Roar 1/8 electric championships
 

Well the first ever 1/8 electric championships put on by ROAR are being held at Revelation Raceway on Nov. 27-29. The biggest thing about this race is that we were able to get ROAR to give everyone an exemption on the battery rules. That means no hard cases or 4s limit! This should really boost the number of entries and hopefully show ROAR that the current battery rules are not needed for 1/8 scale. For those in the So-Cal area please come out to race! Here's a link to the sign up on Rev's site. Also, if anyone goes on RCTech (I know a few that do), there's a thread about this race and debate about this battery exemption. It would be great to have more people show their support (in a tactful manner of course) for this class having open rules such as soft case packs, no cell limit, etc. so that future rules may be improved to favor the majority of the people in the class. I will be out there not just to race but for support as well. I hope to see lot's of locals tearing it up!

Matt

This is great news for the class. I've voiced my support for the exemption and I know most on here would support it as well. Like Matt said, let's get as many people out there as possible for this race. Spread the word, it should be a good one!

It would be awesome to see somebody going there with an 8S or 10S set up :lol:.

10s 2400mah...

1515 2.5y


setup would probably be cooler after you run lol

LOL!!

They did limit it to 6s, but hey, that's progress. Even if it is only for this race. Hopefully they can assess the dangers of current lipos and chargers and make some adjustments from there. If something unfortunate happens and there is a lipo fire, then maybe they were right the first time. My guess is that we will see a few ESC fires throughout the weekend, but no lipo mishaps.

So, is anyone on the boards here planning on attending this race? It should be the biggest 1/8th electric race to date.

Wish I wasnt on the other side of the country.

Sucks to be so far away, dang.

I wish I wasn't on the other side of the WORLD! lol

maybe I'm reckless, but if a lipo is gonna catch fire, it's gonna make a scene no matter what casing it is in, and no matter what voltage it is... Can someone explain to me their point?

And just for my information, do they run different engine classes in nitro racing and are they looking to split the 4s and 6s groups?

I'll be honest and say I didn't hit any links or anything as I'm on my phone ATM lol

All the battery motor combination's will be run together. Classes will be separated by skill, Pro, Expert, Sportsman, etc. (and separate buggy and truggy of course:wink:)
In nitro racing, engine size can vary. In buggy, .21 is standard, but at a club race no one cares about a 24.7 sport engine. In truggy, anything up to a .28 is fine. A lot of pro's will actually run .21's in their truggy for better fuel mileage and because laying down the extra power is harder to do for consistent laps.

If I was anywhere near this I would for sure attend it for sure. Love the fact that the goofy batery rules were lifted for the race. They are finally comming arround to where they need to be.

Best of luck to all of you that make it. I'll be jealous!

Found this on RC Tech....

From dana smeltzer of revelation raceway
i made a mistake
there will be two classes of racing
roar class it will be 3s or 4s packs in a hard case (roar approved lipo list)
demo class soft cell packs
again sorry for the mistake

Spoke with Dana (Rev track owner) this morning. It's unfortunate that they separated everything. But on the sunny side, it's a chance for us (the non-hardcase-users) to put our money where our mouth is. We're hoping the 'DEMO' class will be bigger than the 'ROAR APPROVED' class. Based on our experiences it should be. If it isn't, then ROAR shouldn't change anything. If it is, hopefully ROAR realizes that what we need right now is lower cost, better availability, and more people involved to see our hobby grow. We'll see...

what is their beef exactly with soft case packs?? I mean - i dont see it!!

soft cell class is going to have a dozen heats or so... and a Q main... :lol:

That's gonna be an awesome race for sure. I wonder how much last year's JBRL electric 1/8 demo race has influenced this one (being at Rev and all). If it weren't for school I would definitely be there.

Likely they watched too many staged youtube videos of lipos catching fire :oops:

Steve

Dude. Can't you get a couple of days off for THIS? This is only going to be here this year. Next year it will be across the country somewhere REALLY out of reach. :whip:

Yeah, school can wait. This is far more important!

The more I think about it, the more I am considering it. I can make the long (1200 mi) trip in a day if I have to and I have lots of vacation time as I haven't used any in a while AND my new race buggy shipped today. I would be running hard case... but 6s. Hmmmmmmmmm!

I am gonna try to make the trip as well, though this year's travel budget is getting thin(RCX, IHobby, etc.).

Does your suitcase fit 6'4'' skinny black guy?

Well, maybe I will try for it then :whistle: At least it won't be hot!

funny coming from a guy who lives "in a van down by the river".... I think you need to put some gas in that thing and get moving! :na:

Yeah, I'm too far away too... no cash to fly to a race

If it weren't for the fact that this race is Thanksgiving weekend, I would make the 1200mi trek down from Seattle. :grrrrrr:

I'd imagine this is the case for many. :whip:

Didn't realize that - that counts me out for sure. :(

Thanksgiving, smanksgiving... you can give thanks from anywhere... even southern California, LOL. (and eat turkey too!)

C'mon Mike. Dan from RCPD will be there too. We could have a mini manufacturer's cup race!

I would love to participate but Thanksgiving and Christmas are really the only times I get to spend any time with my family(2 brothers, parents and nephews), though. I think holding the race on Thanksgiving weekend is VERY poor planning.

I agree.

I would have loved participating in this race but a race on a Holiday like Thanksgiving just won't work for me.

Too bad you won't be able to make it Mike. Hopefully you have a great holiday break and maybe the family won't drive you too crazy.

For me, I am hopeful that the Thanksgiving holiday won't hurt the turnout too much. I, like many others don't do a whole lot on Thanksgiving (except eat too much) and look for something to do with the extra time off.