HI guys and gals! Well its another season for the hobbytown crew of strongsville and Last night was the first night and I would like to thank all who came! And definitely all who made it happen!THANK YOU!!!!!:dude: it was FUN! Think we need to address some small things like driver stand location, and Driver stand location and did I mention Driver stand location? We had 2 Classes of BRP 1 of Mini T and 2 of Touring Stock Not bad for the first night. Here is the schedule and fees as follows allong with dates!Steve Broz. No more Berea Its now in Brookpark/parma area. It is in a plaza
on the corner of Snow and Chevy boulavard(Stumpf Rd) In the old DMV
building in the same plaza as the title bureau. Racing is on friday doors
open at 5 racing to start by 6:45 to 7( we were out by 10:30 last night) ALso
there is some 12th scale interest if enough cars show up. minimum of 2 to 3
and they will run anything. Pratice nights are tuesday and is 5 to 8:30. Race days are 12.00 for the first and 5.00 for the second entry,
practice is 5.00 for the night. There is limited table space so they suggest
to bring your own, Plenty of power but you still may need a short extension
cord and a chair( no chairs there) there are 3 rooms and the main area. Peronal transponders are OK.
The dates are as follows: October Races-15,22,29 Practice-19&26 November
Races-5,12,19 Practice-2,9,16 December Races-3,10,17 Practice-7,14, january
Races- 14,21,28 practice-11,18,25 February races- 11,18,25 Practice-
8-15-22 March races 11,18,25 practice 8,15 Any other Questions call the shop @ 440-846-1770 Hopefully this thread will remain active as a communictaion between the racers there and to bring newbies in! And Steve I hope the Knee is feeling ok!:cry:

:dude: it was FUN! Think we need to address some small things like driver stand location, and Driver stand location and did I mention Driver stand location? :cry:
Mr. Tamiya,

Thanks for the compliments. Yeah the drivers stand drivers stand drivers stand turned out to be a problem. When we put it up we were unsure of it and went with a lets try it and see attitude. Well didn't work. Sunday we are going to go and move the drivers stand drivers stand drivers stand to the opposite wall and move it towards the front of the building a little. It's going to be a little tight and definitly a one way street for drivers on, drivers off. We couldn't put the track down much further towards the current drivers stand side because, we felt it would limit the walkway too much but, ya gotta work with what ya got. New stand location will be in place for Tuesday practice.

BTW Doors open at 5:30pm both days.

KEwl glad to here they are moving it! See ya tuesday!

You all will like it on that side!!!!! I picked up over 1 lap and that was standing on the floor.
Robertw321 >> When you get it there check the plastic flipper going onto the straight it maybe just a bit too high.
See you all on Friday!! Should be a big turnout of BRP cars :thumbsup:

Hey Guys,
I have a few quick questions. What time does the doors open on Friday? What is going on with 12th Scale? I plan on showing up, have not raced in a while. See, with the Gate running on Sunday, well that gets in the way of watching my Steelers! Friday night will be great for me!
Thanks,
Jerry

Hey Guys,
I have a few quick questions. What time does the doors open on Friday? What is going on with 12th Scale? I plan on showing up, have not raced in a while. See, with the Gate running on Sunday, well that gets in the way of watching my Steelers! Friday night will be great for me!
Thanks,
Jerry Assuming that the Steelers were actually worth watching.....VCR.;)

Robertw321 >> When you get it there check the plastic flipper going onto the straight it maybe just a bit too high.
:thumbsup:Bud,

I'm not sure which one you mean. The one on the inside of the turn?


HookupsXXX4

We had one 12th scaler show up. Hoping for more.


Remember practice on Tuesday 5:30pm. $5.00 per driver.

BTW There's something just not the same watching what was a live sporting event on tape.

Hey Guys,
I have a few quick questions. What time does the doors open on Friday? What is going on with 12th Scale? I plan on showing up, have not raced in a while. See, with the Gate running on Sunday, well that gets in the way of watching my Steelers! Friday night will be great for me!
Thanks,
JerryHookupsXXX4, Its Jay, Here is some info! Doors open At 5:30 for practice(tuesdays) nights and race Nights(fridays)
The dates are as follows: October Races-15,22,29 Practice-19&26 November
Races-5,12,19 Practice-2,9,16 December Races-3,10,17 Practice-7,14, january
Races- 14,21,28 practice-11,18,25 February races- 11,18,25 Practice-
8-15-22 March races 11,18,25 practice 8,15 I mostlikely will start racing 12th scale again too!
Any other questions either leave em here or IM me.

[QUOTE=Robertw321]Bud,

I'm not sure which one you mean. The one on the inside of the turn?

[QUOTE] He means the inside of the turn coming onto the straight away, the white plastic is too tall and blocks view of the BRP cars,12th and the touring cars once you move the stand. Once you move it you will see what we mean.

Ok, We moved the drivers stand and reduced the height of all the plastic flappers. We should be good to go on Tuesday.

Sweet, Any other changes or was that it? this first 1/2 of the season for me is gonna be scarce. I am goin to see Phantom of the opera this friday, the following friday I go on nights for one week so I will have to leave early, then. dec 3rd and 10th i will be in dallas! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! so hopefully second half will be better!

Hey Guys,
I am for sure going on Friday, I hope that there is more 12th scales showing up. Like I said before, this is the only place I know that is racing on Friday's and that works out great for me. Does anyone know when they race in Toledo? Oh and joneser... YES, the Steelers are worth watching, we are 5 and 1. You must be a Browns fan.... Sucks that you can't make it Jay. See everyone Friday. Oh, one last thing, if I am the only one in 12th scale, we I be able to run?
Thanks,
Jerry

Hey, real quick, I am going to be coming down the turnpike from Sandusky, how do I get there?
Thanks,
Jerry

Hey Guys,
I am for sure going on Friday, I hope that there is more 12th scales showing up. Like I said before, this is the only place I know that is racing on Friday's and that works out great for me. Does anyone know when they race in Toledo? Oh and joneser... YES, the Steelers are worth watching, we are 5 and 1. You must be a Browns fan.... Sucks that you can't make it Jay. See everyone Friday. Oh, one last thing, if I am the only one in 12th scale, we I be able to run?
Thanks,
JerryToledo is saturdays I believe, YEs you will be able to run with the touring cars, but as long as matt the cat shows up(which he usually does) they will run 2 in a class! and have seperate 12th scale.

Hey, real quick, I am going to be coming down the turnpike from Sandusky, how do I get there?
Thanks,
JerryGet off at exit 161 on the turnpike/Which is the strongsville/RT 71 exit. get on 71 north take it to the snow rd exit. At the end of the exit turn right onto snow rd. Stay on snow rd. till Stumpf or chevy boulavard(same street just named different on either side of the intersection) turb left onto Chevy Blvd.(right is stumpf) as you turn right you will see a Mr. chicken on your right. the plaza behind Mr chicken is the plaza, Once on Chevy Blvd turn in the second driveway on the right into the plaza and its in the old DMV Bureau. Hopefully thats cut and dry enough

Sweet, Any other changes or was that it?
That was about it. If anyone has any ideas LMK.

That was about it. If anyone has any ideas LMK. I like the idea of the heads up third round of qualifying but I feel we should reshuffle the qualifiers so that it will even be more like the main with the faster guys up front, Just an idea

What happened to the fairgrounds track?
I thought that place was really cool.
Maybe I can get to the new track one night for a practice round.

Talk to you soon.
Tracy :cool:

I like the idea of the heads up third round of qualifying but I feel we should reshuffle the qualifiers so that it will even be more like the main with the faster guys up front, Just an idea wont that mean you getting shuffled to the back?:freak:

wont that mean you getting shuffled to the back?:freak:Where ever it may be, front back middle just thought it was best at least to shuffle the heads up qualifier. ;)

What happened to the fairgrounds track?
I thought that place was really cool.
Maybe I can get to the new track one night for a practice round.

Talk to you soon.
Tracy :cool:Tracy,
THey wanted a more permanent facility where they didnt have to tear down the track every night like we used to at bratenahl. at least where they are at now they can leave it alone and go home after a night of racing! Hope to see you out there at least one of the nights.:wave:

I like the idea of the heads up third round of qualifying but I feel we should reshuffle the qualifiers so that it will even be more like the main with the faster guys up front, Just an idea
I planned on trying this on Friday. I want to actually grid the heads up heat by qualifying order. Didn't want to make to many changes at once.

I planned on trying this on Friday. I want to actually grid the heads up heat by qualifying order. Didn't want to make to many changes at once.Sounds good but I wont see you till the following friday. See ya then or at the shop!

How was friday night? Gotta work at the shop Yuesdaybut I will be there friday to do some serious racing!

Who is all comming to race touring friday night?

Who's Mr. Tamiya? Is that you Jay? :cool: My Dad and I should be there. Hopefully we can get some more good racers to show up! Last week was pretty good.
How many guys would be interested in running 12th scale. I'm very tempted to pick up a car one of these days.
Does anyone know the actual dimensions of the current carpet that is laid out? I work on CAD all day so it would be kinda interesting to see what kind of track layout options are possible. Is there any current plan to change the track any time soon? Just curious!!
Kudos and thanks to all those who setup the track, changed the drivers stand (much better) and other behind the scenes work. See ya guys Friday. :wave:

Dan

Does anyone know the actual dimensions of the current carpet that is laid out? I work on CAD all day so it would be kinda interesting to see what kind of track layout options are possible. Is there any current plan to change the track any time soon? Just curious!!
Kudos and thanks to all those who setup the track, changed the drivers stand (much better) and other behind the scenes work. See ya guys Friday. :wave:
Dan
Dan,

There's a crude .bmp file of the track demensions attached.

Thanks for the kind words.

Cool.... Thanks Bob. How close are these dimensions? Within a foot or so?

Cool.... Thanks Bob. How close are these dimensions? Within a foot or so?
The 48" to the drivers left is right, it's 4 strips of carpet. The 63' should be right it's the original length of the carpet. The 24' on the little extension is right, it's 2 strips of carpet. The 48' in front of the drivers stand is about right we cut off about 15'. Our side boards are either 8' or 4' with about a 1/2" gap between them for the connectors. The boards set up well without any problems, so the demensions should be pretty accurate. A couple of things to keep in mind, with the poles where they are we will probably want to keep the long straight where it is and the corner of the carpet nearest the old BVM counter can not be seen from about 1/2 the drivers stand and is probably unusable so i don't think we can change the left turn around the corner and the kinda odd shaped right leading on to the main straight.

Happy designing.

Excellent... I was thinking the same thing about the main straight and that area off to the top left (from the drivers stand). Thanks for the info. See ya there!

Excellent... I was thinking the same thing about the main straight and that area off to the top left (from the drivers stand). Thanks for the info. See ya there!HI Dan, Yeah its Jay thats me! anyways see ya friday!

hey guys great of racing. was fun thanks!

Jay,

It was a fun night of racing! We had a nice battle going on for the first half of the main. Then... I had some brain farts, especially on the second to last lap when I parked it :freak:... what happened? Your car has some serious pull going on. Thanks alot for the test drive :mad:, now I have to upgrade my car for sure :thumbsup:. You going to practice at all on Tues.? See ya!

Dave's my Hero!

If Mike Pavlik goes to the track tonight to practice, tell him I (Tracy Rumschlag)have to work and can't show up to help him work on his new car.Have him leave a message on my cell phone or get me through this forum.
Hope to see you next week.

Tracy:cool:

Jay,

It was a fun night of racing! We had a nice battle going on for the first half of the main. Then... I had some brain farts, especially on the second to last lap when I parked it :freak:... what happened? Your car has some serious pull going on. Thanks alot for the test drive :mad:, now I have to upgrade my car for sure :thumbsup:. You going to practice at all on Tues.? See ya!No practice for me tuesday! gotta work at the shop! Was definitly close till ya parked it then it was a marshalling problem! See ya friday!!

Dave's my Hero!??????????????????

If Mike Pavlik goes to the track tonight to practice, tell him I (Tracy Rumschlag)have to work and can't show up to help him work on his new car.Have him leave a message on my cell phone or get me through this forum.
Hope to see you next week.

Tracy:cool:so you comming out on a friday tracy?

How long of a drive is your track from mentor,My son and I race 12 scale andwould like to run some friday night.What is the address so I can do a mapquest.
mike

How long of a drive is your track from mentor,My son and I race 12 scale andwould like to run some friday night.What is the address so I can do a mapquest.
mike Well we are about 15 to 20 minutes west of The Gate. You can Use 12000 snow rd for the addy, You will mostlikely take 480 west to Tiedeman, turn left onto tiedeman, then take that to brookpark rd, turn right on brookpark rd, then take that to chevy Blvd, turn left on chevy. We are in the plaze at the corner of Snow and Chevy blvd, you will turn in the driveway before Snow rd. We are next to the title bureau in the plaza. we are across from antonios pizza. We open at 5:30 on friday Starting racing at 7:00 ish, we have had some 12th scalers and more keep showing up. so the more the merrier. as long as there are 2 we run any class. Its a bunch of fun and a relaxed atmosphere. Hope to see you there. Guess your not chubs cuz he doesnt have any kids LOL(check the Gate forum) Any other Questions call Hobbytown USA @ 440-846-1770

so you comming out on a friday tracy?Are you kidding? Man, I haven't seen a Friday off in 15 yrs.
I get 3 a year. They happen to fall on my vacations.lol!
Tuesday practice is about it for me right now.
And I have been catching some OT at work on that day.
I talked to Steve last week. If we get enough guy's interested we could have a race or 2 on Tuesdays. Don't want anyone burnt out though.
We could even have a pick up race if enough guy's show interest.
2 heats and a main. Play it from week to week.
Or a mock practice with every one for a 5 min. heat. Nothing serious!!!
Just want wheel time. Work on everybodys set ups.
If anyone got an idea, chime in.
Anyone going to the Champs that may be shaking down a new car?
I would help there also.

Hope to see you soon.
Tracy :cool:

Well we are about 15 to 20 minutes west of The Gate. You can Use 12000 snow rd for the addy, You will mostlikely take 480 west to Tiedeman, turn left onto tiedeman, then take that to brookpark rd, turn right on brookpark rd, then take that to chevy Blvd, turn left on chevy. We are in the plaze at the corner of Snow and Chevy blvd, you will turn in the driveway before Snow rd. We are next to the title bureau in the plaza. we are across from antonios pizza. We open at 5:30 on friday Starting racing at 7:00 ish, we have had some 12th scalers and more keep showing up. so the more the merrier. as long as there are 2 we run any class. Its a bunch of fun and a relaxed atmosphere. Hope to see you there. Guess your not chubs cuz he doesnt have any kids LOL(check the Gate forum) Any other Questions call Hobbytown USA @ 440-846-1770
Just want to add one thing to Mr.T's directions.
They are on the left hand side @ Snow and Chevy.
It is in the Snowville Plaza.
Jay, correct me if im wrong.

Tracy :cool:

Some pick up racing sounds fun. It always helps to actually be running against someone to see if your setups are actually improving. Tracy - Are you still running the Losi? To bad about the Friday/work thing :( . Maybe I'll see ya next Tuesday.

Dan

If we get enough guy's interested we could have a race or 2 on Tuesdays. Don't want anyone burnt out though.
We could even have a pick up race if enough guy's show interest.
2 heats and a main. Play it from week to week.
Or a mock practice with every one for a 5 min. heat. Nothing serious!!!

If enough people are there. Don and I will run any type program you want. It would be good for us too, because we want to play with the Laps Free timing and scoring program. We ran at Classic on Saturday and Walt didn't seem to have any problems with the program. Maybe we could schedule a few Tuesday races. Maybe TC's only. Except in the case of death, serious illness or injury. Don and/or I will be there every Tuesday.

[QUOTE=DJohnson]Some pick up racing sounds fun. It always helps to actually be running against someone to see if your setups are actually improving. Tracy - Are you still running the Losi? To bad about the Friday/work thing :( . Maybe I'll see ya next Tuesday.

Dan, Yes I still have the Losi. I ran the car a little over the summer.
Worked with Wayne Gerber on set up and driving. It's real nice now. Better then it has ever been. I understand the set up more.
You should see me Tuesday if I don't work OT. I have a different schedule next week due to the food show coming to town.

Talk to you soon.
Tracy :cool:

Robert-did you run the Hyperdrive? I have my Carrubba special 1/10th car-let me kno if anyone wants it over at Classic or even at Strongsville if you run some flat oval there.

Thanks,
Ray

Tracy - I've started trying to fine tune my shock oil / spring / piston setup to see if something is better than what I'm running now. What have you found to be the best shock setup so far?

Thanks, Dan

Tracy - I've started trying to fine tune my shock oil / spring / piston setup to see if something is better than what I'm running now. What have you found to be the best shock setup so far?

Thanks, Danhey we will see ya friday night! cant wait!

Just a quick reminder

– the track is open for practice on Tuesday nights.

It’s $5.00 to practice. Steve will set it up any way you want. You can run with a transponder (or Personal Transponder) and get you laps printed out – OR – he is willing to run heats…all for $5.00!

help support the track -- more practice = MORE SPEED!! :thumbsup:

BTW -- just put a Mamba brushless in the Mod BRP!!!!!! ZOOOOOOMMMMMMM ZOOOOOOMMMMMM!