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Interesting Facts

Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:33AM

This year like last year the Finals track developed holes and ruts just like a MX track. Something to consider though
The scoring system logged 32,367 laps from Tuesday 11/4/08 to Sunday 11/9/08. Meaning in 5 days racing since we didn't race on sunday there was 32,000 lap turned. On Tuesday the scoring system didn't run but maybe the latter half of the day but just for figuring we will say we had 13 hours of track time each day for 5 days. That comes to about 498 laps an hour. Hmmm I think the track held up pretty well for that amount of laps.

RC Pro Australia

Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:24PM

RC Pro Australia will be hosting it's very 1^st event at the Sunshine Coast Track in Brisbane on July 2^nd -4^th, 2009.

We would like to welcome our first Event Sponsors for this race. Hopefully we will have many more announcements of this type along with some other things we are working on for this event. Any Hobby Shops, Importers or Manufacturers that may be interested in being involved with this event please contact Paul Cornwell at mailto:autralia@rcprosites.com for information. We have multiple ways for companies of any size to be involved.

Team HoBao Australia has come onboard as one of the event sponsors. Please take a look at their products on their website. http://www.hobao-racing.com/ Be sure to thank them for their support of racing in Australia.

Nitro X Racing Fuel has also joined as an event sponsor. Please take a look at their product on their website. http://nitro-fuel.com/NitroX.htm Be sure to thank them for their support of racing in Australia.

We are receiving interest from all over the World on this event. All racers are invited to attend. Entries will be opened before the New Year. We will be using http://www.rcsignup.com/ so please go to their website and setup your racer page early, it will make entering much faster and easier once entries are opened.

Carlton Eppes

2008 Nitro Offroad Overall Points

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:09PM

I know a lot of you are waiting for this post. Sorry it has taken this long to get these posted but I wanted to be able to focus on these without interruption. I'm still working on the Intermediate classes and should have them done today as soon as they are done I will link them to the page listed below.

http://www.rcprosites.com/site/op/content/contentid/1637

Pro Arena Truck Video

Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:07PM

Here is the Pro Arena Truck A Main video from the International Finals.

Thanks to Griz at Promofo Racing.

http://www.promofo-racing.org/Fuzzie%27s-Truck-Race.html

Speed Threadz

Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:21PM

The Speed Threadz apparel that was on sale at the Finals is now plugged into the Speed Threadz shop site and available. This includes the Skinny, Slayden & Taylor James shirts plus the Speed Threadz calendars and the Miss RC Pro posters.
Please take a look at the site there will be more to come on signature apparel plus some authorized RC Pro stuff. Some of the requests for kids wear from this past weekend will be worked on. Thanks for the suggestions.

http://www.shop.speedthreadz.com

SPECIAL OFFER UNTIL END OF THE YEAR!!! FREE SHIPPING FOR ALL ORDERS $30 OR MORE!

International Finals Report

Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:18PM

Tex Christopher put together a great report on this years International Finals and I doubt I could improve on it so with his permission I will repost it here.

Many of the top racers in the country pulled up their gear and came to Texas for a sure to be epic battle in Truggy and Buggy racing. The RC Pro Series, under the direction of Carlton Epps, held its yearly Finals event in the Diamond W Arena in Alvaredo. This centrally located facility is truly a world class venue when it comes to RC racing. Features include a full grill, bar and lounge area inside the covered arena which also houses lockable stall areas for racer’s gear. The track was 260’ x 120’ with a sandy loam to start the week. Also on site was a wonderful hobby shop setup that was a mix of two local shops. Indy RC World and T&T RC Cars did a good job of supplying any and all of the goods that racers needed or wanted at reasonable prices.

Did I tell you that the arena had sandy loam? That is what I thought on practice days. By the upper mains on Saturday the track had a fair amount of ruts and holes and the surface was far from what one would call a good traction surface. Not only was it hard as a rock, it was dusty with very fine sand on top as well. These drivers would be tested in every corner for their wrenching, driving and general survival skills.
Traxxas Driver Steve Slayden showed us what is up with this sweeping Slash phenomenon. This guy just checked out in this exhibition class.
Tim Roberts repeated as the man to beat in Monster Truck in his MoJoe powered Revo. In Gas truck Dennis Allison set the TQ and posted a victory. The Intermediate Truggys lead the field out with Nic Day on the pole. The finishing order was the hard charging Jason Grant taking the win followed by Matt Sistrunck and your TQ Nic Day in third.
Intermidiate Buggy saw the same top two drivers with winner Jason Grant proving he is the guy to beat in long mains. Int. Buggy TQ Matt Sistrunck followed in second while Trent Kirk finished out the field.

Expert Truggy and Buggy saw some new faces emerge as 2008 marked the first year where Pro Drivers would be a different class in the RC Pro Series. In Expert Arena Truck someone said GO! That was all that TQ Scott Cramer needed to hear. He was virtually unchallenged in qualifying as well his first A main win with his O'Donbell powered O'Donnell truck. Mike Jackson and Colbey Alleman finished the order.
The Expert buggy class would not be the same as the truck class were for Scott. Chris Allison set the TQ mark in a highly contested field and started on the pole. An early issue forced him to the back of the pack as John Perez stretched his legs in his new MBX-6. Soon all of the positions became contested as none of the field gave way. In the end a young Jake Dillenger proved his metal by keeping smooth and steady on his way to victory over veteran racers John Perez and Brandon Howe.

The Pros truly showed why they are Pros. Everyone in the building knew that the track had gotten to the point where it was almost undrivable. The guys put on a tremendous show. With field chalked full of Worlds team drivers, Ryan Cavalieri put his AE RC8T/Orion truck on the pole. Very shortly in the 45 minute main he started to feel the pressure of Kyosho’s Cody King and Ryan Lutz. However, once Lutz got an inch he took a mile. When he was done…he took another one all the way to victory. Ryan Cavalieri managed to hold the rest of the field for a second place finish. Steven Hartson managed to get around the likes of Cody King and Josh Wheeler among others, for third place.
In Pro Buggy it was TQ Cody King who would face the pressure of the field. At the 15 minute mark Ryan Lutz put his car out front to establish that he was the guy to beat. Ryan Cavalieri would answer the call and pressure Lutz for the rest of the race. The racers exchanged leads a couple of times when suddenly Lutz placed a hard pass on Cavalieri coming up the left side of the track. Cav gathered his car up but would never really recover to make a serious venture towards the lead. As they pushed harder and harder both drivers would bobble, spin and flip wildly out of control on the very unforgiving surface. When they recovered their cars and wiped the dust away, it was Ryan Lutz finishing 5 seconds ahead of Cavalieri. Cody King, Josh Wheeler, Taylor Peterson, Gene Hickerson, Leon McIntosh and other notables rounded out the field.

Special Congratulations goes to Ryan Lutz and Kyosho for becoming the 2008 RC Pro Series Champion in both truck and Buggy.
A special Thank You needs to go out to INDY RC World and T&T RC Cars for taking care of the racer’s needs.
Carlton Eppes puts on a great event but when you couple this to Paul & Mike Garrison's announcing and the Diamond W arena facility, it becomes an event no racer should miss. I am thoroughly excited about 2009 and the prospects it brings for the RC Pro Series.
Summary------World Class!

James TEX Christopher

For complete results:
http://nitrooffroad.rcprosites.com/site/op/content/contentid/1621

RC Pro Australia

Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:13PM

2009

RC Pro will be hosting an event at the Sunshine Coast Track in Queensland on July 2nd-4th.
Our Australian Director Paul Cornwell is spearheading the operations in Australia. ALL racers are invited to attend no matter what country you live in. We will have more announcements coming on this major event.
Here are some links of videos for the track.

Stuff

Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:35PM

I am now finally able to get to work finishing points. Sorry for the delay but I had family issues that came up while I was at the Finals that had to be dealt with first.

2008 International Finals Results

Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:41PM

The race results are posted HERE finally. Sorry for the delay but clean up at the arena had to come first.

The 2008 National Champions are

Ryan Lutz - Pro Buggy & Pro Arena Truck
Scott Cramer - Expert Arena Truck
Jake Dellinger - Expert Buggy
Nic Day - Intermediate Arena Truck
Jason Grant - Intermediate Buggy
Tim Roberts - Monster Truck
Dennis Allison - Gas Truck

Congratulations to all the Champions!

I will have the complet results posted in the next day right now I need sleep.

Carlton

2008 Internationals

Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:07AM

RC Pro would like to take a momemnt and remember all the Troops that are fighting for all of us, and remember the Veterans that have sacrificed for us.

Congrats to Tim Roberts for his 3 peat in Monster Truck.

Congrats to Ryan Lutz for winning both the Pro Buggy and Pro Arena Truck A-Mains.

Carlton will be on later this week to post all the doings from the finals. He has justed finished up with everything in Alvardo. He would like to thank all the people that helped with the Finals. We would also like to that all the racers that supported RC Pro this year.

David Lovett

Gone to the Track!

Mon Nov 3, 2008 1:10AM

I leave at 6:30 am for the track if you have a question I'll try to get online some time tomorrow but don't count on it. I figure I have atleast 12 hours on a tractor ahead of me.

See you at the track.

RV Spots

Sat Nov 1, 2008 3:10PM

If you will be coming sunday night. The front gate will be dummy locked please close the gate behind you when you come in. Pull up to the RV shed if you need hookups. The 1st 5 spots will have power for tomorrow night. That should cover anyone who shows up early. Please leave the 1st 2 spots open for our announcer and one of our track guys!!! I won't be there and the arena personnel won't either. Do NOT park up at the building those spaces are for the arenas customers who are leasing stalls, they need access to their stalls.

I'll be there at 8am monday.

Things to Bring

Sat Nov 1, 2008 3:05PM

Evryone usually has an extenion cord but I'll mention it anyway. A minimum of 25 ft a longer one probably wouldn't hurt. It depends on what stall you get assigned as to how for the plug will be.

Also we will have a better FM system than last year so bring an fm radio for announcements outside and in the pits. I think what we have coming will reach outide this year.

Pit Stalls & Entries

Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:09PM

I need to update the entry list maybe I can get a breather on calls tonight so I can do it. We are up to about 340 entries now. I have marked people paid on the list here that have paid since that list was posted but there are some new entries not on the lists yet.

Entries close on the 1st!!!!!!!! If your not entered and paid by then sorry! We have announced it since we opened entries. We WILL NOT be taking entries at the event!

If you are renting a pit stall for the week PLEASE BRING A LOCK. All the stalls are currently locked and keyed to the same key so we do not hand out keys. Once you check in and get your stall number we will open the stall and you can put your lock on it so your in control of when it's locked and unlocked. Otherwise you may have to wait for us to open them in the mornings.

Power. There are 4 plex boxes on top of some stalls (not every one) you will need atleast a 25ft cord maybe more. They did upgrade the power in the stall area since last year but there will be NO COMPRESSORS in the stalls. If you bring a compressor we will set it up in a central location where the load can be handled. We will have a small compresor setup for anyone to use.

Slash Demo Class

Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:50PM

I was informed today there has been a conversation on atleast one forum about 6 cell or 7 cell in the Slash class. Well let me explain why I have 6 cell listed.

When we put this demo class together the majority of tracks in the area of the Finals were using the 6 cell & 2 cell Lipo rule so we used those rules to be consistant with what everyone was already getting used to. So far I have had one person ask about 7 cell in the demo class. The issue is the race is so close I don't want to change what everyone has already planned for now. If you already have a 7 cell pack bring it with you I would like to see how it does in practice for future reference.

I've always been open to suggestions on rules or rule changes. Feel free to email me any ideas. For me to know what the racers want the racers have to tell me. I do not frequent forums there is just not enough time in a day for me to keep up with them and get everything else done that has to get done each day. I have had little to no input on this class so far, a lot of interest in running it but no real input otherwise.

There are several reasons for the Slash demo at the finals this year. 1) Help one of our sponsors promote product. 2) We are looking at developing a class in RC Pro for the Slash and we want to see a large group run to get a better idea for rules etc.
The rules we have for the demo are a start. This doesn't mean these will be the exact rules we settle on.

Carlton
nitrooffroad@rcprosites.com

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