötzel 30 

 HOLLAND A nnNick de Wachter 587½  nnMarcel Oosterling 56½  nRemco van Waaij 0

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 HOLLAND B

nnHugo Dekker 92½

nnArthur de Kok 36½

nnDesmond Dekker 28

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ITALY n Giovan Montiglio 338½

n Pietro Razzano 9

n Mimo Martinez 0

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 NORWAY n nRoy Bråten 31

nnGlenn Wennerberg 13

nnBørge Haug 13

nnRolf K. Andersen 8½

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   SOUTH-AFRICA nnAl Paterson 47 nnAnthony Bartlett 1 nMatt Bartlett 0  nn Craig Strydom 0

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  SLOVAKIA nnJozef Miskolci 122 nnLadislav Szalai 50 

nnLaco Koterba jr 21 

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   SPAIN A nn Francesc Reyes 95 nn Antonio Ortega 13½

nn Albert Ortega 0

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   SPAIN B

nJose Javier Checa 9

n Javier Checa 9

n Carlos Checa 9

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LEGEND - Racers with their name in bold face are national coach. n = Racer enters the Ferrari Sprint races. n= Racer enters the Endurance Worlds.


§4.  2007 Ferrari Challenge Racing
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