2012 TAMIYA VINTAGE OFFROAD NATIONALS • SEPT 15-18TH

[Erich Reichert]

2012 Tamiya Vintage Offroad Nationals

September 14th-16th

Bethel Racearena
500 Whittlesey Dr.
Bethel, CT 06801
USA

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
Tamiya USA
Hitec RCD
Rogue Element Components
Team Associated
Car Action Magazine

Also brought to you by:
Duratrax
Grand Concepts
Hobbico
Racetech Motorsports
Vintageworks
RCTVLive
RC10talk.com
Tekin
Team Losi/TLR
Vintage A&L
Durango
Dynamite
Novak


SCHEDULE
Friday- Open practice from open until close
Saturday- Open practice followed by three rounds of IFMAR qualifying with a resort after each round.
Sunday- Open practice, Concours, Door Prizes, all Mains. Concours for Best Paint, Most Authentic, Best in Show

ENTRY FEE
$40.00 for the first class (includes a race shirt)
$35.00 each additional class
$45.00 for Classic (includes handout Tamiya RS540 black can motor)
$25.00 for Novice class (must be 14 years of age or under)
$5 for Steve Semeraro Memorial Class- also accepting donations. All proceeds donated to the American Diabetes Foundation in Steve's name.

Top five in “A” Mains receive awards
Top three in all other mains receive awards

CLASSES
**All classes are limited to cars produced 1994 and earlier. Contact us for other approvals**
NEW EXHIBITION CLASS!!!
Enter the Steve Semeraro Exhibition Class and win a car kit!!! All proceeds will be donated to the American Diabetes Foundation in Steve's name.


Steve Semeraro Memorial Class (exhibition)
Drivers to take 5 laps around the course using only a Fat Shark vision system with goggles and a camera mounted in our prepared vehicle. The racer with the best overall time will win and the fastest lap will be used as a tiebreaker. The winner will receive a new car kit (to be announced) and the proceeds for the class go be made into a donation to the American Diabetes Foundation in Steve's name! The class will be $5 and we will also take donations for anyone that wants to donate more.

2wd Buggy
27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules).
Radio gear "electronics" are open.
Tires/wheels are open
Li-Po batteries are allowed.


4wd Buggy
10.5 and 13.5 brushless motors only.
Radio gear "electronics" are open.


Stadium Truck
27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules).
Radio gear "electronics" are open.
Tires/wheels are open (including narrow front tires)
Li-Po batteries are allowed.


Heavy Metal
All 1/10 Monster Trucks allowed, 2wd of 4wd, 2ws or 4ws
27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules).
Radio gear "electronics" are open.
Tires/wheels are open (including narrow front tires)
Li-Po batteries are allowed.


Classic
Limited to "non-pro" and entry level cars (Tamiya Hornet, Mauri Ninja, Royal Ripper for example)
All 1/10 Buggies, 2wd or 4wd, 2ws or 4ws allowed
Handout Tamiya RS540 motors only
Radio gear "electronics" are open.
Tires/wheels are open (including narrow front tires)
Li-Po batteries are allowed.


Novice
ALL RACERS MUST BE 14 YEARS OF AGE OR UNDER
Limited to "non-pro" and entry level cars (Tamiya Hornet, Mauri Ninja, Royal Ripper for example)
All 1/10 Buggies, 2wd or 4wd, 2ws or 4ws allowed
Silver can Mabuchi/Johnson 540 motors.
Radio gear "electronics" are open.
Tires/wheels are open (including narrow front tires)
Li-Po batteries are allowed.

Our new website is coming in May! Be sure to visit www.vintageoffroadnationals.com for track info and pictures. Hope to see you all in September for a great weekend of racing, fun and gorgeous New England fall weather!

[Erich Reichert]

We're proud to announce Tamiya as the title sponsor for the 2012 Vintage Offroad Nationals!!! The fine folks at Tamiya have supported the race all 5 years and always donate the best door prizes! Welcome to the 2012 Tamiya Vintage Offroad Nationals!

[farmer]

west coast swing!
west coast swing!
west coast swing!
west coast swing!

if you are real quiet you can hear the chant
farmer

[soniccj5]

Will there be a qualifier on Sunday?

[Brandon G]

Erich, what is the footprint of the new track and what kind of dirt are they using?

[Erich Reichert]

Farmer, I'm working on it but gotta get the East coast thing working solid first

Sonic yes we'll do one on Sunday. I know some of you guys can't make it a weekend and then there are some of us that just need the extra day (like me lol)

Brandon, we're starting on the track now. The footprint will be 50x80 and the dirt we got is just top soil from around here so from my experience it will be hard packed with some loose stuff on top. We used to run IFMAR pins back in the days if it was swept up and step pins when it was deep.

[bearrickster]

can you get us some hotel info? the wife wants to come again this year.

[Erich Reichert]

Rick I'm working on that as we speak. There are five to pick from so I'm trying to get us a good rate. I should have some sort of idea this week.

[bearrickster]

cool thanks

[Erich Reichert]

The Tamiya Vintage Offroad Nationals is proud to announce our first wave of class sponsors for this year. We couldn't be happier to have Car Action, Hitec and Team Associated back onboard this year and welcome Rogue Element Components to the race!

2wd
Rogue Element Components makes by-order-only vintage car parts as well as external slipper adjusters and shock shaft pliers that are second to none.



4wd
No introduction needed for the A Team. Team Associated joins us again this year and has donated some awesome prizes to give away.



Stadium Truck
Hitec RCD is the maker of some of the hobby's best servos and this year we're proud to have them join us again with some awesome door prizes



Classic
Car Action is where you saw it all back in the days and we couldn't be happier to have them back this year. Keep an eye out for the Vonats ad in the August issue of Car Action, online coverage the weekend of the race as well as full race coverage in the magazine after the race!

[kaiser]

how about a vintage oval class? say 2wd conversions popular back in the day.

i'd love to run one of my oldies. got a bbt sprinter and a macallister converted rc10 that can run wedges or edm.

hell, it doesn't even have to be an official class, just get the word out about that sweet oval you guys have.

[Dirtdiver]

I am scheduled to be at a Grand National Cross Country race at Unadilla that weekend, but if I don't go I will bring some dominators for dirt oval action. Will probably race on vintage rubber tires or 20yr old foams.

[Erich Reichert]

We just happen to have an awesome dirt oval there and they race on Sat nights so if you guys want to bring your cars we'd have a blast!

[kaiser]

i just joined dirtoval.com and posted in your thread. can't wait for some lto action.

[Erich Reichert]

The site has gone live!!!

Check out the new home of the Vintage Offroad Nationals at www.vintageoffroadnationals.com

There will be a lot more posted in the days to come including all the past results, videos, images and even a store to buy past years shirts!