Hello Everyone,

First off, I hope everyone has had and is enjoying the end of their summer. I thought I would come on here and clear the air for everyone as there has been some rumors about the future of CEFX Raceway and whether there will be a track around this year.

YES!!! CEFX Raceway will be here and open the remainder of 2007 as well as all of 2008. Beyond that, I am not sure as our lease finishes in December of '08 and at that time we will evaluate everything and go from there.

I will admit, that we had considered selling only the track/hobby shop (not CEFX) as the potential buyer had grand plans of putting a lot of money into the track and hobby shop. To me this would only improve the racing scene, potential for the track's future and ultimatly a strong facility and business for all of us to enjoy our hobby. Needless to say, after several no shows for multiple things we have decided that selling the track/shop off would not be in the best interest of the racers and it was time for us to publicly announce that the track is not for sale and CEFX Raceway will continue to be owned and opperated by the Cyrul family and I.

If anyone has any questions or comments please let us know. We are open to ideas and we require the support of the racers to push the business further. Plain and simple, we want your business and need it to improve inventory and improve the facility to support all of you better and give you the cleanest, nicest facility to enjoy your hobby.

Store Hours:

Mon - Closed
Tue - 2pm-9pm - Racing Starts at 6:30pm
Wed - 2pm-9pm - Open Practice
Thu - 2pm-9pm - Open Practice
Fri - 2pm-9pm - Open Practice (Racing starting in Sept @ 6:30pm)
Sat - 10am-9pm - Open Practice
Sun - 9am-6pm - Racing Starts at Noon

Coming Soon:

CRL Dates
Stop #2 on the BRL Tour @ CEFX Nov 2nd-4th
Special Event Races
CRS - Cyrul Racing School. Wednesday's & Saturday's for racers of all levels.

August 25th - CEFX Work Day:

Saturday the 25th we are going to have a work day. We are going to roll up and re-lay the carpet to remove all the wrinkles. Anyone willing to come out and give a hand recieves pizza, pop and free practice once the track is put back together.

Josh and family,

Great news for all the R/C racers in the midwest. I am sure that all the regulars will be very happy to hear that all is well with CEFX and we can continue our BS sessions that are broken up by having to race every once in a while.

For those of us that race gas, the season will go on for another month or so and then we can get serious about electric racing....can't wait.

What are people thinking about brushless and lipo for this season? I think I am ready for the brushless motor idea but I am not sure about lipo yet. Or I can forget both and run the regular stuff, no problem either way for me.

See everyone soon,
Ted

Good to hear that the CEFX Raceway is still going to be open. About how far is it from the old track at the Woodville Mall?

Thanks,
Jerry

this is good news

Good to hear that the CEFX Raceway is still going to be open. About how far is it from the old track at the Woodville Mall?

Thanks,
Jerry

It's about one hour north, up I-75, and then 275 to Ford Road.

Cool beans! I am planning on coming up on Saturday with Fred to help out. I don't have a car to practice with, so I'll just be there to help and hang out.

Ted - I am planning on racing just 1/12th this year - brushless mod and 13.5 (or whatever the 19-turn equivalent will be). I don't think anyone makes a Lipo pack for 1/12th?

Anyways, I recently left the start-up world and rejoined the corporate world so I should be able to hit the track a lot more this season. No more 80 hour work weeks. :)

-Rich

Awesome news Josh.

As some of you may or may not have heard The World of Hobbies (Cincy) is closing the end of the month. There is a good handful of people that are planning to run at CEFX and the Gate this fall/winter. Sucks we are losing another track, but maybe your track can benefit from it.

Good luck this year and I will see you all very soon.

Rob Love

Cool beans! .....so I should be able to hit the track a lot more this season....... :)

-Rich

Yeah right!
Rich who?

I'm curious who this Rich guy is also...

That is great news.

Josh, would you consider to put in an RCP track upstairs to run some mini-Z's??? Nothing huge just two wide L-s, I have one of those cars and it is a lot of fun... probably you could get the track for cheap from Kyosho... Here is why I think it would be awesome, we run LiPo and Brushless all summer at Lazer and once you have the car set-up there is not so much to do. I ended up walking around between heats verbally abusing people I got so bored. I think running some mini-Z's just for fun would keep me busy I would even pay an extra 5 bucks for using the RCP track...

Regarding to the classes: I'm gonna run brushless and lipo, would prefer 10.5 running together with 19T or a separate 13.5 class.

Peter

It's about one hour north, up I-75, and then 275 to Ford Road.

Thanks.

Hey Everyone,

Today we had a bunch of people come out to help and the carpet is back down and I think it's even better than it was to start off last year. Everyone worked really hard and it looks great. We are about to build the track layout for tommorow so it will be ready for anyone to come and do some running/practicing!!

Thanks to everyone who came out and gave us a hand:

William Sexton
Jeremy Otis
Rich Chang
Fred Baumgartner
Willie Thomas
Brandon Thomas
Barry Z.
Dad
Mom
Mark

Major Thanks to the master carpet guy - Darryl Scott!!

xrayrc - We have though about it and we really would like to put a Mini-Z track up there. I've already talked to Kyosho about it and they said they would give us a deal on a track but I keep getting so busy with other things I forget to finish sorting it out with them. I have to speak with Kyosho on Monday for some racing stuff and I'll also ask about getting the tracks here so we can start some Mini-Z racing. I'll keep everyone posted as to what's going on with that as I know more.

Right now, reguarding classes we are thinking about these rules:

Stock - Stock motors, NiMh batteries for those who travel to the races.
19T - 19T, 10.5 motors with NiMh or LiPo batteries.
Mod - Any brushed/brushless with NiMh or LiPo batteries.
13.5 Brushless - Either NiMh or LiPo batteries, foam tires
13.5 Brushless - Either NiMh or LiPo batteries, rubber tires

Also, if people are interested in racing these we have no problem with making classes:

Mini Cooper
SportWerks Recoil Box Stock Class (all box stock items, SportWerks Upgrades (no carbon fiber) including transmitter)
SportWerks Recoil Open Class (LiPo, brushless, carbon upgrades, all options)

Also, CEFX is looking into producing a 1/10 pan car that will use a TC body, 4cells and would use the 1/10 oval tires and possibly standard TC tires. Would anyone be interested in a very inexpensive alternative to TC?? If so, what do you think - 4-cell or make it LiPo friendly?? I'm thinking 4-cell to keep the speeds down...

If anyone has any additional ideas or comments, just let us know!!

Hi Josh,

Sorry I couldn't stay longer to help today (and had to make Fred leave also since he carpooled up with me) -- I had an appt at 4:00p.

Seams? What seams? Man, that Darryl is amazing!

The 1/10th pan car with a TC body and either type of tire definitely interests me. I think standard TC tires might be better since folks that race regular TC can also run this class and run the same tires.

My preference at this time would be LiPo and brushless (however, I think the 13.5 is the slowest brushless; and that might be too fast?). I raced the Lazer points series this summer in the F103 class and enjoyed it a ton because we ran LiPos and Mabuchi motors. Pretty much no maintenance -- just worked on setup and driving. :) Maybe the sport tuned Mabuchi could be a motor option?

-Rich

Josh,

You guys did a great job on the rug, it is super smooth!!!

Josh How can I get your 1/10th Oval conversion?

How well do you guys do with your rubber tire sedan? I know it's a love it or leave it concept for most. Just curious though.

Ben

Walt - Thanks!!

JH - You can contact you're local hobby shop and ask them, check the www.cefxraceway.net site (it may not be up there yet) or call our hobby shop for information 734-722-7479.

Well, for those asking for it - We have two Mini-Z "L" tracks coming from Kyosho. I ordered them today and as soon as they arrive we will have a Mini-Z track set-up in the upper deck @ CEFX!!

Are you up for some Mini-Z hockey?

Great news... thanks

hope you can form a club and join the hfay series and the olps that would be great!!

here is link to the info
http://hfay.tinyrc.com/Home/tabid/64/Default.aspx

A CEFX RACEWAY UPDATE:

Coming next Wednesday - NEW JACO 52mm Prism TC tires. All compounds will be in stock and we are taking pre-orders!! Call into the shop or e-mail to reserve yours before they are gone!!

My LHS Don't even know you exist I go in and say CEFX and I would get a dumb look nevermind.

Hi,

I agree on a 1/10th scale pan class. as for tires I would run the pan tires as I don't have any sedans anymore. also LiPo/BL would be nice.

Thanks

O.K.

It's time to start making your way down to CEFX! The carpet is perfect! Nothing like running 3 mil ride height on a 12th scale car along with fantastic hi bite! We locals are spoiled... This past Tuesday night was a sign that people are starting to think electric again.

Vegas and Cleveland will be here before we know it! Are you practiced up? Cmon down!

Jeremy

Coming Soon:

CRL Dates
Stop #2 on the BRL Tour @ CEFX Nov 2nd-4th
So I still have a chance...or is the real CRL gone?

Josh,
Any plans for a BRL warmup? Oval schedule? once a month???????????

Been out of electric for afew years but am thinking about getting back in. I'm looking at running 12th scales, and would really like to run brushless(equiv 19T) and Lipoly if possible. I still have my 12L4 and wonder what you guys would reccommend for Brushless systems and what to run for batteries(prefer lipoly) Any suggestions would be appreciated.

From what I have heard there was a new Cyrul born today, Congrats!!!

Hey that's great! Congrats!

-Rich

Congrats Angel & Josh! Hope Mom and baby are doing well.

Congrats Josh and Angel!

Josh-Are you holding any of the CRL races? Are they even doing the CRL this year?

Jerry

Been out of electric for afew years but am thinking about getting back in. I'm looking at running 12th scales, and would really like to run brushless(equiv 19T) and Lipoly if possible. I still have my 12L4 and wonder what you guys would reccommend for Brushless systems and what to run for batteries(prefer lipoly) Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Currently I don't believe there is a LiPo for 4 cell 1/12th
Novak 4300 motor (19t equiv.)
LRP Sphere Comp ESC (turn lipo mode off for NiMh to prevent low voltage failsafe shut down)

Selling my SCCA Honda Race car (full scale race car). Anyone looking to go road racing in big cars, this is a great way to get started. Sorted, fast car with latest safety updates. I know that many of you have more money in R/C equipment than this car will cost you. $4,800

Photos here:
http://flickr.com/photos/14624743@N06/?saved=1

Info here:
http://www.redpepperracing.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35160

Thanks for looking.
Keith

Hi Keith,

Post some pics of the new Miata!

Hmm.. free driving lessons for whoever buys the Honda? That's already worth more than the $4,800! ;)

Are you going to be able to race any 1/12th this season?

-Rich

Winter is going to be busy. I am building the Miata from street car to race car. And, I am trying to finish the restoration on my 1977 Mini. No r/c racing for me this winter. In fact, I should just sell all of that. :(

Someone needs to straighten out your priorities. :D

Post some pics of the Miata and the Mini when you can. Funny -- I was checking out some Mini's (primarily newer models but checked out some older ones) on eBay yesterday.

-Rich

is there going to be any type of point series this winter at cefx?

Yeah, RC racing is just toy car racing. I'm selling all mine too.

Yeah, RC racing is just toy car racing. I'm selling all mine too.

That's not exactly what I said? I'm just selling a full-scale car and dont' have time to do both. I didn't take any shots, like calling them toy cars. In a lot of ways, I really miss R/C racing. Like when I put my Honda into the gravel trap (twice) and had to spend two hours (each time) to get all the stones out of the car. I really wish I could have just picked it up, flipped it over and shaken it.

Full scale racing is more work than R/C, physically. Mentally, they're close to the same, except for the fear of death thing. I figure that I need to race full-scale while I'm still able. I'm pushing 40 now. Old age kicks in... where... around 45? :)

I'm pushing 40 now. Old age kicks in... where... around 45? :)

You can race masters now. If you race nitro, you have to wait till 45. Not sure if that's a sign of old age.

Just ribbin' ya Keith. Have fun.

I'm pushing 40 now. Old age kicks in... where... around 45? :)

Actually it must be somewhere past 60. Near as I can tell you still want to do everything past 60. You can't but you still want to.

40......Big Deal!

Ted

I see guys in their 70's out there in SCCA racing. They're not very fast, but they're out there! Almost ran one over while lapping him for the 2ND time at Mid-Ohio. Couldn't believe that I could actually lap someone in my Honda... twice???

Was his turn signal still on? :jest:

You can race masters now. If you race nitro, you have to wait till 45. Not sure if that's a sign of old age.

Let's not talk about old age! Us young guys don't want to think about it!!

Ron F. :dude: