HobbyTown USA's will be racing at the Gate in Maple Hts. Ohio for the 2005/2006 indoor season. HobbyTown will run at the Gate independently of any other organization, with the same race directors, format and classes as last year.

The HobbyTown race crew would like to thank NORCAR for their cooperation in making this happen.

2005/2006 Schedule.

September 30
October 7, 14, 21
November 4, 11
November 18 Champs warm up, foam tired Touring cars and
1/12 scale only non points race
December 2, 9
January 6, 13, 20
February 3, 10, 17
March 3, 10

We will not be holding open practices this year, but NORCAR will be holding open practices on Wednesdays. Please see the Cleveland Style at The Gate thread for NORCAR's practice and race schedule.

Classes

1/10 Touring Car Foam Tires
1/10 Touring Car Rubber Tires ( just for you Ray)
Mini Coopers
1/10 Bombers pre 1980 American passenger car bodies, stock motor, any chassis you can fit a body on with the wheels under the body.
1/18 Trucks
1/18 Onroad cars
1/12 scale pan cars

$12.00 first class $8.00 additional classes family discount available.

Practice at 5:00 signup's close at 6:30 racing at 6:45.

I'll post directions for you westsiders as soon as I dig up the street names.

That sounds GOOD!! I will have the BRP point series set up this week.

viper311 will be there to kick some *** ha ha

Might want to mention that ist HOBBY TOWN USA STRONGSVILLE so its not to be confused with Mentor Hobbytown.

Excellent!!! Finally a full size track and no more hairy bearings :D all on a conducive Friday night! Beautiful, can't wait!!! Now I just need to get a car... what's everbodies opinion on that? Whats with the rubber tire bit? I assume you get more run life from rubber? Whats the traction like? Can't believe its that time of the year again. Later

Dan

Djohnson-Xray is still great. The new Losi with the Chicky set-up is dialed. The TC3 is still very hard to beat and Wise and Herrmann are rolling them. I am running a RDX and have some some quick laps and runs with it. YOu can buy or run anything these days and be succesful.

Ray

I also hope to run some Friday nights and leave Sunday for my family. Its nice-three options to get track time now-and all 5 minutes from work and 10 from home :)

Ray,

Show these guy's how much fun rubber tire Touring cars can be!
I love running them outside and I think they will be even cooler on in carpet.
Great to hear HT is going to the Gate.

Tracy :cool:

Might want to mention that ist HOBBY TOWN USA STRONGSVILLE so its not to be confused with Mentor Hobbytown.

This is true but there was some concern with it being confused with the other hobby emporium in Strongsville. Several people have called it Strongsville Hobbytown instead of HobbyTown USA Strongsville. So if it's going to be confused I'd rather have it confused with Mentor.

I'm in . Gonna run a BRP this yr.:D





Heh Heh...GUY LIKE

i'll be there to defend my crown as Bomber World Champ, and the Midi-T will also be there. if anyone wants to take on Twinkie, i'll run Cooper as well, but not for points. SOME people seem to think having two motors is some kind of unfair advantage....

I've seen twinkie run Stu. Looks like more of a handicap too me.:lol:






Heh heh... Guy like

This is true but there was some concern with it being confused with the other hobby emporium in Strongsville. Several people have called it Strongsville Hobbytown instead of HobbyTown USA Strongsville. So if it's going to be confused I'd rather have it confused with Mentor.AGREED!!!!! :thumbsup:

By the way, Thank you Steve!

:thumbsup: YEAH THX STEVE . Stu you should come out to the gate tonite takin the Impala body off the shelf for some practice Jeff's got his caddy body maybe a little heads up practice :drunk:

i'll be there to defend my crown as Bomber World Champ, and the Midi-T will also be there. if anyone wants to take on Twinkie, i'll run Cooper as well, but not for points. SOME people seem to think having two motors is some kind of unfair advantage.... I let you win bomber last year but not this year my friend!!! :thumbsup:

i'll be there tonite, not sure what time, but Twinkie and the Midi will try out the rug.

oh, and Jay? BRING IT ON!

Whats bomber class? I mean-what bodies, motors, tires, chassis, etc??

:confused: sorry jay but I'm the one that let him win you know the guy that ended in 2nd place by like 9 points

Ray bomber is pre 1980 body style except gt40 no wing , stock 27 turn motors , and any foam tire combo . :confused: this is really strange answering a question for one of the fore fathers of organized r.c racing we're not worthy we're not worthy . lollollollol

Djohnson-Xray is still great. The new Losi with the Chicky set-up is dialed. The TC3 is still very hard to beat and Wise and Herrmann are rolling them. I am running a RDX and have some some quick laps and runs with it.

Ray and/or anyone who knows - Do you know what sort of extra parts are needed that aren't in the above mentioned kits in order to make them really competitive? Thanks for the info.

Dan

For the JRX-S you need:

20,25,50 and 60 springs
Swaybar kit
offset rear hubs 0,1 or 2
6 degree castor blocks
Losi 60wt oil
Parma Bumper
Parma Alfa
If you run 3700 or 3800 you need the Aluminum battery tray.

I think that is it!!

Paul

:confused: sorry jay but I'm the one that let him win you know the guy that ended in 2nd place by like 9 pointsNo i meant because I stopped racing bomber and was letting other people run the car to try it out, Remember, I pulled out mid season. I was killing you guys at the time;) I know I didnt finish second in points, I dont even think I finished 5th in points but only cuz I pulled out:dude:

i'll be there tonite, not sure what time, but Twinkie and the Midi will try out the rug.

oh, and Jay? BRING IT ON!Is that a challenge? SWEET!!!;)

I`ts Gonna Be A Great Nite At The Gate. Tsb Maxamps

Paul - Does the JRX-S seem to track true and straight? Point and shoot like the xray fk'04. Did those new front axles actually get rid of the front end chatter and allow for more steering throw as compared to the xxx-s? Thanks for any info!!!

Dan

Dan,

Show up tonight and you can drive mine. I just got it back from a guy I loaned it to in KC. He won two A-Mains with it and soundly beat a driver who he will admit is better than him!! The cars really good. YOu can use my Helios-or bring your radio and receiver. You can run it a couple times too-not just one pack.

Ray

Whats bomber class? chassis, etc??

Any chassis you can get the body on with the wheels under the body.

Ray - Thanks for the offer, I'll see if I can make it. I might have to wait for another opportunity since this work thing kinda gets in the way.

Dan

Ray - Thanks for the offer, I'll see if I can make it. I might have to wait for another opportunity since this work thing kinda gets in the way.

DanHey dan how is the new job going?

for any Noobs out there looking for the Gate, there are TWO Bingo halls on that stretch of road. go past Home Depot and look for the rusty excavators in the parking lot and you can't miss it.

tables and chairs are provided so you can eliminate one trip to the car.

what a place! the track is huge and very technical, but after a few laps you pick up the rhythm of it and you can start going fast(er). i still got a ways to go.

Twinkie showed her Mini roots by doing backflips at the end of the straigtaway and the Midi-T got lost a few times. gott a get my carpet legs back.

Jeff, thanks for letting me wheel the Losi around after i broke both of my cars, YOU DA MAN! :thumbsup:

it's a pretty fair haul out to the east side, maybe 35 minutes from HT in Strongsville, about 20 from the airport.

BIG THANKS to all who made it possible for us Hobbytown Hacks to race out there. See You at The Gate!

Hey dan how is the new job going?

It's going. As you well know its a pain having more than one job but you do what ya gotta do!!! You still running the fk04? You guys getting much of a Tuesday night crowd out there?

It's going. As you well know its a pain having more than one job but you do what ya gotta do!!! You still running the fk04? You guys getting much of a Tuesday night crowd out there?yeah its been ok on tuesdays, more and more every week. yeah still the fk04, mine may be for sale unless i can get off this night shift i am on right now! no time to race except practice

Hey racers,

Good to see a positive response to the "merger" that has occurred. It's going to be a good thing. It was great to see some new faces last night as well. Thank you Steve, for your committment.

So it's looking like The Gate will see traffic on Wednesday (practice), Friday (race), and Sunday (race) all winter long. Who can argue with that? :p That was rhetorical, please don't answer that.

Since the winter season is just around the corner, and we'll have more nights than ever to roll our cars out, I thought I'd put a heads up out there to any of you needing some additional practice batteries. I've got to clear out last year's goods. If that sounds interesting to you, click here:

http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=81944

Talk to me at The Gate and we'll get it going. I'll part them out to locals, but I don't wan't to ship sticks out to ten different places.

Bob, Steve,

We gotta get you in there so that you can get the PC setup with your scoring software of choice. If you'd like to use J-lap, you're welcome to do so. Yeah, right, eh? Ha!

Alright then, let's do it. Come one, come all. This season's going to be one to remember! I can feel it.

Are there pics of this place that I could check out? Perhaps The Gate has some sort of web site?

Thanks,
Jack

God I`am I Excited Jerry And I Are Sitting Dowd My Basement Right Now Saying How Kool It Is To Have A Place Like The Gate To Race At.and Now We Can Race 3x A Week. Easy Boy Sloooooooooow Down Just Breath.

Are there pics of this place that I could check out? Perhaps The Gate has some sort of web site?

Thanks,
Jack

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=100351&page=138&pp=15

About 1/2 way down in post #2065 there are some pics.

The website is www.clevelandcarpetracing.com

It is a little out of date, but that is being worked on. :thumbsup:

God I`am I Excited Jerry And I Are Sitting Dowd My Basement Right Now Saying How Kool It Is To Have A Place Like The Gate To Race At.and Now We Can Race 3x A Week. Easy Boy Sloooooooooow Down Just Breath.

Marty-e-mail me! kartchamp20002000@yahoo.com I have a big ring diff with clamp on hub you can buy-cheap. Its right out of the 12L4 kit. Slightly used-but very good. I'll rebuild it for you if you want.

Ray

Bob, Steve,
We gotta get you in there so that you can get the PC setup with your scoring software of choice. If you'd like to use J-lap, you're welcome to do so. Yeah, right, eh? Ha!


J-lap ehhh no thanks. :lol: I think we'll stay with Laps Free. My brother Don and I run the race program so Steve may or may not come. What night is good for you? Do you want to do it on a practice night or off night? LMK what's good for you and I'll talk to Steve and Don and we'll get it set up.

Hello all,

What tires do we run at the gate? I realized I don't have tires for my JRX-S yet and need to get some. Same time I found out that my batteris for the XXX-S will not fit in the JRX-S unless I rework them..man is this hobby costing me.

Hope to see you all at the race Tuesday.

most people use cyan fronts magenta rears, they provide tons of bite, and they make the car feel less "twichy", at least for me that is when compared to plaid front and purple rears. All i know is that when ive ran cyan/mag, ive run faster than plaid/purple, no matter what car i drove. Hope this helps...

MAD1-Parma Cyan and Magentas for the best speed, but Parma Purple and Plaids will last longer and are almost as fast.

Yeah-gotta love the crazy battery bar set-up on the JRXs. Its not too bad once you build a couple packs.

Ray

Thanks guys, that helps a lot. thought that might be the set-up, but wanted to make sure.

Anybody know who has the new aluminum battery tray? I was also wondering if anybody has gotten the sway bars for the car.

MAD1-0.060" sway bar on the back is pretty much standard carpet set-up. I'd get a sway bar kit. Call Hobbytown Strongsville tomorrow for the JRXS parts.

most people use cyan fronts magenta rears, they provide tons of bite, and they make the car feel less "twichy", at least for me that is when compared to plaid front and purple rears. All i know is that when ive ran cyan/mag, ive run faster than plaid/purple, no matter what car i drove. Hope this helps...

Buddy-I rebuilt the RDX tonight.Which sway bar are you using? i just put the kit one in front for now. but I think its too heavy for what i want it to accomplish.

Thanks Ray,

I plan on stopping by there on my lunch break for the tires and batteries so I'll get the sway bar kit too.

Stopped in Tuesday night to pick somethings up, and all I can say is WOW! It's great having the Hobbytown crowd at the Gate.

Buddy-I rebuilt the RDX tonight.Which sway bar are you using? i just put the kit one in front for now. but I think its too heavy for what i want it to accomplish.

Ray, When I was over talking to Buddylee about his set up, he measured the front bar and it was like 1.4 or 1.3 mm.
I don't know what size Corally makes there bars in, but that is what he told me!
Hope this helps. Maybe he will follow up later.

Tracy :cool:

ray im using the optional smaller one...its not the stock

Stopped in Tuesday night to pick somethings up, and all I can say is WOW! It's great having the Hobbytown crowd at the Gate.that was just a few of em! wait it will get better!

Hey Jeff,

Wait till you see what I got running for Tuesday nite. Yea, the JRX-S is almost ready to go (just needs a paint job), but I gots a surprise. Can't let you have all the fun in 1/12th. It needs paint too, but it shoud run. If the batteries charge it should go.

Now I have to make decisions on what to run this fall/winter. Too many cars.