with the summer coming up and K/N starting their summer series in about a month can anyone post some things to help Chad run a successful series.the dates for all his summer series events are at the tracks website www.knrcspeedway.com please post anything in regards to the track and classes and anything else positive i think he would welcome all comments and try to answer them.John

John Marsh
www.fusionbatteries.com

I know I'll be there for all the series races and then some.............

Bill Johnson
Bat Motorsports

its been 4 years or so.. could someone help me with what tires and size is the ticket up there.. also a close roll out

i'll make sure 1 of the regulars post an answer for you on these questions.are you gonna be running stock or 19T?

I start new tires @ 2.23, what class you looking to run for the rest?
NICK

STOCK and thanks for the tips guys..

2.23 tires are good.
rr black
lf white
lf black
rf d blue

These are TRC Tires

Protoform Dodge body

Dampener stick

This should get you close. We can tweak it in on the track

Chad Sewell
KN RC SPEEDWAY

thanks guys and chad glad to see you keeping the place going.. its been a few years i think i last raced there 99 or 2000 winter blast but i have always loved that place and cant wait to come back up. ( 4hr plus drive one way). hope to see you guys some time this summer or for sure next fall

Look on the website for the summer series schedule. You wouldn't want to make that long of a trip for a non raceday..... :thumbsup:

chad hows those body post coming?are you running saturday??

The body posts are in John. I have to close on Saturday & Sunday (4/9-4/10) due to the Swap meet.

Chad

chad.....do you have the dampner stick in stock, I can't seem to locate them now that bolink isn't around......how sad is that....my first car was a bolink eliminator that I purchased down at lake whiporwill about 20 years ago.....come to think of it the whip is gone too......sigh.....

Chad uaually has 1-2 different ones

I think crc makes dampner tubes...

RC5150 how was the move to NY.:D

Not bad, but I decided to return to CT. :p

Chad....whens the next schedualed race at K/N....and are you open for practice this saturday...the 16th of april?

thanks
JL

JL- The track is open this weekend, The only other weekend I have to close is April 23-24 for the Stafford Motor Speedway Spring Sizzler. The track is open weekly Mon 5-10 Fri 4-10 Sat 10-5 Sun 7-4 The next Big Race is May 15th. This race Starts the Summer Series This is A 5 race series, one race is thrown out, and the scores are tabulated from there. Feel free to ask away.

Chad Sewell
KN RC Speedway

will definetly be there friday with my son for practice.and i'll pick up those post also.John

Chad......looking foward to getting back on the track...the 5 year layoff was murder. Car is all set and I think i pretty much got everything I need.

may try to make it friday for practice...but saturday for sure

JL

This is a good weekend to get in some laps. :thumbsup:

Chad

I posted on the other thread but see here you'll be there Sunday, I will try to be there, have a new car to debug. See ya, Bill B

Bill- I'll see you on Sunday. See if you can scare up the competition. I know that people are going to Maine to practice. Not sure about Bat motorsports :confused:

Chad

Chad was taliking about moving his trophy races to saturdays after his(may 15th)summer series race.this would include the rest of the summer series events and his fall trophy race.We were throwing around the idea of staring the races at say 5pm on sat.that leaves everyones sundays free.any thoughts on this?

It' May 15th, first Summer Series Race.

Chad

ooooops sorry i fixed it

so who can make the may 15th race and does anyone think moving these series races to saturdays is a good idea?Chad would like to hear your comments on this.

Clayton Jennings call me asap

Before you go and move anything around i would check with the three outher tracks that run all there big races on sat just my 2 cent's. thank Kenny B :eek:

Kenny- That is a good point. I am just playing with the idea. If a Saturday night race is easier for people to make. I'm checking with other tracks too. I want to get a series started. Like the ORL, we need that around here. I don't want to schedule races on top of others. Working with other tracks is my focus. The race on May 15 will stay. I am just looking to the future. I posted the dates on the website last year, I still had conflicts. I changed dates... the ROAR Regional, to help out racers. I'm trying to see what works. Please don't think this is directed twords you. This is a little vent :freak: on my part. I'm laying it out to all the racers.

Chad Sewell
KN RC Speedway

I think you would get more racers on saturday night.

I'm still alive just taking care of a few things on the homefront.I hope to be running the points series next month.We tried saturdays last year and the early start on sunday seemed to work better besides i think rcmadness is going to run asphalt oval saturday nights check with him.:wave:

I know I checked. Sunday is better. 10:30 starts.

Chad Sewell
KNRC Speedway

Just a reminder, The track is closed this weekend due to the Spring Sizzler.

I like the 10:30 starts on Sunday too, early in early out. Plus for me, I've been roped into working at my uncle's track in N.H. That'll be every saturday till the end of september. See you next weekend, I'll be there for some more practice.

Bill- The Sunday thing will work better. I'll see you next weekend. Maybe some others will come out of the woodwork. I'll try to snag them this weekend :tongue:

Talk to you soon

Chad

Hey Chad, did they cancel the sizzler yet? Supposed to rain all weekend. If so, will you open tomorrow? Please post, thanks.

Sorry Bill, I had so medical issues to attend to. I was supposed to be at Maxximus this weekend. No luck there. Now that everything is over. Let's go racin'. Stir up all of you who havent been around in a while. Dust off you cars. The Summer Series is cranking up. Check out the dates on the website. www.knrcspeedway.com

Post on here if you need set-up help. We'll get you pointed in the right direction.

Chad

Gotta do what you gotta do, looks like they ran outside anyway, I'll be there this weekend for some tuning. See you then, anyone else in for some wheelin?

I'll see you this weekend. Who else is running?

Chad

Summer Series
First race May 15th
Check the website for all the dates
All races on Sundays
7am doors open
10:30 green flag drops
$20 entry

Chad Sewell
KN RC Speedway

JM Racing you have a pm

Chad :thumbsup:

With the 15th right around the corner, any questions about setup??? Have the car ready.


Chad Sewell
KNRC Speedway

besides for sunday what day or days would be a good choice for Chad to think about to help people who cant make sundays.I think they run the the big track on fridays thru the summer so keep that in mind.

I talked to chad at K/N today and all i can say is why cant people run his track more often.he asked people whos coming to races and gets hardly no response.i see alot of regulars from k/n visit other tracks in the northeast but other seems racers from other tracks dont visit this track.If the summer series and sunday racing doesnt pick up i wouldnt be surprised to see a big building with NO!! track in it for rent.With madness,barre,maximus marshalls,glens falls and a few more i cant remember,K/N is the only and largest banked track around and if we the racers dont pick it up its probably gonna be gone and my feeling is the winterblast of 2005 may have been the last.remember he offered to put his summer series on saturdays but alot of people said sundays better and with his summer series dates posted another northeast track went to saturdays and even though chad spaced his out at least 4-6 weeks that track still ended up putting his series the SAME weekend.

I am from Maximus and i try to make chads races and i will make the summer series but I can't make the first one.John I never seen you at Maximus. but there are a lot of K/N drivers that go to Maximus. I think the only race i mist in 2005 was the winter blast and there were a few more from maximus that made the races there.you should ck before pointing fingers

Ed i'm not pointing fingers,i see who comes to K/N when i can get there and very seldom is there alot of guys from the north.i just started getting weekends off so i can try to go to other tracks, plus i dont race i'm breaking my 11 yr old into this HOBBY.Chad will tell you if i cant make a race i try to go up on off nights and make purchases that help him.and i would've liked to make that race on the 24th but that was my wife and sons birthday and they will always come first before racing.Ed what i'm saying is talk to Chad and you'll see why i think the blast of 2005 may have been 1 of the last.ps look what happened to swansea and all the tracks that came and went.

There used to be a time when outsiders came to K&N because they were willing to try to compete with the locals because it was a great accomplishment to even make the A main, never mind win it. Racers from as far away as California knew of K&N and how tough the competition was, and they looked forward to taking their shot a it. The locals at K&N will always have an advantage over new comers just because of how hard it is to get around it fast. The last 10 years or so this has not been so, instead of racers coming in to try their best, they choose to stay at their home track where they feel more competitive. We have discussed before that going from a banked track such as K&N to a flat track is much easier than for a flat track racer to come to a banked track. This has been proved numerous times with K&N racers going to other tracks only to TQ and win A mains. We need to get outside racers to once again to be willing to try somewhere new just as many of us from K&N do. You will only get a percentage of racers to travel some, but right now we aren't getting as many coming in as are going out. Now my fingers are getting tired, I hope I got my point across. Bill B

I hope to see you all on Sunday. If the weather gets warmer between now and Sunday, expect the bite of the track to be close to your winter set-up. If not I would look for the car to have a slight push.

Chad Sewell
KN RC Speedway

The one reason i still go to k/n when i can.When i first started racing I went to K/N and ted came up to me and ask if he could help.he work on my car for 3 weeks .still didn't help my driving . K/n is a fun track to race at.thats way i make almost all of his trophy races.and the racers there are great you too bill LOL