"Modified Madness" is a HO Scale Slot car Series paying tribute to the iconic New England Small Block Modified Racing during the 70’s when names like Desarro, Stevens, Potter, Caso, Caron, Cleary, Flemke, Summers and along with literally hundreds of drivers who competed during that era and were household names and created legendary racing and folklore stories…..There are no points awarded as this is not a point series. Results will be recorded and entered in the books. There are no laurels for winning events except for "bragging rights". The emphasis of this series is for HO racers to show their modelling talents, camaraderie and relive racing from days gone by. There will be year end awards along with the year ending HOCOC drawings for those that entered events. All HOCOC rules, regulations and procedures will apply.
Car Specifications
1. Base Chassis
1.1 Only Aurora copper T Jet, Tuff Ones, Dash Jet, Johnny Lightning T Jet, Auto World TJet, Model Motoring Inc. ThunderPlus
and Wizard are legal. AFX chassis are not allowed in the Modified Madness Series.
1.2 Modifications are allowed except for the area below the magnets.
1.3 Venting – allowed.
1.4 Lightening – allowed.
1.5 Weights – allowed, including pans.
1.6 Bearings allowed.
2. Armature
2.1. Manufacturer – Any pancake armature.
2.2. Minimum ohms - no limits
2.3. Laminations – any number of laminations.
2.4. Modifications – Balancing, truing, re-winds/de-winds are all allowed.
3. Electrical System
3.1. Electrical system may be copper, silver, gold or any combination of materials.
3.2. Shoes – any shoe allowed May be tweaked.
3.3. Base plates may be soldered or shunted.
3.4. Brush holes may be replaced with cups.
3.5. Brushes may be any material and shape but must be present. Only brushes may contact the
commutator. No shunts may contact the commutator.
4. Magnets
4.1. Any ceramic pancake magnet from Aurora, Dash, AW-JL is allowed. No polymer magnets.
4.2. Magnets may not be glued.
4.3. Shims – non-ferrous material allowed.
4.4. Shaping and grinding is allowed.
4.5. Magnets are to be used for to drive the motor only, not handling. For tech. purposes if needed magnets will be pulled and checked with a Peter Meter.
5. Gears – no restrictions.
6. Axles – no restrictions.
7. Wheels
7.1. Manufacturer – any.
7.2. Style – all wheels must be deep dish only on both front and back to replicate those that were used on the 1:1 cars. This is a visual check.
7.3. Wheel base width is 1 and 5/16 (1.3125) inch maximum.
7.4. All 4 wheels must be on the track.
7.5. Maximum lateral movement of wheels is 1/32 (0.0313) inch.
8. Tires
8.1. Manufacturer - any
8.2. Types – Cars must use slip-on tires on the rear.
8.3. Width - Front tire width must be 3/16 (0.1875) inch minimum.
8.4. Diameter - Front tires 0.380 inches minimum, rear tires 0.400 inches minimum.
8.5. Black tires only
9. Body Specifications
9.1Car Make/Model – Bodies must be that of a NASCAR type modified that competed during the "Golden" years
of modified racing which is considered 1965 through 1974.
9.2 Manufacturer – any, including scratch-built.
9.3 Prototypes – not required but encouraged.
9.4 Detailing and numbering – numbers required.
9.5. Appearance – Cars must be neat in appearance. Cars must have the following Details:
Front bumpers/push bars, rear bumper, Side nerf bars, air cleaner, fuel cap, hood pins
Modeled or painted on, headers, radiator. Windows nets are preferred.
9.6 Bodies must be a hard shell injection molded, resin cast. Lexan is not permitted for the Modified Madness Series.
9.7 Modifications allowed including venting, lightening, weighting.
9.8 Mounting may be done with screw posts, body mounts/tabs, clips, pin mounts/pins, tape,Velcro.
9.9 Windshields – optional.
Year end awards. Since this is a more of a modelers class awards will be gear towards with the modeler in mind.
Year End Drawing: Each car that has scored 100 for each event will have a ticket put in for year end drawings. This is known as the “100 club”. This process will be done during pre-race tech. Points will be awarded for each of the following details to the builder of the car, not the driver :
Detail Points awarded
Air Filter 5
Rear Bumper 10
Headers 20
Front Bumper 30
Nerf Bars (side) 35
Maximum Number points earned 100
Best Of Show : To be eligible for this award you must have the Maximum score of 100 from the pre race tech. and in addition to the below which will be scored by 3 knowledgeable judges. Once a car has won Best Of Show that car will no longer be eligible for any future Best Of Show Awards. Each Best Appearing Car from each event will be eligible for a year end drawing. This year end drawing will be known as the “Pat Dube Memorial Drawing” and will be awarded to the builder of the car, not the driver..
Body Workmanship
Paint Job
Decals
Interior
Graphics (#’s, Lettering)
Overall Presentation
Examples of details that the judges will be basing their decision are shown below.