It's about time to start a thread about ROADCOURSE racing here in Beaver, PA. I thought the topic title appropriate, since alot of racers refer to The Raceway as "The Beav". So, a little about the track:
We have an OZITE track that is 75 x 32 feet in racing area, carpeted pit areas, covered tables, chairs, cable TV, restrooms trackside, 100 fluor. lights, 200 amps of AC for JUST THE TRACK, heated floor, and air-conditioned air. We have an on-site hobby shop, and maintain a SMOKE-FREE environment. We also do NOT allow any "wintergreen"-based tire compounds, and will be switching exclusively to Jack-The-Gripper as the season starts. For meals, we bring-in Pizza Joe's pizza, and offer a PIZZA BUFFET(about 7 different types) for purchase at our cost, as well as offering about 10 different flavors of soda & bottled water. This facility was built BY RACERS, FOR RACERS, with no detail overlooked.
If you have questions, you may contact me at riverjct@stargate.net or at (724) 728-5571 John @ RJ :wave:

John,

Sounds awesome. I "promise" to make it over this winter:)

Rob Love

For the seriousely bitten by the Race Bug-you can run at The Beav on Saturday and then run Sunday somewhere else too!!!

The competition thereis really tough too. The are home to some super fast sedan and 12th scale drivers.

And the Pizza is awesome!!

Oh-I talked to John yesterady and we can run our Personal Transponders there as well.

Ray

John,

When do you guys start (dates and times)?

Thanks,

Brian

Brian, nice to hear from you! We will be starting the first Saturday AFTER Labor Day(with practice friday night, day before). Doors open for racing at 1PM, with racing beginning at 3PM. Pizza to follow at about 5PM, and race completion at about 7PM. This earlier start is to accomodate all of you out-of-town racers, to allow you to get home at a decent hour. And, as Ray said above, the Saturday roadcourse allows everyone in the Tri-state area to enjoy 2 DAYS OF ROADCOURSE each weekend!!!!! The same will be for our "oval racers", but on Sundays. Thanks, and hope to see you Sept 5 or 6th!!! John @ RJ :wave:

Wow, Shields is still alive!!

Oh yeah, Im alive. Starting to get ready for the official start of the season. I raced twice this summer, so Im ready to start breaking some boards on a weekly basis (It wasnt too pretty)!!!! :lol:

Kewl. Lets all hope the Indoor Champs go better for you, me, and Bean this year. :/

Brian (& others), just a quick note to let you know that we will be racing roadcourse straight through the Fall with only the 9/27 race at Beaverrun(weather permitting), and The Halloween Race at the Gate 10/27 being our only times that we will not be racing here, inside. This is of particular interest to those who may be looking to race at their "home" track, and cannot because of schedules. Once again, we will be racing ALL OTHER Saturdays, other than the two posted above- even during Christmas, and New Years' weekends. So, pencil us on your calendars for the times that you "just NEED TO RACE" and can't at your local track.

Yesterday, we just ran our AMB R/C system (& Alycat software) for the first time, and the system performed VERY WELL!- it even accepted personal transponder inputs, and pronounced most names CORRECTLY! I can't wait for more names.................. See you on the 5th!John. :wave:

Ahhhh John!!!! You went to modern software!?!?!?! I loved the old archaic (sp?) software because it performed flawlessly or you masked it so well.

Just kidding. It will be nice to use the PT at other tracks and if the new software blues strike, it's Saturday so it doesn't matter.

Eric,

I hope the Champs are better this year. Actually, for me, it couldn't be worse this year. No where to go but up. :tongue:

Hi John,

With the new software, does that mean you won't be announcing the races? That was the best part of racing there is your announcing. "And there is Kelly Bean in the Pink car right behind, my friend Dana." That was great. :lol:

Paul

Don't count on it!!!! Whether one likes/ or hates the way I run races, I feel that if I enjoy what I am doing, others will also join in on the fun. Hey, if R/C racing is not entertaining, then why are people paying to see it?? Although I STILL haven't gotten a call from Vegas yet...... :jest: Thanks for your concern, the computer's voice (Mary) is just a toy for now, we'll see if I can teach her how to say p-i-n-k ; THEN she may get a shot at "the BIG chair" John. :thumbsup:

Maybe we can get her to talk dirty to us :lol:

Paul

Paul, your a geek!!!! :tongue:

John,

Tell us more about the asphalt RC car race at the Beaver Run Race track your hosting. Chambers told me a little about it. I can run my 235mm Impact?

Thanks,
Ray
p.s. Paul-you are a sick little man!!!

John,
You are the God of all RC announcers. Forget about that Mary chick.

Paul, you gotta stick up for yourself man, I can't bear to watch you brutalized by Brian & Ray.

Later-
Jason M.

First, let me start by saying to Paul.... if you like, I'll rent her voice to you for $5.00/hr, or you can buy "her" at Alycat Software for $219.00 and get her to talk to you ALL THE TIME. :jest:
Next, Ray, I wish I could give you more at this point, but right now, it looks like 2 of the major car clubs in Beaver COunty have pulled-out of the event; which could affect how many show, and whether it continues. If it does continue, and we can go (weather permitting), we have the entire skid pad for setting-up a race course and parking. So, if nothing else, you could bring your speed racer car and run hot laps.
Finally, Jason thanks for the kind words, but you haven't heard/met "Mary" yet..............John @ RJ :lol:

OK guys, I know alot more of you are reading this, than are participating on it. So,............... Anyway, the rug is currently drying from the "good cleaning" - yielding gallons of BLACK WATER out of the machine. Don't forget---- we are switching to JACK-THE-GRIPPER as the ONLY tire compound to be used here. If you have the "orange stuff" you may use the remainder of what you have left, and then PLEEEEEEEEEEZE buy 'Jack" to replace it. There will be a time/date in the future when ONLY "Jack" will be allowed, but not for a while. We want you to get the most of your money already spent.
This Friday starts the first time that we will be "practicing" BEFORE the next days' roadcourse race, so come on down! I will only vacuum the pits and any "marbles" on the outside of the racing/driving area after Friday's practice, so the rug will be worn in for Saturday's race.
Also, we will be using our new digital transponders/personal transponders for this weekend, so bring 'em if you have 'em!
Hope to see ALL of you over the next few weeks! John @ River Junction :wave:

John-I had planned on making it out there this week to do some battery testing, but this short week combined with leaving for vacation has made that impossible. I'll be seeing you later on this summer/fall.

Ray

John,
Will you have personal transponders for sale?
What are the hours for practice Friday?
Whats new at the shop,any goodies?That Hitec CRX looks pretty cool.
Is Dan H. coming?I'd like to see that Yokomo.

Glitcher- we will have personal transponders for sale soon. Right now, they are at $73.00 each! When the dollar gains on the Gilder(sic), we will buy some.The practice hours on Friday are usually from 4 or 5PM to 9PM (Close). As far as new stuff, we have all types of tires coming in, Jack The Gripper, Fantom Motors, SMC batteries, various IRS goodies, etc. Check on Friday for the stuff (short week from Labor Day). Thanks, and see you Friday! John @ RJ :wave:

What's your assessment of the Allycat software?

John,
Everybody who came over from the Akron-Cleveland area on Saturday had an awesome time! Great competition, fun layout, and as alway, the best pizza in R/C!

Thanks again!
-Jason M. :thumbsup:

It's always a good time at "The Raceway",well run racing,stocked shop and all the new "fast" stuff.Great group of racers also,always willing to help out.
I can't make it this Saturday for road course(Moms birthday)but I'll run oval Sunday.

The new soft ware seems to work fine And John can still anounce the racing.He can give RCJUNKIE a better review of the operation of the program.

Don't forget,Hours are different from last season:
Sat.-road course doors open at 1:00PM
racing begins around 3:00PM
There is always a good turnout for sedan and 12th scale.
Sometimes we can run mod sedan also,but usually we run stock,depends on if we get enough folks to run mod.

See you there.

First, RCJUNKIE: So far, the Alycat software is working as they intended-no problems, and certainly NO SEIZURES! LOL The only criticism that I have is that it will take some time to sort-out the "flow" of the program, in order to use ALL of it's abilities. Meaning, I'm just using about 35% of what it has to offer- I'm just slow in learning, and in trying new stuff on a race day. It appears to be a far more stable program than the others on the market, and alot less expensive- $219.00 currently. At this time, I can say that I'm glad that I bought this program, and look forward to learning more about it in the future.
Glitcher: Thanks for the "props" about the races, and the hobby shop. As you know, if we (at River Junction Hobby) were in this for the $$$, we would already have our new store & track, and not be worrying about how many show up in the next race day. I feel confident that, with our continued zest for racing, that one day this will actually happen.
Jason & Ohio delegation- THANKS for coming, and don't get too comfy with the easy track designs- in the next few weeks we're going to start getting the pictures more & more difficult, so.................. Of course, this is in the interest of making better drivers out of EVERYONE!! Thanks! John @ RJ :wave:
P.S. PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :roll:

Well, no seizures except for the start of the sedan A main. Sucked too, as the first start was smooth and clean, and the restart was....not. Oh well.

Thanks Stealth-Man for reminding me about that, but don't forget, it is NORMAL once in a while (Windows 98) for these things to occur. AND... the question posed was about the program, and how it operated.

Anyway, as of today***********The race at BEAVERRUN is OFF****

I talked with the lady in charge of it this morning, and they have the skidpad already committed for the vendors and stage, and cars. They also are going to be "short" of electric power too. With all this, we have decided to push this years' event (R/C car race) off to next year.
Please let your friends know of this change, as a number of people were planning on attending. Thanks, John @ RJ

Yay!! I can finally post now that the new forum software is up......

Anyways, just wanted to say thanks for some good racing Saturday!!!! Looking forward to next week.
--
Chris

I will discuss with Aaron and Jim about this Allycat-but we have a fortune tied up into the Jlap already. Rich Chang has been a proponent of Allycat for awhile now and I trust his judgement on these sort of things 100%. Its encourageing to hear about your success with it now.

Glad to hear your off to a great start. John-you run a great program. Sure you dont want to move to Cleveland and run our program???

hahaha
Ray

Ray, Ohio isn't my first choice, but $$ talks!! :jest: I/we (Sam & I) are more interested in promoting/helping the sport to grow, than to worry about our own personal fortunes- which, by the way, are nothing to brag about.LOL. John @ RJ

Just a quick post to see if some of you that read this(all the time) would like to contribute to the post?? I / we at the Raceway are ALWAYS interested in constructive ideas for bettering our racing operation. Well..........................................???? ??????????

Well..........................................???? ?????????? :devil:

How about 90 miles closer to Ohio?

Tracy :cool:

John: I'm glad to hear all is well at "The Beav". Tell Ray I'm comin' for him in the Stock Grocery Getter class at Cleveland. (Like I can get anywhere near him LOL). Oh well there's always 12th scale. Hopefully after my vacation rolls over in January I can get our crew together and we'll all roll in on you guys. :devil:

Tracy, yes 90 miles closer would be great, but who's gonna foot the bill for the move?? And where?? I want a stand-alone building, that is SOOOOOOOO big, that it has it's own climate! :jest: Seriously, though, I want to make the "next place" one that people will WANT TO DRIVE to, no matter the distance.
Ian, I wish you alot of luck in your attempts at overthrowing Ray..... it won't be easy. Hopefully, before January, you guys can make the trip over the border. Ray will be waiting, as well as the GREAT PIZZA!!! Thanks, John @ RJ :wave:

hey whats up john, its Dan. This hobbytalk thing is brand new for me but i just say the psot about the raceway and i just had to register so i could say a word or two. Have a good racing season everyone and whoever is going to the halloween race ill see you there.

OK, I give up.... why the BuddyLee503? I could better understand PSU.DAN , or Dan-the-Man, or?? But,.... whatever. So, how does it feel to be a contributing member to the board? Give us some insight. Later, John @ RJ :wave:

Racing......you know, that thing we all love to do but not too many people are right now. Whats up with that?

With that said....put your dresses in the closet and lets go racing!!!
Need lots of 12th scales this week too....and dont forget that sedan either.
:freak:

Chris,

I guess your getting bored beeting up on young John and little Danny.
I'll be there Sat. for you to beet up on.(Where's Ore when you need him?)
I picked up a XXXS.Gonna give it a try also.I know you tried one,did you run the same tires as TC3? or something wierd.

Where's that little b***h RayRay hiding at?


John P.-Can we do anything about that rude starting horn?I think the guy I got the XXXS from could here that!LOL :cool:

hmmmm...i think little danny was all over chris tail saturday and i was too nice to not take him out...lol sorry chris but who ever is coming on this saturday BRING YOUR 1/12th SCALE...we need to race

Hey Buddy,
Hows that Yokomo?$$$$$$

I also cleaned the blood off my knife,I'll bring it(and try to stay out of the way).
Chris,I'll need my 4cell back.Dump it for me if you get a chance,Thanks.

Now you're gonna make me break out the fast stuff and actually work on my car/motors Danny Boy...lol I guess I'll start on it tomorrow after work. You comin down to practice?? I also happen to remember a few times that I was all over you like stink on a monkey.....and didnt take you out, just peddled it behind you till you STUFFED it.....hehe But hey.....we always make it a race at the end anyways when my pack pukes, ttyl man

Dude Man - I got your pack......I'll put it on the tray tomorrow if you're gonna come practice.

yea chris ill be at practice around 600ish i hope after i get back from the gym down here....

Chris,I won't be practicing go ahead and use the battery,I'll need it saturday.

:devil: :wave: :devil:

Hey Little-T, you gonna get a Mini-T? Don't forget to e-mail me the parts you need from CRC. John.

Hello everyone, it was nice to see a decent turnout.....2 full heats of 12th and I think 3 heats of touring. Great racing from everyone too.

A mains went to:

Sedan - 1st...... 35 laps......Dana Bailes driving a XXXS
2nd.....35 laps.......(me) Chris Vogan driving a TC3
3rd......34 laps.......Dan Hartman driving a TC3

1/12 - 1st.....57 laps.....(me) Chris Vogan driving a Speedmerchant Rev.3
2nd....56 laps.....Dana Bailes driving a CRC Bloody Knife
3rd.....54 laps.....John Tortorice driving a CRC Bloody Knife

The turnouts should continue to grow faster now that fall is setting in, looking forward to it!!!

Remember......Think Fast, but Drive Faster!

Chrisgt2,

Keep those weekly race reports posted.
I want to keep tabs on all you guy's.

One day work will let me off on a Saturday and I told John I would let him know, so he can lay the red (ozite) carpet out for me.

Hope to see you guy's sometime this year.
Take care.
Tracy :cool:

p.s. Have you talk to your wife lately, or is she in Iraq?

Chrissy?? She is in Texas now........dont talk to her much any more.

I think I'm going to The Gate Sunday....maybe I'll see you there!

Chris

[QUOTE=Chrisgt2]Chrissy?? She is in Texas now........dont talk to her much any more.

Yeah! That's the one! She was going to the Army I thought? :confused:
I won't get to the Gate next Sunday. I have to work Saturday and Sunday night. :mad:
I started at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and don't have a consistant schedule yet.

Take care.
Tracy :cool: