Note: We do not plan to make any major changes in the published rules. Updates and revisions posted here, and on the rules page are intended to clarify specific rules or to help eliminate any confusion over rules interpretation, based on questions that have come up since posting the rules. Revisions and updates are also intended to help alleviate any possible "loopholes" that may allow an unfair advantage to a competitor due to a rule interpretation.
The following updates, revisions and notes have been posted since the rules were originally published, and are also revised and noted on the rules page.
Proxy Race Updates 12/4/98:
NASCAR Class
1. Bodies:
B. Cars with clear windows must have an interior tray with driver figure as described in the general rules. Blacked-out windows are O.K. If vacuum-formed windows are used they must be clear and an interior tray and driver figure must be installed. - revised 12/4/98
Vintage Sports-Racing/Sports-Prototype Class
1. Bodies:
A. All cars must be clearly identifiable as 1/32 scale models of mid-engined sports-racing or sports-prototype cars first raced between 1960 and 1976. The 1/1 scale car must have started in an organized professional or amateur race to be legal as a body type for this class. The Ford J-car, even though it never actually raced as such, will also be legal. - revised 12/4/98
General Rules
3. Chassis ( including guide flag), wheels, and tires must be covered entirely by the body when viewed from the top. - revised 12/4/98
6. A minimum ground clearance of .0625" must be maintained under all parts of the chassis, including gears. Bodies may be mounted loosely, provided the required 1/16" ground clearance is maintained at all times. - revised 12/4/98
Proxy Race Update 12/24/98:
Due to a change in the Daytona West race schedule we are moving the proxy race dates and arrival deadlines slightly. The NASCARs now need to reach us by Feb. 13, 1999 for the race on Feb. 20. CanAm cars (Vintage Sports-Racing/Sports-Prototype) must be in by Feb. 20 and will be raced on Feb. 27. We will still have the cars on their way back to their owners during the first week of March. This schedule will give all of you a little more time to get your cars built and sent in.
Also, in the process of building a proxy race NASCAR for a how-to article for beginning builders we discovered a serious mistake in our own NASCAR class rules that would have given one possible combination a significant advantage over the others. We're not going to tell you what it is but we are going to fix it. Any howls of protest we receive will tell us if anyone else found it. :-)
The rule rerquiring that wheels and tires not be visible when the car is viewed from directly above is replaced by a uniform maximum width between the outer edges of the wheels/tires of 2.375". This means that parts the tires will stick out slightly beyond the body on some NASCAR cars. This change will not require anybody to scrap or redesign anything they have already built. It just means that some of you will be able to use a few more axle spacers and move your wheels a little farther out. Also, if you want to reshape the fenders to cover the tires out to the allowable width you may now do so but you don't have to. Remember, however, that the rule governing allowable changes to the body sides still applies.
Also, the new Scalextric NASCAR Tauruses, just introduced, are legal bodies for the NASCAR proxy race. Whether anybody wants to cannibalize a $45 car to use one is another question entirely.
CanAm (Vintage Sports-Racing/Sports-Prototype) class rules remain unchanged.
email: bobward@oldweirdherald.com
