The Tri-Clone Raceway, located in West Bend Wisconsin., will once again be the home of the 2006-07 USR/C Latemodel Series. The USR/C Latemodel Series is based on brushless 13.5 stock powered 1/10th pan cars with no wings and no changes made to the bodies. The elimination of wings and fully intact stockcar bodies, keep chassis setup at a premium. Race strategy ultimately out weighs pure speed.



The format consists of "lap" racing in both the heat races and the Mains. The A Main is 100 laps in length or longer. Each latemodel contest is started using a single file “rolling” start. The warm up laps and acceleration to full speed take the advantage of having (expensive) matched cells -out of the equation.


The US/RC management also throws in a few twists and turns which provide some drama and entertainment during the event. The rolling starts, "The Ultimate Challenge" for Top qualifiers to race from the very last position for the opportunity to gain additional championship points and the “inversion roll” of the dice for setting up the A main field, keep racers and fans alike talking about the US/RC Latemodel Series.



The formula provided a very competitive series in 2006. USR/C Latemodel racers completed 2,680 racing laps, there were 47 main event lead changes among seven different drivers, it was half a season before a repeat winner graced victory lane AND… 82% of the registered racers picked up a heat or main victory. You just can’t ask for better competition!



Make YOUR plans NOW to compete in the USR/C Latemodel Series in 2007. Check out the US/RC link at http://latemodel.triclone.net (http://latemodel.triclone.net/) for upcoming details.





The 2007 US/RC Latemodel Series Schedule

Tri-Clone Speedway, 3745 Schuster Dr., West Bend, WI 54090, in the Jansen Family Park

(Track opens at 7:30 AM - First Race 1:30PM)

December 2

December 16

January 13

January 20

February 10



February 25



Best five (5) finishes count toward the championship

Latemodel
Motor: Novak Super Sport 13.5 (NOV 3413) only.
ESC: Any Novak or LRP brushless speed control
Battery: (4-cell) IB, IP, or GP cells 3800mAh or less
Body: NASCAR stock car (any), DIRT Latemodel stockcar (Any) and ASA Latemodel (McAllister). No wings just spoilers (.75" maximum). Rear of the body, on all models, must remain intact (no cut outs)"
Height: 4.25"
Weight: 41oz
Race Length: Heats 66 laps, Mains 100-200 laps

3 rounds of USR/C Latemodel “rolling start” style heat races. Cars run under a single file pace lap and come up to speed at the drop of the green flag, Race remains green throughout. NOTE: If a race cannot start clean after two (2) attempts that heat/main will start from a heads up start.

1st Round Heats: 66 laps each (Time of the race will be as critical as your finishing position)
Will be each drivers qualifying run.


2nd Round Heats: 66 laps each(Time of the race will be as critical as your finishing position)

Top Six from round one are in The Fast Dash. Top two transfer to the main event

Remaining cars go to heats based on time.



3rd Round Heats: 66 laps each

Last Chance Race:

Top six fastest cars from previous round bump into the LCR. Top four transfer to the main event

“Top Qualifier Provisional” goes to a driver that sets overall TQ for the day and is not already transferred into the main.


Mains:
1.) Main Event 100-200 laps (7 cars maximum).

2.) Mains are lap scoring with rolling starts.

3) Field is made up of:
Main Event Starting Grid
1. *Fast Dash winner
2. Fast Dash runner-up
3. Last Chance Race winner
4. Last Chance Race runner up
5. Last Chance Race 3rd place finisher
6. Last Chance Race 4th place finisher
7. Top Qualifier (Provisional)

*Fast Dash winner has the option to take “The Ultimate Challenge” and start from the rear of the field, to start the main event,while the rest of the cars start straight up (Potential to gain 5 Championship Bonus points) –or- Roll the big dice to determine an inversion that impacts the positions of the entire field. Roll a one and move back one, roll a two move back two etc…roll a six, however, and the Fast Dash winner starts last without the option of the five (5) point bonus.



All remaining drivers go to B-? mains 75 -100 laps

NOW THIS IS RACING.............. I wish I was closer to Wisconsin............ Man this would be fun...................

Put a new body on the car cut out the rear because thats what we ran outside!! Guess i wont be racin.............................

Mark, that is not a problem your body has been approaved because that is where the
cut line is on a dirt latemodel

Ahhhhhhh hell Dave was just kiddin!!!!!!!!!! have that Bar stool ready im there saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Mark

Mark come up on Sunday the 15th.

Mark come up on Sunday the 15th.


Craig i will be there see ya then........Mark

Looking forward to seeing all the new competitors that raced latemodel in the summer. Dave is right, if your body was legal in the Tri Clone outdoor latemodel races, it is legal indoors.


Latemodel 100 "Thank you" for the compliment...the trip to the Tri Clone is worth the ride....we would love to have you come out and race.

The PC Dawg

PCDAWG, you got a PM.

Back at ya MidwestRC

Interested on what body style will lead the pack? DIRT Latemodel Vs a NASCAR Vs an ASA Latemodel. I have spoken to drivers that are building each and have strong reasons why they think they will be good.

Interested on what body style will lead the pack? DIRT Latemodel Vs a NASCAR Vs an ASA Latemodel. I have spoken to drivers that are building each and have strong reasons why they think they will be good.

I thought pnly late model type bodies were legal this past summer for the class.. is it an open body class now..

Body: NASCAR stock car (any), DIRT Latemodel stockcar (Any) –or- ASA Latemodel (McAllister) with spoiler only (.75" maximum). Rear of the body must remain intact (no cut outs)

From Rules list above.

Reminder: The USR/C Latemodel "Indoor" Series and the Tri-Clones very own latemodel class "outdoor" program are independent of each other.

I believe the aero DIRT latemodel bodies were chosen outdoors for the needed downforce on the banking.

Indoors we have NASCAR, ASA and DIRT latemodel followers. Our decision was rather than alienate one group let's let them run what they like. The flat bullring should provide an even playing field. The cream will rise to the top and drivers wil be able to make their own decision to change over -or- work harder to make their car more competitive.

I've raced this format before, and I can assure you that it's a hoot! Lots of fun with close, competitive racing.

I just found out about this series, and am both dismayed and happy at just how far electric R/C has come. Got a late 80's Hyperdrive belt-drive with brush motor, 1200-1800 NiCads, and Novak SC with reverse in an old stock car body. Just found out a month ago that brushless motors finally came into use by reading an ad in an R/C mag in my chiropractors office (cool guy)! Don't tell me you can get 100-200 laps from ONE pack now!? Seriously?

Doug
The Ancient One

you can prolly drive for close to 10 minutes with the new packs..

This is true. We raced all of our 100 lappers on the Tri-Clone bullring with no problem. 200? mmmm not sure so we do a competition yellow at the 1/2 way mark of the Midwestern 200. Adds some drama to that mama.

Team Shoestring, is that you? My memory is fuzzy on you - I remember the Hyperdrive, and the hillarious Team Shoestring website, something about Everhard Faber, and someone named Nigel?

Anyway, come on out to the track one day - we'll be happy to show you around.

George - from the old days.

Hey Mr Mari. Good to hear from the 2005-06 Champ!!! Good luck with defending your title this season. What are your opinions, ideas, rants or the like relative to the racing we will see with the brushless set up this year in latemodel.

I think it will be more even as far as the power level everyone has (Duh, right?) So in that sense, things might end up being even more close than they were last year. We definitely had several drivers who were in the hunt to win any given heat race, and I expect a little more of that.

On the other hand, chassis setup and good driving will be even more important than before, as that will be the only way to get your car to have an edge in terms of lap times.

I think most drivers will enjoy wrenching on their chassis more than on their motors. I think by going brushless we probably cut in half (more or less) the amount of preparation we have to do for each race weekend. Thats a good thing in my book. I know it's added cost, but to me, it's an investment that gives me more time to enjoy my hobby. And I'm one of the guys that actually enjoyed working on my motors - dynoing, tweaking springs, different brush cuts and compounds, brush hood alignment, etc. But it really took a lot of time between races to do all that.

I'm coming out to the track tomorrow, so I hope to see folks out there.

Well, for yesterday's race we had 15 cars in the Late Model class, which was a great turnout.

We had a few cars with late model "dirt" bodies, but the majority had NASCAR bodies. Of the NASCAR bodies, some had the rear panels cut out, and some did not.

I think the majority of cars had the brushless 13.5 motors, but there were definitely some 27T stock brushed motors in there.

I'm just saying all this to set up the fact that with all this diversity of body styles and motors, there were a few different cars that led the race. True, there were a few crashes in the beginning that mixed things up, but even so, it looked to me like there wasn't a single dominant combination of body style and motor. And with the longer format of the lap race (100 lap mains) you had more time to work your way back up towards the front if you did get in trouble. Like me. :-)

I'm not sure of the breakdown of who finished where in the mains, unfortunately. I did write down that the A main ran in about 6 minutes and 40 sec. I think we ended up with 7 cars in the B main and 8 in the A main.

If anyone has more details on the race results, please post them.

I am impressed at the support by the area latemodel racers. To have such a great turn out for a practice fun race...on the SAME weekend as a BRL event is super. ALthough the BRL event over shadows our local latemodel program.I felt it was in goodwill to ensure our calendars didn't conflict.

Again GREAT DAY...looking for a fun season.

Regarding the bodies. The rule is that all bodies must stay intact. I know the DIRT latemodels have a rather high cut line, which on paper may look like a aero advantage. I think the results from Saturday show that in the end the drivers make the difference. Those racers with stock car bodies, that were cut out; they simply need to tape up those back ends before racing formally for points.

Anything goes on a practice day, however,...just like Daytona!

I have some information starting to post at

http://latemodel.triclone.net

More info to come before the first race.

Hello,
What is a good body of choice to run?
I am looking to run the McAllister Milwaukee ASA body.
Thank you
Dave

It is a crap shoot right now. NASCAR protoforms and DIRT latemodels each won last Saturday. I'm sure racers from both sides can give the benefits.

Did some additional work on the latemodel website. All links are now working etc...


Let us know what YOU want to see...

Only six days until the season opener for the USR/C Latemodel Series. 100 lap mains, 66 lap heat races all with rolling starts. Brush VS. Brushless and DIRT latemodel cars VS NASCAR Stockcars. Last weeks practice confirmed a competitive "melting pot" of action is on tap for 2007.

Good luck to everyone at the Tri Clone next week!

Barry Maas won the season opening USR/C Latemodel 100 lap main event by .080 over second place Mark Kaye, Saturday December 2nd at the Tri-Clone Indoor Raceway - West Bend Wisconsin.



Maas also captured the overall Top Qualifier (TQ) honors during heat race competition. Although Maas completed a clean sweep, the main event was anything but a sleeper.



Three different drivers led the contest that took just 6:16.403 to complete. #5 Mark Kaye led the most laps with 56. #47 Chuck Manning turned the fastest lap of the race with a time of 3.402 around the bullring oval.



After choosing to "roll the dice" to determine the inversion, Mass started fourth among a stellar field of racers. Chuck Manning led the field to the green as he held the point for six circuits. Kaye took control on lap seven. Kaye looked to be "The Man" through the first two thirds of the race. Heavy traffic and a few bad breaks punted Kaye back to second. Kay never gave up as he mounted a pressure attack on Maas through the final laps.



Maas led the final 38 circuits to record his first main event victory in USR/C Latemodel competition. The final laps were wild as several challenges for position ended in thrills and spills while the leaders tried to complete the distance. There was a question as to which lap was the final with so much action taking place on the track. It appeared from the announcing that the event was still under green when infact the 100th circuit was completed.



Kaye inquired about the finish, as he passed Maas on the lap the announcers communicated was the final circuit. Scoring confirmed that Maas indeed led the official 100th circuit. Kaye was a true "class act" by accepting the decision and shaking Barry's hand on the drivers stand with a smile.



The win was the "closest" finish in USR/C Latemodel main event history.

Great effort by Mark to claw his way back after getting behind, and a great job by Barry to just barely stay ahead of Mark.

The bar has definitely been raised in Late Model class this year - lap times are about 3 to 4 tenths quicker, it seems. I'm not convinced that the Late Model Dirt bodies are the only reason, though. The guys that are running Brushless 13.5 class are running lap times in the 3.4 - 3.5 second range with NASCAR bodies, spoiler and no wing, so I think you can go fast whatever body you have.

Dave, is there any way you can post the final results of the A and B mains?

Thanks George.Gave it my best shot!! Barry will be a factor...Great run by him!!!!!! If theres anything i can do to help with the car let me know.I dont live to far from you.............Mark


e-mail markkl226@aol.com The one is a lower case L

Main Event:
Barry Maas 100 laps 6:16.403
Mark Kaye 100 laps 6:16.483
Chuck Manning 99 laps
George Mari 97 Laps
Ken Brinkmann 85 laps
Bob Lutz 65 laps

B Main:
Bob Bendixon 100 7:49.306
Kyle Brinkmann
Bob Meyer
Deb Woodward
Dave Jansen

It's RACE DAY!!! Time to light the fires and burn the tires. "Good luck to all the competitors today.

B Maas ® 190

M Kaye ® 175

C Manning 170

G Mari 165

Ken Brinkmann 160

B Lutz 155

B Bendixon 155

K Brinkmann ® 145

B Meyer ® 140

D Woodward ® 135

D Jansen 130


(R) = Rookie of the Year candidate
Bonus Points: Maas 5 pts for TQ
Bendixon 5 pts for B Main Win

2005 National Driving Champion #11 George Mari returned to victory lane on Saturday December 17th; during the Tri-Clone 100 at the Tri-Clone Raceway, West Bend Wisconsin.



Mari led one of the most competitive fields of latemodel racers in the two year history of the series. "All Six" drivers won a heat race during earlier competition. The racing was clean, strategic and VERY entertaining to watch.



Mari led the opening five laps until #5 Mark Kaye wrestled away the top spot with a beautiful high side move. For the second race in a row, Kaye looked to be "the man" to beat. Bad luck would curse the Kaye Motorsport Ford Fusion again on lap eleven. While leading, Kaye was swept up in an altercation on the front stretch that left him on his lid for 10.57 seconds while corner marshals struggled to get to him.



While Kaye focused on getting back in the groove, #82 Mike Schultz took control of the point. Schultz opened up one of the largest leads of the day as he went on to lead the next nine circuits around the wicked fast Tri-Clone Bullring. In the mean time #47 Chuck Manning and Mari teamed up to work their way up to Schultz. By lap twenty six you could throw a blanket over the top three cars, as they ran almost identical lap times.



Manning pushed his DIRT latemodel Chevrolet out in front on lap twenty nine but Mari powered back on lap thirty two. Although Mari would lead the remainder of the event, the nose to tail battle between Mari and Manning was one for the ages.



George recorded the fastest lap with a 3.572 enroute to leading a race record eighty three laps and his first victory of the year. Chuck Manning was the Top Qualifier (TQ) for the event capturing a five point bonus for his efforts.

George Mari ....100 ....6:20.331
Chuck Manning 100... 6:23.549
Dan Kemnetz.....98
Mark Kaye.........96
Mike Schultz......96
Bob Meyer.........91
(2/3 of field led 1 or more laps).

B Main
Kevin Kemnetz 100....6:43.768
Ken Brinkmann...97
Jeremy Kemnetz.95
Bob Lutz...........93
Bob Bendixon.....92
Kyle Brinkmann...89

C Main
Tanner Segar ...100 7:36.959
Scott Metz........96
Deb Woodworth...9

C Manning... .350
G Mari.......... .350
M Kaye..........340
K Brinkmann 305
B Meyer.........295
B Lutz.............290
B Bendixon...285
K Brinkmann 270
D Woodward 245
B Maas..........190
D Kenmetz....170
M Schultz.......160
K Kenmetz....155
J Kenmetz.....140
D Jansen.......130
T Segar.........125
S Metz...........115

Just an exceptional day of racing. I am proud that the latemodel Series was the largest class at the Tri-Clone yesterday.



A special welcome to our newest latemodel members - Tanner Segar, Jeremy Kemnetz, Dan Kemnetz and Bob Kemnetz. We are proud to have you in the program. Kudos to Tanner for being the "Youngest" Main winner in USR/C Latemodel History at thirteen years of age. Also a shout out to Dan Kenmetz for making his first Main Event start in just his first try. It was a large field of competitors. Dan should feel proud to have captured a strong third place finish.



Welcome back to victory lane goes out to Mike Schultz. Mike has a very demanding job that takes him all across the country at a moments notice. We are always thrilled when the #82 BIG RIG rolls into the pit area. Mike whipped up on the locals in heat # 3.



You have all worked very hard and given your all to make this year a memorable one already for the USR/C Latemodel Series. "Thank you all" for your support and professional driving this season. Happy holidays to you and your families.



Dave Brinkmann

USR/C Latemodel Series Director

Hello,
I saw my first late model race this weekend.
Boy, I like how the class was run!
The rolling start is awesome!
I will piece a car together for maybe the next race.
Dave

dragracer53545/Dave, there's always room for one more. Glad to hear you enjoyed the racing, and we look forward to seeing you out on the track. Let us know if you have any questions.

George what a awesome race we had, everyone drove great I thought :thumbsup: I feel bad that I hit Ken on the straight away in the heat race:cry: I don't feel I'm good enough racer to hit someone on purpose to knock them out of the way so I can lead I am a clean racer and wouldn't hit anyone on purpose.:wave: I will not make the next race I have to be in the lower part to do a motorcycle seminar that I do every year.:mad:

Dave I echo George's words. "Thank you" for the kind words on the latemodel program. We look forward to your participation in the series.


Chuck; No one would ever question your proffesionalism on -or- off the track. Kenman and all onlookers know that was just one of them "racin deals". Don't sweat it. We will miss you at the next one. Thank goodness for the throw out system. You will still be right in the championship hunt.

Best to all
Dave B

Congrats to George and Chuck...........Great Racin!!!!!!!!! See you guys at the next round.

Mark

http://latemodel.triclone.net

Shadow is working on getting the link back up at tri-clone website. Until then you can click and save the above link,.

Dave B

Mark I know you had a rough time there but as fast as you are your right in the hunt:dude:

Chuck,Win or lose it's all fun!!!!!!!!!! See ya next time.Have a great holiday

Mark

We would like to thank Gary McAllister from McAllister Racing for donating 6 Latemodel bodies to be given to racers in the LateModel class. This class has really grown, we had 15 cars the last time. Merry Christmas to all of you (and the racers in the other classes as well!)

That is great news regarding McAllister. I will be sure to thank Gary personally for his wonderful support of the program.


Dave B