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19.08.2010
16.04.2010 - NEWSFLASH!
To our great regret we have decided to cancel or postpone the second OEPS race
The latest word is that CPH will be closed for all airtraffic untill 15:00 on Friday, which means that IF flights start flying again, the logistics of all airliners are messed up, to say the least. And of course not to mention the million people being stuck in European airports, who'll get priority obviously in order to get wherever they were going.
So, we can be 99,99% sure that nobody will be able to reach CPH by air tomorrow, or even on Saturday, and therefore we've decided NOT to race on Saturday.
For the teams being already present, we are probably gonna have a small race for fun, NO OEPS race, and get drunk at the local bars...
I can't say how much I hate having typed this message, as you know I don't like to give up. But as Rolf Andersen just said on the phone, this is textbook force-majeur.
We'll keep you updated on any new developments.
Your OEPS team
31.03.2010
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!
30.03.2010
A few informations and updates to the rules, technical inspection procedure and general information before the Copenhagen race in two weeks time.
All teams present in Dison will get the two same motors for the Copenhagen round. New teams will make a draw from the stock of motors for their two practise and race motors.
First we have included the following text in the rules.: The body must cover all chassis and axel parts, so that no chassis part or axel part is visible when the car is looked at from above. This also includes the guide.
We have also changed the wording regarding treatment of the rear tires, so the rules now state.: Tyre dressing of any kind is not allowed during the official training or during the race. The hand out race tyres may be only be cleaned by using the tape supplied by the OEPS organization.
We have also included the technical control procedure and the penalties into the rules and they now read as follows.:
Technical inspection procedure
Qualifying starts without any TC having been done.
Directly after the qualifying run the car goes into parc fermé and TC. Should the car fail TC, the team gets a time penalty, and can’t rectify the problem until the race has started and the penalty has been sat through.
The 6 slowest cars will be TC-ed first, so as to start the race as quick as possible.
DIRECTLY at the start of the race in which the faulty car starts, the team have to sit out their 1 minute, being stationary at the start, and only after that one minute, the team can start correcting their car according to the TC's wishes. And only then, the teams are allowed to start the race.
Penalties:
- a 1 minute delay at the first following run for not passing Tech. Additional 30 seconds delay will follow per each individual infringement with the rule set.
(example: car A is too low, too wide and misses 2 inserts. This team will get a 2 minute penalty – 1 minute for point one, too low, 30 seconds for point 2, too wide and another 30 seconds for missing inserts. Number of missing inserts is not important, 1 missing insert gets the same penalty as 4 missing inserts)
- Only after this penalty has been sat out work may begin to correct the error. During the first lanechange the TC will check if the car now meets the rules in full.
- Not passing post race TC = all laps of best stint will be deducted from the overall total lap result
17.03.2010
There has been a few cancelations from four teams for the Copenhagen OEPS round, so as of today we have 20 teams.
03.03.2010
Time schedule for the Copenhagen round has been included in the Copenhagen information page.
27.02.2010
Under RACE NEWS there is now a writen report on OEPS, it is not 100% finished as there will come some pictures and additional text later.
18.02.2010
Several updates have been done to the rules page. All of this is clearifications done on the basis of the lessons learned at the first OEPS round in Dison. If you go to the rules page the changed text and additions are all done in red writing.
17.02.2010
The OEPS Championships positions have now been updated with the results from Dison. OK, so it's the only results so far ;-) Now we do have the championships standing online!
11.02.2010
The Copenhagen race venue has changed! As the owners of the track has struck a deal with Keld Høfler/RaceFun to have the track installed permanently at his new location, that is where the Copenhagen race will be run as well. So the new adrress is.:
RaceFun, Roskildevej 14, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark
If you go to the Copenhagen page you will find information on hotels and bed & breakfast close to the venue.
08.02.2010
The first OEPS race in Dison is over! And what a great race it was, with a lot of close fighting all down the field.
27 teams had showed and secured a great race!
Complete report will follow later today at this link: RACING NEWS at this moment there is only the bare results.
Photografs from the event can be viewed in our Dison 2010 gallery click on this link
DISON 2010 Pictures will be uploaded continously through the day today.
05.01.2010
Track power will be 14.5 volts at the OEPS races.
The point system for the 2010 OEPS series can be found here!
04.01.2010
Only about one month to the first race! Are you ready??
Well if you are and you have a picture of your race car please mail it to me at pha (@) oeps-info.com so I can put the picture onto the TEAMS pages.
I would really like to show the actual model cars in these pages. Also it would be nice to get pictures of the drivers of the teams, which will also be put un the TEAMS page.
04.01.2010
Race procedure and race day rules. Please follow this link to get all the information you need to be well prepared for the first OEPS event at Dison.
07.12.2009 CHANGE OF VENUE FOR FIRST RACE!
It is with great regret that we have to change the venue for the first OEPS race of 2010. We have been informed that there is a great posibility that the Spa track in Bedburg, Germany will not be ready for racing untill later in 2010!
Therefore we have had to change the venue to the club/track of the Slotracin24 Club in Dison, Belgium. The track is situated at: Techniplast Raceway,Rue Neuve 77, Dison, Belgium.
The reason we have choosen this venue is that it is only about 1 hours drive from Düsseldorf and Köln International Airports, which most of the teams from Scandinavia and the west or south of Europe would go through to get to Bedburg as well.
We will post more info on the track, hotels etc., in a few days time.
Please also note that the time schedule etc., will be adjusted to the Dison 8 laner.
03.12.2009 - OEPS point system!
02.12.2009 - NEWS on the hand out motors!
The chosen motor for the OEPS is the ProSlot Euro Competition, PS4000Comp.
This motor has been chosen on recommendation from Dan DeBella of ProSlot Inc. The motor is slightly different from the ones used in the IMCA EEC, in that they do not have the ball bearings at the shaft end. Again Dan DeBella told us that there was absolutely no reason to use the very expensive addition of the ball bearings. This has had a very positive influence on the prices that we could obtain the motors for at ProSlot, but it has also meant that these motors can be purchased by any racer directly from ProSlot.
The PS4000Comp motor uses the same hand wound, balanced US made armature. Every motor is tested by ProSlot prior to shipment, so there is a very good quality control.
Naturally we did extensive testing of the PS4000Comp motor and did some direct comparisons with the PS4000IMCA. The results of these tests have been very conclusive in proving Dan DeBella correct. The PS4000Comp motor is extremely good, very equal and the 12 motors that we have tested have given more than 12 hours of problem free racing. And yes, I do mean racing! We have used 12 motor (None where run in prior to first usage.) in six 2 hour races using LMP cars. During these races we equipped 6 cars with the PS4000IMCA motor and 6 cars with the PS4000COMP motor. The result was as stated previously very conclusive, in that the Comp version set the quickest lap at every test race and ran the most laps.
The motors used at the OEPS 2010 are sealed and marked versions that will naturally be run in, and all will be tested before being included in the hand out procedure. This should make 100% sure that all the motors used will give maximum performance for all teams from the first lap.
As we have found the performance almost 100% identical to a PS4000IMCA motor there is no problem in using these motors to test your setup etc. but the motor can be purchased directly at ProSlot or from Pål Hanson who have a stock of these motors. Price of the PS4000COMP is around €25,00 per pcs.
To buy the PS 4000COMP Contact:
ProSlot Inc., 687 Lincoln Lake Ave. S.,Lowell, Mi. 49331,Phone +001 (616) 897-6000, Fax +001(616) 897-6052 - Email: dan@proslot.com
Valliant Marketing ApS, Heimdalsvej 35 st., DK-3600 Frederikssund, Phone +4528998021, Email pha@valliant.biz Price of the PS4000COMP is €22,00 per pcs. plus postage from Valliant Marketing
14.11.2009
Through the immense support we have received, the Open European Prototype Series looks like it will be one of the most important 1/24 model car series in 2010.
We have 24 confirmed entries, with a total of 62 drivers from 10 countries! There is no doubt that the OEPS will also be one of the most interesting series technologically!
There are a lot of very good constructors in the OEPS, and there will be at least 11 different chassis on the start line, in other words the OEPS will be a very tough competition between high tech equipment and the best model car racers in Europe.
The commitment from the entrants and drivers is especially important to emphasis, as this series is driven by slotracers for slotracers! No mumbo jumbo!
Whether this was a friday 13th. problem ;-) I don't know, but we have lost some pictures from the server, so some pages looks a bit strange! I will be correcting this throughout the weekend, so have patience everyone, the OEPS site will be back to former glory in a day or two!
13.11.2009
Oh, oh it's friday the 13th. so I hardly dare make any changes here today, but hell I'll give it a shot anyway!
We have put the time schedule up for the Bedburg race, as well as there are yet two teams who have confirmed their entry for all three races.
Status is we have 24 confirmed entries for all 3 races.
I think I can say on behalf of all the OEPS organizers - THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT!!
This will be the best European 1/24 model car series in 2010!
09.11.2009
OK, we are now way past the October 31st. payment deadline, so from now on its first come first serve! The teams page is updated.
What else is new? We finaly have an address for the Spa track which is being built up in Bedburg, some 20 KM from Alsdorf.
30.10.2009
23 teams have now confirmed their registration and 20 teams have paid the entry fee for all three races. 5 more teams have registred! Remember that there are less than 10 days to register and pay the entry fee to secure your place on the OEPS starting grid!
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AFTER 31. OCTOBER 2009 WE WILL ACCEPT NEW ENTRYS IF YOU HAVE NOT CONFIRMED BY PAYMENT!
21.10.2009
18 teams have confirmed their registration and 12 teams have paid the entry fee to secure their starting position!
12.10.2009
We now have 14 teams confirmed thru sending in the registration form. Several have allready paid the entry fee securing their entry.
10.10.2009
Confirmed entrys! If you go to the teams page you will see that all TEAMS writen in red has confirmed by form and payment. All TEAMS in blue have sent in the form but payment has not yet been recieved. Use our PayPal account to pay the entry fee of 3 x €50 the e-mail for the PayPal is registration@oeps-info.com
04.10.2009
It's time to confirm your entrys!
It’s time to confirm your entry! Use this registrations form. It will be mailed to all teams, but you can also download it from here.:
Registration
22.09.2009
Several things has been happenin over the past few weeks. The most important is a confirmation from Titanic Bowling and Mr. Mulln that the Spa track will stay in the Euregio area and that our race is in the calendar.
22.09.2009
Mark Campbell has confirmed that there will be a Sprint Worlds held in connection with the last OEPS race of the season in Trier. The race will go for Formula 1 cars, something that should level the playing field for all who participate, as this is something brand new. You can read much more about this event that combines the World Endurance Championship and the Wordl Sprint Championship at http://www.trierworlds.com/
11.09.09.:
We have received lot's of questions from OEPS entrants about the Trier race, and the World Endurance Championship and the World Sprint Championships. Trier is the final race of the OEPS 2010 season, and it will also double as the World Endurance Championships. There will be separate points for both OEPS and the WEC race during this last race.
There will also be held the World Sprint Championships with F1 Grand Prix cars on the Thursday and part of the Friday before the OEPS race. This race is an individual championship and is open for all to enter. The OEPS drivers can enter this race as individuals if they so whish. However there is no obligation to do so!
More information on these additional events will be published separately when details are made public. 02.09.09.:
There has been another minor update to the rules, to rectify a mistake concerning the minimum width of the front wheels. Now it also states clearly that there must be a 6 mm contact area on the tech block and NOT a 7 mm contact area.
27.08.09.:
There has been an update to the rules, to rectify a mistake concerning the minimum width of the front wheels.
17.08.09.:
We have just recieved information from Kai Kivekas that for the Copenhagen OEPS round Scuderia Kaitserrari will have Mathias Parke as one of it's drivers!
15.08.09.:
We, the OEPS organizers feel compelled to make the following statement public:
"The organizing committee of the 2010 Open European Prototype Series (OEPS) has never had and has nothing what so ever to do with the International Model Car Association (IMCA).
We have in no way asked to be included in the IOC ranking system, to be considered as the European Endurance Championship (EEC) or to be brought into conjunction with anything that has to do with IMCA.
The organizers also want to make it quite clear that OEPS does not place any restriction upon teams that have entered the OEPS in connection with any other slot racing series or championship they intend to enter.
All Information pertaining and relevant to the OEPS organization and its events can be found SOLELY on our web at www.oeps-info.com
We distance ourselves from any information published elsewhere. We thus ask our readers and racers only to refer to this site as sources of information and in case of doubt contact oeps@oeps-info.com
14.08.09.:
Javier Checa Villa has entered his all Spanish team Marina Alta, we will do our utmost to accomodate Javier Checa's team, who are now third on the waiting list.
Within the next few weeks a entry form will go out by mail to all the entered teams so all can confirm and pay the initial entry fee.
13.08.09.:
Kai Kivekas of Scuderia Kaitserrari has just confirmed the two team mates for his Finish team, and the teams pages has been updated accordingly.
10.08.09.:
Just a few updates to the teams section, and in the next few days we will publish the time schedule for the races, plus we will publish as much information of each event as possible. This will be address, hotels, wiring of the track plus everything else of interest. So stay tuned......
01.08.09:
Fola has been at it again! Two new bodies are ready, the Lola Aston Martin LMP and the Audi R8 GT.
 
The Lola Aston Martin LMP is a beautifull conversion Fola did starting from the Peugeot 908 HDi, the whole process can be seen on Fola's Picasa web follow this link http://picasaweb.google.com/slotfabrik12/AstonLola#.
The Audi is naturally appealing to those of us who are also racing GT's and it looks very nice and will be a welcome addition at any re-make of the 24 Hours of Spa or Nürburgring!
 
29.07.09:
Erlo of Durban South Africa is making the monstrous Audi R15 TDi, and he is close to finsihing the master!
 
This is one awsom BIG, no HUUUUGE race car, that we are really hoping to see in the OEPS 2010. We will naturally keep you posted on the progress of this new body and how to get your sticky little hands on it when Erlo har finished it!
29.07.09:
Fresh rumour has it that the Alsdorf SPA track will only be moved 40 km from Alsdorf. More on this when it has been confirmed.
27.07.09: By Pål Hanson
The Toronto Masters is now well under way, as the racing comensed on monday. The Sprint Worlds was won by Børge Haug, with Gabriel Inhäbit runner up and Glenn Wennerberg in third spot! Congratulations to all. Later today the LMP racing will start, and that will probably give even closer racing. There will be updates on the following forums www.worldslotracing.com and www.slotracinglemans.com and Gabe has uploaded lots of pictures at http://picasaweb.google.ca/gabe.inabnit/2009Toronto#
I am naturaly tipping my Norwegian flag to Børge and Glenn!! Good show guys! Keep it up!
27.07.09: The Titanic Bowling Spa track gets a new home!
The Alsdorf SPA track will be moved to a possibel location in Mönchengladbach, this has yet to be confirmed, but we do hope that this will happen!! It will be moved at the end of August and not on August 22nd as we first was told.
However this will be a great opportunity to renovate the track and we hope that the opening race of the OEPS 2010 series will be one of the main events in2010 at the new location!
29.06.09.
THE GRID IS FULL!!
30 teams have now registred for OEPS 2010!!
There is a waiting list of 3 teams at the moment, if you go to the teams page scroll down to the bottom to see the reserve teams!
OEPS are now up to the registration of 30 teams, with drivers from 10 different countries from all around the world! Of course the weight is on European drivers representing 8 countries. That is how it should be.
The depth of the field however promises some exceptional ding dong battles on track next year. There is also a lot of technical development going on, among them there will almost certainly be a brand new US designed and developed chassis on the starting grid!
We have three family teams entered two father/son teams and more uniquely a mother/son team. The whole specter of talented builders and racers are entered, and there will be close racing!
There will also be winners and losers, as in the real world. Nothing, but nothing is settled before “The Fat Lady” sing in Trier in September of 2010 – If you want to be part of OEPS, there is plenty of room for more teams, and we have room for beginners, experts and the in between’s, so don’t hesitate to enter, because like the classic slogan of “Hard Rock Café” – “We Serve All and we Love All….”!
16.06.09.
Dust will slowly start to settle after another thrilling 24 hours of Le Mans, which was won by Peugeot having finally broken Audi’s string of succes during the last decade.
Following this fantastic race and in keeping with our 2008-2009 period, we are adding a few new cars, amongst which are the beautifull #17 Pescarolo Peugeot 908 , and the two new Porsche Spyder liveries of Team Essex and team Goh. The Pescarolo Peugeot especially, will be a real joy to the eye, as Fola Osu practicly demanded that he’s to build that car.
For your convenience we have only listed the cars of which we know that there are 1/24 scale bodies available.
As soon as we learn that a new prototype body of the 2008-2009 ALMS, ELMS and/or Le Mans is availabe, we will update our cars page.
The huge entry field we already have, unfortunately forces us to restrict the entries to 30 teams, with 2 extra open spots which will be at our discretion to assign to a team.
15.06.09.
OK, after this weekends Le Mans there will be many new liveries on its way, but it is now time to hurry up if you want to secure an entry for the 2010 OEPS. There are 30 entrys in total, and we now have 27 confirmed entries!! After the 30th. entry has been recieved new teams will be registred on a waiting list in the order that they register. So hurry up if you want to be certain to be on the starting line in February of 2010!
The 77th. Le Mans 24 Hours 2009
Dust will slowly start to settle after another thrilling 24 hours of Le Mans, which was won by Peugeot having finally broken Audi’s string of success during the last decade.
Following this fantastic race and in keeping with our 2008-2009 period, we are adding a few new cars, amongst which are the beautifull #17 Pescarolo Peugeot 908 , and the two new Porsche Spyder liveries of Team Essex and team Goh. The Pescarolo Peugeot especially, will be a real joy to the eye, as Fola Osu practicly demanded that he’s to build that car.
For your convenience we have only listed the cars of which we know that there are 1/24 scale bodies available.
As soon as we learn that a new prototype body of the 2008-2009 ALMS, ELMS and/or Le Mans is availabe, we will update our cars page.
The huge entry field we already have, unfortunately forces us to restrict the entries to 30 teams, with 2 extra open spots which will be at our discretion to assign to a team.
12.06.09
The Open European Prototype Series is proud to announce that the Canadian/North American team of Mark Campbell will enter selected races in 2010!! This is fantastic news as it will surely help build interest in model car racing in North America, and it is a great kudos to the international spirit of friendship.
11.06.09
The dates are now ready and published, more details in the DATES page. We will also publish more details about each of the racing venues as soon as posible.
04.06.09.
We are working flat out at the moment to get the dates settled and to fit it into the very tight European model car racing schedules. So stay tuned!
31.05.09.
To make communications easier we have made an alliance with a new forum at the www.worldslotracing.com
30.05.09.
There are now 20 teams pre-registred for the 2010 OEPS. Plus we have several enquiries from track owners to join the series - This is a fantastic interest that we are very happy for and it is turning out to be more and more the Open EUROPEAN Prototype Series as there are now European 7 countries represented.
26.05.09.
There is now a Technical Corner underway OEPS Tech Blog - http://techcorner.oeps-info.com/#home here you can ask your technical questions and find tips and tricks in due course.
19.05.09.
You have stumbeled accross the webpage of Open European Prototype Series for 1/24 model cars.
Within the next few days we will publish the dates and tracks for this exiting new model car series that is open for all!
You can register or show your interest at register@oeps-info.com
OEPS 2010
The Open European Prototype Series is a newe 1/24 model car slot racing series that are open to all to enter. It is a ring of enthusiasts who wish to organize 1/24 model car slot racing for modern Le Mans cars.
The emphasis is on fun, friendship and close racing. We wish to promote modern 1/24 scale slot model car racing and we wish to get closer to North European friends while doing so.
The Open European Prototype Series is jointly organized by clubs from Germany, Norway, Denmark and Holland. We hope to have even further clubs join this movement during the next 12 months.
If you need to know more about us please send an email to oeps@oeps-info.com
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Dates 2011
12-13 Februari -
Swisstal-Heimersheim, Germany
2-3 April-Gothenburg, Sweden
3-4 September - Trier, Germany
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