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[salvino]

$100 SoCal USRA Class Rules

Body:
O/S Viper "Vette" # 030 (NOT 030-R) body is required
138 mm measured across top of body length minimum
136mm measured along bottom of body length minimum
30mm minimum height of body

Wings dimensions with body off chassis:
60 mm high at highest point of wing maximum
45 mm high at lowest point
No scallops and no large radii bigger than a quarter
Rear Spoiler: 38 mm rear spoiler overhang past body minimum

Tires:
Spec tires must be purchased at track and will be marked

Chassis:
Boxstock / spring steel only

Motor:
Falcon 7

Gears:
14/38 64 pitch only

Weight:
70 gram minimum weight

No holllow axles, magwire, or extra holes punched in body, tires, or guide (only holes in body to be rear wheel wells)
Winning motors can be claimed by last place car. If motor is not claimed, USRA will claim it.
Once entries increase, there will be a class exclusively for kids and beginners.

[PreacherMan]

is there going to be a beginner class? I plan on racing but am concerned as I cant turn marshal, I am having knee surgery on the 15th, so mobility might be limited. I would really like to race!

[salvino]

I will turn marshal for you

[parko061]

Oh no... Don't come off in front of Salvino...

rp

[idare2bdul]

I was pretty skeptical about this class but the race I saw ended with close competition and veteran racers and rookies had a good time.

[Foamy]

Wings:
60 mm high at highest point of wing maximum
45 mm high at lowest point
No scallops and no large radii bigger than a quarter
Rear Spoiler: 38 mm rear spoiler overhang past body minimum

OK, please tell me these numbers are for the body off the car...

Also, are the kool kidz these days cutting off the front, the rear, some of each? When I did these ten years ago, we just did the front. The cars at the last race had some cut off the front, some cut off the rear, some looked like both ends.

I just picked up a chassis kit to abuse you with...

[Cheater]

I'm going to pin this thread so the rules can be more easily found.

Rick et al, please let me know if the rules in post #1 need any updates and I'll make them for you.

[pilmat]

Out of curiosity, what are you running for spec tires?

[PCH Parts Express]

At PCH we run the Koford M472 WH tires. At BP they run an Alpha 611-WR tire.

[Mike Walpole]

We run the JKP-8782W or JKP-8783W cut to 0.790 at TR.

[TSR]

OK Gents, I cleaned up the thread from un-necessary verbiage, added the info and answers to questions on the specs, all we need now is to know which tires are the "spec tires" and we are done.

[jockefors]

Hi why dont hawe it like we hawe A class of normal racing in sweden,,,After the race all cars is for sale for like 100 dollar
you pay a fee of 10 dollar to place bid and you must sell the car if you hawe a bid on the car
the bid fee goes to the club or track

i hawe a frend that hawe too sell hiss car for 100 dollar and only the engine was at least priced at 1000 dollar ...
the idiot has put in a super good engine in his crap class car...
i think it costed him at lesast 500 dollar to get the car back ....the engine was his father....

[Rick]

OK Gents, I cleaned up the thread from un-necessary verbiage, added the info and answers to questions on the specs, all we need now is to know which tires are the "spec tires" and we are done.

SPEC TIRES?....gasp

Won't this force the racers into owning multiple chassis and different set-ups, as I have been told?

[TSR]

Opponents of spec tires are telling themselves stories to put themselves to sleep.

[Larry Mattingly]

Opponents of spec tires are telling themselves stories to put themselves to sleep.

...

And, a Merry Christmas to you.

LM

[86ed once again]

Per Randy's request I am posting a few changes that SoCal has made to these rules.

Body:
O/S Viper "Vette" # 030 (NOT 030-R) body is required
138 mm measured across top of body length minimum
136mm measured along bottom of body length minimum
30mm minimum height of body

Wings dimensions with body off chassis:
60 mm high at highest point of wing maximum
45 mm high at lowest point
No scallops and no large radii bigger than a quarter
Rear Spoiler: 38 mm rear spoiler overhang past body minimum and no trimming of spoilers width

Tires:
Spec tires must be purchased at track and will be marked

Chassis:
Boxstock / spring steel only

Motor:
Falcon 7
You can only use 1 motor per race

Gears:
14/39 64 pitch only

Weight:
70 gram minimum weight

No holllow axles, magwire, or extra holes punched in body, tires, or guide (only holes in body to be rear wheel wells)
Winning motors can be claimed by last place car. If motor is not claimed, USRA will claim it.
Once entries increase, there will be a class exclusively for kids and beginners.

[Neuspeed]

Why Claim the motor it will be dead after that race lol

[Randy Thompson]

Thanx for pointing that out,we actually wrote the rules and started the class, not started the class then wrote the rules, so we did not realize that the motors where going to be dead. but thanx and we will edit that part out also. Randy..

[Ron Hershman]

OK how come when I read these rules it specifies the O/S 030 Vette body YET all the race reports and pics show everyone using the O/S 052/057 Viper bodies?

What is the legal body to be used in this class???

[JeremyM]

Ron, I have always wondered why the rules have the Vette part #. At the races they enforce a Viper only body rule.

OK how come when I read these rules it specifies the O/S 030 Vette body YET all the race reports and pics show everyone using the O/S 052/057 Viper bodies?

What is the legal body to be used in this class???

[Ron Hershman]

OK The Viper Numbers are.....

052 Viper with no rib long version with molded in diaplane

057 Viper with no rib short.

Both are identical except the short version does not have the molded in "hump" and diaplane.

[Randy Thompson]

Thanx Ron, not sure where "vette" came from, perhaps when Lenore took the rough rules scribled on a piece of papper and typed them up on the computer, it may have been added, it was always supposed to be a unribbed viper. We started allowing ribbed vipers when the track owners told us they could not get any unribbed vippers a few months ago. Any how we'll get the "vette" outa there and the claimer rule since the motors are done after one race anyway. Randy..