THE LeMANS SPORTS CAR SERIES

THE LeMANS SPORTS CAR SERIES

April 2008 changes in red

Any 1/32 scale Sports racing or GT car that has competed in real life at the LeMans 24 hour race from 1980 - present day

from these manufacturers will be eligible to race: -

SCALEXTRIC

S C X

NINCO

FLY/GB TRACK

MRRC

PRO SLOT

CARRERA

CARTRIX

REVELL-MONOGRAM

SLOT-IT

SPIRIT

NSR

TEAM SLOT

PROTEUS

(Including the following:)

N.S.R.

Mosler MT 900R

Carrera and Hornby Penske Porsche RS Spyder.

Also any model from SLOTER and AVANT SLOT that has raced in the LeMans 24hr will be permitted.

TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

1. Motors

Any car may be fitted with any motor supplied as standard with any ready to run slot car, or any motor sold as an after market replacement for any ready to run slot car.

Motors may be modified by shortening the motor shaft. No other modifications are permitted.

The motor mounting position in the chassis may be changed if desired.

Any plastic motor mount intended for any ready to run slot car may be used, and may be modified as desired, or a single piece of wire or plastic may be glued across the chassis to support the front of the motor.

Motors and motor mounts may be glued into place.

Two-wheel or four-wheel drive is permitted.

2. Gears

Any gears intended for use in any ready to run slot car may be used, in any combination. Pinions may be glued to motor shafts and crown / spur gears may be glued to axles.

3. Bearings

Any type of axle bearings, or prop. shaft bearing if used, may be fitted and may be glued into place.

4. Wheels

Any type of wheels may be used, but they must be of a realistic size for the car being modelled. See also Rule 5. Wheels may be glued to axles.

5. Tyres

Any type of solid rubber tyre may be used, including Ortmann, NSR and ABS, subject to the following:

Rear Tyres: Minimum 18 mm diameter, maximum 12.5 mm wide.

Front Tyres Minimum 17 mm diameter by 9 mm wide.

Tyre treads must not protrude outside the car bodywork when viewed from above. Front axles must have any side-to-side movement restricted to comply.

Tyres may be glued onto the wheels, and may be sanded true.

Any tyre cleaner used must not leave a residue on the tyres or track.

Sponge tyres and tyre dressings (goop) of any kind are not permitted.

Silicone tyres must not be used.

6. Rear Axles

Rear axles are free, but see Rule 5.

7. Guides

Any car may be fitted with any guide intended for use with any ready to run slot car. Any car may have an easy-fit guide replaced with a conventional wired guide, with the minimum necessary modification made to the chassis.

Guide to motor wires and pick up braids are free.

8. Front Axles

Front axles are free, but see Rule 5.

Front axles may be fitted with any type of bearings and / or the movement of the axle ( up or down and side to side ) may be restricted as desired.

9. Lights etc.

Any car fitted with working lights etc. may have the light bulbs, LED’s, wiring, PC board, etc. removed, but must retain all external lenses.

10. 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.

11. Traction magnets

All traction magnets must be removed.

12. Body and Chassis

Bodies must be used unmodified except that parts of the interior may be cut away to clear a revised motor position, see Rule 1.

Wheel arches may not be enlarged.

Bodies may be repainted provided that doing so does not distort the body.

Windscreen and window mouldings must be fitted as on the original car.

Interiors must be fitted, be as complete as possible, include a driver (minimum of head, shoulders, arms and steering wheel in 3D), and may be glued in place.

Chassis may only be modified as detailed in Rules 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11, but does not have to be the chassis originally intended for the car being used.

Bodywork fixing screws ( if used ) may be left loose and minor scraping or sanding of the body and / or chassis is permitted to allow the body to move freely on the chassis. Removal of minor parts of the body or chassis detail for this purpose is permitted. This includes removal of any internal pegs etc. that rest on the motor, axle bearings or chassis sides. Adhesive tape must be placed over any body fixing screw holes to prevent screws from falling out.

When the car, race ready, is placed on a slotted, flat surface, all 4 tyres must touch the surface and all 4 wheels must rotate when it is pushed forward.

NO WHITE PLASTIC/ UNPAINTED BODYS WILL BE ALLOWED, CARS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 2 COLOURS ( PAINTED OR OTHERWISE ) AND ONLY WINDSCREEN WIPER AND WING MIRRORS MAY BE OMITTED!

Finally...

If the rules do not expressly say that you can do something then you cannot do it.

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