Upcoming Race: G.A.S. MINI Cooper Invitational IV

HO Tjet racers:

Sunday, April 13, 2008:

The tradition returns for it's 4th consecutive year!

Yes, I'm running it again...

This will be a VHORS-type race with a twist:
All cars entered will have to meet VHORS Super Stock rules (shootout rules)
All cars must have a MINI COOPER body. Can be new-style MINI or classic Mini. Your choice.
All chassis must be short wheelbase (unless you somehow found a long wheelbase MINI body).
Standard enduro race format, 3 min heats.
There will be an IROC warm-up race (2 min heats). I'll supply 4 cars matched to the lane colors…
(Yep, these will be MINIs too!)
There will be a $5 entry fee to cover food, drinks, snacks…and a trophy/plaque for the winner :-)
***Overall winner gets the trophy based on cumulative laps & sections added together from the 2 races***

New for this year: Event T-shirts! High quality ash grey pocket t-shirt with small design printed on the pocket, and large color graphic (as seen above) on the back! Pricing to be determined soon!

AND - because space at my track is tight, I'm limiting this to the first *12* racers!

Jack Rutherford (Fandango Racing) makes what seems to be the best modern MINI Cooper body.
(Note: Jack doesn't currently have the MINI on his website, but he assures me that he still casts this body)

Classic Mini bodies are available from MEV and are in-stock at NJ Nostalgia Hobby.

If you have trouble getting a MINI body, I'll have some available for loan, and I'm sure other racers will too… :-)

I also plan to have an open practice session a week or 2 before the race…

For those who have not yet visited my track, it's a Maxtrack. The slot depth is similar to classic Tjet lock & joiner track, so long pins will not work.

VHORS Rules are posted here: http://vintagehoracing.mr-bigstuff.com/rules/

I only have room for 12 racers, so here's the lineup:

1. PaulGraz -- Orange Fandango MINI Cooper S
2. Mario "The Chief" Pisano -- Lime Green Fandango MINI Cooper S
3. JoeRinn -- Fandango MINI Cooper S
4. Ian F. -- Fandango MINI Cooper S
5. Kevin "Big Mac" McEvoy -- Orange/Black Fandango MINI Cooper S
6. Henry Harnish -- Yellow/Blue Fandango MINI Cooper S
7. (Surprise Visitor from out of town)
8. Rich "LeMans" Lemence -- Fandango MINI Cooper S (and you can bet it'll be fast)
9. Rob Sr -- MEV Classic Mini
10. Gerard/Eric Christensen -- Red Fandango MINI Cooper S
11. Tony Kurdzuk -- GrazBros Rent-a-MINI Fandango MINI Cooper S
12. John Gero -- Fandango MINI Cooper S


*ROUGH* SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY:

8:00am, Doors open for practice - practice will be timed so that everyone gets on the track
10:00am, Practice ends. Qualifying Starts. Then IROC race starts.
11:30pm, (or whenever race ends) - break for lunch
12:00pm, Main event starts

Once again - the overall winner will go home with a trophy! This is the 2007 trophy! (Italian Job IROC cars not included):