JohnMcGowan

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Birmingham RC ( Birmingham, Al ) will be having a Club 40 race to be held October 15th,2011.
All are welcome to come out and join the fun for a great day of racing and fellowship!
David Phillips, aka D2 will CD the event.

*Entry fee $15.00 /Fill your tummy full lunch off the famous Bham RC grille $5.00
*Hardhats are required.
*Stock Skyraiders and Stock LA Racers will be allowed. All current Alabama C40 rules apply.
*Gates open around 7:00AM
* Tech inspection from 8-9AM
*Pilots meeting appx 9:30AM
*Racing to Start appx 10:00AM

*A new in the box Skyraider ARF will be available for the Grande Prize and raffle tickets will be available for purchase.

*We will try to fly either 5 or 6 rounds if possible, time permitting . At the end of the 6th round , points will be totaled and the TOP 8 pilots will be divided into the A Main and the B Main catagories. Any tie breakers will be flown off before the Main races begins.

*Trophies will be awarded for 1st thru 4th place for the A Main race as well as 1st thru 4th place for the B Main race.


*Please make sure that the clevis ends of your pushrods have a piece of fuel tubing over them in order to keep the clevis from opening during flight. This is a required tech inspection item and will be checked for your as well as the other pilots safety.

Feel free to ask any questions here on this thread, or contact D2 at [email protected]
or me at [email protected]
Thanks and hope to see you in Bham October 15th!!! LETS GO RACIN' BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Mc
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DIRECTIONS TO BIRMINGHAM RC CLUB:
Travelling from I-65 SOUTHBOUND i.e. from Huntsville,Harvest, Tennessee... : Get off on Exit #280 Kimberly Exit, then turn LEFT to go back under I-65. This will place you travelling on OLD HWY 31 Southbound. Continue on Hwy 31 Southbound for a few miles until you see Sardis Road on your RIGHT. If you pass the Dollar general store located on your right, you have passed Sardis Road and gone about 400 yards too far!!! Turn Right onto Sardis Road, go appx 1 mile and you will go back UNDER I-65. Travel to the top of the hill and Birmingham RC is located on your Left...see the big Birmingham RC sign. Turn Left into our driveway....you have arrived

Travelling from I-65 NORTHBOUND..i.e from Birmingham or South Alabama,...Take the #275 Morris exit, turn RIGHT at end of ramp to come down to Old Hwy 31. Turn LEFT onto Hwy 31 travelling Northbound, go appx 1 and 1/4 mile ...go thru redlights...see Dollar Genral store on your left. Get in left lane and turn LEFT onto Sardis Road.....go appx 1 mile and you will go back UNDER I-65. Travel to the top of the hill and Birmingham RC is located on your Left...see the big Birmingham RC sign. Turn Left into our driveway....you have arrived

Should you get lost or need to contact D2, his cell is 205-296-1303.
John McGowan's cell is 205-862-9776.

Tbatt

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I'll be there!

Sorry I missed the last two races but this blasted sinus problem I've had (now going on SIX WEEKS!) and working weekends was not in my racing plans.

Tim

JohnMcGowan

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Tim, Im glad to hear you can make it.
Lets see if this is right,....when you're good is when you can wipe snot with a tissue in one hand and hold your transmitter in the other and fly the race. Am I close to right ? LOL

OK FOLKS,.............LET THE TRASH TALK BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!

JohnMcGowan

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The countdown is on for the Bham race !!!
This will be the next to last race of the Club 40 season here in Alabama, so come on out October 15th.
Can we get a sound off headcount for those that are coming as to know how much filet mignon to buy? LOL
Reply here please to say that you are coming.
Thanks,
John

eduffey

I'll be there.

Ernie

dphill2

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We have 5 coming from Alabaster and just talked to Rick from Auburn way and he said he would be there as well !!! I'll take mine med with a loaded potato !!!

Tbatt

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Hey, we still have one more race in November! The RCRC race!

See you guys on the 15th.

dphill2

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Hey Bat Man, the scale event we are having @ the Alabaster club is Nov 5th tell your buds and come on down !!
Gona be a good one

Dave...........

JohnMcGowan

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Dave, I sure hope to be there for your scale event Nov 5th. I dont think my hellcat is going to be ready to fly by then, but I'll come out and support you guys any way I can.

Now,....about this Club40 race next Saturday.....Las Vegas bookies are cruntching the numbers and making odds as we speak. Who's gonna pull this one out of their hat?
All I know is there will be lots of good pylon pilots there so its anybody's ballgame. Maybe I can sneak some pickles mickey'ed with sleeping serum into one of D2's hamburgers so it will knock him out for the rest of the race? He'll probably reply that if I do that, he's gonna knock ME out!! LOL

LETS GO RACING GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JohnMcGowan

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Just a heads up....directions to the field have been posted to the original post at the top of the thread. See yall there.
Thanks,
JMc

JohnMcGowan

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For those wondering, I just saw the forecast for Saturday...the man says temps will be 75 ° and sunny!!
It looks like the weather will be working in our favor.
Get those planes charged up, check all your bolts that needs checking, etc and lets get ready to rock and roll come Saturday !!!!

dphill2

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Hey Girls, wake up it's close to race time !!! I guess everybody is in the man cave working on loose monocoat
Hope to see all the smiling faces saturday AM as we will have a safety check on the planes @ 9:00 a short pilot's meeting around 9:30 and try to start racing about 10:00. We are looking for a good turn out and I hear the weather is gona be GREAT !!
Now what more could you ask for,................................. !st place !!!

See ya Saturday
Dave Phillips Club 40 CD

JohnMcGowan

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Thats the spirit D2!!!!

I went by and picked up the Skyraider raffle plane this afternoon as well as some other good "goodies "for raffle prizes.
Get out your wallets boys and buy you up some tickets...its gonna be a good show!!!!!!!
Later,
JMc

Tbatt

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Ernie and I will be riding together and hauling the race stuff we need. The weather looks like it will be perfect!

Robin has had its legs repaired and is ready to back up Batman in case you Jokers mess with him.

See you guys around 8-ish tomorrow morning. I'm drinking about a gallon of Redbull before the race.

dphill2

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WOW !! What a race, I had as much fun watching as I did racing. Big John will post some results and pictures soon.

DP2

JohnMcGowan

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I could not agree with you more D2...that was some of the closest and best racing Ive ever witnessed.
If you guys can give me a day or two, I will post results as well as pictures.
All I'll say is that if you were not here Saturday, you missed out!
I think there were either 18 or 19 pilots on the roster. That is a very very nice crowd!!
More to come soon.
Thanks to everyone for making this race a big success!!!
John

Tbatt

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I agree! WHAT A RACE!!!

Lots of great competition and enough carnage to make a NASCAR fan happy!

Bosworth (Bos)  and I got into it for the A Main and had TWO midairs we were so close! The first was a wing tip to wing tip tap. The second was our two planes banging together like two pancakes stacked up. Our rules require us to land after a midair for safety. We both landed without any problem and I could not find any damage to my airplane but Bos had about a 1/4 inch missing off of one prop blade. Dang, I wish I hadn't pointed that out to him.......

DP2 asked what we wanted to do to resolve third and fourth place and we both said RACE!

Both Bos and I (and everyone else) was expecting bloodshed with this grudge match but it wasn't to be. The engine on Batman just went sour and would not turn up. Bos got me by about half a lap. Way to go Bos, you deserved the 3rd place.

THIS IS WHAT C40 IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT!!!!!!  We had a blast!

I'm still pumped! Can't wait until Nov 19th.

Ken Erickson

Sounds great!!! Keep up the good fun, guys.

Am looking forward to the pictures.

Ken Erickson

JohnMcGowan

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Ok boys and girls,
here is the results of the 2011 Birmingham Fall Club 40 race as well as some mug shots to go with it.
This is what Club40 is all about right here!
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JohnMcGowan

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Results of the B Main race is:
4th Place Robert Hodgedon
3rd Place David Phillips,II aka D2 ( David was also the CD of the event and did a fantastic job with everything all day! )
2nd Place John McGowan
1st Place Greg Doe
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JohnMcGowan

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Results of the A Main race is as follows:
4th Place Tim Batt
3rd Place Randall "Bos" Bosworth
2nd Place Art Azlin
And the GRAND PRIZE WINNER....<drum roll>......
1st Place A Main is awarded to Rick Grim. Congrats Rick on a job very well done!
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JohnMcGowan

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Here is a view of the scoreboard and as you can see, there was very little points spread between several pilots. We ran 6 hard rounds throughout the day, then tallied up the points earned to determine who would be in the 2 Main races at the end of the day. It was determined there would have to be a 3 way fly off for 3rd place in the A main that would include Tim Batt, Art Azlin and myself, all with 19 points . We got cranked up and flew hard when the zero horn buzzer sounded off, so hard in fact that I didnt notice the left pylon pole on about the 5th or 6th lap. I flew right square smack into it! LOL I wonder why those poles have something against these airplanes? These poles never wants to yield any space those dang poles!!!
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JohnMcGowan

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And as an added bonus, here is Dave Phillip's receiving a well deserved award for all he has contributed to the RC community throughout the years . Alot of folks dont realize this, but D2 has hosted many events as being the CD. As we all know, this is not a easy job but D2 makes it happen. Even thought his momma dresses him funny, he is a great guy and I am proud to have him as a friend.
Congrats on doing a fine job Dave!!!
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dphillips3

Mcgowin you could have left that scoreboard picture off. Too bad low score doesn't win.
DP#3

RIP ugly sky raider[]

dphillips3

McgowAn lol!