New asphalt oval coming to Goldsboro, NC at Rosewood Raceway. Pictures on RC Zone under Rosewood thread.
Glenn
www.glennshobbycorner.com

Heres some pix of whats coming.

Looks like a great cap tire track to me. Now I have something closer than 3 hours away. Looking forward to it.

Does anyone know how to get in touch with Greg H. ?
Thanks
Glenn

It's a beautiful thing! :thumbsup:

Glenn... how about some track info like length, banking degrees and when it may be completed. If you need help building walls and other things post it here and I will try to get down there.

Looks great and only just under 3 hours from home.

Thanks Larry, the asphalt is supposed to go down this week if no rain. Jesse and Tim are helping around the store but if you want to help that would be great. I'll post up when the walls are going up. Greg H is coming by today to put the seal of approval on everything. Should'nt be long.
Glenn

YES, can't wait, what a great surprise!
Tom

Looks like it will be a nice track. Wish I lived closer.

I was working in goldsboro a few years back and stopped by one night and watched them practice on the inside carpet oval. I later heard that they took out the carpet oval track. now this great that they are building a new asphalt track. I race on a concrete oval here on the coast :thumbsup:

Only 1hr 20min. for me. Can't wait.

Yep, I'm definitely going to have to check it out when its done. It will be great to have another track in my home state.

Kevin and Sam, I may have to get another nitro car.... With Lin out I just could not get into nitro this year.

Coming soon to a town near you. Asphalts going down this week.

Looking good.

That looks really good!

I see a new venue on the GASCAR season for next year, that is if you will have us.

9hrs 15min -- 586 miles. WOW what a road trip!

looks great

Now that TOUR has set up their rules has any thought been given to classes for the outside and carpet for this season? Would be nice to be able to get a head start on putting equipment together. I am thinking 13.5/1cell and 10.5/1cell. The I bet SMC weights untill the last minute to submit a new 1 cell battery.
Also I would like to see if there is any intrest in the SK modified class. Kriter and I will have cars. I also plan to run that class at the Birds and talking to Allan it may be added to some of the races at Greeneville.

Larry, 10.5 single and 13.5 single will both be classes this year on the carpet (along with 17.5 single truck). As far as SK's go, if there is enough to run, Glen will let them race. SMC will have a new single cell out before the Oct 1st deadline. I'm sure the current Thunder Power single cell that just came out, will perform as good or better.

Here is a picture of the new track with the asphalt down. Looks nice!!!

Lookin' Good!!!

Nice!!!!

Nice!!!!

WIPE THE DROOL OFF YOUR CHIN KEVIN!! LOL!!!

:tongue:

Wow, track looks pretty awesome! I will certainly try to make a trip up there and check it out.

--Cory

Been up to rosewood for carpet, looks like a road trip in the future. track looks Good

is the track ready for practice laps?

How about some more pics

Here are a few pictures of the insulation and sheetrock inside and the outdoor oval with the wall. I think they may be adding higher walls around the outside of the track soon, but the initial wall is up.

Please keep the updates coming, I live in Sampson county and have beein hoping for a asphalt oval closer by for years

Progress report. Asphalt man is coming back this week to give a final roll. We have one outside lower wall up and working on the upper part. Outside wall will be 18 inches tall. Putting a fence around everything soon. A touch of grass is starting to grow. That will be the hold up. Grass is hard to get started this time of year. here are some more pix. enjoy.

What size/banking? It looks huge.

I think it's 10 degrees of banking and a 299' run line
Bob

Looks good. What is that about 7* in the turns and 300' run line?

300 foot running line and 10* banking. Strights are 16 feet and turns are around 20 feet.
Glenn

so when do you think they will be some racing on that track?

Shooting for the 25th of July for first race. Come on out.
Glenn

If there was not a GASCAR race already that weekend I know of at least one Nitro Pan car that would be there to test.

Any idea when you will allow practice, and what classes will you run

You can start to practice this saturday.
Electric pan car 13.5 bl
Electric nastruck 17.5 (touring car with 4wd)
.09 pancar
12-15 pancar
offroad truck w .15
electric Legend
more

Hey Kevin -- you going??

I assume 1 cell 13.5 BL

Sorry, single cell for sure.
I have one request from all the drivers wanting to come practice on the oval.
Please be curtious and go by these times so as not to bother the neighbors. I have'nt had any complaints from them and hope to keep it that way. Thanks
Practice days
Monday-Friday 10am-6pm
Saturday- Race day- 10am untill race is over.
Sunday Track closed

Glen,

Will the wood adopt the TOUR rules package for this season? I know there has always been the "run what you brung" freedom here but I would like to know how to set up for the classes that will be offered. TOUR rules will be the norm at the Ovalmasters and the Birds, seems like the obvious choice for us... at least for pan cars that is.

Can't wait to run a banked oval again.

Thanks,
Bill

Bill-

I know that all of the VA crew will only want to run the TOUR stuff. I would guess most would be on board with that as a lot of us travel to the Birds, and Ovalmasters. Along with other tracks on the east cost.

Joel White

I think that the TOUR rules will be good for the carpet, but in my experience on caps, the 13.5/1cell may be a little slow. TOUR has not realy addressed large ovals and cap racing as of now. I also think the COT/TCC and small wing will not be an easy starting combo for new racers on caps. I have raced many times at Easley an other cap tracks(.09 nitro, 13.5/4cell and 21.5/2400 lipo). At Easley those classes turn laps in the 5.8 to 6.2 seconds range. 13.5/1cell class at Easley runs almost 34 laps compared to 39 for 21.5/2400sportsman and 40 laps for 21.5 /3200 pro class.

My thought for pan cars outside:
13.5/1cell smc with nastruck body and 2" spolier or COT, spec or pink only tires
10.5/1cell open battery, stock car body, open tire
21.5/3200 battery, stock car body and open tires ( most will still find 4 pinks the best) to have this class tamed down and control cost the Orion 2400 battery could be speced.

I would also sugest that the Easley rules package be used somewhat to have racers able to compete at both.

Thanks Glenn for what you have done to support us racers and I look forward to getting back there.

Yeah I agree withyou Larry on the asphalt oval, I would think that 17.5 would be way too slow for that big of a track. I was thinking mostly carpet. We do need a definitive class structure and using what Easly has would be my vote.

Bill

As a kinda newbie, (haven't raced since Sandhills shutdown and never outside) some class structure, what ever it is, would be nice. I like what TOUR has to offer, and most of the major oval races have adopted it.

I think that the TOUR rules will be good for the carpet, but in my experience on caps, the 13.5/1cell may be a little slow. TOUR has not realy addressed large ovals and cap racing as of now. I also think the COT/TCC and small wing will not be an easy starting combo for new racers on caps. I have raced many times at Easley an other cap tracks(.09 nitro, 13.5/4cell and 21.5/2400 lipo). At Easley those classes turn laps in the 5.8 to 6.2 seconds range. 13.5/1cell class at Easley runs almost 34 laps compared to 39 for 21.5/2400sportsman and 40 laps for 21.5 /3200 pro class.

My thought for pan cars outside:
13.5/1cell smc with nastruck body and 2" spolier or COT, spec or pink only tires
10.5/1cell open battery, stock car body, open tire
21.5/3200 battery, stock car body and open tires ( most will still find 4 pinks the best) to have this class tamed down and control cost the Orion 2400 battery could be speced.

I would also sugest that the Easley rules package be used somewhat to have racers able to compete at both.

Thanks Glenn for what you have done to support us racers and I look forward to getting back there.

We are currently running a 13.5/Single Cell class outside at the Grove in Rock Hill, SC. Track is 365ft. I'm running the Protoform COT and turning 6.4s with it. I'm using the smc 4000 and BSR Spec caps.

Let me know what you guys decide to do. I'll be up for some 13.5/Single Cell.