It's going to be a great season!

April 28 Season Opener
May 12 Club points race
May 26 Club points race
June 2 TBA all classes trophy race
June 9 Club points race
June 16 NIRCSS Round 1 - Stateline Raceway
June 23 Club points race
July 7 Club points race
July 21 Club points race
July 28 NIRCSS Round 2 - Granger Raceway
Aug 4 Club points race
Aug 11 The Series Round 4
Aug 18 Club points race
Aug 25 NIRCSS Round 3 - Stateline Raceway
Sept 1 Club points race
Sept 15 Club points race
Sept 22 NIRCSS Round 4 - Granger Raceway
Sept 29 Club points race
Oct 13 Year end pizza party - club awards
Oct 22 NIRCSS Banquet

There are a couple of tba things to add and we will be taking a few weekends off for family time and to allow us to travel and race with our friends.
Points will be tallied for the seasons' club racing (11 races - 3 drops) and trophies will be awarded Oct 13th.
We have some big changes planned for our layouts. Expect a very fast flowing track that will be easier to see and easy on parts too :thumbsup:

The Granger Staff will see you trackside soon :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Mike,

"easy on parts too"

Please don't get rid of all the huge jumps - that is what sets your track apart from most I've seen. Can't wait for April to roll around.

Is it april 28th yet? Ya, don't get rid of the huge jumps!

Is it april 28th yet? Ya, don't get rid of the huge jumps!

IF u want to get more buggies on the track keep big jumps to a minimum. I like the idea of a smoother, flowing layout. Something that a guy can turn more than 10 or 11 laps on in a 6 min. race. I'd bet u might find less complaints about a fast, flowing track, than a slow track with huge un realistic "features". just my 2 cents worth.:dude: Sorry, by buggies I am referring to 10th scale.

April 28th is on the Calender.

I think as far as smooth/flowing vs bigger "features", there is a good medium, and it CAN be both. Instead of triples that may break a 1/10 scale B4 (22s don't break...), and be too easy for a Truggy... have a tabletop. Then you can land on the top for 1/10scale and hit the backside for Truggies. Or a double-table for 1/10 and clear it all with a Truggy... stuff like that. It can be done (I've done it!)... you just have to really think it out. I have faith!!!

Can't Wait for the 4/28.... did I mention it's on my calender!??!?!?

Showtime in the house :thumbsup: Woohoo :thumbsup:

Maybe we can get Toddzilla set up with a mod buggy :o

Showtime in the house :thumbsup: Woohoo :thumbsup:

Maybe we can get Toddzilla set up with a mod buggy :o

Toddzilla HAS a mod buggy, he just has to man up and come pick it (and the whooping I'm going to lay on him when we race) up. :cool::thumbsup:

Toddzilla HAS a mod buggy, he just has to man up and come pick it (and the whooping I'm going to lay on him when we race) up. :cool::thumbsup:

I have one too but who's gonna keep score if we're all racing... :rolleyes:

April 28th is on the Calender.

I think as far as smooth/flowing vs bigger "features", there is a good medium, and it CAN be both. Instead of triples that may break a 1/10 scale B4 (22s don't break...), and be too easy for a Truggy... have a tabletop. Then you can land on the top for 1/10scale and hit the backside for Truggies. Or a double-table for 1/10 and clear it all with a Truggy... stuff like that. It can be done (I've done it!)... you just have to really think it out. I have faith!!!

Can't Wait for the 4/28.... did I mention it's on my calender!??!?!?

Well said Jim .I have nothing against jumps as long as they're not over done and allow u to keep going fast. there can be a happy medium for everyone.

I have one too but who's gonna keep score if we're all racing... :rolleyes:

Isn't that what the computer is for!?!!? :thumbsup:

Isn't that what the computer is for!?!!? :thumbsup:

Oh yeah..... :rolleyes:

I have a nice B4 but a new 4.1+8 just might be in order. I think maybe 17.5 blinky in the old one and a 6.5 or maybe the tame 8.5 in the worlds...

This year is going to be a blast, as usual :thumbsup:

Oh yeah..... :rolleyes:

I have a nice B4 but a new 4.1+8 just might be in order. I think maybe 17.5 blinky in the old one and a 6.5 or maybe the tame 8.5 in the worlds...

This year is going to be a blast, as usual :thumbsup:

Well if you are running a slowociated, then it's easy to have someone else run the race, since us 22s will be in the A, and all those Tyco-type cars will be in the B! :tongue::tongue:

No Blinky!!! Your track might be one of the few where I could actually put down a 7.5 or 8.5! Most places a 10.5 or so is more than enough power!:thumbsup:

If it's in the "b" then it will be pilot error, not an AE problem ;)

That's my story and I'm stickin to it...

I Think you guys forgot about KYOSHO .I guess we godda show up first .Hopefully this will be abetter summer for me. Race on Freinds

I Think you guys forgot about KYOSHO .I guess we godda show up first .Hopefully this will be abetter summer for me. Race on Freinds

It's not just us, most everyone has forgotten Kyosho made competitive RC cars. :cool:


Yet I'd still take one over an AE! :tongue:


Say hello, to my dust! :wave:

Getting into racing this season with granger. It's been a LONG time since i've raced anything and I'm very excited. Anyway, I recently came across an offer I couldn't refuse (or so I think) I got a b44 with a mamba max 5700kv setup. Can anyone tell me if I can race this thing at granger? Hows the esc, motor combo? Would this be considered a modified? PLEASE HELP!! And another thing, if this is not an ideal car to race then I would trade it for a SC10 if there is anyone interested!

Getting into racing this season with granger. It's been a LONG time since i've raced anything and I'm very excited. Anyway, I recently came across an offer I couldn't refuse (or so I think) I got a b44 with a mamba max 5700kv setup. Can anyone tell me if I can race this thing at granger? Hows the esc, motor combo? Would this be considered a modified? PLEASE HELP!! And another thing, if this is not an ideal car to race then I would trade it for a SC10 if there is anyone interested!

It will be great to have you come out and race with us. We will run any class that has at least 5 entries for the day. I think pretty much anyone running 4wd buggies make them a mod class. With that said, I doubt that we will see any/enough 4wd's show up to run a class of them. My guess is that we will have Stock SC, 4x4 SC and mod buggy (2wd) every weekend. There will be more classes but if you want to make sure you fit in a class I'd start there.

Here's a new for sale thread. Time to re-fresh the fleet for summer!

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=352965

Any chance anyone out there would be interested in running a vintage buggy class? It seems to be a class that's may be picking up steam. Maybe it's already been suggested.
Any feed back is welcome.

wood

Any chance anyone out there would be interested in running a vintage buggy class? It seems to be a class that's may be picking up steam. Maybe it's already been suggested.
Any feed back is welcome.

wood

Like a gold pan rc10? Buggy in general is getting hot again, not sure if there are enough vintage rides out there to race but 5 or more and we'll welcome them :thumbsup:

All I know is I keep hearing about all the monster truck and revos planning on showing up. When is the first practice, I need to get the warhead tuned up again so I can give them some competition

When is practice?

My best guess would be on wednesdays like the last 2 years, starting a week before the opening race, unless you can come out to give a hand on track prep and redesign, often they have the local racers helping with maintainence and "testing" the new features and designs to make sure the track works for all classes

My best guess would be on wednesdays like the last 2 years, starting a week before the opening race, unless you can come out to give a hand on track prep and redesign, often they have the local racers helping with maintainence and "testing" the new features and designs to make sure the track works for all classes

That would be a good guess. We'll keep everyone posted as to the schedule when the weather allows us to get busy. Stay tuned, it's going to be a great year :thumbsup:

Come on spring already!!! It would be nice to do some testing with Tyler's new ride for this year before we hit the bigger outdoor races. We have alot of learning to do with the new car for outdoors.



See ya soon!!

Randy and Tyler

Come on spring already!!! It would be nice to do some testing with Tyler's new ride for this year before we hit the bigger outdoor races. We have alot of learning to do with the new car for outdoors.



See ya soon!!

Randy and Tyler

What kind of traction could we get on frozen clay? The surface is a bit weather-beaten with lots of deer and turkey tracks on it but the 8th scalers and monster trucks would probably love it... :rolleyes:

It's on the way (spring I mean) :thumbsup:

I have some track revisions in mind that I think pretty much everyone will love. Granger Raceway will be THE place to race your 10th scales on an outdoor track. Don't worry, there will still be some great 8th scale stuff too!

See you guys trackside real soon :thumbsup:

That would be a good guess. We'll keep everyone posted as to the schedule when the weather allows us to get busy. Stay tuned, it's going to be a great year :thumbsup:

I can't easily make it out during the week. Weekends are the only free time and the last two years weekends were all racing all the time. I just noticed that you are not racing every Saturday this year so I was hoping that there might be a possibility of weekend practice time. If there is any other interest I would hope that you would consider it for 2 seconds at least :) I understand as someone who already devotes a lot of time to the track the last thing you are looking for is to tie up more of your own personal time but maybe there are other options that work for more than one person or move some days around to make up for it to have more options for people. Thanks!:wave:

[QUOTE=bjr48 I just noticed that you are not racing every Saturday this year so I was hoping that there might be a possibility of weekend practice time. If there is any other interest I would hope that you would consider it for 2 seconds at least :) I understand as someone who already devotes a lot of time to the track the last thing you are looking for is to tie up more of your own personal time[/QUOTE]

Hey, I'll take anything under consideration! While we are only "club" racing every other weekend many of our "off" weekends will be filled with our NIRCSS series races plus a couple of trophy races too. You hit the nail on the head when you said personal (read "family") time. I do need a break now and then plus we will be using several of the off weekends for track rebuilds to keep the layout fresh. While I always encourage racers practice and think we need some open track time for new racers to get their feet wet, quite honestly we usually only get a few people out for a practice session (play time) and those folks are the ones that don't come back to race.
My insurance is such that I can't allow a free-for-all anytime practice, nor do I want to spend all week repairing our track to make the best surface available for racing by Saturday.
The flip side of the coin is that we open the track early on race days for practice and then run three qualifiers and the mains. I would say just jump in and race :) you'll get lots of practice quickly and will have fun in the process :thumbsup:

Man I glued the tires on and ran a couple of practice laps sunday and all I have to say WOW even with the castle MMP and 1410 on a 2 cell bat that thing is scarry fast, now to get some wheel time and this thing setup right

Is it April yet! I wanna run outside!

Is it April yet! I wanna run outside!

I was just thinking this morning that if the weather trend keeps up we should pull up tubes and get to moving dirt!

On another note, BIG thanks out to our first 2012 track sponsor - Bill from The Pitt Stop has graciously again paid for banner advertising. If you are in Granger stop by for a sandwich and remember to tell them thanks for their support :thumbsup:

Spring is coming very soon and we are looking forward to getting back outside!

See you trackside :cool:

hey all. I'm gathering supplies for my first season of racing. my next purchase is a stock motor, esc, and battery and charger. Any suggestions on these? I'm racing sc stock by the way

hey all. I'm gathering supplies for my first season of racing. my next purchase is a stock motor, esc, and battery and charger. Any suggestions on these? I'm racing sc stock by the way

Hey Ross,

I like the Fantom Ion or Apex for 17.5 motors. I'm using the Tekin RS speedos' and like the performance but I have had some durability issues. If you are going to race stock make sure that you buy a speedo that has a blinky mode (which means no timing or boost built in to the speedo). Fantom also has batteries and I have had good luck with mine. I've also heard guys having good luck with Gens Ace batteries - especially for the price. I am currently using a cellpro 10s charger and like it very well.

What truck did you get?

I went with a factory team sc10. I just couldn't buy anything but associated! I'm down on the island so i won't get to play till i come home!
As far as batteries. What does the "s" stand for? it used to be 6 cell nicad for stock. What are the limitations for batteries when it comes to stock class?

I went with a factory team sc10. I just couldn't buy anything but associated! I'm down on the island so i won't get to play till i come home!
As far as batteries. What does the "s" stand for? it used to be 6 cell nicad for stock. What are the limitations for batteries when it comes to stock class?

I am actually not sure about the "s". My understanding of the lipo's is a bit limited from an engineering standpoint. The uneducated guess is that the "s" denotes amount of cells (ie 2s - 3s etc). Not to be confused with the "c" rating of the battery which I understand to be the maximum discharge rate (ie 25c vs 65c - the 65 should have more punch). The problem seems to be a lack of standardized testing to accurately rate a given manufacturers' battery. At Granger Raceway all of our 10th scale classes run 2s (cell) batteries and they must be hard-cased for safety. I'd stick with a battery rated between about 40-65c and 4000 to 6500 MAH. That seems to be what most guys are running lately.

I believe the "s" is for series. 2 cells in series. 3.7v*2 = 7.4v

I believe the "s" is for series. 2 cells in series. 3.7v*2 = 7.4v

That makes perfect sense, Thanks!

Just in! Granger Raceway to host The Series round 4 August 11th :thumbsup:

We are glad to be included and will have a great facility ready to host the race.

I would like to encourage all of our regulars to support The Series and it would be great to see some Granger Raceway shirts out doing the tour at the other facilities.

Spring is coming soon, see ya trackside :thumbsup::thumbsup:

What is The Series????

What is The Series????



Basically the MORL group re-organized. The guys seem to be working hard to improve the program and they have some great tracks on the schedule. They made a good decision to include Granger Raceway this year :thumbsup:

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=350115

sounds pretty cool but I need to check my on call status before I can commit

Is the NIRCSS series still on????

Is the NIRCSS series still on????

Oh Yeah, and better than ever :thumbsup:

oh thats just great, so many series events I may never have a home track. probably not with my work schedual and trying to explain to my wife where I am off to to play with my rc friends

oh thats just great, so many series events I may never have a home track. probably not with my work schedual and trying to explain to my wife where I am off to to play with my rc friends

HUH?!, I thought you had a home track? Remember, we are taking some Saturdays off altogether this year...

Just make your weekends off on the big race dates and club race in between :thumbsup:

sure wish I had the power to write my own schedual, but even if I did I still have my sponsor/better half to get travel approval from. The backyard track has been a bit neglected since Granger opened, still there and gets fixed up for family and friend get togethers but never really had any big crowd of friends show up like at your place (at least with there own rc stuff), maybe I need to move the fish fry over your way

sure wish I had the power to write my own schedual, but even if I did I still have my sponsor/better half to get travel approval from. The backyard track has been a bit neglected since Granger opened, still there and gets fixed up for family and friend get togethers but never really had any big crowd of friends show up like at your place (at least with there own rc stuff), maybe I need to move the fish fry over your way

I like fish! lol! Also my wife and i just found out we are having a GIRL!!! Gonna have to start painting some pink rc bodies, LOL!

I like fish! lol! Also my wife and i just found out we are having a GIRL!!! Gonna have to start painting some pink rc bodies, LOL!

Congrat's Adam, that is awesome!

I may have already said so but congradulations Adam and Mrs Adam. This years fish fry will be on one of Grangers off weeks of september and all my racing friends will be invited

Thanks guys! Sounds good Gary! :)