hi,
iam looking to see if they are any dirt oval tracks in south eastern ga. if any body knows of any with any info please email or post.

thanks
BIGDON

Hey Don, we have 2 here in the Augusta area. 1 at our local onroad track which sports a huge off road track that is rarely used in a parks/recreation dept facility called Bayville Park. The dirt oval there is a sandy clay that takes hole shot or mini pin type tires and can get a little bumpy for purpose built dirt oval cars with the shorter shock stroke. But is is a blast with a buggy or truck with an EDM body.

The 2nd is a super nice clay oval that is super smooth and level. Heck the 4 wheel drive guys just sat their touring cars down and they were planted. Sprinters worked awsome as well. This is CJ's RC Speedway in Blythe, GA. Foams are the tires and you can groove them or not both will work.

Check out the Augusta RC Club home page for the info and pictures of both tracks. http://augusta.rc.freehomepage.com/index.html

Here is a picture of the clay oval at Mize's.

http://augusta.rc.freehomepage.com/images/2005-09-03_track.jpg

bruce,
thanks for the info, i will check out.
i have been out of the rc racing , since me and you talked at daytona at the race there.
i see you have gotten your tires goin and goin good,, congrates on that.
a few buddies of mine have gotten dirt cars to race in ocala fla, and they keep nagging me to get one,, since i ran dirt oval in the late 80s till the mid 90s,, so ill like to do it again,, and also thinking of dusting off the old pan car and do some more asphalt racing. might have to get me a new paint job so i can run some orange rims.

but yeah im checking into see if any other dirt oval tracks have came about or still running dirt oval around me ,, before i get me another dirt car. hate to buy one and then travel 5 hours to race it.

BIGDON

Good to hear from you Don. Hope the health issues are becoming a thing of the past. That track in Ocala looks like a nice one. The track in the picture holds something like a monthly show but is open for practice several weekends a month. I missed the first organized race but the lap times for 6-Cell 19-Turn were in the 6 second range. The EDM Record is 48 laps in 5:02. All the guys who made the race loved it.

See you soon

Bt

Are you guys running the touring car late models like they are in ocala.

Yes they are running 4wd Losi's and TC3's were on the track and were great.

BT

The 2nd is a super nice clay oval that is super smooth and level. Heck the 4 wheel drive guys just sat their touring cars down and they were planted. Sprinters worked awsome as well. This is CJ's RC Speedway in Blythe, GA. Foams are the tires and you can groove them or not both will work.

Check out the Augusta RC Club home page for the info and pictures of both tracks. http://augusta.rc.freehomepage.com/index.html

Here is a picture of the clay oval at Mize's.

http://augusta.rc.freehomepage.com/images/2005-09-03_track.jpg

Now that track looks awesome. It has the be the one that Clifford Kline was telling me about. I sure hope dirt oval continues it's resurgence. I'd even work overtime for the gas money to drive up there for a few laps on that track. Yikes!

Dave I agree, that track looks great.
Maybe a few of us guys can get together one weekend and split the gas cost.

You guys get with me and tell me how many are coming and I'll clean out my garage and we can put in some sleeping bags and avoid the motel expenses. My wife might cook for everyone after they get through mowing the grass and pulling weeds. She's got about 2 acres to clean out behind the house, should be easy work after a day of racing!

Bt

My sign doesn't say I will work for food.
It reads I will RACE FOR FOOD! :)

you wouldn't have to twist my arm :thumbsup:

We will be starting construction on a banked dirt oval here in Macon in a couple of weeks. We hope to run GT's, T4's and 4wd touring cars. We will follow the WDRA rules and we will have computer lap counting.

You guys get with me and tell me how many are coming and I'll clean out my garage and we can put in some sleeping bags and avoid the motel expenses. My wife might cook for everyone after they get through mowing the grass and pulling weeds. She's got about 2 acres to clean out behind the house, should be easy work after a day of racing!

Bt

i just got my mower back

Thanks Bruce, that sounds like a great offer butTom Bodette said he would leave the light on for us and didn't mention any yardwork:D You guys get with me and tell me how many are coming and I'll clean out my garage and we can put in some sleeping bags and avoid the motel expenses. My wife might cook for everyone after they get through mowing the grass and pulling weeds. She's got about 2 acres to clean out behind the house, should be easy work after a day of racing!

Bt

We will be starting construction on a banked dirt oval here in Macon in a couple of weeks. We hope to run GT's, T4's and 4wd touring cars. We will follow the WDRA rules and we will have computer lap counting.



Drool slobber, drool slobber. I must race on clay, I must race on clay. Arrgghhh:eek:

David,
i got me a used gb sprinter coming,, to put some tlc to ,,,,mmmmmmaaaaaahhhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhhaaaaa.

BIGDON

David,
i got me a used gb sprinter coming,, to put some tlc to ,,,,mmmmmmaaaaaahhhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhhaaaaa.

BIGDON

Cool deal there Don. Which car is it?

its a b3 with a custom works cage and body installed on it,,

BIGDON

david
anymore rumors of a dirt oval in jaxsonville,, or is it just that rumor.

BIGDON

david
anymore rumors of a dirt oval in jaxsonville,, or is it just that rumor.

BIGDON

Don. Just a rumor as of now. No one seems to realize how much upkeep a raceable outdoor dirt oval requires. A lot of guys want to run on dirt but very few want to work on it. Been there done that and if it's for some one elses track I'm not interested in it.

i hear you and know where your coming from,, on the working on the track deal.

its just a shame that they isnt a nice dirt oval in southeast ga or north fla.

BIGDON

Don, I don't know how far you live from Macon but we will have our dirt track finished soon. www.echeconneesuperspeedway.tk

i live in a non rc gap of the us ,,lol..
i live in waycross ga,, which i believe is a three hour ride at least to you,, it took me like two hours to run to dublin to run the concrete track there.

i could always caught a ride with david butts when he comes up ,, he likes to drive ,,lol.

BIGDON

Don, I don't know how far you live from Macon but we will have our dirt track finished soon. www.echeconneesuperspeedway.tk
Are you planning on being able to run foams?

I won't know until the track is finished and we see what the surface looks like. stay tuned

We got the track roughed in Saturday and will be getting it smoothed out this week. I will have pictures posted soon.

Finished the track tonight, got some final finish work to do but it looks like foams will be the hot ticket, just gotta do a little testing with the nitro TC3, zoom-zoom!Are you planning on being able to run foams?

Cliff, How big is the dirt track compared to the concrete oval?

Sprint Car Heaven? I hope so! The pictures are too big for this forum so go to www.dirtoval.com and check out new track in Macon GA under general discussion.

cliff whats the word on tires for your track ,,

BIGDON

Don, I honestly don't know yet. I would say bring rubber tires of any kind. I am doubtful foams will work at this time. We will be trying some chemical additives over the winter to try and stabilize the surface. Other than that the track is awesome! I got my electric sprinter today and I can't wait to run it. I know a lot of people are looking at starting with gas powered stadium trucks and we will see where we go from there.

just keep me updated,, i know years ago at hobby world they sprayed the track with sugar water and it made the clay hards as concrete,, david butts remembers this.

iam still waiting on my sprinter,, if i even get...lol. oboy keep given me the run around.

BIGDON

well finally got it,, but it needs some love, and new tires,,

so how things goin cliff.

BIGDON

glad you got your car, fnally. Things have been busy around here, no time to fool with the track yet.

we are putting the counter loop in this week and should be ready for some dirt action very soon after that.

just keep me updated,, i know years ago at Hobby World they sprayed the track with sugarwater and it made the clay hard as concrete,, David Butts remembers this.BIGDON

Oh yeah I remember that, It made the yellow rears almost everyone was using into a two run pair of tires. Luckilly I had green and blues. Then I started running the caps and thats when we had the last big race there. With the caps and the hard track we put about 5 laps on the previous track records in 2wd Mod. I still have the caps too. Hard to believe that we ran those times with 6 or 7 cells and mod motors and now with the asphalt, With 4 cells and 19t motors, Almost 4 laps faster times are turned weekly. I still miss the dirt slinging days but like everything else in the past, They're just memories now.

Do you remeber when Greg had the idea to spray the track with wallpaper glue? The track stayed together good untill it got watered again then the glue stuck to the tires and made a horrible mess. :eek:

i agree it was alot funner in the past,,

OK the loop is in the track and we are ready to go. We just need to set a date now for our first race!

First race day will be a run what you brung fun run just to set your car down and go for it, we will do this November 6th. We will have an official race November 20th, December 4th and December 18th. Gates open @ 9am and racing will start @ noon.
www.echeconneesuperspeedway.TK

The 2006 racing schedule for dirt and paved oval racing @ echeconnee superspeedway is now posted @ www.echeconneesuperspeedway.tk

Hey Cliff is that picture of the sprinter at your track? Noticed the foams on the car and was wondering if your dirt oval track is packed for foams?

Bruce

Bruce we haven't really run on it much yet but it is really smooth and foams should work. I will keep you guys posted.

cliff ,
hows things goin up there on the new clay,,

BIGDON

The Southern 500 this year will be Dirt and Paved racing. The race is scheduled for memorial day weekend. Go to www.echeconneesuperspeedway.tk for more info.

Don, it's a mess right now because of the bad weather.cliff ,
hows things goin up there on the new clay,,

BIGDON

Anthonys Victory lane in Pooler Ga. .....Has an indoor dirt oval ....
www.anthonysvictorylane.com