[Brumos RSR]

Looks like my Porsche 550 that’s in the LeMans will not qualify for this one.

[Graham]

Looks like my Porsche 550 that’s in the LeMans will not qualify for this one.

Can't quite see why not, as it is listed, but perhaps too fast 

[Graham]

 Good afternoon,

abit late today as I been searching everywhere in the house for the "Hornet", but not to be found. But perhaps there is another solution, so I will discuss this with Qman by email as it is abit complicated.

                                              Class D Trans Am & NASCARS 1973-1980
What caught my eye about this class was that there is quite a diverse range of different cars listed, after 1973 mostly cars running in Trans Am were above 2 liters and many were European manufactured.I regard this as the "Joker" in the pack type class, not at all easy to pick a winner   Once again I am open to requests for others to be considered if I think they fit the basic type of car within the class and period.

[Graham]

Trans Am & NASCAR (Class D)
General Requirements- Any car of any engine capacity which took part in Trans Am, NASCAR or Bathurst 1000 between 1973 until 1980. Must be 1/32 scale.
Cars can be RTR branded slot cars, kit based or scratch build.
Class D Rules: (All parts must be commercially available)
D1) Motors
Free choice of motor type with a manufacturer’s rating not exceeding 20,000rpm at 12 volts. Orientation of the motor free.
D2) Gears
Free choice of gears and gear ratio
D3) Wheels
Free choice of wheels but they must be representative of the type fitted in scale to the real models with representative wheel inserts fitted.
D4) Tyres
Front tyres – Any rubber or polyurethane tyre compound can be used with minimum wheel with tyre diameter of 17mm and width minimum of 6mm
Rear tyres – Any rubber or polyurethane tyre compound can be used with minimum wheel and tyre diameter of 19mm and maximum width of 10mm
D5) Axles
Free choice but must not protrude outside wheel hub.
D6) Slot Guide
Maximum guide blade depth 6mm and 1.55 mm thick
Any car may have an easy fit guide replaced with a conventional wired guide with the necessary minimum modifications to the chassis.
Motor wires and braids are free choice.
D7) Lights etc
Any car fitted with lights may have the light bulbs, LED’s, wiring, PC board and other fittings removed.
D8) Ballast
Ballast weight may be added to any car as desired, provided that it is placed within the confines of the body and chassis and is firmly glued in place.
D9) Body
All body shells must be made of hard plastic, glass fibre, resin or 3D printed. Vacuum formed lightweight shells are not permitted.
Windscreen and window mouldings must be provided but can be made of clear vacuum formed plastic. Rear view mirrors may be omitted but all other details parts must remain as fitted, wheel inserts must be fitted.
Vaccuum formed or lexan interiors are permitted but must be realistic and be a 3d representation of driver and interior. Wheel inserts must be fitted.
D10) Chassis
The chassis can be as that which was supplied as a RTR model, alternatively the use of 3d printed, universal chassis or brass constructed is permitted.
D11) Ground clearance and dimensional requirements
Minimum motor to track clearance 1.5mm. All four tyres must touch the track surface when placed on the track and all four wheels must rotate.
Maximum overall outside tyre wall width 64mm

And I have attached the car list,

So plenty to think about..........ummm what shall I choose 

[Brumos RSR]

Looks like my Porsche 550 that’s in the LeMans will not qualify for this one.

Can't quite see why not, as it is listed, but perhaps too fast 

Ok…, I’m in and I have a 68 Camaro for the TA.   Also the 911 RSR ran in the Trans Am I believe during this time with a 2.7 or 3 liter.  It would be a back marker compared to the other options but given my screen name, I have to put it out there.  

[Graham]

Well of course you don't have to run that very fast Porsche 550 in class B  
Alternatively you could run the Camaro in Class C and the 911 RSR in Class D (as it is listed)  

But sadly not all 3, as you are only allowed 2 cars in this Proxy.

Decisions, decisions, I think we all got a lot of thinking to do now 

[Brumos RSR]

Well of course you don't have to run that very fast Porsche 550 in class B  
Alternatively you could run the Camaro in Class C and the 911 RSR in Class D (as it is listed)  

But sadly not all 3, as you are only allowed 2 cars in this Proxy.

Decisions, decisions, I think we all got a lot of thinking to do now 

Class C and D for me easy decision.

[Brumos RSR]

Well of course you don't have to run that very fast Porsche 550 in class B  
Alternatively you could run the Camaro in Class C and the 911 RSR in Class D (as it is listed)  

But sadly not all 3, as you are only allowed 2 cars in this Proxy.

Decisions, decisions, I think we all got a lot of thinking to do now 

  Looking forward to it, I will need to figure out how to run lights for the LeMans.  And I will need to get better at editing

[Graham]

Well of course you don't have to run that very fast Porsche 550 in class B  
Alternatively you could run the Camaro in Class C and the 911 RSR in Class D (as it is listed)  

But sadly not all 3, as you are only allowed 2 cars in this Proxy.

Decisions, decisions, I think we all got a lot of thinking to do now 

  Looking forward to it, I will need to figure out how to run lights for the LeMans.  And I will need to get better at editing

I wouldn't jump too early into Le Mans, as I will make some changes most probably with that event, just to cause some mischief 
And didn't really like the "penalty" aspect of the last event, maybe having 2 classes with and 2 classes without lights, which might be a compromise I am willing to make, especially as we now will be only choosing 2 cars for these events, but I could specify that you have to run at least one of the 2 cars in one of the "with lights" class 
But all abit premature at the moment as we still have this one and the next Proxy for the summer for single seaters to develop.

However if you are into fitting lights in general I can recommend the ones I bought from a company called Z-Machine Electric Motorsport. They are really easy to install, are all wired up and fit even the smaller slot cars quite well. I bought mine through a French Retailer called "Slot Car Union" on the internet.
You can have lights which stay on after de-slotting, lights which flash when de-slotting (as 2 of mine were) and even a set which have a additional exhaust light feature, if you want to be really flash 

[AdeC]

Hmmm, decisions, decisions. Think it may be class C & D for me.  Class C is a no-brainer.  Class D would allow my proxy regular Pantera to travel the county again (after a few tweaks following its mediocre Le Mans performance).  Would love to enter my XC Falcon but it's slightly disadvantaged by it's 1978 date, as it's proportions would be far better matched to the like of the class C Camaro's, Mustangs and Javelins. In class D my Falcon is likely to get decimated by a field of the "winner's favorite" Porsche 914's.