Welcome

The Sydney Society of Model Engineers Baja Racing section would like to present the Powerslide Racing Challenge.

This is our new race series that will commence on the 27th of June and run for 5 months with racing taking place on each open day held at the model park.

The exact dates are as follows,

Sunday 27th of June
Sunday 25th of July
Sunday 29th of August
Sunday 26th of Sept
Sunday 31st of Oct

The Model Park is located at 869 Luddenham Road, Luddenham and the hours of operation are 9 am until 5 pm on the listed open days only.

Mike from Powerslide Racing has very generously offered to sponsor this race series and there will be prizes for all categories, the prizes will be announced in due course.

This season we are expanding on our format to include 2 more categories, the Intermediate class and the 4x4 class; previously we had Novice and Open so please have a read of the following class descriptions.

Novice Class The Novice class is aimed at the first time racer or the new 1/5th owner that has just purchased a vehicle and wants to get started.
The vehicles will need to be stock basically straight out of the box, no modifications to engine or exhaust.
They must of course have the compulsory Pico style kill switch installed and a 2.4 GHz Radio with no exceptions.

Intermediate Class The Intermediate class is aimed at the competitor that may have raced one season in the beginner class and they want to step up, its also aimed at the driver who is improving but is not yet confident to step up to the Open class.
Restrictions for this class are none in regards to motor or car mods but they MUST run a stock style exhaust; eg stock 5b or 5t can or X can, no other pipes comply with this class.

Open 2wd Class This is the Baja racers class; there are no restrictions to engine pipe or vehicle.
Obviously everything must be safe of course but its open season for suspension and tires as well.

4x4 Class This is the newest class and it will accommodate the growing trend with the 4x4 vehicles. There are no restrictions to these vehicles just like the Open class.

The SSME Baja Racing section has a strict and un negotiable policy that states that all vehicles must be fitted with 2.4Ghz radio equipment and they must also have a remote kill switch fitted to there vehicle.

These are commonly known as a Pico switch and they will stop the engine running in the event of a radio or receiver problem.

The entire current member base at the model park are compliant with these rules but in saying that, this race series will be open to new comers as we are keen to expand the membership.
Please note that we don’t have Pico switches available at the track but we can guide you in the right direction if required.

We welcome everyone to come along and experience the park and the racing with the standard rule of 3 visits then you become a member, you will be required to sign a visitors book and complete a brief induction before being allowed to operate a vehicle.

The point structure we have in place is the same for all categories; the classes do not over lap and there will be not changing of classes during the season, the class you start in is the class you finish in.

Points will be awarded in the finals only, the heats will act as the qualifying rounds and the top 8 qualifiers become the entrants for the final in each heat.
In the event that a competitor who qualified for the final cannot start on the day we will bump up the 9th qualifier so we have a full grid.

The grid will be a Lemans style with the cars backing on to the pit wall at an angle of 45 degrees to the first corner setup from fastest to slowest running back from the start line.

The DNF rule does not apply in our form of racing, as long as you present and start the final you will receive points for your finishing position regardless of where you may have come.
The points will be awarded correctly based on the information taken from race control.

The points score is as follows,

1st - 25 points
2nd - 20 points
3rd - 16 points
4th - 13 points
5th - 11 points
6th - 9 points
7th - 7 points
8th - 5 points

On any given race day if we don’t have enough starters for separate heats for each class we will combine the Novice and Intermediate contenders together, we may run up to 12 cars as at a maximum and the finishing order will be taken from 1st place down for each class.
The same will apply for the Open and 4x4 class until we have enough members for a full grid in each heat.

Example: You may have 6 Novice and 6 Intermediate in one Final and a Novice driver comes 3rd overall he will actually be placed first in his class and get the full points accordingly.

Race Fees

Yes we do have race fees and they are $15.00 for SSME Members and $25.00 for Visitors, note the visitors will also have park entry of $15.00 to pay for so you can see the advantage in becoming a member ASAP.

Once again please come along and get involved we have a fantastic time and everyone is extremely friendly and helpful.


Prizes for the Powerslide Challenge will be in the form of store credit, we will arrange a unique redemption code for all recipients so there will be no chance of fraudulent claims being made.

The prizes are as follows,

Novice Class
1st Place - $150
2nd Place - $100
3rd Place - $70

Intermediate Class
1st Place - $250
2nd Place - $150
3rd Place - $100

Open 2wd Class
1st Place - $400
2nd Place - $275
3rd Place - $175

Open 4x4 Class
1st Place - $400
2nd Place - $275
3rd Place - $175

Once again I would like to thank Mike and Powerslide Racing for their support and generosity ..

Cheers

Dean

AUSRC.COM would like everyone to join with me in welcoming SPXRacing.com as our latest sponsor.


I have been in discussions with Justin Derry (AUSRC Forum Member - jderry) over the past few weeks, and I would have to say I think he will bring alot to the community.

While I invite Justin to introduce himself, I can confirm a few details.

Address:
SPXRacing (Speed Xtreme Racing)
Showroom 9
14-28 Ivan Street
Arundel, Queensland, 4214
Australia

Phone: +61 (7) 5602 6281
Fax: 61 (7) 5537 1467

Their online store is can be found at http://www.spxracing.com.

As with all of our Sponsors, they have their on section on the forum that can be found here: http://www.ausrc.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=113

Justin has asked me to let everyone know that they are a little behind in the product list, so they only have about 800 products in the system with quantities and pricing still going in. This will happen over the next two days, but there is already alot of products in the system, and everyone will see that they mean business (price wise). They believe that they should be nearly the cheapest in AU and also extremely competitive across the globe.

Additionally, they will be covering every single car they sell with every part, most of which should be in the system by Saturday.

They are also offering anyone who registers with the site in the next 24 hours an immediate upgrade to GOLD status. This means that all the AUSRC members will immediately get up to 10% additional discount (up to as some prices are already extremely cheap and user’s may only get 5% on some items). You will however need to email info@spxracing.com with your username that you used to register, and tell them you are an AUSRC member. This way, anyone who registers will get immediate loyalty and can go back online and get the immediate discounts whilst they are shopping. (you have to be logged in while shopping to see the different prices/discounts)

There is over 200 car kits now in the warehouse with so much parts, and Justin says it’s a little tricky to get them in. They are extremely excited to be a part of the AUSRC group and going forward wish to support the forum and industry as much as they can.

They think they have most of the bugs out of the system (it’s completely custom built as they don’t use open source software), and they integrate directly with the banks for processing. They take Credit cards (pretty well everything) as well as paypal, direct deposit, local pickup etc..

They are online and in production so they can start taking orders immediately.

So as I say, lets welcome them aboard, and hopefully Justin can jump on and give further introductions.

Regards,
Chris.