Official 2016 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions announcement

0 Feb. 19, 2016, 8:29 p.m.

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

Press release from Team Associated:
www.teamassociated.com

2016 Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions Announcement

What started out many years ago as Mike Reedy's vision to showcase the world's best drivers in a format unlike any other ever used in RC racing, has grown to be one of the most anticipated and prestigious RC races in the world.

Reedy, Tamiya America, and Scotty Ernst Productions are proud to announce that the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will return to the newly resurfaced Tamiya America circuit May 26-29, 2016.

Entries open February 24th at noon PST exclusively on www.reedyrace.com. Due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, total entries are capped at 170 for the Open classes (120 combined 13.5 and 17.5, 50 Modified) with each driver limited to one entry.

To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of the 2016 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions, a lottery drawing for the Open classes will be conducted on March 21st, with those chosen securing a place in the event. Entry fees are not collected until after the lottery drawing for the selected Open class entries. One set of control tires and a souvenir is included with each confirmed and paid entry.

Drivers who finished in the A Main in the Open classes at the 2015 Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will be given an automatic entry in the class of their choice. However, these drivers must sign up and pay their entry within the specified time frame.

Factory-sponsored drivers (those whose travel arrangements are paid for by their sponsor and/or are paid a salary to race), or those that have finished in the A Main in the Modified class the previous year, are not eligible to compete in the 13.5 class. Drivers who are sponsored or receive discounts from chassis manufacturers, or who have finished in the A or B Main in the 13.5 or Modified class the previous year, are not eligible to compete in the 17.5 class.

Timetable for Entries:

Wednesday, February 24 Open and Invitational entries open
Sunday, March 20 (11:55 PM EST) Open entries close
Monday, March 21 Open lottery drawing, winners notified
Monday, March 28 (11:55 PM EST) Deadline for Open and Invitational payments. ALL NOTIFIED RACERS MUST PAY THEIR ENTRY BY THIS TIME OR NAMES WILL BE REMOVED FROM ENTRY LIST AND YOUR SPOT FORFEITED AND GIVEN TO DRIVERS ON THE WAITING LIST.

The format and schedule for the event remains similar to that of last year, including all main events run over three legs:

Thursday, May 26 Controlled Practice By Heat
Friday, May 27 Controlled Practice By Heat, Open Qualifying, Invitational Racing
Saturday, May 28 Open Qualifying, Invitational Racing
Sunday, May 29 Main Events, Invitational Racing

Information and updates including, entry, rules, spec tires, hotels, and more will be posted soon at www.reedyrace.com and on Reedy's Facebook Event page.

For more information, please visit: http://www.reedyrace.com/

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