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mydartswinger -> Fayetteville, NC On-Road Racers (4/11/2008 10:46:47 PM)
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Hello all,
I'm posting to announce not something new, but something that's never been posted about here. I am part of a group that races every Sunday (weather permitting) here in Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB, NC. Our current classes are stock touring car and Mini Cooper. Other on-road classes may be run with enough interest (3+ racers on a weekend). We race in the Ponderosa Shopping Center at the corner of Santa Fe and Yadkin. This weekend is our trophy race. We currently have 16 stock touring cars pre-registered for this event, with more expected on race day. We generally have a turn out of 3-5+ Mini Coopers per weekend. There are currently some racers that have an interest in 1/12th scale cars, but usually never have a turn out of them due to not enough people with an interest. Other classes we have had in the past are monster truck oval, nitro touring car, 1/18th scale, electric stadium truck oval, and run what ya brung (misc. cars that may not have enough to race that day). Our most popular class is by far the electric touring car class. Most of the people that have run other classes with us have ended up with an electric touring car, also, our Mini Cooper drivers also run in the touring car class. Practice usually starts between 11 am and noon, with races starting around 1 pm. Each class runs four 5 minute qualifiers in a staggered start, and a 5 minute heads up start main. Participation permitting, we have 2-3 mains for touring car, each containing about 8 cars. The winner of the lower main bumps up to the next main. Timing is done by personal transponder, with rentals available. Most of our touring car drivers run brushless motors with LiPO packs, but brushed motors with NiMH packs are still competitive. Our racers run a small variety of chassis. 3 generations of Associated TC's are the most common (TC3, TC4, and TC5), the next most common are the Losi JRX-S chassis family, and a few run Schumacher and Xray. The Mini Cooper class is similar to an IROC class, where all drivers must abide by a strict set of equipment rules. By no means is this all of the information about us, but if you do require more info, PM me and I can point you in the right direction. Hope to see you out.
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