Indoor Offroad Carpet Racing News & Updates
#136
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Thursday Points series totals after 2 weeks. Don't forget, race result can be seen at http://marcca.liverc.com
#137
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Saturday point series week 3 totals with 1 drop counted so far. Individual race results can be seen at http://marcca.liverc.com
#139
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Where can we find the updated points standings for Thursdays and Saturdays?
#140
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#142
This week's Schedule:
- Tuesday - Onroad Practice @ 6pm
- Wednesday - Track Workday @ 3pm
- Thursday - Track Workday @ 3pm
- Friday - Gone Bananas Challenge Practice @ Noon
- Saturday - Gone Bananas Race, Opens at 8am - Racing at 11am
- Sunday - Onroad Racing, Opens at 9am - Racing at 1pm
Notes: No practice on Wednesday or Thursday unless you come and help complete the "to do" list posted on the annoucer's stand. If you help you may practice on Wednesday or Thursday, after the track is built and ready.
Saturday we will have Donuts in the morning and Pizza around 2pm. There will be soda for sale (50 cents) in the Refrigerator.
- Tuesday - Onroad Practice @ 6pm
- Wednesday - Track Workday @ 3pm
- Thursday - Track Workday @ 3pm
- Friday - Gone Bananas Challenge Practice @ Noon
- Saturday - Gone Bananas Race, Opens at 8am - Racing at 11am
- Sunday - Onroad Racing, Opens at 9am - Racing at 1pm
Notes: No practice on Wednesday or Thursday unless you come and help complete the "to do" list posted on the annoucer's stand. If you help you may practice on Wednesday or Thursday, after the track is built and ready.
Saturday we will have Donuts in the morning and Pizza around 2pm. There will be soda for sale (50 cents) in the Refrigerator.
#144
Hi. If anyone has a team associated b5m top shaft part number *91606* and could bring to the track tomorrow to borrow or buy would be great. I can't race without it. Otherwise have to wait till next week. I have one ordered but won't be in till next Wednesday. Thanks. Al.
#145
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Summer is winding down and it’s time to start thinking about the indoor racing season. We are going to start the indoor off road on Saturday September 16th. We will start the day off at noon with cleaning and track building. Once that is all done, we can knock the rust off the cars and the driving skills. This also means that starting September 20th, offroad practice on Wednesday nights begins. The Thursday night racing program will not be run this year due to the low attendance last year. On road racing will be moving back to Sundays after September 15th with on road practice still continuing to be on Tuesday nights. A Calendar of Events has been added to the Facebook page so you can easily see what is coming up.
We will be going back to having a points race every weekend and just running the usual 3 qualifiers and single mains. There will be two 10 week point series and each drivers 3 lowest points will be dropped and not used at all, not even for tie breakers. Same as it’s always been. The first points race will be on October 21st. This gives everyone a good month or so of running before the point series starts.
New for this season, Rick Seffrood has created three Bananas Skins Challenge races, each one taking place at a different track. MARCCA will be the 3rd one taking place in March, as it has in the past. Each event is its own race and not a traveling point series. MARCCA will have a normal race program during the first two Bananas Skinz Challenge races but it will not be a points night. If you have never travelled to a race, these would be great events to get your feet wet. This is a great opportunity to meet others with the same passion for RC racing you have and race against people you don’t normally race with.
Race 1 - Star Collectables/Island Speedway in Muscatine, Iowa on October 13-14.
Race 2 - The Hardwoods in Ithaca, Michigan on January 12-13.
Race 3 - MARCCA in Fitchburg, Wisconsin on March 9-10.
We would like to bring back having elections. We are looking for 6-8 individuals to be board members who are interested in making a difference in the club. We will make a sheet for nominations that will be posted on the bulletin board attached to the announcer booth. If you would like to run for a board member position please put your name on the nomination sheet, or if you think someone would be a good candidate, please put their name on there. If your name gets put on the sheet, you can always turn it down.
As many of you may or may not know, arguably the largest RC racing class in America, if not the world, is 17.5 Stock 2WD Buggy. Starting this season we want to offer this class. This will be a rubber tire (no spikes) class using ROAR legal 17.5 motors and no speed control timing. Speed control must be in blinky mode. See ROAR Racing for complete rules. Why rubber tires? There have been many people that race at other tracks within a couple hours of us that have expressed interest in running at our track but only have rubber tires. We believe this class could really take off as it has everywhere else. As for tires, for other tracks running no spike rubber tires the consensus is that a clay compound slick tire works best. Schumacher also makes a tire called Venom 88 that one of our members ran last year and it had plenty of grip. Rumor is the slick tires last longer than the spikes we have used in the past.
Indoor drone racing will be taking place again this winter at MARCCA. Dates and times to come. Keep an eye on the Calendar of Events.
We have the awards from the last points series from the end of last winter season. If you participated in more than half the series, there is an award waiting for you. Sounds like a great way to start the racing season if you ask me. I can’t wait to see everyone there!
We will be going back to having a points race every weekend and just running the usual 3 qualifiers and single mains. There will be two 10 week point series and each drivers 3 lowest points will be dropped and not used at all, not even for tie breakers. Same as it’s always been. The first points race will be on October 21st. This gives everyone a good month or so of running before the point series starts.
New for this season, Rick Seffrood has created three Bananas Skins Challenge races, each one taking place at a different track. MARCCA will be the 3rd one taking place in March, as it has in the past. Each event is its own race and not a traveling point series. MARCCA will have a normal race program during the first two Bananas Skinz Challenge races but it will not be a points night. If you have never travelled to a race, these would be great events to get your feet wet. This is a great opportunity to meet others with the same passion for RC racing you have and race against people you don’t normally race with.
Race 1 - Star Collectables/Island Speedway in Muscatine, Iowa on October 13-14.
Race 2 - The Hardwoods in Ithaca, Michigan on January 12-13.
Race 3 - MARCCA in Fitchburg, Wisconsin on March 9-10.
We would like to bring back having elections. We are looking for 6-8 individuals to be board members who are interested in making a difference in the club. We will make a sheet for nominations that will be posted on the bulletin board attached to the announcer booth. If you would like to run for a board member position please put your name on the nomination sheet, or if you think someone would be a good candidate, please put their name on there. If your name gets put on the sheet, you can always turn it down.
As many of you may or may not know, arguably the largest RC racing class in America, if not the world, is 17.5 Stock 2WD Buggy. Starting this season we want to offer this class. This will be a rubber tire (no spikes) class using ROAR legal 17.5 motors and no speed control timing. Speed control must be in blinky mode. See ROAR Racing for complete rules. Why rubber tires? There have been many people that race at other tracks within a couple hours of us that have expressed interest in running at our track but only have rubber tires. We believe this class could really take off as it has everywhere else. As for tires, for other tracks running no spike rubber tires the consensus is that a clay compound slick tire works best. Schumacher also makes a tire called Venom 88 that one of our members ran last year and it had plenty of grip. Rumor is the slick tires last longer than the spikes we have used in the past.
Indoor drone racing will be taking place again this winter at MARCCA. Dates and times to come. Keep an eye on the Calendar of Events.
We have the awards from the last points series from the end of last winter season. If you participated in more than half the series, there is an award waiting for you. Sounds like a great way to start the racing season if you ask me. I can’t wait to see everyone there!
#146
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The indoor season has started, just in time for August weather to finally show up. Last weekend we had about a half dozen people show up and help get a new track layout in place and got the bulk of the cleaning done in 3.5 hours. The track will be open tomorrow(Sept 23) at noon for practice and racing at 4:30pm. Wednesday off road practice has started for the season too, so come on out and hone in those driving skills!
Building update…The owner of the building is going to tear the building down. This means we have to be out by October 31st. We have been renting the space on a month-to-month basis and we knew the time to move was going to come at some point. It is unfortunate that it is right at the beginning of our indoor season, but this is nothing the club has not dealt with in the past. Having said this, we need everyones help in finding a new place. If you see anything or know someone who has warehouse space, please send us an email [email protected]. We need at least 6000 square feet of space and most of that needs to be warehouse space for the track. Again, if anyone knows of anything, please let us know.
We will continue all racing programs till we move and the off road point series will still start on Oct. 21 as originally scheduled. We may have to change the length of the point series and reschedule some of the points weeks but we will look into that based on when we get a new building.
We have had a few people express their interest in running for a board member position and that’s great! As mentioned previously, we are looking for 6-8 individuals to be board members who are interested in making a difference in the club. We will make a sheet for nominations that will be posted on the bulletin board attached to the announcer booth. If you would like to run for a board member position please put your name on the nomination sheet, or if you think someone would be a good candidate, please put their name on there. If your name gets put on the sheet, you can always turn it down.
See you at the track!
Building update…The owner of the building is going to tear the building down. This means we have to be out by October 31st. We have been renting the space on a month-to-month basis and we knew the time to move was going to come at some point. It is unfortunate that it is right at the beginning of our indoor season, but this is nothing the club has not dealt with in the past. Having said this, we need everyones help in finding a new place. If you see anything or know someone who has warehouse space, please send us an email [email protected]. We need at least 6000 square feet of space and most of that needs to be warehouse space for the track. Again, if anyone knows of anything, please let us know.
We will continue all racing programs till we move and the off road point series will still start on Oct. 21 as originally scheduled. We may have to change the length of the point series and reschedule some of the points weeks but we will look into that based on when we get a new building.
We have had a few people express their interest in running for a board member position and that’s great! As mentioned previously, we are looking for 6-8 individuals to be board members who are interested in making a difference in the club. We will make a sheet for nominations that will be posted on the bulletin board attached to the announcer booth. If you would like to run for a board member position please put your name on the nomination sheet, or if you think someone would be a good candidate, please put their name on there. If your name gets put on the sheet, you can always turn it down.
See you at the track!
Last edited by Mind_Blower; 09-22-2017 at 09:01 PM.
#148
i have used ca glue...make sure the tires/rims are clean and dry, lift the lip put in the glue...wipe off excess...