M.O.C.P.A.

RULE BOOK  2012


¶ 1. OFFICIAL MOCPA RACES

Art. 1: OFFICIAL MOCPA RACES
1.1. the ANNUAL MOCPA WORLDS
(1) SPRINT RACES - M.O.C.P.A (Model Car Promotion Association) organises yearly the following sprint races: (i) the (MOCPA Model Car 124 PRO) 124F1 World Championship Sprint disputed with 1/24th hard plastic Revell bodies of recent F1 cars as described sub art. 6.B, with or 24 starters or 32 starters, exclusively PRO racers, in principle those 24 or the entrants with the lowest IOC rank number.
(ii) the (MOCPA Model Car) Production (PRO) World Championship Sprint with 1/32nd scale handout NSR Moslers as dzscribed in art. 6.A, with never more than 32 entrants, exclusively PRO racers.
(iii) the
Retro World Championship Sprint
with 1/24th lexan CANAM cars, respecting the D3 Rule book, (reproduced in art. 6.C) except for the handout motors. Number of entrants is restricted to 64.
(2) ENDURANCE RACES -
The MOCPA Endurance World Championship goes with never more than 32 cars equipped with 0.030" PETG bodies, all 1/24th copies of V8 cars as seen in the Bathurst 1000 of the previous year, as stipulated in art. 7. There are in principle (cf. art. 1.4.2) 2 drivers per car. At least half of the cars are reserved for semi-pros and amateurs. If at least 12 cars are driven exclusively by semi-pros and/or amateurs, if they represent drivers of at least 10 nations and at least 3 continents, (and only then!) there will be an official world championships title for semi-pros and amateurs, officially the (Mello Yello) Semi-Pro Worlds.
(3) The FRANCO GIANOTTI TROPHY -As memorial on the Italian slot-racer Franco Gianotti, who passed away in 2002, MOCPA organises each year a series of races, counting for the Gianotti Trophy. It are the
124F1 World Championship Sprint, the Production (PRO) World Championship Sprint, the Retro Benelux Cup & Retro EuroNats (both contested with maximum 48 D3 retro Canam cars) and the Retro World Championship Sprint. At each race top-10 finishers win res. 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 3, 1 points. The racer having collected most points wins the Franco Gianotti Trophy.
1.2. DATE AND PLACE OF THE ANNUAL MOCPA NATS
(1) The MOCPA Board of Directors decides upon date and place of the annual MOCPA Worlds. Decision will be announced to the racers at least six months prior to the start of the event.
(2)
MOCPA's Board of Directors decides upon the 32 pros allowed at the start of the Model Car 124 PRO Worlds and of the MOCPA Model Car Production PRO Worlds. Entrants must always have collected at least 120 IOC points. Racers with the most model car points receive always the first choice
.
1.3. THE THREE CLASSES OF RACERS (PROS, SEMI-PROS & AMATEURS)
(1) PROS - PROs are racers having won 120 or more IOC-points in the course of their career.
(2) SEMI-PROS - Semi-pros are racers having won less than 120 IOC-points but 40 or more in their career.

(3) AMATEURS - Amateurs are racers having won less than 40 IOC points in their career.
1.4. RACERS PER CAR
(1) RACERS AT SPRINT RACES - At sprint races there is per race only one racer per car and one car per racer.
(2) RACERS AT ENDURANCE RACES - At endurance races there are in principle always two racers per car and one car per racer.  A third racer is only allowed if coming from overseas. One of the drivers per car must have experience with assembling model cars.

(3) NEVER MORE THAN 12 RACERS PER STATE - At world championships no state can enter more than 12 racers. For the United States (as a whole of 51 states) total limit is up to 20.
1.5. TRACK AT THE MOPCA WORLDS
Only wooden 8-laner tracks, of type MTT with standard dimensions may be used at the MOCPA Worlds.
1.
6. IOC-RACES AND ATTRIBUTION OF IOC POINTS
(1) ON CLASSIC RACES - Races having been organised at least 20 times are classic races. They always go after IOC-points (I.O.C. = International Overall Classification) even if less than 8 pro racers came at the start. In that case top-10 finishers win res. 10, 7.5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.5, 1 and 0.5 IOC points. If there are 8 pros but less than 12 at the start top-10 finishers win res. 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 IOC-points. If more than 20 pros came at the start top-10 finishers win always 30, 22.5, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 4.5, 3 and 1.5 IOC points.
(2) EXCEPTIONAL CLASSIC RACES - At races exclusively open for semi-pros and/or amateurs such as (i) the USRA Nats G7 Semi-Pro, (ii) the MOCPA Semi-Pro Endurance World Championship top-10 finishers win always
20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 IOC-points per race.
(3) NON CLASSIC RACES - No points can be won if number of entrants is lower than 16. If at least 8 pros came at the start but less than 12 top-10 finishers win res.
10, 7.5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.5, 1 and 0.5 IOC points. If 12 pros or more came at the start, but less than 20, top-10 finishers win res. 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 IOC-points. If more than 20 pros came at the start top-10 finishers win res. 30, 22.5, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 4.5, 3 and 1.5 IOC points. Click here for the list with official pros.
(4) ON SERIES - Several organised series go over a high number of races. Best example is the Honda Accord Series in Czechia over ... ten rounds. So, if a series counts more than 4 rounds only the final standings over all rounds will be considered for the attribution of IOC-points.
(5) ON RETRO RACES - Most retro races are disputed with several types of cars. An overall ranking is made based upon the separate races where top-10 finishers win res. 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point(s). The overall ranking serves for the attribution of IOC points respecting art. 1.6.3.


¶ 2. SPORTING RULES

Art. 2: PRE-RACE CONDITIONS AT ALL MOCPA-EVENTS
2.
1. TRACK CONDITIONS
(1) AT MODEL CAR RACES -  All racing goes on clean tracks without the use of any glue. Voltage will be limited  to 14.2 Volts and may be never lower than 13.6 Volts. This voltage is to be measured unloaded, using accurate digital voltmeters to record the values. 
(2) NOTE ON SAFETY - Most cleaning solutions are flammable! Care must be taken during their use. Other necessary precautions should be taken to insure safety.  
2.2. FREE PRACTICE & REGULAR PRACTICE
(1) Free Practice time is minimum 3 hours at sprint races or endurance races. Free practice more than 24 hours before the race is NOT allowed.  Free practice time must be equally spread over all racers (or all cars).
(2) If organised a regular practice over 8 x 3' can be added.
2.3. REGISTRATION, SCRUTINIZING & ENCLOSED ZONE
AT MODEL CAR RACES
(1) REGISTRATION - All cars shall be inspected and impounded prior to qualifying and after fining entry fees by an official MOCPA scrutinizer. No cars will be accepted after announced registration closing time. Closing time is the same for all cars. At all races chassis should be engraved with the driver's name and number and the body should be marked in the interior with the same number with a spot of non-removable paint or ink. Irregularities have to be corrected in front of the race director.
(2)
SCRUTINIZING
follows once all cars are in. Non regular cars have never longer than 15 minutes to be corrected so that they meet the technical rules. Cars not back after 15 minutes are out for the race.
(3) ENCLOSED ZONE - Immediately after scrutinizing all cars remain in the enclosed zone where no work is allowed, except at the race director's discretion. Cars leave the enclosed zone only for racing.

Art. 3: RACE FORMAT AT THE MOPCA WORLDS
3.1. QUALIFICATIONS
(1) ON QUALIFICATIONS - Prior to any MOCPA world championship there is always at least one minute qualification session on the purple lane with 30" between each qualifier.
(2) QUALIFICATIONS AT THE 124F1 SPRINT WORLDS - At the Sprint Worlds, contested with F1 cars, there are always 3 qualification sessions, the first session going over twice 1' on lane purple.
[2.a.] QUALIFICATION SESSION #1 WITH
32 STARTERS -  At session #1 there are 32 starters, but only the 16 best IOC-ranked starters are ensured they can enter the eventual race. Racers IOC-ranked from places 17 to 24 will have a direct opponent among the racers ranked from place 25 to 32, racing the SAME body, and well as follows 17 & 32 race the same body, 18 & 31 race the same body, 19 & 30, 20 & 29, 21 & 28, 22 & 27, 23 & 26, 24 & 25.  Of those "duos" only the fastest of the two after the two 1' trials can join the eventual race. The losing racer of each duo is OUT for the eventual race. He receives (i) his entry fee back plus (ii) € 150 (being the estimated value of the car), the last, however, only if the eliminated racer offers his car to the organiser. After qualification session #1 the 24 cars being still in competition are ranked from 1 to 24. Cars ranked from 17 to 24 cannot enter the second qualification session.
[2.b.] QUALIFICATION SESSION #2 WITH
32 STARTERS - Session goes over 1' on lane purple. Here cars having qualified lower than rank 10 are OUT for the last qualification session. Cars finishing lower than 10th at the second qualification session are out for the last session.
[2.c.] QUALIFICATION SESSION #3 WITH
32 STARTERS - Session goes over 30' on lane purple.
[2.d.] QUALIFICATION SESSION #1 WITH
24 STARTERS - At session #1 the 24 entrants have 2 time trials of 1 minute with 30 seconds between each trial. The racers qualified from 17 to 24 are out for session #2 and are definitively ranked 17th to 24th.
[2.e.] QUALIFICATION SESSION #2 WITH
24 STARTERS - Session #2 goes with 16 cars over 1 minute trials. Cars finishing from 11th to 16th are out for session #3 and will be ranked as such.
[2.f.] QUALIFICATION SESSION #3 WITH
24 STARTERS - Session #3 goes with 10 cars over 30 seconds trials. Ranking from 1 to 10 corresponds with the result of that session.
(3) QUALIFICATION ORDER
- Order follows the rank number of the racers, with the best ranked racer starting as last. Rank numbers are based upon the IOC-list of January 1.
(4) QUALIFICATION DURATION AT THE F1 SPRINT WORLDS
WITH 32 STARTERS - Session #1 will take twice 1' + 30" for 32 racers, resulting in a total of 96 minutes. After a break of 10 minutes session #2 will take 16 times 1' + 30", resulting in 24 minutes. After a break of 4 minutes session #3 will take 10 times 30" + 30" = 10 minutes. So total qualification time at the F1 Sprint Worlds mist be scheduled around 96 + 10 + 24 + 4 + 10 = 144 minutes, that's nearly 2h30.
(5) QUALIFICATION DURATION AT THE F1 SPRINT WORLDS
WITH 24 STARTERS - Session #1 will take twice 1' + 30" for 24 racers, resulting in a total of 72 minutes. After a break of 4 minutes session #2 will take 16 times 1' + 30", resulting in 24 minutes. After a break of 4 minutes session #3 will take 10 times 30" + 30" = 10 minutes. So total qualification time at the F1 Sprint Worlds mist be scheduled around 72 + 4 + 24 + 4 + 10 = 114 minutes, that's nearly 2h.

3.2. FORMAT AT THE 1/24th SPRINT RACES
(1) CONSI-QUARTER-SEMI-MAIN FORMAT -
Will be applied at the Retro Racing  World Championship.  If there are more than 32 entrants the 32 best ranked racers after the 8 x 3' Consis will move up to 4 quarters of 8 x 3'. The 4 best of each Quarter move up to the 2 semis of 8 x 4'. The 4 first of each semi make the move to the 8 x 5' main. Composition of consis, quarters and semis follows the snake principle.
(2) STRAIGHT FORMAT - Will be applied at all other races, with the slowest qualifiers or the racers with the highest IOC number (if there are no qualifications) in the first heat, and the fastest qualifiers or the racers with the lowest IOC number (if there are no qualifications) in the last heat.
(3)
TYRE CHANGE - Rear wheels must  be changed at the 124F1 World Championship and this not earlier than after run #2 and not later than after run #6 of the 8 runs.
3.3. RACE FORMAT AT THE ENDURANCE WORLDS
(1)
LIMITED NUMBER OF CARS - In principle 32 cars as described in art. 7.
(2) DURATION is never less than of 8 x 15' per car.
(3) ON STINTS - No racer does less than 3 stints per 8 (if there are 2 racers per car), 2 stints per 8 (if there are 3 racers per car).
(4) TYRE CHANGE - Rear tyres must be changed in front of the race direction, not earler than starting run #3 and not later than finishing run #6. Teams receive only fresh tyres when the old tyres come back.

Art. 4: OBLIGED SHIRTS AT MOCPA RACES
4.1. BASIC PRINCIPLE OF THE SHIRTS
At MOCPA races all entrants will always receive one or two (deep purple) t-shirts with the racer's name and with his national flag on the front side. Those shirts are obligatory at all races of the MOCPA Nats. This shirts are given for free. There is ABSOLUTELY no racing without the received, even not at free practice.
4.2.  OBLIGED T-SHIRTS UNTIL PRIZE GIVING CEREMONIAL 
Racers have to keep this shirts until  the end of the prize giving ceremonial. ATTENTION - ATTENTION - ATTENTION - Racers found without at the prize giving will be struck out from all results! Except if allowed by the race direction, showing at the prize giving with someone else's t-shirt will be sanctioned in the same way.

Art. 5: COMMON RULES AT MOCPA MODEL CAR EVENTS
5.1. BASIC PRINCIPLE OF MARSHALLING, LANE ROTATION & ENCLOSED ZONE
(1) THE MARSHALS -  All marshalling is exclusively done by the racers of the previous heat, the racers of the last heat being marshal at the first series.  Only marshals can touch a deslotted car. This principle doesn't hold for cars deslotting in front of the drivers stands.
(2) MARSHALLING DURING THE NIGHT AND LOCAL LAWS ON MINORS - In several countries its NOT allowed that racers younger than full 18 years should compete during the whole night. Where such law is the case marshalling at the night section is to be done by the team mate(s) so that 6 hours of sleep is guaranteed for everybody.
(3) BAD MARSHALLING & YELLING - Putting a car on a wrong lane costs at least 5 laps at sprint races or 40 laps at endurance races. The same principle holds for marshals putting a car in the wrong section at rotation. Should it be obvious that the error concerning the lane or the section was intentioned the marshal is excluded. Holding up a concurrent's car deslotting in front of the driver's stand is sanctioned as above with 5 or 40 laps. The race director has always the right to replace a too slow marshal by someone else. Yelling at the marshals is sanctioned in 3 steps by warning, 5 laps and exclusion. If several cars deslot at the same place, the first in the provisional ranking has to be put as first in the slot, etc. Here too sanction is 5 or 40 laps for the marshal (and his team) having not respected the rule.
(4) LANE ROTATION AT MODEL CAR RACES is done by the racers themselves or their assistant. They change the lane stickers and put within the minute the car(s) on their new lane.
Rotation time is always one minute, except at the F1 Sprint Worlds where it is 2 minutes. Work on the cars is allowed during rotation time. 
(5) ENCLOSED ZONE
- On sanction of exclusion - nobody but the race directors can touch the cars in the enclosed zone. C
ars leave the enclosed zone only for racing or for repairs. They are put on the track by the race directors.
5.2. RETIRED CARS & RANKING ORDER
(1) RETIREMENT - is necessary when a car is beyond repair or black flagged.
(2) RANK ORDER & RESULTS - Eliminated racers at the Consis are always classified behind eliminated racers at the Quarters. Racers eliminated at the Quarters are always ranked behind racers doing the Semis. Eliminated racers at the Semis are always classified behind racers having done the Main. However, all disqualified racers and ALL racers having been enforced to retire (due to technical problems or black flag) are always classified behind ALL racers having been not disqualified and having finished the race.
5.3. MISCELLANEOUS
(1) RACE DIRECTOR & SCRUTINIZERS - At MOCPA meetings race direction and scrutinizing goes exclusively to non-racers, except for races with Retro cars.
(2) LAP COUNTER FAILURE - The lap counter is automatically corrected for all laps 0.2 seconds faster than the track record.
In all other situations only the lap counter results are considered.
(3) CONTROLLERS - Racers can use their own controllers under condition that they are not increasing the power. Controllers must be mass produced and available in large quantities on the market. Basic principles for used controllers are:
(i) They regulate the supplied power for use on a given track.
(ii) Controllers may never increase of the lane voltage in reference to the power supply voltage.
(iii) Regulation of the supplied power must be operated manually by the driver, automated operation of the controller is not allowed.

(4) TRACK CALLS - Only allowed (i) on debris in the slot, (ii) on power failure, (iii) on non-marshable car(s) and (iv) if a car is on the wrong lane. Any non-authorized track call results in a 3-lap penalty on behalf of the caller at sprint races and 10 laps at endurance races.
(5) LOW VOICE -
On the same sanctions as sub art. 5.1.b the race direction may hear at model car races from the racers no other words than "Double!", "Under the bridge", "My car on ..." at too slow marshalling, or "Track!" on track call. Yelling and shouting are strictly forbidden!

¶ 3. SPRINT CARS

IMPORTANT NOTE: DON'T FORGET TO READ ART. 9. It's the basic article in MOCPA SPRINT RACES.
Art. 6.A. CARS FOR THE PRODUCTION WORLDS
6.A.1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
DEFINITION -  No other cars may be entered at the
MOCPA Model Car Production PRO World Championship Sprint (shortly: the Production Worlds) than the handout NSR Moslers at scale 1/32nd. Cars come fully prepared and go directly from the enclosed zone to the track, allowing not the smallest modification.
6.A.2. QUID ON MALFUNCTIONING?
Should, during the race, a car stops to function normally, the racer is allowed to give a track call and will receive another handout car. Should there have been no reason for track call, the abusing racer will be disqualified.

Art. 6.B. 124F1 CARS FOR THE F1 SPRINT WORLDS
6.B.1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
DEFINITION -  No other cars may be entered at the 124F1 World Championship Sprint than 1/24th scale F1 cars with the most recent bodies released by Revell Germany [for 2012 that are the #07096 (Hamilton's McLaren MP4-25 of 2010), the #07097 (Button's McLaren MP4-25 of 2010), the #07098 (the Mercedes GP Petronas MGP W01 of 2010), and the #07099 (Ferrari F10 of 2010)] using all the same motor, three possible chassis and all the same chassis completion kit. No RTR 124F1 car can exceed the cost of € 180.00 (decals not included).
6.B.2. WEIGHT & DIMENSIONS , GROUND CLEARANCE
(a) Minimum weight for the complete RTR 124F1 car is 130 gram.
(b) Minimum ground clearance before the start is 0.6 mm.
(c) Maximum spur is 88 mm.

6.B.3. CHASSIS, MAKE AND TYPE
(a) NAKED CHASSIS - Only 3 types of chassis, all with the original front spoiler protector, may be used. It are (i)
the 124F1 Niemas Racecars (#NRF124-1), (ii) the Jens Scaleauto 124F1 WWS F1 (#96500) and (iii) the new Metris 124F1 chassis distributed by Austria's Slotfuchs.at. Those chassis must be assembled with screws and/or nuts and bolts using the original mounting holes. No other chassis parts than those on the original kit may be used.
(b)
COMPLETED CHASSIS - The naked chassis from the 3 above cars must be completed to a RTR motorised chassis by using the
Jens Scaleauto 124F1 Technik Kit VII Formel
kit (#96421) containing (i) 2 steel axles of 3 mm x 70 mm, (ii) 4 ball bearings, (iii) one JP guide, (iv) one messing guide nut, (v) a pair of soft braids, (vi) a spacers kit, (vii) 2 front 10 mm wide rims, (viii) 2 rear 16 mm wide rear rims, (ix) 2 hard front tyres, (x) 2 brown PU rear brown tyres, (xi) 1 Scaleauto M50 pitch 8T pinion, (xii) 2 silicone lead wires, (xiii) 2 motor fixing screws and (xiv) a red Scaleauto SC-022 motor (in later versions this motor, no longer produced, will be replaced by the SR-49 Hi-Speed F124 motor replacing the SC-022).
(c)
REPLACEMENT PARTS -
Of the parts in the Jens Scaleauto 124F1 Technik Kit VII Formel kit only the ball bearings and the braids may be replaced by ball bearings and braids of any other make.
part of the chassis that may enter the track's slot.
6.B.4. MOTOR, GEAR & PINION
(a) MOTOR

(a1) The handout motor is the
SR-49 Hi-Speed F124 (#SRP1049), coming together with a pitch M50 handout 9T pinion.
(a2) Soldering may only be used to attached the lead wires to the motor terminals.
(a3) Motor coolers or heat dissipating products of any kind are NOT allowed.

(b) GEAR & PINION
(b1) Gear is always the original M50 pitch 44T spur gear found on the chassis.

(b1) Pinion is always the handout T9.

6.B.5. WHEELS, AXLES & BEARINGS
(a) AXLES - Only solid steel 3 mm diameter axles, found in the Jens Scaleauto 124F1 Technik Kit VII Formel kit are permitted. No independent front axle configurations of any kind are permitted.  
(b) BEARINGS - Any kind of ball bearings for 3mm axles are permitted
.  
(c) FRONT WHEELS - Front rims & tyres are always those found in the kit. Front wheels are always at least 10 mm wide and minimum 24.5 mm high. Front wheels must touch the track over min. 9 mm.
(d) REAR WHEELS - Before the start all racers receive 2 pairs of rear wheels: (i) one pair of handout Niemas Racecars wheels with 25.5 x 16 mm brown rubber tyres already glued to the rim, and (ii) a second pair of Scaleauto wheels with 25.5 x 16 mm black sponge tyres (#SC-2414P). Each racer decides which type he'll use at the qualifications. Starting the race one has to use the same tyres as at the qualifications. A tyre change is obliged, not earlier than at the start of the 3rd run and not later than at the end of the 6th run. Any tyre change not finished at the end of the 6th run will be penalised with a one minute stop & go penalty. Racers having omitted the tyre change will be disqualified.
(e)  NO TYRE DRESSING - Rear tires may not under any circumstances be treated with any kind of tyre dressing, compound or product.  Removing dirt, dust and loose rubber particles from the tyres may only be performed with a tape roll.  
(f) WHEEL INSERTS - All four wheels must be fitted with three-dimensional wheel inserts correct to the car.
 
6.B.6. BODY & COCKPIT

(a) ON NOT ALREADY RELEASED 124F1 BODIES - The McLaren F1, Ferrari F1 and Mercedes F1 must have the correct 2011 numbers. All other cars use the
Revell Germany McLaren MP4-25 [the #07096 or #07097] but must be painted in the correct colours of the Red Bull RB7, Renault 31, Williams FW33, Force India VJM03, Sauber C30, Torro Rosso STR6, Lotus T128, HRT F111 or Virgin VR01. Should Revell Germany release one of those bodies, prior to March 31, 2012, the concerned racers will be asked to correct the new bodies.  All useful body parts, found in the Revell kit must be used on assembling the body.
(b) ON MISSING DECALS - The missing decals for
the Red Bull RB7, Renault 31, Williams FW33, Force India VJM03, Sauber C30, Torro Rosso STR6, Lotus T128, HRT F111 and Virgin VR01 will be released at least two months before the start of the race.
(c) UPRIGHTS & MIRRORS - The stock rear uprights and the mirrors may be replaced by rubber parts of the same form.

(d) COCKPIT - The cockpit, including dash board, driver & steering wheel, must be painted in the appropriate colours. Driver may be made from lexan but the helmet must be of hard plastic and by preference painted in the correct colours.

6.B.7. OBLIGED REPAIRS

(a) LOST FRONT SPOILER - Each 124F1 car having lost its front spoiler, or rubbing the track by a touched front spoiler, or continuing to race with a broken front spoiler, must be repaired once the race director orders repair.
(b) LOST REAR WING - Each 124F1 car having lost its rear wing, or rubbing the track by a rear wing coming loose  must be repaired once the race director orders repair.
(c) MOMENT OF REPAIR - A racer having been ordered to repair a front spoiler or a rear wing must do the repair during the first lane change following the order. As time for rotation at the 124F1 Sprint Worlds is 2 minutes (instead of one at all other races) most repairs will be possible during lane change. However, if the repair is not finished when power on the track is again on, repair has to be continued during racing time.
(d) WAY OF REPAIR - It's strictly forbidden to use tape for repairs. Only glue may be used or a lost part may be replaced by another of the same colours and dimensions.
(e) RACE DIRECTION AND REPAIRS - The race direction can always oblige a racer to do any other repair esteemed to be necessary (e.g. on a lost steering wheel, a lost driver, a driver without head, etc).

Art. 6.C. CANAM CARS FOR RETRO WORLDS, EURONATS & BENELUX CUP
6.C.1. CANAM RULES FOR THE RETRO WORLDS (courtesy to Paul Sterrett, Mike Steube jr & PdL)
1. Intent
The intention of this class is to provide a class of scratch-built slot cars reflecting the spirit of the mid-1960s racing era, with scale realism and low cost, to attract new and experienced racers and builders.
2. Dimensional Specifications
2a. Maximum Overall Chassis Width: 3.125" (measured across any part of the chassis)
2b. Maximum Rear Tire width: 0.810"
2c. Minimum Rear Tire diameter: 0.8125" (13/16")
2d. Minimum Front Tire width: 0.225"
2e. Minimum Front Tire diameter: 0.75" (3/4")
2f. Minimum Clearance: 0.050" (measured under rear axle including gear), 0.040" under motor can at mounting bracket and 0.015" ( measured at the lowest, most forward part of the chassis ). All clearances measured with car standing on a flat tech board on its wheels, without guide.
3. Chassis construction
3a. Chassis type: Any personally-built or commercially available scratch-built chassis conforming to these specifications and to the spirit of the intent statement is allowed. Absolutely no form of pillow block construction (as in individual sheet-metal axle holders soldered into slots cut in any form of sheet-metal support) is allowed.
3b. Chassis Materials: Brass sheet, rod and tube, steel wire, pin tubing and guide tongues are allowed. A folded one-piece, three-sided motor bracket including rear axle carrier is mandatory. The motor must be attached to the bracket with no less than two machine-screws. Other than guide tongues, stamped steel parts and EDM or laser-cut parts of any material are not allowed unless submitted for approval.
3c. Drive type: Inline drive only, with the motor shaft at 90 degrees to the rear axle as viewed from above.
3d. Other than a drop arm, all hinged movements must be oriented in only one direction (i.e. either side pan hinges OR a plumber hinge, NOT BOTH, meaning that a "loose" hinge may not provide movement in more than one direction). Centreline hinges (flexi hinges) are not allowed. No chassis movement, dynamic or induced, may extend the overall chassis width to more than 3.125".
3e. Front axle: A single straight, round  3/32" minimum-diameter one-piece front axle is required, carrying both front wheels. The axle may be fixed or in a tube. NO hinged front wheel movements are allowed (i.e. no "L" arms). Front wheels may rotate independently. No visual obstruction of any kind across either front or rear wheels must be seen when viewing the car from its sides. No "pillow-block" construction is allowed.
3f. Guide: One guide flag centred on the longitudinal axis of the chassis (i.e. no sideways "free float" or offset) is allowed.
3g. No on-board automatic liquid dispenser of any kind is allowed.
4. Body rules
4a. Body style: Bodies must be originals or exact reproductions of pre-1970 Can-Am or Sports/GT bodies by Russkit, MAC, Lancer, Associated, Dynamic etc. No "flattened" or "aerodynamically improved" bodies allowed (i.e. no moulded-in spoilers, wings etc that were not on the original full-size car or original mould). Bodies with moulded-in cockpits are not allowed even if cut out. Front wheel arches must be cut out. Rear wheel arches may be left closed if the original full-size car ran with closed wheel arches. Bodies must be presentably painted and carry at least three racing numbers, one on each side, and one on the front. No part of the chassis may be seen when looking at the car from its top. Bodies must be moulded from material with a minimum thickness of 10 thousands of an inch.
Example of car for this class:


Approved body listing:
MAC-V03 Ti22
MAC-V15 Lola T160
MAC-V16 Ferrari 312P
Electric Dreams McLaren MK6 (MESAC)
Electric Dreams-Dynamic Lotus 40
Electric Dreams-Dynamic McLaren M8A
Electric Dreams-Champion McLaren M8A
Electric Dreams-Kirby Ti22
Toytech-Dynamic TR179 McLaren M8A
Toytech-Lancer TR180 Shelby King Cobra
Toytech-Lancer TR183 Ferrari 350P4
Toytech-MAC TR195 Lola T160
ToyTech-Dynamic Lola T-70
ToyTech-Russkit McKee
Outisight OS - 405 Russkit McKee
Outisight OS - 407 M.A.C. Lola T160
Outisight OS - 408 M.A.C. Ti22
Outisight OS - 410 Vintage Ferrari 612 Pro Canam short
Outisight OS - 411 Vintage Kirby 69 McLaren M8 short
Outisight OS - 415 Vintage Ti22 Kirby - narrow nose
Outisight OS - 415L Ti22 - long nose
Outisight OS - 451 Vintage Ferrari 612 Bloom Waters
Outisight OS - 454 Vintage 67 McLaren M6A 1/24
Outisight OS - 455 Vintage 67 Ferrari 350 Dynamic 1/24
Outisight OS - 456 Vintage Dynamic Porsche 908 Spyder
Outisight OS - 463 Vintage 68 McLaren M8A Can-Am
Outisight OS - 464 Vintage Lola t163 Can-Am 1/24
Outisight OS - 465 Vintage 67 Honker II Can-Am 1/24
TrueScale TSR03 - Ferrari 612
TrueScale TSR05 -MAC Lola T160
TrueScale TSR06 -Dynamic Lotus 40,
TrueScale TSR07 -Dynamic Porsche 908 Spyder
TrueScale TSR08 -Dynamic Lola T70
TrueScale TSR10 -Ferrari 612 Short nose
TrueScale-Dynamic McLaren M-8
TrueScale TSR24 -Ti22 Long nose
TrueScale TSR27 -Kirby Ti22
Toytech Honker
Toytech Mirage
Toytech Chaparral 2-H
Outisight OS - 466 Vintage 68 Ferrari 612 Can-Am 1/24
Outisight OS - 467 Vintage 68 Lola T160 Can-Am 1/24

Also: Any and all vintage or exact replicas of 1960's Lancer, Dynamic, Revell, Du-Bro, Russkit and Champion bodies representing a known Can-Am car. We strongly encourage their use over channelled and lowered bodies.
Other bodies must be submitted to The Division III Committee members for approval.
4b. Spoilers and air control:
-Material: clear plastic
-Maximum visible size of the actual material: 3.125" X 0.5".
-Must be flat where visible.
-Must not extend higher than 1/2" from the highest point of the rear fenders.
  -No side dams of any type are allowed.

-Front diaplanes are not allowed.

-High wings are allowed on specific models (Chaparral 2E/2G/2H/2F, Lola T163, McLaren M8C...)

4c. Cockpit: Cockpits must be fully opened following the natural line of the windscreen and body. A separate 3-D driver figure painted in at least 2 colors must be fitted.
Any matter regarding this class must be submitted in writing to Division III Committee member Paul Sterrett.

6.C.2. MOTOR FOR THE RETRO WORLDS (specific MOCPA rule)
(a) MOTOR TYPE - At the Retro Racing World Championship no other motor can be used than the handout
ProSlot Euro Mk1 #4002B-B with US "Puppy Dog" armature. Motors are well tagged with a spot of special ink.
(b)
MOTOR DRAWING - After having registered and having paid the entry fee all entrants draw blindly a ProSlot motor out of a lot of 100.
(c) UNHAPPY WITH DRAWN MOTOR - Racers feeling unhappy with a drawn motor can always return it to the race direction and replace it by another drawn motor, fining
$ 48.00 US (if the race is contested in the States) or the equivalent in euros (if the race is contested in Europe) to the race direction. Before the start of the race, racers - having bought a second motor - have to inform the race direction which of the two motors they'll use. No other motors may be used than those on the final list with numbered motors.

(d). MODIFICATIONS - Not the smallest modification at the drawn motors will be allowed.
(e). Exclusion Clause: Clear violation of the motor-tampering rule will result in permanent exclusion from future MOCPA retro events of any kind.

(f). MOTOR CHANGE - Is permitted as specified by art 6.C.2.(c), but a motor may NO LONGER be changed after tech inspection or during a race.

4.  ENDURANCE CARS

Art. 7: V8 SUPERCAR SPECIFICATIONS
7.1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
(1) NEW GENERATION OF MODEL CARS - Until 2016 endurance races will be contested with faster, lighter and cheaper cars, being 1/24th scale copies of V8 race cars as having been seen at the Bathurst 1000 of the previous year. Using faster motors with more torque needs indestructible 0.030" PETG.

(2) MAXIMUM COST PRICE OF USED V8 SUPERCARS - New generation of race cars, always having cost less than € 200.00 in RTR version, uses the handout, with number engraved, double sealed and tagged Proslot Mk1 Puppy Dog motor with ball bearing in the can, fit on (provisionally) nine possible chassis and using PETG or lexan bodies. 
7.2. WEIGHT, DIMENSIONS & GROUND CLEARANCE
(a) Minimum weight for the complete RTR car is 120 grams inclusive of the body mounts.
(b) Minimum ground clearance before the start is 0.8mm.
(c)
Standing on the tech bloc and seen from above no part of the chassis, the guide or the wheels may be visible. Wheel base must be exactly correspond with that of the used body. Wheel openings must be exactly those as scheduled by the body manufacturer.

7.3. CHASSIS, MAKE & TYPE
(a) ALLOWED NAKED CHASSIS - The following chassis are allowed:  
(i) Motor Modern MP08MZ Chassis (€ 29.90), (ii) Plafit SLP1 (€ 43.78), (iii) MoMo X-Classic 917 II Chassis (€ 45.90), (iv) DoSlot GT/C S 13D (kleine) (€ 67.00), (v) NDW Agent Smith chassis(€ 74.00), (vi) DoSlot GT/C 13D (große) (€ 78.00), (vii) WWW GT Chassis for 13D (€ 79.00), (viii) M-Racing C1 KSC chassis (€ 89.00) and (ix) Slotfabrik nSF 7TX v4 Evo (€ 99.95). Those chassis must be assembled with screws and/or nuts and bolts using the original mounting holes. No other chassis parts than those on the original kit may be used.
(b)
COMPLETED CHASSIS - The naked chassis must be completed to a RTR motorised chassis by using the
Jens Scaleauto
Technik Kit III Pro DSC kit (€ 69.00) containing (i) 1 steel axle of 3 mm x 65 mm and 1 carbon axle of 3 mm x 70 mm  (ii) 4 precision ball bearings, (iii) one JP guide, (iv) one light plastic guide nut, (v) a pair of soft braids, (vi) a spacers kit, (vii) 2 front 10 mm wide rims, (viii) 2 rear 16 mm wide rear rims, (ix) 2 hard front tyres, (x) 2 rubber Wiesel tyres, (xi) 1 Fox 10 motor + lead wires + pinion, (xii) M50 44T spur gear, (xiii) 2 motor fixing screws and (xiv) 1 motor cooler.
(c)
ALLOWED CHANGING OF PARTS IN COMPLETION KIT - Following part in the completion kit may be changed for other parts under the condition that, except for the pinion, they figure in
MOCPA's Exhaustive List with Homologated Parts:  (i) guide nut, (ii) lead wire, (iii) front wheels, (iv) rear wheels, and (v) pinion, but always by a M50 T9 one. Wire clips of any make may be added to the guide.
(d) NAKED CHASSIS PARTS - Except for the motor bracket, the used chassis may contain no other parts than those in the homologated chassis of each manufacturer. At the technical control a chassis of each type will be available. Should a presented chassis use some other part than the parts on the chassis in the technical control, the chassis will not be allowed to start, as long as it has not been brought back to the standard one. Original motor bracket may always be changed for the
Jens Scaleauto #23800 one, mentioned in MOCPA's exhaustive list with homologated parts.  
7.4. MOTOR, GEAR AND PINION
(a) MOTOR TYPE - At the Retro Racing World Championship no other motor can be used than the handout ProSlot Euro Mk1 #4002B-B with US "Puppy Dog" armature. Motors are double sealed and by special machine engraved with a number.
(b) MOTOR DRAWING - After having registered and having paid the entry fee all entrants draw blindly a ProSlot motor out of a lot of 50.

(b) MOTOR
FIXATION TO CHASSIS - is exclusively done by the screws found in the Jens Scaleauto Technik Kit III Pro DSC kit. Soldering is only allowed for the lead wires to the motor and to the wire clips.
(c) UNHAPPY WITH DRAWN MOTOR - Racers feeling unhappy with a drawn motor can always return it to the race direction and replace it by another drawn motor, fining
$ 48.00 US (if the race is contested in the States) or the equivalent in euros (if the race is contested in Europe) to the race direction. Before the start of the race, racers - having bought a second motor - have to inform the race direction which of the two motors they'll use. No other motors may be used than those on the final list with numbered motors.
(d) MODIFICATIONS - Not the smallest modification at the drawn motors will be allowed.
(e) Exclusion Clause: Clear violation of the motor-tampering rule will result in permanent exclusion from future MOCPA events of any kind.

(f) MOTOR CHANGE - Is permitted as specified by art 7.4.(c), but a motor may NO LONGER be changed after tech inspection or during a race.

7.5. AXLES & BEARINGS, WHEELS AND GEAR RATIO
(a) AXLES - Except for the Slotfabrik nSF 7TX v4 Evo chassis, only 3 mm diameter axles, found in the Jens Scaleauto Technik Kit III Pro DSC kit, are permitted. Independent front axle configurations of any kind are only permitted for the Slotfabrik chassis.  
(b) BALL BEARINGS - No other ball bearings than the excellent ones
, found in the Jens Scaleauto Technik Kit III Pro DSC kit, are permitted.
(c) FRONT WHEELS - Racers are allowed to change the front rims and tyres,
found in the Jens Scaleauto Technik Kit III Pro DSC kit, by the Scaleauto 24.5 x 8 mm #SC2720P front wheels on 19mm Ø holed rims. Front wheels are always at least 24.5 mm high. Front tyres must touch the track over min. 6 mm. The front wheels may be rounded, cut from 8mm to 6mm and be hardened by the use of varnish. The harder the front wheels, the better a model car's road holding.
(d) REAR WHEELS - Rear wheels are always handout Scaleauto #SC-2410P wheels 25,5mm Ø 13 mm wide on holed 17mm Ø hubs. Tyres are black.
Rear tires may not under any circumstances be treated with any kind of tyre dressing, compound or product. Removing dirt, dust and loose rubber particles from the tyres may only be performed with a tape roll. 
(e) All four wheels must be fitted with three-dimensional wheel inserts correct to the car.
(f)
GEAR RATIO is always 44/9.

7.6. BODY & INTERIOR & LIGHTS
(a) MAKE & TYPE - Only bodies in 0.030" PETG are allowed. No other types than those in the homologation list
will be allowed. Body may never be lowered under the bottom line applied by the manufacturer.
 
(b)
COLOURS & DECALS - Body must be painted in the correct colours of the 1/1 race car with the correct race numbers on the correct places. Sunstroke must mention if car is a Holden or a Ford. Cars driven by pros must have correct main sponsor name(s). That is not necessary for cars driven by semi-pros and/or amateurs.
(c)
MIRRORS &
EXHAUST PIPE(S) - Exterior mirrors (of any make, in rubber or in hard plastic) must be glued to the body.  At the underside of the body one or two exhaust pipe(s) must be visible.
(d)
INTERIOR - A correctly painted interior, always the one delivered together with the body, must be added. Head of the driver must be of plastic, at scale 1/24th, and may be of any make. The interior must be completed by a well fitting roll cage (to be found in most model kits) and with a fire extinguisher painted in red.
(e)
ON LEXAN WINDOWS - Racers going after a maximum of concourse points are allowed to cut the windshield off and to replace it by a lexan version. This is not allowed for the side windows or the rear window.
7.7. REPAIRS
(1) ONLY ONE BODY PER RACE - It is not allowed to exchange the car's body once a race has been started.
(2) IMMEDIATE REPAIRS - Following repairs must be carried out within 5 laps from when the problem first occurred : (i) replacing or refitting the wheel insert(s), (ii) replacing the lexan windshield when it came off (but only by using glue, no tape or so),  (iii) during night sections, if any, front and/or rear lights must be repaired.
Unless specifically allowed by the race direction, all repairs must be done during racing time, and are not allowed during lane rotation. During track calls it is allowed to continue repair works already started on a car before the track call was given.

7.8. SANCTIONS & PENALTIES
(1) TYRE DRESSING - Unless specifically allowed by the race direction, any form of tyre dressing on the handout rear wheels will result in immediate disqualification.
(2) TYRE CHANGE - During the race, a mandatory tyre change must be done during the 2nd and 6th race segment. Non-respect of this rule will result in the loss of 10 per cent of the achieved laps after 6 segments. This penalty does not clear the competitor of the mandatory tyre change. Any car caught during a technical inspection for running below 0.4 mm ground clearance, will have to comply with the 0.8 mm ground clearance rule before re-entering the race.
(3) INCORRECT BODIES - for any car presented at scrutinizing, not respecting all rules concerning the body, it is at the race director's discretion how many ballast should be applied to the body at the highest point under the front bonnet.

5 ADDITIONAL RULES

Art. 8: ON DEFICIENT GROUND CLEARANCE
Ground clearance starting the race is always 0.6 mm minimum for sprint cars, 0.8 mm for all other cars. It may never be lower than 0.4 mm. However if any part of a car drags the track, that car must make a pit stop to repair and can only rejoin the track after the race direction checked its clearance which, after repairs, must be again regular at  0.6mm or 0.8 mm minimum. Clearance for retro cars is stipulated in art. 6.C.2.f.

Art.9: BASIC RULES
(1) Should there be a controversy between texts published on the MOCPA web site and the Rule book on the MOCPA web, only the Rule book pages will be considered as binding.  All what was not clearly and explicitly allowed by the technical Rule book is forbidden.
(2) The use of illegal bodies is absolutely forbidden at all MOCPA racing. Manufacturers of illegal bodies are NOT at their place in MOCPA racing.
(3) Except for bolts, nuts, washers, spacers, and braids no other chassis parts than those in the MOCPA's Exhaustive List with Homologated Parts may be used. Replacement parts may never be changed in form, weight or dimensions. Moreover changing the bottom plate or cutting the original bottom plate is not allowed and results immediately in DISQUALIFICATION.
(4) In
endurance races - except for nuts, bolts, washers, braids, and lead wire - no other parts than the homologated ones are allowed, including the original bottom plate.
(5) On homologated parts, other than complete chassis, absolutely nothing may be changed. Otherwise homologation has no sense at all. On homologated chassis only parts may be changed by others if the last are part of the list. Nothing on the bottom plate may be altered (no cut, no bore, etc.)

6. CONCOURSE WORLDS

Art. 10: THE CONCOURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
10.1. WHO CAN ENTER WHICH CAR?
(a) WHO CAN ENTER? - No other racers than those entering competition can enter.

(b) WHICH CARS? - No other cars than those seen in competition at the races for the MOCPA Worlds can enter. Concourse is restricted to (i) the cars at the Production Worlds, (ii) the cars at the 124F1 Sprint Worlds; (iii) the cars at the Endurance Worlds and (iv) the cars at the Retro Worlds.
10.2. VOTING SYSTEM: TWO POSSIBILITIES
(a) POSSIBILITY #1 - All cars are exposed on the track and one voter per nation can give res. 5, 3 or 1 point(s) to one of those cars, but NEVER to a car having been assembled by a country mate.
(b) POSSIBILITY #2: A specialised jury applies the MOCPA objective concourse criterions and ranks the judged cars on base of the obtained points.
(c) WICH SYSTEM FOR WHICH CONCOURSE ROUND? - There are always 4 concourse rounds. Organiser decides which possibility will be applied for which specific concourse, however respecting always the principle that no possibility system may be excluded 4 times.
10.3. THE EVENTUAL WINNER
Only the two best results per entrant are considered (thus never adding the 4 scores, or 3 of them). Per racer the two best scores are added. The racer having realised the highest score is the winner of the Concourse Worlds.

     

 

Version V01 on August 5, 2011
Version V02 (adding rules for 124F1 cars) on September 1, 2011
Version V03 (adding rules for Endurance cars) on September 15, 2011
Version V04 (correction rules for Endurance cars) on October 10, 2011