The tracks are small where I live. NW Pa. and we average 82-88 laps per four minutes running stock. Just wondering what the tracks are like in your neck of the woods. I love to hear guys say Man!, we ran 50 laps, talk about nerve wracking! I invite you all to little old Lucky Thirteen Raceway where every sunday is just like Bristol!

we have a track here in indy that we get 92 laps in 4 min in stock

I ran on a very small banked oval years ago (6 or 7) where the track record was 104 laps in 4 minutes, 1/12 4 cell stock.

Wow! those are some small tracks! I take it your bodies don't last very long either lol!

Smallest Club track - Latham NY. (76' runline) started in early 90's with 1/12 4c stock - 80 laps in 4min., then went to 5min. and ran 102 - 104 laps (2000 ni-cad days). We did run 1/10 stock after a while, first 6c then went to 4c (1/12 would usually outrun the 6c 1/10 cars).
Smallest track ever - In the basement of a friend's house, guessing the runline was 45' - 50' . OUTER dimensions were around 30' x 12' , infield was a couple of 2x4's end to end, about 17'-18' long. Ran 1/12 cars (1982-1983), sometimes 8 -10 at a time. If a track like that doesn't teach you to lift, and drive in traffic, NOTHING will.

Smallest Club track - Latham NY. (76' runline) started in early 90's with 1/12 4c stock - 80 laps in 4min., then went to 5min. and ran 102 - 104 laps (2000 ni-cad days). We did run 1/10 stock after a while, first 6c then went to 4c (1/12 would usually outrun the 6c 1/10 cars).
Smallest track ever - In the basement of a friend's house, guessing the runline was 45' - 50' . OUTER dimensions were around 30' x 12' , infield was a couple of 2x4's end to end, about 17'-18' long. Ran 1/12 cars (1982-1983), sometimes 8 -10 at a time. If a track like that doesn't teach you to lift, and drive in traffic, NOTHING will.

The professor lives! Great to hear from you again mike

-E

Big E - not gone yet, just layin' low...

77 feet in Glen Burnie MD. It is very small. 3 sec laps. The track is still open and a blast to run on.

I ran on a very small banked oval years ago (6 or 7) where the track record was 104 laps in 4 minutes, 1/12 4 cell stock.
I ran here with Mike, lap times just over 2 seconds. No kidding. It was like flying Jet Fighters in a Gymnasium! That particular track was in New Milford, CT. A different layout exists now.

The tracks are small where I live. NW Pa. and we average 82-88 laps per four minutes running stock. Just wondering what the tracks are like in your neck of the woods. I love to hear guys say Man!, we ran 50 laps, talk about nerve wracking! I invite you all to little old Lucky Thirteen Raceway where every sunday is just like Bristol!

Where is your track in NW PA? I love the small tracks, smaller the better!

Banked track at Pit Road columbus ohio is small bowl.. Mod we start 2.2 sec laps and finish 2.3 sec laps..:thumbsup:

flat oval in my basement--lol

Trax70 indoor track. I think the record is at least 128 in 6 minutes. Now believe me during six minutes the body does a lot of weird things. Legs twitch, feet fall asleep, transmitters shake, teeth get gritted,eyes tear, and the mind constantly fades. But man is it fun!!!

they did a 10 minute main at st. roc one friday night. its not a short track but it was a long race it was fun for the first 5 mins. the other half was more of a dance routine on the stand. trying to keep off one foot for 30 seconds than switching to the other one lol. but it was fun after all. lake city r/c speedway is pretty short. i think the record is 94 in 5 mins

Rusty NutZ
p.s. ken, where do you live. i wanna try out your track lol

r/c world & raceway's last track in massena ny... 84' runline, not the smallest, but with the 12 degree banking all the way around it made it awsomly fast!!! 106 laps with a 1/10 4cell stock in five minutes.

my good friend and i and another bud made a track in his girlfriend's mother's garage, it was 24' x 8' it was crazy fast because it was back in the six cell days, we didn't have any sort of lap counting, but we sure did break alot of parts!!

there was another one in hogansburg new york called fasttracks speedway or something like it. it was smaller than the one at the paper company and a lot more banking. i forget what the record was.

Rusty NutZ

From what I've read the Plattsburgh track is 88ft. The former Cornwall trioval was also 88ft.

I have stuff to make a little oval around 70 ft. not sure I'll know once I'll lay down carpet. The problem is to get my few buddies with similar cars. Some with Formula1 cars others with buggies or touring cars. Surely some RTR kit will do the trick.

There's also a place called Kenzo Arena where they ran Tamiya Mini Coopers on 30' x 15' surface.

Stephane Courchense

77 feet in Glen Burnie MD. It is very small. 3 sec laps. The track is still open and a blast to run on.
Yeah what he said. :thumbsup:

Hey guys thanks for the good words about Glen Burnie. Just a note that the 07 -08 season plans are uder way already. we'll still have 4 cell stock but might be adding a 13.5 brushless class and revamp the rookie class.

West Branch Iowa, we run a 55' track. Love the short tracks!

we have a track here in indy that we get 92 laps in 4 min in stock

correction Yokeboy!!!! it's 5 minutes

Terre Haute has one for 88 laps for 4 minutes

How about a 52 ft bullring 2.8 sec laps upper 90's in 4 sec and low 120's in 5

We use to have a track here, that lost the lease on there building.. They ended up in the corner of this warehouse.. If i remeber the track was d shaped, and we ran 6 cell stock,, the runline had to be close to 50 foot runline.. The only thing i remeber was no matter who you were you could expect 2-3 traction rolls in the tight turn..

Im not going to say it was fun, cause it wasnt.. they only lasted a few weeks after that goof up.. This was when i was 15, so thats close to 15 years ago...

p.s. ken, where do you live. i wanna try out your track lol
was at my old house, I had a huge basement, def good for testing stuff, took it down and built a mini z track, left it there when we moved out of the house. lol new owners were like WTF? lol

oh man forgot about the trioval at cornwall. that was one fast track. the oly reason we were getting more laps on the trioval was because you could almost hold the throttle wide open. i miss that track. the owners of the hobby shop here in cornwall are selling out. they are done with the hobby shop completely. sad to see that all the tracks around here closed

Rusty NutZ

cornwall wall rc is closed?

ron and lois are closing the hobby shop at the end of the month. they have not had a track for a year or 2 either. some awsome deals over there rite now. not sure how much stuff they have left

Rusty NutZ

dirtydrc- Our track is Lucky thirteen speedway in hannaville, pa which is about 60 miles south of erie pa. Our hobby shop is Hooter chassis and their number is 1-814-425-3122. Call them for any questions you may have. they are excellent people.

In the early '90's A&C Speedworld in Avon,N.Y. was so small they could only run 1/12 scale.I believe the track record was 99 laps in 4 minutes and that was with 6 cell modified with EDM bodies. I currently run at the Hobby House in Rochester, N.Y.The track is 60' and run stadium trucks,Stampedes, and 1/18 scale trucks.We run 5 minute races and the Mini-T record is 83 laps,Stampede record is 75, 18T is 81,and stadium is 78 laps.

Smallest Club track - Latham NY. (76' runline) started in early 90's with 1/12 4c stock - 80 laps in 4min., then went to 5min. and ran 102 - 104 laps (2000 ni-cad days). We did run 1/10 stock after a while, first 6c then went to 4c (1/12 would usually outrun the 6c 1/10 cars).
Smallest track ever - In the basement of a friend's house, guessing the runline was 45' - 50' . OUTER dimensions were around 30' x 12' , infield was a couple of 2x4's end to end, about 17'-18' long. Ran 1/12 cars (1982-1983), sometimes 8 -10 at a time. If a track like that doesn't teach you to lift, and drive in traffic, NOTHING will.

Smallest Carpet Oval: Either Dave Beals' cellar,(which I believe Mike described above) or Bobby Hackel's cellar. Both had a couple of 2x4's layed end to end as an infield...and Mike is accurate: 8-10 1/12 stock cars out there at a time! Dave used to have a "Daytona Marathon", where we'd run all night Saturday into Sunday morning,(zero sleep) then watch the 500...then back to racing after the 500!!! Those were good...actually GREAT races!

Smallest Dirt Oval: Lute's Bull ring. Still run a series race there every year. 66' long, 6 cell dirt oval cars, 2.7-2.8 sec. laps. On a time trial lap, I actually think I hit myself!

www.fultonshobbies.com
Not only short but tight. 4-cell stock lap times around 3.3-3.2
Alot of big time racers started there.

dirtydrc- Our track is Lucky thirteen speedway in hannaville, pa which is about 60 miles south of erie pa. Our hobby shop is Hooter chassis and their number is 1-814-425-3122. Call them for any questions you may have. they are excellent people.

How much longer are you guys going to be racing? Our season ends up this Sunday so I might be able to get down there again before you guys stop racing. VERY fun little track! :thumbsup:

Compared to most I guess you could call our track a "bullring" since it is only about 98'. It's what I started on so I've always liked the little tracks. I go to a larger track and I'm ALL out to lunch on gearing. :lol:

it was fun going from a short track to the snowbirds than back to the short track. when i got back i raced that next saturday. i never really knew how short it was until then

Rusty NutZ

Ovalman- Unfortunately our season ended Sunday as well, Our building is undergoing some renovations, and we had to end early. Keep the number to the hobby shop that was listed in my earlier post, to find out when the new season will start since it is T.B.A. Thanks!

Lakecity R/C Speedway in Plattsburgh is 87 foot racing groove,the track record is 94 in 5 minutes,the smallest i've ever raced was in winooski VT 100 laps in 4 minutes,i believe the race groove was 72 feet,then there was MR C'S in Chateagauy NY that was 83 ft race groove.we did have a track in Dave (alien) Pelkowski garage it was 40 ft racing groove.i forgot about that track

Dan Dubuque

Joe's Hobby Barn, Terre Haute,IN has a 85' run line, brushless 4300 in 5 min. turn 114 laps 2.6 sec. a lap.. U talk about getting dizzy

Joe's Hobby Barn, Terre Haute,IN has a 85' run line, brushless 4300 in 5 min. turn 114 laps 2.6 sec. a lap.. U talk about getting dizzy

DO THEY HAVE A CLASS FOR 13.5 BRUSHLESS???

charger01......thanks for the info. I thought Glen said they usually end about the same time as us but thought I'd check. Darn...........

DO THEY HAVE A CLASS FOR 13.5 BRUSHLESS???
Rick,
not this season but will have or at least we are planning on it having a 13.5 class next carpet season.

1992-1994 Rick's RC Speedway in Eureka Ca. 8 foot wide straightaways, the outer perimeter was 40' long by 20' wide. There wasn't a lot of room to move, believe me.....