Originally Posted by
Radi0Flyer
Jeff,
My heart is a bit heavier now, I'm sorry for your loss.
My father passed away ten years ago and I miss him.
Memories of my Dad are part of why 12th scale is so special to me. My last memories of my family we're with him driving me around to Hot Tracks in Huntington Beach, San Bernadino, Pomona, and Costa Mesa. I can't see how I will ever be so happy racing as was in those days 85'
I hope my Dad comes to watch when I go to race with David at TQ
That would mean the world to me
Originally Posted by
RedBullFiXX
As far as I know the Ranch Pit Stop was always in Pomona.
I raced there from 89" till they went all dirty.
The original 8th scale layout was badd-ass with a 12th scale
E&L was in the North County San Diego, Del Mar area
I remember a race with you there. Some series around your area. Pro Stars we're the tire to have and when I was in the lead I came to lap you and I couldn't catch you no matter how hard I tried. It was a lot of carnage and I got through it or it'd been a closer race
Originally Posted by
Bob-Stormer
Glad to see so many people with the passion.
Just like my love for pan, there are people getting in the hobby now, that will look back 25 years from now with fond memories of Short Course racing. They will likely dedicate a lot of time and resources to showing us how it was done "back in the day" with an SC10 or a Slash.
Yea, about that site. I appreciate the work that person has done.
He's got a partial car of mine on that site that he photoshoped my name off of, and then posted the car. I mentioned to him that he should pull it, not because I'm irritated by scrubbing the name off the photo, but because the photo is not exactly of the car he's represented it to be. If were gonna show the car, show the right car. That's my only complaint, not that he's using the photo, but because the information is wrong on my car that he's showing. It's the remains of a Dialed pan car that I was hacking up with associated shocks and some other parts I made. the guy is cool, I like his site and visit it frequently. It's good we have folks like that looking out for the legacy cars.
Yea, you'd think so... until you end up helping.. and you will end up helping. Show me your PP ...
Back in the day a guy named Reinhardt worked here. Rick gave him a 50 deal on motors to run for Peak. He had those Peak Performance stickers with the big PP on them (
Peak
Performance). SO it became the thing whenever he got a new motor, "Hey man, look at my PP !" and then subsequently the conversation degraded at the track to things like, "Dude, I touched your PP and it burned my finger."
you could carry that innuendo on for DAYS.
Changing the name to just PEAK, probably for the best, as those kinds of marketing decisions go.
Reinhardt was also the guy that coined the phrase, "Dorkmissle".
Wish I would have, just like syndr0me getting to race at Hot Trick, that would have been epic to be there. It would appear that I was more of a Northwest/Midwest kinda racer.
Never used such a cool and awesome motor as Rick's. Would still only run his motors if they we're out there or at least put the cool yellow PP stickers on a new motor
...lol
Can you spare a PP motor sticker Rick
...lol
Still remember the 22 Quad Double green dot that Randy Hunter won nat's with. Rick won stock that year. I won my first Modified B main at Cambell with that same motor
Originally Posted by
Bob-Stormer
Yep, and we were. Black and white photo... I swear to you, I'm not short. The two guys on either side of me were 6'2" and like 6'4".
RacinJ is on the lower right. Mitch Witteman lower left. Me in the center in the back, with the Ogre's. Car Action guy took this photo and sent it to me.
Here's the car I ran in that picture. Agitator back, my chassis design using the new 3 hole 12L front, and and a shock I made myself. based on the color of the rear rim, prolly Delta Golds on the back. Or a Delta rim with yokomo rubber.
Honestly Lucas's Agitator car was my favorite. The "actuator" suspension is still my favorite and would run it still if I had the machinery to make it work for the modern cars. Dampning/spring all in one removable piece. I remember watching other's using it a concord hobby track and I just had to have it and two weeks later I did. I remember looking at Lucas's cars at Hot Tracks in hunington Beach and they we're the coolest thing ever so to actually have one was like OMFG
Originally Posted by
cookie1
Hey Bob, maybe you could make your way over to the Indoorchamps thread. They could really use your prospective regarding Blinky vs. boost..heck maybe even aa history lession on how we killed the 235 pan cars...similar to how we are killing Mod 1/12th and all the 1/12th classes..
I'll do my part to bring 12th back as the "still the fastest on road class for over 30 years almost"
Thanks for the thread Bob