k_bojar
06-05-2006, 11:45 AM
Hi race fans, it's that time of year again. Time to mark the calendars and prepare for the largest Carpet and Dirt Indoor Mini Event of all time.
PottBelly's R/C Raceway in PittsGrove, NJ is having its’ Second Annual East Coast Mini Championships October 27, 28, 29 2006.
Like last year, it’s the long weekend in October. We’re planning another Friday night practice Party with DJ Ray from SJCCR hall of fame.
It took a little longer then planned to come up with the class list. This year we twisted everything up a bit. Having made the trip up to Madness this year, it was interesting to see the popularity of carpet trucks. So this year we have added our Formula Series of classes for carpet truck racers. We call them the formula series because it will be flat track. No jumps on the carpet. So we broke the classes up into 6 Carpet Classes and 6 Dirt Offroad Classes.
On the Carpet :
* Sportsman Micro ( Spec Motor, 6 cell nimh only)
* Pro Modified Micro (Brush motors, 6 cell nimh only)
* Pro Brushless Micro (Brushless Motor Only, any Batts)
* Formula 8 ( Half 8 open carpet class )
* Formula 18 suspension ( 1/18 4wd truck open class )
* Formula 18 Monsters ( 1/18 4wd Monster Trucks open class)
On the Dirt :
* Mini Inferno Half 8 ( Open Class )
* Pro 18 Monsters ( 1/18 monster trucks open class )
* Sportsman 4wd Truck ( spec Motor 6 cell nimh only )
* Open Modified 18 4wd Truck (1/18 4wd Truck open class )
* Open Modified 18 2wd Truck (1/18 2wd Truck open class )
* Open Modified 18 4wd Buggy (1/18 4wd Buggy open class )
We have talked to a lot of the sponsors from last year and all we talked to so far are coming back. We’ve also picked up a number of new sponsors. As we finalize things over the next couple months we’ll post all those involved.
Half 8 drivers - we talked to Jeremy Kortz and he is returning to defend his title. So we all get another shot. Only problem is he says he’s going to bring friends - so we suspect we will have our hand even more full then last year. We're also going to try to put him into a micro.
Thanks to PRO-Motion T-Shirts for hooking us up so we can have Event Shirts this year.
Micro Drivers, the man Dave Graboski will be back defending his title also. I don’t think he’s bringing any extra heat for us. Also GQ is back on board for the micro guys. Everyone registering for one of the 3 micro classes before the tire cut off date will get a set of GQ’s like last year.
We’ve talked to TEAM SCREAM and they will be back and are bringing the whole team was the story we heard.
So we’re expecting the racing to be even faster and more furious then last year if that’s possible. I watched the micro A-Main video and could not believe how confusing the races look from the side lines. Looked like a swarm of bumble bees tearing it up on the floor.
I did get to personally talk to RC Driver this year about coverage and am working on OLN about continuing coverage from Madness to the Mini Championships. We’re hoping they come back and continue at the ECMC.
We will have regular updates from here forward so stay tuned there’s lots of things in the plans for this years race.
TEAM BELLY…………………..
www.PottBellysRC.com
EastCoastChamps@PottBellysRC.com
PottBelly's R/C Raceway in PittsGrove, NJ is having its’ Second Annual East Coast Mini Championships October 27, 28, 29 2006.
Like last year, it’s the long weekend in October. We’re planning another Friday night practice Party with DJ Ray from SJCCR hall of fame.
It took a little longer then planned to come up with the class list. This year we twisted everything up a bit. Having made the trip up to Madness this year, it was interesting to see the popularity of carpet trucks. So this year we have added our Formula Series of classes for carpet truck racers. We call them the formula series because it will be flat track. No jumps on the carpet. So we broke the classes up into 6 Carpet Classes and 6 Dirt Offroad Classes.
On the Carpet :
* Sportsman Micro ( Spec Motor, 6 cell nimh only)
* Pro Modified Micro (Brush motors, 6 cell nimh only)
* Pro Brushless Micro (Brushless Motor Only, any Batts)
* Formula 8 ( Half 8 open carpet class )
* Formula 18 suspension ( 1/18 4wd truck open class )
* Formula 18 Monsters ( 1/18 4wd Monster Trucks open class)
On the Dirt :
* Mini Inferno Half 8 ( Open Class )
* Pro 18 Monsters ( 1/18 monster trucks open class )
* Sportsman 4wd Truck ( spec Motor 6 cell nimh only )
* Open Modified 18 4wd Truck (1/18 4wd Truck open class )
* Open Modified 18 2wd Truck (1/18 2wd Truck open class )
* Open Modified 18 4wd Buggy (1/18 4wd Buggy open class )
We have talked to a lot of the sponsors from last year and all we talked to so far are coming back. We’ve also picked up a number of new sponsors. As we finalize things over the next couple months we’ll post all those involved.
Half 8 drivers - we talked to Jeremy Kortz and he is returning to defend his title. So we all get another shot. Only problem is he says he’s going to bring friends - so we suspect we will have our hand even more full then last year. We're also going to try to put him into a micro.
Thanks to PRO-Motion T-Shirts for hooking us up so we can have Event Shirts this year.
Micro Drivers, the man Dave Graboski will be back defending his title also. I don’t think he’s bringing any extra heat for us. Also GQ is back on board for the micro guys. Everyone registering for one of the 3 micro classes before the tire cut off date will get a set of GQ’s like last year.
We’ve talked to TEAM SCREAM and they will be back and are bringing the whole team was the story we heard.
So we’re expecting the racing to be even faster and more furious then last year if that’s possible. I watched the micro A-Main video and could not believe how confusing the races look from the side lines. Looked like a swarm of bumble bees tearing it up on the floor.
I did get to personally talk to RC Driver this year about coverage and am working on OLN about continuing coverage from Madness to the Mini Championships. We’re hoping they come back and continue at the ECMC.
We will have regular updates from here forward so stay tuned there’s lots of things in the plans for this years race.
TEAM BELLY…………………..
www.PottBellysRC.com
EastCoastChamps@PottBellysRC.com