Seems I lucked into one this week. K1M had me a lap down at one time but he ran into some real bad luck and I managed to come back. Johna was the newest memeber to the 30 lap club and her motor is pretty much toast. Comes off smelling worse every race. :lol:


-- BuRP - A MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 33 5:00.70 Rick Morgan 2 10.32
2 1 32 5:03.21 Kim Fortner 19 9.92
3 7 30 5:04.67 Johna Simar 28 9.26
4 6 27 5:10.54 Joy Fortner 21 8.18
5 9 21 5:09.43 Barb Morgan 3 6.38
6 2 7 5:01.08 Sandy McWilliams 25 2.18

DRIVER: Johna Simar
Username: Carpetburner
Location: Eldred, Pa

BuRP PROFILE:
Chassis: SC18
ESC: Futaba MC230CR
Servo: Futaba S148
Reciever: Futaba 122JE
Battery: "Kryptonite" 1200mah NiMH (ICEBOX BATTERIES)
Hop-ups: Ball Diff, ball end tierods

Strengths: Most recent entry into the "30 laps club", she's finally got her SC18 up to speed and in the hunt.
Weakness: Her first BRP body was, well...UGLY!! Finally, a new paint job..... now if her motor holds out...

K1M, did you ever nail down what exactly the major maladjustment was with your wifes BuRP?

Haha...........ugly body wasn't even the word for it. About to go pretty up a new truck body for her now. :D

I hope so....she will run it with her old Magnum radio this week to see how she likes that. The reciever seems to have been the culprit. Time will tell.....
:confused:

K1M put "da wedge" back together to run this week and unless he was just harrassing me he said he likes the Fun Won much better. :) We had a real good battle in the main and he ran into some problems right near the end and it allowed me by for the win. Great racing!


-- BuRP - A MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 31 5:00.53 Rick Morgan 2 9.70
2 3 31 5:04.94 Kim Fortner 22 9.56
3 8 28 5:03.73 Joy Fortner 24 8.67
4 7 27 5:10.95 Johna Simar 6 8.16
5 1 21 5:06.71 Laura Burrows 16 6.44
6 9 21 5:09.73 Barb Morgan 3 6.37
7 2 12 3:45.33 Bryan Simar 21 5.01
8 4 12 5:51.17 Sandy McWilliams 25 3.21

Ovalman: I like harrassing you and I like to be bumping and rubbing with you guys again. That was some good racing! I stuffed it into the wall several times and laid on my roof for a good lap at least! Oh the Humanity!! :D I do miss the Saleen body for it's self righting abilities, but da wedge is still my favorite.
What's up with Bryan? He's having alot of trouble with his BuRP it seems. I know he got a diff kit for it, but is he having handling problems, or radio??

Haha........I know what you mean about the "oh the humanity" thing. It is tremendously frustrating when you nose into a wall and it's that particular moment when the reverse decides not to work! DOH!

As far as Bryan goes I'm not sure. Haven't really gotten to talk to him about it. I know he did ask me about the diff and I said it would help quite a bit with handling but I don't know if he's having radio problems along with it or not? :(

Here are some pictures from our trip to Smethport and Racers Edge.
These are the BRP guys Don S, Craig S( marioparnelli) Dick O ( 2sloww00)

K1m and Joy

I hear we are adding two more people to our BuRP roundup at the track. Another father and son team and I have their bodies at the shop ready to be painted. We keep adding more racers to this fun class all the time!

Ovalman: Yeah, If they race them that'll make 4 new BuRPs in the last couple of months. I think that makes about 20 BRP owners in this area! Now if we could just get them to all come race at once. I think we should have acouple of BuRP races this summer around here. We should all get together and go out to BRPWHQ (World Headquarters)it's alot of fun to convoy out there and take over a couple of rooms at the Comfort Inn.

Bud: Awwwwhhh Shucks! :D

Hey, for that kind of road trip, you should think about chipping in and renting a motor home for the ride. By the time you add up gas and motel for a couple of cars, you might be ahead with a 'bago.

-- BuRP - A MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 31 5:07.33 Rick Morgan 14 9.49
2 3 30 5:04.10 Don Weimer 31 9.28
3 8 30 5:06.88 Kim Fortner 33 9.19
4 4 27 5:01.63 Joy Fortner 34 8.42
5 7 25 5:00.74 Johna Simar 12 7.82
6 9 23 5:12.08 Barb Morgan 15 6.93
7 2 12 5:05.90 Sandy McWilliams 27 3.69
-- 1 --- DNS --- Bryan Simar 23 0.00


Only 8 racers this week, but Ovalmans' dominance continues even at a slower pace. We need someone fast to motivate us I guess. Hope we can get Mr & Mrs Canbquick, and KaneSurfguru back in the swarm again soon. We should be getting a new father & son team joining us soon - they're working da bugs (pun)out of them now. :lol:

I put together a SC18 for a "rent a BuRP" and let some kids test it out during practice. It took an awful beating but survived pretty well.

What was your track record?

Our track record was 33 laps Bud, you creamed it by five. :D

OH!! I thought so, Pick it up guys and gals. :thumbsup:

If that record gets beat I will have to make another trip out there ;)
K1m >> If we got everyone to bring there cars out and run here we would have about 75 racers. That would be something.
Were running at Classic this weekend that would only be a 2 1/2 hr drive for you guys. :thumbsup:

75 BuRPs oh my goodness... Would folks pack it up and go home after doing a little calculation of how long a night it would be? Or would we really run 7 heats of BuRPs...talk about taking over a race venue. We would finish at 4AM!

75 x $10 a head would have Walt smiling wouldn't it? Just from one class of racing...

RAFster

Two and a half hours, eh?:devil:

Yes that should be about right. We don't get out of there till about 11:30 however.

This week 12 BuRP racers got together to do battle on the ozite, and the competition was back up along with the increase in attendance. Ovalman continued his winning streak and laid down a blistering 35 lap run! Maybe you'd better figure on another trip to Racers Edge Bud, I think he's got an eye on your record!

Also, Joy is now the newest member of the 30 lap club. She's been working hard on her driving, and it paid off with a nice 31 lap run in the main. She deserves a big "atta girl".

Our newest BuRP drivers Andy (AKA EvaderAndy) and his dad Ray got their feet wet this week and it looked like they were having a ball. I predict that Andy will become a front runner with alittle practice. I hear that mom Debbie may even fill in for Ray when he has to work.:lol:

http://pennswoods.net/~fortner/vw.gif

Joy sure was excited about getting into that club! She had a real good run finally and stayed off her lid which seems to have been her most problem lately. Is kind of fun watching her do the BuRP dance until she gets it righted again though. :) Good job Joy. Now we just have to convince "The Cook" that she's got it in her too. :D

I think Andy and Ray are having charging problems though. Ray thinks he got the batteries together finally but maybe we otta have a look. That and he's really eyeing that new 16x3 pro charger we have down there! LOL

Oh yea, I don't think Buds record has to much to worry about. That was about as good as I'm going to be able to do I think. :( K1M sure was pushing me toward the beginning of that race too which helped I think.

11 racers this week and a good time was had by all I think. More and more BuRP racers all the time.


-- BuRP - A MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 35 5:02.73 Rick Morgan 5 10.87
2 8 33 5:00.53 Kim Fortner 23 10.33
3 1 32 5:04.14 Chris Burrows 18 9.89
4 9 31 5:07.99 Joy Fortner 24 9.47
5 7 29 5:02.63 Johna Simar 33 9.01
6 2 1 0:13.09 Don Weimer 25 7.18

-- BuRP - B MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 26 5:01.75 Laura Burrows 16 8.10
2 9 21 5:10.16 Barb Morgan 6 6.37
3 4 14 5:03.50 Sandy McWilliams 20 4.34
4 3 10 2:51.49 Andy Eaton 2 5.48
5 1 9 3:00.31 Ray Eaton 10 4.69

wow thats more like it!!!

DRIVER: Bryan Simar
Location: Port Allegany, Pa

BuRP PROFILE:
Chassis: SC18 Fun Won
ESC: Futaba MC230CR
Servo: Tower System 3000
Reciever: Tower System 3000
Battery: "Kryptonite" 1200mah NiMH (ICEBOX BATTERIES)
Hop-ups: Ball Diff, ball end steering rods

Strengths: Runs his rims reversed for the ultra wide track stance
Weakness: Bryan learned fast on the oval, but the road course seems to be more of a challenge for him.

Nice paint work on the Truck...
It is always fun to see the next installment of racer profiles.

RAFster
David

Thanks for the compliment on the body work. That was one of my handyworks and let me tell ya the kid always comes up with something challenging. :) I think he's frustrated with the BuRP because it didn't "come to him" as quick as the oval truck racing has. I keep telling him he just has to go out and have fun with it because it's not all about winning in the class but you know how 16 year olds can be. :rolleyes:

What you can't just push a button and win :confused:

Bud......most of the time I can't push a button and win with my TV! :lol:

That is one sweet look'n truck....The lap times get better and better every race! :thumbsup:

That truck caught my eye when we were over to race. It is sweet looking.

well we did a little repair work to the sc18 for Sunday, maybe we can run with the big boys now:lol: went with the 52/8 combo to start with, may change after the first heat. thought about it for a moment, and going slower is sometimes an advantage. For instance, you get to race against the same people more than once in a heat( because they all pass you at least once):D But then rubbing one person all race is a sure way to get a driving compliment ( right Mr. Fortner):thumbsup:

LOL............that's got to be one of the funniest posts I've seen in awhile. :lol: Race against the same people more than once in a heat, classic. :lol:

I finally sat down and tried to do a webpage for our BuRP pix. It's not fancy, but......
http://pennswoods.net/~fortner/burprofiles.html

Canbquick: When the hell did I ever give you a compliment? :thumbsup:
Bud says slow is fast......you want 52/9 for SC18.

I thought all the times you said, " 'Hey, where the hell did you learn that move?' and 'The track is 2 feet wide and you still managed to run me into the boards, what the hell?' " I was under the impression that I was a HELL of a driver:lol:

k1m -- nice site! The last 3 pic's, I could not see. You should put some pic's of the track on too! Hope to see ya all at Da Track!

A full field of BuRPs this week but K1M and da wife were a no show! Sure missed bumping fenders with them too. Lower laps this week, mostly because I was trying to figure out who was driving Donalbains car! :D Of course trying to run into canbquiks substitute driver might have had something to do with it too. :lol: How about that Andy Eaton! When his mechanic gets the bats charged he catches on to things quick. He's going to be fighting for the lead with us very soon and I don't know if he even has a diff in his car yet!


-- BuRP - A MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 31 5:07.05 Rick Morgan 2 9.49
2 3 25 5:01.96 Andy Eaton 9 7.78
3 4 24 5:03.50 Laura Burrows 20 7.44
4 6 24 5:07.69 Chris Burrows 22 7.33
5 8 21 5:02.58 Don Weimer 25 6.53
6 2 15 3:54.22 Barb Morgan 3 6.02
7 1 14 5:02.28 Ray Eaton 10 4.35
8 0 12 5:18.42 Sandy McWilliams 27 3.54
9 7 3 1:04.41 Johna Simar 5 4.38
-- 9 --- DNS --- Bryan Simar 14 0.00

Sounds like you guys had a good time as usual. Good job EvaderAndy! Looks like some were just monkeying around, that's fun too! We needed a week off, been busy though....new body on da wedge this week. So who was driving Donalbains car?

DRIVER: Sandy McWilliams
Location: Eldred, Pa

BuRP PROFILE:
Chassis: SC18 Fun Won
ESC: Futaba MC230CR
Servo: Futaba S3003
Reciever: Futaba R122JE
Battery: "Kryptonite" 1200mah NiMH (ICEBOX BATTERIES)
Hop-ups: Ball Diff, ball end steering rods

Strengths: Sandy is showing improvement nearly every week. She's out for nothing short of a good time.
Weakness: Still having alittle trouble with "reverse video" (point of view when the car turns and comes at you - steering is reversed)


Driver Profile Webpage (http://pennswoods.net/~fortner/burprofiles.html)

Sounds like you guys had a good time as usual. Good job EvaderAndy! Looks like some were just monkeying around, that's fun too! We needed a week off, been busy though....new body on da wedge this week. So who was driving Donalbains car?

I let Paul try his hand at the mighty BuRP class in the main, not to shabby for his first run( Ithink he will be looking shortly, right Paul! :wave: )

Never caught his name. The boy that comes with Packman. They pitted next to me, he seemed interested so I TOLD him, "You're up!"

Don that was Brent. He didn't do to bad for a first time out I don't think either.

A full field of BuRPs this week but K1M and da wife were a no show! Sure missed bumping fenders with them too. Lower laps this week, mostly because I was trying to figure out who was driving Donalbains car! :D Of course trying to run into canbquiks substitute driver might have had something to do with it too. :lol: How about that Andy Eaton! When his mechanic gets the bats charged he catches on to things quick. He's going to be fighting for the lead with us very soon and I don't know if he even has a diff in his car yet!


-- BuRP - A MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 5 31 5:07.05 Rick Morgan 2 9.49
2 3 25 5:01.96 Andy Eaton 9 7.78
3 4 24 5:03.50 Laura Burrows 20 7.44
4 6 24 5:07.69 Chris Burrows 22 7.33
5 8 21 5:02.58 Don Weimer 25 6.53
6 2 15 3:54.22 Barb Morgan 3 6.02
7 1 14 5:02.28 Ray Eaton 10 4.35
8 0 12 5:18.42 Sandy McWilliams 27 3.54
9 7 3 1:04.41 Johna Simar 5 4.38
-- 9 --- DNS --- Bryan Simar 14 0.00


No OvalmanPa don't have a diff yet but going to need one soon motor was hot and smelled pretty bad but still worked on tuesday

Hey K1m what's the coming soon pictures on the profiles

Andy what you need is the 52 tooth diff gear and a 7 tooth pinion. Should cure the heat problem as long as the rest of your drivetrain is free running.

Hey K1m what's the coming soon pictures on the profiles


Hey...ya finally made it! What do you think the comming soons are for? Keep up the good work and you may become famous someday too! :D

Here's some pix of da wedge's new skin....

Very,Very,Very Nice body K1m are you trying it out this weekend ?

Hey...ya finally made it! What do you think the comming soons are for? Keep up the good work and you may become famous someday too! :D

Here's some pix of da wedge's new skin....


da' wedge is looking good!!!! :cool: it will be a shame to run it, maybe it will be a pit table jockey? NAAAA :D

Hey, hey, hey, lookin' good K1M! Mind if I five finger discount that pic for the website? :) Looks like we'll have another new body to "break in" this week. :lol:

Hey, hey, hey, lookin' good K1M! Mind if I five finger discount that pic for the website? :) Looks like we'll have another new body to "break in" this week. :lol:

I guess so, seeing as I stole your Racers Edge gif for the Driver Profile Webpage (http://pennswoods.net/~fortner/burprofiles.html) Hehehehe!
I can send you the full size pic if you want.
I used blue fasglitter on the silver and silver fasglitter on the blue. I also tried painting the wheels, but as you can see the wheel disks are back on.

We got pix, let's break her in!! The R.E. sticker JUST fit on the rear....that's all you guys are gonna see of it during the race! :wave: