Nascar Drivers Race:
Several Nascar drivers race r/c cars.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been to several oval races and Tony Stewart races and
owns Custom Works. Todd Bodine, Carl Edwards, and Tony Stewart
have all been to the Snowbirds!
Pictures from Minnreg:
Roll-Out: Print cool roll-outs for each spur gear you use: Roll-Out
Program
MTR
RACEWAY
Saturday nights (2nd and 4th Saturday)
We will be consistent after Snowbirds
Schedule posted soon MINNREG
CARPET January 14th-15th, 2011 (oval Sat/road Sun) SNOWBIRD
NATIONALS
1st race of Florida State Sunshine Tour Series
January 31st-February 5th, 2012
DAYTONA SPEEDWAY SPECTACULAR
2nd race of Florida State Sunshine Tour Series
March 30th - April 1st, 2012 FLORIDA STATE
SUNSHINE TOUR
Snowbird Nationals - 01/31-02/05 Speedway Spectacular - 03/30-04/01
Jacksonville 'Monster Mile' - date TBA
Plant City 'Indoor Carpet' - date TBA
MTR Raceway Park
- date TBA
Strickland R/C Park
- date TBA
Minnreg Turkey Shoot (Banquet) - 11/23-11/24
Past R/C Car Races with Pics and
More:
- '11 Speedway
Spec - Daytona 03/11 -
go
- '10 Souther
Oval Champs - Largo 08/10 -
go
- '10 Spring
Shootout - Largo 06/10 -
go
- '09 Summer
Shootout - Largo 07/09 -
go
- '09 Spring
Cup - Bradenton 05/09 -
go
- '09 Speedway Spec -
Daytona 03/09 -
go
- '09 Snowbirds -
Orlando 2009 -
go
- '08 FCC page - Largo 11/08 -
go
- FCC Turkey Shoot - Largo 11/08 -
go
- ROAR Paved Oval - South Carolina 08/08
-
go
- FCC Florida Carpet Cup #2 - Largo 05/08 -
go
- ROAR Oval Nats - Minnreg 05/08 -
go
- '08 Speedway Spec
- Daytona 03/08 -
go
- '08 Snowbirds -
Orlando 2008 -
go
- FCC Florida Carpet Cup #4 - Largo 11/07 -
go
- FCC Florida Carpet Cup #3 - Largo 08/07 -
go
- MTR's Dog Day Summer - Bradenton 08/07 -
go
- Mike with Braun Racing - Daytona 07/07 -
go
- FCC Florida Carpet Cup #2 - Largo 06/07 -
go
- '07 Speedway Spec -
Daytona 03/07 -
go
- '07 Snowbirds - Orlando
02/07 -
go
- R/C Racing Videos and history -
go
- Dirt Oval on radio - VA - 12/06 -
go
go
go
go
- Boylan on the radio LIVE 12/06 -
go
- Fall Carpet Shootout - Largo 11/06 -
go
- Oval Masters - Tennessee
11/06 -
go
- Summer Carpet Shootout -
Largo 08/06 -
go
- 8th Race Rock Champs -
Orlando 06/06 -
go
- Mike's Back in the Day Video -
go
- '06 Focar MTR Race -
Bradenton 04/06 -
go
- '06 Speedway Spec. -
Daytona 03/06 -
go
- '06 Snowbirds - Orlando
02/06 -
go
- Summer Carpet Shootout - Largo - 01/06
-
go
- Me and Tony Stewart 11/05 -
go
- Summer Dirt Nationals
- Ocala - 08/05 -
go
- Focar MTR Race -
Bradenton - 08/05 -
go
- Dirt Oval EDM Race -
Tampa - 07/05 -
go
- In the Pits at Daytona Speedway
- 07/05 -
go
- 7th Race Rock Champs -
Orlando 06/05 -
go
- Racing at the 'Monster Mile' - Jax 05/05 -
go
- Strickland Oval Race - Daytona 04/05
-
go
- '05 Speedway
Spec. - Daytona 03/05 -
go
- '05 Snowbirds -
Orlando 02/05 -
go
- 6th Race Rock Champs -
Orlando 11/04 -
go
- Focar Race #2 -
Minnreg 06/04 -
go
- 5th Race Rock
Champs - Orlando 05/04 -
go
- FOCAR Race #1 -
Orlando 04/04 -
go
- '04
Speedway Spec. - Daytona 03/04 -
go
- '04 Snowbirds -
Orlando 02/04 -
go - Minnreg
Turkey Shoot - FL 11/03 -
go
- U.S. Oval Open
Wheel Champs - VA 11/03 -
go
- 4th Race
Rock Champs - Orlando 11/03 -
go - 3rd
Race Rock Champs - Orlando 07/03 -
go - Kimbrough
400 - Las Vegas 06/03 -
go
- '03 Speedway
Spec. - Day tona 03/03 -
go
- '03 Snowbirds -
Orlando - 02/03 -
go
- Minnreg Turkey
Shoot - FL 11/02 -
go
- Hobby Expo Race
- Palmetto 09/02 -
go
- 2nd Race Rock
Champs - Orlando 7/02 -
go - Southern
Champs - Sarasota 05/02 -
go - '02
Speedway Spec. - Daytona 03/02 -
go - '02
Snowbirds - Orlando 02/02 -
go - Superior
Oval Race - Orlando 11/01 -
go
- 1st Race
Rock Champs - Orlando 09/01 -
go
- Norrca
Nats - Tennessee 08/01 -
go
- Oval
Master's Cup - Alabama 05/01 -
go - '01
Speedway Spec. - Daytona 03/01 -
go
- RCTV's
coverage of 'Birds 02/01 -
go
- '01
Snowbirds - Orlando 02/01 -
go
- Indy Snowbird
warmups - Indy 11/00 -
go
Thunder R/C Car Racing Info: Thunder
Racing puts on radio control car races across the state of Florida. We
currently hold racing at Marble Park in Manatee County, FL. The
track is for oval electric radio control R/C pan cars. Thunder also
holds indoor carpet races in Largo at the Minnreg building a few times a
year and over Thanksgiving weekend. And once a year, Thunder hosts the
largest event in the world for R/C car racing, the Snowbird Nationals in
Orlando. We also have held several R/C events in Orlando at the
world famous Race Rock restaurant. Back in the '90s we had an indoor
track in Tampa that was high banked. We also have held races at
University Parkway at Hobbie Warehouse in Bradenton, at Franks Trains and
Hobbies in Oldsmar, and at GT Bray Park in Bradenton. R/C car racing
is a wonderful and exciting hobby for all ages. If you are racecar fan
you will enjoy the thrills of this rewarding hobby. Whether you like
the friendships of fellow racers, the mechanical aspect of working on the
cars, the challenging problem solving nature of auto racing, R/C car racing
is for you.
E-mail
Mike if you
have any questions.
RCResults.com:
Thanks to David Croy from RCResults.com for all the great results and live
racing information we use. Racers can see lap times, practice, pie
charts, standings, and more.
JANUARY CARPET
RACE AT MINNREG
TOUR Southern Regional Race Saturday
Florida State On-Road Series Race Sunday
OFFICIAL SNOWBIRD WARM-UP RACE WEEKEND
Cool video of Minnreg in case you never
have been here. (no upstairs pitting)
Free pitting / tables / chairs! Minnreg has great food both days (breakfast
too).
You can sleep over at Minnreg (bring pillow/blankets). They have showers. Minnreg will be opening the kitchen Friday night for us! MINNREG:
6340 126th Ave.
Largo, FL 33773 MINNREG MAP
MINNREG HOTEL $49 A NIGHT:
Days Inn St. Petersburg/Clearwater
3910 Ulmerton Road
Clearwater, FL 33762
(727) 573-3334 OVAL practice Fri evening until 1am
OVAL doors open Saturday at 6am / racing starts at 10:30am
ROAD practice starts Saturday evening until 1am
ROAD doors open Sunday / racing starts at 10:30am
OVAL CLASSES - TOUR REGIONAL RACE - SATURDAY JANUARY 14TH
Oval Entry fees will be $30 1st class and $10 2nd
class We will be following TOUR rules for Oval.
TOUR oval rules
Sportsman Trucks - 25C SMC 1S, World GT tires,
17.5, limited timing
Stock Car - 17.5, stock car
'Nationwide', Tour rules, open speedo
Stock
Spec - 13.5,
stock car 'Sprint Cup', limited timing, Tour rules, BSR spec tire
Super Stock - 13.5, stock cars w/wings, Tour rules, open speedo
Pro Modified - any motor, 1S, stock cars w/wings,
open speedo
Outlaw Trucks - 13.5, 1S, truck
bodies with spoilers, open speedo
1/12th Super Stock - 13.5, stock cars w/ wings, open speedo
Snowbird Legends - Legends
rules here
Bean's Legends - 21.5, 1S, any tire
We will gladly run SKs and other Legend classes if enough
cars!
Oval tech on Saturday with Paul Schaub.
All race motors must be pre-teched.
Motors will be checked for resistance, inductance, and tampering.
Motors will be marked and sealed for racing.
Battery voltage and temp will also be checked prior to racing. Checking ride heights, weight, and body heights in appropriate classes. ROAD CLASSES - FSEARA Race - SATURDAY JANUARY 15TH Florida State Series
Website Touring Sportsman 17.5
- limited timing speedo, Solaris rubber tires
Touring Expert 17.5 - open speedo, Solaris rubber
tires
Touring Modified - open speedo, Solaris rubber tires,
any motor
World GT 13.5 - limited timing speedo, Any foam
tire
FLRCGT - State Series rules
1/12th Scale 13.5 - open speedo
Outlaw Legends - Any motor / battery / foams
Snowbird Legends - Legends
rules here
(we will run other Legend classes)
VTA - Standard USVTA rules
USVTA website (this
is a 2012
Snowbird Class)
MTR 'Saturday Night Thunder' Racing under the lights was a huge success! Look for
race dates soon!
Bring a Friend
racing to MTR promotion - RACE HALF PRICE! Bill
Floyd has announced a new program to help boost racers at MTR! It is time
to race - and time to get those racers out that have been absent for a while!
All you have to do is bring someone to the track that hasn't raced in 4 or more
weeks and you race half off (only 7 bucks!)! It can be a new racer or old
racer! We are working hard on a stock car body breakout class.
Pretty much any motor and battery can get you racing. Just has to be a pan
car with stock car body and spoiler. We have a track and if you have the
power - then come out and race! Breakout racing is a blast where anyone
can win and you can have some serious fun racing R/C cars with very little
stress. CYA at the races!
Daytona
Results and Pictures What
a weekend of racing at Daytona! It doesn't get much better than this!
Check out the results and some pictures
here. Thanks to Jim Fuller for
shooting some of these pics. If anyone has some they would like to share
please send to:
rcthunder@aol.com
MTR HAS A NEW
RACE DIRECTOR We
are very happy and excited to announce that Bill Floyd has become the newest
race director at MTR and will be setting up race events a few times a month for
MTR! With Kenny and I not able to commit to weekly events far in advance
(due to our work and also my kids haha), this is great news for R/C racers and
MTR! One of the first things we want to do is set up a club and get the
racers more involved with the weekly racing at MTR.
Look for race dates posted very soon for monthly racing. And yes Bill will
be using Kenny's special track sauce. Bill has been around R/C racing for
over 20 years and is a great ambassador for our hobby. We should all be
excited Bill has stepped up to keep racing alive on the weekends!
Gentlemen...less than five!
Snowbirds On RCRACING.TV
Carpet Racers the Movie:
Check out the new movie coming out on Carpet R/C Racing.
This is going to be a fantastic behind the scenes look at what we do.
It includes many local R/C drivers and Snowbird footage from the past few
years.
Carpet Racers
The World's Fastest R/C Car:
Cool article in Popular Science
magazine. 161 MPH!!! MTR is Now an Official SHORT TRACK and Permanent Come race MTR and have fun enjoying RC car action inside Manatee's
Marble park. Baseball, tennis, playground, restrooms, and more!
SEE YA HERE!
Watch this video in Xtreme HIGH DEFINITION Ross Bartuccio's ROLLOUT and CHASSIS Program:
Chassis Program Page
Roll-Out Chart Thunder
Archive: Racing News Letter From 1996: Thanks to Wolfee for digging an old Thunder
Raceway newsletter out of his collection! Hard to
believe I wrote this 12 years ago, in July 1996. This piece was really
special for me to see again. Lots of memories and lots of the same
racers and issues we have today! Please enjoy and read it when you
can, and comment on Thunder Chat! Dog
Day of Summer Race
Coverage Page Here What a great success. Check the link above for video of the awesome
A-main and B-main features, along with pictures, a great recap from Red
Kevin, and more! 50 racers all in one class racing!
promo
video
MTR in the Newspaper on 05/01/07: Thanks to the Bradenton Herald and Scott Lockwood for a
great article on MTR Raceway. Pass this along to your friendshere
MTR Raceway live VIDEOS: Past MTR Videos:
#1#2#3#4
#5RCTVLive Intro with Mike and Jeff
here
Boylan Live on the Radio 2006:
Jan 31st
show Jan 24th
showJan 17th
show -
more
Favorite Nascar Pictures and Video from Daytona/Talladega See
Emmy on Speed Channel during practice on our family video from Dega.
video
/ pics
Mike
hung out with Braun Racing and helping during a pit stop on TV!
