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CALENDRIER 2010

 

Warneton Sunday 4th April *
Warneton Monday 5th April
Warneton Sunday 25th April
Warneton Sunday 16th May
Ipswich Saturday 12th June
Warneton Sunday 20th June
Lydden Hill Saturday 26th June
Warneton Sunday 11th July
Lydden Hill Saturday 17th July*
Lydden Hill Sunday 18th July
Ipswich Saturday 7th August
Warneton 22nd August
Warneton 5th September
Ipswich 11th September
Hednesford 12th September
Warneton 26th September
Warneton 10th October

Total 17 Meetings Two Of Which Are Two Day Meetings *
(Three If You Count Ipswich & Hednesford As A Two

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%
Ali Block Cars……………..2700lbs (1225Kgs) Max Side Weight 58%

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


Tony Roots

 

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.
Although the results don’t show it Martin became more and more competitive during the day. Miguel Gomes had his first outing at Warneton and struggled to follow the white line rules. He sorted that out but the pressure to keep within the rules took away his speed.

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.
Next year you will have to book in or suffer a penalty, either sex, money or violence or possibly all three.

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.


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Tony Roots

IPSWICH 15TH AUGUST 2009

1. You will receive 4 free entry tickets per race car, including the driver.
2. Pits are open all day (They are outside the stadium).
3. Practice for the ELMS cars is at 6pm and lasts 30 minutes. You may come on & off the track as many times as you can within that 30 minutes. No other formula’s will be practicing.
4. The race meeting starts at 6.45pm and a programme will be available on the day.
5. All ELMS drivers will need to sign in. This needs to be done before practice.
6. Radios are compulsory both for practice and racing. Raceceivers Channel 1029 (462.8500).
7. We will try to park together within the pits but that depends on your arrival time. There is no specific area allocated.
8. There will be a drivers meeting as soon as the practice has finished.
9. Once the meeting has finished any driver that wishes to stay the night will be allowed to park inside the stadium on the track and stay there for the night NO LOUD MUSIC! We will be locked in and released on parole in the morning

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.
If we do not follow these basic rules the racing on these tracks will be impossible. This also applies to practice

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
2 07 Jean Vasseur FR Ford Taurus
3 17 Bruce Andrews USA Monte Carlo
4 19 Xavier Vandemeersch. BE Pontiac GP
5 22 Anton Gonnissen BE Monte Carlo
6 34 Winston Graham GB Ford Taurus
7 39 Paul Bowman GB Monte Carlo
8 46 Miguel Gomes PL Monte Carlo
9 48 Shane Bereton GB Monte Carlo
10 66 Vincent Lehouck FR Ford Taurus
11 71 Bertrand Zore FR Ford Taurus
12 73 Wim Moonen NL Monte Carlo
12a 77 Tony Roots GB Pontiac GP
14 88 Keith Whalley GB Monte Carlo
15 95 Gary Ellis GB Dodge Intrepid
16 98 Tony Hurdle GB Monte Carlo
17 99 Lee Maddox GB Monte Carlo
18 222 Jos Jansen BE Dodge Charger


 

TO THE EUROPEAN LATE MODEL DRIVERS – 25.07.2009


Dear driver,


Looking at some pictures from the last meeting (I will have the DVD from the races, filmed from the tower, only mid august) It seems that a lot of drivers do not know exactly the mean of the white line, especially in the middle of the turns.

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.
This year, #07 Jean Vasseur has cut, at least 6 times in front of another car, in different cases with damage on the other car. That must stop.
Therefore, I must give him an official warning. Next time he will be banned for ONE MEETING.

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.


The second English meeting takes place on 15th August at Ipswich and so far 17 drivers are booked to race. This will involve a couple of new drivers to ELMS.
I think this is a good time to point out that although there is no White Line at Ipswich the RULE still very much applies. Roland VDM will be Steward of the meeting and will stop races to discipline offenders who are ignoring the rule or the radio warnings. If you have a car which has caught you up and is immediately behind you, you MUST hold an inside or outside line and give the overtaking car room to race ALL round the track. This goes against habits of Hot Rod racing but it makes the racing interesting and drastically reduces damage. Remember it works both ways.

See You All At Ipswich.

Tony Roots


Les CAMSO V8 - EUROPEAN LATE MODELS passeront sur MOTEURS TV (émission Française) le samedi 11/07 de 19h00 à 19h50

le dimanche 12/07 de 16h40 à 17h35

le lundi 13/07 de 0(h50 à 6h45

 

EUROPEAN LATE MODEL SERIES

Welcome to newsletter #3

First a welcome to Keith Whalley #88 and Winston Graham #34
(although he raced with #11 on the car for the first meeting)
Keith has bought and spent a lot of time preparing the ex’ Martin Heath ASCAR. Winston has bought Jimmy Bryans car. Winston’s racing was shortened with broken head caskets but for the few laps he did do the car went well.

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.
Kelvin’s change of number has worked. All of his bad luck has been transferred to Keith Whalley in the #88. Kelvin now # 13 had an incident free meeting and contested the first three places for 95% of the big race.
Having to give way to Wim Moonen in the last couple of laps.
“Tractor” recovered from a visit to the fence on Friday afternoon when the throttle jammed to record consistent finishes. Tony Hurdle was the
first ex-ASCAR to win a race and Keith Whalley #88 spent a frustrating Sunday. In practise on Saturday his car was most certainly “on the pace”
only to suffer blocked fuel lines when in the pit lane for the first (and second) races. He did finish the final but down on power which also affected the handling again due to fuel supply problems.

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.
I’ve lost the plot as to who has been given DVD’s. If you haven’t received copies of programmes 1 & 2 from either Andrew or me, then please let me know and I will make sure I get them.

Thanks to everybody for their efforts so far this season.

Tony

 

 

EUROPEAN LATE MODELS (ex CAMSO V8) sur MOTORS TV - 18.05

 

Les courses du Lundi de Pâques passeront encore sur MotorsTV (EDITION ANGLAISE UNIQUEMENT)

ce MARDI 19.05 à 03h05 du matin et à 16h00

ce MERCREDI 20.05 à 23h20

 

Vous pouvez consulter le programme sur www.motorsTV.com puis cliquez sur TV GUIDE UK

 

WELCOME TO NEWSLETTER #2 - 07.05.2009

An eventful meeting on 3rd May, particularly the second race. Paul Poulter decided that he needed to take justice into his own hands rather than wait for the officials. An absolutely brilliant drive after being sent to the back for the first infraction saw him back up to second in about 5 laps.
All to be wasted by another attempt on #07 to remove him. Paul collected a justified black flag for that.

ALL drivers must let the officials do their job. Yes, they don’t see everything all the time but they do for most of it, each race is followed by a discussion between Roland and one or more officials. It was extremely fortunate that an innocent party wasn’t caught up with the close relationship that Jean & Paul had developed.

Thw white line rule is there to protect us all. Anybody can block or push, there is little skill required. If we don’t respect other drivers and their cars we will only end up with more damage typical of a National Hot Rod meeting with all the problems that brings.

#5 David Brooks had an eventful meeting. Unfortunately, after keeping the car together and becoming more competitive as the meeting progressed he went out wide on exit from bend 4 and got on the loose. He spun and collected the “Lucky” Kelvin Hassell #88. David managed to continue minus a bonnet but Mr Lucky was sidelined for the rest of the meeting.

“Lucky” Kelvin has decided to take the obvious route of stopping any further accidents by changing his race number. As he was born on the 13th and his circuit racing number was #13 He has now become number 13. He has sold #88 to Keith Whalley, who should be racing at the next meeting, for a bottle of Jack Daniels.

Weeare missing Kurt & Anton at the next meeting as they are racing at the 24hrs of Nurburgring. I think Colin White is there as well.

Driver Of The Day Bertrand Zore #71 He has suddenly found a load of speed. Well Done!

An Up to date Points Chart is attached. Xavier VDM #19 has taken over the top spot from Gary Ellis after a bad meeting (by his standards). Jean Vasseur is coming up after his two wins.

Next meeting 24th May. Bring extra petrol for 60 Lap Final.

Anybody not racing please let me know. Otherwise I will assume that everybody is going to be there (except Kurt & Anton).

See You There.

Tony Roots

 

- EUROPEAN LATE MODELS (ex CAMSO V8) CE SAMEDI 2 MAI A 19h00 SUR MOTORS TV (version Anglaise !!!)

L'émission dure 24 minutes. Il s'agit des courses, qui se sont déroulés à Pâques.

Les répétitions auront lieu le Dimanche 11h00, Mardi à 16h00, 20h35 et 23h50. Enfin, le Jeudi 7 mai à 11h et Lundi 11 mai à 22h15. Ce reportage sera transmis sur Motors TV Français environ 2 semaines plus tard (ils cherchent un bon commentateur en Français)

- Pilote de National Hot Rods (GB) a loué une Camso V8 à Tony Roots pour ce dimanche. Pour le 24.05, Keith Whallet (GB) fera de même.

- Grande vedette sera certainement PAUL POULTER, qui a gagné beaucoup de courses en Pick Up à Rockingham et qui a participé à quelques courses en NASCAR aux USA en Pick-up Nationwide.


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
programme)
Those that were interviewed won't necessarily be shown in the first programmes, they will be used thru' the series.

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.
Tony Hurdle drove well within the limits of an ill handling car and has put himself 5th in the points. He does need to learn French if he's going to issue bollockings.
It ended on a sour note for John Steward in the last race of the weekend doing a lot of damage to the front of his car.

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.
So, your support for the meeting would be appreciated. I've been told that practise is at 12am then a lunch break and we will be the first race of the afternoon.
We have three races min' 25 laps and if we have a good number of cars the final will be longer. Then it's on the ferry and back to Warneton.

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

NEW UK ROUND CONFIRMED FOR EUROPEAN LATE MODEL SERIES
20th April 09

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 ders 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
14th April 09

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 Hoosi er 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.

 

MESSAGE DE KELVIN HASSELL (#88) concernant les entraînements Camso V8 - Ascar: 01.04.2009

1st April 2009 (continued from home page)

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.
Please contact us for more information

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.
DATE
LOCATION

12-13 April 2009
Warneton International Speedway, Belgium

03 May 2009
Warneton International Speedway, Belgium

24 May 2009
Warneton International Speedway, Belgium

28 June 2009
Warneton International Speedway, Belgium

12 July 2009
Warneton International Speedway, Belgium

15 August 2009
Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich, UK

23 August 2009
Warneton International Speedway, Belgium

31 August 2009
Hednesford Hills Raceway, Hednesford, UK

06 September 2009
Warneton International Speedway, Belgium

27 September 2009
Warneton International Speedway, Belgium

11 October 2009
Warneton International Speedway, Belgium


16th March 2009

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
Contact Tony Roots for further information.

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 and the UK.

 

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 CHANGE DE NOM – 18.03.2009

Tony Roots a repris les rênes des « Camso V8 Series »
Le but est de promouvoir une expansion internationale en regardant surtout du coté de l’Angleterre.
Le nouveau nom sera EUROPEAN LATE MODEL SERIES
Tony Roots a pris contact avec les ex pilotes de l’ascar, Colin White et John Stuard, deux anciens champions du monde des National Hot Rods. Ensemble, ils vont tester les Camso V8 et Ascar à Warneton, le 28 mars et voir comment on peut égaliser les deux types de voitures ; les Camso V8 sont en principe plus rapides du fait qu’ils pèsent plus que 200kg en moins.
Provisoirement, il y a douze organisations prévues : dix à Warneton, une à Ipswich le 15 août et une à Hednesford le 30 août. Il y a une chance qu’ils rouleront aussi à Lydden hill, mais ceci n’est pas encore certain.
Tony Roots est allé tester le Camso V8 à Ipswich, le 28 février. Malgré qu’il n’avait pas le bon rapport de pont, ni la suspension adéquate et qu’il roulait avec des vieux pneus, il n’était que 0,4 sec par tour plus lent que les National Hot Rods. En faisant les adaptations nécessaires, Roots croit pouvoir égaliser les temps des Hot Rods.
Les négociations pour passer de chaque course un résumé de 30 minutes pour Motors TV sont très avancées.

Roland Vandermeersch

 

MESSAGES DE LA CAMSO  - 01.05.2007

 

 

Les Days of British Power, le 12 et 13 Mai seront une des manifestations les plus importantes de la saison (avec le 8 Juillet et le 2 septembre). Nous espérons une centaine d'Anglais et Irlandais au départ. Carl Boardley, champion du monde, sera au départ en National Hot Rods. La finale des Camso V8 se déroulera sur 75 tours avec deux + drapeaux jaunes ; obligatoires pour regrouper les voitures.

 

En Camso V8, un pilote qui sera doublé une ou plusieurs fois, sera mis dans le tour de la première voiture, lors d'un drapeau jaune  caution. Il sera mis en dernière position lors du restart. Ceci veut dire que, quand on est doublé, on peut quand même gagner la course, sil y a une situation de drapeau jaune.

 

Deux pilotes, qui roulent en SCSA-ASCAR ` Rockingham se sont inscrit en National Hot Rods : Colin White et Malcolm Clein. John Steward, autre pilote ASCAR, a aussi montré de l'intérêt

 

Kurt Dujardin et Anton Gonnissen rouleront samedi 12 Mai une endurance au Nurburgring sur une Aston Martin DB9. Colin White y roulera aussi avec Frank Nöhring, ex pilote de National Hot Rods. Ils seront tous à Warneton le dimanche.

 

Suite à une pénalisation pour ne pas avoir gardé sa ligne, lors de la dernière finale en Camso V8, Jean Vasseur (#07) devra partir en dernière position lors des deux manches du 13 Mai.

 

Catering Frans Bevers veut mettre une nouvelle cafétéria. En dessous, il y aurait des toilettes et la cafétéria elle-même se situerait au premier étage, avec vu sur la piste. Il y aurait aussi un nouveau bloc sanitaire au milieu. Espérons que ceci se réalisera encore cette saison.

 

 

Nous avons fait faire un spot publicitaire sur les Camso V8. Ce spot passera 3 fois par journée de course pour les manifestations du 13 Mai  27 + 28 Mai  8 Juillet  2 Septembre). A voir sur AB3 émission Speed Action de Vincent Franssen. Vous pouvez voir ce spot publicitaire sur www.cqfdimage.be  identification : camso  mot de passe : pub télécharger

 

Chris Roots, fils de Tony , prendra le départ sur la #66. Suite ` un incident après l'arriviez avec Wim Peeters, il y a deux ans, il devra partir en dernière position dans les deux manches, < de tour aprés les autres.

 

La dernière course de la saison pour les Camso V8 se déroulera le SAMEDI 13 Octobre (au lieu du dimanche 21 octobre) lors du passage des 24 HOURS of YPRES RETRO RALLYE. Première manche vers 11h30 ; finale vers 15h30

 

Vous trouvez le programme complet des Days of British Power sur notre site www.camso.com sous + special events ;

 

Lors d'une session TV le dimanche de la dernière organisation, des images ont été regardées incidents lors du week-end de Paques. Il a été décidé qu'une voiture, qui se trouve ` l'extérieur, ne peut se rabattre que lorsque la voiture est COMPLÈTEMENT passée (et pas + presque ; complètement). Aussi les pilotes ont décidé qu'il n'est plus possible de discuter des décisions prises par la direction de course, même s'il est probable que cette direction de course va peut-être se tromper de temps ` autre.

Roland Vandermeersch

 

 

 

 

DERNIER MESSAGES DE LA CAMSO 2006

 

 

En Camso V8, Bertrand Zoré (Fr) et Jimmy Bryan (GB) reviennent. Peter Finnis (GB) est guéri d’une opération au bras et l’Allemand Klaus Biester serait aussi présent. Si tout le monde est présent, on pourrait avoir un plateau complèt de 16 voitures.

 

Roland Vandermeersch

 

 

 

 

CAMSO V8 FINALE 2006  

 

La finale du championnat du CAMSO V8 était riche en actions et pleine de rebondissements.

Beaucoup de batailles avec les nouveaux pilotes, qui seront de sérieux challenges pour la saison 2007.

 

Kelvin Hassell menait le départ, suivi de très près par le champion des Lightning Rods, 21 Wim Moonen, lui même tallonné par Tony Roots. En 4ème position, le champion de Super Privé Cars, Jean Vasseur, qui se rapprochait néanmoins rapidement de Tony Roots pour le passer dans le 2ème tour.

 

Dans le 3ème tour, Jean Vasseur prit la 2ème place, reléguant Mim Moonen à la 3ème place.

Au 7ème tour, Jean Vasseur dépassa Kelvin Hassell pour prendre la tête de la course.

Tony Roots en 4ème position, attaquait Wim Moonen, engendrant une belle bagarre pendant plusieurs tours et finalement Tony Roots prit la 3ème position. Tous deux se rapprochèrent de la 2ème place de Kelvin Hassell lorsque celui-ci ce fit une grosse frayeur dans le virage numéro 4.

Au 10ème tour, les positions étaient :

1 – Jean Vasseur, 2 – Tony Roots, 3 – Kelvin Hassell , 4 – Xavier Vandermeersch , qui se battaient tous les quatre pour la finale, suivis de Wim Peters pour le top 5.

Xavier Vandermeersch etait le plus rapide sur la piste : il dépassa très rapidement Kelvin Hassell , se rapprochait de Tony Roots et de Jean Vasseur.

Xavier Vandermeersch passa Tony Roots sur l’extérieur de la piste et peu de temps après, le nez de sa voiture arriva dans le pare choc de Jean Vasseur.

Xavier Vandermeersch essaya de nouveau de passer à l’extérieur dans le dernier tour, sans succès.

 

Les résultats indiquent que Gary Ellis est champion pour la deuxième année consécutive.

 

Prévision 2007 .

 

La saison 2007 de CAMSO V8 s’annonce être l’un des plus grands et difficiles championnats de toutes les séries européenes.

Tout d’abord, nous souhaitons la bienvenue aux nouveaux pilotes pour leur première saison complète de CAMSO V8 - :

 

Jean Vasseur

Les fans fidèles des courses de Warneton reconnaîtront Jean, de la série Super Privé Cars dans laquelle il remporta le titre de Champion 2005, et en lisse pour remporter le champion 2007 avec sa Rover 114 GTI.  Il a aussi gagné la dernière course du CAMSO V8 2006. Nous attendons de lui qu’il nous montre ses talents !

 

Wim Moonen

Le populaire pilote Wim Moonen a son fan-club qui le suit depuis son remarquable succès dans la catégorie des Lightning Rods.

Attendez-vous à le voir plusieurs fois sur la 1ère marche du podium en 2007.

 

Kelvin Hassell

Kelvin Hassell s’est rendu à Warneton en 2006 pour conduire son « Babygrand ». Depuis, nous ne pouvons plus se passer de lui.

Kelvin est un pilote confirmé, à la fois sur des longs et courts circuits. Il pilotera la voiture 88.

 

En Plus des champions réguliers, de nouveaux arrivants obtiendront certainement de positifs résultats.

 

Franz Lamot partagera sa voiture avec Paul Van Thourhout pendant toute la durée de la saison.

 

Keir Bartlett, qui concourrait en 2006, sera de retour en 2007.

 

Boudewijn Snauqarrt, également présent en 2006, sera de la partie pour plusieurs meetings du CAMSO V8.

 

Et certainement que Rod Birkley joindra de nouveau l’organisation annuelle de Lydden Hill en Grande Bretagne.

 

 

 

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