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[IRRA Retro Racing]

The minor change to the Stock Car chassis spec announced earlier today, along with the few changes since the last dated rules were posted, leads to posting the IRRA^® Rules PDFs in 2020 versions.

Again, there have been very few amendments to these rules since the 2018 versions were posted; there was a need to bring the rules files to current year-dated versions.
 
 2020 IRRA General Rules.pdf   137.1KB   196 downloads
 
 2020 IRRA Motor Rules.pdf   443.41KB   203 downloads

 2020 IRRA Rules Quick Reference.pdf   290.05KB   128 downloads
 
 2020 IRRA Can-Am Rules.pdf   659.98KB   237 downloads
 
 2020 IRRA F1 Rules.pdf   960.63KB   136 downloads
 
 2020 IRRA GTC Rules.pdf   464.15KB   92 downloads
 
 2020 IRRA Stock Car Rules.pdf   578.85KB   191 downloads
 
 2020 IRRA Can-Am Plus Rules.pdf   773.51KB   87 downloads
 
 2020 IRRA Body List.pdf   5.1MB   237 downloads

These 2020 rules PDFs will be uploaded to the IRRA^® website shortly.

 
The nine separate rules PDFs above can be downloaded as a single file below.

 2020 IRRA Full Ruleset.pdf   9.69MB   131 downloads
 
(posted for the IRRA^® BoD by Greg Wells)

[Shruska55]

I for one thank the IRRA for posting clear rules that I can follow.

 

This is not to pander because having sat on rules committees for other business types, I know how hard they are to negotiate. A nice word for argue through.

 

As a racer I appreciate rules. While each raceway has the right to change rules for local events, the BRM and Scaleauto thread has a discussion about the KISS principle in rules.

 

RE that: Two things come to mind:

 

1 - It makes life easier for the racer to know what rule set to follow for a given event. It saves money, sometimes in short supply, when building a car for a given event.

 

2 - It makes it easier for the raceway owner in that they don't have to remember all the changes made to them to accommodate local racers. It saves THEM money, because they need only order inventory necessary to support that event. They can provide incentives to racers in the form of event discounts for product or services to purchase locally and support their raceway.

 

Just my thoughts and my thanks for publishing the new rules.

 

ScottH

[Shruska55]

As an addendum to my first post, here's a third thing that came to mind:

 

Third thing - There is nothing stopping a raceway owner from sponsoring an non-rule driven event for all the creative folks (or to attract new folks) who race slot cars:

 

For example:

 

When was the last time an raceway owner sponsored a Thingie event with concours?

 

Why not have a wide open event like the SCCA does and let any and every car run? In those events, a fully race ready Porsche 911 is far faster than a stock Honda Civic. They both are on the track as the same time, aren't they? There are rules already in place for racer etiquette that could reasonably be translated to events running heats with randomly drawn racer positions.

 

How about running bracket style events from a totally stock RTR to a full open Group 7 wing? Use a whole weekend, like Indianopolis for example, to run qualifying in class. Then, run the a multiple heat/main events? Imagine RTR on the same track during the same weekend as Wing? It promotes the sport (or hobby or...)  and gives all racers a look at all classes of racing. Lots of potential marshals, too... 

 

In other words, the creativity of the raceway owner is the, er, driver  , for a successful hobby/entertainment business.

 

Run rules driven events that conform to hard argued rules to create a National profile for the sport (or hobby or...) and then get creative to provide a barrel of fun for local racers who may enjoy a few laps in a,  how might I say this, casual way. I'd even go so far as to suggest treating that end of the business like a bowling center. If one thinks about it, there are many similarities...

 

Again, just my thoughts.

 

ScottH

[IRRA Retro Racing]

The IRRA BoD wish officially to address the recent pin tubing issue.

 

Please note that any chassis using steel tubing other than for pin tubes is deemed illegal as per the rules. Chassis previously raced can only complete legally if the steel tubing is replaced with brass tubing or piano wire or will be deemed illegal to compete under IRRA rules. 

 

The Chassis Materials section of the IRRA rule set will now read:

Chassis Materials: Brass: sheet, rod, and tube; brass is defined as generic “yellow” brass containing copper and zinc, with minimal amounts of tin and lead, yellowish in color, non-plated, non-painted, non-coated (except for clear coating to prevent corrosion). Bronze: rod. Steel: wire. Steel commercial guide tongues and stainless steel pin tubing (to be used only for body mounting) are allowed.

 

The rules posted here at Slotblog and at the IRRA website will be be updated with this change as soon as possible.
 

(posted for the IRRA^® BoD by Greg Wells)

[Eddie Fleming]

I have not seen anything about the Stock Car chassis change, and I am not finding it in the new rules.

 

What is the change?

[Cheater]

See this thread:
 
Adjustment to IRRA® Stock Car chassis specification

 

BTW, the 2021 IRRA rule set will be posted in the next couple of days. Very few changes are being inserted.

[Eddie Fleming]

Oh that one. I thought it was something new.