Enduro and F1 500

Donate Via Paypal and Help Support this site.

   

[briankstan]

I'd like to start a discusison about these races.  what is the concensus on them.   is this something that we want to setup and run outside?  or at the wharehouse?

for the Enduro I would like to set up a very large track. if at the wharehouse we are limited to a certain size, but we don't have to worry about weather or lighting.

for the F1 500 I'd like to go as big as possible with the track, maybe a tri-oval of some sorts using the 45's and corners.

let me know what you guys think.  Also do we want to run them on the same day?

[Ryan]

Personally I would rather run these races two different days, but thats just me. Outside would be really hot for the endurance. The weather for the f1 MIGHT be better we'll just have to see, but I'm leaning toward outside races. Are you planning on running normal mini-zs on the f1 track as well as f1s?

[Nic-z]

I like the idea of both but I agree with Ryan seperate days would be ideal to devote time to just one or the other race that night, being outside takes advantage of the larger sweeter tracks.

[CLODGUY]

gotta go with the outside races,,dont know if I agree on each race having its own day.  the endurance is only an hour , we usually race for 4 to 5 hours at the warehouse

[briankstan]

I'm with Luke,  the races will only be about an hour each.  We can easily fit them in the same night.

I like doing these outside as well  we can move it up if needed so it won't be to hot, but I like the idea of have the largest track posssible for these races.

[Nic-z]

an hour? well in that case yea both in one night, large tracks are cool if we can get the signal to reach that far, hope we can use the 2.4

[CLODGUY]

I seem to remember having a pretty big track last time,, and not having any signal issues.,,, as for time,, if we had the larger parts of the oval track set up ahead of time,, we could do a tear down and set-up in no time at all...   


  by the way,,, racing under the lights outside ROCKS!!!

[briankstan]

the last track was 27' x 37' and I didn't have any reception problems either.   

Racing outside under the light is pretty fun as long as we have enought lights.  I think we have that covered 

we can incorporate the oval along the outside of the track and then have an infield section that can be bi-passed for the F1 500.

[Ryan]

Personally I think we should have a pit area if possible, just a strip of track that is one foam mat wide. I think this would help to get out of the way when you want to change batteries or any other problems that you might have during these races. Are you also planning on having the f1 race be one hour?

[briankstan]

we could do that,  however on the large tracks it's not so busy as a small track.  on these large tracks lap times will be close to 20 seconds,   will be faster with the tri oval with the F1's. 

Maybe we should do similar to the F1 setup when they race at the speedway,  it's 3/4 of a oval with a smaller infield.  that could be more fun in my opinion than a true oval or tri-oval.

we can incorporate a pit area if needed.

[Russ]

Are we allowed to have a Pit Crew for either race?

[briankstan]

Pit Crew?

You are the pit crew and driver, so I guess that's a yes.   usually all that is required is battery changes, unless something gets broken.

[Russ]

I mean can we have somebody there to change the batteries for us and possibly marshal the cars. Or is up to the drivers to do?

[briankstan]

Nobody has ever asked that before.   I don't have a problem with it.   if they are marshalling one car only I don't see that as fair, but if they want to marshall all cars and be your pit to change batteries,  I'm cool with that.

[Chad]

I'm thinking that we should keep it as it has always been. You change your own batteries so your effort and possible victory and skill is all you and not you and someone else.  We should be able to have both races and have plenty of light left over. Oh and yes you can all wake up and yes this is not a dream I left a message on the message board. LOL

briankstan
Russ
Ryan
Chad
CLODGUY
wild child
benihanna80
trackstar

Utah RC Forums

Mini-Z Forums

  RCP Race Tracks

Mini-Z Racing Venues

Salt Lake Mini-Z Online Store