OPENING THURSDAY AUGUST 9TH - 6:00PM

NEW HOURS AS OF 8/9/07:

MONDAY - CLOSED until further notice
TUESDAY - CLOSED
WEDNESDAY - CLOSED
THURSDAY - 6:00PM-10:00PM
FRIDAY - 6:00PM-10:00PM
SATURDAY - 10:00AM-4:00PM
SUNDAY - 10:30AM-6:30PM RACING @ 1:00PM, 3 HEATS & MAIN

WEEKLY FEES:
PRACTICE $10
SUNDAY RACE $15
THURSDAY NIGHT 1/18 SCALE - $5

FORMS OF PAYMENT:
CASH - CHECK - VISA/MC/DISCOVER - PAYPAL (+3.5%)
That's right folks, we now have a credit card machine! :thumbsup:
(Sorry, but we have to add 3.5% to all Paypal orders for the processing fees.)

CT SALES TAX of 6% will be collected on all hobby shop sales, but not on practice/race fees.


NEW OWNERS ARE MIKE GORDON & KIM MILLER

TURN 4 R/C SPEEDWAY IS LOCATED AT STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY
55 WEST ST.
STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT 06076

Bring your gear and work off that itch to run on the high banks again!

Looking forward to seeing/meeting everyone!!

For now, the best way to contact us is through Hobbytalk, either by PM or e-mail: turn4rc@hotmail.com
New Website http://turn4rc.samsbiz.com/
New Track Phone # 860-684-4500.

Check the Events Forum for our list of Events coming up.

EVENTS for 2007-2008 SEASON:
SEPTEMBER 9 - STOCKIFIED
OCTOBER 20 - FALL FINAL
NOVEMBER 3 - 2ND ANNUAL SK SHOOTOUT
NOVEMBER 25 - 2ND ANNUAL TOYS FOR TOTS RACE
DECEMBER 9 - WINTERBLAST WARM-UP RACE (1st Point Series Race)
JANUARY 5&6 - 19TH ANNUAL WINTERBLAST
FEBRUARY 10 - 2nd Point Series Race
MARCH 2 - 3rd Point Series Race
APRIL 6 - 4th Point Series Race
APRIL 26 - "Fun" Race TBA
APRIL 27 - CLOSED (Stafford Motor Speedway Sizzler)
MAY 4 - 5th & final Point Series Race
MAY 18 - SPRING SIZZLER

These are the dates for the 2007-2008 season so MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

congrats to you and remeber what I talked to you about thursday night. If and or when you need something like that done I got ya covered.. Goodluck and look forward to seeing the 2 of you at "YOUR" track... Good name too.. Was it as hard as you said it was gonna be?l ..lol...

Joe Borges
KPMotors..

Congrats guys!! Looking forward to coming back!!

the best of luck to the two of you.

Congrats to Mike and Kim on your new business venture. I am glad to hear that you will be saving the historic high banks. With so many changes in our hobby during the last couple of years, it is comforting to know that you can always count on Stafford Springs' Turn 4 RC to be there.

It would be nice to see the WinterBlast come back to its glory days and maybe see a National Event soon (last Nationals were 10 years ago).

Mike and Kim, you can always count on your Canadian friends north of the border to support you.

Wishing you the very best,
Antonio De Nino

Excellent news, I can't wait to get back to racing on the high banks. I like the new name and I'm glad to see that it lets folks know that it's a hobbyshop as well as having the track. Best of luck to you on your new venture, see you soon.

holy crap!.....Mike....I wish you and the misses luck in your new venture....I look forward to hitting the walls there again......!

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Kim and I are giving it the best we got to make this track the best it can be and MORE. But Rome wasn't built in one day. See you all soon at the track.
Mike

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Kim and I are giving it the best we got to make this track the best it can be and MORE. But Rome wasn't built in one day. See you all soon at the track.
Mike OK, Honey, but they already have an RC track in Rome (NY)...how bout working on the one we have in Stafford Springs??? ;) :tongue:

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Michele, and I are bringing a cake thursday night to help celebrate. One of y'all should bring some ice cream (not the owners, they have enough on their plate!).

Rick<><


PS: I am asking that all RSE guys come thursday to show our support.

I'm so happy, I feel like a munchkin in the wizard of oz!

I'm so happy, I feel like a munchkin in the wizard of oz!

Just follow the yellow brick road. It leads to the high banks in Stafford Springs.

Did somebody say ice cream??? I'm soooo there!! Oh yeah, I have to be there now don't I!? LOL! FYI - I did find an ice cream scoop while I was cleaning!!! Didn't find any yellow brick road or munchkins though...for munchkins ya gotta stop at Dunkins!!
P.S. Cake is a great idea!! Thanks Rick & Michelle (and RSE)!

We really hope everyone will be pleased with the visual changes we'll be making! Not so much dramatic changes, but definitely functional ones! We even found some OLD video tapes while we were cleaning of when Karen & Nick owned the place. We got some great ideas (and great laughs) from watching those this morning.

Dont forget the Paragon!! gotta wash down the cake somehow.

Dont forget the Paragon!! gotta wash down the cake somehow.OK, you try it first and tell me how it is... :freak:

Great to hear the track is still going. I wish there was a bunch from here that would go up there,like we used to for the Blast in the '90's.
Good luck and best wishes..

Now that Turn4 R/C is opening, It's time to get the 13.5 Brushless 4 Cell SK class up and going. It's a new season and time to leave all the BS behind. Who in?????? Sign up below me. lol..


1. Mike S
2. Rick S
3. Dave C
4. Daryl P

Glad you brought up that topic! We are contemplating the idea of adding a brushless class. So many ideas...so little time!! LOL!!

Great to hear the track is still going. I wish there was a bunch from here that would go up there,like we used to for the Blast in the '90's.
Good luck and best wishes..
Thanks "twelve". We hope to have Winterblasts like the ones we were just watching on Video!!! Upstairs/Downstairs full!! What a dream come true that would be! :thumbsup: Bring your crew on up or just yourself... We'll offer you some upstate NY hospitality in CT! (Kim is originally from the Adirondacks!)

I'm in for Brushless SK.
Someone step up to the plate and bring Ice Cream for the cake!

Count me in for 13.5

Count Me In For Sk 13.5 Brushless.
Daryl P.

Opening this weekend...Thursday night 6-10 FREE track time. friday 6-10, Sat 10-4, Sunday 10:30-6:30 racing at 1PM, Monday 6-10 racing at 7:30.
Waiste no time, time to get ready for STOCKIFIED.....Sept 9th.

2 day pylon race with airplanes. I will stop in on Sunday if I am in the area. I will be there on Monday PM.
Kenny Get yur car built. Its time to go back to the banks!!!

Good Luck with the airplanes Dan. Look forward to seeing you Monday night.

Brushless on the way....... OK guys, I placed my order for a Novak SS13.5 & GTB... It looks like Turn4RC Sunday for some Brushless testing.... Let's get to ordering and get this class started....

I would love to have a brushless class fro the Stockified race.


As for the WinterBlast, Mike, I think that you will have to reconsider your date. The proposed date is much to near to the Snowbirds. I am not busting balls but I do believe that racers that attend the Snowbirds will not attend the Winterblast on a few weeks earlier, myself included. It is way too much effort for 2 completely different racetracks in so little time. I guess something to think about....?

my 2 cents,
Antonio

As my other post said - Mike & Kim - BEST WISHES!!!!!

We know you guys can do it!!!!!!

to the top please.....10hours:10min till the doors open.....

To the TOP!!!

Mike & Kim, Wish we could stop by tonight but it looks like we have a prior engagement. If that changes we will be buy to show our support, if not, PLEASE know our thoughts are with you!!!

BESTESTTTTT WISHES!

It was nice talking with you guys last night, looks like the track is in good hands and headed in the right direction to be a great success.
Cake was good, and Bob brought the ice cream (thanks guys).
See you guys in a month or so, soon as our season is over I'll be back.

Thanks everyone for stopping in and saying hello last night! Great cake AND Ice Cream! Thanks Rick and Bob! :thumbsup:
We have done a lot but there is still a lot more to do! Bare with us as we get the ball, or should I say the wheels, rolling! We DID get the phone hooked up last night. :) Our new number is...

860-684-4500.

We will hopefully have the DSL up and running this weekend as well. Remember folks, that is a track number and not a cell number. There is an answering machine so you can always leave a message if we don't answer!

Looking forward to a great season coming up!! Hope we can please everyone as much as we pleased Bob by opening the doors again! He really was as happy as a munchkin in the Wizard of Oz!! LOL!

Thanks everyone for stopping in and saying hello last night! Great cake AND Ice Cream! Thinks Rick and Bob! :thumbsup:
We have done a lot but there is still a lot more to do! Bare with us as we get the ball, or should I say the wheels, rolling! We DID get the phone hooked up last night. :) Our new number is...

860-684-4500.

We will hopefully have the DSL up and running this weekend as well. Remember folks, that is a track number and not a cell number. There is an answering machine so you can always leave a message if we don't answer!

Looking forward to a great season coming up!! Hope we can please everyone as much as we pleased Bob by opening the doors again! He really was as happy as a munchkin in the Wizard of Oz!! LOL!

Wireless internet access at the track is a good thing.. Down the road maybe even a web cam so racers that can't make it can watch the action.. It's a very big plus to have a modern race track.

Keep up the good work guys (and gals).

Ahh, web cam...it's on the "big ideas" list!! Currently we have the "Need NOW", "Ideas", and "Big Ideas" lists. The "needs" list will get done by Stockified...the Ideas list has a goal set for Winterblast 19 (thats this year, Jan. '08), and the Big Ideas has a goal set for Winterblast 20 (2009)!

Racing Sunday at Turn 4 RC!! 1:00 START TIME! 3 heats and a main. $15 race fee. Hope to see everyone (who isn't at Maximus for the Triple Crown Series) for a great day of racing!! :thumbsup:

Racing Sunday at Turn 4 RC!! 1:00 START TIME! 3 heats and a main. $15 race free. Hope to see everyone (who isn't at Maximus for the Triple Crown Series) for a great day of racing!! :thumbsup:

What time are the doors swinging open Sunday??????????

Doors open at 10:30AM on Sundays!

Racing Monday Night!! Doors open @ 6PM with racing starting @ 7:30.

The track conditions were great today. We had some good door handle to door handle racing... Hope to see everyone there next Sunday....

Since when do they put door handles on lexan bodies??? LOL!!

Since when do they put door handles on lexan bodies??? LOL!!

Are you telling me these cars are not real & I'm not a pro Nascar driver?????? Damn.... I knew I was missing something... LOL!!!!!

To the top!

I think a 17.5 brushless class would fit K/N better then a 13.5 class. The extra speed of the 13.5 will be two to three laps faster then stock. Where the 17.5 will be slightly slower and allow budget racer to have a class along with the less newer racers. Leave a brushed stock class and 17.5 IMO.

Kim and Mike let me know about the open race dates I sent you for the NEOT. Thanks Mike V

I think a 17.5 brushless class would fit K/N better then a 13.5 class. The extra speed of the 13.5 will be two to three laps faster then stock. Where the 17.5 will be slightly slower and allow budget racer to have a class along with the less newer racers. Leave a brushed stock class and 17.5 IMO.

Kim and Mike let me know about the open race dates I sent you for the NEOT. Thanks Mike V

I'm not sure where K/N is , but we did some 13.5 testing this weekend at Turn4 R/C and it works great on the banks. The torque out of the turn is impressive..

I really don't think that price is that much of an issue in the SK Pro class. Almost everyone running SK's in the classes we run seem to have about $500.00 wrapped up in the cars anyways.

Just my .02

I had posted on the rkr thread I think there is always going to be a brushed class for the simple fact people are not going to change over for many reasons, alot of us have already agreed on starting a class of the 13.5. my home track we have decided on the 13.5 class and talked to mike at turn 4 about getting that class offered and he is all for it. like the 19t sk class, 13.5 is an option and alot are already for it. options is all.

I think your going to find the 13.5 class to fast for SK and alot of the smaller tracks we run on.

i thought the same mike but honestly its just the right speed IMO, not blistering fast but it didnt drop off like a brush motor either, we do 150 lap mains and the car just kept going the same speed, i asked the racer to see how much run time was still in the batts after the race, I think it was 40 some odd seconds after a 9min run with a crash or 2. our track is small compared to most and def a good test site for stuff. I guess we will have to see where it takes this whole deal. bad and good IMO.

OK, well so far we've got 3 opinions...anybody else??? We love to hear comments and opinions!

Also, we wouldn't replace the brushed class with brushless...we would just offer an added brushless class if there were enough racers interested in racing it. I think the demand for it is out there.

i will keep my thoughts to my self so i will be welcomed up north this winter....heheheheh got you thinking now..