On-board GT footage.

Small clip of Petit Lemans.

Something the McCrea team shot at the beginning of the race. Must be the first lap because of the unusual calm that everyone so neatly moves throught the twisty bits... Oh, and check out how all but the #96 Porsche is clipping the road dome where all you pansies are in need of a taxi to the apex... "TAXI!"... LOL.

3 Racing +2mm offset rear components.

Here's their product [F103GT-26/LB is the part number] description:

"Our +2mm Offset Rear Wheel Adapter can fit for all the 0 offset Touring Rim. The distance between the two car wheels would be wider by using such a +2mm Offset Rear Wheel Adapter. You would have more fun by using our Rear Wheel Adapter indeed."

I spoke with Tony from WVHobbies and he says they have an account with 3racing. I'll see if they can order this set in.

Could this be the DBR9 that we've been waiting for? Unfortunately it is a killer Kyosho body... Which means not cheap and hard to get. At least that's the vibe from the McLaren endurance body sets from Kyosho once upon a time.

Next year look for body requirements for the GT1 class... Typical styles on the Lemans scene: Corvette, Maseratti, Saleen, Ferrari 430, etc..

Michelin stickers.

HPI makes this set with plenty of decals. $3.00 MRSP

Number stickers for Petit Le Mans

These number stickers were made on a laserjet printer but I was amazed at how well they stood up to the 2h 45m of punishment the racers gave them. We applied them to the car with a little bit of clear packing tape. Fred suggested going a little over the edges to protect the printing from bleeding in case of rain or fluids. Nice idea and they looked great on the cars. I wanted something realistic for the race on the cars whether it be the banner across the front windshield or whatever. No dish rims made it nice too. Thanks everyone for making the cars look real. I know how much effort it takes finding spoked rims in a dish world and staying up late to paint bodies that might be destroyed in one race.

Speaking on that note. We will think over the winter what to do about making a track that doesn't require the boards so the cars don't get banged up like they do with that type of track.

The great irony was Jer's connection with the team that Fred did for his paint scheme, Aasco Motorsports. Very cool.

The nice touch for us with these stickers was getting our sponsors prominently placed on every car in the field for the "national" event.

Special thanks to West Valley Hobbies, Fastkart, RacedayRC and MLP Motorsports.

Photos of the real GT3 Porsche cars added.

I've included some photos of our trip to the ALMS race last year.
Jer's brother-in-law works for the Aasco GT3 997 Porsche Cup
Challenge team and got us front row seats... especially for Jer.
This show of one-make racing really changed my mind on what we could
do with the SLCF1 club.

The results speak for themselves in our Petit Le Mans race with the
GT2 class Porsche's taking the overall podium. As for racing with
our normal track layout I'm happy to say that the lighter cars hop
the hose really well. We'll be running several rounds in '07 with
F103GT's running Mabuchi power and the HPI Porsche body.

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Photos from the Petit Le Mans and ALMS

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Porsche Cup - Presented by SLCF1 Racing Association

We've just finished our first event that included Porsche Cup cars in its own class, GT2, for the Petit Le Mans 2h 45m race held on October 21st in Salt Lake City. As you can see there were several GT2 cars being shared by 2 drivers except for Mark Hinckley from CA and Bruce "Doc" Hickman from WI who drove the Petit Le Mans solo. I'm proud to say that GT2 dominated the overall podium. The numbers were unequal 6 to 3 in favor of GT2 but we still had to drive more laps than the faster GT1 cars.

Porsche Cup is here to stay. As of now there are 8 Porsche Cup cars owned with 2 more that have yet to be built but are bought. So go buy a Tamiya F103GT kit and a 190mm HPI Porsche 911 body (#7335) can come race. We are meeting to make final plans as to how many team races, individual races, carpet races, and endurance races will be counted in the series. The cars are a blast on foams but the fastest lap set by a GT2 car was on rubber tires.

You've never raced on-road before? Or perhaps you've never raced r/c cars before... We will help anyone who wants to come race with us to have a good time racing. Set aside any questions and get involved before the 20 car grid fills up.

Porsche Cup. It's going to be a blast.