2010 RCGT Showdown
 

So Cal RCGT fans, the RCGT Showdown is back for another round of action.

2010 RCGT Showdown

General Rules

• Classes: Expert and Sportsman
• Any chassis
• Body: Any realistic body. HPI and Tamiya bodies are preferred. No Protoform "race” bodies.
• Tires: HPI X-Pattern tires with the stock insert only.
• Wheels: Any 26mm non-dish wheel.
• Motor: Any ROAR legal 17.5 BL or 27T brushed
• ESC:
  • Expert: Any ESC available over the counter. No prototypes.
  • Sportsman: We’ll be enforcing a controlled ESC environment. Tekin v203, Black Diamond, and LRP SXX-SS are not legal. You may use the LRP SPX, Tekin v200, and older ESC’s.
• Battery: Any ROAR legal 7.4v lipo or 6-cell nimh.
• Weight: 1450 grams on all cars. The winner of each round will receive an addition 50 grams of weight for the remainder of the series. This gives other racers a small handicap to win.
• Tech: A tech station will be established at each race to enforce the series rules. Let’s all please demonstrate good sportsmanship and adhere to the rules above. This is a hobby for all of us and fun should be our main priority.

Points
Based on a 100 point system for mains only.

• 1st place = 100 points
• 2nd place = 99 points
• 3rd place = 98 points, etc.

Bonus points for:

• 1 bonus point for attendance
• 1 bonus point for TQ
• 1 bonus “style” point for 2 mounted body accessories, i.e. mirrors, wipers, exhaust, etc. No exceptions.
• Each racer will have 2 throw outs.

Schedule

• Round 1 – March 13 – West Coast Raceway, La Mirada
• Round 2 – April 4 – Surf City Raceway, Huntington Beach
• Round 3 – April 18 – Hobbytown Corona, Corona
• Round 4 – May 22 – West Coast Raceway, La Mirada
• Round 5 – June 13 – Speedtech RC, San Gabriel
• Round 6 – TBA – Freedom Park, Camarillo, home of the Road Runners

I would like to thank Steve Wang and Chris Lim for laying down some ground work earlier in the planning process. Due to family obligations, they are no longer assisting in the management of the series. Please direct ALL questions to [email protected].

Let's race!!! Get those RCGT cars on the track and tuned up at a track near you.

:Dschweet!

Can't wait.... Thanks Jeff for bringing another season of RCGT racing to Sunny Southern California.

-Steve

Siiick, thanks for not letting the series die. How about some number stickers like season 1? :sneaky:

We're in a recession. Can't afford them. :lol: Although, I have a sharpie for your car. :sneaky:

Fine Jeff, better have your very best hand-writing ready. :lol:

If you've seen Jeff's writing, you wouldn't be saying that.:batman:

Makes me wanna get a car that doesn't like dirt!
:tire::spidey::tire:

Hey guys,

I hope to race the series this year, I just had a few questions.

Do you need to pre-register to be part of the series?

Is the fee to race the normal fee of the track hosting the event?

what is the Tekin V200 esc?

Thanks for any responces,

Jeff

1. Nope, just come out and sign up at the track at the events you attend!
2. Yes, whatever the normal fee is will be the race fee.
3. Not quite sure which model the V200 is, all I know is I can't afford it :lol:.

Hope that helps hope you can make it out this Season it'll be fun! :sneaky:

Thanks man

Turbo Joe mac, you are going down. I got something for ya. My ofna car VS your Ofna turbo charged car. At west coast you are in it for a run joe.:tire::sneaky:

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YES!!!! thanks to all people who made this happen :nod:...the best part for me is that , there is 2 saturdays schedule :D....can't wait;)

"Tekin v200" refers to the version of software that is allowed for the Tekin RS and RS Pro ESCs. Any software versions over 200 (like v203) are not allowed.

Jeff & bvalistic, happy to hear you'll be joining us this series.

The RCGT Showdown is a free series. All you pay is your normal club racing fees. No need to pre-reg. Just sign up on the day of the race.

We still have number panels leftover from Series 1, courtesy of HPI Racing. We'll distribute them to the RCGT Showdown participants at the warm up races. There should be enough for everyone... maybe.

Whats up with ( www.rcgtshowdown.com ) :confused:
should I delete it from my bookmarks ?

nope. its being transferred.

Not yet... I'm changing the host. It will be back online soon. :)

v200.1???:p

So my GTB would be competitive? No ZOOM...what the?!?!...dang that guy blew by me like I was standing still stuff? The only boost will be on a stool to get a better view of the track? NAICE!!!:nod: Now, if I could just figure out how to actually make it to a race. Right now I am only free on 6/13!:cry: Kids and travel team sports...:weird:

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Looks good!

:)

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Can anyone give any tips on tires? I picked up a set of pro belted that I will try out this Sunday. Are these the ones to run or should I get another compound as well? I've never ran RCGT before so any set up tips would be helpful. I hope to make most of the series races this year. I'm running a Cyclone TC with a 200mm MRS body and 3mm offset hpi wheels, if it makes a difference.

Thanks

Come by west coast today for some practice or Saturday for some racing and practice. Our locals have run lots rcgt experience and can help you dial your car in. Let me know if this helps.

J-Vet, glad you'll be joining us. You'll do fine with your Pro-Belted X-patterns. Test your car on the track and see how it does. If you have some traction issues, try the Pro non-belted X-patterns.

Danny, thanks for hooking up the RCGT racers with Mike's chorizo. :weird: Wait, that doesn't sound right. :lol: I might skip lunch that day.

On another note...

RCGT Showdown racers, don't be afraid to sound off in the fourm. One of the keys to the success of our first series was all the chatter and attention it received from the racers themselves.

Let us know if you'll be participating. Show us your RCGT body. Let us know what tracks you'll be warming up at.

Let's make this the racer's race again.

Who wants to put my car back together!?! :lol:

What's the diversity of the bodies looking like people??? I'm going for a EM1 coupe or the HPI RSX... atleast I'll be the steezy-est, slowest one in Expert :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

Well i'm coming back to racing again. hopefully I can go to race at west coast again for the first round. I'm back Joe!!!! TBR* racing.:tire:

Thanks for the tips guys. I'll give the Pro belted tires a shot this Sun. at Camarillo. This is the Toyota MR-S body I'll be running. I still need to put the RCGT tires and wheels on.

Joe, my son will put your car back together. :sneaky: Bring it by on Sunday.

Anyone run the HPI Lexus IS-F body? That's the sweetest looking body I've seen in a while. Paul D?

http://www.speedtechrc.com/store/Upload/Images/isf2.jpg

The ISF looks nice and is a awesome looking body but i've heard that body pushes. Not sure and J vet that body looks nice. And thats a great handling body.

your winglets are on backwards;)

Joe...put ur car together already..no excuses! If you can change oil on other's cars(SPL) you can build you own TOY CAR!!! Get on it son!!!!:cool:


RACING at SPEEDTECH RC This Sunday peeps! One of the stops for the RCGT Showdown!!!! Come out and get your set up! It would be a good time to test the Differnt Xpatterns here. Racing will start at 11am.

Only if I was going to run the car forwards.:blush:

Thanks, I don't know how I missed that.

Yeah Joe your sponsored get your car running I got my car ready built to race. If you want i'll build your car for you hahaha. Let the Nissan tech fix your car its over due for a 100 lap service hahaha.:lol::lol::lol::lol::tire: Nice car Karlo.

He'll do a better job than me, i'm so lazy I'm tempted to shell out another 90 bucks and get a new one from Ofna since it's 80% built:lol:.
It'll be out Sunday hopefully! :D
haha 100 mile service damn puzzle pieces everywhere.

What else are you all running for bodies!?!?! NSXs and MRSs who's bringing the variety!?

Atta boy!!!!

it's a good body. when I was using it for the first time (prototype stage) it was the best thing out there. Great steering and with lots of downforce. When the production body came out, I can't seem to get it aligned properly, the front tires were rubbing everytime I turn. But I will try another one again and see.

I'm going to be running a 350Z body:sneaky:, got to run a Nissan. And Joe get your car built up, mr.honda tech lol. :lol:

Its 200mm... How are the tires rubbing?? :D J/K