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¶ 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. Cars 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.
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-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
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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.
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4.
ENDURANCE CARS
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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.
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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.)
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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
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