Hey all-its a brand new year-lets roll on with this new thread!!

I got some things on my mind!!!

I'd like to see more entries!! Its growing due t the great new crowd of racers coming in. Black Wheels, Damon and the rest!! Very kewl!!! But-so many regulars have retired.

F1!!! Lets do it!! For me-as dumb as this sounds-I LOVE racing-I have been going to or racing karts myself since I was 6 or 7 years old. BUt when it comes to stock sedan or stock 12th scale-its serious business to me. I am having fun-but in a different way!! I want a class for giggles!! Minis were a laugh riot-BRP cars are low cost-teach you to drive better just like a 12th scale-but F1 cars are trick as hell-fun to watch and will be a "fun" class too.

Also-we need the BRP cars back-many-many TC guys used it as a second class and it was great fun for them.

Modified-lets keep a MOd class at the Gate-19turn or full mod. Doesnt really matter. IT was fun being as fast as a fullmod with a 19t-but since Tyler got his BMI Tc3 and droped his slosi-well-its gonna take a full mod to keep up with him!!!

Ahhhh-good fun-see you at the Gate tomorrow!!
Ray

Hey guys,

Heres a quick look at who's fast in Stock:

Dave Johnson- 12.6
Brad Johnson- 12.5
Steven Sobattka- 12.7
Chuck Lonergan- 12.7
Ray Darroch- 12.7
Chris Goetz- 12.8
Jim Herrmann-12.9

I'm sure I'm missing some people but thats the who's who of practice.
There are several guys who haven't arrived yet like: Ezrow, Smyka, and more.

Have fun tomorrow night.

Jim

wish i was in wisconsin. good luck to the gate crew. :dude: :thumbsup: :wave:

Does anybody know when the WEB SITE will be back in operation???

http://www.clevelandcarpetracing.com/ it works for me. but apparently its not working for others.

Hey all-its a brand new year-lets roll on with this new thread!!

I got some things on my mind!!!

F1!!! Lets do it!! F1 cars are trick as hell-fun to watch and will be a "fun" class too.


Ray,
I am with you on the F-1 Class, I have been waiting along time, also I am sure if people were available we can do an F-1 class at hobbytown on fridays as well! A suggestion to you guys that we are trying this season is called a bomber class, its a 10th scale touring car with a pre 1980's body on it, Parma has a nice supply of these older body styles and they look cool too! come check em out! Ray, you got a PM! i say lets do this F-1 class!!!! if its a cost factor duratraxx has a decent RTR f-1 car cheap! But nothing compares to that Tamiya 4wd F-1 Man is it gorgeous!!!!:dude:

Ray,
I am all for a F1 class! I have had interest in F1 cars for a long time, but no one has a class. On a earlier post, you made mention about it being some what of a spec class. That would great. Everyone on the same playing field.
Now that football season is about over, I 'll be back to the Gate almost every Sunday till off-road season starts at Medina. (by the way Ray, are you heading out there this year?) Anyway, lets get some thing going with a F1 class, I think we would have alot of fun with it.
Thanks,
Jerry

Hey Guys,

Thought I'd give you an update after the last day of practice.

Ray Darroch 12.5
Chris Geotz 12.6
Jim Herrmann 12.6
Brad Johnson 12.5
Steven Sobattka 12.6
Justin Zorc 12.5
Dave Johnson 12.5
Chuck Lonergan 12.6
Andrew Elis 12.7
Aaron Buran 12.8
Kevin Kane 12.7

There are a ton of guys on 12.9, 13.0

Qualifing starts tomorrow!

How was practice at the gate tonight?

More updaes tomorrow night

Jim

Jimmy and Chris, good to see that you are stepping it up while out of town.....Keep it up....wish i was there.
-Buddy

now if goetz would get some black wheels it would all be over.

NO-way dude-its his Fancy baby blue wheels that gives him his secret speed!!! now if goetz would get some black wheels it would all be over.

btw-Practice night was really fun last night. But-we WILL BE CLOSED THIS SUNDAY!!!
We will re-open next Thursday (01/13/05) for practice though.

Ray

is the website up or down all i get it a place marker from a company

Goetz puts it in the show SOLID with a 24 5:04 and Herrmanski and Buran are in the B and Bean in the C-Main!!! The B and C mains have guys who put it in the show at the Champs!! Mazzolla, Ellis.... WOW!!

GREAT JOB GUYS!!!

CHRIS GEOTZ is all i can say, qualified 4th at the Novak Race!
-Buddy

Yup-heres proof our boy did it!! Look at that-sponsor shirt and everything!!! Pic courtesy of RC Scoring Pro!! Does he look nervous or are those balls of steel?

http://www.rctech.net/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1306681

Those would be balls of steel, and i cant wait till i go get shirts made, wish i would have had them dont before this:)
-Buddy

Buddy
You need to make some "Team Balls" shirts before we head to Mich. Team Balls..... that is so funny.....
Jerry
P.S.
Ray, what about the F1 class?
Jerry

Buddy
You need to make some "Team Balls" shirts before we head to Mich. Team Balls..... that is so funny.....
Jerry
P.S.
Ray, what about the F1 class?
Jerry

Yeah-my F1 is all together. Add electronoics and race it. But its for sale as I bought a Full option F201 to build. It will be a little while before the new F201 is built I think. I have a Tamiya evoIII SL to run and still testing the BMI TC4. I get a new chassis and top deck this week to try out.

Ray

Congrats to Chris for making the show! Ray, I would love to start racing F1. However, I just bought a CE Turbo 35 and i'm going to be spending big money on the house in the next couple of months. If I want to continue living in the house, I don't think it would be a wise move to buy another car.:rolleyes:

Ray,

Can you bring my money to the track on the 16th?

Ray,

Can you bring my money to the track on the 16th?

What Money?? ;)

Anyone going to the race at Platinum on the weekend of Jan.28?
-Buddy

Hey guys, back this summer when they made the track into an oval did anyone write down or remember what the infield wall measured?
Length and Width?

Oh and what's up with the website, cant get it to work?

Hey guys. Anyone know Ray Darroch's E-mail?

Anyone going to the race at Platinum on the weekend of Jan.28?
-Buddy

Maybe!! HOws that for an answer?!?!? Is Team Balls going?

Im thinkin about it, just seeing if anyone else is going, so that us "Gaters" can pit together...
-Buddy

ON Jan 29th doors open at 8 Am, qual starts at 3 PM, run 2 qualifiers sat, and then run 2 qual and mains on sunday, $25 entry fee.
-Buddy

If Buddy Lee goes... I'll go :)

Anyone going to the race at Platinum on the weekend of Jan.28?
-Buddy

I'll be there Buddy.

Good-interest is rising!!! I hope to make it as well. Two day thing might make it tough though.

Guess I better stop ignoring my 12th scale.

Good-interest is rising!!! I hope to make it as well. Two day thing might make it tough though.

Guess I better stop ignoring my 12th scale.

Go ahead and ignore it. It's a T-bar car, you can't really tune it anyway. LOL!!

Go ahead and ignore it. It's a T-bar car, you can't really tune it anyway. LOL!!

Right-and it or me is never fast till a big race anyways lol I realy dont know why I do club races-just like being aggravated I guess.

were is the race at buddy?

dan medved

Jeez - look at those arms! I'd like to see Chris and Aaron Bomia arm wrestle. :)

Nice job, Chris! Well, nice job everyone else from Cleveland. You guys were all well represented at the race as usual.

-Rich


Yup-heres proof our boy did it!! Look at that-sponsor shirt and everything!!! Pic courtesy of RC Scoring Pro!! Does he look nervous or are those balls of steel?

http://www.rctech.net/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1306681

Rich-I got the body and decals as you know. I have never been so intimidated by a decal sheet-lol!! I guess its been too many decades since I built a plastic model with decals!! I mean-by the time yu get all the decals on-wont you have to KILL anybody who hits your car and smears off a decal???? I was actually thinking of putting the decals on the inside-is that possible or will they look wrong when I paint the body?

Ray

Platinum Hobbies in Columbus.
-Buddy

posted this over in the Halo thread. Maybe something to think about?

"Since the carpet racing league kinda fizzled, was wondering if Halo would be interested in participating in a different series.

Steel City in Pittsburgh will have their new ozite track down in a couple of weeks. The Gate and SCH discussed the possibility of a simple 2 race 'challenge' last year. Maybe get Toledo involved and make it a 3 race challenge.

If there are any other tracks located within between Pittsburgh and Toledo (want to keep travel times to a minimum for 1-day events), maybe they could be included. (Platinum in Columbus?)

Something maybe to keep the indoor carpet racing lively during the summer months while everyone wants to go play on the asphalt or in the dirt."

Hi Ray,

I am the wrong person to ask about decals and painting bodies. You should know that. ;) "Hey Rich, what color are you going to paint your new body?" "Uh, yellow."

Anyways, I don't think putting the decals on the inside of the body would be bad, but it depends on how the decals would react to the paint that would be sprayed on top of them.

-Rich

Rich-I got the body and decals as you know. I have never been so intimidated by a decal sheet-lol!! I guess its been too many decades since I built a plastic model with decals!! I mean-by the time yu get all the decals on-wont you have to KILL anybody who hits your car and smears off a decal???? I was actually thinking of putting the decals on the inside-is that possible or will they look wrong when I paint the body?

Ray

Rich-yeah-what was I thnking :lol:-I'll e-mail Fred he'll know!!


OKAY boys and girls and those gender confused too (c-ball??!?!?), what classes this Sunday?

I am thinking I gotta run Mod or 19t touring!!! Hows about the rest of you guys?

Stock touring for me:)
-Buddy

Congrats to Chicky, Goetz and Bean. The Gate was well represented. Hope you guys can make it to Platinum's race at month end. Should be a good time.

Tell Chicky we will definitely have a modified class...


Take care fellas. I am trying to get back up there sooooooon.

RB Love

BTW. Have been playing around with different bodies and the Parma Alfa is still the "SUPERIOR" body in my eyes... My $.02 for what its worth.

Practice tonight!!! Be there!!!

Practice tonight!!! Be there!!!

What happened to Tuesday nights like the summer Ray?
We want to come play too!!!!

Tracy :cool:

See ya sunday.


Dan & Pete

What happened to Tuesday nights like the summer Ray?
We want to come play too!!!!

Tracy :cool:

With racing Sunday-Tuesday comes up pretty quick. Not even enough time for me to get cars prepped for a practice night. Thursday works well because its 4-days after the club race.

Ray

Jimmy,

Since the web site's schedule is not updated yet, what's the chance of you posting a race schedule for the next 4-5 weeks on here?

Hey Guys,

Sorry it took me so long to get this posted but here it is. This is the tenative schedule for the rest of the season and into the summer.

January
16th Points Race #1
20th Practice
23rd Club Race #2, BRP Points Race
27th Practice
30th Club Race #3

February

3rd Practice
6th Points Race #2, BRP Points Race
10th Practice
13th Closed
17th Practice
20th Club Race #4
24th Practice
27th Points Race #3

March

3rd Practice
6th Closed
10th Practice
13th Club Race #5
17th Closed St Patrick's Day
20th Points Race #4
24th Practice
27th Closed
31st Pratice

April

3rd Club Race #6
7th Practice
10th Points Race #5
14th Practice
17th Cub Race #7
21st Practice
24th Points Race #6 Awards and Party :hat:
28th Closed

May

1st Closed
3rd Closed
10th Practice
17th Club Race
24th Practice
31st Club Race

All Practice nights are from 5:30 PM till 10:30 PM. Doors open at 8:00 AM on Sundays for racing.

Thanks,
Jim

Jimmy, i thought Chris said that we were going to close on the weekend of the Platinum Hobbies race? You have us closed the 23rd, but i dont know if you meant to have it as the 30th???
-Buddy

Hey Guys,

Has anybody seen or heard from Mike Pavlik since the Champs? I was just curious cause he said he was going to come back out and race after the champs. Let me know:wave:

Thanks,
Jim