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03-27-2006, 06:13 PM
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didnt know were to post this so...
i have to think of a new track desighn in the next 3 to 5 weeks to get ready for the spring season
this isint like a club track but my own personal track but there are allot of people around my area who like to use it so they dont have to drive 6 miles to get to the nearest nitro off road track and have to pay 15$ to use it
also im allmost done building this real sweet drivers stand thats looking preety awesome
i just need one more set of railing for the side and some staires and im done[8D]
but yeah got any ideas or links?
oh yeah heres my local clubs track and my LHS track as well
the club is out side off road nitro and the LHS is electric only
this isint like a club track but my own personal track but there are allot of people around my area who like to use it so they dont have to drive 6 miles to get to the nearest nitro off road track and have to pay 15$ to use it
also im allmost done building this real sweet drivers stand thats looking preety awesome
i just need one more set of railing for the side and some staires and im done[8D]
but yeah got any ideas or links?
oh yeah heres my local clubs track and my LHS track as well
the club is out side off road nitro and the LHS is electric only
03-28-2006, 05:51 PM
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When I first saw the shot of your outdoor track, I could have almost sworn that it was the track in Vicksburg, MI in the backyard that used to be the home of Fantom Racing. Their track is similar and abuts a field as its out in farm country.
The indoor track looks close to another nearby track at what was R&L Hobbies in Portage that has recently went from a clay track to carpet.
Charging $15.00 and not holding any kind of formal racing is a little steep. Try to hold some races and hand out at least some "flexible trophies" (ribbons).
I like the multi-tiered tracks. One thing that Fantom had in their track was a drop-off that was nicknamed the Ski Jump, nothing severe but nothing that you were going to break parts on.
The indoor track looks close to another nearby track at what was R&L Hobbies in Portage that has recently went from a clay track to carpet.
Charging $15.00 and not holding any kind of formal racing is a little steep. Try to hold some races and hand out at least some "flexible trophies" (ribbons).
I like the multi-tiered tracks. One thing that Fantom had in their track was a drop-off that was nicknamed the Ski Jump, nothing severe but nothing that you were going to break parts on.
03-29-2006, 03:46 PM
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well the races at the club are formal and they do give out trophies and stuff but to me they arent all that formal like some people are like were you have to have a certain moter size
they dont check that kind of stuff here
they dont check that kind of stuff here
03-29-2006, 04:14 PM
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Around here they have motor and engine sizes separated for classes but on the technical courses the number of laps and speeds are almost identical. When learning that, I was wondering why I was spending the money for mod motors. The same thing can happen in the nitro engined classes. The truck might have a70 MPH yop end but when lap speeds are only around 12 MPH on a twisty track, there is no real advantage.
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ORIGINAL: Ron Olson
Around here they have motor and engine sizes separated for classes but on the technical courses the number of laps and speeds are almost identical. When learning that, I was wondering why I was spending the money for mod motors. The same thing can happen in the nitro engined classes. The truck might have a70 MPH yop end but when lap speeds are only around 12 MPH on a twisty track, there is no real advantage.
Around here they have motor and engine sizes separated for classes but on the technical courses the number of laps and speeds are almost identical. When learning that, I was wondering why I was spending the money for mod motors. The same thing can happen in the nitro engined classes. The truck might have a70 MPH yop end but when lap speeds are only around 12 MPH on a twisty track, there is no real advantage.
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yep thats what i <3 about the club know one realy cares its all fun and if you win you get a trophy and even if you come in dead last you get an awesome little plack and you get to clean the track of broken parts and water it befor you leave
03-31-2006, 07:10 PM
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awww not cool
while i was working back there yesterday i fould out that we have gophers
there making these bumbs every were like the kind you see in a cartoon when Bugs Bunny goes underground
and today it was all stormy and windy making the entire track a big mudpile and allso a huge branch fell off a tree and is sittin in the middle of the track[:@][:@][:'(]
and i cant move it untill the place drys up but supposidly its suppose to be raining and stuff all weekend
i hope that doesent become true[sm=pirate.gif]
but when i do get around to building it what kind of dirt do you guys like to run on
right now the part of the back yard were im building the track is 100% clay and nothing else
while i was working back there yesterday i fould out that we have gophers
there making these bumbs every were like the kind you see in a cartoon when Bugs Bunny goes underground
and today it was all stormy and windy making the entire track a big mudpile and allso a huge branch fell off a tree and is sittin in the middle of the track[:@][:@][:'(]
and i cant move it untill the place drys up but supposidly its suppose to be raining and stuff all weekend
i hope that doesent become true[sm=pirate.gif]
but when i do get around to building it what kind of dirt do you guys like to run on
right now the part of the back yard were im building the track is 100% clay and nothing else
03-31-2006, 09:32 PM
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ORIGINAL: Ron Olson
When I first saw the shot of your outdoor track, I could have almost sworn that it was the track in Vicksburg, MI in the backyard that used to be the home of Fantom Racing. Their track is similar and abuts a field as its out in farm country.
The indoor track looks close to another nearby track at what was R&L Hobbies in Portage that has recently went from a clay track to carpet.
Charging $15.00 and not holding any kind of formal racing is a little steep. Try to hold some races and hand out at least some "flexible trophies" (ribbons).
I like the multi-tiered tracks. One thing that Fantom had in their track was a drop-off that was nicknamed the Ski Jump, nothing severe but nothing that you were going to break parts on.
When I first saw the shot of your outdoor track, I could have almost sworn that it was the track in Vicksburg, MI in the backyard that used to be the home of Fantom Racing. Their track is similar and abuts a field as its out in farm country.
The indoor track looks close to another nearby track at what was R&L Hobbies in Portage that has recently went from a clay track to carpet.
Charging $15.00 and not holding any kind of formal racing is a little steep. Try to hold some races and hand out at least some "flexible trophies" (ribbons).
I like the multi-tiered tracks. One thing that Fantom had in their track was a drop-off that was nicknamed the Ski Jump, nothing severe but nothing that you were going to break parts on.
jefx posted that a while ago..
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i dont know if there running that same track layout this year or not
the pic i posted was what we ran last summer but i think there probably gona change it
the pic i posted was what we ran last summer but i think there probably gona change it
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tracks done ane we start racin april 23!!!
now we got 3 sections
the out door nitro oof road corse
a carpeted off road corse for electric stadium trucks with foam tires
and were digin a minny lake for boatin
new pits
new speaker system
new bathrooms every thinng completley swiched
gona go look at it this sunday maybe race i dunno
now we got 3 sections
the out door nitro oof road corse
a carpeted off road corse for electric stadium trucks with foam tires
and were digin a minny lake for boatin
new pits
new speaker system
new bathrooms every thinng completley swiched
gona go look at it this sunday maybe race i dunno
04-21-2006, 05:04 PM
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just an old construction pic i found of the track during the winter
its actualy done preety much a cording to what im hearing on the marcca forums
its actualy done preety much a cording to what im hearing on the marcca forums
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just an old construction pic i found of the track during the winter
its actualy done preety much a cording to what im hearing on the marcca forums
its actualy done preety much a cording to what im hearing on the marcca forums
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RE: didnt know were to post this so...
and it appears the pic doesent want to be working
[link=http://upload4.postimage.org/162928/photo_hosting.html]heres a link[/link]
ill get some pics after its done
:[EDIT]:
and my track "was" done but now i have to take it all appart cuz the lanes are two short and its realy hard to so i dont like it so im changing it all around from a four lane technical to a 3 lane noob corse
its all about the fun not the skillz[8D]
[link=http://upload4.postimage.org/162928/photo_hosting.html]heres a link[/link]
ill get some pics after its done
:[EDIT]:
and my track "was" done but now i have to take it all appart cuz the lanes are two short and its realy hard to so i dont like it so im changing it all around from a four lane technical to a 3 lane noob corse
its all about the fun not the skillz
[8D]
