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WHERE: Sun Valley Speedway 8295 Tujunga Ave. Sun Valley, CA 91352
WHEN: August 20th - 23rd, 2008 / August 24th - Rain Day
FORMAT:10 minute qualifiers Christmas Tree Main Format 30 minute sub mains 1 hour A Main
Pitting - HOT pit stops.
SCHEDULE: August 20th - practice
August 21st - one round practice - 3 rounds qualifying
August 22nd - 3 round of qualifyin
August 23rd - All Mains
F1 RULES:
Engine size Maximum - 26cc
Fuel
a. Maximum 700cc
b. Fuel must be bought from the same station near the track. (station to be named).
c. Oil - must be over the counter and available commercially.
GT RULES:
Kyosho Inferno GT Spec Class Rules:
*If it doesn’t say you can do it, you CAN’T DO IT.
Car Rules
1. Upgrade brakes.
2. Upgrade radio gear (servos, linkage, receiver and radio).
3. Add sway bars (front and rear)
4. Shock and diff oils can be changed.
5. Any shock position, caster position, ect., provided by the car (no drilling holes).
6. You may use a starter box, but pull-start must remain intact and operational.
7. Clutch gearing may change (14-15 first gear, 17-18-19 second gear, kyosho only).
8. Replacing threaded links with turnbuckles.
9. Kyosho V-slick in any of the 3 compounds for tires. Treaded kit tires are allowed.
Tires must be fully covered by the body. Treaded kit tires may be used. Tires must be
rubber. NO foam tires. Tire must be used as produced by the manufacturer.
Body Rules
Must be a full body (GT, sedan etc no buggy, truck, suv bodies)
1. Body must be cut on the manufacturer line.
2. You may cut the rear of the body no higher than 1 1/8th†when sitting flat on a surface.
3. Side window may be cut open for fueling.
4. Front window may be cut, but no larger than 3â€x3â€.
5. Rear window may be cut
6. You may cut a hole for the glow plug ignitor.
7. Fueling access may be cut but may not connect with other holes.
8. Wing must be attached to the body and not the chassis.
These are the only changes allowed to the vehicle from the box.
1/8 Rally Open
Car Rules
1. May be any 1/8 buggy converted to run as a GT type car.
2. May use any engine .28 or smaller.
3. Pipe may be changed to any legal pipe. Exhaust pipe must be covered by the body.
Max Stinger diameter - 8mm
Max stinger length 15mm
Must meet standard decibel level rule. The maximum sound level is 85 decibels, measured at a ninety degree angle to the side of the car from a distance of 30 feet, 3 feet above the ground, with the car at maximum throttle and at all speeds.
4. Wheelbase: Minimum 270mm - Maximum 330mm
6. Minimum weight 112oz. (7lbs) Dry (no fuel).
7. Any RUBBER tire built for 1/8 rally type racing. NO FOAM tires. Tire may be slick or treaded. No sectioning, narrowing or cutting of the tire carcass allowed. Grooving or sipping is allowed. Any inner foam is allowed.
Maximum tire diameter - 3.6 in.
Maximum width - 1.9 in.
Tires must be fully covered by the body. Treaded kit tires may be used. Tires must be rubber. NO foam tires.
8. Fuel system- Maximum capacity 125cc this includes fuel tank, filter(s) and fuel line
from tank to carb.
9. Center diff - may be solid spool or diff. Vehicle may be 1 or 2 speed.
Body Rules
Must be a full body (GT, sedan etc no buggy, truck, suv bodies)
1. Body must be cut on the manufacturer line.
2. You may cut the rear of the body no higher than 1 1/8th†when sitting flat on a surface.
3. Side window may be cut open for fueling.
4. Front window may be cut, but no larger than 3â€x3â€.
5. Rear window may be cut
6. You may cut a hole for the glow plug ignitor.
7. Fueling access may be cut but may not connect with other holes.
8. Wing must be attached to the body and not the chassis.
These are new classes and as such the rules are being developed. Our goal with the spec class is to find a low cost entry class to get new racers interested in the onroad side of our sport.
The GT SS class is a step up from the spec class to allow for racers who want to go faster once they feel they are ready.
The Rally Open class is for those racers who have offroad buggies and want to try onroad for a reasonable price. A typical offroad buggy will need to change tires, install a front bumper under the body to help support the body and install a full body on the car. Roughly $100 to change a buggy over.
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Race report by Martin Hudy
The 6th International Friendship race was held on January 4-6, 2008 in Vienna, the capital city of Austria. The race had three classes 1:10 Modified, 1:10 Stock, and 1:12th scale. Juraj and I represented Team XRAY. Moreover, there were some super-fast XRAY drivers from Austria (Mario Sowka and Manuel Singer) and also from Slovakia (Tomas Liptak and Zdeno Kunak).
Practice
The race started on Friday with free practice. The race was held on new carpet with LRP VTEC 27 tires. I decided to start the practice with my basic setup. After the first practice I felt mostly comfortable with the setup but I needed a bit more steering into and out of corners. The carpet was very strange because it was very rough. I was concerned that the carpet would overheat the tires very easy but surprisingly I had no problem with tires overheating for the whole race. Traction increased after a few practice runs and the car started to understeer even more. So then I decided to tighten the diff in order to get better cornering speed and decrease the understeering; however, it was not the best change because although the car got better cornering speed, it was very unstable in the chicane. Because of that I made the diff free again and was searched for other setup changes. In order to increase the steering, I changed the front roll center from the high to middle position, and the car felt much better into and out of the corners. I still felt that I have not enough steering and because I had no problem with tires overheating I decided to change the droops from basic 6.4mm front and 5.4 rear to 6.0mm front and 5.0mm rear. The car’s performance increased again and this time, I was already 0.3sec faster per lap than my competitors. Mario Sowka was working very hard on his setup as well and at the end of the practice was the second fastest, only 0.1sec per lap down from me.
Qualifiers
There were 4 rounds of qualifiers on the schedule with the two best results counted together. I started the qualifiers with the setup from the practice and won the first round by 3 seconds ahead of young Austrian driver Patrick Gollner. I felt that the car could perform much better and I decided to change the C-hubs from 4° to 2° in order to get even more steering into and out of the corners. As a result I improved my result from the first round by 3 seconds and dominated the second round. The car — thanks to 2° C-hubs — was much easier to drive in the chicanes. I felt that the 4° C-hubs were better in the long sweepers but the track had more chicanes so overall the 2° C-hubs performed better. At this time I felt comfortable with the setup, but I decided to move the rear shocks one position down because I wanted to improve cornering speed as well; and thanks to the high traction I was not afraid of losing rear traction. The car performed even better and I won also the last two rounds of qualifiers.
Mario Sowka was super-fast the whole day but he made small mistakes in each round which caused him to lose 2nd place and so he finished 3rd overall. Team XRAY was very strong in these races when Singer Manuel finished 7th and three Slovak drivers (Zdeno Kunak, Tomas Liptak, and Juraj) finished behind him. Juraj was driving very well without any mistakes but was simply not as fast. Because of that he decided to change the setup to the same as mine for the finals.
Qualifying results:
1. Martin Hudy XRAY T2’008
2. Patrick Gollner
3. Mario Sowka XRAY T2’008
4. Balint Rajki
5. Markus Eder
6. Peter Miko
7. Manuel Singer XRAY T2’008
8. Zdeno Kunak XRAY T2’008
9. Tomas Liptak XRAY T2’008
10. Juraj Hudy XRAY T2’008
Finals
My car was performing well in the qualifiers and because of that I decided to stay with the same setup for the finals. The car was very easy to drive and thanks to that I won all three finals without any mistakes. Mario was doing well in the finals and finished 2nd overall. Zdeno Kunak from Slovakia was driving very well in the finals and finished 4th overall. After his setup change, Juraj improved as well and finished 5th overall. He almost finished 3rd but was crashed in the last final from the third position. Tomas Liptak could have finished in the top three as well but he was crashed in the last final in the first lap and lost the chance to battle for better position. Manuel was unlucky in the finals and with his results (7th and 7th) finished 10th overall.
Final results:
1. Martin Hudy XRAY T2’008
2. Mario Sowka XRAY T2’008
3. Markus Eder
4. Zdeno Kunak XRAY T2’008
5. Juraj Hudy XRAY T2’008
6. Tomas Liptak XRAY T2’008
7. Peter Miko
8. Patrick Gollner
9. Balint Rajki
10. Manuel Singer XRAY T2’008
Source: teamxray.com
This is a page specially open for the coming HMS Racing 2008 Race that is going to be held this January 26th and 27th 2008, Saturday and Sunday. Here the hobbyshop location and the 2008 track layout.
Here the google map not as latest as we have expected. The track layout is still the old style. Nevertheless, you do not need a special travel health insurance just to reach the HMS Racing Speedway Track. All the big landmarks are there. You can just ask the taxi driver or whoever is the driver. They should know the location if you mention like the Kolombong Giant supermarket or better the Courts Mammoth.
Here the layout in full. The picture is not the latest but the layout is correct. There are already plank of woods as barriers installed at the right location. The track is also been treated with some kind of sticky compound so the traction will be a no problem to you all.
There are for sure more news coming. We will feature their products such as the Serpent 720, Serpent S400, the electric car, the Serpent 960, their KO Propo products, their GRP tires and a few more in the future. So please bookmark this page so you will not miss any updates or use the simple keyboard shortcut, Ctrl D.
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