Gents,
Talk is cheap, especially when it comes to an IROC series… but there might still be time to get the ball rolling for 2024 with a new IROC Challenger Series for both constructors and pilots racing at Nova Ridge and Molto VeLoce with the additional home host track too!
Interested?
The platform will be based on a finished DArt Ferrari 312P (with card interior) that is molded in one of 12 unique colours and using mandatory (and provided) DArt wheels, painted inserts & marked club series urethane tires. Each coloured model will have a distinctive livery.
Chassis, configuration, body mounting system, motor, gearing, and anything else are completely open. Build or assemble it yourself or have anyone else do it for you. Maintain it or improve it after each race or don’t bother touching it. The choice is yours. So long as you bring your working 312P model you can participate and race all of the models in true IROC fashion by rotating through the lanes (and models). With 12 models on a 4 lane track everyone would compete across three rotations:
- Every model is assigned to a lane and rotation (1Green, 1Yellow, 1Red, 1Blue, 2G, 2Y, 2R, 2B, 3G, 3Y, 3R or 3B) and stays on that lane throughout;
- Every participant races through the first rotation (european) until everyone has gone;
- Second and third rotations are raced until everyone has raced every model for an equal amount of time (usually 3 minutes);
- Both pilot and model/manufacturer results are recorded (top and lowest finish for each model/manufacturer in every race is dropped as well);
On a three lane home track there will be four rotations instead of three. Any home track will have an opportunity to host up to two races.
Every participant will provide and maintain their working 312P entry. ‘Working’ means that it is not only raceable but also meets a minimum lap time of 130% of the pole time, although this could be tweaked. If you don’t supply a working 312P entry for that race then you cannot participate in that IROC race.
Models will be assigned to a lane and rotation after qualifying so that the fastest models will be raced last and models performing alike will race together as much as is possible.
The top three finishing pilots from the previous race will qualify the models.
If a model cannot finish a heat then the closest available match will replace it for the duration of the rotation.
Other tweaks will need to be made but you get the point…
This will be a separate series and not piggyback R32, S32 or S24 racing. The day, time and frequency will be determined by the availability of the participants who purchase/enter models, but it would be preferable to have the series run at least once monthly.
The cost of the completed 312P with card interior, four wheels, unmounted & untrued marked tires and painted inserts is $100. An extra set of wheels, unmounted & untrued marked tires and painted inserts is $50… An extra set of wheels, mounted and trued marked tires and painted inserts is $100…
Any participant may purchase and enter more than one model and will get to race as often as they have working models entered… (so 3 models then 3x the racing and each scored separately – so it would be possible to have one racer take all three podium places…)
Purchased models are owned and kept by the participant.
The following molded colours will become available:
- Green (sold)
- Yellow (sold)
- Red (sold)
- Blue (sold)
- Charcoal
- White
- Orange (sold)
- Purple
- Brown/Rust
- Pink (sold)
- Baby Blue
Liveries will use peel and stick decals and models will not have a clear lacquer or acrylic finish.
Completed liveries and wheels/tires/inserts will be available in December, 2023, on a first come first choice basis. Racing will start on Saturday, February 3, 2024.
The Happy Canadian Scale Modeler!
