ASERS begins first endurance event of 2007

2007 Alpha Cup Race
April 21, 22 2007
Cedar Creek Raceway
1200 Cedar Creek Road
Carbondale, IL 62901


2 Hour ASERS (American Scale Endurance Racing Series) Race-LMP-1, LMP-2, GT1, GTP-4 Cell, and GT3 Porsche Cup

Free Practice Saturday

Free Pizza from Quatro’s Deep Pan Pizza!
Door prizes and raffle awards on both days!!
Track: 110’ x 48’ Ozite carpeting

Entry Fees Sunday: $20.00 Practice free

Entry Fees Saturday: F-1 Race-$30.00, ASERS-2 man teams or Iron Man 1 Man team-$40.00 per team. Cash or Credit Cards Only!

Entry & Questions to awallo@aol.com or mxrich@netzero.net or call Andy @ 618-319-0707, leave message and I will call you back.


2 HOUR ALPHA CUP RACE APRIL 21, 2007
LMP1or P1
190mm maximum width
no minimum weight
Any tire on spoked or BBS rim only.
Any motor
Any battery
Must use Tamiya Courage body set built to instructions with no ventilation holes except for the natural inlet below the roll-hoop on the opposite side of the driver. Holes may not be bigger than the printed decal. Driver helmet/figure must be used and painted.
Tamiya Courage LC70 (TAM51264)

LMP2 or P2
190mm maximum width
2WD solid axle only.
1275g minimum weight
Any foam or rubber TC tire on spoked or BBS rim only.
Any 23T brushed motor
Any 6-cell or Lipo hobby battery.
Must use Tamiya Courage body set built to instructions with no ventilation holes except for the natural inlet below the roll-hoop on the opposite side of the driver. Holes may not be bigger than the printed decal. Driver helmet/figure must be used and painted.
Tamiya Courage LC70 (TAM51264)
SPECIAL 4 CELL GTP CLASS- 200MM Width, 4Cell only ROAR Stock, Approved GTP Bodies only

GT1
190mm maximum width
Any 4WD chassis.
1275g minimum weight
Any rubber TC tire on spoked or BBS rim only.
Any electric motor brushed or brushless.
Any 6-cell or Lipo hobby battery.
6 190mm bodies approved in honor of making this a true GT class:
Only Driver side window may be removed for ventilation.
Saleen S7R (HPI #7369)
Lamborghini Murcielago (HPI #7377)
Nissan 350Z Nismo GT (HPI#7385)
Aston Martin DB-7 (Proline #PL3155) – Non stock wing may be added
Corvette C5-R (Tamiya #50915 or Conrad)
Ferrari 430 or 360 Modena (Tamiya #TAM51202 (finished version) or #TAM49263 for 360 Modena)
3Racing 195mm Electric Touring Car wing can be used in GT1 (Part# 3RAC-WG195/B)

GT2 Porsche Cup
190mm maximum width
2WD rear-wheel drive solid axle only.
1275g minimum weight
Any rubber TC tire on spoked or BBS rim only.
Any 540 silver can only.
Any 6-cell or Lipo hobby battery.
HPI Porsche 911 Turbo 190mm body set (HPI #7335).
Only Driver side window may be removed for ventilation.


Saturday, April 21, 2007
45 Minute F-1 Race
“The ALPHA CUP”
Summary of the 2007 regulations:
Chassis: Any F1 manufactured chassis from Tamiya, Cross, Kyosho, MLP Motorsports, Kawada, Associated, INDY RC, Corally, and HPI only. 200mm maximum width. Must be modified to run F201 tires.

Radio: Any hobby radio is allowed with 3 crystal sets for AM or FM, Synthesized, or Cellular frequencies.

ESC's: Any Forward only ESC that is currently available on the market is allowed. ESC with reverse capability must be locked out.

Batteries: Currently a maximum of 4300mah 6-cell r/c manufactured cells.

Motor: ROAR Stock 27T - 2 wheel drive, 19T- 4 wheel drive

Tires: Only F201 rubber tires are allowed: Ride, Pit Shimizu,Square, and Tamiya. Tires must be F201 specific, and they must be grooved rubber tires both before and after the race. Absolutely no slicks allowed. All grooves must be showing. Front tires may not be used as rear tires, or rear tires being used as fronts. No shaving down of the grooves purposely.

Rims: F201 Rims only. No touring car rims allowed. Rims must be to scale.

Body: F1 Lexan bodies only (including front and rear wing). A detailed driver/helmet must be on the body. No holes may be cut in the body other than the airbox, mounting, and antenna tube. Side pod inlets may be cut along lines and bent back to allow airflow but no lexan may be removed in the process.

Hop-ups: Any hop-ups allowed.

Weight: No weight minimum.

Track width: Maximum track width no more than 200mm wide.
No Quick Change Battery Devises!!!!! NO, Nada, Nyet and NO!!!!!!

Peugot 908 Pictures and Press conference.

http://www.speedarena.com/news/publish/sportscar/article_7282.shtml

Good to see JV and Seabass will have a run at the 24 hours of Le Mans.

Selected quotes from Sebring testing.

Danica Patrick:

The challenges of the American Le Mans Series:
"It's obviously going to mean more traffic, but I think that's fun. Overtaking and having lots of things going on at once is exciting and fun. It definitely keeps you sharp. For sure a 12-hour race would get boring if you were out there by yourself. I think that's what's needed in such a long race.

"I know what it's like racing sports cars. It's pretty fun and it keeps you sharp. It's good to have cars around you and keeps you focused with traffic going by and making passes with the different classes of cars. There are a lot of great places to pass here. That's a good thing to have the discrepancies in speeds between the cars.

Castroneves on the Penske Spyder:

"It's a great car and a great team," Castroneves said. "This really is a tremendous experience for me. This type of racing is not just about being fast; you have to be consistent as well. When Penske decided to give me this opportunity, I was very excited."

Looks like the old open-wheel crew are going racing in ALMS. The comments reflect some of the changes you will experience in running 4 classes in an endurance event at your club or r/c track.

I can't wait for the first race in SLC in May. Looks like it will be a part of the ALMS weekend at Miller Motorsports Park May 17-19th!

Professor's LMP1/2 effort?

Team Professor rumours are flying... Will we see a full-4WD chassis under the Courage shell in Mazda colors for the 4 hour race?

Tamiya announces F103GT "Le Mans" class

F103GT
Direct Drive Cars are back! This class is new for 2007 and is open to anyone wanting to tackle the challenge of direct drive cars. This class will prove to be a drivers' class as chassis set up is minimal and driving finesse and skill will be the key to victory.

1. The Tamiya F103 GT is the only eligible chassis for this class.
2. Any Tamiya F103 GT option part is allowed or original F103 option part that fit directly with no modification.
3. The stock silver canned Mabuchi/Johnson motors must be used.
4. Rubber tires only. 26MM and 24MM Tamiya tires and wheels only.
5. Mixing tire widths is legal.
6. Any tire insert may be used.
7. In the spirit of making this an American/Le Mans looking class the only body legal for this class is the Advan Courage LC at this time. As more cars are released in this new class they will be made legal.
8. Any pinion and spur gear ratio combo may be used.
9. Driver figure must be used.
10. The Orion/Peak LIPO Carbon Edition 3200 mah and Platinum Edition 4800 mah are both legal for this class. Weight penalties will not be imposed for those racers wanting to use the Orion/Peak Lipo batteries.

These rules closely match the P2 class in our series. I spoke to Fred Medel of Tamiya recently and it sounds like anyone interested in ASERS has the basic chassis and body for running TCS as well. This is great news.

More photos from the Tamiya track again...

Tamiya decal sheets can be ordered from kits if the part # can be located. We'll try to help locate any livery or create it with cutting vinyl but here is some great looking Courage bodies for motivation in the meantime.