Date: 9/5/2005 9:26:00 PM EasternHey guys, we at J & D Machine/Hyperdrive/MSA would like to do our part by auctioning off Hyperdrive PRO 3 Kit with ALL proceeds going to the hurricane vicotms. The auction will start tommorrow and will end Friday at 4:00pm central time. The auction will be on both this page and the Hobbytalk board. If you do not with to post your bid in public, you can email me at Barry@hyperdriveracing.com.

Opening bid is $300. Get out those wallets for a great cause. thanks barry hill

Barry.. why not just sell tickets for like 25 bucks each.. I think alot more people will buy tickets, then an all out 3-400 dolar kit.. i mean if 20 people buy tickets, thats 500 bucks . then just draw names after the close.. i think it would be a better way to raise more money...

Its just a thought.. Alot more people have 25 bucks to buy a ticket, then 300+ to try to bid.. I think in the end it willl give everyone a chance..

great idea to raise money though.. they all need help//

Barry,
I agree w/Burbs. We will be willing to send some items also.
Hays Sr

Barry, The auction is a great idea!! Hays what else do you have planned for putting up on the auction block. I'm just waiting to see all items available to start bidding.

John,
We are trying to work out the details, but it will be scale boards, bodies, batteries, motors & other items. We are trying to work out a raffle, but it is highly illegal in Tennessee, but I am willing to run it out of Wisc, where I do not think it will be a problem. We will keep everyone posted on the details.
We are also adding a link to the Red Cross on the lefthander-rc.com website.
Thanks
Hays Reeling Sr

I think Burbs idea is a more feasible one for more people to participate. I would definitly buy one or two tickets if it was setup raffle style.

RC

Bulit Motorsports has added a Bulit 19 turn or Monster stock with the car.

I have added an EAM IB3800 battery pack as well.

EA

I agree with Burbs and Hays, I would rather see it be a raffle then an auction, I would be willing to buy a ticket or two.

After talking to Barry, we are going to run it as a raffle. We @ Lefthander will be putting up many items including scale boards, bodies, batteries, B/L system + more. We will list everything on Fri. Jeff Fritsche is working on the web-site & it will be set to go on Fri. You can get the "tickets" on Fri. You will be able to do it on the site. We will keep a running total of amounts raised, & will post copies of the checks as they are sent to the Red Cross. If anyone has any ideas of a different organization to send the money to, please let us know.
Any one willing to contribute more products , please contact us @ 262/691-4347 or e-mail to order@lefthander-rc.com. We will be pulling #'s randomly every few days & send the items then N/C for the shipping. After a few weeks we will be pulling the # for the PRO 3.

Lets all help the people in the Gulf Coast area!!

Hays, can we get tickets from you at the track?

Steve, Good idea I will talk to Dave & work something out.
I will be there Sat, but will only run one heat. I have a school golf outing with Dan.

sounds real good hays you can count me in!!!!

rick

We have the Hurricane Katrina Fund raffle up & running on the lefthander-rc.com website.
We have been given items from Hyperdrive (PRO 3), Hefty Cells, BSR, Eamotorsports,
SMC, BULIT, & JB. We at Lefthander will also donate at least 1 scale board system, Novak 4300 B/L system, T-shirts,& bodies. If you help out & buy lots of tickets, we will donate more as I am sure some of the other donors will.
If anyone else would like to help, that would be appreciated. There is also a direct link on the website to the Red Cross.
If anyone has any creative ideas on how to sell more tickets, feel free to offer your opinions. THANKS to all!

Will you take PAYPAL for ticket payments ? you can add the 3% service fee included in the ticket price if paying by payapl. for example if the raffle ticket is $25.00, if paying by paypal $25.75 i'm willing to do it. that way it will be on your bank account right away, no more waiting for check or whatever. just my 2 cents

We are taking PayPal, I just bought 2 tickets & paid by PP & it worked. If it is confusing,let us know.
Thanks
Hays Sr

I just bought some tickets using paypal and it worked easy. :thumbsup:

Helping people in need!!! No other reason needed to participate in this auction. Great idea!

LEFTHANDER R/C website has made the process easy without complications.

Everyone involved, Good Work.

Let's keep this at the TOP!!!!

;) Ttt

Good job guys. Great idea.

Just bought my tickets! Great idea guys!

Todd Gross

Ttt ;)

Thanks to the generosity of many racers so far, we have raised over $850.
Kenny from Raptor is donating a V2 conversion kit & we are waiting to hear from other vendors & potential donors. Due to the great response so far, we will add more items. We will keep everyone posted on the new items & the drawings.. We will do some drawings this week, so everyone get your tickets!!
Maybe someone can organize some track collections & we can work out the details.
Thanks to everyone who has helped!!

Just bought some tickets...worked well. Great idea.

RC

Bump.....

great to see kenny added to the list of doners... hopefully we can get a few more to donate..

Thanks to the support of others & kind gentlemen in Bagdad & Illinois, we have already raised $910.
We will be sending a check to Red Cross Mon for $1,000. We will also be drawing for a Scale Board on Tues so every one get your tickets for the 1st drawing.
Someone come up w/some ideas to sell tickets @ their local tracks. every little bit helps!!

Thanks to the support of others & kind gentlemen in Bagdad & Illinois, we have already raised $910.
We will be sending a check to Red Cross Mon for $1,000. We will also be drawing for a Scale Board on Tues so every one get your tickets for the 1st drawing.
Someone come up w/some ideas to sell tickets @ their local tracks. every little bit helps!!

Thats GREAT, all that in a matter of days......

Kenny@RAPTOR

the paypal address is???

You are better off going to www.lefthander-rc.com
You will automatically be assigned a # for the drawings etc.
If you do not want to do that, you can send it to order@lefthander-rc.com
& include a note in the comments section.

Ordered mine today. :thumbsup:

Thanks Steve & everyone else (including Cory Kappler & John Bath, the 2 largest donors), because of all your generosity we have raised $1365 so far. We sent the Red Cross $1000 today and will post the receipt when we receive it. The 1st drawings will be on Weds 9/14. everyone should have received their #'s when they paid for them.
If you did not, please contact us. If you want tickets but do not want to use PP or your CC's, contact us.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sr, you have a PM.............

Bill Johnson
Lefthander R/C

Letting everyone know that Dave J @ Midwest Triclone will be donating $200 and Lefthander RC will also donate $100 worth of raffle tickets to be given out at the Wisconsin Paved Oval Champs this week at the Midwest Triclone. That will be 12 packs of 3 tickets total given out as door prizes. This is the last race at the Triclone this year and hope to see everyone there to finish off the 2005 outdoor season!!!

I hope that we can have a great turn out for the last race. It's been a fun year outside, looking forward to see what the carpet season brings. I hope to see you all there this weekend!!!!! :thumbsup:

Got receipt today

AWESOME Support from manufacturers!!! I see a few more have come forward with donated product to help with the effort to raise donations. I will definitely support such manufacturers.
$2000 already raised!!!
Great job everyone!!!!!!!

We have raised $2200. THANKS TO EVERYONE who has supported this effort.
The 1st drawing will be held today at 4:00 & will be a Scale Board and set of BSR foams, Front OR Rears, your of choice of compound
1ST 5 WINNERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAWING OF THE PRO 3.
After the PRO 3 is given away, all winning #'s will be awarded, then discarded (ea ticket # can only win once) We will be posting later today the dates each item will be drawn & as they are drawn, add the winners name.
SO EVERYONE GET THEIR TICKETS SOON!!

I would like to thank Hays for doing the leg work for this and all the manufactures that steped foward,also to Dave from the Triclone.This shows the class of people in our hobby!! :thumbsup:

Ditto......

Congrats to Mark Cieceik for winning a pair of BSR tires of his choice, and to Mike Kelm for winning the scale board. We will be doing a few drawings each day this week.

KSG is also donating a slider chassis kit to the raffle. We will be drawing for that sometime next week. Thanks to Jim & Andy for the contribution. The generosity of everyone has been amazing, glad to see everyones willingness to help out some people in need. And Craig is right it does show the character of the people in this hobby.

Congrats to todays winners!!!!! :thumbsup:

First, Barry Hill deserves a round of applause for the original idea.
Second the Reelings for hosting it.
Last but not least, the manufacturers and everybody that donated the prizes.

I would like to thank Lefthander for the prize that I won. Does it come with instructions?

Keep our thoughts and prayers with the hurricane victims.

We also have to give a BIG THANKS to Jeff Fritsche the founder of Lefthander. He is the one who did most of the tedious website work & made it all happen!!
Thanks Jeff & everyone else who made this happen.
We will be sending the Red Cross another $1000 on Friday.
Mike, we are not capable of writing instructions, but I'm sure you can do a Google search & entertain yourself!!

You're right, big thanks to Jeff too.

I know, left scale for left foot, right scale for right foot.

no mike the scales are not for feet.. there for tires.. left scale for left tire, right for right tire... ( might need directions after all)

Great job guys.. Ill have my tickets this weekend when hays gets to the track..

Thanks Burbs, I thought those scales were just a little small.:D


Another drawing today?

Mike, one of those scale pads is about the size of your big toe.
We are drawing for a set of PRS spurs, Team 1 Assassin motor & a body of choice.
That is not a female body, or you can't have the body you dreamed about all your life!!
Eric from Darkside has donated 1 1/10th scale Enemy kit. Thanks Eric!!

Congrats to the raffle winners for Wednsday!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:

$2400 raised, 2nd Drawing results - Thursday 15 September, 2005
Today Jimmy Flack gets the set of PRS Spur gears, Cory Kappler a Team 1 ROAR Stock motor, and Bruce Gayhart gets a body of his choice (don't go there Bruce).
Eric Dimmick from Darkside Motorsports has also donated a
1/10 Enemy car kit
So far we have raised over $2400. We will send The Red Cross another $1,000 Fri 9/16. We were planning on stopping on 9/26. Lets keep getting tickets & keep it going!