GSwayze

Eli, I'll buy you lunch if you make the drive up to the Can-Am Challenge.

ElliotCanada

I hope MacDonalds has a special on Happy Meals that weekend.

Ron Garrant, a MidWest Series competitor from the early 90s is making a return to 8th Scale this weekend in Hamilton. Ron ran with Brad Makaric from Windsor.

1fastdude

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OK Your on Gary. See ya soon.

ElliotCanada

2008 Season Opener is THIS SUNDAY April 27th

Here are the people who took the First 8th Scale A Main of the Season

2003 - Darrin Charbonneau - Serpent
2004 - Mike Burr - Serpent
2005 - Lou Vanderwey - Serpent
2006 - Lou Vanderwey - Mugen
2007 - Lou Vanderwey - Kyosho
2008 - ?????????????

Can Lou put a Serpent 960-08 together this week and make it 4 in a row??? Find out this Sunday.

PLEASE NOTE - you don't need to have a Car to get involved in Hamilton. Pit People are always welcome. Get Involved in the Fastest RC Racing in Canada. Yours' to Discover in Hamilton Ontario.

GSwayze

Sounds good Eli!

cdelong

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The truck is packed..... see you all in the morning

ElliotCanada

I'm packed and ready to go. Just finished watching the Wood's 2007 IFMAR World's DVD. - Let's RACE 8th Scale - In just a few hours in Hamilton Ontario Canada.

ElliotCanada

2008 8th Scale IRONMAN CHALLENGE! starts Today Sunday April 27th!

Here is a Challenge for our 8th Scale Racers! We’re going to keep track of every 8th Scale Racers Qualifying Laps and Main Laps at all of the 2008 NITRO On Road Championship Series Races in Hamilton. We’ll take your Best 6 out of 8 Races and if you Hit a minimum of 550 Laps you’ll earn a membership in the Ontario 1/8 On Road Racing Club’s IRONMAN CLUB! You’ll earn a special award to celebrate your achievement. We’re also giving Special Recognition to the Top IRONMAN in both the 8th OPEN and 8th SCAR! Bragging Rights.

We want our Racers to concentrate on finishing all their Qualifiers and Mains. This is a big part of the Challenge of On Road Nitro Racing. You Can Do It!

I'll be keeping Track of the Laps and standings and will be posting the results after each and every series Race.

GSwayze

Thanks to all of you for coming out today and supporting our season opener. 19 racers were registered in 1/8 Open with a number of familiar faces hanging around without their existing and/or new 1/8 scale rides. Tally them up and we could have had 25 1/8 cars in action today.

Some great finishes for a few and a bit of frustration for others. That's racing dudes, don't let the gremlins get under your skin and dampen the day. There's always the next race day to get a good one in.

Lou Vanderwey takes top honours with his new Serpent 960-08.

I should also add that we had a successful debut of the electric open class today. Look at some of those laptimes! That's 8th scale territory on the full size track; who knew? Hopefully this class maintains its popularity and continues to grow following the Reedy Race in May.

My apology to those who went without replacement parts due to the absent SRC parts transporter. The white oil burner will be back in 2 weeks.

GSwayze

The 5th Annual Can-Am Challenge Entry Form is online and ready for downloading. Just a few weeks away from now.

http://www.ontariooneeighth.com/Can-...Entry_Form.pdf

Mark Unger

Gary,
Is the entry fee for your Can-Am race really $50.00? With the price of gasoline continuing to climb, and it will throughout the summer, it’s expensive enough to get to these out of town races. For a 2-day event it just seems a little high. A MWS 2 day race is only $25.00 and $15.00 for second entry.
Mark

1fastdude

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I would have to agree with Mark! The Great Lakes challenge race is $45.00 with lots of great prizes.

Brian Berry

Gary,

I agree with Mark and Eli after I saw the entry fee. $50 is kinda high for a 2-day event. We are not having to pay additional because its RC Pro, are we? Wasn't it $40 last year?

Rick Davis

You guys aren't paying close enough attention - haven't you seen Gary's comments about having to get his van fixed

1fastdude

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That along with having to pay for Ted's and my lunch.........lol