WOW, what a weekend! I want to thank EVERYONE who attended and helped make this event even more successful than I could have imagined. First, I want to thank the sponsors:
RC Driver: Greg for always attending our events even though he is the hardest working man in show biz, for helping us with the ad and for the continued coverage
Castle Creation: Joe and Lee for attending and for providing the hand-out brushless motors at NO COST to the racers. You guys ROCK! Happy B-Day Joe
RC America / X-Ray: For the pit towels and 2 kits that we gave away
Team Scream: John and the whole crew rock! Great prized, a long time sponsor and John won his first National Title ! Congrats
Speed Passion: For the 5 Emotion systems we gave away!
Core RC: For the tool set we gave away
Spektrum: Sonny ROCKS! DX3R, DX3S and 4 micro receivers were sent and given away!
Exotek Racing: Mike makes great stuff, won some more titles and gave away some COOOOL items
SK Motion/Robitronic: Robert sent us brushless motor plates for the Scalpel drivers and a Scalpel to give away!
TheToyz.com; RJ is a long time sponsor and sent a TON of cool give-a-ways! Thanks!
Duratrax: Jeff is a great guy. We had a charger and a bunch of other stuff from DuraTrax.
BRP Racing: Two more national titles! They gave away bodies and a car kit.
Apogee Packs: For the 10 packs we gave away. Bill is a great guy!
HiTec: Can you say over 20 servos were given away!!!!
Eagle Tree Systems, LLC: A New sponsor that gave away some gift certificates.
Hobby Shack/Airtronics: For the great 2.4ghz radio we gave away:
Max Amps: For Battery packs and stuff we gave away
Team Associated: Brad Rocks! Fort the 2 Factory Team RC18T kits and RC18R!!
Brown Engineering: Glad you made it Marvet! For the 2 chassis kits
Novak: for the certificates for 3 systems:
Parma: For the bodies
Pro-Line: For the bodies and tires
Losi: For the Mini Slider and pit chairs
Sky Rocket batteries: Great nes company the should have a great future. Thanks for the packs we gave away!
Boca Bearings: For the certificates and tools
Racers Edge/HRP: For all the COOL prizes
Grand Concepts: For doing all our art work!
Team GoNads: For the cool Micro-T bumpers
To everyone I met for the first, second and third time….
Dave Berry - Thanks for coming out! It was a long drive but you were in all the A-Mains!
Scooby – Dude, you rock!
Robbie Dodge – Your nickname should be “The Clinic” You kicked some serious A$$. Glad you made it!
George Bermbuster Berman – You are always a class act and a great supporter of ours! Thanks and we look forward to seeing Frankie at the next race!
The Crew from Canada – Someday I will get your names right when we do door prizes! Thanks for coming!
Tom Brown – Great guy!
Tory Skyers for Sky Rocket batteries! Nice to meet you and let me know how I can help you in the future
Tom Loranger for giving us the truck oval idea!
If I forgot to mention you it is NOT personal! I will do my best to get results up SOON! I want to thank Nick for getting up the results he listed!
Ok, now let’s turn our attention to FEBRUARY for the 1/18 Indoor Off Road Off Road Nats! Rules LATER TODAY!
Congrats not just to all the Exotek drivers but also to all of the fellow 'privateer' racers. These are the backbone of the hobby and I salute you as true sportsmen. You do it not for the a-main win but for the adrenaline of racing.
Thank YOU Dean, Chris and the RC Madness crew for hosting and promoting such an important race to the micro community. Some of us weren't able to make it ( ) but we were all there in spirit and we'll do what ever we can to spur on this continued success- 180 entries is incredible!
Congrats not just to all the Exotek drivers but also to all of the fellow 'privateer' racers. These are the backbone of the hobby and I salute you as true sportsmen. You do it not for the a-main win but for the adrenaline of racing.
Thank YOU Dean, Chris and the RC Madness crew for hosting and promoting such an important race to the micro community. Some of us weren't able to make it ( ) but we were all there in spirit and we'll do what ever we can to spur on this continued success- 180 entries is incredible!
Mike we need to be thanking you. I have been using your products since the motek days and your innovative thinking has brought 1/18th scale racing to what it is today.....
Your spirit created whip a** in almost every class....
Team Associated, R/C Driver, Castle Creations
Presents
2009 1/18 Indoor Off Road Nationals
February 27, 28 & March 1
Only at R/C Madness in Enfield, CT
$35.00 for the first class (Includes T-Shirt)
$30.00 each additional class
Top ten in ALL “A” Mains receive awards
Top three in all other mains receive awards
Handout motors in specified classes provided for by Castle Creations
Friday open practice from open until close
Saturday 3 rounds of IFMAR qualifying (be there early)
Sunday open practice from 7:00 until 9:30
Small door prizes will be given out from 7:30 – 9:30. Winner must be present
Best paint sponsored by Up Grade RC at 9:30 (body must be used in competition)
Mains start at 10:00
Big door prizes and awards at the conclusion of the mains
TQ Awards sponsored by R/C Driver Magazine
Xtreme Performance Awards sponsored by Xtreme R/C Cars Magazine
Don’t forget the Competition X “Super Main” following the “A” Mains where the best drivers & vehicles will compete together for the Competition X Award!
Class 1:
4wd Stock (Stadium Style)
Sponsored By
Factory stock 1/18 plastic chassis and top plate only
1/18 Rubber Tires ONLY, No touring car tires, No Hex Adapters
Handout Motor ONLY
No disassembling or altering the motor
Open Electronics
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
Must use a stadium style truck body, No Truggy Style wings
Class 2:
4wd Open (Stadium Style)
Sponsored By
Open 1/18 Chassis
Open Brushed or Brushless Motor
Open 1/18 Tires including foams. No Touring Car Tires, No Hex Adapters
Open Electronics
Unlimited Battery Voltage; Li-Po or 2/3A Cells
Must use a stadium style truck body, Truggy type wings are allowed
Class 3:
2wd Stock (Stadium Style/Baja)
Sponsored by
Factory stock 1/18 plastic chassis only
1/18 Rubber Tires ONLY, No touring car tires, No Hex Adapters
Handout Motor ONLY
No disassembling or altering the motor
Open Electronics
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
Must use a stadium style truck body or Baja Bug Body, No Truggy Wings
Class 4:
2wd Open (Stadium Style/Baja)
Sponsored By
Open 2wd 1/18 Chassis
Open Brushed or Brushless Motor
Open 1/18 Tires including foams; No Touring Car Tires, No Hex Adapters
Open Electronics
Unlimited Battery Voltage; Li-Po or 2/3A Cells
Must use a stadium style truck body or Baja Bug Body, Truggy type wings are allowed
Class 5:
Mini Monster Open
Sponsored By
Open Chassis
Open Motor(s) not to exceed 2. Brushed or Brushless
No Foam Tire or 1/10 Tires/Rims, Monster Truck Rubber Tires ONLY
Tires must be AT LEAST 2 ½” (63mm) tall when mounted on rims
Open Electronics
Unlimited Battery Voltage; Li-Po or 2/3A Cells
Must use a Mini Monster type truck body, Stadium Truck Body or Baja Body. Truggy wings are allowed
Class 6:
Novice
Sponsored by
12-Years-Old or Younger ONLY (no 'ringers' or former winners)
ANYONE in the novice class who would have qualified for an A-main will be taken out of the novice class and placed in the appropriate class.
Must Run Factory Stock Plastic Chassis/Top Plate
NO modifications to the stock chassis
1/18 Rubber Tires ONLY, No Touring Car Tires, No Hex adapters, No Custom Inserts
Handout Motor ONLY
No disassembling or altering the motor
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY. (7.2 volts)
Class 7:
1/18 Production Buggy (RC18B, Vendetta & Mega Pro ONLY!)
Sponsored by
Must Run Stock Factory Chassis
NO modifications to the factory stock chassis is any way
Factory Tires & Rims ONLY. NO Aftermarket Tires or Rims or Inserts
Must use factory motor. (The motor that came with the car)
No disassembling or altering the motor in any way
Must use factory speed control & servo. (open receiver/transmitter)
The ONLY allowable upgrades are as follows: steering linkage/turnbuckles,
motor heat sink, shock oil, shock springs and aluminum steering knuckles, shock bushings on the Vendetta.
May use different battery connectors.
NO OTHER CHANGES ALLOWED
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
Must use stock buggy body and wing, no aftermarket bodies or wings. Bodies may be custom painted.
Class 8:
1/18 Buggy Open
Sponsored by
Open 1/18 Chassis
Open Brushed or Brushless motor
1/18 Rubber Buggy Tires. No Touring Car Sized Tires or Foam Tires or Added Hex Adapters
Must run narrow front tires, (similar to the Front RC18B or Duratrax Vendetta)
Front tires must be less than 1” wide when mounted on rims (No wide front tires/rims)
No truck front tires/rims.
Open Electronics
Open battery voltage; Li-Po or 2/3A Cells
Must run a buggy body with wing
Class 9:
18R Stock Rally Class (RC18R ONLY)
Sponsored by
Factory Stock 18R Chassis & top plate
Factory stock dimensions (140.5mm wide, and 155mm wheelbase)
Factory Tires, Rims & Inserts ONLY. NO Aftermarket Tires or Rims
Handout motor ONLY
No disassembling or altering the motor in any way
The ONLY allowable upgrades are adjustable turnbuckles/steering linkage, motor heatsink & driveshafts.
Open speed control, servo & receiver
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
Bodies allowed include the Associated Rally Bodies, the Exotek Body and the RJ Speed Bodies
Factory wing only
Bodies may be custom painted
Class 10:
18R Open Rally Class (RC18R ONLY)
Sponsored by
Open Chassis
Dimensions (140.5mm wide, and 165mm wheelbase max)
Team Associated Rubber or Foam Rally Tires/Rims ONLY.
Open Brushless or Brushed motor
Open Electronics
Unlimited battery voltage
Bodies allowed include the Associated Rally Bodies, the Exotek Body and the RJ Speed Bodies
Lexan Wings ONLY that MUST be attached to the body
Bodies may be custom painted
Class 11:
TamTech Off Road Class
Sponsored by
GB-01, GB-01T GB-02, GB-03 Chassis ONLY
Factory stock dimensions
TamTech GB-01, GB-01T, GB-02, GB-03 Rims ONLY
Open Rubber Tires
Hand-out Motor ONLY
No disassembling or altering the motor in any way
Open speed control, receiver & servo
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
TamTech Bodies ONLY
Bodies may be custom painted
Class 12:
Traxxas Slayer EX Spec Class
Sponsored by
Factory Stock Slayer EX Chassis
Factory stock dimensions
Factory Tires, Rims & Inserts ONLY. NO Aftermarket Tires or Rims
Box stock motor, servo and speed control
No disassembling or altering the motor in any way
Trucks may use ANY receiver/transmitter and may be tuned using various shock oil and shock springs and other tuning options
6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs or 2 Cell lithium batteries ONLY
Factory stock bodies only (may be custom painted)
If the rules do not specifically say it is legal, then it’s not legal.
Misc……
These rules were made to accommodate the majority of hobby shop grade 1/18 vehicles on the market as of 12-1-08. They include, but are not limited to the RC18 series, Mini T, Mini Desert Truck, M18T, M18MT, M18T Pro, Mini LST, Mini Monster Baja, Mini LST 2, Raminator, Ramunition, Baja Bug, Mini Quake, Vendetta, MiniZilla, Mini Giant, Spyder, Blade, Thunder Tiger ZT2, Thunder Tiger ZK2 and Mega Pro. The Vendetta ST, Mini Inferno ST, Mini E Revo & Trinity Now are allowed in the Mini Monster class only.
• Assume the following: If the rules don’t say you can do it, you can’t. ASK FIRST
• NO REVERSE. If you use reverse, even once, you will be assessed 5 second stop & go penalty. After 3 stop & go penalties in one race you will be disqualified from that race and your car will be removed from the track. No refund will be given.
• No rough or “team” driving. Anyone who is considered to be team driving or rough driving will be disqualified and no refund will be given.
• All races will be 5 minutes long (excluding the Super Main)
• 1600mAh limit on 2/3A cells in stock classes
• No Sub C sized cells in ANY class
• No 540 Sized motors in any class
• Unless given prior approval, vehicles can ONLY race in classes originally intended by the manufacturer.
o It is acceptable to turn an X-Ray M18T Pro into an M18B (for the buggy open class) or an M18MT
o The Vendetta ST can run in the buggy open class provided it has a buggy body and buggy tires/rims and fits the provided dimensions
• All prototype and one of a kind items/modifications must be approved by the race director before being used in competition
• Dimensions for classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
o Length 240mm Maximum (with body)
o Width 184mm Maximum*
o Wheelbase 166mm Maximum
• Dimensions for class 5
o Length 220mm Minimum.
o Width 230mm Maximum, 188mm Minimum
o Wheelbase 205mm Maximum, 154mm Minimum
That definitely ranks up there w/ some of the best times i've had w/o a hangover after!!!
Thanks to Scooby, Gee and Denmark for the setup help, next time I'm using soldered motor connectors instead of those bullets .
Great job Skyrocket Drivers!!
Chris, Dean and to all that were man/womanning the hobby shop, THANKS!!! You guys have a well stocked hobby shop!!
To all the sponsors of this event, a HUUUUGE THANKS. I stuffed my wife and kids into the van for 3 hours plus in driving rain to make it up there and none of them complained ... not even once!! They didn't complain on the way back either which was a little eery so whatever you are putting in the water up there lemme know so I can get a 55gallon drum of it. Needless to say they were all impressed and had a great time, it was as much fun for the spectators as it was for the participants.
When my middle son got home he wanted to know where we were going back to our new house at the other rc track.
I got a truck now so I'll definately be back for the offroad event.
You can count on Skyrocket support for the Off Road even in Feb!
Quote:
Originally Posted by RCMadness
WOW, what a weekend! I want to thank EVERYONE who attended and helped make this event even more successful than I could have imagined. First, I want to thank the sponsors:
RC Driver: Greg for always attending our events even though he is the hardest working man in show biz, for helping us with the ad and for the continued coverage
Castle Creation: Joe and Lee for attending and for providing the hand-out brushless motors at NO COST to the racers. You guys ROCK! Happy B-Day Joe
RC America / X-Ray: For the pit towels and 2 kits that we gave away
Team Scream: John and the whole crew rock! Great prized, a long time sponsor and John won his first National Title ! Congrats
Speed Passion: For the 5 Emotion systems we gave away!
Core RC: For the tool set we gave away
Spektrum: Sonny ROCKS! DX3R, DX3S and 4 micro receivers were sent and given away!
Exotek Racing: Mike makes great stuff, won some more titles and gave away some COOOOL items
SK Motion/Robitronic: Robert sent us brushless motor plates for the Scalpel drivers and a Scalpel to give away!
TheToyz.com; RJ is a long time sponsor and sent a TON of cool give-a-ways! Thanks!
Duratrax: Jeff is a great guy. We had a charger and a bunch of other stuff from DuraTrax.
BRP Racing: Two more national titles! They gave away bodies and a car kit.
Apogee Packs: For the 10 packs we gave away. Bill is a great guy!
HiTec: Can you say over 20 servos were given away!!!!
Eagle Tree Systems, LLC: A New sponsor that gave away some gift certificates.
Hobby Shack/Airtronics: For the great 2.4ghz radio we gave away:
Max Amps: For Battery packs and stuff we gave away
Team Associated: Brad Rocks! Fort the 2 Factory Team RC18T kits and RC18R!!
Brown Engineering: Glad you made it Marvet! For the 2 chassis kits
Novak: for the certificates for 3 systems:
Parma: For the bodies
Pro-Line: For the bodies and tires
Losi: For the Mini Slider and pit chairs
Sky Rocket batteries: Great nes company the should have a great future. Thanks for the packs we gave away!
Boca Bearings: For the certificates and tools
Racers Edge/HRP: For all the COOL prizes
Grand Concepts: For doing all our art work!
Team GoNads: For the cool Micro-T bumpers
To everyone I met for the first, second and third time….
Dave Berry - Thanks for coming out! It was a long drive but you were in all the A-Mains!
Scooby – Dude, you rock!
Robbie Dodge – Your nickname should be “The Clinic” You kicked some serious A$$. Glad you made it!
George Bermbuster Berman – You are always a class act and a great supporter of ours! Thanks and we look forward to seeing Frankie at the next race!
The Crew from Canada – Someday I will get your names right when we do door prizes! Thanks for coming!
Tom Brown – Great guy!
Tory Skyers for Sky Rocket batteries! Nice to meet you and let me know how I can help you in the future
Tom Loranger for giving us the truck oval idea!
If I forgot to mention you it is NOT personal! I will do my best to get results up SOON! I want to thank Nick for getting up the results he listed!
Ok, now let’s turn our attention to FEBRUARY for the 1/18 Indoor Off Road Off Road Nats! Rules LATER TODAY!
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www.microracingleague.com www.mushroombowl.com www.bluediamondpark.com
Losi Type R Tekin RS Pro, Fantom 13.5, Losi Type R Tekin RS Pro, Corally 4.5, Exotek SR3 Tekin B1, Exotek EX14 Tekin RS, Kyosho RRR WC, D-Lee super secret mod motor
Thanks to everyone @ the RCM crew for putting on a great event again this year had more fun this year than last. Hopefully the track gets even better next year @ the new facility, its definately time for some new carpet Can't wait for next year, hopefully I can figure out how robbies stock car is so dang fast Thanks to everyone again It was good to see everyone again, and associate some faces with names on here
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Mike Gee
Team Driver For: Exotek/Castle/Psycho Cells/GQ Tires/Darkside Designz/Rad Racing
Proud Supporter of: MRL (Micro Racing League) / Final Thoughts RC Club
I'd have to say that I'm very glad I made this event this year. I was very fortunate that my family rescheduled our Christmas dinner and even more fortunate to have a lot of great people around me that supported my trip up to RCM to compete with the best Micro racers in the U.S. Again I'd like to thank Greg and Mike Gee for changing their plans last minute and allowing me to catch a ride up north with them. It was a great ride up and an even better ride back.
I'd also like to thank the Madness Crew for hosting this great event, and Chris in particular for sitting down with me for a few minutes on Sunday to discuss the future of micro racing. I think we both had some great ideas and I'm looking forward to testing some new things for the MRL and maybe even next year's Micro Nats.
Thanks to Tim Haskins for the awesome 6-cell pack for the stock ride and the new 1100mah LiPo that Gee and I have been testing in Mod. Both of my packs performed flawless all weekend long. Thanks to John Cravotta for hooking me up with tires last minute, without them I would have been a spectator! lol. Also congrats to John on his 18R win, along with all other 2008 National Champions. That Gerber team sure does have those BRP cars hooked up!! Congrats on another dominating weekend in the pan car classes.
It was really great to meet a lot of new people, some I've only ever talked to on RCTech, and others that I've raced with at 1/10 and 1/12 events but never had the opportunity to meet. I look forward to racing with you all in the near future as well as at next year's Micro Nats. Until then, I'll constantly be working to improve the two cars I brought this year
Thanks to everyone for providing great racing, a great environment, and and a great time!
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Robbie Dodge
RC America☆Xray☆Hudy☆Express Motorsports☆Jaco☆Tekin☆Psycho Cells☆MW Designs☆rD²☆5 Nines Consulting☆Sheckells & Sons Construction
Whopper. Endorsed and Loved by Tony Stewart.
A special thanks to the entire RCM crew, and Chris and Dean for all the hard work you all went through to put on this great event. Myself and three friends from Toledo drove almost 700 miles to your event for the first time and throughly enjoyed ourselves. We will definately be back for next years race and with more people I'm sure. Your hospitality is 1st class!! You guy's really know how to put on a class act. Congratulations to all the class winners, Robbie Dodge, you were awesome. Great job! Also, thanks to all the sponsors. Your support is one of the main reasons why this facility can put on such a great racing event for all of us to enjoy!!! Wesley, it was nice seeing you again and thanks for your motor help. Tom L., thanks from all of us that recieved your speedo programming help....nice to see you again also. Chris, thanks for the JR radio trigger part for my friend, Rich. Without it, he would have been stuck. It was nice to see some faces for the first time that post on this thread.....Pierre V, Denmark, Bermbuster, punkboy. Wow, I am really tired now. Just got home and had to let everyone know how much we appreciated this great RCM event and the fun we all had. I think it's time to crash.
First of all, I just want to thank everyone who came out to support micro touring and the oval race as well. The quality of racing just keeps getting better every year. Congratulations to Robbie Dodge for just an incredible weekend of racing and taking home Micro Touring Stock and Micro Touring Mod National titles, and to the rest of the weekend’s winners and competitors, to include John Cravotta for his first National Title in Rally Open. We may be rival companies on paper, but we’ve become too good of friends to not to be anything but excited for you. Thanks to Chris and the rest of the RC Madness crew for putting on another successful event, I hope everything goes well in your transition into the new race facility. Lastly, I would like to thank the Team Psycho Cells drivers that were there; Mike Gee, Robbie Dodge, Pierre "Rugzilla" Valiquette, and Tony the Flyin’ Hawaiian. Your efforts on and off the track is truly awesome and I feel fortunate to call you guy’s teammates. Mike, that was just tuff luck in that Micro Touring Stock A-main. You had 2nd place pretty much locked up until you clipped the wall, however you came back strong in your second place finish in Micro Touring Open where you and Robbie lapped the entire field. Robbie what can I say, you rocked. TQ’s and victories in both Micro Touring Stock and Open. You were killing my ears with some of the music you were playing all weekend, but you keep winning like that, and you can play whatever you want. Flyin’ Hawaiian, thank you for being so much help pitting next to me, my son had a blast racing because you took the extra time that I just didn’t seem to have in getting his stock rally car ready to race. That meant a lot to me! Finally Pierre, I wouldn’t have been able to make this event if it was not for you letting my son and I crash with you for the weekend. You have always been a good friend, even if you are Canadian. LOL. I hope to see everyone back next year, as the people I meet in micro events are by far the best group of racers I have ever met. I also hope to see many of you at the MRL two day event in the spring.
Psycho Man
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Team Psycho Cells - Team Exotek - D&K Air Designs
Hey Dean
Any hints on what you will have in store for us(layout) for the offroad mini nats??? I just dusted off my trucks and Im figuring out what we are gonna run....Cant wait....
) but we were all there in spirit and we'll do what ever we can to spur on this continued success- 180 entries is incredible!
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had more fun this year than last. Hopefully the track gets even better next year @ the new facility, its definately time for some new carpet 
Can't wait for next year, hopefully I can figure out how robbies stock car is so dang fast 
Thanks to everyone again 
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