Hey everybody. I hope to make it over there on Saturday to race (finally), and I haven't been able to run on the new track yet. Can anyone tell me what the track conditions are like so I can dial a descent setup into my B3? It is off road this weekend, right? Thanks...

Track is pretty bumpy right now. Layout, if you haven't seen it is pretty tight and technical. Holeshots still seem to be the tire of choice for now. I think when we run on it more, and continue to work on smoothing the track out, we'll start running tires with smaller pins (square fuzzies, taper pins, etc....)

You'll probably want green springs all around, you wouldn't want to run anything stiffer than silvers, I believe. If you have 25 degree caster blocks, you'll probably prefer those over 30's, imo.

Do you have a mod motor? I think pretty much everyone with buggies so far are planning on mod.

Thanks for the info, it'll help alot. Yeah, I've got a mod I can slap in for Saturday. :thumbsup:

I hope the weather holds out...

I just checked out the weather, perhaps a floation device would help. :cry:

It Will Not Rain!!!!!!

Nope!!

:mad: They're calling for a 90% chance of rain with possible thunderstorms. Every time I finally have a Saturday off, it freakin' rains!

I've got an electric boat, if the track washes out we could race on "Lake Stream" :freak:

pleaze dont rain, i dont want it to rain "rain rain go away come back another day"

It Rained : :(

June the 12th is coming up fast (gradution for me yay!) be here at my place Grafton Stations apts 600 apt#l be here around 12 1230pm so we can head to hucc around 1pm

lata
Joe

On road saturday 14 June . Bring your 1/12 Scales.
Off road saturday June 21
IT WILL NOT RAIN repeat IT WILL NOT RAIN

Latley there has been some discussion on the socks that I wear. Well I've got some new ones and I hope they start a new trend.
Saturday was another wet day but the regulars stayed and had fun!
I want to say Thank you to those who help each week with track setup and maintenace. It is greatly appreciated.
Rusty

Man, I would have come up the if I thought anybody else was there...

"lookey lookey i got hookey oh my" oh wait dats right everyone its bout my gradution(tomorrow) i aint sure if i will be here this weekend myself (gradution parties and a dinner with family and friends) hopefully i can make it!!! but i need to know how many people are coming so i can get more tickets and give them to everyone tomorrow.

well lata

phone # is 8772239 or cell phone # 2074553 to get ahold of me

joe

We will start Nitro 1/10 scale off road racing along with the other 1/10 classes on June 21. Mufflers or tuned exhaust will be required.The new track has yet to have an offical race due to all the rain. We still need to get the lap counting loop installed. This should only take a short time.
Let us have a good turnout. So spread the word.
Rusty

:wave: :wave: Weather is looking good for this weekend. We still need to get the loop installed. Maybe Thursday evening?? Give me a call.
Rusty

I finally have saturday off AND it's supposed to be sunny? Too good to be true...
Looking forward to finally burning up the new layout!
I haven't even had a chance to practice on it...

man, fell off the page.

finally, we got to race offroad, and it was glorious

yay!!! the first offroad race of the year
i want more plz sir can i have some more

Yes, yes, the new track is sweet. You guys did a great job on it.

Dave's got a B4!

- :devil:

:roll: :eek: Was off road great or what!!!
On road 28 june
Rusty

Oh....
To race in the dirt.

Sweet relief!

I have a long extension cord missing??
Rusty

Dave's got a B4!

- :devil:

jady got to drive a b4--wooo
i dunno chad, i think i like buggy now


btw--DAVE--everytime i see that alabama under youre name i think of alabama man from south park. HA

how is life down under?

Whats up all...Havent seen or heard from a few of you in a while. Hows everything?..Im back to racing motocross pretty much full time...Its so hard to get away from it....Hope everyone is ok and that racing is as good as ever. Say hi to everyone for me..Ill see ya soon...Matt Wells

Dave needs to bring that B4 up north. Haha. It's so responsive to setup changes, so I know you'll have a blast with it.

Rusty: I believe either Ryan or Derrick has the extension cord. We realized it was still outside after everything was locked up.

Matt: You haven't missed a lot as far as off road goes. Last Saturday was the first time the weather allowed us to run all year! Wouldn't have happened either without Ryan pumping off the excess water with a sump pump the day before. Hope the MX is going well. I know I miss the hell out of it!! I don't miss having my ribs taped up, but that's another story. I got to ride a friend's 2002 CR 250 a couple of weeks ago. Big fun!! It brought tears to my eyes. That might have been because I didn't have goggles. Lol. Not a whole lot has changed since '90, though. The bike felt a bit lighter and thinner than my 250, real low 'cg. Seemed to have a whole lot of bottom end power compared to what I remember, and his bike was totally stock. Mine had all the Pro Circuit tricks (cylinder porting, pipe, silencer, etc...)

Thanks. See you Saturday
Rusty

i have one question what do i gear a 12 turn double in an ae? thats with a stock gearing?

well hopefully i will be here saturday racing with everyone else

lata joe

Joe:

You talking on-road or off?

TC3?
B3?
T3?
B4?

How many teeth on the spur?

:wave: :wave: Off road racing 5 July. It's going to be fun. We are going to break out the grill and do a little cooking and a whole lot of racing. Let's get alot of racers out .
We now run 1/10 Nitro.
Rusty

Jady: LOL Everytime i look at Alabama under my name i wonder what the $#@# posessed me to move here! Things are getting better actually... got a decent job and slowly getting out from under my bills. I applied for loans to goto school... ill start with an associates degree in engineering. Hopefully i can get everything back on time to start this fall.

Chad: Yes the B4 IS responsive. I took it to a track in Baton Rouge LA yesterday... 110x60 indoor track with redclay/topsoil dirt. Its only 2.5 hours away in the Lude! :D Anyways... the B4 is one bad machine... it jumps like a truck... stable when it lands... and only flipped when i had it land with a good 45 degree angle to it. Most guys there last night were running red tapers with bomb one inserts... and kinwald prescrubbed fronts with 3/4 foam. The track was drying out (airconditioning)... so i opted for M3 holeshots and bomb ones with 8175M3 fronts and 3/4 bomb ones. The track had sweet jumps... a well timed double into a double/triple... and stutter bumps leading to the jumps to complicate matters. The only spot i had trouble with was a table top in the middle of a left 45 degree turn... set up wide right blip the throttle/ tap the brake to bring it down the backside and throttle hard to the next turn. The face of the jump was inconsistent though and made it hard to bang it out every time in traffic. Of course... more stick time will help too! I was unfortunate enough to only have a 10 turn Ti at my disposal... so the B4 got inducted into the HP hall of fame...OH MY GOD... why did i ever get out of offroad?! The rest of the packs i ran a 19T, and learned to appreciate this motor over stock. The people at the track were really great... they are in the new Car Action mag in that Losi ad showing local top guns. The track is Red Stick Raceway... add a www and a .com and you can see pics of the track. They had JLap, fired it up so everyone could get laptimes... took personal transponders too! They are having a Cajun Classic in August... i think it will be my first "race"... i still need some practice. I know i have typed enough... but i have to say one thing about the durability of the B4... i didnt do any serious lawn darts... or clip anything at full throttle... but i tried landings that were smooth and some that gave a full throttle/chassis !smack! lap after lap... nothing gave way... everything is still tight on it. It just took it and rolled on! I smiled all the way home from the track... couldnt tell if it was all the fun i had with the B4... or smokin Camaros on I-10 through Mississippi! :devil:
- Dave

its a on-road tc3 with a 72 tooth spur?

:cool: :cool: Stream Hobby Shop will be racing off-road saturday 5 July.
We race 1/10 ele and nitro. Let's have a big turnout. Call your racing buddies. We will be grilling hot dogs and burgers. Tent will be set up for shade. Track is in great shape. Let's have a great time. I might even charge up my XXX buggy.
Rusty

:eek: :wave: :jest: Saturday 5 July Off Road Racing at the best Dirt Track you will find in the area for 1/10 racing.
Rusty

hey dave, homer's track was breaking the b-4s chassis in half, over the sick tabletop he built this year, ............ bubba

Bubba nice to hear from you. If you get a chance come over and race.
Rusty

:cool: :cool: Stream Hobby Shop will be racing off-road saturday 5 July.
We race 1/10 ele and nitro. Let's have a big turnout. Call your racing buddies. We will be grilling hot dogs and burgers. Tent will be set up for shade. Track is in great shape. Let's have a great time. I might even charge up my XXX buggy.
Rusty

:thumbsup: Rusty, I absolutely agree. The new track is awesome! You guys really did a great job. I will be there, ready to rock (or roll). I just hope my b3 can keep up with the pace. I dialed in a new setup, so hopefully I can avoid a repeat of my embrasing performance last time we raced off-road. We'll see...
Any word on the T4?

track is sweet only problem is i wished i had woken up early enough to get my things together and raced but anyhows food was goood!!!!

Wow.... It sure is good to get off-road going again. There was some good fun racing. Seemed pretty clean and courteous from my end as well. Dave and Alex go brutal on each other, though. It's kind of like anti-team driving. Haha. It's seems like everyone was having a good time, which is saying a lot, considering how rediculously hot and humid it was.

How about the track, though? It seems the surface just keeps getting better and better, the more it is run on. Tire wear looked to be pretty brutal, but something pretty encouraging happened towards the end of the day. After the mains were over Ryan and I were running my buggy, so he could check out my setup. It felt like we were getting better and better traction the more we ran. It really felt more dialed than ever at the end of the day. When we pulled it off the track we noticed that the tires were very, very worn. So it seems that well worn tires may actually be better!! This would be a cool thing. For those that are curious I was running M3 square fuzzies with Trinity extra firm foams. I think extra firm foams are vital!! I'd like to also try holeshots and evil twins, but I don't think tread pattern will make a whole lot of difference, I think it's more a matter of compound.

Did anyone run any Losi tires in buggy? I'd bet that red tapers would work well, provided you could avoid ever getting out of the groove. Maybe X2000's?

On the subject of compounds, I saw Pavidas posted this on another site:
"The new compound will be called R2. The R2 compound is a completly
different compound than the M2 or M3 tires. The R2 was developed for
blue groove tracks and also works better in the heat than M2 or M3. The
tires will be available within the next month and will be offered in
the truck tires and some 1/10 buggy tires. We have not done much
testing with the new compounds in the 1/8 so for now we will only offer
it in the 1/10 line."

Yeah, race day was awesome! The track really is getting better & better. I finally found a descent setup for my B3 & it really felt planted. I broke early and bailed 'cause of the heat, but look forward to next time. I gotta get a tent... I would have stayed & fixed the buggy.

Did we have a good time or what. Good racing, good food, good time. Remember we now run nitro on the dirt track. Track is looking very good.
What can I say we have a good group of racers. They work on the track, keep the area clean,help put up and take down track equipment and cook the food. Thanks to everyone. See you on race day.
Rusty

How would you guys feel about doing a trophy race some time in the future? I'm thinking after the Nat's are over.... Maybe mid September? Entry would be more to cover Trophies and a little grub. How about a two day deal? Three qualifiers on Saturday, one qualifier and a main on Sunday. Just thinking out loud. Obviously this would mainly be up to you Rusty, well your race director as well. Haha.

Just thinking out loud.

I'd love to see a trophy race at Stream.

EmptyCanRacing: I'm not trying to be a jerk, and jump right down your throat or anything, but... Please, NO "Down with Hobbytown" or anyone else in here. What does that have to do with Stream having a trophy race? If you have something against Hobbytown or anyone else, keep it a seperate issue. Create your own thread for it, whatever. I'm sure Rusty appreciates the loyalty and all, but don't show it by negativity towards other businesses. Personally, I race everywhere. So do a whole bunch of others here. RC racing is a very small world, and about 99% of the people involved in RC racing are good people. Comments like that don't make it very easy for us all to get along when we are at other shop's tracks, which some of us do on a weekly basis. Nor does it make racers who frequent other tracks feel welcome at Stream, Which they always ARE. If we were to have a trophy race, I'd hope all the local racers feel welcome. I would want the best turnout possible.

Very well said Chad

Okay, okay, you're right and I apoligize. I've just seen alot of shops struggle, only to close down due to big business competition.

EmptyCan:

No worries. You should know that Hobbytown's are LOCALLY owned franchises.... Not exactly Enron, but I do know what you mean. You gotta support those that are good to you..... Especially when they provide you with killer tracks to race at.

Yeah, I know they are localy owned and have had nothing but good experiences in Newport News. I had some rather unpleasant problems with the service & knowledge of the staff at one down south, it's location I won't mention.
And you're right again, it's a nice venue to race up here.

Um... Chad... i tried to e-mail ya back and i got the e-mail sent BACK to me. I just replied to what you sent me so i dunno if i messed something up... e-mail me your addy again... DaveWms73@comcast.net
- Dave

Thanks Dave, My email address was out of date in my profile.

jrmartin1@cox.net

Doh.