Thanks for the heads-up about the belt. I thought it was funny that I was almost geared the same as a 19T with a 10T and it wasn't any faster. Oh well. But it looks like I'l be wrenching on three vehicles tommorrow. 1/12th scale, TC and a Dodge Dakota. Took it in for an alignment today and it turns out the outer tie rods are shot. Goodyear would have been happy to fix it for $275, but the auto parts store quoted me $50 for the parts. But at least I finally have the bling bling wheels back on it!

Ed, I'd run what you like. I'm going to run mod foam with a brushless.

COPY CAT! :lol:

Andy - You might want to get a second opinion on the tie rod ends. Some Goodyear stores are notorious for finding bad tie rods/ball joints on EVERY car they check.

Man if this stinking rain keeps up the way it's been,
I'll be forced to trade in the car for a boat!! As it is
already, my neighbors driveway has floated across the
street, and is now sitting in my front yard.

What's that they say, never believe everything you see on tv, well guess what? we can do makeovers too...hehe...however, he drew the line at nail polish and makeup.

What's that they say, never believe everything you see on tv, well guess what? we can do makeovers too...hehe...however, he drew the line at nail polish and makeup.Ah, WORD.

Well its not looking good for racing.The rain is almost here agian on the radar.:(

Yep, I was looking at that too.
And it doesn't look much better for tomorrow either.

It turned out to be a very nice day for racing. I had fun running electric brushless once I got the gearing figured out. Fred B. put on a pretty good show in the nitro A main, a whoping 71 laps. The car was dialed.

We had a great time at Riders today. I would like to thank everyone that came out today in spite of the bad weather forcast. We put all the electrics in one main and all the nitros in one main.
Here are the results.

Nitro Main
laps
#1 Fred B. 71
#2 Tom Heys 68
#3 Jesse Holman 64
#4 Apl-hed 61
#5 Brian Jackson 55
#6 Tim Binks 25
#7 Jerry Collman 0
#8 Nick Twigs 0

Electric Mod Foam Main
laps
#1 Kevin Marcy 22
#2 Big Bud 20
#3 Larry Lake 19
#4 Ed Lamberson 18
#5 Roy Dallier 17
#7 Andrew Knapp 11
#8 Fred Knapp 3
#9 Tony Whitehead 0
#10 Bad Andy 0

COPY CAT! :lol:
Kevin, I stayed after the racing was over and worked on the car, ran a few more packs of batteries and dialed it in. I should be able to hang next week.

Man if this stinking rain keeps up the way it's been,
I'll be forced to trade in the car for a boat!! As it is
already, my neighbors driveway has floated across the
street, and is now sitting in my front yard.
I hear you there. It's pretty sad when you have to brace a floor jack with 2x6's so it doesn't disapear in the mud when you have to work on your car!!!

What's that they say, never believe everything you see on tv, well guess what? we can do makeovers too...hehe...however, he drew the line at nail polish and makeup.
It's a good thing too, or else he'd be the metrosexual racer!!!!!!

We had a great time at Riders today. I would like to thank everyone that came out today in spite of the bad weather forcast. We put all the electrics in one main and all the nitros in one main.
Here are the results.

Nitro Main
laps
#1 Fred B. 71
#2 Tom Heys 68
#3 Jesse Holman 64
#4 Apl-hed 61
#5 Brian Jackson 55
#6 Tim Binks 25
#7 Jerry Collman 0
#8 Nick Twigs 0

Electric Mod Foam Main
laps
#1 Kevin Marcy 22
#2 Big Bud 20
#3 Larry Lake 19
#4 Ed Lamberson 18
#5 Roy Dallier 17
#7 Andrew Knapp 11
#8 Fred Knapp 3
#9 Tony Whitehead 0
#10 Bad Andy 1,000<yeah Baby, who's got the land rocket now!!!And Roy, thanks for the servo for the 1/12th scale car, and Dave thanks for the motors! I think we need to step up and enforce a ban on electric taxi cabs and switch to mod 1/12th scale. They're just so much more fun!!!! Also Roy the absinthe is brewing and it will be ready in 2 weeks.

Well, i may not have been able to race, but atleast my car did. Good Job Jesse. 8^)

I want to Thank the guys at Riders, for helping me get my Sprint Car going.

Maybe next Saturday, Mark and I can put a show on outdoors..

I gots a few more tanks of gas run threw before the rain came Sat. eve.

Andy, I did my first body up in the old Mopar colors, white,black and the rainbow stripe, looks great and threw on a couple of Mopar perfomance stickers too.

Thanks again all

dbr

Sweet! You'll have to get a picture of it up on here so we can see it.

Yeah, MOPAR!!

Mean
Over
Powered
American
Racecar!

Either that or.....

Mostly
Old
Parts
And
Rust!

But I gotta admit, I'm a little concerned about the "rainbow" thing! LoL!

U.S. regional radar indicates that it may be nice this afternoon. I might have to go and get a few laps in.

Thought I'd post the results from Berlin Raceway last night.......

Late Model Feature

No. Driver
1 101 Bush, Joe <====<<< :thumbsup:
2 82 Thomas, Tom
3 47 Campbell, Fred
4 12 DeVos, Tim
5 33 Stehouwer, Dave
6 X Clay, Ray
7 32 Meeuwsen, Ross-R
8 222 Bisacky, Caleb
9 11 Grega, John
10 26 Muyskens, Chris

By the way, Joe continues to be the points leader!!!

Where was tom?

Man if this stinking rain keeps up the way it's been,
I'll be forced to trade in the car for a boat!! As it is
already, my neighbors driveway has floated across the
street, and is now sitting in my front yard.
I hear ya on the rain thing John...about 1 am this morn, we were pumping 4 inches of wet stuff outta our basement. Nikki and Steven talked about going swimming in it, but it was "a little chilly" to quote Nikki. It pays to have friends with connections (ie: a sump pump), so it was Tom to the rescue at 1:30am...we were having a drying out party hehe.

Of course Nikki couldn't handle the rain, and had to protect herself. The funny thing is is that she had the pants on backwards.

Here is the finished product...5 applications of dye later....

second!

Yeah, MOPAR!!

Mean
Over
Powered
American
Racecar!

Either that or.....

Mostly
Old
Parts
And
Rust!


But I gotta admit, I'm a little concerned about the "rainbow" thing! LoL!well, they only ran this paint scheme since the early 90's, I guess your not the Mopar man you claim to be,John......LOL... That is in Pro Stock Drag racing NHRA.

dbr

I know which raimbow thing Mopar uses, I just figured
you were talking about a different rainbow meaning,
and I'm NOT talking about Gordon!

I know which raimbow thing Mopar uses, I just figured
you were talking about a different rainbow meaning,
and I'm NOT talking about Gordon!
Im not sure what you mean??? I'm not talking rainbows from the 60's, and your long hair, bell bottoms, tie die shirts, peace,:thumbsup: love and all that,, What were you using back then to see rainbows ....LOL

dbr

Fred Thanks for chasing me around the track today. Sure felt good to be out there again. Time to do a little more tuning to the suspension (sp) and hopefully I'll be ready for saturday :)

Why wait till Saturaday alot of us are going out Wednesday.

Hopefully my drift tyres will be here by wednesday. Can't wait......

Fred Thanks for chasing me around the track today. Sure felt good to be out there again. Time to do a little more tuning to the suspension (sp) and hopefully I'll be ready for saturday :)Ted, I had just as much fun as you did, I was working on my drafting.

Had a great day saturday :thumbsup: We wont be out this coming weekend going upnorth on tuesday afternoon.for a week of flyfishing and some RnR.See everyone in a few weeks.

J Fast.Check your PM

It's been quite the weekend injuries and hospitals......
Eileen's in the hospital tonight because they think she had a heart attack.
They ran a series of tests, and they found something suspicious, so they
decided to keep her for the next few days.

.John, Mary and I will keep Eileen and your family in our thoughts and prayers as you go thru this time of uncertainty. If there is any thing we can do to help just give me a call.



From the off road thread.

Is anyone up for some Rubber tire 19T this weekend, or possibly some 1/12th scale? I have 10 sets of Rubber tires for the sedan left and am not fond of having to borrow tires to run mod every week. I'd rather run mod or 19T 1/12th scale, but stock would be ok too.

Andy - If all goes well with the Big Move this week, I will be there for some 19T rubber tire action...

Denney

Ok, good. Now I know I can order the parts I need to fix my car.

Monday May 31st, Memorial Day, Season opener at the Hobby Hub in Lansing if anyone is interested.

Cool Fred, I think me and Jerod were Fix'n to go east fer that one. Any more info on price and stuff?

Cool Fred, I think me and Jerod were Fix'n to go east fer that one. Any more info on price and stuff?Here you go Steven
It's still a low budget affair ($5 entry fee)

Classes running will be:

Sedan Stock-Any Tire

Sedan 19T- Any Tire

Sedan Open- Any tire, any motor, brushed or not

Nitro Sedan- Any tire

Any other classes, as long as there are 3 entries.

Track opens at 10am, racing at 1pm. 3 heats and a main.

Thanx Fred. Thats cool. i will have money for lunch too. hehe.

looking for an online hobby shop that sells 1/10 or 1/8 rally bodys, would even buy a used one off of someone.

Try Tower Hobbies

found some 1/10 scale on there, but it is not wide enough. Trying to make one of those, buggy conversion rally type onroader. Needs to be at least 91/2" wide. I might look into a Bolink wide body, if I can still find one.

http://www.rccaraction.com/rc/articles/kyosho_landmax2.asp
This might work for ya.

Why wait till Saturaday alot of us are going out Wednesday.Will the lot of you be at the track this evening? I will.

Warner, I thought of you when I saw this... I think you'll get a kick out of it.

DNA Study Finds Chihuahuas Aren't Dogs

http://www.watleyreview.com/2004/052504-3.html

Enjoy..... :D

WOW - They really ARE barking rats!

WOW - They really ARE barking rats!
I knew it!!!!

WOW - They really ARE barking rats!Did you mean "wretched little yapping pack of – rodents"?
I'm not sure that I believe all of that but it was interesting reading.

I'm not sure that I believe all of that but it was interesting reading.

I kinda figured that the piece at the end about yorkies having chicken DNA might be a give away. Of course, to the left a link that reads "read this before suing us" might be a clue too.