Jake, no that wasn't the first run. I ran it the week before the Nat's at my home track and broke the track record :)
Mike, Thanks but I think I'm done for the summer, Motocross takes up my summer, so I'll get that out to you before too long, Thanks again.

Later, Bret

jake this is the big weekend for the first race of the brand new florida oval series..on the rug with a fresh car..going to practcie tom night..not coming home til i hit 4.2's..

could be a long night? or a very short one? lol

Kat, you aren't ever gonna get home! LOL! You better put a 7 single in there......

Everyone: Hey guys, if you break a track record, win a main event, do will at a race, or just like our chassis, PLEASE let us know! I always enjoy hearing about race results, and what racers think about our chassis.

Katfish: How late will ya stay up? You know, based on Snowbird experience, there comes a time when lack of sleep will actually slow you down!

Bret: Motorcross huh? Let me know when you start R/C racing again next winter. And, ride safe!

Hey Jake..don't worry I'll be there to help keep Katfish's eyes open LOL..and he's always welcome on the "DNA" couch too...LOL

phew tinman still talks to me..i was getting worried..being in charge of a series like this in florida realy doesn't help in the friendship dept much..i'm not one to sit on the fence and sometimes i make a few guys mad with my choices..bring that cher cd steve i'll sing along with ya,lol...back on carpet ..back to winning again,lol...

Kat you are doing a great job! Thanks and I am proud of ya!

we will see come saturday bro..the track is ready for us..thats a good thing..cya saturday...

Good luck this weekend Katfish! I hope everything goes smoothly and everyone has a great raceday!

Jake

Jake: when will you be getting more pink Jaco rears in?

Mike Voccola

Is anyone going to Race rock in Orlando coming up in MAY? If so can someone give me a ball park set up for pro-Mod 19 turn! It would be greatly appreciated

Hello. You can try the Tinman and Katf1sh - they race some flat asphalt here in Florida. I will email them to come on here for some setups.

Thank YOu very MUch!! I will be in the area and would like to try some racing in FLorida. I live in Maine so I don't race outside much so this would be fun. Also will you have any of those snowbird 19 turns motors for sale at the race. I see on the entry form that I would need to run one of those. Is this correct.

Hello.. we will have them there. They are a good motor.. glad you can be a part of the racin'!

do they have adjustable timing? and how much are they? And thank you so much I am very excited about the racin!!!!!!!!

tourque..the snowbird motors are fully adjustable timing and run awesome..they should be 25.00 each same goes for the stock motors..as for the maverick chassis..i'm still off the pace with mine..but..

short wheel base green wolfe front springs silva black center spring 50 wt oil gold side springs off set pod try the standard purple fronts and pink rears..they made re surface the rock and that may change depending on bite..silva med soft t plate 40 wt oil in side shocks...phil owen is the resident outdoor expert..i'm sure he will read this and post some info asap..once you get there we can help each other..you may end up being the fast guy? lol

jake the first focar race went well..outside of a rc scoring pro snafu we all had a great time..being a promoter of a whole one race under my belt i cannot nor will not tell anyone to buy or use rc scoring pro..WOW!@$%# we had 52 entries with 45 members..mike boylan laid it down and took all the fun out of it! lol

Are those Foam or caps? Are we allowed to cut out the back of the body as long as we leave the trunk deck?

Tourque, basic set up long wheel base ,tires rear pink,front purple foam . front springs purple rt fr, green lft fr, rear springs gold side shocks 40wt , center shock silva silver 50wt ,pod off set, batteries all the way back,pod level with the chassis with motor and battery installed,this should get you close Katfish is correct on we all help each other,oh and by the way pf hd mc body wing mounted on body,yes rear of body can be cut out.
Phillip

Thanks for the info I greatly appreciate it!! I have never run on asphalt so I am excited. I ususally run on a banked carpet oval with a driveline of about 175'. I am really looking forward to this!!!

NO CAPS!!!!!!!!YUK FOAM TIRES ONLY this track is located in the race rock parking lot..it is not a banked track..flat asphault..get the car to handle in the cormer and you win the race down the straights...

thanks phil for the call...cya sat night..

hey jake did you know??? that it's very important to use 2 ride height adjusters of the same number on the left and right side? lol what a freaking bone head i am ...i'm sticking to hacking atm machines...

Jake, when ill you be getting more Jaco Pink rears in?

Mike V

Sorry guys, I've been a little out of the loop trying to recover from this virus ... It's been a week and my dsl computer is still off-line ....

Anyway ...

Mike: Got plenty in stock, can ship them anytime you want.

Katfish: Slow down when you're building your cars! The ride height adjusters should have the same # on them, and the #'s should both be up, or both be down.

I was able to get some work done on our site this afternoon and added some pics of our 1/12 Scale Oval Racer, the "Mini Mav"! Check it out and let me know what you guys think.

Jake

Nice! Looks just like the big one!

Is there going to be a slider available for it?

Is the wheel base and body post locations on the '04 Maverick oval chassis in the same location as the AE10L4O, so that the bodies I have would fit without any modifications?

You can get it verry close but the body mount positions are very different. The Bumper is different, and so is the cross brace. I would not advise using the same body for the two cars.

I like running my OPC short on the tracks that I run on. It just the way I run them. When I ran an ASC car I allways ran that long, but my OPC is very good the way it is. Middle hole on the chassis, and middle hole on the pod.

a friend of mine has a 04 maverick and no matter what we do the car cones the right rear. what could be causing this???

What kind of track, and what kind of tires? The car is probably siding the rearend around too much. Too much of the car pivoting. You can try to move the batteris forward, but I'd like to know what tires and what track.

DW

Dave I looked at the car the last time we raced along with Jerry it is the left front king pin sticking. You pick up alot of gunk racing at HW for some reason,you have to keep them clean plus his king pin spring was weak. This has happened to me there in the past, so when he asked us to look at the car I knew exactly what to look at.
Phillip

ha ha, yep thats wont help either.

DW

well he didn't fix it like you told him to then because I noticed the same thing. ha ha ha like I always say "when some fast speeks you listen"

Well Gentlemen, things have been a little quiet around here! Sorry, I've been very busy of late, too many irons in the fire, but things are slowing down a little for me! I'll tell yeah one thing, whoever rights those viruses should be shot. What a pain! That computer still isn't working correctly ...

Anyway, I know we've got some racing happening this weekend. First, the Norrca Nats in Bakersfield, Kevin Osmon is heading down there to represent. Good Luck KOZ!

Then, isn't this the Race Rock weekend? Phil, Katfish, Tinman ... Who else is planning on attending? Good luck to everyone. Please tell Mike B, Ronnie and Rich I said hello!

Jake

Jake..you are correct, the "5th" annual Race Rock Race is this weekend. New paving has been done and the surface is supposed to be flat and smooth. Team Maverick will be there and hopefully some good news will be had after the weekend is over. Will keep you posted.
Tin Man

Hey Jake all packed up and headed south hopefully we will have a little luck on our side since my luck seems to run low going that far south . Looking forward to seeing the old gang. Good luck to all the weast coast racers this weekend,
Phillip

thong thong thong..........wooooooooooooo my smc powered maverick ride is gonna do some damage! he he or something like that! wasssssssssssssssssssupppppppp jake?

ronny is p whooped this weekend..i'll tell rich you said high..who is mike B he he

Hey Jake ! ... whaaaassssup! .... yup im racing this weekend at the rock with the 3 dudes posted above, kat, phil and tinman himself, tinman will be singing the national anthem from what i heard ? ....:devil: . Ronnie has family commitments or something like that this weekend ....Kat and I will tell him you said hi.

its gonna be fun !:thumbsup:



later,

rich

Good luck to all you dirty south (east) Maverick drivers. Rip it up this weekend.

Good luck to koz, make the maverick fly at the banks of bakersfield at the nats.

Later
DW

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
team maverick,bsr,smc,big dog racing, PRS pinnion and spurs represented in fine fashion saturday at race rock in orlando florida! i'm proud to say that i got my mojo back!!!!!!!! the all star 4 cell stock class A main was fast and furious but when it was all said and done my maverick car had what it took to take the big win! turning the only 4.0 second lap in the main i lead almost every lap ...lots of brusied egos and some racers went home unhappy..but not this kat! i'm on cloud nine tonight! got my race rock jacket and finally beat the race rock jinx i had! first time back in a stock car in over a year also!felt good..i stayed out of trouble and kept the nose clean in the main.. man i am one happy camper! first victory for me on the bsr tires and first win outside with my maverick car! i'm stoked!

my 19 turn car was running 3.8's in the main and i was gonna put her in the big show as well...but that is a story i will leave untold...i'm more than a little disapointed with a fellow team mate..guess blood is thicker than graphite after all? lol a huge thanks to jake at maverick, john at bsr and danny at SMC for the sword of voltage..and dan mclinton of big dog r/c for all his help...it was a blast lots of drama played out all day i'm very happy with the results..

tinman (steve platt) had a great car and put it in the show in 19 turn but was a little off in the main? realy good to see tinman running fast again..

i'm not sure what tinman ran on his car but i found 80 wt center oil silver center spring silver side springs with 40 wt oil and a purple rf pink lf pink lr and a double pink rr worked great in both classes.. this was a small tight oval off set pod as well..grip was maybe avg....i'm tired and i think i lost my voice from screaming so damn loud..felt real good to get that monkey off my back...i took alot of abuse saturday but that win was extra sweet...

race results can be found here http://www.snowbirdnationals.com/cam/Results.txt

mike boylan had a live web cam and up to the second race coverage all day..yet another great thunder racing event..i think there were over a 100 entries..this event gets a little larger every year...it's a great locaion for a vacation and some racing action..i think mike will have another race rock race close to sept oct this year..jake bring kevin and the crew down? thanks again jake you da man!!!

congrats to my bud chris lawson for taking home the overall race rock champion points award..this was the best finish in 19 turn and stock. and i can forget that henrys son Jp again took home the hardware in rookie stock! that makes 2 in a row for him..jake may want to keep an eye on jp..

Good run Katfish, For those who missed it, He worked hard for it

thanks jerry...i felt and acted like a 3 year old satuday! it was fun! god i hope noone of that was on video! it would make someone 10,000 dollars richer for sure! ha ha

Katf1sh,
just to let you know I did capture some of it on video! Congrats are deserving to Phil in his dominating win in thet "B" main to bump up to the "A". And I have some of the mains on video, the beginning and the ending of each race.

Jake We all made it home in one piece,Congats to Kat on his win in stock well deserved!! Tinman was also fast all weekend and made the 19t A- main,I won the B-main and bumped up to the A finishing 6 th overall. All in all the Maverick crew I think done real well we all ended up in the A-main. I myself struggled a bit until Kat turned me on to the correct traction compound,this allowed me to make adjustments to the car that would work, thanks Kat ! My car anded up with just about the same set-up as Kat but I was running rear steer. I found this to be strange especially since we use different setups and we were pitted well away from each other. A special thanks goes out to Jake for all his support , and to Ken at KC Racing for the motor advice and all his support.
Phillip

Katfish: Congrats Bill! I'm so happy you slayed them at this race! I knew you would find your mojo again! Well done!

Congrats to Phil and Tinman also, for making the show in 19 Turn! I know you guys all worked hard to put in good runs.

On the West Coast, Kevin Osmon finished 4th in Expert Mod and Expert 19 turn at the Norrca Nats. Had good fast cars in both classes, just needed a little more luck in traffic. Overall, Good Job KOZ!

Worked on the website today ... Added pictures of Kevin Osmon's OPC to the Racer's Ride section. Added a set-up from Kevin for Showtime Raceway in Bakersfield (high banked foam tire track). And, I added Bill "Katfish" Sell's winning 4 Cell Stock set-up from the Race Rock race in Orlando.

Took the OPC just a few runs to break the record at classic hobbies in Ohio,.WHAT A FAST CAR! I have never had a car that was dialed in that fast.

later
frank p.

Oh by the way if anybody needs a KSG im selling! lol

Right -on Frank! I knew you wouldn't be dissapointed..

I've posted Frank's set-up on the website. Nice work Frank! And, only the 2nd weekend out with the chassis!

To everyone: If you have any set-up questions, please ask. There are plenty of racer's on this thread more than happy to help. You can also e-mail me at anytime with questions. And, I really like to hear about race results, if you do well, please let me know!

IRS has released shaved lower a-arms for the Associated front end. This means you can run smaller diameter tires on standard chassis. But, importantly, it means that with the Maverick Oval Chassis, you can run you tires down to the smaller sizes. We have them in stock, or check out the IRS website.

Jake

Her Red 201...here it is!!:dude:

focar race #2 at minnreg on the rug last sunday went well for the 2 maverick pilots that showed up! very tight field of 21 cars and only 2 maverick cars..they both made the A main! i went just 1 second slower than my personal best and that was with traffic! i was lazy so i threw jakes set-up on the car..it's dialed ..tinlips i think did run his persoanl best sunday? the maverick and the new bandit body worked well for me..2 weeks we have our regional oval race..more rug... good job frank!