Proxy Race*: April 29 to May 1 2005, Thenon Speedway, San Diego, CA
The second 2005 proxy race for Artin 1/43
The race will be held
on the The Thenon
Speedway, about 70 feet of road course
with long straights on a 5x12 table, timing with laptimer 2000, controller used
will be a Parma Electronic Controller, voltage will be set at 7V. With these
settings the best time to date on the track with an Artin car is at about 6.9
secs. Most stock Artin cars will lap in about 7.5 to 8 secs.
Races:
Qualifying: April 29
Class 1 and Class 2: April 30
Limited Modified Class: May 1
Cars must be received by April 29, close of business (5:00 pm Pacific Time). If you need my
mailing/shipping address, just
let me know.
Entry fee: $3 for the
first car (any class), $1 per additional car. A maximum of two cars per person
may be entered in each class. Entry fee is used to cover return postage to
entrants. (Paypal ID is: pmarchand@mac.com
Class 1: Porsche GT2 or
Porsche 930 body on small tire chassis.
Class 2: Any Artin stock
body (but preferrably a GT or LM type car, the so-called "sporty
cars") on large tire stock Artin chassis, using the front wheels in the
middle of the three holes for the front axle.
Limited Modified Class:
Any body you want (Artin or not) on any Artin chassis (chassis can be modified
to extend the wheel base within the limits shown in the rules)
Details of the rules and the race can be found here. The
Home Racing World forum discussion about the rules can be found here.
Concours:
There will be a concours prize for the best paint/livery job across
classes. Entrants will have to e-mail me 4 pictures of one of their cars
(top-angle, side, front, rear as shown here)
and will then be judged on these pictures. Only one car can be entered by each
contestant.
Each judge will have 10 points to allocate as he wants among the
various entries. The honorable judges are: Brian Schindler, Rich MacMahon
(RMMseven), and Harry Wise (yes, the HomeRacingWorld fearless leader).
Here are the various entries (click on entrant name to see pictures of
their car):
The results of the concours can be found here.
Prizes:
Prizes will be awarded to each class winners, the concours winners,
and hopefully to all entrants as well. Prizes will include:
A pair of Artin 1/43 Mustang
graciously offered by 
,
Thanks Sean, our Canadian 1/43
crowd is lucky to have you up there as an Artin dealer.
A pair of Artin Indy cars by
yours truly
Resin bodies by VaBchrog: Two GT40’s, Two Ferrari 250LM, One Porsche Spyder, One
1980 NASCAR GrandAm
A pair of LED light kits from 
Bodies by Hotlaps23: Two Daytona Prototypes, One 55 Chevy
How about the race ???
The following link will take you to a table that will be updated real
time during the various stages of the 3 races: Race Link
Gentlemen, Start your Engines !!!!
What’s a proxy race? In a
proxy race you ship/mail your cars to a track owner who then runs all the cars
at a given date. After the race, cars are returned to their owners, thus the
need for an entry fee to cover postage costs.
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