PISTONHEAD RACEWAY LEAGUE INFORMATION

With our agreed objective to maintain scale racing by exclusively using hard bodies, PistonHead Raceway members will implement sanctioning rules that are clearly set out for appearance and technical standards. All events are staged under OSSM (Ontario Scale Slot Management} Regulations. New members are selected from those who clearly appreciate the club's objectives, to build, model and run scale cars mounted on stock or  custom scratch built chassis. We hope that the PistonHead Raceway members capture the essence of 1:1 auto racing in all its variety.

 The only formal administrative position of treasurer is filled by a volunteer member. Individual monthly member dues are $10.00 to pay for the refreshments and operating expenses.

 RACE FORMATS

 PistonHead Raceway  members race the first Wednesday night of every month. Each weekly event focuses upon a particular car class or division determined by a random draw the week before. Racers compete in a series of sprint elimination heat races that culminate in a main event of the fastest 5 racers of the night. Each heat and main race is run at 50 laps. For each heat race the racers' assigned lanes are drawn by chance, but will eventually run on each lane at least once. Points will be given each week in all divisions and the racer with the most points at the end of the season will be deemed champion.

  RACE REGULATIONS

 To provide continuity, relative ease of construction, relative low cost control, and effective tech management, chassis development is limited to stock built 90 degree in-line engine/gear mountings, utilizing stock, unaltered Parma 16D stock motors. 

 RACE CLASSES or DIVISIONS                       

		Big NASCAR: 1982- 2003 Winston Cup or Busch Series stock cars; Monogram, kits.
		Dirt Trackers: '70's Short Track CheckerFlag dirt oval late model modified stockers; Monogram or AMT kits
		Coupes: 1930-1948 Fords, Chevrolets, Plymouths. Monogram or AMT kits. These are the cars that raced at CheckerFlag in the 60’s.
		Other classes can be added at the members requests.

NASCAR DIVISION                                        

a.      Chassis must at all times maintain a minimum of 055" track clearance; all tires, commercial or hand built (must touch and roll , and present black sidewalls.

b.      Rear wheels must be 1 inch in diameter when new and a maximum of .875 wide Front wheels must be at least .75 in diameter when new and a minimum of .5 inches wide.

c.      Rear and front track must be a maximum of 3.25 inches, and complete race ready car must weigh between 220 and 290 grams.

Tires /rims shall not protrude more than 1/16" outside the plane of the wheel openings at any time when viewed from above. The plane of a wheel opening is located at the narrowest point on the fender when viewed from directly above . No body mods, channeling, chopping, or body widening, or adding fender valences are allowed, and the body shall be stock thickness. Body configuration and roofline must be production stock. Front and rear windows supplied with the kit must be installed, though side windows may not be.

Entire heads of driver figures (injected or resin mold) must appear higher than the lower window frame, A Cockpit or cabin tray concealing the entire chassis is required, and for open cockpit cars where the prototype carried one, a roll bar must be installed. All cars should bear race numbers and other markings reflecting prototype appearances. Guide flags shall not protrude beyond the plane of the nose when viewed from directly above.

A winning or competitive car is a reflection of the builder' s chassis engineering or designing ingenuity. Good car handling, not necessarily absolute speed, is the most important characteristic of a winning car since motor power is tightly controlled and equalized. Because body size, shape, weight distribution, affect individual car handling, many members add lead weight to tune the chassis.

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