Small delay. I havent started moving into the bldg yet... the former lease holders still havent removed the last of thier stuff... should start seting up the track this weekend and maybe next weekend with start racing???
I'll keep the interested updated.

Dave Your order went out today.

Dave, how you gonna set that new car up motorwise? BRP series has been using the Associated 18MT motor, with 4 cells. Can be geared to run faster than the 16D.

Let me know when that building is ready.

Hmm, that sounds interesting, I have one of them also,.... I'll probably try stock 1st and then switch and try that also. ;)

I started moving stuff in the bldg, and started laying out a track... looks like its going to be 18 x 34.
Much larger and no place to pit... having the track that size then there is a bit more than that left to make a pit area.

I got this frday off due to the lack of work for me to do, Sooooo track building shall continue... maybe next sat will be the 1st day of many.
Any with a BRP or stock 1/18 scale or perhaps a stock Legand or 10th scale can stop in and help test the track out and my equipment?
I havent even charged my transponders this year yet.

have any pictures of the tack? I hope you get lots of racers!!!!

Well I got some laps today to check it out... I'll get some pics posted soon... have to borrow a camera, mine took a crap.

Had the track ready sat, and 2 of us was there to get some laps.. I ran my Bolink Legand 4 cell stock and was pretty decent, and the BRP was awsome!
Race day will be Sat, I'll open at noon and start races at 3pm.
Entery is $10 for the 1st class and 5 for a second.

And its not carpet, I seen somone tryed out roofing paper and so did I... the traction is good and I didnt even use any traction compound at all except on the soft green tires... I had to glue the tar paper to sheets of paneling but the work so far was worth it.. ??? I think or time will tell.

Tomorrow is perhaps the 1st day of racing??
I open at noon and racing starts at 2pm.. hope to see some action. ;)

Well the 1st day was the 1st day..... 3 on the track... 8 min main 85 laps 4.08 fastest lap
Hope to see more next sat.... same day same time. ;)

Dave, let me have directions to track. I'll try and get over there some Saturday.

Got the new V2 ready yet?

Tim

The location is super easy to find.... the main drag of Lagrange is called Detroit street instead of main street... but at any rate its also st rd 9.
Coming from MI, I think its called 66 and after you cross the IN line it becomes 9, Im right in the middle of town right on 9 and from MI the place is on the Left ( East side of the street)... the sign on the top of the store still says AT-EZ Computer. and its right beside the Detroit Bar & Grill and has Foltz Bakery right across the street.
I'll have a sign in the window as soon as I get it back froma guy who is going to repair it for me.
No I havent even started on the V2M yet... just havent had any time yet... Last sat I ran my V2 stock.
Hope to see ya. ;)

Good deal, I'll try to post here when I'm able to get over there. Can't be this Sat, though. Maybe on the 8th????

Sounds good, maybe we can get a couple more to join us that day?
This last sat I ran my BRP for 87 laps and my legand for 50 laps and was all alone.
The owner of the store asked me if this kinda activity was dead or was I public enemy #1 in the eyes of other drivers.
The owner has the store for sale, it has been empty for over 3 months but the morgage didnt stop, sooooo putting this in could help him with that BIG payment and give us a indoor place for the locals to race.
I get to do the work as well as buy/build the track and he gets the entery $ but I get to race for free.
I brought some of the stuff I still had after closing the hobby shop to sell and hopefully have what is needed to keep somone racing as well as pay a bill I still owe from last summer for the track.
Bills, just gota love em... they keep us working long and hard to make more.

Christmas is getting close.
I open the track at noon on sat and racing starts at 2pm.

Dave>> How have things been going?

Slow start or ??? Still havent had a real night of racing yet... the past 2 saturdays no one showed, since I set it up there has been just one night with 1 other person than just myself.
This last sat, a guy stoped in to see it but didnt bring anything and will drop in next sat to put his stuff up for sale.
I guess he has a pancar and a 10th scale ele mod truck.
But there is always another day... the owner of the store hasnt asked me to remove the stuff yet.

Dave thats not good to hear. I think turnouts all around are down this year.

Hope It picks up for you.

One good thing, I cant get any worst. ;)

Dave I'm looking for brp sc18 body post, big block conversion, and a GTP body do you have any of this?

I have em all, as far as I know... I'll have to check about the GTP body.. Get right back to ya as soon as I get back from the shop. ;)

Dave, If track is open this Sat., I'll try and make it, provided we don't get 10 inches of snow. I'll have a couple of big block cars on 4 cells.

Koolaid, any chance you could make it Sat.?

Tim

wazzer ygpm

Cool, sounds good.... maybe this weekend wont snow again... we have enough around here.

how about that stuff Dave?

Dave >> You should have the order today.

Yep I have em all now... I had Bud send me the needed body and it arrived today.
Thank You Bud.

YGPM Dave.

Koolaid89>> The pinions will work. Just make sure You support the shaft on somthing when You tap them on. You Mail box is full it would not let Me send a message to You.

yeah, I just emptied it ty.

Hay Koolaid89 if you need a pinion pressed on bring it with ya.. I would be glad to do it for you and show ya how I do it. ;)

Well I had 2 very young fellows ( 10) come in and want to give it a try... it was thier 1st time with a RC of any kind so I set em up with a BRP each to race 2 races.
They ran a practice run for 4 min and 2 - 5 min races.. the best one was the last one and the winner got 21 laps to the 2nd place 19 laps.
They had a ball and left with a great big smile saying " we gota get one of these!! "

Dave? I've sent a few emails and PM's ... I'd like to get ahold of that stuff...

I still have it. My E-Mail is racemaster01@yahoo.com
I replyed to your last message back on the 20th seeing if you wanted the stuff mailed or where you going to drop over.. I took the stuff to the uptown track just in case you droped in there on a sat.
Let me know if I need the stuff here, there, or in a box.
Or call me at 260/463-3558

Im going to bump this for dave. We Need more people showing up. :-) See Yea Sat.

Well all I can say is I tryed again.
Due to the lack of activity and interest I must close the uptown track.
It has been open now for 8 weeks and ony had 2 little kids race a couple races 1 night.
There was under 10 people stop in to see what was in there, but some have showed interest in the outdoor concrete for this summer.. if anyone still has ANY intestinal fortitude to TRY to master this track.
It is a 240ft banked concrete oval with a 10ft wide lane and just like the super speedways in nascar its has its own challenge and imperfections to rate it not boring to try to master. some have said its a dificulty of 8 with 10 being the hardest to do.
Well maybe this summer it can do more.

Sorry to hear that Dave :cry:

Maybe We can do some sort of race this summer, I loved that big track :thumbsup:
RC is a strugling right now, I know I am !!!!!

Think another BRP STATE RAce Is instore?

Yea I know what ya mean... I have been doing some trading to put BRPs in the hands of others.. (even taking non working junk from walmart) and letting them see tape footage of the track out here... This next summer they cant wait to try it. ;)
Come spring I have hrs & hrs & hrs of work I need to do... gotta grind concrete and take a cutting torch to the drivers stand and see if I can lower it a couple of feet... some say its just way to high, (they get nose bleeds from the altitude)
Also Im going to check on a old camper to park out there and get rid if the outhouse... I have some of the stuff to make a running water bathroom, but we need walls.. I really dont want to have to get a building permit AGAIN and put up with county inspectors, Town hall meetings, and have em tripple the budget like when I 1st built this place... thought I get by with less than 4 grand.. now its over 25.

Dave If u need help let me know! I got a few years of Building Trades under my Belt. BTW Thanks for the help with the BRP yesterday. They would not let me run it with the sliders but it Did Keep up with 4 cell Stock Cars. Very Fun. The Losi Slider is a Very Big Class right now. And Well worth the money. But Stell Not Like MY BRP!!

I hope to make it out this summer! I like the school yard track!

micro u ran Good there at the State Race. Few Years Back. CAnt wait to hit the trck again! Maby Dave We Can Get Some Laps in this week. if the Weather is good!!

Cool, yep I knew there was some BRAVE drivers out there still. And you ohio drivers set the pace around here for the BRP's, Wasso is no slacker eather... we just have to get indiana in gear and let em see how the BIG League do it. ;)
I cant wait untill spring gets here so I can get started in what I have to do.
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Hay Koolaid, I still have the stuff, and need a address and info to get it to ya if you still are interested... rem I am now a unemployed homebody that has a TON of RC stuff.
Im going to have a garage / yardsale also this spring and gain some room in my home and garage... Hmmm maybe a auction?

Ahhh a new month and 1 more closer to spring and warmer weather.
AND my BIG yard sale or auction. Going to sell almost everything I own!
Tools, Furniture, dishes, computers, some rc stuff, my 1943 cat grader, my motorcycle, maybe the boat and fishing stuff, home repair items,.... Just a bunch of stuff and fix the track up better than ever... maybe even a new transponder system?

WOW - now that dedication to your hobby!

Yea and a way to pay the bills that have piled up, I was layed off for over 6 weeks, and got called back and only for a flat 250 per week, cant get anything caught up for that.
AND the payments never stoped, The all powerfull oil/power companys never get a lay off of the billing cycle and besides I have a 18 room house that is just full of stuff that Im tired of looking at... soooooo clear floor space and better what I have for us all to get more out of. ;)

Working?

Yes it is! :thumbsup:

That is the plan for next year or even this one if others come and get it started... so far there is only 2 trucks and 2 4wd drivers... watching 2 rc's in a race is like watching paint dry... and to race with just 1 other out there is like fishing with nothing biteing.
I know the classes will grow in time, if nothing else the 1/18th scale racing is the more cost frendly since a driver dont have to have a lot of fancy equip, to compeat & with all other classes the entery fee is $10 as to where here its a single $5 bill.
Trophy races or championship runs usually have a $15 to $30 entery fee, as with 1/18th here its just $10 so the costs of running them is less out of pocket expences.
I feel in a latter date we can more easyly split them up into a more proper class schedual as they grow.

Hey if there was a race near minnesota i would race a 1/18 scale 4w driv. But there arent but 1 race track withing the st.paul minniapolis area.... now if i have a way to get to ohio or indianna for a week or month then i would but it sux cause i spent 200$ on this car and cant race it unless i travel 2 hours fr a day...... any help?:woohoo: