VINTAGE OFFROAD NATIONALS Sept 5th-7th
#61
I actually named our shop after the original shop in Costa Mesa - The best track I ever remember going to, the awesome help from the AE guys, and the name is a perfect description of the business.
#64
Race is just around the corner. Can't wait to see you guys there!
#65
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Here's some more stuff.
The place I raced in the late 80s was also called:
Radio Controlled Hobbies Raceway, in Costa Mesa, Ca.
They had the Reedy Invitational Race of Champions (Offroad)
and The Western Nationals.
Ran Offroad a couple nites a week
and Dirt Oval a couple nites a week
It's where Brian Kinwald sharpened his teeth
also Bob Novak raced dirt oval here as well as many others with the Dominator chain driven cars. That only scratches the surface.
Anyone remember A & L rearends, trailing arm aftermarket kits? Allec & Lane.
Here's some pix
The place I raced in the late 80s was also called:
Radio Controlled Hobbies Raceway, in Costa Mesa, Ca.
They had the Reedy Invitational Race of Champions (Offroad)
and The Western Nationals.
Ran Offroad a couple nites a week
and Dirt Oval a couple nites a week
It's where Brian Kinwald sharpened his teeth
also Bob Novak raced dirt oval here as well as many others with the Dominator chain driven cars. That only scratches the surface.
Anyone remember A & L rearends, trailing arm aftermarket kits? Allec & Lane.
Here's some pix
Man did I enjoy seeing those pics! Back in the 80's some of my racing cohorts took a road trip down south and raced some of those great tracks. I wasn't able to go (can't remember why...probably had to do with school). I was wildly jealous every time they'd wear their RPS and RCHR T-shirts after that...
A couple of guys up here used those A&L trailing arm conversion setups. Those and the Hot Trick setups always got attention. I saw that A&L t-shirt at the track too!
#66
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Man did I enjoy seeing those pics! Back in the 80's some of my racing cohorts took a road trip down south and raced some of those great tracks. I wasn't able to go (can't remember why...probably had to do with school). I was wildly jealous every time they'd wear their RPS and RCHR T-shirts after that...
A couple of guys up here used those A&L trailing arm conversion setups. Those and the Hot Trick setups always got attention. I saw that A&L t-shirt at the track too!
A couple of guys up here used those A&L trailing arm conversion setups. Those and the Hot Trick setups always got attention. I saw that A&L t-shirt at the track too!
Just some stuff I never threw out.
The box tops to the kits are stuck to the wall in my garage.
I've got all the boxes up there, later stuff too, XX4, XXCR Kinwald Edition, XXXS ...
#67
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Old Stuff Kept, and More Thrown Out...
I still have that Yokomo, and am finding more spares and such every time I go through old boxes at my folk's house. The Yokomo's sitting on my mantle now, flanked by the old matching Futaba Magnum transmitter, and a couple of 20+ year old club racing first place trophies. The buggy still has mud on it from it's last winning race (in 1987)!!!
#72
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Great Googley-Moogley!!!
That brings back some memories...Christmas 1986 IIRC.
The box I had didn't look that nice for long, as I used to use it to carry parts and stuff to the track. There's a small chance that my SE box didn't go into the can afterall. Gotta check back at my folks place...
#74
#75
I dont think a super champ will win it
These were so inefficient, when I used to race one I had to modify everything except the heavy gear case
I had nylon arms and fiberglass chassis from CRP, futaba ESC, kyosho 1/8 shocks, custom made roll bar and rear tires with steel rivets glued to it, dirtburner diffs, checkpoint (1/12 or oval) motors
and then AE and Losi comes out with the rc10 and the jrx2 that was it for the tamiya super champ, it could not compete