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Team info:
Racing for Hotslot
Tamar Nelwan
Amsterdam
Netherlands

Participated in:
  • LMS R6 Blue King 9hrs, 2005
  • LMS R3 Blue King 24hrs, 2005
  • LMS Finals R5, 2004
  • LMS R#3, 2003
  • LMS R1, 2003


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  • Formed in 2001, RfH (Racing for Holland) was the banner under which the Amsterdam based slotrace club Hot Slot took its first steps in the international 124 modelcar scene. Drawing inspiration from Dutch racing guru Jan Lammers, the slot team started taking part in Endurance races with LMP cars like the RfH Lola BK98 and the RfH Dome S101. Always trying to build cars that maintain the link between motorsport and slotracing, RfH has taken podium finishes in many international events and has over the years become a household name in 1/24 Modelcar Endurance racing.
    Core members of the RfH team are Tamar Nelwan, Nick de Wachter, Gabriel Inäbnit and Willem Kloppenburg.


    2003: Caddillac North Star LMP 2003 was the first year the RfH name was also used in the Dutch LMS series, although here it was said to mean "Racing for Hotslot. Nick de Wachter rejoined the team as chief mechanic and the Caddy was his first attempt to challenge the technical dominance of 2002 LMS champ Philip de Vries. Weeks of labour were almost destroyed when the body suffered a near total melt down as Tamar used an hot air oven to quick dry the last layer of clear coat.


    2004: Dodge Viper KUTVIPER! That was the general discription team mechanic Nick de Wachter gave the Viper after its first roll-out session. Having raced the Dome's in the past the team was in for something new, in both car and challenge. Tamar Nelwan had always wanted to race a Viper, so he started what would turn out to be a months-long project in creating a true racing Viper, meeting the dimensions it would need in 1/24. As in real GT, this Viper stood at the beginning of a new era; one of sofisticated, big-balled GT's. Concidering the opposition Racing for Holland aimed for a top 3 place, but soon after testing began the team hoped for a top 5 spot, 'cause especially the old De Vries BMW and the (ex RFH) Matchbox Toyota GT One where clocking times a mere half a second a lap faster than the Viper. But all this couldn't hurt Tamars good spirits; he wanting to win the race because: Gabriel Inabnit made awesome frontlight, which illuminated whichever corner the Viper took. Big upset came when after day 1 the Viper was leading the race, half a lap in front of the Friesian home team. All the other LMP's had trouble keeping their parts on the cars and had dropped back. Sunday afternoon the Viper came in first, but the LMP's had been catching up fast and surely would have won if the race would last one minute longer. All this still couldn't convince Nick; he still calls it kutviper!
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