NINCO World Cup 2009

The first pieces of information are surfacing for the NINCO World Cup 2009.
The information below is 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.

Ninco World Cup Finals-results!

FINAL STANDINGS

Italy 1................1787
Spain.................1782......defending Champion
Belgium...............1738
Portugal..............1724
USA...................1712
Italy 2................1691
Sweden..............1690
Holland...............1670
Argentina............1661
Andorra..............1633
Mexico...............1629
Germany 3..........1611
Germany 1..........1598
France 1............1554
Germany 2..........1479
France 2............1458

Congrats Team USA for a GREAT finish!!!!

Read more on this thread on SCI about the race at this link.







A huge thanks to The Old Jaybird for the results and Crazy Chris for the photos!

DaveK

Ninco World Cup '07-qualifying results

From a thread on Slot Car Illustrated.com by The Old Jaybird

Hot off the wire from Germany, Team qualifying results for lane selection for the Ninco World Cup race tomorrow. Mark Azarraga driving for Team USA. Team Spain is the defending 2006 Champions. For those of you who have viewed the track diagram the cars are running down the main straight from the esses into the 180. George says the track is shorter than last year, maybe only 150-155 feet, but more fun to drive. Driving rotations are 1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2, Team USA starting on Lane 14. Lanes 1,8,9 and 16 are the "gutters", with inside R1s to deal with.

FASTEST QUALIFYING LAP

ITALY 1-9.99
SPAIN 10.07
BELGIUM 10.16
ITALY 2-10.22
USA 10.23
PORTUGAL 10.27
SWEDEN 10.46
HOLLAND 10.47
GERMANY 3-10.53
GERMANY 1-10.61
ARGENTINA 10.67
ANDORRA 10.67
GERMANY 2-10.81
FRANCE 2-11.47
MEXICO 11.54
FRANCE 1-11.62

George says almost all teams are running 15" wheels all-around. They were allowed to glue the tires to the wheels, but followed Italy #1s lead and glued so that they can change tires during the race, as I don't think you can just change out the whole wheel/tire like in 1:1 racing. Italy #1 is very fast, smooth, and has an excellent car. Team USA drew a good motor and the guys are looking forward to a good finish tomorrow.

The UK team was a no show, so host Germany got to add a third entry. It would appear that France 1&2 didn't benefit very much from having about 4 or 5 months to prep their cars before the World Cup. I think they ran their National Qualifier in July.

TOJ

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Thanks to TOJ for the commentary!

And if there are any readers of Slot Car News that will attend the Finals Race Sunday I welcome any stories and photos from the race! So send any photos or commentary from the Finals to dave@bmwi8.net.

Thanks
Dave Kennedy
Publisher, Slot Car News