Vintage Offroad Nationals scheduled for September 15-17 at RC Excitement

0 Aug. 30, 2017, 3:05 p.m.

By Aaron Waldron

LiveRC.com

Press release from Vintage Offroad Nationals and RC Excitement:
www.vintageoffroadnationals.com

2017 SCHEDULE AND INFO

RC Excitement
208 Bemis Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420
(978) 342-3374

September 15-17th, 2017

Friday- Open practice from open until 5PM, (track closed) food served, Celebrity Guest Q&A and Meet and Greet.

Saturday- Track opens at 8am. Practice, 3 Qualifiers and Mains: Classic, Heavy Metal, Wheelie, Concours(Best Paint, Most Authentic, Best in Show)

Sunday- Track opens at 8am. Practice, 3 Qualifiers and Mains: 2WD, 4WD, Stadium Truck, Door Prizes.

*times subject to change to accommodate schedule.

ENTRY FEE

$45.00 for the first class (includes a race shirt)

$35.00 each additional class

$50.00 for Classic (includes handout Tamiya RS540 black can motor)

Trophies by Deny’s Designs

TQ for all A Mains

Top five in A Mains receive awards

Top three in B mains receive awards

CLASSES

**All classes are limited to cars produced 1994 and earlier. Contact us for other approvals**

2wd Buggy

Hitec 4wd Buggy

Stadium Truck

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.
Classes are broken up into two subcategories that race together. HM1 is for larger tire trucks (Clod Buster, USA-1, etc) and HM2 is for racing monsters (Blackfoot, King Cab, etc.)

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
Handout Tamiya RS540 motors only
Radio gear “electronics” are open.
Tires/wheels are open (including narrow front tires)
Li-Po batteries are allowed.
*RULE EDIT – RC10 and JRX2 “True Vintage” cars are allowed in Classic but must meet the following criteria:
NO TIRE TREATMENT ALLOWED FOR HARD COMPOUND TIRES.
Both must run no tire inserts and be covered with original RC10 Protech or JRX2 kit bodies.
NO AFTERMARKET TRANSMISSIONS or other parts except turnbuckles allowed.
RC10 must run in 1984/Classic version: short arm suspension, original jellybean sized wheels and hard compound vintage tires (Proline reissue tires are allowed).
JRX2 must run in original version: 5 link suspension and hard compound vintage tires.

Tamiya Wheelie

Limited to Tamiya 1/12 2WD “Wheelie” vehicles
Rereleases and New Models allowed
No modifications allowed, vehicles must remain box stock except speed control, battery, servo and receiver.
Silver can Mabuchi/Johnson 540 motors.
Radio gear “electronics” are open.
Tires/wheels must remain stock, NO INSERTS or saucing.
Li-Po batteries are allowed.