2023 ISRA Worlds Atlantic City NJ, USA

[stoo23]

Information about the 2023 ISRA Worlds can be found here:
https://isra2023.com/

October 20th to 28th

8 x 55 AMP power supplies EEEK !! plus
8 x Super capacitors

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The Track

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[BYATSUYS]

Now that's a Slot Car track.Luv to be there.

[Mark Fox]

Wow

Way To Go

Power for each lane as per Seagulls track - its the only way IMHO

[stoo23]

Ever so 'slightly' Different interpretation of the Term, POWER per lane between this ISRA track and Seagulls.

[Mark Fox]

Ever so 'slightly' Different interpretation of the Term, POWER per lane between this ISRA track and Seagulls.

Same interpretation just a different value by about 11X

[Mark Fox]

Wayne Bramble is race director for this event.

[stoo23]

Yes and for the next few events as well apparently

[Kieran]

From what I can tell there aren't too many Aussies in the pointy end of the world rankings?

[stoo23]

Well, considering there are NO races for ANY of the ISRA types of Cars or Classes in Australia (and never has been), that perhaps Isn't all that surprising.

[Kieran]

Oh, I was unaware of that. In my newbieness I just assumed that the class rules on this site aligned with international rules. Is there a reason for our disconnectedness?

[stoo23]

Well, my suggestion, isn't Completely correct,... but is Mostly.

ISRA run a Teams Class that uses Flexi type chassis (recently the JK Aeolius) but Run a 'Specified' Sedan type Body.
Handout tyres, a fixed gear ratio and Handout Group 12 motors.

Whilst that chassis is popular here, it is usually run with some kind of 'Tin Can' Sealed motor like a JK Hawk 7 or similar as in the GT-1 class.

As to why Australia never really 'got on board' with the general Euro Sport style of racing, is a good question but probably has a lot to do with Cost, the type of alternate affordable classes that were already running and popular here Plus the fact that we were probably intrinsically More 'aligned' with what was raced in the US more than in Europe or the UK.

Womps, Flexi's and various 'Wing' car classes were always very popular here, Group 20 being almost a Mainstay of Australian Wing car racing, along with (eventually) Group 27, alongside Open class racing.

Eurosport chassis and equipment by comparison, was somewhat limited in source and options, chassis and motors were/are Not cheap (which is why there is currently such interested in Brushless) and I think the Eurosport development also came at a time when Slotting was at a low 'Ebb' here and it was Not an affordable or easy Option for New racers or track owners.

Far easier to maintain what was already popular, affordable and well known and accepted cars/classes that could be used and raced everywhere in Aus'.

[stoo23]

Amazing Entry numbers !!

64 x 2 man Teams
107 for Eurosport 32
100 for F1 32
99 for Eurosport 24

Racers running brushless in ES32:

#1 Dominykas Budrys
#5 Piero Castricone
#10 Luca Sbrana
#63 Paolo Trigilio
#110 Bob Budge
#119 Andrea Noviello
#132 Pyry Niemelä
#139 Paolo Sbrana
#205 Stefano Mirabelli
#622 Adrian Blakey
#638 Eben Brand

[stoo23]

Final about to start

1 J. Recek 541.72 4.125 White
2 D. Budrys 538.91 4.169 White
3 V. Horky 533.60 4.235 Black
4 D. Blomqvist 532.69 4.203 Black
5 J. Karlik 526.18 4.271 Green
6 P. Flaisig 522.86 4.255 White
7 R. Jansons[/b] 514.81 4.275 Black
8 A. Noviello 507.17 4.291 Black