1962 WSRC - season over, future unknown

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 26 Apr 2015, 19:37

I will enter as Scuderia Fillipinetti.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 26 Apr 2015, 19:41

Abarth Corse SpA will produce one Fiat Abarth 850 TC SS available for privateers and will enter three Fiat Abarth 850 TC SS with numbers 8, 9 and 10.

Leonhard von Gottorp is going to use his family money to purchase a Jaguar Mark 2. He will enter with the racing number 941.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 26 Apr 2015, 19:54

Ecurie Francorchamps requests to run a Lotus Super Seven as a second car for younger drivers.
Race numbers, it basically doesn't matter, but i suggest 6 for the Ferrari and 21 for the Lotus.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 Apr 2015, 20:04

Ferrari will build the following;

8x 250 GTO. Five will be retained by the race team, with three being full-time race cars, one a part-time car and one as spare. Three will be set aside for NART, one of which is a spare chassis for that team.

2x 250 SWB Berlinetta Competizione Speciale. One will be sent to Ecurie Francorchamps. The other will go to the garage for now. It will be made available to "preferred" customers.

Numbers for the Ferraris;
#18 North America Racing Team
#22 Scuderia Ferrari SEFAC
#23 Scuderia Ferrari SEFAC (P/T)
#24 North America Racing Team
#27 Scuderia Ferrari SEFAC
#28 Scuderia Ferrari SEFAC

Also, Ecurie Voeckler requests an Alpine A110. If accepted, we'd like to run with #44.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 26 Apr 2015, 20:05

Alright, BMC has a ton of cars to choose from so here we go:

For the 3.0 class we will build 1 Austin Healey 3000 (#56). It will not have bumpers.

For the 2.0 class we will build 1 MGA (#58).

Last but certainly not least, for the 1.0 we will field a mix of Midgets and Minis. 1 Midgets (84) and 2 Minis (#87,88). We will be taking driver offers for these and we certainly have more where these came from!

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As for privateers, Auto Ruf wishes to purchase a Porsche 356b 1600 GS Carrera GT. With his experience fielding and tuning Porsches since 1960 we hope he can get a decent 356b to field in the European rounds. The number will be #60.

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 26 Apr 2015, 20:21

Nuppiz wrote:Since no-one else has claimed them, I'll temporarily run the Porsche manufacturer effort so we can move on to the next phase. However I'll give up control over it immediatedly should someone else want to run them.

I'll happily run Porsche, I was hoping to get in this series.

Current car numbers are pretty good, but i'd like to build an extra 1600 just in case my new customer team/s want one which I can provide at a moment notice. (Now that's customer service.!)

I'd also like a 4th, Gt 2000 for the factory team to enter in European rounds, #47.

Calender:

Nurburgring
Spa
Monza (No oval)
Pau
Watkins Glenn
Interlagos
Brands Hatch
Daytona Road Course
Hermanos Rodriquez
La Sarthe

Are our track nominations

CaptainGetz12 wrote:
As for privateers, Auto Ruf wishes to purchase a Porsche 356b 1600 GS Carrera GT. With his experience fielding and tuning Porsches since 1960 we hope he can get a decent 356b to field in the European rounds. The number will be #60.

Permission granted. I will allow any customer the ability to drive the "1600" and will be keeping a spare car in reserve in case any need it/ any convincing local takes our eye.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 Apr 2015, 20:31

Oh, in case any British team is looking to hire drivers, the wealthy and aristocratic gentleman Lord Montgomery Sterling is looking to acquire a seat in this series.

Elsewhere, I'll confirm already that Simone Bizzarri will be part of the Ferrari team roster, Panamese driver Gerson Alarcón Santana will be on the NART roster, and Jean-François Voeckler will form one half of the Ecurie Voeckler entry.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 26 Apr 2015, 20:33

Lotus will run three 23s, numbers 14, 15 and 16.

Irish Racing Automobiles (IRA) requests a racing trim E-Type from Jaguar, number 22.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 26 Apr 2015, 21:03

Possession list updated.

To retain realism and balance in the series, I will occasionally limit the availability of some models. The following models have currently reached the upper limits of their production:
Ferrari 250 GTO
Lotus 23 (more available from May 1962 onwards)
Porsche 356B 2000 GS Carrera 2

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 26 Apr 2015, 22:17

AC Cars will acquire 4 AC Ace cars for 1962 using numbers 90-93

Privateer team Anglo-Racing Engineering will enter a Mini Cooper #67 and an MG A #48

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 26 Apr 2015, 22:48

Triumph will build three TR3As for the works team. Two will be entered with #61 and #62 as their numbers, with the third being the rolling spare.

Additionally, Douglas-Cliff Racing would like to enter either a Lotus Seven F or Lotus Super Seven as the #55, depending on which one offers the best parity with the Sunbeam for reasons that will become apparent in due course

Post by **kevinbotz** » 27 Apr 2015, 00:56

Jaguar Cars Ltd. will construct five E-Type Racing models for the time being.

Three will be distributed to the Jaguar factory team, with numbers #31, #32 and #33. One will be remain in reserve as a spare car.

Jaguar assents to the request from I.R.A. and will assign the remaining E-Type accordingly.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 27 Apr 2015, 05:26

Zimmer Racing Enterprises would like to enter with a privateer Lotus Elite Super 95, #59.

My track choices are
Warwick Farm
Spa
Mosport
Roskilde Ring
Pau
Aintree
Silverstone
Monza (without oval)
Zandvoort
Laguna Seca

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 27 Apr 2015, 14:00

Alfa Corse will build 4 Sprint Speciale (#75, 76, 77, 78) and 2 Sprint Veloce (#90, 91). One of each models will be on reserve at all times. The remaining Veloce is up to sell to any privateer interested.

In the driver front, city-to-city racing specialist Pedro Bello from Mexico will drive the #77 factory car. The second car driver will be announced at a later date, but if there's any driver interested, the spot is still open.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 27 Apr 2015, 15:17

List updated.

Just a note: spare cars cannot be given individual racing numbers. They'll simply take over the number of the car they're replacing. You don't need to build spare cars for models classified as "stock", as those are automatically replaced for all teams (being mass-produced models). For this reason you don't need to have them in storage for privateers, as they can get these models without your permission. Factory teams will also get immediate replacements to cars classified as "limited" so they don't need spare examples for those, but if you want you can keep them in storage for privateers as they need to replace these models manually and with your permission. "Super-limited" cars must be replaced manually at all times, so having spares for those models is wise.

If no spare cars are available, the time to build a new limited or super limited car is between 1 to 10 weeks, depending on the complexity of the particular model (e.g. a simple engine swap from a base model will take little time, while building an entirely new specialized chassis will take much longer).

Post by **Ataxia** » 27 Apr 2015, 15:30

Aston Martin will build four DB4 GT Zagato models. Three will be used by the main race team, using numbers #5, #6 and #7, and the other will remain as a spare.

We would also like to offer privateer entries the chance to run the standard DB4 GT models; if the team proves itself, a Zagato model may become available to them in future.

Rated · Post by **Rated** » 27 Apr 2015, 15:37

SeedStriker wrote:Alfa Corse will build 4 Sprint Speciale (#75, 76, 77, 78) and 2 Sprint Veloce (#90, 91). One of each models will be on reserve at all times. The remaining Veloce is up to sell to any privateer interested.

East German Jens König has a passion for Alfa Romeo and would like to purchase the Spider Sprint Veloce.

Biscione wrote:Also, Ecurie Voeckler requests an Alpine A110. If accepted, we'd like to run with #44.

Société Automobiles Alpine and Jean Rédélé are delighted to supply Ecurie Voeckler with the brand new Alpine A110.

Société Automobiles Alpine will build seven Alpine A110.
Four of these cars will be retained by the team. Three will race (#110, 111 and 112) and one will be kept as a spare.
One will be sent to Ecurie Voeckler for their #44 entry.
Two cars remain available for purchase.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 27 Apr 2015, 15:43

Real-life drivers can be entered, but to avoid people entering drivers who might be involved in tommykl's F1, there's a strict limit. I will check the driver you are trying to enter on Wikipedia, StatsF1 and Racing Sports Cars; if I can find more than 10 race entries (separate starts on the same weekend or DNAs don't count) in the ongoing year (1962) using these sources, I won't allow them to compete as I classify them as being regularly involved elsewhere. If the driver has no data from 1962 but is of reasonable age, I'll allow them to compete.

To keep things moving on at a good pace, every real-life driver is available for bidding for 24 hours from the first post where they are mentioned. If no other teams bid for their services, the first bidder gets them; otherwise a RNG session will be held.

Post by **Ataxia** » 27 Apr 2015, 15:50

Aston Martin would like to offer works drives to touring car specialists Jack Sears and Peter Harper, as well as former sportscar winner and part-time Formula 1 entrant John Campbell-Jones.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 27 Apr 2015, 15:54

Rated wrote:
SeedStriker wrote:Alfa Corse will build 4 Sprint Speciale (#75, 76, 77, 78) and 2 Sprint Veloce (#90, 91). One of each models will be on reserve at all times. The remaining Veloce is up to sell to any privateer interested.

East German Jens König has a passion for Alfa Romeo and would like to purchase the Spider Sprint Veloce.

No problem. Pleased to have Jens König as customer for Alfa Romeo.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 27 Apr 2015, 15:57

Abarth Corse SpA would like to offer its cars to the following (real-life) drivers:
#8: Prince Gaetano Starrabba
#9: Syd van der Vyver
#10: Paul Russo

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 27 Apr 2015, 16:19

Scuderia Ferrari are still searching for someone to run the North America Racing Team. Remember, this entitles you to exclusive access to the 250 GTO factory spec car, which no-other team in the sport will have. We also heavily encourage NART to run factory driver Pedro Rodriguez, who is available to drive.

These are the real-life driver choices for Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC, in order of preference. They all have less than 10 races between F1 and Sportscar events in 1962;

Full-Time List
Ludovico Scarfiotti
Giancarlo Baghetti
Willy Mairesse
Consalvo Sanesi
Giorgio Scarlatti

Part-Time List
Hernando da Silva Ramos (P/T)
Consalvo Sanesi (P/T)

Ecurie Voeckler are looking to hire a single driver to partner Jean-François Voeckler. In order of preference;
André Simon
Jean Vinatier

Post by **Miguel98** » 27 Apr 2015, 16:34

The Chevrolet #1 car, which is also the team's privateer car for the start of the season (will use the Ford Falcon until the Chevrolet is ready to use) will employ Parnelli Jones to drive the car, with him changing seats with the other Chevrolet drivers, A.J. Foyt and Jay Chamberlain.

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I'll also run NART (North America Racing Team), Ferrari's North American division, with Pedro Rodriguez and Augie Pabst at the wheel of the Ferraris.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 27 Apr 2015, 16:41

Shelby will build four Shelby Cobra cars. Two will be run by the factory team, one will be available to a privateer team, and one will be kept as a spare.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 27 Apr 2015, 16:54

Alfa Corse would like to ask for the following drivers

Karl Foitek
Nino Vaccarella
Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
Henry Charles Bradley

Rated · Post by **Rated** » 27 Apr 2015, 16:55

Société Automobiles Alpine are looking to hire the following drivers :
Maurice Trintignant
Mauro Bianchi
Henri Grandsire

Post by **Nuppiz** » 27 Apr 2015, 17:27

The following real-life drivers that have been bidded on are ineligible:
A. J. Foyt (13 USAC races + one WSC race) = 14 races
Parnelli Jones (13 USAC races) = 13 races
Jay Chamberlain (three championship F1 races + eight non-championship F1 races) = 11 races
Nino Vaccarella (three championship F1 races + four non-championship F1 races + six WSC races) = 13 races
Maurice Trintignant (six championship F1 races + three non-championship F1 races + two WSC races) = 11 races

Also, Shelby Cobra has reached it's production limit for now (it was still at a prototype stage in early 1962).

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 27 Apr 2015, 17:47

AC Cars are looking to hire the following drivers

Sterling Moss
Robert Manzon
Steve McQueen
Tony Brooks
Jack Fairman

The 4th car will be driven by Sidney Hunter the Grandfather of Deanna McMahon

Anglo-Racing Engineering would like to hire either one of the following drivers for the following cars

Mini Cooper
John Love
John Whitmore

MG A

Alan Foster
Sherman Decker

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 27 Apr 2015, 18:11

For British Motor Corporation I will bid for the following drivers highest to lowest priority):
Class 3.0:
Hainz Schiller
John Dalton
Rob Slotemaker

Class 2.0:
John Love
Jack Sears
Paddy Hopkirk

Class 1.0:
John Sprinzel (for the Midget)
Dick Jacobs (for the Midget)
Warwick Banks
John Rhodes
George "Doc" Shephard
Frank Gardner

And for Auto Ruf I will ask for the following:
Hans Heyer

Post by **Miguel98** » 27 Apr 2015, 18:27

pi314159 wrote:Shelby will build four Shelby Cobra cars. Two will be run by the factory team, one will be available to a privateer team, and one will be kept as a spare.

American Racing bids for the Shelby car until the Chevrolet is ready to run.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 27 Apr 2015, 18:28

peteroli34 wrote:AC Cars are looking to hire the following drivers

Sterling Moss
Robert Manzon
Steve McQueen

The 4th car will be driven by Sidney Hunter the Grandfather of Deanna McMahon

Anglo-Racing Engineering would like to hire either one of the following drivers for the following cars

Mini Cooper
John Love
John Whitmore

MG A

Alan Foster
Sherman Decker

Moss, Manzon, and McQueen will all be RNGed even if no-one else bids for them. Moss would've continued his F1 career had he not crashed heavily at a pre-season NC race, Manzon did not enter any races in 1957 so he was likely retired at this point, and McQueen was mainly an actor (although he did consider being a professional race car driver).

John Whitmore is ineligible with 12 sportscar races to his name in 1962.

CaptainGetz12 wrote:For British Motor Company I will bid for the following drivers highest to lowest priority):
Class 3.0:
Hainz Schiller
John Dalton
Mike Parkes

Class 2.0:
John Love
Jack Sears
Paddy Hopkirk

Class 1.0:
Dick Jacobs (for the Midget)
Warwick Banks
John Whitmore
George "Doc" Shephard
Frank Gardner

And for Auto Ruf I will ask for the following:
Hans Heyer

Besides Whitmore (who is already explained above), Mike Parkes is ineligible (11 sportscar races and one non-championship F1 race in 1962). Hans Heyer is very young at this time, but I'll allow him as he was already racing (in karts).

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 27 Apr 2015, 18:41

Lotus are interested in hiring the following three drivers:

#14: Stirling Moss
#15: Jo Siffert
#16: Tony Brooks

IRA is interested in hiring long-time/former IRA driver Desmond Titterington.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 27 Apr 2015, 18:48

Karl Foitek will handle the #76 Alfa.

Since Vaccarella is ineligeble, Alfa Corse ask for long time stalwart Nino Farina

Post by **Miguel98** » 27 Apr 2015, 18:49

American Racing changes it's name to All American Eagles.

When we become Chevrolet's manufacturer team, we become Chevrolet Research & Development.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 27 Apr 2015, 19:06

Miguel98 wrote:
pi314159 wrote:Shelby will build four Shelby Cobra cars. Two will be run by the factory team, one will be available to a privateer team, and one will be kept as a spare.

American Racing bids for the Shelby car until the Chevrolet is ready to run.

Shelby will build a fifth Cobra for All American Eagles.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 27 Apr 2015, 19:08

Nuppiz wrote:
John Whitmore is ineligible with 12 sportscar races to his name in 1962.

CaptainGetz12 wrote:For British Motor Company I will bid for the following drivers highest to lowest priority):
Class 3.0:
Hainz Schiller
John Dalton
Mike Parkes

Class 2.0:
John Love
Jack Sears
Paddy Hopkirk

Class 1.0:
Dick Jacobs (for the Midget)
Warwick Banks
John Whitmore
George "Doc" Shephard
Frank Gardner

And for Auto Ruf I will ask for the following:
Hans Heyer

Besides Whitmore (who is already explained above), Mike Parkes is ineligible (11 sportscar races and one non-championship F1 race in 1962). Hans Heyer is very young at this time, but I'll allow him as he was already racing (in karts).

Alright. I'll replace Parkes with Rob Slotemaker and Whitemore with John Rhodes.

UPDATE: I'll update the original post for convenience. I also added Sprizel as a bid.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 27 Apr 2015, 21:14

Ecurie Francorchamps wants to run 'Beurlys' in the Ferrari and Gérald Langlois Van Ophem in the Lotus.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 28 Apr 2015, 14:28

Young Japanese sensation Hachiman Setou is looking for a works drive in the series.

Meanwhile Fiat-Abarth has sold its reserve 850 TC SS to Scuderia Filipinetti.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 28 Apr 2015, 16:57

Sunbeam Talbot will build the following:

4 x Sunbeam Alpine Series II racing (4th car will be a spare)

The Series II racing cars will be immediately put to use by the team, and given numbers #44, #45 and #46.

We would like to offer driving positions in the first 2 cars to the following drivers:

Peter Harper
George "Doc" Shepherd
Ralph Bowyer
Ed Wilson

The team will retain 25-year-old hill-climber John Davies as its 3rd driver from its previous guise as Evans Engineering, whose success in hill-climbing and in various spot starts at circuit races over the past few seasons using Sunbeam machinery was deemed sufficient to take over running of the works Sunbeam effort.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 28 Apr 2015, 17:10

Scuderia Filipinetti will use Italian driver Francesco Fausti (fictional driver), and we will use the number #19.