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LATE MODEL SERIES TERMINE 2010 LATE MODELS Warneton Sunday 4th April * Total 17 Meetings Two Of Which Are Two Day Meetings * NEWSLETTER 26.12.2009 We welcome three new drivers all of which have bought cars. Andrew Knight GB Ex Super-Rod driver so should be able to settle in OK with Late Models. Andrew will be racing with Revolution. Wim Verloo BE experienced mechanic for Hot Rods and ex banger driver he should be able to settle in fine!!!. Wim has bought everybody’s favourite the white #4. Rodger Twikler NL Ex professional Quad bike racer and stunt driver!!!. Roger has bought the brand new blue & silver car, which has yet to do a lap. I can see poor old Roland having to buy new batteries for his radio and sharpen his pencil. Pit Lane Productions Ltd, in the shape of Andrew Marriott, are in discussions with various TV companies and possible series sponsor’s. With his vast experience and knowledge of the motor sport business we are optimistic that both can be sorted for 2010. In trying to define and maintain the series as a “Late Model Series” all the cars will be referred to as ”Late Models” no longer Camso or Ascar. Below are the minimum weights for 2010 and the cars are described as Iron Block & Ali Block cars. This is the one of the greatest differences between the cars and the different HP is the reason for the increased weight on “Ali Block Cars”. The Iron Block cars have had their weight increased and side weight reduced to bring them level with each other and closer to Ali Block cars. Tyre Rules 2010 Although there are increased meetings this year the American Racer has proved more durable than the Hoosier. So the maximum tyres permitted remains at 12. You may carry forward 4 used tyres from last year. No Hoosier tyres are permitted other than on a one meeting only rental car. No registered driver may run Hoosiers. Minimum Weights/Max’ Side Weight For 2010 Iron Block Cars……………2470lbs (1110kgs) Max Side Weight 57% ALL WEIGHTS ARE WITH DRIVER AND AT ANY TIME (No Topping Up Of Fluids) We are happy to listen to suggestions to change rules and any ideas for 2010 but please don’t suggest anything that would lead to an increase in costs. The essence of these cars is to keep costs down. The latest DVD’s received from Pit Lane are being sent out this week, they are Rounds10.11.12 & 13. If you don’t receive them, (bearing in mind the post at this time of year) it will be because I don’t have your address. The probable cause for that will be the lack of a signed contract for 2009! I have some spares if any driver has some missing or faulty, just let me know. There is a beautiful rumour floating about that Venray (1km Banked Oval) will be open with restricted use during next year 2010 If true we will do our best to have a meeting there or at least a test. Happy Christmas & New Year
NEWSLETTER #9 27th September WARNETON We had a good field of 16 cars for this the pen-ultimate meeting
of the year. Revolution Racing had 4 cars at the meeting with Martin
Heath driving the #99. Jean Vasseur should have won the first race being almost a length of a straight clear. A broken brake disc dragged him into the wall as he was about to start his last lap handing the win to Gary Ellis. Gary failed to start the second race, picking up a puncture in the warm up laps. Had he stayed on the track and took the Green Flag he would have scored 35pts (16th Place). He didn’t and as a result the points leader is now Xavier VDM by 24 pts with Jean in third place. Wim Moonen is safe in 4th place but 5th is still being fought over between Kelvin Hassell & Bertrand Zore. (Trophies go to the first 5 in points chart). Bertrand’s drive in the final was fantastic mixing it with Gary and finishing second. This leaves the last meeting to decide 5th place. The next (and last) meeting of the season is 11th October at Warneton. The first three places are still wide open between Gary, Xavier & Jean with only 36pts separating them. I won’t ask you all to book in for this meeting as nobody takes any
notice anyway. The trophy presentation for the ELMS points chart will take place at Camso’s award evening in Antwerp in Jan/Feb. There is an outside chance the TV may be back at Warneton for the final meeting. Pit Lane Productions are doing what they can to make it possible and I’m trying to follow suit.
Tony Roots IPSWICH 15TH AUGUST 2009 1. You will receive 4 free entry tickets per race car, including
the driver. MOST IMPORTANTLY This is our first meeting on an English oval and we are the guests of Spedeworth Int’ please treat all officials and the facilities with respect. We cannot race at these tracks if drivers do not give each other
room to race. This meeting is hopefully the first of many but if drivers
block, the racing will be boring to watch and no doubt the frustration
will lead to damage. You MUST NOT move to the outside at any time
if you have a car immediately behind you. If you move to the outside
it will be assumed by the following driver that you are conceding
the inside line. Roland is again Race Steward, he will not be on the starters rostrum but will be wandering around to where he can better observe drivers behavior. Nowhere on the track is safe to misbehave. You will be warned via radio, if this has no effect you will either be excluded from the race, put to the back in that or the next race or finally castrated. Good luck to everybody and lets all enjoy ourselves. IPSWICH 15TH August 1, 2009 DRIVERS BOOKED TO RACE 1 02 Kurt Dujardyn BE Pontiac Grand Prix
TO THE EUROPEAN LATE MODEL DRIVERS – 25.07.2009
I can understand that new drivers are looking for their position on the track and on some occasions „overdrive“ the car, but that very experienced drivers go in the middle of the turns till the white external line is not correct. Everyone with experience on a short oval knows that the quickest line is staying a very long time with the inside wheels ON the internal white line. Going wide in the turns is for most of the time for blocking another driver. And that is not the name of the game. Having driven myself several years in the Camso V8, I know that this led to frustration and retaliation. And we do not need that in our formula. The less damage we have, the better it is. I tell you all this, because we are short to go to Ipswich and Hednesford; two tracks which are not ideal for these wide powerfull cars (both tracks are half so wide as Warneton and have few or no banking). That is not a big problem if all drivers keep their line. In your own interest and to avoid a lot of damage on the cars, we will deal severely with the cars not keeping their line. We will not warn four or five times like in Warneton. If necessary, we will stop the race and put the driver, not holding his line, at the back of the field. It is clear that, as usual, the new drivers will have to start at the back of the field, at least for the first race. As we will have all the cars on track for practise, all the drivers will have to put their radios; we will check them just before coming on the track or if enough time, when the cars are already on the track. OFFICIAL WARNING: Two years ago, all the drivers agreed, that you only can cut when
you have passed COMPLETELY the car inside. See You at Ipswich; we will be there around 3.00pm Roland Vandermeersch NEWSLETTER #5 12th July Warneton Welcome to Phillipe Ceulemans, a guest of Kurt Dujardyn who raced for the first time . Phillipe created a stir in the pits with his Lamborgini. He enjoyed his experience racing and will race again on the 6th September. Although he finished at the back in most races, he managed to bring #3 back without a scratch. Dan boys raced for the first time in a camso car #5 with a third place being his best result of the day. The next meeting he will be back in an ascar honouring a deal he made with Revolution Racing early in the year. Jos, Kurt’s & Anton’s mechanic Didier performed miracles with the oil sump of #222. It had a bad leak and it was repaired with some magic solution from the Paris-Dakar. I must get some. Jean Vasseur would be leading the points by 23pts if that wasn’t the exact amount that was deducted as a result of an incident in the 4th race. Camso deducted 5 points from a possible 14 and ELMS followed suit deducting 23pts from a possible 70. As a result both Jean & Xavier VDM share the #1 spot. Xavier took most of the week of to repair the accumulated damage from Lydden and Warneton with mechanical help from Gary & Kelvin. Gary is following on just 37 points behind. Wim Moonen is still in there with a creditable 4th place. Bertrand is the shock, still maintaining his improved pace to hold 5th spot. None of the Ascars were able to race at this meeting but are expected in force at Ipswich . It seems I rattled a few feathers with my remark about support only going one way. It was badly worded and did not apply to any driver that has raced so far. Apologies.
See You All At Ipswich. Tony Roots
Welcome to newsletter #3 First a welcome to Keith Whalley #88 and Winston Graham #34 May 24th saw a hot day and a 60 lap final. Although the drivers complained
about how hot it was in the big race I hardly noticed the heat at
all. Having said that I had to get into the air conditioned camper
once or twice. Xavier VDM & Gary pulled into the pit lane on lap 4 both on fire. Gary’s was down to a broken oil pressure switch squirting oil straight onto the exhaust which side lined him and Xavier’s was a fuel cap not fully locked down. Xavier was able to continue but had to restart from the back and finished 2nd! The racing was close with a few scratched panels and tyre marks but no serious damage. Next up is the Lydden/Warneton weekend on 27th/28th June. At the moment 16 cars are booked for Lydden which is promising. It’s hoped that 17/18 should be at Warneton for the Sunday. I’ll arrange ferries and try to get a bulk deal for the trip from Warneton to Lydden & return on Saturday afternoon/evening. The practise is at 12 am on Saturday with the first race at around 1pm. Three races all of which will be 25 laps. I’m leaving Gary to organize the Indian meal Friday night in Dover. The problem of French Commentary has now been solved and I expect
to be given dates and times for French Motors TV transmission shortly.
Thanks to everybody for their efforts so far this season. Tony MESSAGE FROM CAMSO - 20.05.2009
NEW FACES IN THE LATE MODEL SERIES: Winston Graham bought the ex Camso V8 from Jimmy Bryan. Sam Collins is a well known reporter in the UK Kelvin Hassell, always unvoluntary involved in an accident, will race now with number 13. More luck ?? National Hot Rodder David Brooks will start now with the #77 Tony Roots car; last meeting, Paul Poulter was very impressive with this car. Keith Whallet, ex Legends, bought the Ascar from Martin Heath. It will be the first Ascar that will have the specifications for a short oval; specifications given by the car builder, Chas Howe. There is a chance that Glenn Burtenshaw will also start, but that will be decided on Thursday. Once again 16 cars on the 3/8 banked oval at Warneton. Note that the following usual Belgian drivers, Kurt Dujardijn and Anton Gonnissen (both in the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring on a Aston Martin) and Kristof Vandekerckhove (family meeting) will not start. That means that in one of the next meetings, we could have 20+ cars.
EUROPEAN LATE MODELS WIEDER AUF MOTORS TV - 18.05
Die European Late Models (ex Camso V8) werden wieder ausgestrahlt auf Motors TV (ENGLISCHE AUSSTRAHLUNG) am DIENSTAG 19.05 um 03u05 morgens und um 16.00 MITTWOCH 20.05 um 23u20
Sie finden das Program unter www.motorsTV.com und dann TV Guide UK anklicken
NEWSLETTER TONY ROOTS European Late Model Series Dear All, Thank you all who drove on the 12/13th April, especially those who did interviews for the TV. I wasn't feeling to well over the weekend so if I was rude to anybody (and I'm sure I was) I apologise. The TV company said they were extremely impressed with the racing
and it was far better than they expected. (No excuse then for not
producing a good The racing was good. The ASCAR drivers struggled to find a set-up
but all got quicker over the weekend. Both the ASCAR and the rental
car drivers need to adapt to the white line racing. I appreciate that
it's difficult, I struggled when I first started. But, to have the
minimum damage and good racing that people want to watch we have to
do it. When the ASCARS get on the pace they will then become the beneficiaries
of the rule.Some of the experienced CAMSO drivers weren't on their
best behaviour but Roland will be looking out for them the next meeting. A Lydden Hill Oval date has now been finalised. Saturday 27th June,
the following day we are also at Warneton! ELMS is having to pay a
large entry fee for this meeting and believe it to be a good investment
for the reputation of the series. I attach the results and the ELMS points chart showing Gary on top (surprise surprise)but the drive of the day I think was Christoph #77 in my car. He was up with leaders in every race. (Of course in a beautiful car). The next meeting 3rd May Paul Poulter will be in my car. Paul is a very experienced driver having raced Superstox for many years, SHP Pick-Ups at Rockingham and last year 3 meetings in the Craftsman Truck Series in America. He is a very forceful driver and providing he can adapt to the white line rule should be successful. Ther's only one rental car let out at the moment for the next meeting. If you know of anybody who would be interested please let me know. Hope to se you all at the next meeting. If you are unable to race for any reason please let me know. Regards Tony Roots
The European Late Model Series has confirmed its date at Lydden Hill in the UK. Saturday 27th of June will be the date with racing for the European Late Model Series starting around mid-day. The racing will take place on the Lydden oval with three races of 25 laps. Afterwards there will be little time for celebrations or commiserations for the drivers as the European Late Model Series are required to race at Warneton in Belgium the very next morning! The addition of Lydden makes three UK rounds for the European Late Model Series with a possible fourth still to be announced. SUCCESSFUL START FOR EUROPEAN LATE MODEL SERIES The inaugural European Late Model Series took place over Easter weekend, on 12-13 April 2009, at Warneton International Speedway, Belgium. A strong grid of 18 cars competed on the 3/8 mile banked oval, thrilling the crowds with bumper-to-bumper racing and roaring V8 engines. On Sunday 12 April, John Steward took pole, with fellow ex-ASCAR drivers Daniel Boys and Tony Hurdle completing the first set of cars on the grid. Steward made a strong start in the #75, leading from former CAMSO V8 driver Gary Ellis, who has rapidly moved through the field from the back of the grid. However, a caution was soon called for the spinning #07 of Frenchman Jean Vasseur in Turn 4. As the race was restarted, Ellis took advantage of the bunched field and passed Steward, clinging onto the lead until the chequered flag. Belgian Xavier Vandermeersch followed Ellis through for second place, with the #77 Roots V8 Racing car, driven by Christof Vanderkerckhove, claiming third place. Brit Tony Hurdle took pole for the second race of the weekend. Boys started alongside with Steward behind, followed by guest drivers Franck Liotard and Serge Blanquart. Hurdle held onto the lead for much of the race, whilst Ellis and Vandermeersch made their way through from the back of the field. At the half-way point, Steward spun in Turns 3 and 4, allowing Vandermeersch to take advantage of the restart and secure the lead. Once again, the #95 of Ellis was not far behind, with Vanderkerckhove third, Hurdle fourth and Dutchman Wim Moonen in fifth. Sunday’s final saw Boys on pole, maintaining a good lead from Hurdle, Steward and Andrews until Ellis spun in Turns 3 and 4. The race went green for two laps before another caution was called for Vasseur who spun on the entry to Turn 3. At the restart, Vasseur, Blanquart and Ellis put the cars three-wide into Turn 1; as Boys took the wide line, Vasseur, Vanderkerckhove, Ellis and Moonen passed down the inside. Vasseur charged into the lead, but could not fend off Ellis, who passed to take his second win of the day. As the weather continued to warm for Monday’s racing action, Steward took to the front of the grid once again for the first of the day’s European Late Model Series rounds. Andrews had a strong start in his Chevrolet Impala, passing three cars in two laps to put him in fourth place. A caution, which saw the #88 of Brit Kelvin Hassell receive heavy bodywork damage, allowed Andrews to pass Boys and Hurdle for second place. The American then managed to get around Steward, taking the lead and crossing the finishing line in first place. This season’s Round 4 saw Boys on pole, with Steward quickly claiming the lead and increasing the gap. Hurdle was not far behind, with Moonen in third and Vandermeersch in fourth. Moonen was on the pace, passing the #75 of Hurdle and taking the lead. Vandermeersch followed him through and managed to close down the gap, passing Moonen to secure the top step of the podium. At the final race of the weekend, Hurdle took the lead, followed by Steward and Boys. A caution was called for the #71 of Bertrand Zore, who spun in Turn 1, allowing Raptor Racing’s Jos Jansen in the #222 to pass around the outside for the lead. Jansen pulled out a gap, but the hard-charging #77 of Vanderkerckhove soon began to close in. Vanderkerckhove just clinched the lead as the yellows were brought out for an incident involving Steward and Anton Gonnissen: Steward was forced into early retirement. At the restart, Ellis charged through the field to pass the #77,
pulling away from Vanderkerckhove. Vandermeersch also increased the
pace to pass Jansen for third place. Ellis secured his third win of
the season so far, taking him to the top of the drivers’ leader board TYRES 2009 For 2009 we have changed to the American Race Tire Company. We have no experience of these tires other than the manufacturers guarantee that the compound & wear rate are very similar to the Hoosier 3025 that we have run up to now. The reason for changing was simply a matter of cost. By the time we got the tyre back to Belgium a Hoosier would have been around 155€ compared to the American Race Tire price of max 105€.(Still waiting for last shipping bills) The tyre rule of 12 tyres per season still remains. This will have to be monitored both for the additional meetings and the actual wear rate we get from the American race tyre. The rule permitting 4 used tyres to be carried forward from last year still applies. Free Tyres 4 Free tyres will be given to every driver that has to bring his
car across the channel in either direction for a minimum of 2 meetings. BERICHT VON KELVIN HASSEL (#88) über das Training von Camso V8 und Ascar: 01.04.2009 Brit Gary Ellis was impressed with the progress made on the former ASCAR: “The ASCAR has all the right parts to make it a fast short track Late Model. The changes we have made this weekend will put all the cars on a level playing field for the first race and is an excellent starting point for drivers to fine tune their cars according to their own driving styles.” The set-up data from the tests is available to all ASCAR drivers
and owners. Amongst those taking advantage of the pre-season track time were firm stock car favourite Daniel Boys, 2007 CAMSO V8 Champion Jean Vasseur, former ASCAR driver Miguel Gomes, Stock Hatch racer Steve Noble and Rallycross veteran Ray Deacon. The countdown now begins to the European Late Model Series season-opener on 12-13 April 2009 at Warneton International Speedway, Belgium. The European Late Model Series is open to American Late Model stock
cars, and will compete in Belgium and the UK during the 2009 season.
The first test session for the European Late Model Series takes place on the 27th and 28th of March. For some this will be their first visit to Warneton International Speedway. Most notable drivers listed to test will be Dan Boys from the American NASCAR Late Model Series, Miguel Gomes from Portugal and 2008 CAMSO V8 Champion Gary Ellis. Sam Collins from Race Car Engineering is expecting to put some laps on the #3 Roots V8 Ford Fusion but may be promoted to the #77 Pontiac usually driven by Tony Roots himself. Revolution racing will be taking its Howe chassis cars over to Belgium for the first time to run a back to back comparison with the Lefthander cars of Roots V8 Racing. Roots V8 Racing still has places available on the test days for drivers
who would like to try out the European Late Model Series please 9th March 2009 An all new North American stockcar series is to run in Europe this year. The new oval-based Late Model Series is set to launch in the coming weeks. The championship is the result of talks between established Belgian stock car promoter CAMSO, Spedeworth International Ltd. and the SCSA V8 Trophy. Open to any North American stock car with a wheelbase of 104-105 inches, the championship will follow performance-equalising guidelines to allow former ASCARs to race alongside CAMSO V8s. Fourteen rounds are already confirmed; ten will take place in Belgium, with a further four in the UK. Racing will kick-off with a double-header on 12-13 April at Warneton International Speedway, Belgium. Eighteen cars and drivers have already been confirmed, including British CAMSO V8 driver Kelvin Hassell. “This is an incredible new initiative, and I’m very excited to be a part of it,” said Hassell. “There is a good, solid fan base for American-style stock cars in Europe and the championship is set to be extremely popular. It’s also a really good way to get into the American NASCAR series and ASA, as we use identical cars. “We have the dates, the finance and a strong grid of cars, now we are just waiting to see who else would like to come and take part.” Teams and drivers entering the championship are set to benefit from
free entries and a limited amount of free tyres. Negotiations are
also underway for TV coverage in mainland Europe an England.
We got an ASCAR and a CAMSO V8 testing back to back at the weekend and we are pleased to announce we can get them both to be competetive WITHOUT taking weight from the ASCAR and WITHOUT adding weight to the CAMSOs! I am chuffed to bits because it means everyone has got less work than they thought. We have a set up now to get the ASCAR drivers started, we may have to cap their revs or find stuff to make the CAMSO cars go faster as the season goes on, but for Easter, we are all set!
CAMSO V8 verändert seinen Namen ab 18.03.2009 Tony Roots hat das Ruder von den Camso V8 Series übernommen. Roland Vandermeersch
CAMSO V8 BERICHTE – 05.05.2007
LETZTE NEUIGKEIT 2006
Bei den Camso V 8 fahren Jimmy Bryan (GB) sowie auch Bertrand Zore (FR) in der Saison 2007 wieder. Auch Peter Finnis (GB) steht nach seiner Schulteroperation wieder am Start. Klaus Biester (D) will in der neuen Saison auch dabei sein.
RUDI PENDERS UND FRANZ LAMOOT FAHREN CAMSO V8 – 14.09.2006 Am 24. September sind mit RUDI PENDERS UND FRANZ LAMOOT zwei Belcar Fahrer bei den Camso V8 am Start. Freitag, den 22.09. nehmen sie am CAMSO V8 experience day teil und legen ihren Rookie Test ab. Die
CAMSO V8 waren der „Hit“
in Lydden Hill am 9. september – 14.09.2006 Acht
„echte“ CAMSO V8 (Tony und
Chris Roots, Gary Ellis, Im ersten Lauf wurde zusammen mit den Baby Grands gefahren. Der Geschwindigkeitsunterschied war aber zu groß, so dass es gefährlich wurde. Die weiteren Läufe fuhren die V8 unter sich. Sie lieferten die spannendsten Rennen des Tages. Laut dem Organisator Rod Birley waren die V8 in diesem Jahr 1.5 sec schneller als 2005. Der einzige Nachteil dieses Renntages waren die kurze Rundenzahl (8 laps) und dass wegen der verschmutzten Bahn 7 Reifen kaputt gingen. Die Organisation hat versprochen im nächsten Jahr eine Lösung dafür zu finden. Roland Vandermeersch
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