Anyone heard anything through the vine about this yet i know its far off but just trying to plan some races for this fall.

nope prolly wont find out til october or so.. depends who puts in for it.. regionals is usually chosen a month or so before the event..

Here is the schedule for the ROAR Region 5 Paved Oval Chapionships---Fri.

Sept.17th track open for practice 1pm till 10pm

Sat. Sept 18 track open at 8am for practice racing will start at 3:30pm---4 rounds of Qualifiers---resort after round 3---Mains will be run at 8pm---single A main format 8 cars in a main.

Classes will be---1/10 scale 4-cell stock---19t---Mod BYO ROAR legal motors---no hand out tires.

Demo classes---Novak Brushless---SS 5800 system must BYO Sportsman

Stock---same as regular stock but you will have to B/O of the class at 32-4:00.00 This class is for newer drivers and for those who just like to relax have some fun and race in a regional event.

Roar membership required---single day memberships $15.00 availible at track---Race Fee $30.00---Everyone entering the event will receive 20 TriClone Bucks that can be used during the carpet season or next years outdoor season.

Still looking for host. Any track in the region wanting ot host give me a holler.

Kenny B

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I'll talk to Jason Toebe at Road Rage Hobbbyspeedway. Great facility and would be kinda cool to see a roar event north of milwaukee.

Thanks!

Kenny drop me an e-mail with some contact info i'll relay it to the track(very interested)



Karl Schmeling

schmel_me@yahoo .com

please tryu and plan it later into the season... this way we have plenty of time on the rugs, before it

Karl,

YGM...several days ago.

Kenny

Any word on this race?????

I forwarded it to RoadRage and i will see him friday and layout the basics expect a call soon.

Karl

If he needs any help getting things together, have him get ahold of me. or I will stop by some time if he wants. I don't want to rehash anything you buddy and roadrage
have gone over. But feel free to contact me

Well this tuesday is the practice night (i think) so we'll sit him down and lay the law. I figure with me ,Buddy and you we should be able to make something happen.

trackside oval program is supose to be every other saturday now.. maybe they can fit a regionals in now.. since he wont need and open type date... ill give him a aholler

Mike,

Scotty and I already talked....even about a nats bid. Scotty took a pass as he is lookign to do things at the shop this winter. The reschedule maybe part of it. So maybe next year. We'll have to work over the new region director then.

Kenny B

sounds like sdomeone wants to get back to racing......New region director?????

Hey Kenny, How about some Ohio Tracks.....they are apart of region 5 also. Not Everything has to be in Wisconsin. He had a great race yesterday which held 50 of some of the best asphalt oval racers around. The carpet seasons are even stronger. Last year we had an avg. of about 60 racers a weekend. I would think it would be a great place to boast Roar Memberships!

Later,
Rick Liehr

id be up fo classic.. have walt contact roar.. thats what needs to happen.. wisconsin doesnt get everything......michigan had it last year..

Rick....waitng for someone to step up. Ohio has a strong off-road and on-road following. I am very familar with Walt and his gang....I have spent many a lap at that track. Ohio isn't ignored by any means....you just need to jump up say hey...we'll do it. As far as regionals for carpet oval....2003 Hobby Hub in Lansing, MI...2002 Trackside...2001 Classic Hobbies.....sounds like rotation. Paved oval has been a different beast. Triclone has filled in since there have been no interested tracks for this year, Indy and Greg June ran it in 2003, and Tri-clone the year before to get the region back in its feet. Paved region events have been slow especially without track like Shiloh and nobody else wanting to run an event.

As far as memebrships and registered tracks....thanks to the work of Walt henderson, John Kohan, the Mars Series guys, Nick T....the region is now the second largest in ROAR with registered ROAR tracks and 2nd or 3rd with registered members.....a far cry from three years ago....and we're still climbing! July through August was 200+ member gain/renewal!

Burbs....racing is pretty much out on a regular basis. None of the local track schedules will fit in between the work life and home activities. Trackside moving to Saturday when Nickie works took the Friday night away, Thursday back at Oshkosh are a conflict with Scouts, Tuesday at Road Rage in GB doen't fly either because of a school night and Eric is dedicated to Sylvan until 6 pm each Tuesday and Wednesday. Sundays are the only day all four family memebrs are home....So it looks like national events and Snowbirds where I can use soem of my 4 weeks of vacation. But getting on the track depends on Designated ROAR official needs for those events which won't allow me to race or how much coverage R/C Car Action wants for Snowbirds.

As far as region director....with the increased exposure and dedication to oval by ROAR and the need for focal point for region directors, I accepted and appointment ot the ROAR ExComm as Track Administrator. In doing so I can not run the region and participate fully on the board. Hopefully I can lead all the region directors in assigning races for all classes in all regions.

Time for bed.....Rick things are always changing...but help is always needed. Give it some thought. Even if a regionals won't work this year, we can assign next years!

Kenny B

hey kenny.. there has been talk of the triclone running on sundays.. we had some good turn outs last year for the round robin races.. maybe u can make some of them...i know thwe track is smaller, but u remember how fun it was...

Somebody needs to step forward for this race. We can't just skip it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i know there talking about trying green bay wisconsin track.. i think it is a good location if u live in wisconsin, but not for out of staters.. most guys travel 4-8 hours toi run in milwaukee.. add another two hours onto that... i think it might scare some people off...but i live in wisconsin, so it dont matter to me.. i would mind seeing it at classic either.. id like to run some banks

i vote for classic

Classic would be a good choice.....It would be a good warm up for the ARCOR open held at Classic in March plus if it would be held before the Norrca nats at Sandhills it would be a good warm up for that race since setups for both tracks are similar. just some food for thought......I'll bounce it off Walt and see what he says.

someone please get it .. if it goes this way any longer, there wont be one.. thats not good for one of the biggest roar regions....PPPPPPLLLEEEASSSEEEE i vote for classic to.. should be down the 23 i think if thats the right date..

Anyone interested in it being held in Grand Rapids, Michigan?
Kenny, you have email.

anywhere is fine with me...i just want to race.. how big is the track????

anywhere is fine with me...i just want to race.. how big is the track????
Our present track size is 44' X 100'.

Anyone interested in it being held in Grand Rapids, Michigan?
Kenny, you have email.I'm interested. Think about it. Grand Rapids is 45 minutes from Lansing,
Mt Pleasent and Kalamazoo. Great location for a Regional.

I'm in for Grand Rapids Keep us informed

Eric Knapp

Anyone interested in it being held in Grand Rapids, Michigan?
Sounds good to me!

I spoke with Walt last night at CLassic...he will host it.

Kenny B, You got mail.

Eric H.

very nice.. im comming to classic in a few weks for some practice.. ... hopefully the regionals will be later like nov or december even better..LOL..

great to hear.. its been about 9 years since i been on banked carpet...

Got e-mails from Classic and John. We'll look to see what is best fit.

Kenny B

very nice.. im comming to classic in a few weks for some practice.. ... hopefully the regionals will be later like nov or december even better..LOL..

great to hear.. its been about 9 years since i been on banked carpet...
Burb's if Walt gets it, he was shooting for early December.
I chatted with Hays the other day, he said you guys might be down on the 23rd.
Good deal, it would be nice to finally meet you guys.

Eric H.

Kenny B,
How long should we expect to wait before a decision is made?

Just curious cause Nov/Dec is coming fast and time will be necessary for promoting the race and gathering sponsors.

december would rule.... there is talk of a shutdown at my work... i will have over a month ofr play time LOL.. yayy...

yeah me hays and corey heft hopefully will be down... i cant wait to hit some banks... its been a long time.... well carpet banks lol...

We in Grand Rapids are open to whatever date the racers prefer.

So when are we going to find out? I need to put in for trades at work!

We in Grand Rapids are open to whatever date the racers prefer.Not to mention that we can seat 150 racers.

pit space uis never an issue... classic hold pretty close tot hat to.. regionals usualy only get 30-60 guys tops...... iots been on flat tracks for 3 years, and it was in michigan last year, so i hope classic gets it..

I agree. But we need to know soon, some people including myself have to get vacation time or trades for work arranged for big races. also the track needs time to get sponsors. so when will we expect a result?

In the same note, I can't remember the last time it was held in Grand Rapids, MI.
When was the last time it was held at Classic?

classic was a few years ago...for nationals.. not sure when regionals was if ever.. last year it was in lansing.. roar usually doesnt do the same state two years in a row, if there is another bid from a diff part of the region... its been on flat track the last two years i know... need to give the banks some track time to...i dont care where it is held.. i just want to try some banks.. been a long long tiime..

When was the last time it was held at Classic?
Classic held the ROAR nats in 2002.
I have been racing for about 4 years at Classic and they have never held a ROAR Region race in that time span.

But as Beero said ROAR needs to decide one way or another who gets it so proper planning can go into promoting the race and gathering sponsors. I was an ARCOR director for a while so I know planning a race does not happen over night. And it will be November here shortly.....

Guy's all be making the necessary calls this week. I have been on the road or behind my desk at work since my last post. Past regionals went 2001 Classic, 2002 Trackside, 2003 Lansing, 2004 TBD. I have been region director for three years and a region event each time.

Kenny B

Thank you Kenny.

Kenny
Keep us posted !! Thanks