Season 8 Feb 15th!

Yes, it's that time again, time to begin to seriously look forward to the next season of the ever-popular "IFCA Trans-Am Relay Challenge" series!  


Season 8, Feb 15th, is right around the corner already!  Qualifying to get into this fun series will officially open to all teams on January 31st.

The cars will be the 1960s-70s Trans-Am class.  There are 52 cars to consider which include for the first time the Australian cars of the same era.  These right-hand drive cars are from the ATCC (Australian Touring Car Championship) which is Australia's version of the American SCCA Trans-Am series.  In fact, the ATCC actually predates Trans-Am.  One could say that the ATCC cars are the seasoned veterans of the sport of production class racing.  The ATCC rules were even less restrictive and more wide open than the SCCA rules making them every bit as fast or faster than their American counterparts. 

In honor of the Australian additions, we will be going Down Under to Bathurst for the first time as our qualifying track.  All the cars have been revised, re-tested and pushed towards an easier driving level with wider tires, less horsepower, and lighter weight.  With the addition of an upgraded sports suspension, the cars are vastly improved in the handling department while still retaining their original feel with minimal tuning burden. 

10 of the 52 cars offered have full racing suspensions primarily to make them easier to drive and more equal in performance.  These would be the smaller under 3.0L class of cars that we felt were just a little too unmanageable in the past.

We've already noticed an uptick in interest for Season 8 no doubt due to the wide selection of classic cars, so it benefits everyone to get an early jump on testing the cars out and discovering which one is going to work best for you at Bathurst.  As always only the fastest 12 teams make it into the season.  You'll get two chances, 4laps each, at Bathurst.

For those who don't make it in or can't race on Saturdays, we do offer you our Support Race for single drivers.  We have moved the Support Race to Wednesday night at 9:00pm EST.  The purpose is to help further equalize the cars and get people used to our format.  The Support Race follows the same schedule as the main event on Saturdays with the same cars and basic 2pits + 1 mandatory pit sequence but without any driver exchanges.  This is not a team event or a series with series points at stake.  However, it is an IFCA rated event and is limited to the first 24 drivers who show up.



Car builds Here:
https://ifca.forumotion.com/t6573-60s-70s-trans-am-car-builds



Updated explanation of the relay format is here:
https://ifca.forumotion.com/t6631-ifca-trans-am-relay-format


Good luck!