Not a bad first day to the new indoor season. Things went about the best they've ever gone for a first day race. It was good to see everyone again today other than there were a few regulars MIA. Where were you guys, last minute work? Seems like the new 5 minute racing went over rather well and I think everyone liked the new carpet, ripples and all. :) Looks like it might be a good year.


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies 11-21-2004

-- Production - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 3 67 5:02.26 Amanda Himes 5 14.81
2 4 66 5:02.73 Jeff Knox 3 14.57
3 1 62 5:01.04 Jeff Covert 17 13.76
4 2 1 0:04.24 Randy Coon 4 15.76

-- Production - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 61 5:02.53 Matthew Fitzsimmons 2 13.47
2 9 55 5:02.66 Jim Cook 9 12.14
3 7 54 5:02.36 Jeff Kinney 1 11.93
-- 6 --- DNS --- Brandon Covert 18 0.00

-- Stock truck - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 79 5:02.14 Tom Himes 10 17.47
2 6 78 5:02.28 Mike Button 12 17.24
3 8 77 5:02.49 Don Weimer 8 17.01

-- Mini-T - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 25 5:06.42 Joy Fortner 24 7.51
2 2 22 5:11.64 Laura Burrows 20 6.50

-- 2wd stock - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 79 5:03.02 Kim Fortner 21 17.42
2 2 78 5:02.55 Chris Burrows 16 17.23

-- Stock TC - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 41 5:05.39 Tom Himes 11 12.36
2 6 34 5:09.25 Andy Eaton 15 10.12
3 7 31 5:00.07 Mike Button 13 9.51

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 31 5:15.22 Kim Fortner 22 9.05
2 3 28 5:09.08 Don Weimer 7 8.34
3 6 27 5:12.66 Mike Button 14 7.95
4 4 26 5:04.41 Joy Fortner 23 7.86
5 1 21 5:13.90 Laura Burrows 19 6.16
6 2 10 5:33.77 Matthew Weimer 6 2.76

Racing was a good time Rick i just want to say thanks for getting me into electric its alot of fun :thumbsup: :D

Hey Rick,

Do you have an Evader gear cover? I thought I saw a couple at the shop. If you do how much and could you bring it to the track with you thanks.:thumbsup:

Jeff.....glad you're enjoying yourself. There really is no replacement for actually racing against other people and without going a few hours away you really weren't going to find any competition here for 1/8 scale. You ran especially well for your first time on the track also. :thumbsup:

Andy........yes I do have a couple of them. Can't remember on the price but I'll bring one with me this weekend.

Everybody have enough to eat? I know I did!! :freak:

thanks rick i really appreciate it its alot of fun though i do wish i still had my buggy for bashing casue that thing was fast as hell and i mean fast but racing is just as much fun as paintball i love it and will probally do it for the rest of my god given life :roll:

Another fun day of racing at RERCR&H, the track seems to be getting faster, and of course Production is getting more dangerous. :) Courtney Morse came smoking back onto the ozite for the first time this year and broke records in two classes. Production and Fun BuRP continue to be the two most popular classes. Points get started next week so we'll see how things shuffle out from here on out.

Stock truck - Courtney Morse 84/5:03.03
2wd stock - Courtney Morse 87/5:02.02


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies 11-28-2004

-- Production - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 67 5:03.07 Randy Coon 3 14.77
2 9 67 5:04.49 Jeff Covert 19 14.70
3 8 29 2:25.78 Amanda Himes 2 13.29
4 6 1 0:06.79 Jeff Knox 4 9.85

-- Production - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 59 5:02.64 Brandon Covert 18 13.03
2 4 58 5:01.34 Jeff Kinney 1 12.86
3 2 53 5:00.37 Jim Cook 11 11.79
4 3 45 5:03.69 Cory Kisko 12 9.90

-- Stock truck - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 84 5:03.03 Courtney Morse 5 18.52
2 3 79 5:00.12 Don Weimer 7 17.59
3 1 78 5:02.70 Mike Button 16 17.22

-- 2wd stock - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 86 5:01.24 Courtney Morse 6 19.08
2 7 81 5:00.54 Don Weimer 9 18.01
3 8 23 1:33.21 Kim Fortner 21 16.49

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 60 5:00.13 Kim Fortner 22 18.40
2 0 57 5:02.08 Rick Morgan 14 17.37
3 8 56 5:06.57 Mike Button 17 16.81
4 6 54 5:00.01 Joy Fortner 23 16.57
5 5 53 5:00.95 Don Weimer 8 16.21
6 4 39 5:02.30 Matthew Weimer 10 11.87
7 9 36 5:06.01 Barb Morgan 15 10.83
8 3 16 2:25.81 Logan Tilley 20 10.10

hey rick i was wondering if you are going to be having practice on tuesday night this week?? and another thing do u think the production class is going to be able to go back to 4 minutes i smoked a motor today :mad: and jim cook fried his bad and pretty much everyone in production is for it. if we do go to four minutes will it just be the production class or will it be all the classes?? just wondering cause i know we have to vote but i just wanted and idea of how it would work!! good racing today guys c yall next week

KNOXVILLE

good racing today guys c yall next week
KNOXVILLE


Racing...is that what I was doing?....It felt more like murphy's law in action......lololol

Sorry no practice. I've decided to not have practice night this year. Last year we usually had 2-3 people every week which makes things "cost ineffective" so to speak. I can't see burning the lights and heating the place for that amount of people, sorry. :(

I don't mean to sound rotten or anything but you guys GOTTA gear down to not burn up motors in 5 minute races. If the drivetrain is free and you have things geared correctly, you shouldn't have a big problem. When some of you guys (not mentioning any names) start running 76 tooth spurs and 25-30 tooth pinions your motors aren't going to last long, even at 4 minutes. It's either gear the cars for longevity of motors and stay out of trouble or gear to run F A S T and spend $$$ all the time for new motors. As far as a change, we'll see but I'm looking more toward a blanket time change of either 4 or 5 minutes, whichever has more votes.

Sorry no practice. I've decided to not have practice night this year.

I don't mean to sound rotten or anything but you guys GOTTA gear down to not burn up motors in 5 minute races.


What I can't practice murphy's law tues night...darn... :lol:

BTW - For the record book....brush hung on mine....and the diff misadjusted. Think I'm gonna go back to my trusty Tuned Sport motors.

ok..i guess i will have to gear down then..thats no problem..
im running an 84s and a 24p thats an 8.5-1 ratio any higher and a turtle could pass me lol what do u think i should gear it at??

ok..i guess i will have to gear down then..thats no problem..
im running an 84s and a 24p thats an 8.5-1 ratio any higher and a turtle could pass me lol what do u think i should gear it at??


26 p / 86 sp

Actually, if you're running a MF2 you're presently running around a 8.96 (84/24*2.56) which doesn't seem like it should create that many problems. :confused: I'd look to make sure everything is spinning freely and nothing is binding. I'm going to try running a 86/24 this week with my stock truck (86/24*2.61=9.35) and might end up going up a tooth from there. Of course take into consideration that my tires are smaller than yours also which would result in a lower rollout number overall (more punch). There is more to going fast than speed by the way. :)

oh i did not know that the tranny ratio was different in an mf2 well that will explain some things :o i loosened up the diff casue it was a hair bit to tight im going to try what cook said an 86S and a 24 P oh and rick are we going to be voting on the 4 min thing b4 the race on sunday or after the race?? just wondering c-yall sunday :devil:

We'll be voting right before I set up the heats so I know whether I have to change anything or not. You can try a 86/26 but if your motor is cooking at a 8.96 it's going to be worse at 8.47. :(

well i will probally try both out on sunday morning b4 the race starts so i will have to see what happens but i loosend up my diff it was a smidge to tight to that could of been causing the heat problems idk we will find out sunday ttyl

knoxville

hey guys i was wondering if anybody is interested in buying a mini-t it comes rtr with everything except a charger i have one 6 cell battery for it foam tires and dirt tires radio and esc of course comes with some misc spare parts im selling if for 120.00 obo if interested let me know

Let me guess...........got this from "Puddin'"? :)

hey, check out the new Driver mag. , they have a great article on the new pro Evader, but look close at the tech. stuff, you may recognize some of the go gear......

yea i traded puddin a .22 rifle for it but i have to sell it cause i need the money!! even more i need a job :drunk:

Chris.......yep I noticed that. There was also a little "inside" look toward the back on the Twin Maxx packs. They did however get the phone # wrong. :rolleyes:

Sorry guys, no results till Tuesday when I go back to the track. Floppy disks suck! :mad:

Knoxville........congrats on the win and track record. Must be you have things figured out with the truck even if the motor is pretty hot. :)

Thanks rick i really apprecitate it :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I personally spoke with an editor at RC Driver about the incorrect phone number. They also listed the price incorrectly for the Twin Maxx Pacs in the Evader Pro test. The editor told me they would use the Twin Maxx Pacs for a test of the new twin motor Novak SC. Look for it in the February issue. Overall the editor told me they were very impressed with the SPC cells, quality of assembly and pricing.

hey Ovalman i got a question for ya. What do the numbers 5:03.84 mean and when u say he has got a 66.8flat lead or something like that what does it mean??? oh and SPC your batterys are GREAT they just helped me set a new Lap Record :thumbsup:

5:03.84 is your time - 5 minutes, 3 seconds, 84 hundreths. The closer to 5 minutes you run the better with high lap numbers. The rest of the question I'm not sure of but I'm assuming if I say perhaps someone is on a 66 in five flat pace that would mean they are running a 66 lap pace in 5:00.??. The computer has an area on the screen that predicts the leaders pace based on their lap times over the course of the race. Hope that helps?

sniff, sniff....what's that I smell burning? :D Joy said I can do whatever with that new T3 she won. Good thing it does have all those pretty blue parts on it, that's all that saved it! Whaddaya think it's worth? Best offer takes it -
EMAIL ME. fortner@pennswoods.net

Hey guys, how far into the afternoon/evening has the races been goin? Or what time has the A mains been startin? I'm not quite up to racing status yet(if I ever was, lol), but I've been wanting to stop up to say hi to all my brothers in wheels. but this will have to do for now, so Hello to all my brothers! :wave:

hey rick thanks u answered both questions now i know what u mean when u are saying all that stuff :lol: thanks :rolleyes:

K1M......new in the box it otta be worth $85-$100 at least. I imagine if Mike sees your post you'll be getting an email. :) I'd make you an offer but I already have enough bills to pay this month. :rolleyes:

Polli............my man, how goes it?? We've been getting done before 5 this year so far. The days we have road course racers it takes a little longer because of the setup time but I believe when I looked at my watch this week it was 4:42 and it had been a few minutes since we got done. We had 21 people this week too.

knoxville.......no problem, glad to help. :thumbsup:

Good week of racing this week and we picked up a couple more people. As mentioned before knoxville set a new record in the Production class and along with that we had new records set in 2wd stock and Fun BuRP. First week of points are now in the books so it's time to see who can stay at the top or sink to the bottom like a rock.

Production - Jeff Knox 70/5:03.84
2wd stock - Courtney Morse 88/5:01.93
Fun BuRP - Kim Fortner 31/5:04.69


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies 12-07-2004

-- Production - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 70 5:03.84 Jeff Knox 12 15.39
2 8 67 5:01.34 Amanda Himes 7 14.86
3 7 65 5:04.71 Jeff Kinney 1 14.25
4 9 65 5:10.54 Jeff Covert 24 13.99
5 5 7 0:29.77 Randy Coon 6 15.71

-- Production - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 58 5:04.25 Matt Fitzsimmons 8 12.74
2 4 57 5:02.33 Brandon Covert 25 12.60
3 3 27 5:04.23 Matt Himes 18 5.93
-- 2 --- DNS --- Cody Seth 20 0.00

-- Stock truck - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 84 5:07.21 Tom Himes 16 18.27
2 5 82 5:00.93 Rick Morgan 4 18.21
3 7 79 5:02.01 Courtney Morse 13 17.48
4 1 73 5:00.64 Janice Himes 15 16.22

-- Stock truck - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 4 80 5:00.83 Don Weimer 23 17.77
2 2 76 5:01.86 Mike Button 10 16.82
3 1 74 5:03.99 Ronda Himes 28 16.27
-- 3 --- DNS --- Andy Eaton 19 0.00

-- 2wd stock - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 87 5:00.53 courtney Morse 14 19.34
2 3 81 5:03.56 Kim Fortner 26 17.83
3 2 75 5:02.80 Don Weimer 22 16.55

-- Stock TC - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 35 5:06.53 Andy Eaton 5 10.51
2 7 32 5:00.30 Mike Button 11 9.81

-- 1/12 scale - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 70 8:02.69 Tom Himes 17 13.35
2 2 49 5:36.41 Dennis Himes 29 13.41

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 31 5:04.82 Kim Fortner 27 9.36
2 0 30 5:01.65 Rick Morgan 3 9.15
3 8 29 5:01.31 Mike Button 9 8.86
4 9 14 4:57.54 Barb Morgan 2 4.33
5 6 12 5:11.02 Matthew Weimer 21 3.55


Also a big congrats to the winner of our giveaway Team Associated T3 Team truck, Joy Fortner!

Thanks to all those that bought tickets and we'll probably have another give away next summer. :thumbsup:

hey polli,

the new layout for roadcourse Is pretty sweet just it's got a pretty nasty last corner it's also the other way now too.

Andy, ya mean ya run the opposite direction then what we did last year?

Rick, I goes well, I spoze, and you? Hey ya gonna be around thursday or friday? I gotta pay ya a visit to hopefully pick up some 40 45 and 50 wt shock oil, and maybe some #54 pistons if ya got em

Andy, ya mean ya run the opposite direction then what we did last year?
Yeah It takes a little to get use to also you might need to gear down from last season I did.

Doin' good as can be I guess. Yep, I'll be here Thursday and Friday (going shopping Saturday). Have a body to get painted and I think I have to be around for Andys Pa to come get some parts too. :) Don't think I have any 45w oil but 40w, 50w, and 54 pistons I believe are there. :thumbsup:

yeah my dad should be around bout noon or earlier:thumbsup:

Another week of racing in the books and what a week it was. We now have three new track records. Believe it or not we had a excellent race in the Production class with an A-main that was really a barn burner until the very end. And I blew it in the Stock truck A-main and ended up second again. :rolleyes:

Stock truck - Tom Himes - 85/5:00.18
1/12 scale - Tom Himes - 72/8:04.67
Fun BuRP - Rick Morgan - 31/5:04.56


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies 12-12-2004

-- Production - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 65 5:00.77 Amanda Himes 11 14.44
2 9 64 5:01.10 Jeff Knox 14 14.20
3 7 61 5:02.71 Jim Cook 8 13.46
4 6 60 5:03.98 Matt Fitzsimmons 13 13.19

-- Production - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 68 5:04.32 Randy Coon 12 14.93
2 2 66 5:02.81 Jeff Kinney 4 14.56
3 1 64 5:00.47 Jeff Covert 31 14.23
4 4 4 0:24.72 Brandon Covert 30 10.81

-- Production - C Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 60 5:01.69 Cory Kisko 7 13.29
2 9 53 5:04.44 Mike Tarabori 22 11.63
3 6 31 4:35.41 Clayton Tarabori 21 7.52
-- 8 --- DNS --- Matthew Weimer 18 0.00

-- Stock truck - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 83 5:03.77 Tom Himes 25 18.26
2 5 82 5:00.26 Rick Morgan 2 18.25
3 6 80 5:08.83 Dennis Himes 24 17.31
4 7 76 5:03.43 Courtney Morse 6 16.74

-- Stock truck - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 4 81 5:03.29 Don Weimer 19 17.85
2 2 78 5:00.78 Mike Button 29 17.33
3 1 77 5:02.58 Janice Himes 27 17.00
4 3 11 0:57.53 Andy Eaton 10 12.78

-- 2wd stock - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 3 83 5:03.72 Kim Fortner 32 18.26
2 1 82 5:01.54 Courtney Morse 5 18.17
3 4 50 5:04.20 Mark Tilley 16 10.98
4 2 48 3:10.14 Don Weimer 20 16.87

-- 1/12 scale - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 72 8:04.84 Tom Himes 26 13.67
2 6 71 8:01.33 Dennis Himes 23 13.58

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 0 31 5:04.56 Rick Morgan 1 9.37
2 2 27 5:06.19 Joy Fortner 34 8.12
3 7 21 5:06.36 Kim Fortner 33 6.31
4 1 21 5:13.73 Mike Button 28 6.16
5 3 19 5:11.42 Logan Tilley 15 5.62
6 6 12 5:15.77 Matthew Weimer 17 3.50

We came, it snowed, we raced, it was fun! :) Another week goes by and more points are added to the boards. Amanda Himes is showin' da boys how it's done in the Production class. :thumbsup: I of course fell victim once again to my own bad luck. :(

If you were wondering, we WILL be racing next week so after Santa visits you on Saturday, gather your stuff an' come on down to have a fun day of racing on Sunday.

New track records
1/12 scale - Dennis Himes 75/8:06.78


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies 12-19-2004

-- Production - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 67 5:00.13 Amanda Himes 3 14.92
2 7 66 5:04.03 Jeff Kinney 1 14.51
3 9 62 5:03.64 Jeff Covert 12 13.64
4 6 40 3:11.08 Randy Coon 2 13.99

-- Production - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 3 67 5:02.25 Jeff Knox 4 14.81
2 1 65 5:01.47 Jim Cook 10 14.41
3 4 63 5:00.02 Matt Fitzsimmons 5 14.03
-- 5 --- DNS --- Joe Bootes 11 0.00

-- Production - C Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 9 50 5:00.67 Cory Kisko 9 11.11
2 7 38 5:07.49 Matt Himes 18 8.26
3 6 30 2:45.35 Mike Tarabori 19 12.12

-- Stock truck - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 80 5:02.65 Tom Himes 15 17.66
2 7 78 5:02.11 Janice Himes 17 17.25
3 5 71 4:22.07 Rick Morgan 7 18.10
-- 8 --- DNS --- Chris Burrows 24 0.00

-- Stock truck - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 4 79 5:03.49 Dennis Himes 22 17.39
2 2 75 5:02.33 Mike Button 21 16.58
3 3 68 4:55.48 Andy Eaton 14 15.38

-- Stock TC - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 37 5:07.63 Andy Eaton 13 11.07
2 7 33 5:01.66 Mike Button 20 10.07

-- 1/12 scale - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 73 8:05.88 Dennis Himes 23 13.83
2 1 73 8:06.09 Tom Himes 16 13.82

boy i hope i do better next week!!!

boy i hope i do better next week!!!


I noticed that.....normally my truck doesn't push................ :jest:

Yea when Amanda finishes first in the A and you first in the B, it has a tendency to hurt in the points department. :)

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Back at ya guys. Hope everybody has a good day tomorrow!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not getting anything this year. I got this in an email from Santa proving it! :p

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good job cook..good race..you had to be there so i hope to C ya next week..have a nice week cookk..cooney

rick what should i be running for gearing in my matt francis..i am running a 84 26..let me know..see ya sunday

amanda good jod for breaking that record :thumbsup: ..keep up the good work right knoxville.. :D ..hope to see you next week knoxville..hope you feel better..see ya cooney...

Well from what it seems Amanda is running I'd look at what gearing you have on that overall (spur/pinion X tranny ratio) and try to match the same or real close to that ratio with your XXX because it seems hers isn't getting smokin' hot.