Raced this track for the first time on Saturday, and had a great time! The track was a little on the small side, but it was enjoyable to say the least. Great bunch of guys and potential to be a great track! www.pierpontraceway.com Check it out if you are in the area! It's located right between Cleveland and Pittsburg. :thumbsup:

what kind of tires are needed for truck and buggy?

Biggins-Round rubber tires seem to work best :D

Biggins - For truck I used the T4 kit tires (Directionals, and Holeshots), but I also used Losi taper pins on front and back and they seemed to hook up pretty good.

- For buggy I used x-2000 for the rear and 4 rib wide fronts, but this was on a B3. I think the guys running b4's were running the kit tires with good results.

This is a drivers track, you do not need motor and battery. Come out and have some fun.

UrboTurbo- You would be correct saying that you do not need much motor or battery, but you atleast need motor springs??????? :eek:

You liked that rookie move didn't you? It's not like I have been doing this for years or anything :rolleyes: It just makes it that much more fun when a fast guy forgets to put his motor springs on, it's hard to feel bad for me ;) See you next week, if I can figure out who you are?????

Will there be a race this Saturday on Valentine's day?

a few of us from down south are planning a trip on feb 28th Benny will you join us? and bring your round rubber tires

Biggins- I would love to join the boys from PA. I will have to see how things are going then. My wife is due in about a week or so. Racing may have to be put on hold for a few weeks. :(

I ran silver X-2000's and silver wide bodies. Track was very wet when we were practicing. It dried up during the heats though. I also ran silver taper pins for the 1st round. Frank tried M3's, R3's, Pink T-pins. It did not matter to him what tires he used, he still smoked me. :freak:

Biggy-You are a seasoned profesional, you should be fast on gold slicks :thumbsup:

Torino,
About what time did racing end?
How many classes ran?
Was it warm enough to use normal shock oil weights?
About how big was the track?

Glitcher-Doors open around 8:00 am, racing starts @ 11:00 am. Frank and I were in the second of 11 heats and we were on the road at 6:45 pm. The regulars said that last Saturday was the most racers ever. They have the temperature set so that you only need a sweat shirt. They use a KO PRO PO lap counting system and transponders have to be switched between cars every race and it adds time to the day. The track is about the size of River Junction, but lap times are in the 16.00 to 20.0 second range. This track is real off-road and chalenging to go fast on, not smooth clay. It puts batteries and motors aside and tests driving skills, or lack of in my case :(

I will email you the results w/ the classes on it.

ben email me your phone number bhiggy21@zoominternet.net

there should be about 10 of us going on feb 28th you should try and make it and bring that wanna be rc racer(frank) with you

Torino,Thanks for the update,and the e-mail.
Was it stock or mod in 2wd buggy?
A couple of us are going to try for the 28th.
I'll e-mail you biggins if we can make it.
What about Rico!!!?

UrboTurbo - Are you racing Saturday?

Hello all, 1st post. I just surfed my way to this forum, logged in and I find a thread about Pierpont. My son and I were just there last weekend. It was our first racing experience. Glad to see others are starting to find out about it. They are racing this Sat. for sure. They also have some racetime's on Tuesday nights. I believe it's 6:30pm -? I emailed pierpont a link to this thread so hopefully we'll have him posting so any questions can be answered. I'm on "keep the peace with the wife" duty this weekend but my son and I should be out there on Tuesday the 17th as well as Sat the 21st. Not sure the following weekend.

Take care and I'm sure I'll see some of you out there. Seems like a good bunch of RC'ers willing to help out the kids as well as offer some competition for the more experienced.

Edit **Note** Just wanted to let you guys know that the track actually doesn't open until 9am. I know the track received some "work" on Wed or Thursday this week so things should feel a little different. Let me find the quote.
I reworked the center last night to make it "racier" and cleaned all of the loose areas. The jumps will be a little soft for a week, but it will be well worth the change.
Enjoy your Saturday and perhaps I'll see some of you the next one. :)

Good Luck!

How many racers show up on tue and sat?
I live abot 2 1/2 hrs from youngstown. How long does it take from youngtown to the track. Im racing at CRCRC in columbus now but might be changing jobs and wont have weekends off but will teusdays.

1 more thimg the results on the web page are for november. any more current?

U812- The track is about an hour north of Youngstown. One of the guys from the track enters the results and e-mails them out to everyone.
I have only been there once, but last Saturday there were around 48 entries. They only put 5 or 6 in a heat because the track is small, but still fun racing.

Torino - Are you a new daddy yet????? Good luck! Hope you can make it back out soon. Anyone racing tonight?

My son and I will be down for our second attempt at making it around the track without wrecking. lol. We'll be trying our hand at the novice level with out Traxxas rustlers. Even though we're n00b's the fun is addictive and we're looking forward to getting better in a hurry.

See you there.

I agree with everybody, the track is small but they packed a lot of jumps and tech sections in a small area. Hope to make it back up there soon. Ben=Daddy?????

Urbo Turbo/Pgoogs-Not Daddy yet. Doctor said may have to induce end of next week. That means racing this weekend again? :)

Hope to see some of you guys out there this week as I will have to miss next week due to going to CRCRC for the first race of the RCN! If you don't know what that is it is the Radio Controlled Nation, it basically ranks locals nationaly! Great concept. See you there. :roll:

Hey maybe ill see you there the 29th.Stock truck and buggy. I went to crcrc last night to get my cars setup. I was a little rusty since I had not drove since july.

Looking forward to another Sat. of running the Rustler in the uber competitive NOVICE clase ;)
lol

See some of you there. I'm the father son team with two rustlers. Usually a camcorder going as well.

Hey everyone. Another newbie here. Do they have a novice class or just seperated by the type of car you race. I got an evader recently (nothing broke yet). It's the first new one I got since I was a teenager( a Clodbuster in the late 80's)
I have been looking for places around Cleveland to race or just to hang out and beat up my car.

They have a beginner class which has all beginners (mostly trucks).

can anyone email me directions from meadville, PA we are coming this sat from butler/pittsburgh area bhiggy21@zoominternet.net thanks

When you are on route 7 in Pierpont you will see a small brown building that is the Bank. Make the turn on Marcy street and the white building that used to be a hardware store is the racetrack.

You can see a overview on how to get there **HERE** (http://www.trx250r.com/Meadville%20to%20Pierpont%20Raceway.htm)

**HERE** (http://www.trx250r.com/Pierpont,%20Ohio,%20United%20States.htm) is a blow up of the intersection in question. The track is basically on the corner of Marcy and Rt7 on the NorthEast side. The bank and the track share parking lots.

If you need more info let me know.

Biggins-Do you and your boys still plan on coming up this Saturday? Or does Fast Frank have you shaking in your shoes?

we are still coming for sure will you be there benny?

Torino,I ran into Thomas at the gate and I here congrats are in order.
Good luck with the new addition!
Hope everyone is doing well.
I really won't know until Fri wether I'm going to Pierpont or not.

Biggins/Glitcher-Yes, I am now the father of a baby girl(future R/C Racer). I am planning on racing dirt this weekend unless something happens.

Glitcher- If you make it up, you will have fun.

Biggins- Please don't lap me more than 5 times??

For those that aren't on the mailing list for results yet I've uploaded them to my hosting.

If your not on the mailing list and you've raced make sure to get with Greg or Ryan when at the track and get them your info.

2-21-04 Pierpont Raceway Results (http://www.trx250r.com/results.htm)

Not sure if I'll be at the track this weekend since my boy will be out of town. Perhaps tho, have a great time either way!

It might be tough to make the main with all the fast guys showing up.Biggins, glad to hear your coming up.Ben give me a call.

I'll be at CRCRC for the first RCN race, so someone can have my spot for the main! ;) I will see you guys next week.

:wave:

Hey Dietz... I'm coming with Biggins this weekend. Are you gonna save me a parking spot or are you gonna take up six spaces with your Honda again?? :)

Hey Dietz... I'm coming with Biggins this weekend. Are you gonna save me a parking spot or are you gonna take up six spaces with your Honda again?? :)


Don't make Frank cry :( Honda went bye bye :cry:

MAN, who is that DIETZ guy????????? He is fast Man, I wish I was as fast as he is.

RICO- I bet you do wish you were as fast as Frank. I know I do???

MAN, who is that DIETZ guy????????? He is fast Man, I wish I was as fast as he is.

Don't worry. Rumor has it that a "spycam" will be placed over his work area to retrieve his secrets. We're also looking into the rumored "extended travel trigger" on his radio which seems to give him more speed than humanly possible. We've known for quite sometime about the helium in his front tires making him float over obstacles.


Don't you worry... Sooooon, we'll have all his secrets out.

BTW Frank, If your not sure who's making fun of you. I'm the guy that sat two tables down on your left last Sat. Just my boy and I with our..cough... stock traxxas rustlers.

It's fun watching the fast guys! Keep it up!

Hey Rico,don't get mad,i'm going to share one of your speed secrets.The secret to being fast is to take and drill a hole on the top of the gear box,and pour half to three quarters full of 5w30 motor oil.This will keep the gears well lubricated.Be sure to plug the hole or else it could get messy. I seen first hand what will happen,Rico was coverd head to toe with oil.

Hey Frank whats up? No crcrc points races. I went up today. First race in 7 months. Got 9th in buggy stock A Q5 and fell off. Won the the B with the T4. What been happening havent seen you in awhile.
Big Kev

Hey guys... it was nice racing with you all this weekend (even Dietz). Maybe we'll be able to make it back again by the time outdoor racing season starts. Hopefully we'll see some of you guys down at McCulloughs this summer!

by the way... I'm still blowing brown boogers out of my nose. Gotta love that dust!

Al

Kevin,I've been racing a little off road this winter.I would have raced more if i knew this track was here. You should make the trip up to Pierpont some time.It's a great track and a great group of racers.If not,I'll see you at Greentown.

You are as fast, You just have more problems with things getting stuck in your throat..... HACK HACK... COUGH COUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wave:

Rico- I do not think that Frank is the one who choked. I am the one who blew a sizable lead with 3 minutes to go. :cry: .

If i could only use the excuse that i was getting old.

Looks like my boy and I are going to be freed up tonight. I hope to be at the track for some relaxed Tuesday racing by 5pm. I think they start racing at 6:30 so we'll get some practice time. I was there two weeks ago and from memory I think we wrapped things up around 9:30ish...

Dietz-Maybe you could use the excuse that the foam in your tires was too soft, which caused a lack of corner speed???