hi iwas down there weeks ago and enjoyed racing there i hope to come back soon but it over 2 hr drive very nice place to race. when i was there i pit across from a father a son that was useing zippy battery and would like to know were they got them it u could write to me i would appreciate it thanks

The racing was a little too long. BUT I dnt think they were expecting 100+ entries. And as stated this is kind of a begginer group running things. So mistakes are made at times. It usualy wont take that long to complete the day. If ALL racers my self included were quicker to get on to the track to race and MARSHAL that alone would save well over an hour for the day... + I dnt think its necessary for us to have 4minutes to "warm up", get out to marshal...? If we cut 1 minute a heat that alone is another hour saved a night. That is on US RACERS. We can all help make the day go faster. Remember the main reason we are all doing this.... Hope its to have fun. See you all this saturday

At this time we will continue to run the two programs mixed, at this time.

I agree with most of Black Dragons remarks and I too think that this track can be epic, it is why I put my energy into it, Im an RC Activist lol.. I want a great place to race for everyone.

Before we seperated the two programs on the same day, we would move one of the two to a different day, and since we aren't trying to hurt CRCRC's attendance, we can't move off road to Sunday, at least in the winter.

As long as both programs are run on the same day, they will absolutely be run on an alternating schedule.

John, the other announcer, races carpet, and his 10yr old son races off road.. there are more than a couple.. Clark, Britt, and cook all come to mind quickly, and I know there are several more.

Our schedule usually runs much much smoother than that.. we had a mistake made during sign ins that caused us to start over after entering 50 racers, and at the 1st round we added a bunch of late racers and had to repost boards, at which point a resort was miffed as well. This will not be repeated.

Don't judge us by a snapshot, as I know people can be prone to do.

The transponder issue is due to the fact that we have a mismatched set of publics and we are missing quite a few now.. making number swaps necc. If I had RC scoring pro, I could assign the transponders differently and things would be smoother, but without having personals required, or finding a full set of good publics, or spending money on RC scoring pro, we are going to have transponder issues with the publics. I would love to see it fixed by whatever method.. believe me, its as much a thorn in my side as anyones to get people checked in.

Ultimately, it is what it is. we are constantly improving, and I am trying to lend a hand wherever I can (I announced at CRCRC full time back when Toft was building tracks, I can run a tight show when the hardware is there)

Its come a long, long way in a short time.. 3 or 4 months.. we won't fumble another big day, and if you know those half dozen racers that say they'll never come back, it would be much appreciated if you'd urge them to give it another go.

Just to recap, 8AM doors, 12noon start, alternating program. Hope to see ya there!


8am and a noon start will help for sure. I will try to get a gang together to come back down in 2 weeks or so.

The racing was a little too long. BUT I dnt think they were expecting 100+ entries. And as stated this is kind of a begginer group running things. So mistakes are made at times. It usualy wont take that long to complete the day. If ALL racers my self included were quicker to get on to the track to race and MARSHAL that alone would save well over an hour for the day... + I dnt think its necessary for us to have 4minutes to "warm up", get out to marshal...? If we cut 1 minute a heat that alone is another hour saved a night. That is on US RACERS. We can all help make the day go faster. Remember the main reason we are all doing this.... Hope its to have fun. See you all this saturday

100 entries will be an off week once the program gets going smooth. :thumbsup:

What classes do you run? in off road. Also, I'd like to run 17.5 fixed speeder.

I saw the above post. Some body PM me when when Tenth Scale competition gets good.

I saw the above post. Some body PM me when when Tenth Scale competition gets good.

The 2wd buggy class had several racers that regularly whooped on you last summer.....so how much better do you want it? :tongue: Curtis May likely would have handed you your butt in stadium truck too :thumbsup: They have PLENTY of competition that you are not gonna go down and set the track ABLAZE with your incredible skills :lol: There are some jumps though...so probably not your style of track.........

We have good turnout for Mod buggy, Mod Truck, Mod SCT. recently we've had a good turnout of 4X4 SCT, and a large novice and stock SCT class, but they are still finding their legs.

We have not had much interest shown in a stock spec class but would be very open to the idea, provided there were enough racers to make a class (5)

Jar- Im skipping the PM, but the competition is already very good. Im not going to argue that last saturdays race day should have been run faster, and more efficiently, but the racing is good.. the A Main in buggy included Trophy Iler, Brian McDonald, Joe Devault, Chris Doseck (left early due to late finish) and others.. Mod Truck A was Curtis, Trophy, Gus, and Hillbilly in the top 4.. the entire main was CLOSE for the top 5 trucks, with the lead in contention the entire race... On any given weekend you will see some of the fastest drivers in central ohio there.

I think the earlier start time will help, getting started on time will help, and yes, if we can get the transponders sorted it would help alot.

I havent answered on the J-Con Tires because I simply don't know.. I dont run any Jcon tires to know the compounds.. something soft, or for a clay track is a safe bet.. I run pink BK bars, the Hot Body Beams, and clay compound suburbs there with good results. I wish I knew better what to suggest, but I don't.

The 2wd buggy class had several racers that regularly whooped on you last summer.....so how much better do you want it? :tongue: Curtis May likely would have handed you your butt in stadium truck too :thumbsup: They have PLENTY of competition that you are not gonna go down and set the track ABLAZE with your incredible skills :lol: There are some jumps though...so probably not your style of track.........

Haha

Looks like a nice place. I plan on tryin it out in the near future.:)

SO much of the discussion has been on the Saturday races. Do they race on Thursday night too or is it just practice? If they do race, then what's the turn out and how long does the show last? I would like ot race and would be interested in a novice or stock slash type class

Also what is the normal format for an off-road event. How many heats etc?

Now My two cents. I am a newbie and I am interested in racing RC. I am also a huge racing fan. Just like going to sprint car race in the summer, I don't want to spend an entire night at it. I want the show to run about 3-4 hours. As for racing RC, I have raced one time on an oval and not at EN and it was a 10 hour marathon. I don't have the patience to wait. I think people are busy and if a show is too long it will deter them from trying or coming back.

looking to get back up there and race - been working crazy hours - I have always been an oval racer in the past, but want to try my SCT - what is a good tire choice and do they have them at the shop
Lee

SO much of the discussion has been on the Saturday races. Do they race on Thursday night too or is it just practice? If they do race, then what's the turn out and how long does the show last? I would like ot race and would be interested in a novice or stock slash type class
Thursday racing has not taken off. There have not been enough racers there that want to race, to make it possible. It's still possible to do it, but people have to show up.

Also what is the normal format for an off-road event. How many heats etc?
3 qualifiers, with 2 throw aways, best qual is used to determine starting position. Mains as deep as they need to be, 25 racers means there will be a C Main, a B Main, and an A Main

Now My two cents. I am a newbie and I am interested in racing RC. I am also a huge racing fan. Just like going to sprint car race in the summer, I don't want to spend an entire night at it. I want the show to run about 3-4 hours. As for racing RC, I have raced one time on an oval and not at EN and it was a 10 hour marathon. I don't have the patience to wait. I think people are busy and if a show is too long it will deter them from trying or coming back.

Ive raced over a dozen years, and a 2-4 hour program doesn't happen, not if the track has enough racers to be a good racing experience. The math is pretty simple, 10 heats at 5 minutes a heat, plus 1.5 minutes between heats to change drivers and marshalls, get cars lined up, etc.. 80 minutes per round, X3, so 240 minutes to complete qualifying.. 15 minutes to set the mains, and then 10 mains at 7 minutes each, plus 1.5 on either side for changing over heat to heat, its another 100 minutes.. so in a perfect world it would be 340 minutes for 5.6 hours.. we had 16 heats last weekend.. and its NOT a perfect world.. it takes 3 minutes on either side, because people drag their feet to marshall, people aren't ready to jump on the stand the moment the previous race ends, we are missing a coouple transponders and it fouls the scoring software sometimes.. you get the picture..



In short, if the track is successful, its an all day program.. this isn't something that is going to change, no matter what is done.. that it isn't for everyone is a given, but then when was the last time anyone made everyone happy?

Don't despair, the track is open for practice 6 days a week, and if the thursday racing takes off some we'll have a short program.. I cant see big crowds coming out mid week.. if we got 30 guys for about 40 entries it would be great.

The novice class is thriving on Saturday, and if 5 showed in stock (bone stock) slash's and wanted to run their own class we'd make that happen.

The cure for the long race day is to run 2 classes... then you aren't waiting so much to run, and you get more track time for the time spent.

looking to get back up there and race - been working crazy hours - I have always been an oval racer in the past, but want to try my SCT - what is a good tire choice and do they have them at the shop
Lee

There are definitely tires in the hobby shop, you may bring wheels though, depending on what brand you run. Im pretty impressed with how the HB Beams work, Suburbs in Clay compound work well, any of the tires that resemble those examples will probably be pretty good. Hard Pack Topsoil surface, medium clay content, we sweep and lightly damp the track between rounds.

anyone else intrested in stock 2wd truck not sct please post i would like to see this class started at EN. looks like we need 5 to go,.

Blackdragon, had a great time racing with you, hope you can make it down again.

Blackdragon, had a great time racing with you, hope you can make it down again.

Same here...I assume this is Chris?

I'll either be back down in 2 or 3 weeks :thumbsup: My local buddies have thrown the gauntlet down at their local track, so I have to go there so they can try to redeem themselves this weekend :tongue:

PM me your phone number and I'll shoot ya a call when I'm sure we are all coming down :thumbsup:

The answer I got when I posed the J-Con tire question to a fast racer who runs them, the answer I got was Blues, and greens.

Oh man, now I am confused.. I talked to the lady @ the desk Sunday and she said they were going to run carpet&offroad separate? Oval in the morning off-road after? My friends & I don't want to miss another week because the start time have changed. Every one needs to be on the same page. Especially staff!
I vote for running separate, but what every it is make a start time and stick to it. You r not going to make everyone happy no matter what. And maybe a nice big sign with start times posted on that new wall?

The lady at the desk is one of the owners, and they made the call without considering all the ramifications of trying to run two seperate race programs on the same day. We have since had a chance to talk as a group and it has been decided to continue with the combined program at this time, as it is a logistical nightmare to run two full programs in a day. Let us master running one in a day before we even consider that, I promise it will be a better overall experience, for all of us.

We have plans to expand the pits in the near future, we have the space, we just need to put tables in run electric..

8AM Saturday is doors, 12 Noon Qualifying begins. Please make sure this info gets to anyone that needs to know it. Expect this schedule to remain the same for the forseeable future.

How about thursday night stock racing, with a 17.5 non boosted spec class for sct, and maybe the 2wh classes? Bear in mind this is speculation, and doesn't work well for out of town racers, but would 20 racers show up? 30?

I'd like to hear ideas, I am available to announce, we could do a controlled practice so others running mods could practice..

Maybe a lower cost race with two quals and the mains, to keep it quick.

Again, this is just stuff that comes to mind as interesting to think about.. a dedicated novice night would be another thought.. I don't know if the demand is there for it..

Thoughts?

WIth the size of Columbus, I would guess you could get enough to run a Thursday show. It might make sense to do an every other week thing or once a month or something to start. To me the first thing is to get the word out and stick with a schedule. Next is keeping the show going.

AS I have mentioned I would like to race. However, it is hard to get a full Saturday open to spend the day over there. A Thursday night race would be helpful to me. IF it does not happen it is no big thing. I will still come over to practice and maybe be able to free up a saturday to get there.

From my personal experience EN Hobbies is by far the best place to race. It's like racing in a department store. With that being said, All good things take time. Their program needs tightened up. I've spoke with the man that runs the show and he is an outstanding man. He has ran many races and the show WILL be tightly ran. There was a few transponder issues and we needed to check people in every heat. That can and will be fixed. With that being said, give it time. The turn out is going to do nothing but grow and with that it takes more time.

Thursday night racing -

I would love to race Thursdays. I say $8.00 for the first class, 5.00 after that. Start racing at 7;00pm and be done in just a few hours. EN hobbies isn't going anywhere and it will get better with time. A few software updates for the AMB system and cooperation from the racers and they will be in great shape.

We have had the thursday night racing out there as an option for 3, maybe 4 months, and have yet to have enough people that wanted to race, to be able hold a race. Plenty come to practice, just not racers.

considering that its 10.00 to practice, I doubt that 8.00 racing will happen, but maybe 10.00 and 5.00 for the second entry, plus give thursday racenights away as "free" with a kit purchase, along with the monthly pass that you already get for buying your kit from EN. please note this is speculation, and not something I can make a decision on, but if we can get some more feedback I will approach the track owners and see what can be arranged. I WANT to see thursdays take off a bit, and I do think that people that are pressed for weekend time may enjoy the "short attention span" race program :P

I am trying to get signage made that has the race schedule on it, but it really hasn't changed at all since EN opened in that location, with exception to moving the start time to earlier in the day on Saturday, and we knew that would happen when we started.

I have ideas to make the best of the transponder concerns, but what you guys can do to help me out is make sure if you have a personal that I have the correct number (if you never need checked in, you have the correct one in the d-base and can ignore this) and if you use publics, make sure the right one is in your car.

I DO recommend that regular racers buy personals, the day WILL come when we do away with the publics entirely, as they are no longer available new, and are harder to find and more expensive to buy used. The new mylaps is pretty easy to swap between vehicles, or the MRT PTx is slightly less expensive if you want to order from the UK. They last forever, and I know that once you start running with one you'll wonder how you managed without it in the 1st place. I LIKE seeing my laptimes during open practice, and never having to worry about getting or returning a transponder.

ALSO- I am looking for the 9 and 10 blue ponders from Saturday, racers in the last race or two took them home. I'm really hoping that they get brought back in saturday, as they haven't been brought back as of last night.

See ya saturday!

anyone else intrested in stock 2wd truck not sct please post i would like to see this class started at EN. looks like we need 5 to go,.

I think I am repeating myself, but I will run stock 2wh Truck, if there is a turnout for it. Count me as number 5.If clawson is 1, then we only need 3 more :) I do miss stock racing, I just don't miss all the brushed BS that went along with it.. I think I had 10 or 12 stock motors, between practice motors, race motors, and "duds".

Doug, Great stuff. Maybe some papers posted on the doors and by the timing sheets that there is racing on Thursdays?

As far as personal transponders go, I was the guy that didn't want to spend the $$ to get a PT. Once I did spend the money on one and ran it for a weekend and bought another for my other vehicle. Simplicity.

I think I am repeating myself, but I will run stock 2wh Truck, if there is a turnout for it. Count me as number 5.If clawson is 1, then we only need 3 more :) I do miss stock racing, I just don't miss all the brushed BS that went along with it.. I think I had 10 or 12 stock motors, between practice motors, race motors, and "duds".

I'm in for stock Truck and Buggy. Are we talking 17.5 or 13.5 stock either way I'm in for a least one or the other until I get another 17.5.

jack,

2wd truck 17.5. you make 3. come on folks we need two more intrested in 17.5 stock truck lets go you know you wanna

sheldon

I know sunday is an oval racing day. I know the doors open at 10. Is the dirt course open for practice at 10 also. I am still trying to get comfortable before racing.

Yes, the dirt course is open for practice sunday at 10:00 as well. I may, depending on numbers, have to close the dirt track periodically to run the actual quals and mains for carpet oval, but only for short periods, and only if enough people are there that it is disruptive to carpet oval.

I looked in the hobby shop and they didnt have any 17.5 motors, so if there is a turnout this week I may need to borrow a motor, but I think I can get that arranged. Make sure to have a mod ready in case we don't get enough this weekend, and I'll make some announcements as well, asking for drivers to run.

We have just put together a Race with Castle Creations and many other suppliers!!
Lots of goodies will be handed out.

O YA & Trophies!!!!
Stay tuned for start times:thumbsup:

Hey FYI we pay store bucks to the top 3 who else pays you???

Hey FYI we pay store bucks to the top 3 who else pays you???

Coming soon our own website and forum so everyone can go to one site to see whats going on at our Track:thumbsup:
and discuss it!!:)

:thumbsup:

Coming soon our own website and forum so everyone can go to one site to see whats going on at our Track:thumbsup:
and discuss it!!:)

Awesome!

In other news.. starting Thursday Febuary 17th, There will be an abbreviated racing program consisting of 2 5 minute "ifmar" style qualifiers, and a 5 minute main.

The cost will be $10.00, with additional entries for $5.00. This will essentially be "free" for those there practicing, and is included in the monthly practice pass as well.

We will race what classes we have there, but part of the intention is to offer a bridge from non racer, to racer.. we will run a novice race program for any novice racers / new kit buyers that come, and will be spending as much time as needed to explain and demonstrate the basic race program, which transponder to use, how the timing works, etc.

If a driver chooses not to participate in the race program, they will not be able to drive on the track while qualifiers and mains are being run. I will say again, that there is no additional charge if you are there and practicing already.

The boards will be set at 7:00PM with qualifiers directly afterward, and we will run without breaks as long as it is feasible with the number of racers we have present.

There will not be a hobby bucks payout for these races.. but if "practice" is what you want, this will be the best kind.. the real thing :)

Thats THURSDAY, April 17th.. Sign ins close at 6:45, Quals start at 7:05.. FREE for monthly pass holders, and people with paid practice fees.

I VERY much want to see this work.. it will maintain focus on new racers and I ask for help in that from anyone in attendance, at least in the form of a positive attitude and some patience.. but we can do what YOU want to do.. stock slash classes, 17.5 classes... whatever we can get enough of..

So, anyone up for some quick and casual racing?

Calling all Curtis May's; I may be able to pull a one Handwork. Let me know.:tongue:

I look forward to the Thursday April 17th event. I will try to make it. In the meantime, I will do my best to run a saturday too.

Awesome Hoosier, come introduce yourself either day.. It may take some time to get thursdays off the ground, but I think if its at no additional cost to people that are "practicing" anyway, I will have some racers available from the jump..

Im expecting a fairly healthy turnout this weekend coming up, expect segragated practice times Saturday, and quals starting at noon on the dot.. I pushed it out a bit last weekend to catch a few racers that didn't get word of the time change. We should settle into a routine now as far as schedule, I dont see any need for further adjustment of times..

I heard some good things from some people who made their way up to Akron this past weekend. I'm trying to make my way down soon.

Ps, is Saturday or Sunday better for tenth scale offroad?

Saturday for sure, we don't run an offroad race on Sunday. Doors at 8AM, Quals starting at noon.

As I said in my new member post, I am just getting back into the RC scene. A good friend of mine bought all three of his trucks from EN and has sold many more for them including my LOSI. If you have not been in to visit you need to stop in and experience it. The service and knowledge is second to none and they really want to help you get the most out of your vehicle. Keep up the great work, I will see you thursday.:thumbsup:

WIth the size of Columbus, I would guess you could get enough to run a Thursday show. It might make sense to do an every other week thing or once a month or something to start. To me the first thing is to get the word out and stick with a schedule. Next is keeping the show going.

AS I have mentioned I would like to race. However, it is hard to get a full Saturday open to spend the day over there. A Thursday night race would be helpful to me. IF it does not happen it is no big thing. I will still come over to practice and maybe be able to free up a saturday to get there.

I totally agree in my line of work saturday is our busy day...I am one hundred percent for a thursday program. I have already been recruiting friends of mine that are also at work on saturdays. And to EN post a date either in the pits or by the register and we will be there!!!

I will be there this thursday and will be hanging some info about the thursday program, which will be in full effect starting the 17th. Info can be found in my earlier post as to the type of thursday program offered, and pricing. I look forward to seeing you there, tell your friend thanks, and bring your friends!

In other news.. starting Thursday February (edited.. my bad.. original post made after a race weekend lol.) 17th, There will be an abbreviated racing program consisting of 2 5 minute "ifmar" style qualifiers, and a 5 minute main.

The cost will be $10.00, with additional entries for $5.00. This will essentially be "free" for those there practicing, and is included in the monthly practice pass as well.

We will race what classes we have there, but part of the intention is to offer a bridge from non racer, to racer.. we will run a novice race program for any novice racers / new kit buyers that come, and will be spending as much time as needed to explain and demonstrate the basic race program, which transponder to use, how the timing works, etc.

If a driver chooses not to participate in the race program, they will not be able to drive on the track while qualifiers and mains are being run. I will say again, that there is no additional charge if you are there and practicing already.

The boards will be set at 7:00PM with qualifiers directly afterward, and we will run without breaks as long as it is feasible with the number of racers we have present.

There will not be a hobby bucks payout for these races.. but if "practice" is what you want, this will be the best kind.. the real thing :)

Thats THURSDAY, April 17th.. Sign ins close at 6:45, Quals start at 7:05.. FREE for monthly pass holders, and people with paid practice fees.

I VERY much want to see this work.. it will maintain focus on new racers and I ask for help in that from anyone in attendance, at least in the form of a positive attitude and some patience.. but we can do what YOU want to do.. stock slash classes, 17.5 classes... whatever we can get enough of..

So, anyone up for some quick and casual racing?

Repost to make this info easier to find.

Doug that sounds awesome I will be there. rounding up friends as I am typing this.

The 2wd buggy class had several racers that regularly whooped on you last summer.....so how much better do you want it? :tongue: Curtis May likely would have handed you your butt in stadium truck too :thumbsup: They have PLENTY of competition that you are not gonna go down and set the track ABLAZE with your incredible skills :lol: There are some jumps though...so probably not your style of track.........

Not quite handed too me. Hey I know where I stand. Still, it's nice to know they're getting 2 heats of 2wd before I drive all the way down. Especially when it's the competition I'm looking for. It's good to have a decent track too.:wave:

jack,

2wd truck 17.5. you make 3. come on folks we need two more intrested in 17.5 stock truck lets go you know you wanna

sheldon

Kelly Bean would say; "Man up, put in a 17.5.":)

Kelly Bean would say; "Man up, put in a 17.5.":)

LOL. So True Man UP!!

So can we have a roll call of people that are planning on racing tomorrow night. I have two myself and a friend

I'm trying to put together my old losi 2wd truck to race the mod class this weekend. I am running an 8.5 motor with the tekin rs pro. What set up works best as far as speedo for the track. Also, what pinion is recommended running the red losi spur gear? Thanks in advance!! :thumbsup: