GPMA Contests

Touring Cars: FIA Grp. 2 and Grp. 5, 1963 through 1972

Eligible cars – see these sites for examples:

Touring Car Racing History – this is a great website with lots of info and pics of subject cars.

http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/cars.html

VSRG – Vintage 2.5 Challenge – more cars from the under 2.5 liter class.

http://www.bsedan.com/vsrgrules_new.html#appendix_s1

FIA 1969 Group 2 Homologation List – just what it says it is.

http://www.sovren.org/competition/rules/fia/FIA1969Group2Homologation.html

This contest is open to models of any car that would qualify under these rules. TransAm cars do qualify, but cars from any racing series in the world are included, not just TransAm cars. Phantoms are welcome too – you don’t have to build a replica of an actual car, just a car that meets the rules and would have had an interesting history. Rally cars are also accepted for this contest.

Before you complain about the year restrictions, we will have another contest for later cars in the near future. Let’s get our 60’s nostalgia fix first.

Any scale, from 1/87 through 1/8 is acceptable. Die-casts are allowed as a base, but you must describe any modifications you made to create your racing version.

Entries

Send your entries by email to ksonline@yahoo.com

Include your build details in your email and attach 4-6 full-size photos of your completed model.

Deadline is Feb. 20, 2010

First Prize – Escort Trans-Kit

Many thanks to William de Pooter, who has donated the first prize for this contest: his Ford Escort MkI Trans-kit.  These photos give a good impression of what you can build with this kit. Other versions (i.e. from other races) of both the Alan Mann and Broadspeed cars can also be built with the decals provided. The ESCI/Revell AG kit is needed as a donor.

Let’s get building, and send me your entries soon.

KJS