2007 Summer Shootout The FCC is coming to Minnreg Aug 25th/26th, as the third race of the
Florida Carpet Cup hits the very popular indoor carpet track!
So far, 118 racers have duked it out the past two carpet events and there
has some been serious competition. Minnreg is one of the racers favorites as
it features indoor pitting - with tables, chairs, and power all provided!
There also is food and drinks available trackside by Mrs. Julie, Emmy and
family! Thunder Racing has a world class race crew that helps makes sure the
track is great, and the racing even greater. We invite everyone to come be a
part of the RC fun of racing indoors at this perfect race location. Hotels
are conveniently located and rates are low, thanks to Oceans of Opportunity,
which has a link on rcthunder.net. Saturday Aug 25th is road course racing
and Sunday Aug 26th is oval! Lots of racers are planning on doing the double
and running both. Can oval racers turn right? We will see.... Be here for
the action! Spectators are FREE!
SUMMER SHOOTOUT SPECIAL: Any racer signed up for two classes
or more gets a free Snowbird
T-shirt, any year, any size we have in stock!!!
Novice Stock
was a new addition to the Spring series and saw several new racers hit the
track. Jeff Noel, father of off-roader and new oval racer Tyler, is leading
barely over Red Kevin. Kevin is the one that writes up those awesome
articles from MTR. Jerry Parrotts girlfriend Kelly is planning on racing
again and showing the boys how to race carpet oval! Pro stock shows long time Thunder Raceway racer in his
familiar #24 leading the pack. Hopeton Williams is the point leader with the
bud man himself, Rick Curtis in 2nd. There’s a great two way tie for 3rd
between Danny Charles and Mark Abbott. Pro Stock might see the addition of a
few new racers, as the DOG day brought in some new excitement to this class.
Maybe not ten men but tinman? 12th scale 19 has long time 12th scale hot rodder and Daytona
Speedway promoter Mike Bean is up top with teammate Curt Sanderson 2nd. Road
racer Cheston Vanalstyne is 3rd, showing he can run oval with the best of
them. The 3rd member of MB racing is sitting 4th right now, Mel Mccoy.
MBRacing works their tails off to make Minnreg happen - thanks guys. Pro 19 has short track asphalt superstar Rich Baran leading
the florida carpet cup, with the new daddy Doug Miller in 2nd. Always fast
and always a threat, Snowbird A-Mainer Tom Pedano, holds on to 3rd. Sportsman 19 is being led by dirt oval champion and long time
oval racer Floyd Holton, with one of the original Hooters, Wolfee, in 2nd.
There’s a great battle for 3rd with local favorite DT Darrell Taylor and
Hopeton tied for that spot. 10.5 Brushless has Mr. Race Rock and always fast Billy Bruce
leading on the carpet. He’s being chased by Rich Boehmler from Daytona in
his familiar #31 and surprise driver Bill Spicer is in 3rd. Pro Mod is the fastest of the fast, and has tow long time
rival racers tied for #1 - Mike Boylan and Billy Bruce. This battle should
be fun. Theres a great tie for 3rd with Snowbird A-Mainer Troy Meridith and
Billys bro, Mike Bruce.
For the summer series we will be offering 13.5 brushless as a new class, and
hope to have the novices coming back and some new ones joining in on the
fun. Watch for some new expo racing with the new Losi micro sprints. NASCAR
is on Saturday night from Bristol and we are going to have a party. This is
going to be fun! We should have some practice Saturday night for oval
starting around 8pm. Lights off at 1am. We are not open all night for
practice this time. Doors open Sunday at 6am for practice. Sign up Sunday am
from 8am-9am. Oval racing begins at 10am. cya here!
Touring Stock Rubber
is currently the biggest class to race so far with 28 drivers. Long time
Florida racer Dave Bowser is up top, with local racer Austin Harrison in
2nd. Austin and his dad Ron help get the carpet smoothed out for each race!
Thanks guys!! 3rd right now in the points is Jimmy Morris. Good runs have
been turned in currently for our 4th place man John Grant. Touring Stock Foam did not run the last race but did in Jan
for the winter shootout, with Jason Breiner taking top honors from BMI.
Rumor is there may be some foam racing for the summer shootout as there are
some new foams coming out from Jaco racers are excited about. GTP Stock has had some great fields and Orlando’s Cheston
Vanalstyne, who also in 3rd in 12th oval, is leading this group! Corally
man, Michael Bruce is right behind him in 2nd and Rick Smith, who is getting
back into the carpet, is running good sitting 3rnd Touring 19 Rubber has been real competitive and Dave Bowser
again is sitting up top in this class! Adrian Martinez is in the 2nd place
and great job to Toni Munno who is holding onto 3rd! 19 turn rubber will be
soon renamed possibly to limited mod as we are now allowing 10.5 brushless
in this class. This brought more cars and more competition for the Spring
shootout. Touring Mod started out with foam tires in Jan and then ran
rubber tires the last race. The racing has been awesome both times. Paul
Wynn sits up top winning both the winter and spring Shootouts. Steve
McNichols runs in 2nd and there’s a great battle for 3rd with Michael Bruce
and Shad Galante tied for that spot.
Many racers from Florida are heading to Vegas for the IIC race and this is
their last chance to run on the rug. We wish them te best of luck out there!
You can expect some packed pits this race with racers from all over the
state coming to Minnreg. Eric Anderson now lives in Tampa and is coming to
run some road races including the summer shootout. The race flyer is located
on rcthunder.net. We look forward to seeing everyone here for the racing!
Stay tuned for Friday night practice times. Pits will be open at 6pm to
start setting up. Lights off at 1am no matter what. We are not open all
night for practice this time. Doors open Saturday at 6am for practice. Sign
up Saturday am from 8am-9am. Road racing begins at 10am. CYA here!
