Southern 32 Racing League 

1/32 Scale Slot Racing Fun

Sec:                                        lan Fisher, 106 Chester Drive, Harrow, Middlesex HA2 7PY

Phone:                                    020 8866 8571

Race Classes 

1. 1/32 Production

 Individual sprint type racing with BSCRA eligble 1/32 Production Cars, e.g. International 32, Demon or Eurotoy chassis with Wasp, Hornet, 16D or S16D motor. 

Super Production – Open to anyone, any of the above cars.

Falcon Production – Open to anyone eligible for the BSCRA Clubman Production class, Falcon motors only. 
                                For 2011 this will also be open to anybody who has been promoted to BSCRA intermediate grade only because they were in a Nationals intermediate grade final.   (The only drivers who competed in the 2010 Southern 32  who will be eligible for Production in 2011 are Keith Edgar, Dan Gargas and Sam Thrower, although theoretically there are other drivers (see list) who will become eligible because of this change.)

The 1/32 scale TSRF car will also be permitted to race. 

2. 1/32 G12 Le Mans 

Two person team racing using BSCRA eligable G 12 Saloon chassis but with bodyshells of cars that have raced at Le Mans. To promote variety, the BSP Audi will not be permitted. Any other appropriate shell from the BSCRA approved list is OK. 1/32 Production cars will also be accepted for this event.

In all classes, any changes to BSCRA rules apply to Southern 32 racing and new products become eligible when they are eligible to BSCRA rules.

Championships

The following individual championships will be raced

1 Falcon - open to Clubman grade drivers with BSCRA Falcon Production cars.  Points are scored for finishing positions in the Falcon Final.

2  Falcon Master - open to  clubman, intermediate and main grade drivers with BSCRA Falcon Production cars.  Points are scored for finishing positions in the Overall Finals.   ( The highest placed  Falcon Masters runner will receive first place points, and so on)
  Drivers must nominate if they want to run Falcon in the final after the heats, and only their Falcon times will count towards qualifying for the finals.

3  Super Production - open to  all driver grades  with BSCRA Super Production or Production cars.  Points are scored for finishing positions in the Overall Finals.  

Club Championship
Open to  all clubs whose drivers  race in the individual championships  .The best 4 scores in the overall (production/ super production) results to count for each round.  
Drivers will be required to advise which club they belong to at the first round they contest each season

Le Mans 32
Open to teams of 2 drivers in a separate race - see Race Format below.

(Note for 2011 there will not be a separate  intermediate grade championship) 

Race Format

1 . Meetings will be one day Sunday events. Home drivers may compete. Practice from 8.00 to 10.15, preference to visiting drivers. Target meeting finish 17.30

2.             1/32 Production will be run for individual racers. Clubman  drivers may race both ‘Overall’ and ‘Falcon’ cars but will not get additional heats.

At least 3 heats of 3 minutes each. Best single run to count for qualifying order. Top 4 in 'A' final, next 4 in 'B'final etc. Numbers will be adjusted to suit number of lanes.  Everyone will be in a final, on one lane for 5 minutes. Points will be awarded on position in each final regardless of laps in other finals. Last in 'B' final is 8 th, first in 'C' final is 9th etc. Division 2 drivers’ best ‘Falcon’ scores will count for separate ‘Falcon’ finals as above

3.             1/32 Le Mans will be run for 2 person teams. The running time target is for at least 24 minutes per team depending on entry. Teams will run equal time on each lane and must drive equal times each driver. Driver  changes only at lane changes. A Parc Ferme system will apply with no car maintenance during lane changes or when the car is in Parc Ferme during ‘sit-outs’.

Team names and the two ‘core’ drivers must be registered on first appearance.  A replacement for one driver will be allowed at any race including the team’s first one.    No team may contain more than one BSCRA Premier grade driver. (Driver pairings must not have more than one premier grade driver in their first race of the season, but if one or both are promoted to premier grade part way through the season, they remain eligible for the rest of the S32 season.)

Scoring System

1 . Each class will be run as separate championships. 

2. The points system will be: 1^st – 60pts, 2^nd – 57pts, 3^rd – 55pts, 4^th – 53pts, 5^th – 51 pts, 6^th – 49 pts, 7^th – 47pts, 8^th – 45pts, 9th – 43pts, 10th – 41pts, 11th – 40pts then one point less per place lower so up to 50 drivers can score at each meeting.

3.Championship positions will be decided on your best 6 of 10 rounds in each class (this is under review for 2011).

4.  Ties are decided as follows

  Most wins, seconds etc in your 6 counting scores  -  Then if still tied,

  Best dropped score, second best dropped score etc. -  Then if still tied,

  The number of attendance with a zero score 

  (Non attendance counts as zero.)

  If still tied, then it is a tie.

Individual Driver Grading

There are 4 drivers grades in the individual racing, the BSCRA clubman, intermediate, main and premier grades.

Joining BSCRA is strongly recommended , but we don't insist that you have to be a BSCRA member to race.

Driver’s grading for the entire 2011  Southern 32 season will be as their BSCRA 1/32 gradings on 1st January 2011 plus the changes to clubman explained in section 1 above.  Any changes of grade  following the 2011 Nationals will not apply to the Southern 32 until the start of the 2012 season, except  where a  driver goes up to premier grade, in which case they will go up to premier immediately after the Nationals.  Where a driver goes up to premier the "grade" championship points scored up to that point will still stand.

 Entry Fees

2011 fees will be announced shortly
70% to host club, 30% to series trophies fund.  This is changed to give the clubs a bigger share of the takings.  Goody prizes may be downscaled a bit as a result but there will be something for everyone as usual.

Race Reports

 Race reports and photos will be on the internet at this website.

Race for Fun

Since  2002  the series gave lots of people the opportunity to race 1/32 scale cars out of the high pressure hothouse of National events and have some great racing.  Let’s have more of the same in 2011, stay cool, help the novices, swap ideas, don’t shout at marshalls and do have a great day out.

Do please call me on 020 8866 8571 as soon as possible.

lan Fisher, BSCRA Competitions Secretary.

Southern 32 - The series for you!