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Ok, here is the story on the motor: I was too low for tech, so I raised the car up to pass tech and never checked the gears, and that caused the gears to tighten up too much consequently burning up the motor which put on quite show of smoke!
BTW: I have never rewound a motor in my life!
I still had a lot of fun and that is the bottom line to me!
Results of the Rapid 500:
Each racer got 1hr. and 4 minutes of racing.
1st......Marty..........739 laps.
2nd.....Blake...........735
3rd......Ted.............725
4th......Gearloose....721
5th......Dennis........709
6th......Stew...........700
7th......Beau...........674
8th......Bob.............664
9th......Bill...............594
10th....Mitch. DNF....414
11th....John...DNF....161
12th....Howie..DISQ.
Thank you to all who participated and to Bill for all those pictures and movies. A fun day and close racing!
Here is an idea that I just thought of as I was reading this: If you choose natural rubber like we use on our cars for the Sportsman/Econo or NASCAR etc., then I will buy them from you at a reduced price ( to be determined between us ) and I can true them up and can use them for practice or pass them on at the price I paid you for them. No storage worries.
If you or I order the tires from John Gill the price will be cheaper than retail.
Just a thought.
The Rapid 500 that will kick off the start of the 2019 season will be on Oct. 6th. Doors open at noon.
A full 2019 schedule will be posted as we get closer to the racing season.
The project Dodge NASCAR is far from done and it is sitting on a NASTRUCK chassis. But it is picture worthy.
I would like to thank all the racers who participated in the 2018 season at Rapid Raceway. I believe over all it was a successful season. The introduction of the Indy cars was a great addition to our racing program. Another year of good memories.
Keep your NASCAR handy for the Rapid 500 to kick off the new season in early October. A new addition in the coming season is the NASCAR trucks.
Have a great summer!
These cars are a piece of cake to put together ( I did 5 of them ) as the chassis, axles, tires are already together. The time consuming part is mounting the wing, painting and installing the decals which to me is the most fun!
I think if your axle gear would not have loosened, you may have taken the Gold! I had your back though!, which means I didn't have a prayer to keep up!! You and that car go together quite well!!
May 5th. 2018: The first annual Rapid Grand Prix. We went through 4 times at 4 min. heats. This race was a lot of fun as the cars are close and some very good racing took place. The racing started at 1:40pm. and with a lunch break added, ended up at 6:00pm.
Results:
1st. Ted.................711 laps.
2nd. Gearloose.......702.
3rd. Bill.................700.
4th. Beau..............698.
5th. Marty..............696.
6th. Bob................690.
7th. Howie.............689.
8th. Dennis............654.
9th. Dayle..............651.
10th. Blake.............589. Blake had to leave with two heats to go.
left to right Beau, Bob, Dayle, Blake
The first annual Rapid Grand Prix is coming May 5th. using the Pro Slot Indy cars.
Doors open at 12:00 noon and racing about 1:30pm. Entry fee is $10.00 and includes plaques through 3rd. and Pizza, pop and of course coffee and cookies. We will race 4 times through at 4 min. heats at 9.5 volts.
Finally the first Indy race is history. The turnout was low but the fun was high! It was close racing with Beau getting the win. The big and last race of the season takes place on May 5th. for these Indy cars. Doors open at noon and we will go through at least 4 times at 4 min. heats. I haven't officially named this race yet.
With the help of Bill, I am updating the rules for NASCAR, NASTRUCK ( a new class ), and the Indy class.
It was decided that due to the flimsy bodies we were using we would go a different route altogether. So it was decided we would go to hard bodied NASCAR trucks on this chassis.
GT3 is gone!!
Great Mitch, looking forward to seeing the new controller in action!
As most know we went to current hard bodies for NASCAR. The only current NASCAR hard bodies are by Revell and only Ford and Chevy are available at this time. So beings I am a Mopar fan I bought a current 1/24th. Dodge Charger SRT8. by Lindberg. The Ford and Chevy have a wheelbase of 4.5". This Mopar has a 5.0" wheelbase. It is a four door car, way too long. The rest of the body dimensions are close to the Ford and Chevy. So I am taking .300" out of the body. As soon as my good friend Bill adds the pictures you will be able to see the "action"! I will use Goop and toilet paper to glue the body back together and then body filler to hide the seems.
Update: all 10 Indy cars have been spoken for. If you want one you can order them from Professor Motor.
I just ordered 10 Hawk 7 motors that we will run in these cars and will have 6 on the parts rack if any one is interested.
Update on the Indy class: As most know I have been trying to get an Indy class up and running for at least the last 4yrs. Well I think we are finally seeing the light at the end of the long tunnel. Beau found a 4.5" Indy car complete with everything except motor, gears and guide flag. The cost? $59.99, great price. I ordered 10 of them and they are all taken except one which will go on the parts rack. With that count and the two racers who already have one we have 11 Indy racers to start off the class. This class will be a very spec class. The car is made by Pro track, part #PT651. We will run the Hawk 7 motor. Beau has been working on handling issues and he brought his car over today and we managed to get the car to handle quite well and I think there is more to come. He is trying to make it easy for all racers to do the same minor changes to make the car handle better. We will have a special Indy race in May.
Kidvolt is right, that should help a lot!
Mitch; I was watching your Early Modified going around the track, your car is as fast going down the straight as any car, you may need more gonads for the corners or maybe just more time on the track!!
Thanks for joining our "big" car program!
See ya.
Howie.
Sadly to me is the fact that John Fisher did move to California to be near his daughter after his divorce. Another member of the Rapid "gang" tried to email him and he didn't respond.
The Rapid 500 for 2017 is now history.
It was a very successful and fun night with the new NASCAR hard bodies. We raced two different segments of 4 heats 2 times through for a total of 36 heats.
On the podium: 3rd place went to Beau, 2nd. to Marty, and 1st. went to Bob Nak. who not only had a great looking car with the Office Depot Ford but also had the shirt to match!
Thanks for all who showed up to do battle, it is appreciated!
I think we had three Joey Logano Fords in the mix!
There were several reasons: flimsy, hard for a corner marshal to pick up, water decals wouldn't stick, the finish looked like alligator skin. A lot of work went into trying to make them look nice but to no avail! They are basically junk! The only thing the Pattos bodies had going for them was that they had many choices of bodies for the latest NASCAR brands. I and others are looking forward to the Chevy VS. Ford hard body fight!
At our get together last Sat. we voted to do away with the very unpopular Pattos NASCAR bodies. Instead we will be using the 1/24th. Revell snap kit or the glue kit. We have a choice to what we will run: either a Ford or a Chevy, they are the only two late model hard bodies available, Revell is trying to get the Toyota but so far no luck. I have ordered both Ford and Chevy snap kits. If anyone wants one let me know.
It is a real shame that it had to end the way it did. Neat layout, well built track. I have a place to store the track if you want Bill.
I really like the Stagecoach, every time I go through the swinging doors I expect to see John Wayne with his guns strapped to his hips leaning against the bar!!
Great job Bill on getting them as a sponsor!
Last nights race here was just great!! No problems at all, the race program did very well and I am VERY pleased. I am still not quite up to speed on the running of it, but it is not a hard program to learn and I like it a lot over the SRT program.
Bill spent part of 3 days here getting this thing up and running and Monte was the go to guy with his knowledge! I thank both gentlemen VERY MUCH!!
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