Mikes-HobbyShop.com presents our first electric OVAL asphalt summer series. The series will consist of 8 races of which you can drop your 2 poorest finishes. There will be Plaques and Prizes on Completion. Half of the entry fee will fund the prizes and plaques. Entry fee for each race will be $20.00. First Race on June 22 to be held in conjuction with the Nitro Summer Series race. Enter on Race Day at the track. No early signup necessary.



Classes

Winston Cup

1/10 oval pan, Novak 13.5 brushless (any Novak rotor, There are 3).

4 cell NiMH. Nascar type sedan bodies.



Busch Series

Same as above but may include stock brushed or 19 turn brushed. This class is intended for the less experienced racer. A 52 lap finish may bump you up to Winston Cup.



Other classes considered if there are sufficient numbers (5) showing.



John Stranahan, JohnStranahan@aol.com

This applies to our oval race as well. We will post future race dates and times later along with a flier.

GULF COAST RACERS,
This weekend is the fourth race in the Gulf Coast Racers Summer Series. As always, the track opens for practice at 8:00am. Registration starts at 9:00am and closes at 10:30am with the Drivers meeting at 11:00am. John Stranahan will discuss the daily program for the Electric Oval racers and Roger Bourland will review the guidelines for the Nitro cars. First of three qualifiers will start around 11:30am with the mains to follow.

John Stranahan

The first race date is on Sunday June 22. I had the date wrong.
John

We will be having the second in a series oval race on Sunday July 6. Signup 10:00. We need a good turnout.



John

we have the second in a series oval race on July 10 Starting around 10:00 This will be held in conjuction with Nitro club racing. We collected points starting with the last race. The results are reported here on our club thread.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=207872&page=14
John

The third in an 8 race oval asphalt series will be this Sunday July 17 at 10:00 AM. There will also be a Nitro Test and Tune session run during our breaks between heats on the short course. New racers are welcome. Experienced racers that have expensive cars gathering dust and mold in the closet are welcome as well.

John

John,

How's the racing in Houston going?

That's an area of the country we just don't hear much from in the OVAL world...

(Never been to Texas...hmmm)

oh, and btw - Sunday is the 20th.

Oval racing is relatively new on a small asphalt oval in Houston. There has been some dirt oval and 1/4 scale oval previously. Not a lot of racers yet. We have had up to 12 and a steady six. Thanks for the date correction.
john

...oval is a Hard Sell in a lot of areas...

Keep at it - hopefully it will get built up...

Oval racing is relatively new on a small asphalt oval in Houston. There has been some dirt oval and 1/4 scale oval previously. Not a lot of racers yet. We have had up to 12 and a steady six. Thanks for the date correction.
john

I lived in Houston a few years ago, we only had one oval track, North Houston Speedway.....1/4 scale track, super big and very nice, not a good turnout at all for 10th scale...

Jim

Jim- thanks for the report. Hope you visit some day with your car. We had a couple of new racers nibble today. We'll see.
john

Your welcome John, I hope all works out for you guys down there. I am planning a trip to Houston soon, I will look you guys up.

Jim

The fourth race in our Series will be on July 27th at 10:00 AM. We will race on the same day as the Nitro Club race.

John

Sunday will be our 7th in an 8 race oval series at Mikes. New comers are welcome. There is a beginners class and expert class of 13.5 brushless, 4 cell.
Race signup is at 10:00 AM

John


Current Standings are here
http://www.rctech.net/forum/4748106-post431.html

Sunday September 7 th at 11:00 AM signup will be our 8th and final oval series race for this summer. Expect a short awards ceremony and prizes to given out the following week.

New comers are of course welcome. We had a 1/12 scale class at one time. This can be brought back at a moments notice. We could have a heat for as few as two cars.

Current classes are 13.5 four cell, Winston Cup (expert) and 13.5 four cell Busch series (beginners). 1/12 stock or 17.5 brushless 4 cell on request.