SF Bay Area racing?
 

Does anyone in the SF Bay Area want to schedule regular (like a couple times a year) races? :) Location ideas? Anyone got a track or want to build one, etc, etc..

www.tokyotekki.com

It's located in my city, Millbrae. I heard they have a track and maybe we can race together there... But sure, a scheduled race will be appreciated by the San Franciscans.

Cool! Maybe we can have a Bay Area Bit Char-G Touring Car Championships or something :) I suppose I can figure out a schedule for us and call them to find out their schedule.. Does once every two months sound cool? :)

Does it cost money to race there?
Hey ill race anyone in san jose my aim is minhhocau

I'm not sure about da racing costs because they just opened last week... Also once every two months sounds very good... Not too much and not too little... ;)

Its a big track [.............................]

Cool. :) Lemme read up on the Bit Dra-G racing guidelines and see what we can do.. So far we got a small list of interested peeps:

NorCalCoug
Expulsion
Delmonk


Anyone else? :)

You can add me to the list!

I'm in the San Mateo Area...

-Sketch

NorCalCoug
Expulsion
Delmonk
Sketch

:)

Does a moderator wanna do me a favor and sticky this so we can keep the list going without having to *bump* it? :) I'd like to see us organize a bay area regular event..

^stickied:D
i might come check out the race too:cool:

Woohoo! Thanks! :)

Checked TokyoTekki out today!
 

It is confirmed that they have both a Mini Z and Bit Char-g track... They have plenty of Mini Z and Bit parts and for good prices too! :D

I'll have to check that store out this week. HobbyTown in San Carlos also has tracks, but I don't know about races there.

Cool! I guess I'll have to give them a call this week or something. :) Do they just have a road-course track, or do they have a 'drag strip', too?

More Info... Forgot to put in last post...
 

Ok... Lets make a list :D :

1. Technical Course

2. Free only for about this whole month

3. Start official races in about mid next month

4. Fees will be determined when official races start

All those information are provided by the sales clerk when I asked them.

Cool! I'd like to find out if we can 'rent' the track for our own events though.. I don't want it to be affiliated directly with a particular store, you know what I mean? :) We can visit different tracks, like some kind of Touring Car racing. Or if you want to go insane we can do Japanese 'Time Attack' style racing; one car on the track for one lap, fastest lap time takes all. ;) Lots of options, I don't want us to limit ourselves. :( But we should definitely take advantage of the free track use this month at least once. :)

Yep Yep! I would love to take advantage of the free month! :D Jap-Style Time Attack sounds extremely fun! :p I would love to be part of that... We would be soo sweating while we make those turns... And in my head: Gotta beat NorCal's time... Gotta beat NorCal's time... Gotta beat NorCal's time... :D :D :D

Alright, well, lemme work on a webpage over the week too and I'll come up with something. :D

Don't worry though, the Bus will be for drag racing only. ;) I just gotta worry about keeping up with you motorheads. :P

curses, why cant someone have a track in NYC? i saw the track in SF a while ago, very cool. cant the east coast support this kind of thing?

There should be a track somewhere in NYC cuz the city is so big.. but i guess Tiny RCs haven't caught on yet.
hey JBit! Can you go to the photo forum and post some pics of your Mach? i wanna see it!:D

Man, I'll I have is a scanner, no digicam. If I ever finish up a roll of film I'll make sure to snap one shot in 35mm and scan it in! (Tho I probably won't do this till I hop it up with some LEDs or something, who needs a pic of a stock R/C, right?)

i think someone should tell the manager bout the race. Maybe he might support us.

I think I could after school because its near my high school

I just built a track XOVERX... There was a guy posting about a week ago saying he owned a hobby shop and held races, but I dont remember if he ever posted his store name/addy

for those who live near SF does ne one live in Daly City???

I don't live in DC but why you asking?

Attn: Cougy
 

Yo man, can we get a race going this Monday... They might be open. Help us check since 323iT will be in town and we can have more people racing, and I bet its still free... Go Go Go Check and set-up one this Monday! ;)

Ok, well Cougy didn't see my last post... And I found out that they are open on Monday, but not exactly 100%. More info about that tomorrow night, but in the meantime... Can I get a list of who would like to go Bit Char-g racing at the Millbrae, CA TokyoTekki Store. Thanks. Hope this can be a successful meet!

I am going to the race!

eh when is this race gonna be whens it open. Some people still gots jobs ya know.

Umm, isn't Monday a holiday and people get the day off...

Ack, sorry! I feel stupid, I neglected this thread. :eek:

I don't get monday off from work, unfortunately. I work in a 24x7 operations center. :) I will call though (I swear! :P) and get info. Anyone want to do this first or second weekend of December? I have to check my Calendar..

Hmm, I'm not sure. The soonest I could have an idea of I could go or not would be the week before the meets... So just get a the call and info going and make a solid date and go from there. ;)

Okay, here's the deal. They're getting a new bigger track in about a week and a half and that's when they'll start charging for use. They don't know exactly what just yet, so I'll have to call back then to try and arrange something. I'm sure if we can get at least 6 solid participants on a regular basis, we can make it worthwhile for them. :)

i was there over the weekend and talked to the ownerz. The new track will be for Mini Z. I dunno if they told you if the track is for bit char-g or mini Z. I think the Mini Z track is too long for bit char-g to finish one lap. maybe with the 1.0 motor:D

Dang. :( Maybe we can convince them to let us build a track and 'host' it there or something. :) Eh, pipe dream. Okay, time to start looking for a new place. :o

Hiya this is my first post .. just wanted to say that I would love to join you guys in a bay area race.

hey hey i live in hayward pretty close to SF , so count me in too. damn this is kool finally other pplz to race with other than 1 kid on my block lol

Micro Hobbies Unlimited & regulation courses
 

Micro hobbies Unlimited has expressed interest in making one of thier stores and/or tracks available to an organized group of racers in the Bay Area, on a regular basis (perhaps monthly or bi-monthly). If you guys are interested, please contact James Pimentel at jmzpimentel@aol.com to work out the details. I guess NorcalCoug could do it, since he seems to be the organizer?

If you guys have secured a location, then perhaps you could alternate between locations, to accomodate those who live closer to either store. For example, a recurring race date at one store on the 1st sunday of hte month, and on the third sunday at another, etc... Just a suggestion.

For regulated and uniform Time attack trials, take a look at the official QFM BitChar-GP (Grand Prix) race courses A & B. These are designed using the official Tomy guide rails and pylons, so that it may be constructed uniformly by anyone, anywhere. This will result in standardized and more objectively quantifiable results bec you are all running the same course. The idea is the same as the BitDra-G regulation 1/4 mile tracks (12'/20').

Click here for more info:

Download the BitChar-GP Time Attack Race Course A & B here!

Download the regulation BitDra-G 1/4 mile guidelines here!

I'm actually already working on guidelines for Bit Char-G Grand Touring Series rules. :) There will be a Touring class and a Grand Touring class, with the TC being more stock-oriented, and the GT class being more open. Also, I'm working on rules for time-attack utilizing various tracks depending on the location we're going to go to. I'll post all of this info when I'm done. :)

Thanks for the tip, I'll give that guy an email.

Argh, why couldnt we have a store like that or this in NYC? Look at that track! (no, not the girls)

also interested here, i live in Richmond, near Berkeley, CA, i would love to be involved with a monthly racing event, ill keep checking back as new info comes available on this. let me know what i can do to help, and/or what i need to do to get in on this. Thanks Nathan