The 2016 Snowbird Nationals / Jan 26th-31st, 2016
 

The 22nd annual Snowbirds are January 26th-31st, 2016.

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Mike Boylan
www.snowbirdnationals.com

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Im planning on racing this and it will be my first snowbirds. How would a racer determine if they're touring amateur 17.5 or touring stock 17.5, is this based off being sponsored or not? Just want to make sure I'm entering in the right class and I'm not sponsored.

Amateur is for Zero sponsorship drivers. You cant wear sponsor shirts or have decals on the car. They also monitor the lap times in practice and heats to determine if anyone is running the class that shouldnt be (there are some really really fast non sponsored guys out there). They try to keep it fair for everyone at the event.

Come on down and enjoy a week in FL! You wont regret it!!! If you need help all the factory teams will be there as well to help and answer questions about setup, gearing, motors, batteries, etc

EA

Thanks a lot, I went to the snowbirds site and checked out results from 2014 and pretty much verified how tight the racing is...which is a plus. Looks to me Amateur Touring 17.5 will be great for me. Great schedule also, a person like me don't have to take a whole week off just to race, Thursday - Sunday is completely doable without affecting too much of family life.

Is there usually people selling products there? I may just buy motors and lipo while I'm there.

Yes, GS Hobby usually sets up a Pro Shop in a small room closest to the pits. A selection of motors, lipos, and many other frequently needed RC parts will be for sale.

looking forward to another great birds.

Are you planning on skipping all of practice on Tuesday and Wednesday?

Yes, it's not possible with my current schedule to make it that early, wish I could though.

They have late arrival practice too at some point so you could still get track time. The birds allows more on track practice than any other big race around. Thats for sure!

EA

where can i find a list of classes available? i am not sponsered and want to run 17.5 tc,wgt and a 12th 13.5 or mod

Registration for 2015 Birds is not active yet, so they haven't officially announced the 2015 classes. In 2014 there were 10 Road Course classes and 10 Oval Classes. Here's a list of classes from 2014 Birds:

2014 Snowbird's Road Course Classes:

1. Touring Modified
2. Touring Super Stock 13.5
3. Touring Stock 17.5
4. Touring Amateur 17.5
5. 1-12th GTP Modified
6. 1-12th GTP Super Stock 13.5
7. 1-12th GTP Stock 17.5
8. World GT
9. Formula 1
10. US Vintage Trans-Am

2014 Snowbird's Oval Classes:

1. Pro Modified
2. Modified 10.5
3. Super Stock 13.5
4. Stock Spec 13.5
5. Stock Car 17.5
6. Outlaw NasTruck
7. Super Truck 17.5
8. SK Car 17.5
9. 1/12 SuperStock 13.5
10. Legends

Thanks everyone for the chatter!

Classes should be up very soon and very similar to last year. Getting a ton of emails and messages. Going to be an awesome time!

I'm generally not in favor of bringing on new classes just for the sake of having an 8 car field of "everyone gets a trophy." But we really need to bring some insanity back to on-road. By that I mean, lets have a 10th Scale pan can open class. It can be 2S mod 235mm GTP cars or Mod World Gt cars as in Vegas, but with open bodies. We have the catch fences and manufacturers making more of these cars these days, lets bring the insanity back!

That s what i'm talking about bigdaddy. I love pro 10 and would run both oval and road if pro 10 was included this year. So far it's oval only for me so far.

How convenient, I'm at Disney World at the same time.:sneaky: I'll have to swing by.:tire:

Are you volunteering to marshal them? :D

In 2014 the Stock Spec 13.5 class (Oval) had the most entries, 73 in all. There was an H-Main scheduled for Stock Spec 13.5, but all 3 H-Main drivers did not show! The G-Main for Stock Spec 13.5 had 9 of 10 drivers start.

The Touring Stock 17.5 class (Road Crs.) had the 2nd most entries, 69 in all. The G-Main for Touring Stock 17.5 had 6 out of 9 drivers start their race.

I predict the same 2 classes will be the biggest once again in 2015. I also predict that Formula One will almost double in entries since CRC, Xray and PROTOform are now supporting the F1 class. 2014 saw 18 F1 cars, I believe we will see 34 F1 entries in 2015.

this will be my first big race so i dont know anything about the tech process as far as motors and lipos. can someone tell me the process?

They just make sure your motor is a legal motor. Battery voltage cant be over 8.4 and the temp of the battery has to be room temp.

oh boy- cannot wait for the 2015 birds. should be a great time...

rumor has it -- there will be a new touring figure-8 team entry for 2015
yes, we are that crazy
:)

The real question is "Have you seen FJ?"

Cant wait to run the Expo class Spec 17.5!! will aslo run USVTA.

Can any of you Oval guys tell me where I can find information/rules for the SK Car 17.5 class??? I'm new to oval but really want to run this class this year. I'm starting from ground zero so any help would be appreciated...:nod:

OH YES - the showdown is getting warmed up.
Teach vs Perez --- it is going to be epic.

I don't have an exact link, but you're going to have to turn left over at http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/forumdisplay.php?f=105

Better yet the snowbirds own site links to the rules-
SK CAR 17.5
sponsored by 'KSKT Racing'
Roar 17.5 (+D3.5s ok), Tour 1S LiPos, Non-timing speedos,
Open tires. SK-Kar rules http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=398982

Looking forward to the Spec 17.5 class. Just finished mine last weekend and it's running fine..

teach - there is a 2014/2015 SK thread here -> http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=414804

Hello everyone! WOW the Snowbirds are going to be another packed house it appears. We will be opening up entries Wednesday December 3rd at 9pm Eastern. Make sure to check the race site or Facebook page for any news and announcements. Thanks everyone for all the support. It is going to be an awesome year!

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Blows i wont make it this year for the first time since i started coming in 2005. Stupid new job.... going to come back strong in 2016

Looks like I am gonna make my way back to Snowbirds this year...super pumped to be going back!

Cannot wait to return. Mike and crew always put on a great show!

Just hired more employees so I can try to make this event. Hope I can pull it off.

Countdown til 9 pm begins

bam!

In!

Michael Hanulec has the fastest F5 button on the planet and was the 1st official 2015 Snowbird entry tonight! Keeping track of the top 10 on our Facebook page now!

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ha. didnt wanna tq practice. this should be the best next thing... :)

Look forward to attending my first snowbird nationals event.:nod:

Spec 175 GT
 

Signed up !

where can i find an entry list?

hahahahahahaha...... how long until that stupid question starts popping up every three posts.