SF Bay Area Race Event - 10/20/02
 

Attention all Northern California Micro RC racers! Heres your chance to compete against other Micro bobbyists in your area! Five different tracks! BitChar-G Showcase contest with winner to be judged by participants. BitDra-G Competition (if space permits). Prizes for all winners. Discounted (possibly free) billiards tables throughout the event. Entry fee to be announced (less than $10 I've been assured). If you would like to participate, please email microhobbies@aol.com and please include the following info:

1) Full Name
2) City
3) Events you wish to participate in:
- Track Racing
- BitDra-G Racing
- Car Showcase

Location:
Eddies Pool Hall
235 S. Milpitas Blvd.
Milpitas, CA 95035

Tell them QFM Raicng Sent ya!!

Update...
 

Just been told that a second race event is already in the works, and the date will be announced at the event on 10/20. The next event will most likely be an outdoor event. Second event to have guest DJs, an outdoor BarBeQue, and a larger track, including a regualtion BitDra-G 12' and 20' track.

FYI: Both events are open to all microRCs 1/60 scale and smaller. However the second event may include miniRCs 1/24 - 1/43 scale due to the larger available space.

Dont forget to email microhobbies@aol.com to indicate your interest, so the event organizers can structure the event accordingly, there is also issue that because this is an indoor event, they want to be sure they can accomodate everyone (fire safety codes). The five different tracks are going to be elevated (most likely on the billiard tables themselves!). See you guys there!

YES...YES.....i am so excited...thanks OFm for the update..thought you forgot.....wel you can cont me in wiht a few friends.....at least one more....I will email with info right now...hope to see more of you guys out there.....

I have bad spelling... (UPDATE)
 

I spelled the name of the Pool Hall wrong! Sorry folks.

Its EDGIE'S POOL HALL not EDDIE'S POOL HALL

interesting....

Nooooo...Milpitas is too far away :( But if I went, I would be racing in full stock configurations, that mean I'd lose but I would love to watch the race.

I smell carpool.......any 1 intrested...

oh edgie's...i played pool there before. Its a pretty big space.

carpool? where are you from? I'm 15 mins away from sacramento

Argh... If there is carpool I might also consider... What are the prizes if you win? And winners are first, second, and third places correct? I fink Milpitas is like about an hour from SF, if not please correct me.

I am from San Fernando Valley Area in So cal......I really am looking for people around this area or willing to drive to my area and go from there. 18 and over please

Aww... Well 323iT is up Nor Cal and Ima in between at SF. But what are the prizes and exact admission costs? :confused:

i wannna do the concours.

Looks lyke sumthin I can do. What time does it start?

Yeha that is the only thing I dont know......

UPDATE:
My firend really has not money to go to this trip, but I do...So now there is defintly room for carpools. IF no one is intrested I may have to wait for trip #2. When announced at the event.

Got the flyer!
 

Ill post a link to the flyer in a minute... Gotta pull it off my laptop, then upload it somewhere. I'll post a link to it, so you can download it, and try to shrink it so that I can post as an img here...

Please spread the word. If this event goes over well, it may inspire other shops to sponsor races, and at the very least get the Bay Area racers organized... So whos gonna do the same for the East Coast? Hehe...

OFM.....we need one closer to So cal as well.....lots of racers down here too...

We need one in the Bay Area... So Cal is kinda too far and theres plenty of people who have Bit Char-gs here in SF. Argh... But personally I fink 5 bucks for a Tiny R/C Bit Char-g kind of race is too much... Any comments on the admission fees?

dood arn't you suppose to be at schooL?:confused:

There are computers in most libraries and rooms in schools. Usually, public schools have high speed connection.

5 bucks....is nothing...compared to the gas.....food and loding that will be done...just to get there from So cal.......I know there are So cal racers out there....so comon guys......LETS GO.....im driven....

yeah but we practically never have any rc car races in Nor caL

Yeah... Not any Bit Char-gs races in Nor Cal that I know of...

so far that i have seen and looked for...there are absolutly Nothing in SO Cal....at least you guys have this event on the 20th

Download Race Flyer Here!
 

Click link to download the Micro RC Race Flyer (Registration Form)!

New updates:

- Registration form
- Race Time 1:00PM
- Registration $8.00
- 4 frequencies listed
- all motors
- Pool table discounts


Thanks, QFM Racing

do car show off contestants race?

What are da prizes?

auto modellista
350z
special ed skyline set
and whatever good time prizes are.
will the next one be closer to san francisco?

The car show-off cars do not race. This contest is to be judged by people who attend the event. So this is where you you show off your nice cars (the ones so tricked out they are too delicate or heavy to race)! Hehe.

Doh!!!! My Bit's chassis broke (rear snap fitting) but I was so down for a bit of BitDra-G and/or track racing :D I finally got the thing to work perfectly and I don't think I can fix it in time. Unless I take apart my Bit Char-A and start transferring stuff over to.. hrm....

:D

Maybe I will be there. :D

Drop off location
 

Your flyer references a location at the Great Mall to drop off the registation. Where is that?

Milpitas, CA, just a few minutes south of SF.

I believe you can register the morning of the event. But email microhobbies at the email listed at the beginning of this thread to be sure.

Just wondering... Does this hobby store sell 1/10 cars and accesories? Thanks.

Heh, a few minutes? By air maybe... I'll bet it's more than an hour easily especially if there's traffic.

Wish I could go...

-Scott (Roseville, CA - about 2 hours from Milpitas)

Looks like I might go. :) I stopped by their shop at the Great Mall today.. HOLY CRAP they are overpriced. :o :eek: 15.99 for a single body??? I can get them on eBay and from Tiny for cheaper. :o And not only that, but there's a Japanese import store in the same mall that sells the bodies for 10.99...

i cant go:(

Well, that was fun. I didn't get to see what my time was for the drag race event, and my main car (6 volt lithium battery super dragger :)) broke both chassis tabs and it wouldn't stay on the body with just electrical tape (too much wheel rub :() So instead I had to run my race-lightened Skyline. The courses they had looked cool, I played around on a couple after the race was over. :) My RX-7 was too low to drive one of them though, the two boards were slightly off center so my front splitter on the RX-7 would hit it like I was curbing a lowered civic ;)

6V lith drag racer!! thats sick! Hows the speed on that? Smell anything burning after you play with it?! I would imagine it really gives your motor a kick over a regular 2.4v modded ride.

Couldn't fly out for the race. Couldnt get the days off. So how was the turnout and more importantly, what kind of speed and mods did you see on the drag set? I thought 2.4v's would dominate but it seems some folks maybe holdin out with thier secret setups!!! So cmon now, whad'ya see?

Oh and how did you "race-lighten" your Bit?

Speed on it is great. :) Faster than my 4.5v watch battery boosted bit (which makes my 1.0 faster than a 3.8 but with more torque :)) Can't use it for track racing though, as the overly weighted top causes it to tip on turning. There were only a few people dragging, unfortunately. I think there were a couple 3.8's and that was about it. I didn't see any major mods, but I could be blind. My race-lightened Skyline was running stock 1.2v setup w/3.8 motor. It uses the chassis I use for my RX-7 (4-spoke rims, I cut out the other 4), sanded chassis to lose a little bit of plastic weight, and the body itself is modded to sit lower (front and rear tabs), sanded out inside so the thing is more brittle than a saltine cracker, and windows cut out. No spoiler. :) Also, I was running the zip-zap radials (the ones with the funky tread pattern that looks like a real tire) on the rear to avoid rub, w/orange bit char-g gears. :D

The sanding on the skyline was mostly done so that I could paint it without truly adding any weight ;) I'm going to have to buy another 45mhz booster/chassis because out of 4 chassis, I only have 1 that actually works, and even it has a broken rear tab (the others have various things, such as broken battery tab, yes I tried resolder, didn't work, broken front and rear tabs, broken front tab and battery slot, etc. So, soon as I get a booster and a gear set, I'll see what kind of times I can pull out of it. With all these broken chassis lying arond, I kinda wanna make an AWD Bit.. ;)

Yeah, it was a cool event. I've never been to something like this before so even though I didn't have a Bit Char-G (I currently only have a Digi-Q) to race, it was still nice to see it. I'm thinking about buying a tank for next time.

I was telling a few people about the Bit Char tanks. Here's a pic of 'em just to compare to the Digi-Q tanks:

http://www.tinyrc.com/lincoln/Images...attle_tank.jpg

Neat stuff.

Oh, and I checked and Capcom moved back the release of Auto Modellista from the first week in November to the 3rd week in March. Ah well. At least it'll still have online play. I was tempted to get the Auto Modellista-based DigiQ today, but they wanted $85 + tax. I just searched a little while ago and found it on ebay for $33 + shipping.

-Priz