From the NINCO Blogspot site:

Friends, drivers… Finally we have a date and a venue for the final of the NINCO WORLD CUP 2009! The chosen city is: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands Spain. An idyllic location that will permit participants and guests to enjoy the greatest Slot event of the year, in privileged surroundings.

The dates are the following: 20/21 Nov 2009, the first day (Friday) will be entirely given over to training sessions and on the Saturday the final will be held the determine the new world champions.

The NWC will crown two World Champions in two categories this year, NINCO SPORT and XLOT.
This year the NWC offers a new format, there will be 2 x champion teams! In 2009 the first XLOT World champions will be crowned. Under this format, this year all countries entering will compete in both categories, the traditional 1:32 NINCO SPORT and with the revolutionary 1:28 XLOT.

The car to be used for the final of the 1:32 category will be announced on this blog on the 1st Sept. For the XLOT final, the car will be the PORSCHE 997, the first available model of the brand which will be available from week 30 worldwide.

More details as we get them here…

SCALE AUTO RACING

Presents

The Independence Cup

Slot-fest July 4^th Weekend

Come celebrate the holiday and enjoy 3 great races with more than $100 in prizes

July 4th Independence Cup

Friday July 3^rd

7:30pm Slot-it & Racer Sideways Le Mans

Saturday July 4^th

10:30am Race Prep & Driving Tech 101

1:00pm Scalextric GTM

Sunday July 5^th

3:30pm SCX C.O.T. NASCAR

Read on for details…

“The Independence Cup”

Firday night July 3^rd 7:30pm, All Slot-it & Racer Sideways (only) Le Mans

HSARC Challenger Series Rules Apply 2 rotation/5 lap heats. Winner receives a $10 shop voucher. Top 8 finishers advance to 2 rotation/8 lap finals. Finals would be run using Slot-it Mercedes C9 Cypress Cup cars (with magnets). Cars will be
selected by lottery. Winner receives a $10 shop voucher.

Saturday July 4^th

10:30am Race Prep & Driving Tech 101

1:00pm, All Scalextric (only) GTM (with magnets) GT cars only,

NO LMP, GTP or CAN AM

2 rotation/5 lap heats, crash and burn
Promtional race for upcoming “Contenders GTM” all Scaley magnet spec series.
Winner receives a $10 shop voucher.

Sunday July 5^th 3:30pm, SCX (only) C.O.T. NASCAR
Sunday Stocks 2 rotation/10 lap heats, crash and burn. Winner receives a $10 shop voucher.

Tally of the results at the end of the weekend will determine the overall top three finishers.                                                                                                                                                         Winner receives 4 $10 shop vouchers and cup style trophy. 2nd place will receive 3 $10 shop vouchers 3rd will receive 2 $10 shop vouchers

Shop vouchers are good toward the purchase of one car. Sale items are excluded.

Entry fee $7.50 for each race or $15 for weekend pass.

HSARC would like to send its condolences to the Thrash family. Tom Thrash was killed on 06/20/09 racing at Road America.

He lost control of his car going into turn 8. Tom was an SCCA national champion and a Houston region champion many times over. You will be in our thoughts and prays.

Race on Tom #67

The NEW Houston based location of Scale Auto Racing, Inc. is OPEN!

We opened and had the first races in the new location this past Friday Night!  Come on it and check it out!

The new address is 8233 Windfern, Houston, TX 77040
The new location is just off of HWY 290 and Beltway 8
CLICK HERE FOR A MAP TO THE NEW LOCATION

Ken on the phone

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