For the relevant information on this event, please see the Master Hobbies Thread.

A copy of the information is also posted here for convenience:

Master Hobbies & The WDRA
Present the
eMid-Summer Shoot-Out

Series Sponsor Putnam Propulsion

Saturday Aug 2nd Doors open at 10:00 am Practice starts at 12:00 pm

Two 4 minute Heats starting 4:15 pm Mains run by laps, with bump-ups
First Entry: $15 Second Entry $5 Junior Entry $5 (<12 yrs)
Master Hobbies on site and Open The Grill in operation

Classes: ( 4 vehicle minimum to run a class)
EDM Modified
EDM Big Block (19T)
EDM Small Block (27T)
EDM Brushless
Sprint (Open Electric)
Truck (G-Box 27T)
Nitro EDM
Nitro Late Model
Nitro Sprint


All WDRA Rules in affect
Warm-up night Wed July 30 7:00 pm
Timing & Scoring by CD/RC Racers,
AMB system supporting personal transponders


Conveniently located in the heart of New York, just 3 miles off NYS Thruway Exit 28

3276 State Highway 30A Fultonville, NY 12072 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&dq=master+hobbies+loc:+Fultonville,+NY&daddr=3276+State+Highway+30A,+Fultonville,+NY+1207 2&geocode=9058279973920764895,42.926204,-74.362835&ll=42.926204,-74.362835&iwstate1=dir:to&iwloc=A&f=d)
Shop 518-853-3369 or Todd 518-848-4221

tmoran87@yahoo.com



Kirt Coonradt Race Director 518-727-3456

CANT WAIT UNTIL SATURDAY TO GET BACK TO A GREAT TRACK srm

Whats the rain date for aug 2nd ? the 3rd ? LMK, thanks BIG D

is there pit benches....or is there room for my canopy and my 6 foot table?(wich i would prefer)

Eric

plenty of pit tables , tall ones with power and most guys with easy ups put them over the top ..............

thanx for the info!

Eric

The official, required, but will not be needed rain date is Sunday Aug 3.

See Ya...........At The Track:thumbsup:
Kirt

lookin for some more truck drivers for saturdays race , looks like we have three so far and would love more. Track is superfast smooth and tacky

see u all at the track !

Is "edm brushless" 17.5?

Tom EDM SB is 27T roar, they are expecting to run some 13.5 also

TOM....EDM brushless is 13.5 ,,Pace and i will be on site(runnin 19t)....i'll be runnin 19t and MOD....any MOD guy interested??

Eric

Put in the books; WDRA Eastern Series Race #2 was completed on schedule!
With the final WDRA & CD R/C Racers 1 Mother Nature 0

She tried a few years ago to rain us out but to no avail, so this weekend, despite a forecast of 80% change of hard thunder storms, we were spared.

There was small shower around 10 am that delayed practice until 1:00pm and sprinkles for a minute around 5:00; but that was it.

It was a small field of 42 entries, about 37 drivers. I don’t blame anyone for not making the haul with the forecast, and there where obviously a few that apparently waited until the last minute as I set up the heats three times in the last 15 minute due to “just in time” arrivals.

Despite threatening weather, dark clouds all day long all around us; occasional high wind gust that threatened to topple a few easy ups and played havoc with the cars as they entered turn three the program went off without a hitch.

In the 13.5 Brushless class it was Jason Blum TQ and putting three laps on the field in his beautiful #20 Putnam Propulsion ride; followed by Marty B, Jeff W, and Mike W.

19T Big Block saw a hotly contested battle between two Putnam Propulsion drivers Jeff H and the boss himself Todd P. They started 1, 2 and finished the exact same way; but it was anything but easy. Several times Jeff would get a little bit of a lead, only to see Todd reel him and measure the youngster for just when to pounce. The opportunity appeared to present itself with about 15 to go when Jeff got loose in turn three, Todd made the move under, only to have Jeff’s car knife down, bounce off the #2 and take off down the front straight with enough of a lead to hang on to claim the victory. They were followed by Eric S (who didn’t have a full heat and started 7th), Rob Snyder (who missed TQ only due to the strong winds that made his side panels flap like a young bird trying to fly, and slowing him down); Jason Blum, Shilo B, and TJ Holt.

EDM Mod (Write up to be added as I don’t have the sheet now) I believe it was Jason B making it a 2 out of 3

Trucks where a near full field and offered a great battle between the CD R/C Racers Dave Lareau (running a center batter T-4) and Jeff Winzens (and his offset chassis and Pro-Truck aero body). Dave squeaked out TQ and lead the first half of the race when Jeff had a little trouble in traffic, but in the end Jeff walked away followed by Dave, Rich Resue, Brian Tobey, and Jay Williams.

Small Blocks continue to be the most popular class in the series with 20 entries. This made for three full 8 car fields and the potential for disaster by unforeseen circumstances very high. The C main was lead early by Mitch Wing in that brand new Putnam Pro-Car he won at the Summer Nationals; but was collected on lap 6 and relegated to 5th. Then it was John Browns turn to lead. (Side story, the guy shows up with only a nitro car and no one to race against. But, we locate a CD R/C Racer that had a Putnam car for sale for him to borrow and Frenchie lends John some batteries and John get to race! You guys are the greatest). On lap 9 John bobbles and falls to 3rd, handing the lead to Ned Van (3rd week back on dirt after years of only carpet); who never looked back taking home the win. Justin Barber had no luck in his heats, not making his first heat, and no speed in the second. Starts 6th, finds himself 3rd by lap 10, and runs down Matt Wing taking the second transfer position. Mitch raced his way back to 3rd, but traffic never let him get any closer.

The B-Main repeated the pattern with pole sitter John Ellington finding trouble on lap 5, dropping him from first to 7th! Frenchie’s luck went from bad to worse on lap 5 when the 3J pulled off without power. Randy Dumas started 2nd and took the lead for a lap, but Jim Johnson was loaded for bear and charged through to lead the next 2 laps, but then bobbled. Randy re-took the and took home the checkers. Kyle Stangle sporting new lexan, and perhaps a new chassis (to be confirmed) started 4th, but had a bad start and crossed the stripe last. But the youngster was up to 3rd by lap 6 and wrestled the second position away from his stable mate Jim J on lap 8. They played cross-over for two laps before Kyle pulled away for good; taking the second transfer spot. John would get back to third, but when all the carving was done, he was 2 laps back.

The A-Main featured the same front row as the previous WDRA race at the Master Hobbies oval; team Autotask (yes I work for Bob). Bob in his Putnam Pro Car and me in the Putnam house ride. Only this time Bob had the TQ). The field was rounded out by Romano Conti, Dave Lareau, Dave Bryan, Tom Hargrave (second run on dirt EVER !) and the two bumps from the B; Randy and Kyle. At the horn Bob and I started to pull away a little and settle in for some fun. On lap six disaster struck me as I ran into the slow car on the back stretch and peeled the left body panel back past the center point of the car (aka parachute) in the mess most of the field was gathered up in classic big one style with only Bob and Romano have clean laps; and that’s the way they ran for the rest of the race, I was too busy trying to keep out of everyone’s way with the left turn signal taking up 2+ car widths. Tom used the incident to his favor to move from 6th to 3rd between laps 6 and 7 with thos three cars finishing on the lead lap. They were followed by Kyle, Dave , Randy, Dave, and the Peeled one.

There are two more WDRA Eastern Series races; the 30th Anniversary Special weekend on Aug 23 (Pine Bowl) and the 30th (Competition Hobbies) See the separate thread for complete details.

Thanks again for all those who made the trip and thanks again to Master Hobbies.

See Ya......................At The Track :thumbsup:

Kirt

PS I’ll have the results file with lap times uploaded by Tuesday as I wasn’t able to pull it off the computer yet.

Guys what a day. The Track was great.( Even if the non union scabs tryed to roll and patch it) LOL. Whom ever did not show, you missed a great day. Competion was tight and fast. It was worth the trip. TP your Pro car :thumbsup:. I'll be back.

Mad- It was nice meeting you. The weather started off iffy but got better and better. The track was smooth and fast!!
Only one suggestion. Put something (cones, rumble strips, etc) in the corners to prevent driving on the pavement. I know for sure the outcome of one race would have been different if that was in place.:dude:

I have learned never to bet against the CD R/C Racers when it comes to beating Mother Nature. When Team NEDVAN arrived @ 10:00, we sat in Ned's "Hauler" until it stopped raining. At noon, there was a puddle in the infield...by 3:00, we had to stop practice to water the track! What a turnaround...:thumbsup:

Excellent day of racing, and an excellent turnout considering the forecast. 42 racers ran 2 heats and the mains, with bump ups and track watering breaks in just 4 hours...It was nice to be done racing by 9:00 PM:woohoo:

Team Putnam had another excellent WDRA Series Race. The Putnam chassis and motor combination swept all 4 Open Wheel Classes once again, taking down the TQ and Win in EDM Small Block, EDM Big Block, EDM 13.5, and EDM Mod! I proud of how the entire team and customer base works together to insure everyone is as fast as possible, sharing and comparing tire and setup notes, gearing, etc; :thumbsup:

Thanks to Kirt Coonradt for running the show, Master Hobbies for graciously hosting GMX's date when it needed a new location, and the racers for coming out and supporting the series.

Romano: Thanks for the kind words and the Union book-:thumbsup:

Razoo: Todd wanted to put RTV rumble strips and pvc walls, but couldn't walk across the wet track to install it-:thumbsup: It will be done for the next race-

Steve call me , Dave L 518 322 9805 , hope all is well and that you made it home safely . Thanks Again for lettin me borrow the HP for the main....I did save 2 motors for the upcoming WDRA events ........also your more than welcome to stay at my little hasienda that weekend if u'd like , chair , couch(kinda hard ) or like floor (hard ) w sleepin bag ? See ya soon..................Big D