It's almost here!

The 4th annual "King of the Hill" Oval Challenge is to be held Labor Day weekend at Storm Steel Raceway in Cedar Rapids, IA

Track is 275' banked asphalt and we run cap tires.

This race will be 3300's only.

Trophied classes will be NOVAK 4300 Brushless and 4-cell 19t Modified(open timing)

Other classes can be run with 4 or more cars but will not have awards.

Bring your own table, chairs, extension cords(50ft is a good idea) and SHADE.

Track pics and info can be found at www.iroaronline.org (http://www.iroaronline.org/) questions can be posted here or on the club message board.

Friday will be open practice from Noon till ???

Sat will be practice 8-12 Driver's meeting at 12 First qualifier at 12:30 3 qualifiers on Sat.

Sun Practice 8-10:30 4th qualifier at 10:30 single mains to follow.

Friday night at Hawkeye Downs(less than a mile from the r/c track) the ASA Late Model series will be in town. A 100 lap feature for those guys.

I hope lots of racers get a chance to make this race, great track for good close racing.
Who's going to be there and what are you running?
Will there be an appearance by MK and Rickk5?
How many Nebraska area racers?
Wisconsin?
Iowa? (Dubuque racers)
Illinois?
Missouri?

Should be lots of fun!!!!!!!!!!

I beleive there will be about 4 or 5 guys from triclone that will be there, 2 for 19turn, 3 for brushless. Should be fun.

AJ, AFTER THE QUALITY TIME WE HAD ON THE LAST TRIP MYSELF AND MIKE WILL BE THERE INDEED AND WE ARE TRYING TO PERSUADE 1 OR 2 OTHERS TO COME AS WELL, SEE YOU THERE!!!!!:thumbsup:

RICK

Im in. Got to be there for this one. Great track and should be a good time


Rob M

Less than 2 weeks to go can't wait sounds like a good turn out is planning for the hill

Hey Phil good buddy, oh brushless KING of the carpet and asphalt, provider of the light for me, can we pit under the protection of your canopy????

P.S. What about the Intrepid headlights?

Thanks, MK.

Good luck on the turnout boys............I hope it's huge!!!!

Maybe I'll see you all this winter in Vinton..........I had a BLAST last winter!!!:thumbsup:

My eyesight still is a bit fuzzy after the Phil B near streaking raceday attire.:eek:

PLEEEEEEEEESE PHIL, WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME PITTING WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:

We should be wrapping up mains right about now in ONE WEEK!

Looks like we'll be having our best outdoor event in a long time! Don't miss out!

Corey Heft, Hays Reeling Jr & Sr, Bob Wright, Mike Kelm, Phil Beardshear are just some of the R/C celebraties planning on attendence!

I have confirmed reservations for the Solon Sheraton and for 2 spots under the tent.


Miss ya Dude, hope you can make it to some races this winter, you know, when it's cold and I might wear pants :eek:

I'm in for brushless. See Ya friday!!!:D

Good news Curt!!!!!!!

Hey guys, it's probably just that I am blind, but I don't see an exact address or location description for SS on the IROAR webpage. Could one of you post it so I can print off some directions. Thanks.

Here is the Address for Storm Steel: 6105 6th St SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404. It is on the East side of the road and is at the rear of the property.

If anyone has any other questions let me know.

AJ

AJ- Question, you going to have pizza with us? :D

There is always a chance, but first I need to see what other offers are out there.

See you Friday.

A better offer than mine???:D

TRUST ME AJ IF MIKE AND PHIL ARE INVOLVED IT WILL BE AN EN-LIGHTENING EXPEIRIENCE TO SAY THE LEAST:jest:


RICKK

So far the only en-lightening offer!!!!!!!!!!!

Things are really looking good for the weekend.

THANKS to all who made the trip, real fun till the rain came, still laughter and good times in the wet.

Thanks to all the racers that were able to attend this weekend, good, close qualifying. What a fine group of racers from Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa, again thanks to all.
Mother nature finally put a damper on the weekend that was suppose to be perfect, wouldn't you like the weatherman's job.
Congratulations to all the racers, in practice Sunday morning, it appeared that everyone was going to be able to make a run at the A, but no qualifying or main laps so the best qualifying determined the final results:
4300 Brushless: 1st Phil Beardshear 60 laps at 5:03 a new track record
2nd Pat Simkins 59 laps at 5:01
3rd A.J. Strawn 58 laps at 5.01
4th Mike Kelm 58 laps at 5.01
5th Charlie Moon
6th Hays Reeling SR
7th Curt Hartman
8th Steve Lawson

19 turn: 1st Danny Bartholomew 49 laps at 4:01
2nd Corey Heft 49 laps at 4:03
3rd Rob Murdock
4th Hays Reeling JR

Had a great time racing with you guys again. Congrats to Phil B, you were a rocket. :thumbsup: AJ, nice trophy you got there, maybe next for me.:cry: I was still happy, ran 3 laps faster than last time in July. Next time I just need 2 more laps to catch with Phil. Nice racing with Pat Simkins and Bob Wright for the first time.

Thank you to Tom B for putting up the trophies, Danny B for a great job running the show, and the great group of guys to race with.
Special thanks to Mr. Hays Reeling for the help.

Now I see why it's called STORM Steel.:)

I had a great time.Too bad the rain washed us out on Sunday,just the time I actually found a set-up my car liked.Phil and Pat you guys were ballistic.I'm looking forward to my next trip for some more good racing.

Hope to see you guy up at the Triclone in a couple of weeks.

Hey guys,

I had a great time. It was a fun track with a good bunch of guys. The weatherman sure did blow it though!

Congratulations to Phil and Danny. My car was there this weekend but I think I left the driver somewhere back in WI! Always next year. Hope I see you guys at the oval challenge in West Bend in a couple weeks. If not I'm sure I'll see you in Dubuque this winter. Thanks again.

Also, thanks to Hays Sr. and Cory for the help. Always great racing with you guys.

just wanted to thank danny b., tom b. and a.j. for putting on another first class event, its a shame that more people did'nt come out the weather was perfect up until sunday, congats to phil b. and danny b. it was good to see hayes sr. and jr.reelings and good to meet bob wright, look forward to seeing you all again soon, as usual i had had an awesome time, even though kelm kept stealing my tires:cry: :D

rick k.

Thanks to Danny and Tom B for putting on the races at Steel and all they do to keep it going. Thanks to AJ and Mike R for all their work at the track. Even though I don't talk alot it was nice to race with the guys from Wisc and Ill that I always hear about. Phil yur ballistic and thank you for your help on Sat.

Thanks for all the compliments and supports guys. We always try to put on the best show possible. It sucked with the rain on Sunday. But it was out of our hands.

While we wish we had the car counts of the good ol' days, with support of the racers that do run with us on a regular basis we will keep it going. Just wish that our outdoor bunch was as big as the indoor bunch! Because both are great it's just more fun with 50-60 cars.

It was fun to finally run at Storm Steel. It is really a fun track to drive. It was a well run program and the trophies were killer! Thanks Danny and good luck in Ohio next weekend.