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2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:34 pm
by scr8p
R/C Excitement, Inc.
208 Bemis Road
Fitchburg, MA 01420
(978) 342-3374

September 15-17th, 2017
Friday- Open practice from open until 5PM, (track closed) food served, Celebrity Guest Q&A and Meet and Greet.
Saturday- Track opens at 8am. Practice, 3 Qualifiers and Mains: Classic, Heavy Metal, Wheelie, Concours(Best Paint, Most Authentic, Best in Show)
Sunday- Track opens at 8am. Practice, 3 Qualifiers and Mains: 2WD, 4WD, Stadium Truck, Door Prizes.
*times subject to change to accommodate schedule.

ENTRY FEE
$45.00 for the first class (includes a race shirt)
$35.00 each additional class
$50.00 for Classic (includes handout Tamiya RS540 black can motor)

Trophies by Deny’s Designs
TQ for all A Mains
Top five in A Mains receive awards
Top three in B mains receive awards

CLASSES
**All classes are limited to cars produced 1994 and earlier. Contact us for other approvals**

2wd Buggy
27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules).
Radio gear “electronics” are open.
Tires/wheels are open
Li-Po batteries are allowed.

Hitec 4wd Buggy
10.5 and 13.5 brushless motors only.
Radio gear “electronics” are open.

Stadium Truck
27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules).
Radio gear “electronics” are open.
Tires/wheels are open (including narrow front tires)
Li-Po batteries are allowed.

Heavy Metal
All 1/10 Monster Trucks allowed, 2wd of 4wd, 2ws or 4ws
27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules).
Radio gear “electronics” are open.
Tires/wheels are open (including narrow front tires)
Li-Po batteries are allowed.
Classes are broken up into two subcategories that race together. HM1 is for larger tire trucks (Clod Buster, USA-1, etc) and HM2 is for racing monsters (Blackfoot, King Cab, etc.)

Classic
Limited to “non-pro” and entry level cars (Tamiya Hornet, Mauri Ninja, Royal Ripper for example)*
All 1/10 Buggies, 2wd or 4wd, 2ws or 4ws allowed
Handout Tamiya RS540 motors only
Radio gear “electronics” are open.
Tires/wheels are open (including narrow front tires)
Li-Po batteries are allowed.
*RULE EDIT – RC10 and JRX2 “True Vintage” cars are allowed in Classic but must meet the following criteria:
• NO TIRE TREATMENT ALLOWED FOR HARD COMPOUND TIRES.
• Both must run no tire inserts and be covered with original RC10 Protech or JRX2 kit bodies.
• NO AFTERMARKET TRANSMISSIONS or other parts except turnbuckles allowed.
• RC10 must run in 1984/Classic version: short arm suspension, original jellybean sized wheels and hard compound vintage tires (Proline reissue tires are allowed).
• JRX2 must run in original version: 5 link suspension and hard compound vintage tires.

Tamiya Wheelie
Limited to Tamiya 1/12 2WD “Wheelie” vehicles
Rereleases and New Models allowed
No modifications allowed, vehicles must remain box stock except speed control, battery, servo and receiver.
Silver can Mabuchi/Johnson 540 motors.
Radio gear “electronics” are open.
Tires/wheels must remain stock, NO INSERTS or saucing.
Li-Po batteries are allowed.

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - Waterbury, CT - September 15-17

Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 7:48 pm
by lmw94002
I just saw a FB post saying it was moved to RC excitement in Fitchburg MA?

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - Waterbury, CT - September 15-17

Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 11:15 pm
by scr8p
Yeah, i saw that.

Updated first post with new location and rules for those interested. Not really looking forward for 2 more hours in the car both ways......

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 8:09 am
by lmw94002
It saves me 2 hours each way... Lol. It is a awesome facility though. I'm hoping to get out to the outdoor track in the next few weeks.

I'm looking forward to meeting a few folks in person. ;)

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 9:15 am
by soniccj5
lmw94002 wrote: Wed May 31, 2017 8:09 am It saves me 2 hours each way... Lol. It is a awesome facility though. I'm hoping to get out to the outdoor track in the next few weeks.
Same here! :P

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 10:47 am
by jwscab
man.....i'm on the fence, I was really close to falling off the fence into making it this year.....the way the schedule is and the extra driving puts me square into sunday and monday.....i'm back on the fence leaning heavily the other way now.... :cry:

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 11:20 am
by lmw94002
They had the TLR cup race a week or so ago. The track looked so fun. The indoor dirt was fun too when I went. I hope too get my SSC10 track tested very soon.

I guess I'll need to figure if the SSC10 would be allowed. ReRe too. Or I'll have to build one from the Rubbermaid-o-RC10 stuff.

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 12:32 pm
by soniccj5
Indoor track video.

https://www.facebook.com/rcexcitement/videos/10154897970473611/

They have a decent outdoor track, but I am having trouble locating the video.

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 12:42 pm
by scr8p
Ssc10 would not be allowed. The rere's are fine.

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 12:48 pm
by lmw94002
Here's a video of a hot lap for the TLR guys at the new Outdoor layout:
https://www.facebook.com/TeamLosiRacing/videos/1492034880828544/

So w/ respect to after market chassis for an RC10... are any allowed? Like say a CompositeCraft from back in the day?

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 1:44 pm
by soniccj5
lmw94002 wrote: Wed May 31, 2017 12:48 pm Here's a video of a hot lap for the TLR guys at the new Outdoor layout:
https://www.facebook.com/TeamLosiRacing/videos/1492034880828544/

So w/ respect to after market chassis for an RC10... are any allowed? Like say a CompositeCraft from back in the day?
It used to be if you could buy it back in 1994 you can use it. Not sure if that has changed.

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 3:38 pm
by jwscab
will the nationals be run on the outside track?

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 4:18 pm
by scr8p
Indoor

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 4:22 pm
by scr8p
I misspoke in regards to the ssc10 chassis. I thought it was a mid motor setup.

Any chassis is fine but mid motor setup are not. Even vintage cars like the Tekin. Though Erich runs an electric converted gt in the buggy class so idk how that works.....

Re: 2017 Vintage Off-Road Nationals - R/C Excitement, Inc. Fitchburg, MA - September 15-17

Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 4:37 pm
by lmw94002
Bummer that it can't be outdoors.

Maybe we should get some RC10Talk T-shirts?