10th Annual Gaithersburg 1100 at SpeedZone, 8 May 2021

[wjdougherty]

10th Annual Gaithersburg 1100, May 8, 2021, SpeedZone Slot Car Raceway, Mt. Holly, NJ

Location:
SpeedZone Slot Car Raceway
201 Pine Street
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
609-702-0146
Owner: Mike Iles
Manager: Mic Byrd
Race POC: Bill Dougherty (wjdougherty) and Tony Moore (Tmoore)
Web Site URL: speedzonenj.com

Date: Saturday, 8 May 2021

SpeedZone will open at 8AM
Tech will open for the first class at 10:15-10:45AM. Qualifying will begin at 11:00AM.

2 Big Races on the Same Day
F1/Indy (5 minute heats .... hopefully 500 elapsed laps)
4” NASCAR (5 minute heats .. hopefully 600 elapsed laps)

Track: Engelmann; spray glue; 13.7v

Rules:

Indy/F1
Chassis: any stamped steel flexi style INDY/F1 chassis (JK C7 and JK21 Indy, Champion w/Indy pan, or Parma F1/F2 w/Indy pan); Newest JK Indy wide chassis is not allowed; No cutting the JK21 pans in half; Only bracing allowed: Front/Rear uprights may be braced; Guide tongues may be reinforced; Rear uprights may be adjusted to meet minimum clearance requirements; no ball bearings on the axles or on the wheels allowed; pin tubes allowed; max 3” piano wire bracing allowed elsewhere on the chassis; no other modifications allowed to the chassis

Body:
JK6101 JRL
JK6118 IRL
JK61152B Champ Car
RFSC29C F1
RFSC35C Indy
RFSC105C Red Fox F1 JRL Hallo Ferrari 1:24 Scale Body
Interiors are required if not molded into the body; 3 numbers required (nose, left, right)

Rear Axles: 1/8" or 3/32"axles; no hollow or modified axles allowed

Front Wheels: .600 x .300, 3/32daxle where possible, 1/16” axle for Champion/Parma F1 chassis

Rear Wheels: Max tire width .810; No minimum tire diameter. Max rear track width is 83 mm. No Speed Rubber or other tires may be used that alters the racing surface in any way.

Gears: Any pitch gears, metal gears are allowed; Gears are not allowed to hang below the chassis

Motor: ProSlot 4002 FK Chinese arm and PS4007 Scorpion American arm; Motor may be opened and blueprinted; Comm may be tied; Brushes and springs may be changed; Arm shaft may be trimmed; no ball bearing allowed in the can

Clearance: No minimum clearance. As such, if cars start to drag on the track or become undriveable impacting other racers, then racers will be Black Flagged by the Race Director or the Race POCs and required to repair their cars.

NASCAR

Chassis: any 4" current/former USRA/ISRA legal stamped flexi steel chassis to include the Mossetti and JK C43; Rear uprights may be braced; Guide tongues may be reinforced; Rear uprights may be adjusted to meet minimum clearance requirements; no ball bearings allowed; pin tubes allowed; max 3” piano wire bracing allowed elsewhere on the chassis; racers are allowed to remove the front uprights on their chassis should they chose to do so.

Body:
Approved 4” NASCAR Bodies for the 1100 consist of: OS 4” COT/NASCAR Bodies; JK Bodies JK 70524 Dodge, JK 70525 Toyota, JK 70526 Chevy, JK 70527 Ford; and Red Fox RFSC45C Dodge and RFSC46C Camry. Effective this race, the Ralph Thorn Titan NASCAR bodies are now legal. Rear spoiler height is maxed out at 1 5/8". This is above the standard cut line. Racers will have to measure and cut their spoilers to meet this 1 5/8" standard. Cars presented at tech with bodies that don't meet the 1 5/8" standard will be returned to the racer to have the body lowered. Final approval is up to the racer director.
Any flat or 3 color 3D interiors are required; windows must remain unpainted; bodies will have 1/8” min front/rear bumpers, rear of the body must not be cut out; max height for rear spoiler is 1 5/8” from tech block; 3 numbers are required (top, left, right); front wheel wells must be clear

Rear Axles: 1/8" or 3/32"axles; no hollow or modified axles allowed

Front Wheels: sticker fronts allowed otherwise ½” fronts, vertical and perpendicular track surface with solid and straight steel axle, fronts seen through unpainted wheel wells

Rear Wheels: Max tire width- .810; NO MINIMUM TIRE DIAMETER. Max rear track width is 83 mm. No Speed Rubber or other tires may be used that alters the racing surface in any way.

Gears: Any pitch gears; metal gears are allowed; Gears are not allowed to hang below the chassis

Motor: S16d with Chinese or American arm; Super 16d motors for 2021 will now be allowed to have ball bearing installed in the end bell and can side; Shunts are allowed

Clearance: No minimum clearance. As such, if cars start to drag on the track or become undriveable impacting other racers, then racers will be Black Flagged by the Race Director or the Race POCs and required to repair their cars.


General Rules

Qualification: All racers will qualify; 30 Sec Fast Lap. Racers will be seeded into mains with the 8 fastest in the A and so on. All Mains will be scored separately. Final finishing order will be determined by total laps completed. Racers in the A Main will marshal for the B Main and vice versa. If racers can’t marshal for whatever reason, they are responsible for finding their own replacement marshal subject to the approval of the race director. All racers will be available to turn marshal if not racing. The top 5 finishing cars in each race will face a postrace tech inspection after which, winners will be declared and payouts will be awarded.

Entry Fee and Pit pass Fees:
1. Pit pass: $10.00
2. Entry Fee: $15/class ($30 for both classes; more in race bucks)
3. Pay out: Top 5 in each class of each race


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Race Day Procedures - 10th Annual Gaithersburg 1100, May 8, 2021, SpeedZone Slot Car Raceway, Mt. Holly, NJ


Race Day Procedures, May 8, 2021

10th Annual Gaithersburg 1100 for Indy and NASCAR Slot Cars

SpeedZone SlotCar Raceway
201 Pine Street
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
609-702-0146

The raceway will open at 8AM. The Engelmann track will be ready and open practice will start at about 8:15AM.

Indy Car will be the first class raced followed by NASCAR.

Entry Fees - $15.00 per race, $30.00 for both classes are raced.

Tech for the Indy Car will open at 10:15AM and close at 10:45AM.

Practice will be restricted to Indy Cars only between 10AM and 10:30AM.

NASCAR practice will start after the conclusion of the Indy Car race. After 30 minutes of practice tech will be open for 15 minutes.

Practice session - If circumstances require, practice sessions will be conducted using the Lapmaster race program Timed Practice option.

At the conclusion of the Indy Car race, NASCAR practice will start. NASCAR tech will open 30 minutes after practice begins. Tech will be open (and close) for15 minutes.

Round-robins will be used if necessary to speed the race program along.

Payout – Mic Byrd will determine the payout for Indy Car and NASCAR classes.

Rules and discussions for the GB1100 are found here.

Hotel Info information will be provided by SpeedZone Raceway

[wjdougherty]

Change #1 to the rules for the GB1100, 8 May 2021

1. Effective this race, the Ralph Thorn Titan NASCAR bodies are now legal. Rear spoiler height is maxed out at 1 5/8". This is above the standard cut line. Racers will have to measure and cut their spoilers to meet this 1 5/8" standard. Cars presented at tech with bodies that don't meet the 1 5/8" standard will be returned to the racer to have the body lowered.

2. Super 16d motors for 2021 will now be allowed to have ball bearing installed in the end bell.

These changes have been made in coordination with my partner, Tony Moore, and input from select racers.

We hope this will allow more racers to participate in the 10th Annual GB1100 by utilizing cars that they already have and race in other series.

See you all on 8 May at SpeedZone...

Bill Dougherty

[wjdougherty]

Want to remind folks that we are 1 month out from the 10th Annual Gaithersburg 1100, on 8 May 2021. Again, we will be racing on the Engelmann at SpeedZone in Mount Holly, NJ. All race info is listed above. Rule changes are listed in RED.

Tony Moore and I look forward to seeing you all there...

[Tmoore]

Ok Folks,

Six days until the Gaithersburg 1100 will be held on the Engleman at SpeedZone Raceway, Mt Holly, New Jersey.

The raceway will open at 7:30 AM. Tech for the Indy Car will open at 10:15AM and close at 10:45AM. Tech for Nascar will open 30 minutes after the end of the Indy race.

Contact Mic Byrd at SpeedZone if you have any questions about the raceway at 609-702-0146.

Please send Billy Daugherty or I a message through the OWH forum if you have any questions regarding this event.

See you all next week!

Tony

[Tmoore]

Folks,

One more consideration for the 10th Annual Gaithersburg 1100. A recessed tech block will be used to measure the rear height of the Nascar bodies.

Thanks!

Tony

[Tmoore]

Podium and car photos from the 10th Annual Gaithersburg 1100 can be found at thi link.

http://www.slotcartalk.com/slotcarta...825#post347825

Tony