We have been working on securing a weekend for some carpet racing and it looks like we have it! The weekend of August 5th and 6th - indoor oval racing and indoor on-road racing at Minnreg in Clearwater, Florida. It doesn't get much better than this:::

- Air Conditioned Racing
- Guaranteed Racing Rain or Shine
- Same CRC Carpet as the Snowbirds (and Vegas)
- Great Food and drink on site
- Tables and Chairs are provided FREE
- No Generators needed - all the power we can use!
- Clean Restrooms
- Nice Awards

More info soon as it becomes 100% final. Road will be on Saturday and Oval Sunday.

Here are some pictures from our last event there:
http://www.snowbirdnationals.com/2006indoorcarpetovalpics.htm

Get some Florida action!

Awesome time to go to the beaches. The track is about 10 mins from the Gulf Coast. Send the family to Busch Gardens. Go to YBOR City Sat night. Race in the AC with the best oval racers in the South - Awesome!!

can I run a handwound 19T?? lol


I am offically issuing the rematch.

To Arnie Fie you got us at race rock how about some carpet.

Hey Cat Brains........be careful what you wish for.....this aint Arnies first rodeo.......lol

lol are you saying he's brokeback!!!!!!!!!! lol






JK Arnie.

Lmao!!!

Hey Peter why don't you get a few guys together and make the trip. get away from all that rain. even better just build an ark and ride it down here.

and you to Walter get the RIP boys down here.

Hey Peter why don't you get a few guys together and make the trip. get away from all that rain. even better just build an ark and ride it down here.

Caareful what you ask for....I have lots of frequent flier miles :tongue:

Caareful what you ask for....I have lots of frequent flier miles :tongue:


ah come on down we promise you won't have to turnmarshall. lol

ah come on down we promise you won't have to turnmarshall. lol
Peter,
Don't forget your ultrabird.....lol

Don't shoot the messenger.....

pow............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :freak:

Hey Tom - I know they floor at Minnreg is the smoothest anywhere - but do you want to make it a true Snowbird warmup and put down 120 sheets?? We can do it :p

Hey Mike,
Thats funny. You can go ahead and get started on that, and I'll help when I get there.
I'll be there in time for the first round of practice. :)

I take that as a no... ;)

Hey Mike,
Thats funny. You can go ahead and get started on that, and I'll help when I get there.
I'll be there in time for the first round of practice. :)
Christian and I are riding with Tom....lol

Man I am losing all the help - HELP!!!!

Seriously - the gym floor we race on is the smoothest track you will ever find! Makes for some unbelievable racing!

This will be the first time at Minreg for some of us. Can someone post setup & tire compound suggestions that will help get us to a valid starting point. Any help is appreciated!

Bob

Bob

RC4less

LF cream RF black
LR white RR cream


BSR ????

the Salvas like

LF green RF black
LR pearl RR white-gray


you might want to also check this thread out.

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?p=1558039#post1558039

as for tire traction hands down to doubt about it Paragon ground effects (black can) is the best !!!!

hope you guys best...

as far as BSR goes...i tq'ed stock at the birds using....LF green...RF black...LR white...RR white-grey

Eric Salvas
team BSR

3 weeks! It will be hot and rainy but we will be racing inside in AC on the carpet!! Can't wait!!!

Hey Mike,
Are you going to run some open Mod with us?

:eek:

HANG ON BABY!

I found a great deal on a hotel. Comfort Inn on Ulmerton shows rates of 49.99. It is only a few miles from the track.

Comfort Inn
3580 Ulmerton Rd.
Clearwater, FL, US
Phone: (727) 573-1171

Will chairs and tables be available or do we need to bring our own?

There will be plenty of tables, chairs, and power. Maybe just need a power strip and small cord.

Quick Sombody Show My Boy Merideth What Carpet Looks Like Lol!

He is pumped Dave... for sure for sure!

Here are a few pics from the last race we had here:

http://www.snowbirdnationals.com/2006indoorcarpetovalpics.htm

Nice Place I Would Love To Make That One!

Come on down Dave. Troy and I will be taking the Voodoo powered undertaker's to the front!!!

undertaker What what happened to the Aggressor?


Yah Mr Voodoo come on down you can drive down to jax and ride down with Troy!!!! just make sure you guys don't stop for gas!!!!!!!!!!! lol

Dave Pull for Region 4

Summertime rain got you down?

Rain or shine we are on the line racing in a few weeks! Come one come all!

classes?....oops found em on your site..

Paul

Hi Paul!! :wave:

All racers get a free participation souvenir plaque. A Thunder tradition!

http://www.snowbirdnationals.com/newthunder/summershootoutdashweb.jpg

Just 1 more week until we have the best possible racing ever!!!! Hope to see all of you for some hot indoor action!

Just 1 more week until we have the best possible racing ever!!!! Hope to see all of you for some hot indoor action!

Hot? It better not be or we'll all be leaving soon after arriving. Hope to make the trip down this weekend. I'll know later on in the week. Arrrrrrrrrr!

Cool racing :p

Hope you can make it!

Mike I noticed you have 666 posts...eerie!

HAHA the devil made me do it :devil:

CYA this weekend Paul!! Can't wait to rock n' roll!

What's so errrieee??????????????? That's my house address.

Scarecrow, what is so surprising about that as well? LOL

Just a few more days for some indooor racing fun

wooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

Great weekend everyone.... thanks for the support. Results are here:

http://www.rcresults.com/clubs/Thunder_Oval_Summer_Shootout/

Great Show Mike I Really Enjoy Watching It Live!

Thanks Dave. It was crazy to have you guys calling Troy as soon as he ran to talk setup and times and all....

We are working on getting the live scoring screen real soon so you can really keep up.

Now I just wished I could keep on this carpet. I really sucked haha. Even my wife was embarassed hehe.

forgive me I just woke up. need to catch up on sleep from this weekend. Man what a great weekend. thanks to Mike and his Crew for rolling out the carpet. I hope we can do it again. I learned a aweful lot about my car. I was changing things just to see what they do. lol congrats to My TQ Cells teammate Tom Pedano on a well deserved win in 19t. Congrats to Troy Meridith for the open mod win it was fun wish there was more than 4 of us.

Id Like To Get Back To The Old Days Where The Pros Ran Mod And Let The Chips Fall Wher They May Run What Ya Brung And Hope Ya Brought Enough!

I must say that while I enjoyed running open mod I was clearly out motored. 6x1 vs 7x2. it was fun but I would much rather run 19t where HP is only a small factor not the largest factor.

Man I can tell you - I had awesome packs and an awesome motor - and still could only run 17th in qual with no wrecks - so it for me it was 100 percent car this weekend. Gotta love that!