IMCA WORLDS 2008 - FERRARI CHALLENGE 2007 - INCL. ALL STANDINGS (PIRELLI EUROPE, COPPA SHELL EUROPE, PIRELLI ITALIA, COPPA SHELL ITALIA, NORTH-AMERICA CHALLENGE) with pics of 64 cars

20th Model Car World Championship

July 20-25, 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 64 1/24th Fujimi Ferraris F430 Challenge cars split in 3 groups: 24 Experts for the Trofeo Pirelli, 24 Amateurs for the Coppa Shell and 16 Kids for the Motorola N-America Series. The 16 best ranked Experts after the 6 qualification rounds in the Trofeo Pirelli, the 12 best Amateurs in the Coppa Shell and the 12 best Kids of the Motorola N-America Series will be qualified for the 20th Model Car 124 Worlds. So 40 of the 64 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 on Friday 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 less 8 of the 24 stints. Entry fee for the Endurance Worlds is €50.00 per racer. The winners in GT1 and in GT2 will receive for free an entry pass (cost €500) to follow the Spa 24h from Friday August 1 to Sunday August 3 at the famous and very exclusive pagodas of Publiaplic on the Spa circuit.

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	07.00-10.00	Registration Ferrari Sprint Races (€ 100) & Free Practice. Handout of sealed PS4000-IMCA motor upon registration.
	10.00-14.40	Regular practice Ferrari Sprint cars 8 x 3'
	14.40-15.15	CONCOURSE WORLDS ROUND #1: 1/24 FERRARI F430 CARS
	15.20-16.00	Handout rear tyres for F430 (3' per racer in groups of 16)
	16.00-17.30	Ferraris F430 Tech control - all cars to enclosed zone
	17.30-19.20	ROUND #1 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats of 8 x 3'
	19.20-21.10	ROUND #1 COPPA SHELL- 3 heats of 8 x 3'
	21.10-22.25	ROUND #1 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3'
	22.25-00.15	ROUND #2 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats of 8 x 3'
Monday 21	07.00-08.50	ROUND #2 COPPA SHELL- 3 heats of 8 x 3
	08.50-10.05	ROUND #2 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3''
	10.05-11.20	ROUND #3 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3''
	11.20-13.05	ROUND #3 COPPA SHELL- 3 heats of 8 x 3
	13.05-15.55	ROUND #3 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats of 8 x 3'
	16.00-17.50	ROUND #4 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats of 8 x 3'
	17.50-18.05	ROUND #4 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3'
	18.05-19.55	ROUND #4 COPPA SHELL- 3 heats of 8 x 3'
	19.55-21.45	ROUND #4 COPPA SHELL- 3 heats of 8 x 3'
	21.45-23.00	ROUND #5 COPPA SHELL- 3 heats of 8 x 3' (BENELUX CUP)
	23.00-00.50	ROUND #5 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats 8 x 3'(BENELUX CUP)
Tuesday 22	07.00-08.15	ROUND #5 Motorola N-America -2 heats 8x3'(BENELUX CUP)
	08.15-09.30	ROUND #6 Motorola N-America - 2 heats of 8 x 3'(EURONATS)
	08.15-09.30	ROUND #6 TROFEO PIRELLI - 3 heats 8 x 3'(EURONATS)
	09.30-11.20	ROUND #6 COPPA SHELL - 3 heats of 8 x 3' (EURONATS)
	11.20-11.30	Ferraris F430 all free from enclosed zone
	11.30-13.30	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)
	13.30-14.00	Handout rear tyres for F430 (3' per racer in groups of 10)
	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)
	18.00-18.15	Handout free rear tyres to the 8 racers making the move
	18.20-20.00	2 Semis 20th WORLDS 8 x 4 mins (8 best overall to Main)
	20.10-21.00	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	06.30-07.00	16 best kids at Motorola N-America Series are selected for 11th Mello Yello + 8 best amateurs Coppa Shell
	07.00-07.30	Tyre handout 16 + 8 finalists of 11th 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
	08.45-10.00	8 x 3' Final 11th Mello Yello for Kids (2 heats)
Part 2: THE FIA GT ENDURANCE WORLDS
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 16 first ranked out of 24 at the Trofeo Pirelli; (2) the 12 first ranked out of 24 at the Coppa Shell; (3) the 12 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 2nd WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENDURANCE - always 3 racers per car - first and second racer do 3 stints per section of 8segments, thirsd 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 € 100 sanction. Racers are allowed to buy a second (marked) motor (only once) at the price of € 50.00 [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: 44/12.
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 Nominated 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 [~~Herman James]~~	l#12 Baron Service Ferrari F430 [Hugo Dekker] ®	l#14 Baron Service Ferrari F430 [Giovanni Montiglio]

l#15 HP Exclusiv Ferrari F430 [~~Francesc Reyes~~]	l#16 HP Exclusiv Ferrari F430 [Henri van Gool]	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#91 Baron Service Ferrari F430 [Robby Cuppens] ®	l#95 Autoropa Ferrari F430 [Dennis Vogel]	l#96 Autoropa Ferrari F430 [Arthur de Kok] ®
Coppa Shell Europe for Nominated 24 Amateurs

l#102 Stradale Automobile Ferrari F430 [Carlos Checa] ®	l#106 Tamsen Racing Ferrari F430 [Anthony Bartlett] ®	l#107 Stradale Automobile Ferrari F430 [Hubert Jacob] ®	#108 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430 [Roger Schmitt] ®

l#109 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430 [Craig Strydom] ®	l#111 Lueg Sportivo Ferrari F430 [Javier Checa Villa] ®	l#117 Baron Service Ferrari F430 [Glenn Wennerberg]	l#121 Symbol Racing Ferrari F430 [Mike Wagner] ®

l#123 Zenith Team Ferrari F430 [Alvaro Sarabia] ®	l#125 Stradale Automobile Ferrari F430 [Robert Massart] ®	l#131 Warm Up Ferrari F430 [Philippe Laudet] ®	l#133 Santogal Automotives Ferrari 430 [Antonio Ortega] ®

l#134 Rossocorsa Ferrari F430 [Roy Bråten] ®	l#135 Rossocorsa/Pellin Ferrari F430 [Gert Klinge] ®	l#141 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430 [Mimmo Martinez]	l#143 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430 [Rolf Andersen] ®

l#144 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430 [Dirk Baele] ®	l#145 Kessel Racing Ferrari F430 [Oscar Hernández]	l#152 Ferrari GB Dealer Ferrari F430 [Jose Javier Checa Loeano] ®	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#184 Krooymans Ferrari F430 [Pieraldo Giumelli]
Motorola N-America Ferrari F430s for 16 Nominated 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#56 Ferrari of Washington Ferrari 430 [Michael Phillipaerts] ®

l#59 Ferrari of Ontario Ferrari F430 [Caroline Schnitzler] ®	l#67 Ferrari of Beverly Hills Ferrari F430 [Emily Kuipers] ®	l#71 Ferrari of Ontario Ferrari F430 [Colin Schmitt] ®	l#91 Ferrari of Long Island Ferrari F430 [Björn Riehl] ®

INVITED RACERS AT THE FERRARI CHALLENGE RACES & MODEL CAR WORLDS
24 NOMINATED EXPERTS FOR THE TROFEO PIRELLI EUROPE

Piki van Rossem	Nick de Wachter	Michael Niemas	J.P. van Rossem	Giovanni Montiglio	Christoph Kremer	Ralph Seif	Kai Kivekäs
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Jozef Miskolci	Gabriel Inäbnit	Tim Tyler	Dennis Vogel	Chris Radisich	Hugo Dekker	Francesc Reyes	Fred Hood
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Günther Riehl	Herman James	Fola Osu	Al Paterson	Marcel Oosterling	Robby Cuppens	Arthur de Kok	Henri van Gool
24 NOMINATED AMATEURS FOR THE COPPA SHELL EUROPE

O. Hernández	Roy Bråten	Antonio Ortega	Børge Haug	Gl. Wennerberg	Javier Checa	Carlos Checa	Jose J. Checa

Roger Schmitt	.Alvaro Sarabia	Gert Klinge	Mike Wagner	Philippe Laudet	Anthony Bartlett	Hubert Jacob	Craig Strydom

Robert Massart	Pieraldo Giumelli	Mimmo Martinez	Louise Valkenborgh	.Mark Campbell	Terry Dalton	Rolf K. Andersen	Dirk Baele
16 NOMINATED KIDS RACERS FOR THE Motorola N-America RACES

Youri v Rossem	Philipp Kremer	Chr. Schnitzler	Alex Ortmann	Ladislav Szalai	M Phillipaerts	Carol Schnitzler	Desmond Dekker

Laco Koterba jr	Emily Kuipers	Kristof Huys	B v Campenhout	Matt Bartlett	Albert Ortega	Colin Schmitt	Björn Riehl