Yes it was VERY nice to see almost full fields of BuRPs today after our less than populated class last week. LLB turns in a new track record in the main to retake the spot she held for awhile at the first part of the season. With 30 seconds to go and a half track lead on me I figured K1M was going to finally break my win streak but traffic interveined and I slipped past for the win. A great day it was for BuRP racing!

Open BuRP stock - Laura Burrows..60/5:04.32


-- Open BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 67 5:03.77 Kim Fortner 27 14.74
2 1 61 5:03.04 Don Weimer 25 13.45
3 3 60 5:04.32 Laura Burrows S 7 13.17
4 2 59 5:01.48 Chris Burrows 6 13.08
5 5 57 5:04.94 Shaun Powell 11 12.49
6 4 55 5:01.15 Johna Simar S 3 12.20
7 7 41 3:35.91 Mike Button S 16 12.69
8 6 3 0:20.82 Joy Fortner S 29 9.63

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 31 5:13.48 Rick Morgan 1 8.77
2 8 30 5:02.10 Kim Fortner 28 8.80
3 7 23 5:09.00 Steve Tarbox 32 6.60
4 9 20 5:04.91 Barb Morgan 2 5.81
5 2 20 5:20.03 Joy Fortner 30 5.54
6 3 19 5:11.72 Logan Tilley 21 5.40
7 1 13 5:05.57 Matthew Weimer 26 3.77
-- 4 --- DNS --- Amanda Himes 10 0.00
-- 6 --- DNS --- Sean Tilley 22 0.00

Be sure to bring your BuRP Sunday, you may win something besides a race... :confused:

Another good crowd of BuRPs/Mini-Ts took to the carpet this week and a good time was had by all. Things got a little rough in the Open BuRP main and Mike Button ended his day looking for some balls..............diff balls that is as he got hit in the left rear and snapped an axle. K1Ms recent streak of wins came to an end with a mighty good run by canbquik that almost topped Buds track record. Who can be the one to dethrone The Man?? :)In the Fun BuRP class we had a mixture of BuRPs and Mini-Ts and talk about a traffic jam. I think I drove most of the time with my eyes closed because there were WAY to many close calls to mention! (no comments from the peanut gallery either Burrows! :lol:) All in all it was another fun day at the track. Only four weeks of racing remain with three of them being for points.


-- Open BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 4 67 5:02.80 Chris Burrows 16 14.78
2 8 63 5:00.94 Kim Fortner 21 13.99
3 3 61 5:03.14 Don Weimer 25 13.45
4 6 55 5:02.12 Joy Fortner S 23 12.16
5 2 54 5:03.17 Laura Burrows S 17 11.90
6 7 16 1:24.95 Mike Button S 20 12.58
-- 1 --- DNS --- Johna Simar S 3 0.00

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 57 5:03.98 Kim Fortner 22 12.53
2 5 57 5:06.57 Rick Morgan 1 12.42
3 6 51 5:04.77 Joy Fortner 24 11.18
4 3 47 5:02.85 Andy Eaton 12 10.37
5 1 35 5:05.68 Sean Tilley 28 7.65
6 9 34 4:24.28 Barb Morgan 2 8.60
7 2 28 5:06.40 Matthew Weimer 26 6.11
8 7 26 4:09.40 Doug Hendrickson 27 6.97
-- 4 --- DNS --- Amanda Himes 8 0.00


I would also like to take a moment and give a very big thank you to Bud for sending K1M some prizes to give out to our BuRP racers. I think all those that had their names pulled really liked the items so thank you again Bud.

Ovalman PA >>> Your welcome. BRP's and Mini T's at the same time WOW !!

Ovalman PA >>> Your welcome. BRP's and Mini T's at the same time WOW !!

Yea, K1M found a secret go fast "hopup" for the right front of his Mini-T and was giving me fits in the heats with it. :tongue:

Lot's of good hard racing this week as usual and good to see lots of BuRP racers. We ran both classes on the oval this week, so I ran my Mini-T in the qualifiers. I've been doing some work on it lately adding a Speed 300 motor, and lots of Bud's goodies.(shocks, bearings, tierods) I'm pretty suprised what a difference it's made, and I'm still running rubber tires. I could almost keep up with Ovalman and he's pretty quick. It was fun bumping and rubbing with everyone...man, there were some horrific crashes!
Nice run Canbquick! Nothing like a little dose of big block power to liven things up, huh? Sure caught me sleeping...I'll try to have something for ya next week! :wave:

thank you, K1m and Bud for the goodies :thumbsup: Nobody was more surprised than me when I sent her out on the first voyage!!!! :eek: Got to get the body painted for this week, so I's got to go.............. :wave:

K1m>>> We will have some foams this week for the Mini-T :D

great racing it was indeed. I don't know if this is possiable but ovalman got up right behind me (about 1/2 inch away) seemed like taking the air off me, then cut out in front leaving me tumbuling. That was asome! thanks again for the use of your cells in the main K1m :thumbsup: we should have our 2000's ready by this coming sunday.

Bud: That's cool, are they mounted and if so, what rims?
I see that on the summer race schedule (http://www.brpracing.com/images/2004summer.pdf) at BRP World Headquarters on June 26th and July 17th you'll be including a Mini-T's class on da track. That should be fun!

K1M came loaded for bear this week after losing to canbquik last week in Open BuRP modified and took it all.........including the track record!! After being on track record pace in both qualifiers and having unfortunate traffic accidents in both he came back in the main to break Buds former record by a lap. As a matter of fact if he would have stayed cleaner in the main, he was on a 70 lap pace for the first three minutes of the race! Congrats Kim on the new record and I'm sure this will mean we'll have to have our friends back out next year to try and get it back. :D As always, it was a battle through traffic in the Fun BuRP class and I managed to put the "little truck that could" out front for the win. It didn't come easy as EvaderAndy had some new power, K1M was as fast as always, the lady bug of Joys was looking good, Logans shark truck was out for blood, The Cook is getting better, and the twin Mini-Ts "rolled" their way around the track but in the end I slipped out another one. :lol: Just another fun day at the track!


-- Open BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 68 5:01.23 Kim Fortner 19 15.08
2 4 58 5:00.45 Chris Burrows 14 12.90
3 7 56 5:00.32 Mike Button S 18 12.46
4 1 56 5:04.30 Laura Burrows S 15 12.30
5 6 55 5:03.73 Joy Fortner S 21 12.10
6 2 55 5:05.17 Johna Simar S 3 12.04

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 33 5:07.41 Rick Morgan 1 9.52
2 8 30 5:04.26 Kim Fortner 20 8.74
3 6 28 5:11.74 Joy Fortner 22 7.96
4 3 21 5:11.94 Andy Eaton 11 5.97
5 9 19 5:01.00 Barb Morgan 2 5.59
6 1 14 5:14.54 Logan Tilley 25 3.95
7 4 12 5:16.94 Sean Tilley 26 3.36
-- 2 --- DNS --- Amanda Himes 9 0.00

Hey all! Good racin' today... but as some of us know, I am writing because of bad news! It seems that Bud and the gang are having their first race on the same day as Chris and I are to be married!!! So, I am asking all to start a petition to send to Bud to change the first race to the 22nd of May instead of the 15th! :tongue:

If not... I will be able to make it to Ohio in July... As I have vacation that week.

SOOO Bud, Whatcha think? How about a wedding gift? ;)

LLB.. Would do it but i will be gone for vacation then. Can you change the wedding? Or maybe have it at DA Track :)

I personally liked the marriage date change myself but you shoulda seen the dagger stares K1M got when he suggested that! :jest:

Bud... Can't change. Is too close. And invitations have been ordered! :tongue: But, Joy had an idea... Guess you'll have to check all the RC magazines after the wedding to see her idea!!! We will just have to celebrate in July at da track!!!

Ovalman... Just to clear up, the daggers were from Chris and that was because k1m said that "it may look a little funny when Chris didn't show up at the wedding cuz he would be in Ohio racing"...

BUT... as soon as my local BRP rep gets my Bug bodies ordered, I will have a new set of "married" bugs to show off when we do get to Ohio! :roll:

Yeah! How do you like that? Some people just don't have their priorities straight! :freak: I thought the honeymoon was gonna be in Elyria. :jest:

Finally! Man that 68 lap run has been a while coming...Canbquick stepped things up last week and that's what I needed I guess. It may not be over yet either, his Mod is fast too and with a good clean run I think 70 laps may be possible. I've been able to get rid of most of the wheel hop thats been bugging me, and working through traffic clean seems to be the ticket.

Looks like we may doing a road trip next week (saturday) to a place called Guys Mills which is about 1 1/2 hours away, near Meadville, Pa. We're gonna take the BuRPs along and run a class of 1/18 scale. I'll bet it'll be a big hit with them, too. :wave:

I don't know if I'll leave Fun BuRP it's just way to much fun! Even though we didn't have K1m with us today in fun BuRP we still had a great time right rick. And got my 30 laps. I guess what I'm trying to say is as long as there's Brp driver's out there let the good times roll :roll:

Busy weekend of racing for us. The road trip to Guys Mills was pretty cool Saturday. Turns out it's about 2 hours from our house and it really reminded me of how we started out r/c racing in this area. Their track is in the local Fire Dept's bingo hall and it's a very comfortable and relaxed atmosphere and nice friendly people who are all there for a good time. The track is about 80' runline oval with nice flat but strange carpet. It looked like indoor/outdoor green carpet with a black groove. We ran the BuRPs (4 of us) and they seemed pretty impressed with them. I gave out all the catalogs I had, Bud and they wanted more. LLB was the winner of the BuRP race and Chris won stock truck, which worked out nice since it was his birthday....It was a good time for sure!

:hat: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANBQUICK!! :hat:

Todays action at Racers Edge was some of the best this year! I got to watch the fun BurP class for a change, and it's almost as much fun to watch as it is to race. Besides the intense battle between Ovalman, Andy and Joy, was a spectacular but stinky execution of another motor by Matt Weimer. That puppy was really smokin! I think Ovalman donated an old motor to him as a next victim...
Open BuRP racing was some of the best racing action ever as the cheers and jeers of the crowd indicated. The stockers really battled it out all day, I think everyone led at some point in the race. Joy pulled out the win in the main and tightened up 1st & 2nd place in the points by 5 points between she and LLB.
CanBquick put his mod on the TQ with Don and I right behind him. He had some serious power in his rear pod, but alittle luck and traffic allowed me to come out on top. I've raced alot of different types and scales of R/C's, but I've never seen better or more exciting racing than this class of mini-racers! Bad thing is, there's only 2 weeks left this season! :(

I don't know as I can really say anything else because K1M pretty much put things in complete perspective on how the day went. I wish I would have had my camcorder today because the six car Open BuRP main was a sight to behold! I think it's lucky K1M had a good start and got an early one lap up on canbquik because he was coming fast! He does have some serious ponies in that little vette. :eek: The Fun BuRP races were just as fun as always and Andy can be some formidable competition when he keeps things on all fours. I volunteered a motor to be "executed" at the hands of our youngest racer, Matt Weimer. :) He may be hard on equipment but it seems like the little guy is having a good time. I think I have three more if that one burns up too! Only two weeks left now and we'll be done for the season. Even though I'm thoroughly enjoying our BuRP fun I'm kind of ready to get back to the outdoors.


-- Open BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 67 5:03.29 Kim Fortner 36 14.76
2 1 66 5:04.24 Chris Burrows 26 14.50
3 3 63 5:03.46 Don Weimer 32 13.87
4 6 56 5:01.20 Joy Fortner S 38 12.42
5 2 54 5:00.66 Laura Burrows s 28 12.00
6 7 23 2:10.55 Mike Button S 6 11.77

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 31 5:10.03 Rick Morgan 9 8.86
2 3 30 5:00.70 Andy Eaton 19 8.84
3 6 28 5:05.13 Joy Fortner 39 8.13
4 9 20 5:09.32 Barb Morgan 10 5.73
5 1 14 5:14.86 Matt Weimer 33 3.94

hopefully we can keep the tradition going of having at least one BRP sandwich a season. Last season K1m used me to pin Canbquick under the pvc pipe, and this year Rick used me to get around Joy by making her spin out. good times good times

Only two weeks left now and we'll be done for the season. Even though I'm thoroughly enjoying our BuRP fun I'm kind of ready to get back to the outdoors.


How close to reality is that outdoor BuRP track? :cool:

I don't know K1m I'm not runing a outdoor BRP course till I get some rubbers cause of my foams getting demolished at the Voc tech parking lot the last pave race, day, thing.I'm hoping to get a new ESC for the Maxx soon :D man I miss that thing!

How close to reality is that outdoor BuRP track? :cool:

Actually I was talking about off road but we do have a pretty big driveway at the shop now. :D

EvaderAndy: I've tried several variations of rubber tires on the BRP's but the foams seem to work the best for me. It's the stones and curbs that eat up foam tires. They wear fairly well otherwise, check them often for places the foam is coming loose from the wheel. I've found that touching them up with glue now & then makes them last alot longer. I know what you mean about the Maxx, I have a new body to paint for mine but I also have a boat to paint first. I need to get busy!

EvaderAndy: I've tried several variations of rubber tires on the BRP's but the foams seem to work the best for me. It's the stones and curbs that eat up foam tires. They wear fairly well otherwise, check them often for places the foam is coming loose from the wheel. I've found that touching them up with glue now & then makes them last alot longer. I know what you mean about the Maxx, I have a new body to paint for mine but I also have a boat to paint first. I need to get busy!

I'll keep that in mind :thumbsup:

what kind of body is it for the Maxx your painting If you don't mind me asking. Ovalman painted me a dodge ram body like my dad's truck. I guess anything's better than running the same body as someone else or a Jesse James Creation. :lol:

The points wind to a halt and the ever entertaining BuRP classes are almost done. One week of racing remains.


-- Open BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 8 63 5:01.66 Kim Fortner 28 13.95
2 6 63 5:03.00 Chris Burrows 21 13.89
3 0 56 5:03.84 Laura Burrows S 20 12.32
4 1 51 5:01.54 Johna Simar S 4 11.30
5 4 49 5:01.85 Joy Fortner S 30 10.85
6 7 32 2:52.95 Mike Button S 27 12.36

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 32 5:02.28 Rick Morgan 1 9.38
2 8 29 5:09.04 Kim Fortner 29 8.32
3 3 28 5:02.20 Andy Eaton 7 8.21
4 4 26 5:04.73 Joy Fortner 31 7.56
5 9 19 5:01.80 Barb Morgan 2 5.58
6 1 12 5:20.60 Ray Eaton 8 3.32
7 6 11 5:19.76 Devin Metzinger 16 3.05
8 2 10 4:48.16 Logan Tilley 13 3.08

My front tires are coned down to the rims, my rear tires have big chunks out of the outside edges like something has been chewing on them. Da Wedge's body has almost no paint left at all on the front and almost no lexan on the left side of the nose. Guess it's a good thing the winter season is almost over, but it's really been a full season of racing and a whole lot of fun. The only real damage I had was a broken rear hub - everything else was just wear & tear...which isn't bad for 17 weeks of racing. And it's really been fun running the Fun Won LTO on the oval with big motors. I'd like to apologize to all the stockers for me running over them in the corners, (especially at the beginning of the season) and thank them for being patient with me and not getting mad. I was afraid the combining of the two classes would be a problem, and there were a couple at first, but now I have to say that it worked out well. There were a few times when there would have only been one or two cars in the mod class if run separately. And it was a definate challenge to drive that car in a pack of other cars! There were some real battles in both classes. Congrats to LLB...she was a force to be reckoned with...GIRL POWER!! :thumbsup:

I know what your talking about K1m I Just want to say I'm going to miss swapping paint with all you Fun Brp racers. I guess it's time to swap paint with those mini t's on the dirt :D :D

Great ending to an even better season of BuRP racing at RER/CR&H! Canbquik almost pulled off a track record in the main just missing by about 2 seconds. K1M ran into a little trouble and got down a lap early and just couldn't make it up since canbquik wasn't making any mistakes. LLB proved why she was Open BuRP stock champion by taking the win in that division. Fun BuRP was as exciting as always and I managed to pull out the win but I really had to fight for it tooth and nail. Donalbain pulled out his sons truck today and laid down some pretty good times with it finishing only a lap behind K1M. As I said, it was a very enjoyable season and I can't wait to do it again next winter! Thank you all who made this carpet season a great time!


-- Open BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 68 5:03.56 Chris Burrows 9 14.97
2 8 66 5:02.41 Kim Fortner 28 14.58
3 1 60 5:03.82 Don Weimer 33 13.20
4 3 57 5:05.36 Laura Burrows S 8 12.47
5 7 56 5:02.97 Mike Button S 18 12.35
6 2 50 5:02.86 Joy Fortner S 30 11.03

-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 31 5:01.27 Rick Morgan 1 9.12
2 8 31 5:05.31 Kim Fortner 29 9.00
3 1 30 5:00.56 Don Weimer 34 8.85
4 2 28 5:03.63 Joy Fortner 31 8.17
5 3 27 5:04.19 Andy Eaton 14 7.87
6 9 19 5:09.24 Barb Morgan 2 5.45
7 4 14 5:12.45 Ray Eaton 15 3.97

Canbquick certainly can be! He was definately better in traffic too, nice race dude. We didn't get a whole lot of entries in the mod BuRP class, but we had some good fierce racing. Thanks for the nice plaques and trophies, Ovalman...I'd say it was certainly a sucessful season indeed. You da man on the roadcourse, no doubt about it - you should plan a trip to da track in Ohio this summer, I'm sure you'd do well. EvaderAndy and Mike have become serious r/c racers right before our eyes! Matt got an award for being the youngest competitor, that was cool. Give him a couple of years under the close guidance of his dad Don, and he'll be giving the best a hard time for sure.

2004 Racers Edge Open BuRP Point Series

Pic #1
Donalbain, CanBquick, k1m

Pic #2
Johna, Joy, LLB

I dunno, getting humbled by Bud at my own track once a year is almost more than I can stand. :jest: I would really like to make it out there this year. Would have to be a road course race though. I never figured it would happen but I've kind of taken a liking to road racing now. :confused:

Whats in the plans for mini-T racing at Racers Edge this summer, Ovalman? We're hoping there'll be enough interest for a big class of the little critters!

Is anyone running box stock SC-18? Besides the Ball diff ( I plan on sticking one of these on, sounds like the way to go ) Right now this little guy really suprised me, I thought a slot car motor would max out way before it did. What hop up would really benefit purchasing, and also what compound of tire would work best on a tennis cort surface ( Smooth concrete ) Bud excellent car, not dissapointed that I tried it out. Hope to get a BuRP racing club going here in the middle of Kansas before long.
DS

Whats in the plans for mini-T racing at Racers Edge this summer, Ovalman? We're hoping there'll be enough interest for a big class of the little critters!
Oh yes, we'll have a class for the little buggers! Since we've already got a few guys that are mod'ing them we'll probably leave the class as "open" since we prolly won't have enough for a stock and mod class. Not sure yet on how we'll run the track however......... :confused:

Sounds good, Ovalman. Better stock up on lots of parts!

KC: The ball diff is a definately needed hopup for the SC18. I'd add to that a set of orange fronts, a servo saver, and a good 6 cell pack. You'll be all set for hours of fun. Some other goodies might be a hi-flex t-plate for more rear traction, bearings, and ball end steering. Smooth concrete is hard to hook up on with anything, but good luck getting a BRP group going in Kansas. We've sure had a ball with them here in Pa.

There isn't much BuRP racing here in Pa right now, but it's far from forgotten. How many other BRP cars have been part of the centerpiece on the head table? Canbquick and LLB did up a bride and groom set of bodies just for their special day. Notice the veil and beading around the fenders on the Bride's and the tie and collar on the Groom. I think thoes are Barbie's shoes tied on back. :D

True BRP racers.....Now if you bring then on the honeymoon -- thats LOVE!

I didn't get an up close look at the cars before we left but I knew K1M would post a couple pics for us. This just goes to show that those two share thier love in more ways than one. Great to have the pair racing with us!


Now about that whole hyphenated last name thing......Laura Lynn Burrows-Burrows. :) Never got to pick on you about that yesterday LLB. Hope you guys have a nice honeymoon!

Congrats and best wishes !!!!!!! Da Bug in a wedding ! Like the love bug :)

:wave: Carpet racing starts again in two weeks at RACERS EDGE in Smethport, Pa. It's been a long summer and I'm sure everyone is itching to get back into some 1/18 scale action. Racing will still begin at noon on Sundays, but there will be a few changes. The biggest being some brand new CRC carpet to race on.

So get out those BuRPs, dust them off and come on down and join the fun!

Hope to see everyone there soon.

http://www.racersedgerc.com/oval.html

Wow looks like a nice new track!!!

Yea I'm starting to get the bug again. :) Got started cleaning the BuRPs up this afternoon. One down, one to go! Might not get to the other one until next week now though because track building is going to take first priority the next few days. :thumbsup:

K1M >> Is it snowing yet ???

Don't even say that word!!!

Not yet, man! There has been a slight skiff on the ground nearby, but not around here.....I'm sure it won't be long though!:drunk: At least the grass finally quit growing and I think all the mosquitos finally gave up!

I'm ready to burn up some foam tires and trade some paint!

Yeah, we had close to 1/2" of that "stuff" tuesday morning here. I was VERY glad to see it melt away.

We've had a light "dusting" a few times now on the roof of our garage and the ground had a little on it the other morning. If that's all we get this winter it won't hurt my feelings at all! :lol:

So how's that new carpet laying out now that it's been unrolled, Ovalman? I'll have to bring the V2 over for the swap meet so everyone can get a look, I'll bet it's gonna be HOOKED!

Still a few "ripples" but hopefully things will be nice and flat by Saturday. Spent the afternoon repairing the center section and now tomorrow I'm going to lay some paint on it. Have to get some use out of those cool stencils you made me too! :thumbsup: My idea for using the insulation under the cardboard didn't pan out so well so cardboard only over the crack it is again for this year. :rolleyes:

How many BuRP racers we gonna have this year? I haven't heard much talk of who is planning on running.

Nice turnout of mini racers this week with everybody choosing to run the Fun BuRP class. K1M seemed to think the track was a little "smoother" than in years past. It didn't seem like the cars were bouncing around to much, other than off each other anyway so he must be right. :)


-- Fun BuRP - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 31 5:15.22 Kim Fortner 22 9.05
2 3 28 5:09.08 Don Weimer 7 8.34
3 6 27 5:12.66 Mike Button 14 7.95
4 4 26 5:04.41 Joy Fortner 23 7.86
5 1 21 5:13.90 Laura Burrows 19 6.16
6 2 10 5:33.77 Matthew Weimer 6 2.76

-- Mini-T - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 25 5:06.42 Joy Fortner 24 7.51
2 2 22 5:11.64 Laura Burrows 20 6.50