12th Annual Gaithersburg 1100, June 17, 2023, 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, 17 June 2023

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: Ascari (World’s Flat Track); 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, PS4007 Scorpion American arm, and PS-9000 Speedball Chinese 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, JK C43, Mid America Gemini, and RM Arrow; 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; Red Fox RFSC45C Dodge and RFSC46C Camry; and the Ralph Thorn Titan bodies. 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: USRA legal X-12 C Can motors will be allowed for the first time in the 1100. Standard approved magnets are allowed, no super magnets. Ball bearings are allowed in both can and endbell. Aluminum endbells are not allowed. Arms must be tagged with appropriate tags (X12, H12, etc). Arms without tags will not be 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

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 - 12th Annual Gaithersburg 1100, June 17, 2023, SpeedZone Slot Car Raceway, Mt. Holly, NJ

Race Day Procedures, June 17, 2023

12th 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 Ascari 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) for 15 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