Southern Indoor Championship
10-12-2008, 06:58 PM
#241
Tech Apprentice
I was runnin 5th and ran out of fuel 75ft from the finish line on last lap. Went to pits filled up and finished with a 2 minutes last lap. Dropped me back to 9th. Oh well, it ran perfect all 29 minutes and 45 seconds. BTW, did anyone see any X2 CRTs there desides mine?
10-12-2008, 07:01 PM
#243
Tech Apprentice
red with yellow flames! he finished 4th bmain pro! no sponsors! LOL
10-12-2008, 07:06 PM
#244
10-12-2008, 07:16 PM
#245
thanks to all the races for coming to the first SIC we hope you guys had a good time we all worked hard to make this a fun race.if you guys liked this one the 09 sic will be even better. thanks john
10-12-2008, 07:47 PM
#246
all this talk about pros running sportsman is classic
and not to start anymore s$%t but if you want to prevent it then when the entry form is put up for next years race it needs to be specific about who can run the class i.e. "no chassis, fuel, engine .........sponsors allowed" and then you wont have a problem.
As far as tony pattishall and the other guys go. they really are great guys and i was one of the ones bustin their balls for running sportsman that is for sure! but at that point its up to the race directors to make the call DURING Qualifying to bump them up to pro or let them go on running sportsman but decisions like that need to be made early and quick, NOT after they win the main.
as for the race itself bobby moore and crew did a great job on the track. however the event just needs to get up to date with how to start qualifyers, using the points system to seed the mains, and how to measure a starting grid, a 25ft head start for TQ when everyone else is 3 feet apart is pretty excessive
. but anyways it was a good event, the format is perfect and i look forward to coming back next year
and not to start anymore s$%t but if you want to prevent it then when the entry form is put up for next years race it needs to be specific about who can run the class i.e. "no chassis, fuel, engine .........sponsors allowed" and then you wont have a problem.
As far as tony pattishall and the other guys go. they really are great guys and i was one of the ones bustin their balls for running sportsman that is for sure! but at that point its up to the race directors to make the call DURING Qualifying to bump them up to pro or let them go on running sportsman but decisions like that need to be made early and quick, NOT after they win the main.
as for the race itself bobby moore and crew did a great job on the track. however the event just needs to get up to date with how to start qualifyers, using the points system to seed the mains, and how to measure a starting grid, a 25ft head start for TQ when everyone else is 3 feet apart is pretty excessive
. but anyways it was a good event, the format is perfect and i look forward to coming back next year
10-12-2008, 08:13 PM
#247
Tech Addict
Great guys don't do what Tony did. Easy to Blame it on the Race Director.
I can, so I did???? I guess I could have jumped track all day since no one said I couldn't and it wasn't on my sign up sheet. Lame
I can, so I did???? I guess I could have jumped track all day since no one said I couldn't and it wasn't on my sign up sheet. Lame
10-12-2008, 08:31 PM
#248
To all of you that attended.....I hope you had a good time and will be back next year.
And thanks for the opinions and constructive criticism....I know the RD learned a WHOLE lot this weekend. To have never ran a race anywhere close to that large...I think he did a great job, and I know it will be smoother and faster next year.
Leon....thanks dude. And I do agree that it should have been fixed on Friday. However, the RD is pretty new to racing on this level and doesn't know alot of the regional fast guys by name. He did tell one of the guys in question that the sign ups were like the honor system(if your pro, run pro....if not, run sportsman) since he didn't know everybody. Next year all of these issues will be addressed long before anyone signs up.
Thanks again to everyone that helped pull this race together and make it happen.
And thanks for the opinions and constructive criticism....I know the RD learned a WHOLE lot this weekend. To have never ran a race anywhere close to that large...I think he did a great job, and I know it will be smoother and faster next year.
Leon....thanks dude. And I do agree that it should have been fixed on Friday. However, the RD is pretty new to racing on this level and doesn't know alot of the regional fast guys by name. He did tell one of the guys in question that the sign ups were like the honor system(if your pro, run pro....if not, run sportsman) since he didn't know everybody. Next year all of these issues will be addressed long before anyone signs up.
Thanks again to everyone that helped pull this race together and make it happen.
10-12-2008, 08:48 PM
#249
What's up Leon! I tolded Lucky I saw you at the race. Congrats on your Truggy win and 2nd place Buggy finish again.
I say keep up with the this years sheets of the laptimes and laps and next year if someone sign up for sportsman and they were turning pro laptimes and laps, don't let them race sportsman.
Actually the fastest Truggy in the pro main was Shannon Amos. He led most of the race until he lost a wheel.
.. and he has no sponsors.
I say keep up with the this years sheets of the laptimes and laps and next year if someone sign up for sportsman and they were turning pro laptimes and laps, don't let them race sportsman.
Actually the fastest Truggy in the pro main was Shannon Amos. He led most of the race until he lost a wheel.
.. and he has no sponsors.
10-12-2008, 09:13 PM
#251
I guess I will have to give my 2 cents on this as I am extremely pissed about what happened and to be quite honest, am questioning the whole race team concept and sponsorships.
As everyone knows, I am part owner of Caster Racing USA. As everyone also knows, we have been working really hard to make a good product out of a bad name. The product has improved tremendously over the past year and to be honest, the majority of inventory that we own was bought and paid for out of my personal pocket.
I was told that the way to grow the name is to get people to run your products and give out prizes at races, so I bought into it. As a result, we ahve a few really good team drivers and we have signed on some people whom we really have no idea what they are about just to try to get the name out there. The goal is to have them be a representative of the company and make the product look good and as a result, they get a discount for spreading the word, moreso than by winning races. So that being said, I disagree about the whole sponsorship deal because how else does a new company get people to run their products on the track? I also disagree with the chassis sponsorship because I would not have a prayer against my partner or team manager in pro, so why would I even want to race?
However, nothing infuriates me more than how the prizes were handled. I was under the impression that they were to be given out to sportsman drivers or like a lottery to the crowd. I really did not appreciate being the laughing stock of the race when one of my donated rtrs that I personally paid for and gave away to try to help promote the S.I.C. race was given to a team Kyosho driver. If he had any class at all, he would have said thanks but no thanks, as I am sponsored by Kyosho and maybe given it to a true non sponsored driver....
(But what happens if he races the rtr he won? He is at that point more sponsored than my team drivers?)
and maybe the track could have given him a cash equivalent or something.
If I would have been told the situation was that only racers get prizes, I would have given out a top of the line kit, but I wasn't sure how the prizes were going to be done. I figured that if someone random won it, at least they could go home and drive the thing. I will take responsibility for that being new to the industry...
That car could have done a good thing if it would have went to a true sportsman as he could have at least driven it to see what he thought or maybe given it to a nephew, or son, or whatever, but instead, it will probably end up on ebay and I feel what transpired and how it transpired did more damage to Caster than if I would have just said no.
From the way it sounds, obviously the track officials knew when handing out prizes what the deal was...and I thought that the top prize was a twister motor anyways?
There were more issues, but I am keeping them in house.
As everyone knows, I am part owner of Caster Racing USA. As everyone also knows, we have been working really hard to make a good product out of a bad name. The product has improved tremendously over the past year and to be honest, the majority of inventory that we own was bought and paid for out of my personal pocket.
I was told that the way to grow the name is to get people to run your products and give out prizes at races, so I bought into it. As a result, we ahve a few really good team drivers and we have signed on some people whom we really have no idea what they are about just to try to get the name out there. The goal is to have them be a representative of the company and make the product look good and as a result, they get a discount for spreading the word, moreso than by winning races. So that being said, I disagree about the whole sponsorship deal because how else does a new company get people to run their products on the track? I also disagree with the chassis sponsorship because I would not have a prayer against my partner or team manager in pro, so why would I even want to race?
However, nothing infuriates me more than how the prizes were handled. I was under the impression that they were to be given out to sportsman drivers or like a lottery to the crowd. I really did not appreciate being the laughing stock of the race when one of my donated rtrs that I personally paid for and gave away to try to help promote the S.I.C. race was given to a team Kyosho driver. If he had any class at all, he would have said thanks but no thanks, as I am sponsored by Kyosho and maybe given it to a true non sponsored driver....
(But what happens if he races the rtr he won? He is at that point more sponsored than my team drivers?)
and maybe the track could have given him a cash equivalent or something.
If I would have been told the situation was that only racers get prizes, I would have given out a top of the line kit, but I wasn't sure how the prizes were going to be done. I figured that if someone random won it, at least they could go home and drive the thing. I will take responsibility for that being new to the industry...
That car could have done a good thing if it would have went to a true sportsman as he could have at least driven it to see what he thought or maybe given it to a nephew, or son, or whatever, but instead, it will probably end up on ebay and I feel what transpired and how it transpired did more damage to Caster than if I would have just said no.
From the way it sounds, obviously the track officials knew when handing out prizes what the deal was...and I thought that the top prize was a twister motor anyways?
There were more issues, but I am keeping them in house.
10-12-2008, 09:27 PM
#252
and to be 100% honest, maybe it is us that is the problem by being too liberal with sponsorships and I am looking into that right now so I will take part of the blame for that. I will also take blame for not understanding the prize structure and in the future, I will know better. I just remember being in car stereo competitions and they were done completely differently. I should have done more research... I already picked out the prizes last week for the RC Pro finals and they will be much better...
10-12-2008, 09:48 PM
#253
results
- SPORTSMAN BUGGY - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 42 30:38.15 tony pattishall 20 7.79
2 3 41 30:32.91 bill shephard 68 7.63
3 9 40 30:18.11 tony marra 148 7.50
4 11 40 30:25.29 Matt allen 52 7.47
5 13 39 30:00.61 Matt Brown 120 7.38
6 1 39 30:38.52 Matt sistrunk 69 7.23
7 8 38 30:09.36 randy bailey 53 7.16
8 4 38 30:31.93 Nicholas jones 59 7.07
9 7 38 30:43.04 Keith seay 67 7.03
10 5 37 30:40.45 john ball 179 6.85
11 12 32 25:25.89 Todd szymanski 71 7.15
12 14 32 30:29.96 Jimmie cooper 214 5.96
13 10 31 24:55.92 kawri brown 54 7.06
14 6 30 30:36.28 Walter Cruz 99 5.57
15 15 13 12:03.06 Marlon chancellor 215 6.13
Race# 11 -- SPORTSMAN TRUGGY - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 42 30:09.34 kawri brown 77 7.91
2 2 42 30:19.92 matt sistrunk 91 7.87
3 3 42 30:22.41 Bill Sheperd 119 7.86
4 10 40 30:34.32 Anthony Wood 118 7.43
5 7 40 30:34.75 Duane Sizemore 110 7.43
6 12 38 30:17.52 elliott glover 82 7.13
7 9 38 30:28.30 walter lizasuain 100 7.09
8 15 38 30:43.79 david watson 205 7.03
9 11 38 30:44.21 josh aslinger 75 7.02
10 4 36 30:03.86 jason schmitty 89 6.80
11 13 33 27:30.61 Travis Melton 123 6.82
12 6 22 15:43.96 tony pattishall 41 7.95
13 8 15 13:05.31 matt brown 78 6.51
14 5 4 3:15.19 nicholas jones 84 6.99
-- 14 --- DNS --- brian cooke 204
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 2 42 30:38.15 tony pattishall 20 7.79
2 3 41 30:32.91 bill shephard 68 7.63
3 9 40 30:18.11 tony marra 148 7.50
4 11 40 30:25.29 Matt allen 52 7.47
5 13 39 30:00.61 Matt Brown 120 7.38
6 1 39 30:38.52 Matt sistrunk 69 7.23
7 8 38 30:09.36 randy bailey 53 7.16
8 4 38 30:31.93 Nicholas jones 59 7.07
9 7 38 30:43.04 Keith seay 67 7.03
10 5 37 30:40.45 john ball 179 6.85
11 12 32 25:25.89 Todd szymanski 71 7.15
12 14 32 30:29.96 Jimmie cooper 214 5.96
13 10 31 24:55.92 kawri brown 54 7.06
14 6 30 30:36.28 Walter Cruz 99 5.57
15 15 13 12:03.06 Marlon chancellor 215 6.13
Race# 11 -- SPORTSMAN TRUGGY - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 42 30:09.34 kawri brown 77 7.91
2 2 42 30:19.92 matt sistrunk 91 7.87
3 3 42 30:22.41 Bill Sheperd 119 7.86
4 10 40 30:34.32 Anthony Wood 118 7.43
5 7 40 30:34.75 Duane Sizemore 110 7.43
6 12 38 30:17.52 elliott glover 82 7.13
7 9 38 30:28.30 walter lizasuain 100 7.09
8 15 38 30:43.79 david watson 205 7.03
9 11 38 30:44.21 josh aslinger 75 7.02
10 4 36 30:03.86 jason schmitty 89 6.80
11 13 33 27:30.61 Travis Melton 123 6.82
12 6 22 15:43.96 tony pattishall 41 7.95
13 8 15 13:05.31 matt brown 78 6.51
14 5 4 3:15.19 nicholas jones 84 6.99
-- 14 --- DNS --- brian cooke 204
10-12-2008, 09:48 PM
#254
results
Race# 16 -- PRO BUGGY - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 67 45:04.21 rayan Lopez 149 8.45
2 2 67 45:39.52 Leon McItosh 115 8.34
3 3 66 45:12.92 barry pettit 22 8.29
4 5 66 45:25.93 alan burton 150 8.25
5 14 65 45:38.33 shannon amos 220 8.09
6 7 64 45:04.40 travis phillips 23 8.07
7 4 63 45:24.17 justin cranford 15 7.88
8 8 63 45:35.95 Luis Perez 105 7.85
9 11 62 45:03.41 dan reino 25 7.82
10 10 61 45:16.67 tim smith 26 7.65
11 13 60 45:01.38 Bobby Moore 117 7.57
12 15 60 45:20.56 coty ingram 221 7.52
13 6 60 45:31.52 brian kadow 2 7.49
14 9 34 26:24.66 trey cook 14 7.31
15 12 10 16:58.33 george hagy 165 3.35
Race# 12 -- PRO TRUGGY - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 3 67 45:19.57 leon mcintosh 39 8.40
2 5 65 45:35.80 seth wrobel 201 8.10
3 8 64 45:07.77 justin cranford 34 8.06
4 9 63 45:09.46 jackie woodard 45 7.93
5 2 62 45:24.74 greg smith 144 7.76
6 7 61 45:14.02 coty ingram 37 7.66
7 1 59 45:07.02 barry pettit 42 7.43
8 15 59 45:42.27 dewayne potter 209 7.33
9 4 57 39:44.75 shannon amos 29 8.15
10 13 52 38:23.35 zachary harper 36 7.70
11 14 51 43:19.85 matthew lawton 208 6.69
12 12 49 36:14.52 tyler burgess 138 7.68
13 11 44 32:56.75 bradly seales 128 7.59
14 6 14 10:02.29 anton wastson 130 7.92
15 10 5 4:36.93 chad olcott 97 6.16
Race# 14 -- PRO MONSTER TRUCK - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 62 45:37.37 rayan Lopez 102 7.72
2 2 56 45:22.08 david watson 11 7.01
3 5 46 46:04.96 thomas endress 167 5.67
4 7 45 39:53.03 danny bobby 9 6.41
5 4 44 45:24.67 bart mathews 180 5.51
6 6 38 45:13.97 travis dobbs 74 4.77
7 8 17 16:50.37 David Bynum 111 5.74
8 9 17 17:51.47 Tina Martin 108 5.41
9 3 12 9:39.70 morris spears 10 7.06
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 67 45:04.21 rayan Lopez 149 8.45
2 2 67 45:39.52 Leon McItosh 115 8.34
3 3 66 45:12.92 barry pettit 22 8.29
4 5 66 45:25.93 alan burton 150 8.25
5 14 65 45:38.33 shannon amos 220 8.09
6 7 64 45:04.40 travis phillips 23 8.07
7 4 63 45:24.17 justin cranford 15 7.88
8 8 63 45:35.95 Luis Perez 105 7.85
9 11 62 45:03.41 dan reino 25 7.82
10 10 61 45:16.67 tim smith 26 7.65
11 13 60 45:01.38 Bobby Moore 117 7.57
12 15 60 45:20.56 coty ingram 221 7.52
13 6 60 45:31.52 brian kadow 2 7.49
14 9 34 26:24.66 trey cook 14 7.31
15 12 10 16:58.33 george hagy 165 3.35
Race# 12 -- PRO TRUGGY - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 3 67 45:19.57 leon mcintosh 39 8.40
2 5 65 45:35.80 seth wrobel 201 8.10
3 8 64 45:07.77 justin cranford 34 8.06
4 9 63 45:09.46 jackie woodard 45 7.93
5 2 62 45:24.74 greg smith 144 7.76
6 7 61 45:14.02 coty ingram 37 7.66
7 1 59 45:07.02 barry pettit 42 7.43
8 15 59 45:42.27 dewayne potter 209 7.33
9 4 57 39:44.75 shannon amos 29 8.15
10 13 52 38:23.35 zachary harper 36 7.70
11 14 51 43:19.85 matthew lawton 208 6.69
12 12 49 36:14.52 tyler burgess 138 7.68
13 11 44 32:56.75 bradly seales 128 7.59
14 6 14 10:02.29 anton wastson 130 7.92
15 10 5 4:36.93 chad olcott 97 6.16
Race# 14 -- PRO MONSTER TRUCK - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id avg.mph
1 1 62 45:37.37 rayan Lopez 102 7.72
2 2 56 45:22.08 david watson 11 7.01
3 5 46 46:04.96 thomas endress 167 5.67
4 7 45 39:53.03 danny bobby 9 6.41
5 4 44 45:24.67 bart mathews 180 5.51
6 6 38 45:13.97 travis dobbs 74 4.77
7 8 17 16:50.37 David Bynum 111 5.74
8 9 17 17:51.47 Tina Martin 108 5.41
9 3 12 9:39.70 morris spears 10 7.06
10-12-2008, 11:27 PM
#255
Well nonetheless I had a great time and the track was absolutely AMAZING!! I really enjoyed it.
+1 with Leon.
The race had a few glitches, but I am sure things will be worked out next year as I have mentioned what needs to be fixed.
Thanks for a fun event, see you next year and Leon congrats on your runs this past weekend!
+1 with Leon.
The race had a few glitches, but I am sure things will be worked out next year as I have mentioned what needs to be fixed.
Thanks for a fun event, see you next year and Leon congrats on your runs this past weekend!