Diecast 64 May Mayhem (May 2021)

 

Welcome to Diecast 64 May Mayehm

• Cars are due May 1st, 2021. Racing will start the following week. 
• Video and results will be posted Saturday, May 15th.
• Local and Mail-in cars are welcome.  
• Mail-in cars should be sent with return postage if the racer wants them back.  Return postage can be included with the cars or sent through PayPal HERE. For more information on shipping cars economically and safely check out this VIDEO.
• Mail-in cars should also be accompanied with an ENTRY FORM.

Mail cars to:

Robby C

P.O. Box 156

Washington, Utah

84780

As part of May Mahem there will be 4 classes raced.  The Feature Stock class will be Lightweights this month.  The Builder's Challenge class will be the Gaslands race.  We will also be racing the Open Modified class and the Modified Street class.  

Builder's Challenge: Gaslands

This month's Builder's Challenge race is inspired by the role-playing game Gaslands. (If  you don't know anything about Gaslands you should really check it out.  Another fun way to play with your Hot Wheels - https://gaslands.com/)

In Gaslands, Earth is under Martian occupation.  The war left much of Earth destroyed and its population enslaved by the corporations of Mars.  Earth is a ghetto.  All money goes to Mars.  The internet is gone, but television continues under the global control of The Network.  The jewel in The Network's crown is Gaslands: broadcasting amateur and profesional death races from across the world as teams battle for a place in the prime-time international final.

This month racers should try to make their cars look like Post-Apocalyptic death race cars.  So what does that mean?  At the very least cars need to have some kind of weapon.  It could be spikes, guns, rocket launchers, or something of the like.  The weapon is the only real requirement, however using parts from multiple cars, making them look old/dirty/rusty, banged up, etc. is encouraged.

These cars will be racing on the D64 Banger Track.  Here is some footage from last year. 

For some inspiration you can check out the Gaslands Facebook group pictures: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gaslands/photos/

or do a Google image search for "Gasland cars". https://www.google.com/search?q=gaslands+cars&sxsrf=ALeKk007byydD6yHIkntz3m1IzkiriB0wQ:1589551745778&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2qKLZhbbpAhUfJTQIHbccCC0Q_AUoAXoECAsQAw&biw=1298&bih=660&dpr=1.25

• Cars Must be 60 grams or under.
• Cars must have at least 1 "weapon".
• Length: must be 4 inches or less
• Height: must be 3 inches or less
• Width: wheels must fit on Hot Wheels orange track however, spikes, weapons, etc. may stick out on the side with the total width being 2.25 inches or less.
• Dry lubes only
• 2 cars per entrant 
• There is a $1 per car entrance fee.

Open Modified 

• Cars must be 57 grams or under. 
• Cars may be modified for speed, looks, or both. 
• Length: must be 3.75 inches or less 
• Height: must be 2 inches or less 
• Width: must fit on Hot Wheels orange track 
• Dry lubes only 
• 2 cars per team
• There is a $1 per car entrance fee.
• The winning car this month in this class will be kept here at D64 to be raced in a "Car Of The Year" race at the end of the season. Cars running with bearings will not qualify for the "Car of the Year" Race.

Modified Street

• Cars must be 57 grams or under. 
• Cars may be modified for speed, looks, or both. 
• Must be actual production cars (Concept cars are not allowed this year)
• 4 wheels that all touch the ground
• Original silhouette
• Exceptions would be cosmetic modifications such as blowers, engines, spoilers, racks on trucks, etc.
• Original base
• Weight must be on the inside unless it is a truck (real trucks often carry things in the back) or incorporated into an actual object you might see on a car.
• Length: must be 3.75 inches or less 
• Height: must be 2 inches or less 
• Width: must fit on Hot Wheels orange track 
• Dry lubes only
• No bearings
• 2 cars per team
• There is a $1 per car entrance fee.
• The winning car this month in this class will be kept here at D64 to be raced in a "Car Of The Year" race at the end of the season. 

Feature Stock - Lightweights

This month you get to race your fastest lightweight stock cars

• Cars must be 40 grams or under.
• Cars must be stock - no modifications for speed other than dry lubes 
• Dry lubes are allowed 
• Cars may be any brand 1/64 scale 
• Cars must be 3.75 inches in length or less.
• 2 cars per team 
• There is a $1 per car entrance fee.