2009 Vintage Off Road Nationals !!!! -- Tentatively Schedule

[kaybo19114]

The Rules will Remain the same, Pre 1994 Vintage Cars, Using 17.5 Brushless Motors or 24T stock brushed motors.

24t or 27t motors??

[scr8p]

should be 27t.

[badhoopty]

OK,

So I talked to John/Mark (RCHR) tonight, the dates have changed,

The Vintage Nationals will be held September 18th, 19th and 20th and that's coming from Mark and Jonh directly.

The Rules will Remain the same, Pre 1994 Vintage Cars, Using 17.5 Brushless Motors or 24T stock brushed motors.

Hopefully we'll se ya there guys....

for sure on those dates?

[mikedealer]

i still fail to see how a 1994 Losi XX is considered vintage. that car ran till almost 1998-1999. Hell i could probably set it up today and run it with rb5's and b4's and do pretty well. hopefully people will keep the spirit of the "vintage car run"

[tecnica2001]

yeah, 27T brushed stock motors....

Yes, the dates are going to be September 18-20, per Mark/John.

And Yes still Pre 1994.

And Yes, we can run Losi XX at the Vintage Nationals....And yes, we can run and RC10 truck conversion in Heavy Metal.....And Yes the winner will still probably be a pair of vintage RC10s

Keep the questions comming, I'll keep asking them....

I have no problem with being the middle man....

[aconsola]

Keep the questions comming, I'll keep asking them....

will it rain that day? can you reserve a "good" pit spot for me? will they have airconditioning installed by then? Will my truck spend more time on the rubber than the lexan this time?


Thanks for confirming the dates, I will submit them to the bosses and see what happens.

[tecnica2001]

Will it rain?? ehh I'll get back to you on that one (two days before the race)

Will your car spend more time on Rubber than lexan?? Uhh probably not, but who am I to say...

Will they have A/C by then?? probably not, but I can let you borrow a Cline Hobbies edition Fan.....

Can I save you a good pit spot?? what are you talking about, you had a good pit spot, close to the bathrooms....

[scr8p]

And yes, we can run and RC10 truck conversion in Heavy Metal....

i still think this is wrong...... even more than the xx being legal. they made truck conversions for everything. if you open the heavy metal class to the rc10, you have to open it up to all of them.

just for conversation sake, let's say someone has a junior 2 buggy. they convert it to a truck using the front a rear body mounts from a jrxt/junior-t. and what is a junior-t? it's a stadium truck. but if the body is mounted high enough, it could be used in the heavy metal class? that's just not right.

[civilguy]

I have to agree on the conversions-- those are stadium trucks. Who cares how high the lexan body is mounted??
Maybe I'll try to sneak a Kyosho RB5 under my Hornet body...

When this all started I had asked about maybe grouping classes by age-- like a vintage and a classic group. Maybe up to 1989 and then 1990-1994. Perhaps this year there will be enough to do that? Just bringing it up again....

[Mark Westerfield]

Hey guys,

My tub chassis 17.5 powered team car was only .5 sec a lap slower than my 8.5 powered RB5, so if you think that a super fast XX buggy (discontinued for a reason) is going to blow the doors off the rest of the field, go ahead and bring it.

The motor, battery, and tire rules will stay the same - this saves you money, and allows more trash talk time between races, instead of doing 20 year old motor work (I still know all the tricks, plus a few new ones and the cars wouldn't be any slower).

Yes the dates have been changed to the 18th, 19th, and 20th. It will be updated on the website soon.

Lower race fee, hand out stock motor..both crowds will be dissapointed on that one, but not that disappointed. Cactus classic entry fee for the first class was $65, the ROAR nationals $80. Our fee I thought was reasonable, and the fee would have to be higher if there was handout motors - HA!

I'm surprised nobody has suggested only vintage drivers should be allowed, My 25 years of racing saw quite a few noobs last year.

[tecnica2001]

I'm surprised nobody has suggested only vintage drivers should be allowed, My 25 years of racing saw quite a few noobs last year.

I'm one of those noobs...

When are we starting another thread to post pictures of our VONAT's rides??

Besides the actual event, that's one of the things I'm most looking forward to, the Projects for the VONATs...

[Mr. ED]

When are we starting another thread to post pictures of our VONAT's rides??

x2

[tecnica2001]

I want to get the chassis on my RC10T powder coated before posting any pictures, and maybe paint a couple of new bodies....

The XX needs to get it's tie rods back from the XXX

[Mr. ED]

I meant I want to see Marks cars : I heard he used kyosho rims on his yokomo.
I did the same on mine but would like to see how he did it

[Mark Westerfield]

bscotti wanted to know what parts I used on the Yokomo as well, I'll try to get the kyosho cv axle #'s, wheel #'s today or tomarrow.

That car will be going to Bill Cline soon I think...