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tomyafx1
02-02-2008, 03:51 PM
VASCRA - Vintage Aurora Slot Car Racers Alliance
Southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia Northern Panhandle, and Eastern Ohio


Road Racing Body Classes:

Stock t-jet:

* Vintage Trans Am (Trans Am Series Race Cars, 1964 - 1972)
* Vintage Muscle Cars (Street American Muscle Cars, 1964 - 1972)
* Vintage Le Mans Sports Cars (Vintage Sports & GT Cars, 1964 - 1979)
* Vintage NASCAR Stockers (1964 -1972)
* Vintage Open Cockpit Sports Racers (1952-1972)
* Vintage American Sedans (LWB)
* Vintage “Haulers”

Super Stock T-jet:

* Any VHORS/Fray legal body


Open Wheel T-jet:

* Indianapolis Racer or Grand Prix Racer bodies

Thunder Storms:




Le Mans Sports Cars
at 15 volts


Oval Racing Body Classes



Stock t-jet:



Fairground Stock Car

This body style shall be in the spirit of the old fairground stock cars.
Glass and fenders may be removed.
Trim pieces may be added to achieve a look of authenticity (i.e. side exhaust pipes, wire mesh or screen for windows, spoilers, etc.).
No body openings other than front and side windows and front grills are allowed.

Vintage NASCAR

This body style shall be in the spirit of the vintage NASCAR stock cars that ran in the Grand National and Cup series in the 50s, 60s, and early 70s.



T-jet Modifieds



Any American late model, coupe, coach, or flatback body. No trucks, foreign, or sports car bodies.


Late Model Sportsman



Bodies must be a hard-shell injection mold or resin cast NASCAR NEXTEL Cup style. Only bodies from 1990 to present are legal.

Drag Racing Body Classes

The drag track is made by FULLTILTSPEEDWAY. The tack is a full H.O. quarter mile with 10' shut down section 20' 7-1/2". It is powered by a Lambda power suppy which is 0-36 volts @36 AMPS. This power supply is set at 24 volts.


The system is by Track Mate Drag Pro 3000 for Windows, the tree is 16" Led tree with clusters of LEDs to create lights of over 1.25" in diameter. It also has sales printer to show you your times.


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Drag strip appropriate bodies for all classes.



Potential specific body classes for drag racing:


1. Factory Stock T-Jet/T-Plus: (FS/TJ/TP)



a stock T-jet with no modifications. Replacement copper carbon motor brushes and replacement stock replica tires (MM and JL stock T-jet tires) are permitted. Silicones not permitted. 2. Super Stock T-Jet/T-Plus: (SS/TJ/TP)



Same rules apply as Factory Stock T-Jet press on or screw on wheel/axles as long as they are used in matching front/rear sets. Ex: original Aurora Model Motoring “speed hubs”, New Model Motoring aluminum hubs, 3R’s wheel sets, Tuffy or JL/PM wheels, Champions, Thunder Engineering, R.T. H.O. Racing, A.J.’s, AFX, etc.

Rubber or silicone tires are permitted and front and rear tires may be different sizes.

3. Stock Magnatraction: (S/MT)


Body shall be stock injection molded original hard body or later produced injection molded body using snap in mounts. Resin cast permitted.
Chassis shall be stock silver or nickel bottom.
Pickups shall be stock type silver or nickel plated and may NOT be re-bent.
Wheels and tires shall be stock wheels and rubber tires only front and rear.
Stock gears only – Gear changes prohibited. Must use unaltered stock copper retaining clip.
Motor shall be stock red pole, red wire or gold wire. Epoxy and balancing prohibited. Motor shall have an OHM reading no lower than 14.5 OHMS.
De-winds, re-winds and quadralam armatures prohibited.
Advanced commutators prohibited.
Chassis cuts prohibited.
4. Factory Stock Inline: (FS/I)



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Stock only with no modifications permitted. Tomy G+. Life Likes and Tyco's/Mattell chassis
5. Pro Doorslammer: (P/D)


Chassis – Any inline type permitted.
Pickups – Any type permitted.
Wheels and Tires – Any type permitted.
Body – Any type permitted of hardtop or ridged coupe in nature. Funny car and rail bodies prohibited. “Top Down” convertibles prohibited. Altered wheelbase bodies permitted but they must fit the factory style chassis front and rear wheel placement w/o modification.
Magnets – Any type permitted.
Motor – Any inline type permitted. Minimum 3 OHMS.
Shunt wire prohibited. De-soldering braid prohibited.
Any gear ratio permitted.
Any brushes permitted.
Heat sinks permitted.
Chassis cuts permitted.
Chassis front end extensions prohibited.
Minimum weight 17.0 grams.
6. Pro Modified (P/M)


Body – Any closed wheel car body permitted , yrs. 1936-present).
Chassis – Any inline type. Cuts permitted.
Modifications – Unrestricted.
Chassis front end extensions prohibited.
Chassis cuts permitted.
Polymer magnests only- neo or other rare earth magnets prohibited.
Motor shall be 33 ga./2.8 ohm restriction.
Minimum weight 19.0 grams.
7. Super Pro Funny Car: (SP/FC)


Body – Any funny car style body. Body must be a minimum of 3.0” min.to 3.75” max. from front end tip to rear deck tail.. Bodies under 3.0” are prohibited.
Chassis – Any inline type permitted.
Pickups – Any type permitted.
Motor – shall be 32 ga. wire /no ohm restriction
Magnets – Any type permitted.
Wheels and Tires – Any type permitted.
Chassis front end extensions permitted.
Chassis cuts permitted.
Minimum weight 18.5 grams.
8. Outlaw T-Jet: (O/TJ)


Body – Must be a hard body only if injection molded plastic or resin casting and must use factory style mounting posts and screws to secure body to the chassis. Rear wheel openings may be enlarged to accommodate a larger rear tire. Posts may be cut to lower/alter height and stance. Body may be cut but no “holes” are permitted except for hood opening. Vehicle must look like a car when modifications are completed.
Chassis – Shall be Aurora, Thunder Plus or JL/PM original and may be made of copper or brass. Plating of chassis bottom parts with nickel, silver or gold is permitted.
Tires and Wheels – May use any material or compound but shall NOT exceed .520 in. mounted on wheel.
Motor – (1) One pancake type armature and un-restricted OHMS. May go as low an engineering/winding will permit/allow. Must fit inside confines of the chassis. Maximum number of armature laminations is (4) four.
Chassis cuts permitted.
Chassis front end extensions prohibited.
Chassis and top plate must fit together using copper clip only.
Gearing – Unrestricted.
Magnets – Motor magnets must fit in confines of the chassis, otherwise no restrictions
De-soldering braid and shunt wire permitted in any unrestricted combination.
Heat sinks, springs, brushes and brush cups permitted.
No weight minimum.
9. Top Fuel Rail Dragster: (TF/RD)


Body – Length must be no longer than 8.250in. from tip of body front to tail of chassis. Plastic hard body or Lightweight.
Chassis – Any inline type.
Motor-shall be 32 ga. or smaller /no OHM restriction.
Any other modification permitted/unrestricted.
Front Undertray – An undertray may be optionally fitted to the front end of the car body for the purpose of stability and protecting the nose section and wind during deceleration and stopping. Specifically, it may be constructed of optically clear polycarbonate, butryate or vinyl in a rectangular shape. It shall be a minimum of .010 in. thick with the dimensions of 15.5 mm deep x 30.0 mm wide (+ or – 1.0mm). Fol












Note: Drag strip appropriate bodies only!

dlw
02-02-2008, 05:39 PM
Joe, you should put this in the Races/Events section.