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Coppa D’oro VIII
January 29 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Coppa D’oro VIII
Sunday, January 29, 2023
@ Nova Ridge Motorsports Park
Every builder may enter up to 6 models for this event. Make sure to register your attendance and list all of the models you wish to enter by commenting below. For new models please also complete the Online Registration Form if you wish your model to be included in the Scratch32 database.
Model Eligibility
Any 1:32 scale hard body model that competed in a state or club sanctioned road, rally, endurance race or a grand prix between the years 1900 through to 1939 anywhere in the world. There are two classes:
- Pre-War Vintage (PGP) [5mm chassis clearance]
- Streamliners (PGP+) [No minimum chassis clearance]
Both classes must meet the following criteria:
- Motor: BWMS050
- Chassis: Any inline
- Gearing: Any
- Wheels: Must not exceed 16.5 mm in diameter and 5.5 mm in width
- Tires: DArt urethane club series (DA0210 recommended). Tires must not exceed 23 mm in diameter.
- Maximum Width:
- PGP: 54 mm – excluding fenders or insert detail which may extend beyond)
- PGP+: 51mm (actually 50.8 mm – excluding fenders or insert detail which may extend beyond)
- Minimum Chassis Height/Clearance:
- PGP: 5mm (but for guide and guide sleeve or tube, wheels/tires, bushings/bearings, crown gear, fenders)
- PGP+: No minimum Height/Clearance
Another garagista will be entering:
33PW006-1AT – #6 Alfa Romeo 8c 2300 – Luis Chiron
35PW032-1AT – #32 Ford v8 Special – Irineu Correa
29PW034-1AT – #34 Mercedes SSK – Rudolf Caracciola
#4 Auto Union C Type – Bernd Rosemeyer
I’m sure I posted this link elsewhere, but quite interesting, and extremely well crafted db
http://lemans.sqwib.org/decennie.php?decennie=1930
Garage Lyons will enter Bentley Blower# 10 and Aston Ulster #2
Team Club Weiss from the Zum Gasthof area:
1936 Auto Union Type C, #5 Wolfgang Weis, 36PW005-1KM
1936 Bugatti Type 50B, #35 Luigi Andretti, 36PW035-1KM
See thread 23238 under Scratch Built Models for the details of the latest Auto Union Type D build. Tazio Nuvolari is behind the wheel and will join Bernd Rosemeyer in the 1936 AU type C (#36PW004 – number changed to #1) and Rudolf Caracciola in the 1937 Mercedes Benz W125 (#37PW014) which completes the JMS garage for the PGP+ entries.
PGP entries in order of year built
4) 29PW028 – #28 – 1929 Bugatti Type 35B – Driven by Louis CHIRON
5) 30PW001 – #1 – 1930 Bentley Blower 4.5L – Driven by Sir Henry BIRKIN
6) 34PW033 – #33 – 1934 Aston Martin Ulster 1.5L – Driven by Maurice FAULKNER
7) 36PW014 – #14 – 1936 Bugatti T59 – Driven by Jean Pierre WIMILLE
Only a few of these models will be raced based on the time. The new AU Type D PGP+ model and the 1936 Bugatti T59 #14 in the PGP class will be the first two entries.
See y’all at the event.
I’ll bring the fleet including the new PGP+ Auto Union build that was posted on this web page a while back.
These should be fun on a long track?? Team MiA will be there. In the super slow class PPG- a Blower Bentley (#8) and an Alfa 1750 Grand Sport (#84), for PPG a Bugatti Type 59 (#4), for PPG+ an Auto Union Type C (#3).
Woke up with a sore throat and ?? Don’t want to pass it along just in case so I’m very sad but will not be there today. My favourite race too.
You will be missed! Get well!
Team “Club Weiss” will load up the old transporter.
Bugatti racing team of Rene Dreyfus #22 will be in attendance.