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1/18 Vendetta SC Class: The truck must be box stock in appearance
except you can custom paint a body. 1.Suspension You must use the stock Vendetta shocks
and springs. No option springs will be allowed. If you wish you can superglue the shock bottoms to prevent leaks. 2.Transmitter/Reciever You can use either the stock Tactic 2.4 radio or your own personal radio
and reciever. 3.Motor and electronics The stock motor, esc, and servo must be used. 4.Wheels and tires Must remain stock. 5.Gearing Stock
45t spur must be used. Drivers have a choice between 2 pinions the stock 12t or a 11t. 6.Battery Must be a Duratrax 1600 Lipo(part# DTXC1855 or DTXC1856) 1600 NIMH packs are okay but must be limited to 1600mah. 7.Option Parts These are the only option parts allowed on the Vendetta SC, these parts
are only being allowed to upgrade the durability of the truck not for performance purposes: -Ball Diffs front and
rear. part# DTXC7348 -CVD's front and rear part#DTXC7294 -Turnbuckles part#DTXC9814 -Servo brace part#DTXC8813
New Indy R/C Gran Turismo Rules: Chassis Rules: Chassis will be a complete stock slash with all of the current stock slash rules in place. All parts must be stock with
allowance of rpm after market parts if desired as long as they are the same as stock parts.
SHOCKS MUST
BE LIMITED!! Limitting of the shocks is a MANDATORY RULE and will be checked spontaniously.
Front
shocks can only have a MAXIMUM travel length from center of top bolt to center of bottom bolt of 2.75 inches
Rear shocks can only have a MAXIMUM travel length from center of top bolt to center of bottom bolt
of 3.25 inches
(if you are running the JamAir Shock Stops the first and second hole are all that are allowed for
setting)
This rule is in place to protect the integrity of the class and to put the "truck" into a more
suited "on road" form. This is not a grey area nor is it negotiable.
BATTERY RULES: Any ROAR approved Lipo is allowed up to a MAX of a 50c Rating.
BODY RULES: Body
must be the Protoform 1/8th scale PF8-GT.
Body must be cut to all of the cut lines in the form....This includes
the wing!
APPEARANCE RULES: Body must have headlight, grills, and tail light decals
on that were supplied with it.
There must be a white number panel on each side no smaller than 2.5 inches by 2.5
inches with black numbers. (Indy Slots will have these in stock and each entrant will receive 2 free of charge if you decide
not to paint them on.)
A Indy R/C Gran Turismo windshield decal must be in place.
(Indy Slots will have these in stock and each entrant will receive one free of charge.)
These rules have been set
into place to keep the appearance of an actual Japanese Gran Turismo class. Please respect all of the rules and lets have
some fun racing!!!! 1/10 2WD Stock Slash Class:
1.)
Truck must be a 2WD Traxxas Slash 2.) Battery - Any 2 cell Lipo or 6-7 cell NiMH allowed 3.) Motor - Must be Traxxas
Titan 12T 550 motor 4.) Electronics - Must be Traxxas XL-5 ESC and #2075 Servo, but can be any radio/reciever combo. 5.) Shocks - Must be stock Traxxas Slash shocks and springs (You may use any weight shock oil and aluminium caps). 6.) Gearing - Any 48 pitch spur and pinion combination. 7.) Body - Any short course body that covers all 4 wheels when
looking down on the truck. 8.) Must use only Traxxas Slash parts except the following: RPM front and rear shock towers,
A-arms, and hub carriers (Integy hubs are also allowed). 9.) Tires - Must be box stock Slash tires and wheels.
No modifying of stock tires is permitted, ex: No siping or shaving. S1 compound tires are not allowed. 10.) Anything
not listed above is not legal in this class.
1/10 Short Course Truck Class:
1.) Any readily available 2WD short course
truck is allowed 2.) Battery - Any 2 cell Lipo or 6-7 cell NiMh 3.) Motor - Any brand 1/10th scale Brushed or Brushless
motor 4.) Electronics must be 1/10 scale 5.) Body - Any short course body that covers all 4 wheels when looking
down on the truck. 6.) Tires - Must be a 1/10th short course tire. You may use any tire that comes with a stock
kit or you may choose one of these five: Jconcepts Goosebumps, Proline Bowties or Calibers, Hot Boddies Mega Grids or
AKA Enduros.
1/10th Expert Open 4x4 Short Course Truck Class:
1.) The same rules as in the 1/10 Short Course Trucks will apply except all trucks must be a 4x4 WD version. 2.) No 1/8 scale parts, tires, motors, ESC are permitted.
1/10th 2WD Buggy Class:
1.) Manufacturer - Any 2WD 1/10 Buggy 2.) Motor - Open (must be 1/10th scale) 3.) Electronics - Open (must be 1/10th scale) 4.) Body - Any buggy body (wing must be mounted pre-race) 5.) Battery
- Any 2 cell Lipo or 6-7 cell NiMh 6.) Tires - Any manufacturer 1/10 scale buggy tire and wheel combo )must run front
on front and rear on rear)
1/10 Stadium Truck Class:
1.)
Same rules as in the 1/10 scale buggy class will apply to the 1/10 Scale Stadium Truck class less the wing and tire rules. 2.) Tires - Any 2.2 size stadium truck tire (Foam or Rubber) with any tread pattern.
1/18th Indy Mini Sprints: Must
be 1/18th Losi Mini Sprint and ran completely stock with the exception of the following:1.) You may run any 1/18th scale after market schocks 2.) You may run any 6 cell NIMH or a Duratrax 1600
mah 2 cell 20c lipo (available at Indy Slots) 3.) Top wing is not permitted, front wing is optional 4.) Hood must
be mounted at all times. Driver and tail section must be mounted pre-race 5.) Staggered tire is optional but you
can only run one and it must be mounted in the stock position 6.) Mudd covers are optional 7.) You may use the radio
and receiver combo of your choice but the receiver must be mounted in stock position 8.) Must run the battery in stock
position 9.) Must run stock spur gear, pinions are limited to 16t, 17t and 18t 10.) There is to be no weight added
to the car 11.) Ride height minimum is 1/4 in. 12.) Stock Losi brushes only 13.) There is to be no modification
to any part of the car or chassis and only stock Losi parts are to be used with the exception of the above mentioned 14.)
Any of the top three cars on any night can have their motor claimed for the cost of what Indy Slots has the motor for on that
day 15.) If it has not been mentioned in these rules, then it is not legal 16.) The race director has the final
say on all rules and racing matters
These rules are in place to protect a stock class that has been designed to
allow the new racer or any racer for that matter to take the car out of the box and with a few setup changes will be competitive.
1/10th Slider Class:
Must be a 1/10th Losi Slider 1.) Must
run the battery in stock position 2.) Tires must be Losi slider rubber tires, must use stock inserts 3.) Top wing
is not permitted, front wing is optional 4.) Any 13.5 brushless motor is permitted. You have a choice of these ESC's
Novak GTB (1710, 1711), Havoc (1733, 1735, 1732), or XBR (1720) 5.) The Battery must be a Orion 2400 Rocket Pack (25c)6.)Ride height must be 1/2 in. or higher7.)Team
Associated Caster blocks are legal.
Mini Cooper Class:Any Tamiya M03, M05 or M04 chassis car that uses the 60D size tire or smaller. Tamiya
Hop-Ups only. No chassis lightening allowed. Current TAMIYA Mini bodies available for the M03 and M05 are legal.
M04 cars must use M04 bodies that use 60D tires Tamiya 60D tires and wheels only (50683, 50684, 53254 and 53340). Stuffing tires with inserts to create a "ballooned" tire, and producing overdrive is not legal. Tire diameter
limit will be limited to 60mm. The Tamiya 540-J motor (53689) is the motor that must be used for the 2010 season It is legal to use the maximum pinion gear size on all front-drive and rear drive Mini cars. I.E. 20-tooth on the M03/M05
and 21-tooth on the M04. Any Tamiya plastic or aluminum hop-up damper may be used Any Tamiya short or regular
size hop-up spring may be used. The use of LIPO batteries is permitted in this class, but due to the battery compartment
having a rounded profile, the only legal LIPOs for this class must have a rounded hard case. I.E. Orion/Peak 2400, 3200, and
3400 Carbon Edition hard cased batteries, Reedy 2400 and 3400 stick LIPOs. Modifying the M-chassis to fit other hard case
LIPO batteries is not permitted. Note: New batteries released in the future that have a rounded hard case and have larger
capacities will be permitted. There is no mAH or C rating limit. All Lipos must be 7.4 Volt 2S-1P configurations. Drilling
extra vent holes to the wheels is illegal. All M-chassis cars must meet a minimum weight of 1250 grams. Motor
RPM Limits will be imposed to match out of the box performance. RPM numbers TBD. It is forbidden to crank the timing
on the 540-J motor physically or through the use of rare earth magnets.VTA
(Vintage Trans Am):Rules updated 01.01.10. All rules subject to change and expansion should need arise. THESE RULES EFFECTIVE 09.01.2010Body Specifications:Late '60s to early
'70s American pony car Vintage Trans-Am bodies only.Bolink part numbers:BL2262 '68 Chevrolet CamaroBL2263 '65
Ford MustangHPI part numbers:17510 - 1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda17519 - 1966 Ford Mustang GT17508 - 1965 Ford Shelby GT-3507494 - 1968 Chevrolet CamaroParma part numbers:10143 -
1969 Z28 Camaro10141 - 1970 Boss Mustang10113 - 1970 'CudaPegasus
Hobbies part numbers:PGH4001 - 1970 Camaro
SSPGH4002 - 1970 'CudaPGH4003
- 1970 MustangDriver Figure part numbers (ANY suitable 1/10 driver figure
is legal-these are readily availableexamples)Associated6180
Driver, unpainted, 1:10McAllister#423 Stock Interior and Driver#419 SPRINT CAR DRIVERBody provided deck lid spoilers allowed
(not wings). No additional skirts or raised/extended wings orair control
surfaces allowed. Body must be trimmed at body trim lines. Full rear bumper required. It ishighly preferred that bodies are detailed in race type livery in period-correct paint schemes. Fluorescentcolors, wild graphics, chromes and non-period correct paint schemes are frowned upon. All
cars musthave a number on the hood, both doors and trunk lid. Wheel covers of any type are NOT allowed.All cars must include a driver figure consisting of at least a head and shoulders.Tire & Wheel Specifications:The
only tires allowed are HPI tire part #4793 front and #4797 rear, using stock tire inserts providedwith tire and any HPI Vintage wheels designed to fit these tires. All other tires and/or part numbers areillegal. Five or Eight spoke wheels available in various colors. 0mm offset front wheels
and 6mm offsetrear wheels are intended for 26mm width fronts and 31mm width
rear tires. 8-spoke Vintage wheelsfrom #3805 through #3814, 5-spoke Vintage
wheels from #3815 through #3822 and Vintage stock carwheels from #3854
through #3860, Vintage Wheel CC Type #33472 and #33473, Vintage Wheel DTPType
#33474 and #33475 are all legal wheels.Grinding of tire tread is NOT permitted.
Sanding of mold seam to remove seam is allowed. HPIVintage Slicks and HPI
Vintage Performance Tires are not allowed. Tire traction compounds are at thediscretion
of the track. No other altering, changing or softening of the tire is allowed. No "doublestuffing" of foam inserts allowed—only single stock vintage tire inserts are allowed.Chassis Specification:Four Wheel Drive touring car chassis only. Any era or brand 4wd chassis is allowed.Motor
Specifications:25.5 brushless with 2C LiPo: Novak SS25.5 Pro brushless
motor (pn:TBA) or Ballistic 25.5(pn:6625) ONLY combined with any ROAR-approved hard-cased 2C 7.4v LiPo pack up to and including 5000 mAh capacity. Novak motors are the ONLY motor allowed at this time. All
housetrack rules regarding LiPo usage apply. Only physical motor timing
advance is allowed. 12.3 mmrotor diameter only (no "tuning" rotors
are allowed, only stock Novak rotors allowed).Approved ESCs:Novak- GTB series part numbers:1710,
1711Havoc series part numbers:1732, 1733, 1735Slyder part number: 1712XBR (DISCONTINUED) part number:1720LRPA.i. Brushless Reverse part numbers:
LRP80100, LRP80150Battery Specifications:2 cell ROAR-approved LiPo hard cased, 5000 mAh limitRide
Height Specification:Minimum ride height is 5mm.Weight Specification:Minimum 1550g in race-ready trimRace Specification:- 5 minute qualifiers- 8 minute mains- Absolutely NO IFMAR-type
starts. All heats and mains should be straight-up starts, with randomsorts
for each heat. Non random sorts should shuffle starting order for each heat.Optional
Main Variations: - 12-20 car A-mains, depending on car counts.- Invert qualifying order based on random hat pull (top 6-10 cars).- "LeMans" type starts where all cars are lined up on an angle to the racing line in order.- Run track in reverse rotation for mains.-
Rolling startsMOST IMPORTANTLY: If it's not in the rules, and does not encompass the spirit of slower,controlled racing with realistic looking cars, consider
it illegal. This is called the "Spirit of VTA" Rule. The class is based
on slower, equal playing field competition with less traction, minimalaerodynamic
aids and mostly older carpet racing technology. The final objective is close, fair,wheel-to-wheel
racing for all. All decisions of the race promoter or track owner are final.
United States RC Bombers (USRCB) / Bomber Class Rules & Specifications: (Developed
by Chuck Ray) Chassis Specifications: Any 1/10 four wheel
drive touring car with a minimum ride height of 5mm and minimum weight of 1500g.
Body
Specifications: Pre 1964 American hot rod car bodies only (no trucks, jeeps, etc, just cars).
McCallister part numbers: 181 - 57‘ Ford Bomber 182 - 55’ Chevy Bomber
Parma part numbers: 10133 - 49’ Mercury 10242 - 41’ Willy’s 10162 - 57’ Chevy Bel Air 10126 - 56’
Chevy Nomad 10196 - 61’ Chevy Impala 10152 - Gangster (rear wheel wells must be cut out)
*More
bodies to be added as they become available or presented for approval.
Bodies must be painted in period correct
style’s and schemes with numbers on both drivers and passenger side doors while roof numbers are optional. Any
colors are allowed but please keep in the theme of the pre 1960’s stock car racing and local race tracks. No wings,
wheel covers or other body alterations are allowed. All bodies must be trimmed to stock body lines provided by manufacturer.
Wheel wells may be cut to fit chassis to prevent tire rub.
A great source for paint scheme inspiration can
be found at the following web site: http://www.ckdeluxemag.com
Tire & Wheel Specifications: Front Tires - HPI 4793 only
with stock inserts (no stuffing) Back Tires - HPI 4797 only with stock inserts (no stuffing) All other tires and
inserts are illegal.
Wheels (rims) Front Wheels (rims) - 26mm only... Part numbers listed below Rear
Wheels (rims) - 31mm only... Part numbers listed below
The only wheels / rims allowed are HPI part numbers: 3805 through 3814 • 3815 through 3822 • 3854 through 3869 • 33472 through 33473 • 33474 through 33475 All other wheels / rims are illegal.
No tire altering of any kind is allowed and at least 1/2 the tread pattern
must be visible on all tires at the end of heat and main. Any traction compound can be used as long as permitted by track.
Motor Specifications: Tamiya 540J Red Dot brushed motor only...
Part number: Tamiya 53689
No motor altering of any kind is allowed other than basic break in and cleaning. *Clobbering
rule: If you keep clobbering with a noticeable speed difference we’ll have you randomly swap a motor with another racer
or Purchase one for you to turn back in at the end of the night! The Prez will always have a spare!
Gearing Specifications: Final FDR minimum is 6.00
Electronic Speed
Controller Specifications: Any non programmable speed controller under $65.00 MSRP. As long as it was available
or is still available at a hobby store or online for under $65.00 MSRP it’s legal.
No reverse allowed. Either
turn it off or don’t use it. *If it's used be smart about it. Don't back in to anyone if your in no mans land and
a marshall can't get to you.
ESC must not be able to hook up to computer or be programmed to advance timing,
add boost, etc. Any break setting is allowed.
*Basically all your allowed to do or be able to set on the esc is
neutral, forward and breaking. Outside of that, any exc will be deemed illegal if there are any settings to help boost throttle
response, advance timing or adds speed or boost.
ESC suggestions (there are plenty more to
choose from under $65): HPI Racing SC-15 ESC • Tamiya TEU-104BK ESC • Hitec HTE41820 • Novak Explorer
II NOV1910 • Dynamite Lipo Tazer DYN4928 • Associated XP SC2000 ASC29140
Battery
Specifications: Any ROAR approved 2 cell lipo up to 5000mah / 40c max
Radio
Specifications: Any radio, servo, receiver combo is allowed
Race
Specifications: - 5 minute heats - 5 minute mains - Side by side double file standing starts - Random sorts for each heat - Mains start in opposite or inverted qualifying order
Notes: If it’s
not in the rules consider it illegal or unless it’s pertaining to a body not listed, if you have
to ask the answer is probably no.
Participants at Indy Slots are also strongly encouraged to use
their own AMB compatable transponders and must Marshall races after racing in their heats.
Driver's are responsible
for their actions at all times as well as those in their party. Common sence will apply at all times and the Race Director
will have ultimate responsibility in determining what is fair and legal in all classes. The goal is to keep the racing at
Indy Slots as competitive and fun as possible. We look forward to your participation and ask for your support in achieving
our goals.
We Have other Classes at Indy Slots
also, so please check the "rules page" often for rule updates on other classes not mentioned yet.
Pictures courtesy of Tom Johnson, Houston Thomas, & Misty Shearer
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