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An Endurance Race for R/C Cars.

It's a great pleasure for the American Scale Endurance Racing Series [ASERS] to invite you to the 2nd 4 Hours of Salt Lake endurance event. The race is held at the Fastkart (3965 So. 500 W., Salt Lake City, Utah) facility on July 14th, 2007

Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. The race begins at 10 am. Race fees per team is $45. Prizes for classes and overall victory.

This is a history-making event for the r/c world. 4 classes will compete in a 20 car grid for the overall podium as well as class honors. The first time a scale Le Mans grid will line up for 4 hours of team racing excitement. It will be a true test for men and machine.

Visit the ASERS blog today for more information on this ground breaking event.

www.slcf1.com

To visit the inspiration for this series:

http://www.americanlemans.com/home/ALMSHome.aspx

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Here is the current list of classes:

LMP1
190mm maximum width no minimum weight
Any tire on spoked or BBS rim only.
Any electric motor. Any battery.
Must use Tamiya Courage body set built to instructions with no ventilation holes except for the natural inlet below the roll-hoop on the opposite side of the driver. Holes may not be bigger than the printed decal.
Driver helmet/figure must be used and painted.
Tamiya Courage LC70 (TAM51264)

LMP2
190mm maximum width No minimum weight. 2WD solid axle only.
Any foam or rubber TC tire on spoked or BBS rim only.
Any 23T brushed motor or brushless equivalent.
Any 6-cell or Lipo hobby battery.
Must use Tamiya Courage body set built to instructions with no ventilation holes except for the natural inlet below the roll-hoop on the opposite side of the driver. Holes may not be bigger than the printed decal.
Driver helmet/figure must be used and painted.
Tamiya Courage LC70 (TAM51264)

GT1
190mm maximum width Any 4WD chassis. No minimum weight.
Any rubber or foam TC tire on spoked or BBS rim only.
Any 19T electric motor brushed or brushless equivalent.
Any 6-cell or Lipo hobby battery.
7 190mm bodies approved in honor of making this a true GT class:
Saleen S7R (HPI #7369)
Lamborghini Murcielago (HPI #7377)
Nissan 350Z Nismo GT (HPI#7385)
Aston Martin DB-7 (Proline #PL3155) – Non stock wing may be added
Corvette C5-R or C6-R if available.
Ferrari 430 or 360 Modena - Tamiya, Protoform,
or HPI Acura NSX GT either HPI or Tamiya.
195mm maximum width optional Touring Car wing can be used in GT1. This must look and be mounted in a scale appearance.
Only Driver side window may be removed for ventilation.

GT2 Porsche Cup
190mm maximum width No minimum weight.
2WD rear-wheel drive solid axle only.
Any rubber or foam TC tire on spoked or BBS rim only.
Any 540 silver can only. Any 6-cell or Lipo hobby battery.
HPI Porsche 911 Turbo 190mm body set (HPI #7335).
Only Driver side window may be removed for ventilation.

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Current Teams:

LMP2
#04 Team Professor - Lola Mazda
23T brushed/Lipo/F103GT

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Current Teams:

LMP2
#06 - Team Benske - Porsche RS Spyder
23T brushed/NiMH/F103GT

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GT1

#01 - Team HRP
TC5/Brushless 4300/Lipo

Defending champs Ed and Jason have their shell choice hidden from the masses. This team won last year but not without challenges. During the event the silver part of the deans connector got so hot it pulled out of the housing during a battery change. Good luck in a field full of GT1 cars chasing after the title.

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GT1

#03 - Team Kendall - Saleen
TA04/Checkpoint 19T/NiMH/Sorex

Team Kendall came fully prepared but not to change the motor 4 times! They fought hard to get on the podium with their TA04 chassis. But the Team is determined to produce results this year with the same chassis but stronger Checkpoint motor in the chassis this time.

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5 more teams to post in GT1... Tomorrow perhaps.

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GT1

Team Name:Wasatch R/C
Driver #1 - Rod Borget
Driver #2 - Matt Lund
Chassis: TC4
Motor: Novak 4300 (19t Equivalent)
Speedo: GTB
Body: undecided
Battery: Orion 4800
Tire: Undecided

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Local hobby shop West Valley Hobbies is adding to the prize package for the 4 Hours of Salt Lake.

slcf1

iTrader: (8)

Hi Matt,

I will post your questions with answers in both places for everyone to read.

1. We would love the help. We've been doing this for a while so I think just helping unload the gear or hanging a banner or two but there's not much else to do.

2. Yes, you do need your own driver stand. We have been using a metal stand that's 16" off the ground and enough for one person to stand on at a time. Several people use their pit boxes. Some bring small 2-3 step ladders but those always seem unbalanced. Everyone will be on the sidewalk on the north side of the parking lot. The pit compound will be on the east or west side depending on what you prefer. Many prefer the east side.

3. We are not planning on A/C power being provided. But that could change if needed. Wisperlight generators are $75 a day and they output 400 amps. That would be a nice solution if you guys plus everyone else needs the power.

4. Everything is repair-able (if that's a word). You can replace everything during the event. And let's hope there is very little replacing. You may also have a T-car (spare) ready to go but it's entrance into the race must be announced to the ASERS Race Director (me) but must be inspected prior to the race and wear the same shell that was entered into the race.

I will be handing out number stickers in the morning. I still need everyone's AMB number. I'm sorry about the 100º forecast but last year we ran in May and for some strange Utah reason it was 90º+ that day too.



On 7/11/07, Matthew Lund wrote:

Ben, a couple of questions for you:

1. Rod and I would like to come early and help with setup if you feel that would be beneficial. What time do you think you'll begin the setup?

2. I heard that we're responsible for driver stands. Is this the case. Out of curiosity, will people setup their driver stands at any point around the outside of the track (such as next to their pit pavilion) or will we be putting them all in one location?

3. Will A/C power be available and is there any concern of tripping breakers due to 4892847 chargers running at once? J At the moment Rod and I don't have access to a generator so we'd like to begin to make plans to find one if need be.


4. My impression for what can be changed out on the car during pits is that most anything can be swapped out. If a motor burns out we can swap it, if a chassis breaks (heaven forbid) we could change it, etc. But simply swapping the entire car for a backup car is not permitted if I'm guessing right. Could you confirm?


Thanks!

Matt Lund (Team Wasatch R/C)

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Team "Benske" Porsche RS Spyder

The body is not complete but close. See you Saturday for 4 Hours of endurance racing!

Car: #6
Driver 1: JF McCrea
Driver 2: Ben Parker
Chassis: Tamiya F103GT
Motor: 23T
Tire: undecided.
Battery: NiMH
Radio: KO Propo

slcf1

iTrader: (8)

Here we go! See you all bright and early.

Good luck everyone.

Greg Sharpe

iTrader: (15)

Somebody take pictures, LOTS and LOTS of pictures!!!!

slcf1

iTrader: (8)

Hi Greg,

I will start assembling the photos. There was a photographer/racer at the event. Plus a dedicated photog that would of raced but wanted to shoot which was cool.

There are some posted already on www.utahrc.com

And you can always be updated from our blog as to ASERS news etc.. http://www.slcf1.com/blog/asers.html

I will make a flicker album or something like it here soon.

slcf1

iTrader: (8)

http://picasaweb.google.com/ASERS07/...OfSaltLake2007

Hi Greg, here are some of the photos. More to come... a lot more.