Erich Reichert

2009 Vintage Offroad Nationals I'm very proud to announce the 2nd Annual Vintage Offroad Nationals. After last years amazing race, myself and RCHR are rearing to go for another year of the Rally in the Valley and this year will promise to be our best yet! In addition to all of last years great racing, we're adding a swap meet. That's right, who need eBay when you can set up your very own vintage micro-shop. Table space is $10 per 4ft section and will be held on Saturday morning from 9am to 12pm. There will also be food this year with a full grill, soda, water and all the goodies that fuel every r/c racers day. We're working on a few other goodies so stay tuned to this thread for more updates and sponsor additions as the months go on! Can't wait to see you all in CT for some good old fashion bump and run racing! September 18th, 19th & 20th, 2009 Radio Control Raceway & Hobbies (203) 575-9757 1258 South Main Street Waterbury, CT 06706 USA $35.00 for the first class (includes a race shirt) $30.00 each additional class Top five in “A” Mains receive awards Top three in all other mains receive awards Friday- Open practice from open until close Saturday- Swap meet in the parking lot from 9am to 12pm. Open practice from shop open followed by controlled practice by class and first round of IFMAR qualifying. Sunday- 3 more rounds of IFMAR qualifying with a resort after each round, Concours, Mains and Door Prizes Concours for Best Paint, Most Authentic, Best in Show Classes: ** All classes are limited to car produced 1994 and earlier.** 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. 4wd Buggy 27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules). 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. 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 27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules). This is subject to change pending handout motors. Radio gear "electronics" are open. Tires/wheels are open (including narrow front tires) Li-Po batteries are allowed. Visit http://www.rchr.biz for track info and pictures. Hope to see you all in September for a great weekend of racing, fun and gorgeous New England fall weather!

Anyone is welcome to take pics. I'm going to be taking them, I know Jay (mr. lexan) will be too as well as Greg from RC Driver for Driver's coverage of the race. I'm also working on hooking up an in car camera so we can get some footage from the track.

Z yes you can come down and play friday, saturday is going to be qualifying wiht practice in the morning so it probably wouldn't work out as well. who knows, you may want to stay for the race too! Track looks awesome. Mark and Jon have made some changes to make the track even better than it already was! Two weeks and counting!

Thanks Crash, I'm going to see what happens after this year and I have a few other ideas kicking around so we'll see what happens.

Bullet would be in 2wd. Thats awesome you live so close. No worries about that jump the part you think is bad is actually before you ever jump so its not a big deal. Its also a very slow jump so your not soaring through the air and smashing your cars or hitting those blocks whcih i'm sure you are worried about. I've driven the track myself and am a very avid vintage collector so I picked the track based on what I would run my own cars on. Hope to see you there!

Race is coming along nicely. Check out the ad in next months RC Driver Magazine. Hope to see some of you there!

Will do. I'll be posting a general list of cars that are good in case people have any questions about if they can run theirs or not. Check back in the next few days.

Proud to announce Tamiya as a sponsor!

Correction, 1/2 the r/c universe. The magazine side of r/c is out of CT until modern times

Well, said and I certainly also agree that they were more in an intermediate class. The problem in forming the classics class was that I didn't want to see plastic chassis cars run against optimas and rc10 and such, so the challenge was giving what I consider the largest segment of r/c its own showcase keeping in mind that this isn't really your typical "race" and that its more about seeing all the old cars on track again just like the good old day. No need to feel like your being negative at all. Trust me I greatly appreciate ALL input and certainly take it all into consideration for the future.

Looking into moving the race around if it grows. Glad to see there's a lot of interest in it, thanks for your kind words.

Hey guys, I'm new to the board but I just wanted to let you all know about this. Glad to finally be a member (some of you know me) 2008 Vintage Offroad Nationals September 5th, 6th & 7th, 2008 Radio Control Raceway & Hobbies (203) 575-9757 1258 South Main Street Waterbury, CT 06706 USA $35.00 for the first class (includes a race shirt) $30.00 each additional class Top five in A Mains receive awards Top three in all other mains receive awards Friday open practice from open until close Saturday 1/2 day open practice, 1/2 day controlled practice by class Special guest appearance for autographs and photos Swap meet and car show (weather permitting) Sunday 3 rounds of IFMAR qualifying, and Mains Door Prizes Concours for Best Paint, Most Authentic, Best in Show Classes: ** All classes are limited to car produced prior to 1994.** 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. 4wd Buggy 27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules). 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. 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 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. More info will be posted as it comes available as well as a website for more info soon. Visit http://www.rchr.biz for track info and pictures. Hope to see you all in September for a great weekend of racing, fun and gorgeous New England fall weather!