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Schedule

Friday, August 31st, anticipated schedule  
Noon   - Track opens, practice
6:30pm   - Landshark HO - Brass/Gravity race (“gravity lift” test in effect)
8:00pm   - RJ-Jet - T-Jet race (Fray rules)

Saturday, September 1st, anticipated schedule
8:00am   - Track opens, practice (Pro Hardbody)
9:30am   - Slot Car Speed Shop - Pro Hardbody race (SCHOR rules)
11:30am - AFX/Racemasters - Mega G iroc race (cars courtesy of AFX/Racemasters)
1:30pm   - “Super Raffle” part 1, practice (Superstock)
2:30pm   - Scale Auto/BSRT - Superstock race (SCHOR rules)
5:00pm   - “Super Raffle” part 2, practice (Neo and Modified)
6:00pm   - Slottech - Neo race (SCHOR rules)
8:00pm   - Noose Custom Paint - Modified race (SCHOR rules)

Entry fee, for each day, to the raceway is $10 for the first race and $7 each additional race.

Plaques to the top three in each class.
Best appearing plaques for Scale Auto/BSRT -Superstock,
Noose Custom Paint -Modified, and Slottech -Neo races.
TQ plaques for Noose Custom Paint -Modified, and Slottech -Neo races.

Please use correct armature and magnets for each class.
Armatures will be metered and magnets gaussed.     

Race Format

  • On Friday practice, the track sessions will rotate between the magnet cars, t-jet cars and gravity cars.

  • Voltage will be set at 20v for the T-Jet cars, while magnets cars and gravity cars voltage will be at 18v.

  • Lane rotation will be straight.

  • All cars will be impounded after tech and after qualifying. Cars can be worked on at the beginning of the warm up to your race. On round robin mains, cars will be impounded during the race if you are in a sitout position, you may work on cars during the lane changes.

  • No track calls, except for cars on the ground, stuck in the tunnel or crossing onto the front straight.

  • Please observe common courtesy to fellow racers and the marshals that are putting your cars back into your lane after you have crashed.

  • All races (other than mains) will be 4 racer races, 2.5 minute heats, 1.25 minute lane changes, 1.5 minute warm-ups.

  • All mains will be 4 racer races (except for neo and mod, 6 racer races) 3 minute heats, 1.5 minute lane change, 1.5 minute warm-ups.

  • All classes will be run to completion, no saving mains for later.

  • Gravity, T-jet, Hardbody, Mega-G IROC, Superstock races will be random draw placement into races. The top four lap totals from all the races will qualify for the mains.

  • Neo and Mod races will have 1 minute qualifying runs to set the field. The top three qualifiers will make the main. The rest will be seeded into races with the top three lap totals, from these races, to make the mains.

Sponsors And Links

Venue
Buena Park Raceway

Race Sponsors
AFX/Racemasters - Mega G IROC race sponsor
Landshark HO - Gravity race sponsor
MRT Products
Noose Custom Painting - Modified race sponsor
RJ-Jets - T-Jet race sponsor (Fray rules)
Scale Auto/BSRT - Superstock race sponsor
Slot Car Speed Shop - Hardbody race sponsor
Slottech - Neo race sponsor
Other Sponsors
"The Blonde" - cookies, brownies, homemade candies
Greg's Garage - T-jet Racing bodies
Holden Surfboards
Santini Paint and Body - Awesome, real car, custom paint!
Slade's Silicones - Racing HO tires
TrueScale Products
Virtual Snow Los Angeles - Ski and Snowboard instruction

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Results

Brass/Gravity race
(gravity lift rules)

Winner: Al Thurman
2nd: Craig Correia
3rd: Dan Cronin
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Results

T-Jet race (Fray rules)

Winner: Rick Jocham
2nd: Tony Porcelli
3rd: Greg Davis
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Results

 

Pro Hardbody race (SCHOR rules)

Winner: Tim Neja
2nd Alex Freund
3rd Weldon Morris
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Results

 

Mega G IROC race

Winner: Race called due to attrition.

Results

Superstock race (SCHOR rules)

Winner: Ben Vasquez
2nd - Tony Porcelli
3rd - Tim Neja
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Concourse Winner: Dan Cronin
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Results

Neo race
(SCHOR rules)

Top Qualifier: Tony Porcelli with 1.576
Winner: Tony Porcelli
2nd - Ben Vasquez
3rd - Gary Morgan
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Concourse winner: Mike Low
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Results

Modified race
(SCHOR rules)

Winner: Gary Morgan
2nd Ben Vasquez
3rd Eddie Torres
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Concourse Winner: Eric Roos 
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Results

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