RULES & REGULATIONS

This organization is a Non-Profit Corporation adhering to the United States tax-exempt code.

The TSR is a worldwide, Internet-based association of enthusiasts, willing to race 1/24 and 1/32 exact-scale cars at home racing tracks, clubs and raceways with the following criteria:

Membership WILL be required from retailers and racers but ONLY if they wish to participate in the TSR worldwide racing program. Non-members will not able to enter the TSR-organized races or to have ANY voting privileges, but may purchase cars and parts for their own use. This Federation is based first and foremost on solid, pre-established rules, which can only be altered by a 2/3rd majority vote by the membership, at the exception of rules # 3-3, which is the basis of the TSR philosophy. Acceptance of membership implies acceptance of the rules in effect.

1/ Membership: Any and all individuals are welcome to join. Membership is mandatory for  raceways, clubs and hobby shop owners only if they wish to participate in the TSR-sanctioned races. A yearly membership fee of USD10.00 will be required to allow for organizational costs.  Financial statement of the non-profit corporation will be available at all times to members on the Federation's web site alongside with membership information. All needed paperwork will be available from the Internet site, including membership registration cards and race result posting forms.

2/ General sales conditions:
The TSR supplies all cars, chassis, parts and components to Topline Inc., a California Corporation, that in turn supplies to raceways, clubs or hobby shops through authorized TSR distributors and retailers. Details and conditions are available to candidate member raceways, clubs or hobby shops through the membership applications page on this site. No TSR-sanctioned races can be run with any other cars or parts than those supplied or approved by the TSR.

3/ TSRF World Racing Program

 

3-1/ TSRF Racing Format

-Any raceway, club or individual retains any and all right to use the TSR chassis, parts of cars for any purpose it or he deems suitable, within the recommendations seen in the legal warning instructions, including the organization of  whatever form of racing it wishes.

 -If the raceway or club, decide to organize races to qualify for the TSR World Racing Series, it MUST adhere to the Rules expressed within.

-ALL entrants to TSR-sanctioned races AND the raceway or club in which they will be set must be fully paid members of the TSR Club. 

 

3-2/ TSRF Racing Classes

-A/ Vintage USRRC/Can-Am 1960-1974

-B/ BTCC, DTM, Australian touring cars 1995-2003

-C/ GT1/GTP/ALMS/1980-2003

-D/ NASCAR

-Other classes may be added as desired depending on local needs.

 

3-3/ TSR Racing: General Car Specification

-The TSRF races are conducted solely with TSR cars, fitted with entrant’s choice of TSR-approved bodies, in the classes deemed most suitable by the raceway of club manager.

Chassis:

 -NO alterations of any kind are allowed on chassis, wheels and tires, except for added balancing weight or shaving the steel pan's sides to closely fit a narrower or shorter body. In that case, the trimming line must closely follow the body shape. The body can be mounted using the supplied pin-tubing, optional body-mounting plastic mounts as supplied in Home-Racing RTR and chassis kits or posts affixed to the body and attached by tapered screws through the holes stamped under the steel pan. If run on magnetic tracks, only ONE stock magnet is allowed for the 1/32 scale cars, two for the 1/24 scale cars, placed in either one of the two magnet pockets on the chassis.

-Only TSR axles or TSR plain (not hollow) steel drill blank axles are allowed. In any case, only the stock front axle is allowed.

-No bushings or ball bearings can be fitted to support either axle.

-Wheels must be fitted with accurate wheel inserts reasonably representing the spoke pattern of the modeled car. TSR will supply correct wheel inserts as needed, but members are welcome to use any they feel adequate to their body choice. Only the TSR wheels and tires are allowed for competition. 

-Only the TSR motor is allowed in TSR-organized races. This motor is sealed and cannot have been open for TSR competition. Racers are allowed to change a motor during a race if replaced by a stock TSR motor.

-Bodies can be made of any material, but MUST accurately represent a real racing car. Body MUST be of a type approved by the TSR. Body MUST be mounted at regulated height, NO low riders allowed. Other manufacturer's bodies, such as injected bodies made by static kit manufacturers, will be welcome IF approved by the TSR and adequately available on the open market. See a list of approved bodies . NO added spoilers or any aerodynamics aids on bodies or chassis are allowed, unless patterned after an actual racing car. Photographic proof may be required from entrant.

 

-Minimum ground clearance of .063" is set by chassis construction if tires are kept at legal size.

-Maximum rear axle width for 1/24 scale cars is 3.25".

-Maximum rear axle width for 1/32 scale cars is 2.4".

-Front track and axle width cannot be altered from original parts.

 

4/ TSR Racing Procedures

 

4-1 Car Appearance/Presentation (Concours)

-Concours d’Elegance will have its separate points and its own separate championship. The number of entrants will determine the amount of attainable points, with the best appearing car winning the maximum of points equal to the number of entrants. Each entrant will get points in digressive order (example, if 17 entrants, all get points, the best car getting 17 points, the last one, 1 point).

 

4-2  Race Procedures

-First place in the main event will collect the same number of points as the Concours winner, while the points will be awarded in Semi and Qualifying races if deemed necessary in such a way that the last place finisher in the last eliminatory race collects 1 point.

-There will be no qualifying but a series of elimination races, with the running order and lane choice determined by the Concours classification.

-Racing will then be conducted following standard internationally accepted practice, with crossed lane rotations so as to avoid driving next to the same person for more than two segments. Round-Robin system will be used for up to 10 entrants as warranted.

-All races will be run in the "Crash & Burn" format with 1-minute race segments and 10-second re-slot.

-Main events will have 3-minute segments, with lane rotation allowing for a 24-minute main event.

-Semis and Eliminatory races will be run in 2-minute segments respectively.

-No work of ANY kind can be performed on cars during lane changes. Drivers or crews are not to touch the cars during such lane changes, except for the installation of a small colored or numbered lane sticker placed underneath the car on the nylon center section. Track marshals will lift the car and read the sticker before placing the de-slotted cars in their respective lanes. Work can be performed on cars only during the actual racing time.

-Each TSR Local Race Meeting will count towards a point tally in the Local Championship run at each raceway or club, made of 16 to 18 races in one year. Only the best 10 placing will be taken in consideration for the final tally.

-Local champions will be invited to participate in a one-race Regional Championship Race. The Regional winners will then be invited to prepare and ship two cars for a race by proxy in the National Championship of their country, where the best drivers in the country will be invited to drive them by being assigned ONE lane so as to drive ALL the cars at least once.

-The National Championship winners will then be invited to build and send two cars to a World Championship race by proxy following the same format.

 

5/ Disputes & Law

 In case of dispute, opposing parties will post their respective position on the TSR discussion line, where the TSR Authority will make inquiries and make a decision in favor of one, both or none. All TSR decisions are final and cannot be contested under any circumstances. The TSR declines any liability resulting from material or emotional damage caused by any decision or action it takes, and render itself, its officers and employees, harmless from any litigious contest. The entering of any race within or outside the TSR organization with TSR cars or parts signifies the acceptance of the above by all participants.


This is the sum of the rules as we wish to keep things as simple as possible. A special instruction set is supplied to member raceways and clubs.

 

2006 TSR Local Racing Rules (SoCal)

The TSR races are conducted solely with TSR cars, fitted with TSR-approved bodies, in the classes deemed most suitable for each particular event, per calendar listing supplied by TSR.

3-2/ Racing Classes

Class A: 1/24 scale GT1/GTP/ALMS/1980-2006 with TSR-approved 25-thou vacuum formed bodies, injected model kit or Carrera slot car bodies.
Finished cars with vacuum formed bodies must weigh a minimum of 150 grams.
Cars fitted with injected bodies must weigh a minimum of 180 grams to benefit from a 20-lap handicap per 24-minute race.
List of approved Class-A bodies:
T24BCP Porsche 956
T24BCL Lancia LC2
T24BCB BMW V12 LMP
T24 BCC Courage C60 LMP
Revell-Tamiya Porsche GT1 EVO
Hasegawa Jaguar XJR
Tamiya Nissan GPC
Other bodies allowed upon approval

Class B: 1/24 scale NASCAR. Cars must weigh a minimum of 200 grams. Cockpit rules: ONLY the TSR Lexan interior or one composed from the parts inside the Revell-Monogram kits are allowed. The entire interior MUST be fastened to the body, not the chassis. The TSR interior may be trimmed to fit around the rear wheels and motor (we simply recommend to cut the back wall at the bottom and sides and simply raise it to clear both motors and tires)  The driver may be either the TSR driver, part # T2422, or the one supplied inside the Revell-Monogram kits. We recommend to either use the kit's seat in that case, and cut out the seat molded on the TSR interior, or grind the sides and the arms of the Revell-Monogram driver until it will fit nicely in the TSR seat.

The entire weight of the body with fastened interior must be no less than 60 grams. While removal of the body posts is allowed, flush with the body, no grinding is allowed in any part of the body except for the following:

 
  

The body sides may be shortened so that 1mm is left from the cut-outs in the original kit.

This picture shows the bodies before trimming: (Chevy on top of Ford).

 

On the Ford bodies, it is allowed to remove part of the front-wheel well to clear the front tire as shown here. No other removal of any material is allowed.

Mounting: the rear wheels MUST be concentric with the rear wheel well.

 
   The Chevrolet after trimming and now mounted on chassis. Note that rear wheel is concentric with wheel well.



List of approved Class-B NASCAR bodies:
Revell-Monogram 2003-2005 Chevrolet Monte-Carlo, Dodge Intrepid and Ford Taurus

 

Kits allowed (other kits with different liveries may be submitted for approval):

852853 2003 No. 24 DuPont Monte Carlo

852854 2004 No. 48 Lowes Monte Carlo

852884 2005 No. 8 Bud Monte Carlo

852855 2004 No. 12 Alltel Dodge
852858 2005 No.17 Dewalt Ford Taurus

 

No vacuum formed bodies allowed.

Class C: 1/32 scale GT1/GTP/ALMS/1980-2006 with TSRF-approved vacuum-formed or injected bodies. Cars minimum weight (injected body): 115-gram
Cars minimum weight (vacuum formed body): 125-gram
Injected bodies may benefit from a 5-lap handicap if found at a disadvantage.
Injected bodies by Slot.It, FLY, Ninco, Carrera and Scalextric allowed per approved list on the TSRF website. Other bodies allowed upon approval.
List of approved Class-C bodies:
Slot.It Porsche 956/962
Slot.It Lancia LC2
Slot.It Nissan R390
Slot.It Jaguar XJR
Slot.It Sauber-Mercedes
Fly Saleen
Other bodies allowed upon approval.

Cockpit rules
-Only the TSRF vacuum formed cockpits (standard 1/24 scale, NASCAR 1/24 scale and standard 1/32 scale) and drivers (1/24 or 1/32 scale) or injection molded cockpits from model kits or other slot cars may be used inside vacuum formed bodies. The TSRF cockpit may be trimmed only for clearance, but cannot be trimmed otherwise even if not visible from the outside of the car. 1/24 scale parts must be fitted inside the 1/24 scale cars. Trimming has to be kept to whatever it takes to just clear the body or front tires.
-Injected cockpits and drivers from model kits or slot car bodies may be used inside injected or vacuum formed bodies, but only if the driver is modeled in full (drivers with only a head, torso and arms are not allowed).

Race Procedures
Six races each will be conducted with Class-A cars, six races with Class-B cars and six races with Class-C cars. Three sub championships will be run but a single Grand Champion will be named by addition of the 10 best results from 18 races.

Registration time will be one hour. Entrants will register and pay their entry fee, at which time they will be handed a motor and will have the remaining time to assemble in their car. All cars must be in the impounded area before the end of the registration hour.
Concours will then take place as per the TSR rules, all entrants allowed to make their own choice by simply placing the cars in their order of preference.

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