The date for final products approval for USSCA events is fast approaching. Any manufacturer wanting  to have new products approved for the new year, must have them submitted before December 1, 1998

Bodies, chassis, arms, etc that have been in current use for this year, will be grandfathered in, but new products introduced after September 1, 1998 must have approval to be legal for competition beginning January 1999.

Please submit your new products ASAP.
USSCA has noticed the trend to lose the scale dimensions on Stock car style bodies. The latest crop of stock car bodies has the deck lid reduced down to almost not exist.  The front end has also been shortened up somewhat. It is encouraged that this practice be stopped to keep the scale appearance in tact.

After suffering an "identity" crisis for many years, USSCA has come up with a new label for the numerous C-Cans on the market featuring 55 turn/30 gauge armatures--GROUP 11.
"For many years Mura was the only producer of these units, so they were often referred to as "Challenger-type" motors, said USSCA President Rick Bennardo, "but , now that virtually all manufacturers produce a version of these popular motors, identification has become a problem."
"Since they fall between Group 10 (16d) and Group 12 in performance, we felt identifying the 55/30 arms as Group 11 was a natural," emphasized Bennardo.
From this point, all C-Can 55/30 motors will be referred to as Group 11, balanced or unbalanced.
What about the 60/30 gauge arms often referred to as Super Wasp, Hornet etc? "We're working on that," laughed Bennardo, "perhaps Group 11-B??."
Realistically, it may be better to phase out these 60/30 motors, however we realize that these motors are still popular for scale classes in certain regions of the country................