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Track Rules

Fantasy World Racing is a Radio Controlled On-Road Car Racing Club.  Fantasy World Hobbies sponsors the club, but club members that also happen to work for Fantasy World Hobbies are not being paid while acting as race officials.

If you have any pictures or would like to write a review or story about anything R/C, you may e-mail it to fantasyworldracing@att.net for submission. If you have a picture of your car, please include a brief description of it including what company made the car and what electronics and hop ups you are using and what type of body is on it. If it is suitable for posting, it will be added to our web sight. This web sight is being provided to the club for free and we have a limited amount of space so not everything will make it on the web page right away. The pictures, reviews, and stories may only be posted for a limited time.

We are here to have fun. The following rules are designed to create a fun and fair atmosphere for the race participants.

Fantasy World Racing Rules

General Information:

When and where do you race?

The races are held during the summer on every Sunday that has good weather. Water on the track not only limits traction but can also destroy the electronics in the car. We race in the parking lot in front of Fantasy World Hobbies at 1909 S. 72nd Street, Tacoma, WA 98408. We do not race in the rain or wet pavement, please check the weather.

About the track

The track is made with 2.5-inch PVC pipe in a parking lot. The track size varies depending on the layout that we choose but usually takes up a 100-by-80 foot section of the parking lot.

Sign-ups and lap counting are controlled by AMBrc transponders and Autoscore for Windows software.  Personal AMBrc Direct-Powered transponders may be used.

Limited power is available for club races,  more will be available for Trophy races (i.e. we only have a few plugs, one is for the computer and the rest supply power via an extension cord and power strips to the racers. Too many chargers plugged into the same line may prevent some chargers from working.)

Fantasy World stocks a supply of parts for all your favorite brands in case of any mechanical problems.

Food is available from many nearby restaurants.

What type of races, and how much does it cost?

We run 2 or 3 qualifying rounds followed by mains.  If we complete the first 2 rounds of qualifying by 2:00 pm we will run a 3rd round of qualifying.  There are 2 minutes between each race.  If you are not ready on time, the race will start without you.  The class specifications and race times are listed at the bottom of this page.  

We will run any of the classes of vehicle listed below as long as at least four of that type of vehicle shows up.  We will do everything possible to allow any novice entries to run regardless of how many show up.  If there are not enough of a specific class of vehicle or your vehicle is not listed, they can run in the LeMans class as long as it ends up with a total of 4 cars running in that class.  We will not run vehicles that are potentially hazardous on our open track.  The only vehicle that is currently banned is the 1/8 scale off road Monster Trucks.  On a regular basis, we run Gas and Electric Novice, 13.5 brushless, Open Mod, Gas Sedan, and Trans Am..

Cost is $10.00 for the first class and $5.00 for additional classes.  If you show up late and miss some of the qualifying heats, the full sign-up fee still applies.

Prizes, in the form of a number of dollar-off coupons called Bonus Bucks good at Fantasy World Hobbies, are awarded to the top three drivers (including the B's and lower) whose cars were running under their own power while crossing the timing loop after the time for that race elapsed.  First place will receive 5 Bonus Bucks, second place will receive 3 Bonus Bucks, and third place will receive 2 Bonus Bucks.  If you bump up, you give up your Bonus Bucks for that main. (i.e.  Normally in the B-main, 1st place bumps up, 2nd place gets 5 Bonus Bucks, 3rd gets 3, and 4th gets 2.)

When can I practice?

The track builders usually show up around 8:00 AM and start setting up the track (any help is welcome).  As soon as the track is complete, it will be opened for practice.  The track will be closed at 10:45 AM.

Do I have to enter a race to try my car on the track?

From 10:45 to 11:00 AM the track will be available (as in we will kick the fast guys off the track) so spectators can try their vehicles on the track.  We reserve the right to prevent vehicles that we deem potentially hazardous from driving on the track.

When do the races start?

Signups will close for the first qualifier at 10:45 AM, any drivers signing up after 10:45 will be added to the qualifiers after the first round is complete.  There will be a drivers meeting at 11:00 AM and the races will start immediately after.

What do I need to bring?

The only thing we supply is limited power, the track, and a spot on the asphalt.  Unless you want to sit on that spot of asphalt you should bring a table and chairs.  If you have one available, a tarp for shade always comes in handy.  There is a limited supply of extension cords and power strips, bringing your own is also recommended.  You should also bring food or money for food, race entry fees, drinking water, a small container to put your trash in, and your car and any equipment you need to keep it running.

Specific Rules.

No Profanity!

Please watch your language.  We do have children racers.  Also, we don’t want to discourage the spectators from trying out our hobby.  We want to project a friendly atmosphere that welcomes new people.

Clean up after yourself

Leave your pit area clean.  Pick up all the garbage that you brought.  If we leave the parking lot a mess, we may not be able to use the parking lot any more. Garbage is defined as anything that was not there when you arrived. Including but not limited to food or beverage containers, zip ties you cut from your car, parts of car bodies that came off, backing from the car number stickers, duct tape from the track, and cigarette butts.

Smoking and Drinking

Please limit your smoking to your pit area. Do not smoke around Pit Central, when corner marshalling, or on the drivers stand.  Please bring an ashtray or some other receptacle for your cigarette butts so they do not end up on the ground.  Please refrain from Alcohol or other drug consumption during the races.

Corner Marshaling

All racers will be expected to corner marshal the race after the one that they are scheduled to participate in.  The exception to this is the Novice racers will corner each other and not the rest of the classes.  Even if you do not race, because of a broken car, dead battery, or any other reason, you will still be expected to corner marshal. Any exception to this rule (such as running two cars in back to back races or helping with the lap counting) must be cleared with the race officials. If for any reason, the race official thinks you do not have a valid reason for not corner marshaling and you do not corner marshal, that race official may disqualify you from receiving some or all of the bonus bucks.

When you are corner marshaling:

• Watch the area you are cornering, not the race.
• Do not run across the track to get a car in someone else’s area. Someone might need you in your area when you are gone.
• Try to get to the cars that need help as soon as possible but do not step in front of, or impede in any way, the cars that are still racing. Wait for them to pass before walking onto the track.
• If a car breaks, take it off the track, do not sit on the track trying to repair it.
• Do not spend more that a few seconds (enough to snap back on a tie rod) with a broken car (and only if you can pay attention to your area of the track at the same time)
• Corner marshals are not required to handle cars that have their throttle on. If a car is upside down and the driver has the throttle on, step back from the car, look up at the drivers stand, and wait for them to stop the car. (note: some gas cars may seem to be on the throttle because of air in the fuel line caused by being upside down. Use your own judgment and be careful.)
• Handle the cars with care.
• Keep both feet on the ground. If you have to jump over the cars, you should have waited for them to go by first. Landing with all your weight on a car will cause more damage to you and the car than having the driver wait a few more seconds for you to get to their car.
• Do not block the line of sight from the drivers stand to the track.
• Corner marshals may be penalized for not paying attention to their area. As long as you are trying to get a car back into the race and you are not impeding any car that is still in the race, you are doing your job, don’t worry about what the drivers say.  The driver of the car is responsible for keeping their car on the track, not you.  You are there to help the drivers recover from their own mistakes.
• Drivers may be penalized for unnecessary yelling at the corner marshals or other drivers, or for using profanity when they crash.

During Practice

• Radios must have a frequency pin attached to the antenna when on, even in the pit area. If you do not have the proper frequency pin, the radio must be turned off. When you are done using your radio, turn it off and return the frequency pin to the board.
• Do not walk across the track.
• Be careful when testing your car off of the track. You could hurt someone or you could get your car run over by a real car.

Before the races

• When the sign-ups are opened, sign-up as soon as possible. The faster we get this done the faster the races will get started.
• After the sign-ups are closed, pay attention for your name to be called. If your name is called, there is a problem with your entry. Either, there is no one else in your class, your car number needs to be changed, or you have the same frequency as someone else. If the car or frequency number conflict cannot be resolved, the person that signed in first will be allowed to keep the frequency that they signed in with.

During the races

• NO RADIOS ARE TO BE ON IN THE PIT AREA OR IN THE PARKING LOT DURING THE QUALIFYING HEATS OR MAINS. Only the racers participating in a race are allowed to have their radios on. Do not turn on your radio even if you check to make sure none of the racers are using your frequency.
• Once a frequency is assigned to you, do not change it without FIRST informing a race official so any conflicts can be avoided.
• Do not yell at the corner marshals other that saying "Corner" to get their attention. You are the one that got stuck, it’s not the corner marshals fault.
• Do not walk in front of or talk to the computer operator. They are keeping score of the laps and need to keep an eye on the cars that are racing.
• When you race is finished, turn off your radio and car, return the transponder, and get back out to the track to corner marshal as soon as possible.
• We have a limited time to get all the races done. If you are in the next race make sure your car is ready to go (i.e. fresh battery). When the previous race is complete, we will be lining up the next race immediately. If your car isn’t on the track within a reasonable time (2 minutes for electric, 4 minutes for gas), the race will start without you. As soon as you are ready, you may join the race in progress.

After the races

• Help take down the track. Prizes will not be handed out until the track is put away, prizes will only be awarded to drivers that are present after the track is put away.
• Clean up your area and the track area (especially any food containers or cigarette butts).

Car class rules

These rules are design to keep the total cost of racing down to a minimum, and allow all the cars to be competitive within their class. The better driver should have the advantage, not the one with the most money.

10th Scale Novice Electric
Motor: ROAR approved Stock motor
Tires: Rubber tires
Body: No Limits but we recommend a body you can use in a class once you move out of Novice.
Chassis: Must be 1/10th scale or smaller.  We recommend that you use something that works in another class when you move up. 
Batteries: Any hard-cased 7.4 V. Lipo battery, or any 6 cell NiMH or similar battery.
Race Length: 5 min quals and mains

10th Scale Novice Gas
Engine: .12 3 port recommended, any ready to run under .21 will work but be careful with the speed until you get control of the car.
Tires: Rubber or Foam
Body: No Limits but we recommend a body you can use in a class once you move out of Novice.
Chassis: Must be 1/10 scale or smaller.  We recommend that you use something that works in another class when you move up. 
Race Length: 5 min quals and mains

10th Scale Stock
Motor: ROAR approved Stock brushed motor 
Tires: Rubber
Body: 4 door Sedan type body, we don't require ROAR approved bodies but recommend you take a look at their list.
Chassis: 4wd belt or shaft
Batteries: Any hard-cased 7.4 V. Lipo battery, or any 6 cell NiMH or similar battery.
Race Length: 6 min quals and mains

10th Scale 13.5 Brushless
Motor: ROAR approved 13.5 brushless
Tires: Rubber
Body: 4 door Sedan type body, we don't require ROAR approved bodies but recommend you take a look at their list.
Chassis: 4wd belt or shaft
Batteries: Any hard-cased 7.4 V. Lipo battery, or any 6 cell NiMH or similar battery.
Race Length: 8 min quals and mains

10th Scale 19T/10.5 Brushless
Motor: ROAR approved 19T motor or ROAR approved 10.5 brushless
Tires: Rubber
Body: 4 door Sedan type body, we don't require ROAR approved bodies but recommend you take a look at their list.
Chassis: 4wd belt or shaft
Batteries: Any hard-cased 7.4 V. Lipo battery, or any 6 cell NiMH or similar battery.
Race Length: 6 min quals and mains

10th Scale Open Mod
Motor: ROAR approved  brushed or brushless
Tires: Rubber
Body: 4 door Sedan type body, we don't require ROAR approved bodies but recommend you take a look at their list.
Chassis: 4wd belt or shaft
Batteries: Any hard-cased 7.4 V. Lipo battery, or any 6 cell NiMH or similar battery.
Race Length: 5 min quals and mains

10th Scale Gas Sedan
Engine: .12 3 port
Tires: Rubber or Foam
Body: 4 door Sedan type body, we don't require ROAR approved bodies but recommend you take a look at their list.
Chassis: 4wd belt or shaft
Race Length: 5 min quals and b-mains or lower.  The A-main will be determined based on the number of entries for that day.  3 to 5 entries gets a 5 minute A-main,  6 to 8 entries gets a 10 minute A-main, and 9 or more entries gets a 15 minute A-main.

Vintage Trans-Am
The rules are based on the national rules available here: http://www.usvintagetransam.com/
The Fantasy World version of the rules are:

Body Specifications:

HPI part numbers:
17510 - 1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda
17519 - 1966 Ford Mustang GT
17508 - 1965 Ford Shelby GT-350
7494 - 1968 Chevrolet Camaro

Parma part numbers:
10143 - 1969 Z28 Camaro
10141 - 1970 Boss Mustang
10113 - 1970 'Cuda

Pegasus Hobbies part numbers:
PGH4001 - 1970 Camaro SS
PGH4002 - 1970 'Cuda
PGH4003 - 1970 Mustang

Allowable motor setups:
1. ROAR approved 13.5 brushless with a minimum FDR of 6.2.
2. ROAR approved 17.5 brushless with a minimum FDR of 4.2.
3. ROAR approved 27T stock motor with FDR to be determined.
4. ROAR approved 21.5 brushless with a minimum FDR of 4.0.
5. Silver Can with no gear restrictions.

Minimum weight of 1500 grams.

Any hard-cased 7.4 V. Lipo battery, or any 6 cell NiMH battery.

The allowable tires are the HPI Vintage Racing D compound tires. Either the treaded version or the new slicks.  Tires must be mounted on unmodified HPI rims designed for the HPI Vintage tires.

Four Wheel Drive touring car chassis only

5 minute qualifiers, and 8 minute mains.  All starts, in both qualifying and mains, are heads-up.

12th Scale Stock
Motor: Club races ROAR approved 13.5 or 19T.  For the Summer Sizzler 2008 the drivers will attempt to agree on a single motor size, which might not be either 13.5 or 19T.  It is being discussed on the FWR and Summer Sizzler threads here: http://www.rctech.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=50
Tires: Foam
Body: Standard 12th scale, take a look the the ROAR list of approved bodies for possibilities.
Chassis: 2wd pan
Batteries: 4 cell NiMH or similar battery.
Race Length 8 min quals and mains.

LeMans Class (not a class option for the Summer Sizzler)
This class allows multiple classes to run together as well as any cars that show up without specific class rules
Motor: ROAR approved.
Batteries: Any hard-cased 7.4 V. Lipo battery, or any 6 cell NiMH or similar battery.
Race Length: 6 minute quals and mains.

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