dirt oval

[RATFINK55]

Hey Kipp, you like the old skool dirt oval stuff check this out......

[RATFINK55]

some local sprint makers here in pa. back then...

[RATFINK55]

dirt oval rc10

[RATFINK55]

Rc10

[Blakesrc]

dirt oval rc10

LOL wow! Atascadero California, only 30 minutes from me. There used to be so many conversion companies out this way, to bad Dirt oval just isnt as big out west as it once was. I remember the big races over in Bakersfield at Haven(i miss the pole barn) when Revtech was next door to them, if you wanted to be fast thats what you had to have! :P

Blake

[wlambert2]

Dit Oval ain't that big nowhere anymore!
We have a real nice oval and can't beg anyone to come race on it.

But, what the heck, we will still have fun when we do get enough cars to run.:skull:

[Animal]

Dit Oval ain't that big nowhere anymore!
We have a real nice oval and can't beg anyone to come race on it.

But, what the heck, we will still have fun when we do get enough cars to run.:skull:


wow maybe you might want to make a trip to PA some time. 4 tracks with in 30 minuts of Harrisburg, and a few others not to much further away.

and you dont here any of the tracks or racers complaining about turn out:p

[RATFINK55]

Hey Blakesrc its kool that someone recognizeded some old dirt oval tracks! i know old dirt oval stuff isnt to popular on here ....i have tons of old dirtoval pics/articles... Cali use to be the big place for rc dirtoval...the ranch pitstop near san diego if i remember right..

[josmurf9]

Racers Haven's West Coast Dirt Oval Nats are this weekend, kind of a warm-up, shakedowns for us left coasters going to Coopers in a few weeks. Attendance is expected to be 200.

[RATFINK55]

an old pic of how big dirtoval was in socal. Rob cutman's car is in there somewhere....just look for the terminator/j-car!

[Rob Cutman]

Wow, those pics bring back some memories. The first pic looks like its from the 87 JG race at the Ranch Pit Shop in Pomona, CA. That was the first race I ever travelled to (on a plane). I was TQ and finished second in Sprint Modified to Gil Losi Jr. He was running the first prototype Losi JRX2 with trailing link rear suspension and a bolink sprint body on it. My car was a gold tub RC-10 with the first prototype terminator nose plate on the front of it. Hard to beleive that was almost 20 years ago. Man I'm gettin old!

Thanks for the memories.

Rob

[RATFINK55]

HOW many remember this track in NC.. Rob was there.. the RC workshop& raceway in Burling Nc.. th.. The #80 i think runs the ORL now,bill henning...

[CeO21]

Hey RATFINK55,

I'm in that Burlington picture (somewhere) too. Thanks for posting it. Cecil

[Doug Carter]

Well, i had a lot of these articles scanned and posted here at one point, but they must have gotten pruned because of file size. I have a few more, too, just not converted to web-ready files yet. Click the opening spred thumbnail to download the entire article in PDF format.

Enjoy:

1989 NORCCA Nationals
http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/dirtoval/89norrca_nats.jpg (http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/dirtoval/89norrca_nats.pdf)


1990 JG Championships
http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/dirtoval/90_jgchampionships.jpg (http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/dirtoval/90_jgchampionships.pdf)


1990 NORCCA Nationals
http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/dirtoval/90norrca_nats.jpg (http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/dirtoval/90norrca_nats.pdf)


1990 ROAR Dirt Oval Championship Winners
http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/dirtoval/90roar_winners.jpg (http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/dirtoval/90roar_winners.pdf)

[Doug Carter]

My favorite part of those old Championship articles is how they would take all of the cars entered, and line them up around the track, and they seemed to go on forever. THAT was a thing of R/C beauty.

:tire:

[lonewolf]

i still have those early 90"s late 80"s rc car action mag with a lot off oval info in them

[shoemaker]

Mod Stock Raceway started there dirt oval in 1982 and run 500 lap non- stop races every fall as there closing event. Those races were scored running 10 cars, by hand with one caller and ribbons tied to there antenna. We had two girls marking down the laps. With a Pit road and many stops the racing lasted over 1 hour and 20 min. The last 500 lap race here was in 2004 and it tool only 55 min and we run a 600 lap event. Times changed and no one runs long distant events here in N.Y. and I do'nt see any dirt ovals even building a pit road any more. seem like with the batterys today we should see many dirt track running long distant races which give the racers more fun for the buck. Maybe even the weekly tracks would be better attended if drivers would get more run time. Most tracks here in NY run 4 min heats and a 4 min feature. 12 min of racing for a avg. of 4 to 5 hours at the track plus travel time. Not much fun for the buck. Maybe none of the racers today know any difference as there are not many racers around Ny that have raced more than 10 years. Sometimes tracks try to run to many classes on the same day. But I am sure all tracks could run a 10 min feature and still get the racers more run time. Most track owners have it very easy scoring today compared to many years ago. Many of the pictures I remember seeing in the rag mags many years ago and it is nice to look back. Keep the pictures coming. In 1983 all cars running the Western NY state 500 all had the Parma Mud Bus (SPIRIT) edm bodies and painted as a real race car running local. It was recorded by a local TV channel and later shown on a TV station even out in Calif. Sportman cars were inports, and Modifieds were American made (RC-!0s) and the sportsman cars run 300 laps non-stop and the Modifieds run 500 laps. All were manuals speed controls with only 540 motors and 1000 mah batteries. Boy how times have changed. But is it more fun today or more work than play?

[rj14]

I grew up on the east side of Orlando and used to love going to Whipporwill. Back when they did the long mains w/ the quick change battery rigs. That was a blast watching them catch a car @ 30 mph on the pit road to do a batt change. I guess that is why I like to watch 60 min touring car mains. Some of the PA tracks do 100 lap truck mains. But I know we will never see a 100 lap edm of sprint main.

[jherzog]

I remember all those old articles and was at many of the races. A great time to be in dirt oval racing, except for the cost and pain of batteries.

[DirtBoy]

Boy; is Shoemaker old! I think his first RC car was steam powered!

Dirt Boy

[jenzorace]

Boy those t1x speedos bring back bad memories. Back in the day racin gold tub chassis rc10s.

[K Stevens]

Wow, those pics bring back some memories. The first pic looks like its from the 87 JG race at the Ranch Pit Shop in Pomona, CA. That was the first race I ever travelled to (on a plane). I was TQ and finished second in Sprint Modified to Gil Losi Jr. He was running the first prototype Losi JRX2 with trailing link rear suspension and a bolink sprint body on it. My car was a gold tub RC-10 with the first prototype terminator nose plate on the front of it. Hard to beleive that was almost 20 years ago. Man I'm gettin old!

Thanks for the memories.

Rob

Close, Rob...that was the '88 JG which was the last one held at the Ranch. I only remember because '88 was my first JG race, I made the C Main in 4W Mod. In '89 it moved to Racers Haven. And, yes we are all getting old. I actually tried to put on my JG jacket a while back and couldn't even get both arms in it.

[JohnBoy72]

Man, some of that stuff takes me back and I'm only 28! I remember that Custom Works car....the black #4. Also, was that sprinter a Bad Boys or Big Boys RC10 conversion??? I think I remember a kit back in the day like that. I also still have my homemade open race car trailer at the house....Those pics are great....

[RATFINK55]

wow this is kool i didnt realize there was so many oldtimers on dirtoval! lol

[JohnBoy72]

Here's the box to my first dirt oval car....

[shoemaker]

Does anyone remember the 4wd conversion for the rc-10 using a speedometer cable to run the small 2 gear box tranny? It was a little weak but worked if you had extra cables on race day. A-Main racing back in the 80s also made a Great Front wheel drive conversion for the rc-10 and I won the NY State 500 lap race with this conversion and the followng year here in NY the North East Drivers Racing Association outlawed the front wheel dr and put it in the 4wd class. END of CLASS. Back I The Days.........

[Doug Carter]

The 4wd conversion was called a Legend and it was made by MIP. Jay Halsey ran one, among others. They also released conversions with chain and belt drives, eventually. They all go for sick money on eBay now. Hghly collectable. ;)

[RATFINK55]

i dig that pic! it was my first dirtoval car to....:skull:

[Doug Carter]

Boy, have I got a fantastic article scanned to post in this thread later... you guys are gonna totally dig this.

:cool:

[legend15x3]

Does anyone know where you can get an OLD BIG BOYS TOY sprint car kit???

[Doug Carter]

Does anyone know where you can get an OLD BIG BOYS TOY sprint car kit???




How about a NEW (http://www.bigboytoys.homestead.com) one?

[legend15x3]

Doug,

For some reason I could not find and...man if you were here I'd hug you. Those are the cars I grow up with racing against but never had one and now that i am older(not wiser) i would like to have one to run if not put in my collection.

Thank you for the link

[Doug Carter]

Yeah, I sent him an e-mail too, hoping that they are still selling kits. That's an old link and on free hosts like that, sometimes these things can get stale long after the company is gone. I'm crossing my fingers, though. I have some old vintage parts that would go really well in one of those chassis.


:D

[FULLT1LT]

I Seen One On Ebay A Couple Days Ago For 75.00

[mrtallguy]

does anyone remember the team pit stop chain drive with multiple final gear drive ratios

or the a&l trailing link conversion for the rc10

or the mcallister dirt oval conversion for the rc10

or the brp belt drive tranny

or the rrr adjustable rear camber system

or thir if i could find one of these i would buy it. it was a pit stand that had a raised nylon clamp with a very adjustable head the base was a magnetic metal tray

[Doug Carter]

does anyone remember the team pit stop chain drive with multiple final gear drive ratios

Had one NIB, and sold it a couple of years ago. I'm kicking myself for it.

or the a&l trailing link conversion for the rc10

Lots of companies had them... A&L, Houge, Andys, MIP, Bullet... none of them very adjustable.

or the mcallister dirt oval conversion for the rc10

Have one on a project I'm working on, as well as a JG lowering kit.

or the brp belt drive tranny

No BRP, but there was the A&L Lethal Weapon, the Trackmaster belt (have one of those), too. The BRP was slick because it had a planetary gear diff in it. Sweet. :)

or the rrr adjustable rear camber system

Have one of those, new. Never liked it... hard to adjust.



http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/vintage/tps_chaindrive.jpg

http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/vintage/lethalweapon.jpg

http://www.apexspeed.com/doug/rc/vintage/jcar.jpg

[maestro]

Would anyone here be interested in a NIP JG JRX2 Dirt Oval conversion kit? I don't have it personally but I seen it on a shelf at a hobbyshop awhile back. Should of bought it but I plundered through the guys old boxes of stuff and ended up spending over $400.00 so I left it till next time. If anyone wants it let me know and I will call him and have him send it to me.

BTW: great Idea for this forum. I have a few great memories of racing DO in myrtle beach SC but it did'nt last very long. I do think It's really cool to meet some of the guys that I used to read about in the mags. Now I get to race against them.

[67novass]

hi guys this is sammy blackwell,TQ and won 1989 nats coming back went coopers rc yesterday,got the fever again,bought a used termanitor going back and have some fun! lookling for another one for my son,any one who has one please call me 1-336-442-1142:p

[dirtguy]

Don't forget about the MIP trans with gear diff... still have mine.

[shoemaker]

Remember the Hot trick metal motor plate thet held the 3 gear MIP tranny. And the Locker kit to lock the diff on take off?? The kit was comprised of 1/8 copper rods cut 1/8 long to replace the diff balls.When you had it right it would burst you ears on start-up.The slip rings were also made of copper. You had to replace both every 3 or 4 race. But it worked great and eliminated the outside slipper. Both rear wheels would grip the same every time on start-up.MIP also made the first nylon eliminators. This many years before anyone ever throught about using the new kind of slipper elimators used today. Back to the 80s.

[legend15x3]

Does anyone know? The Big Boys toy sprint conversion, can you add the newer B2 arms and such to the chassis? Or is it strickly older RC10 running gear?

[Doug Carter]

I've never seen any early sprint car conversion (Ascot/BBT) using anything other than original gold-tub RC10 parts, but that doesn't mean that it hasn't been done. Those chassis were drilled for the 6-gear pattern... not even the original Stealth.

[WYD]

Wow I had a bunch of those transmissions. I had the MIP, Trackmaster (one of my favorites), Lethal Weapon, and the Team PitStop (Thought this was the coolest). Seemed like dirtoval back then was huge and even more fun than it is today.

[Scotty Edwards]

Hey Kipp, you like the old skool dirt oval stuff check this out......



Wow! this thread brought back some great memories! (My first post here). I have been out of RC for a bout 10 years (since my Dad passed away).

We traveled the country racing Sprint cars mainly to the East. of KC. Seems like after 94, Dirt Oval died out.

The new Losi Slider grabbed my attn and after further research, there is now a loose dirt oval (outside) in Bonner Springs Ks. and an indoor Dirt in Pleasonton Ks.

Looks like I am gonna have to see if this Ol' Has Been can still turn left.

Doug I see you are from Ill. Are the tracks in Quincy, and Albion still around?

Best regards,

Scott Edwards

[olderacer]

Seemed like dirtoval back then was huge and even more fun than it is today.[/quote]


although i still have tons of fun, the racing i did in the late 80's and early 90's was incredible! local turnout is down tremendously and now there's only 1 track. there used to be at least 5 tracks within 20 minutes of each other here and each had racers who only raced at their track and some visited most or all of them. back then you could buy rc mags and read about dirt oval races all the time. they had ads for dirt oval mods and pics of chassis. now if you don't own a 1/8 monster truck rc mags aren't worth buying. thank god for the internet and forums like this one! but i still miss those days. thanks for this thread guys! those old ads are awesome... i'm gonna go look at my raborn now haha!

[Smokinnitro]

Olderacer where do you race Dirt oval in Delaware?

[olderacer]

sorry, stepped away for a while. there is a small dirt oval in oak orchard delaware, right on the indian river bay, southeast delaware. races are wed nights under the lights. it's a bull ring but banked so speeds are quick for the small size. we're hurting for racers last couple years but we got edm and a rc10 latemodel classes. i got my fingers crossed because a new little clay bullring is under construction outside bethany beach delaware. we are all hoping some new blood gets clay fever!

[ramrod902]

man old racer i wished i lived close to there i have a rc10 and a jrx2 latemodel and i just bought a rc10 oval carwith two team pit stop chain drive trannies

can any one help me out on these i have aquired two of them one black and one white are they old stuff or fairley newer does anyone carry parts for them or are they more for show if i cant get parts for them let me know about how much they are worth cause i aint going to run them and take a chance on tearing them up ill just sell them and get something else thank you

[olderacer]

those chain drive trannies are from awhile back. maybe someone here can give a better idea of what year they were produced. i'd either put them in a shelf queen or put them for sell. in good condition they'd bring a pretty penny.

[dave37]

Hey

We used to run at Dave's in Lewes, Delaware for years and We haven't been to Mosley's in a while, maybe a couple of years. I remember those Team pit Stop trannys- A bunch of us use to run those at Dave's in RC-10 sprint cars. Still got my Rc-10 with the Late Model body on it. Still want to get down there- maybe a I can talk dad into coming down soon.....Been a long time since I ran electric....Does he have his lap counter fixed yet?......Where is this new Dirt Oval in Bethany? When is he going to start racing? What classes is he going to race there?....Thanks a bunch...


Jeff Greenly

[Doug Carter]

Doug I see you are from Ill. Are the tracks in Quincy, and Albion still around?


Quincy vanished many moons ago, and Albion did, too. The only track in Illinois that is still alive and kicking from the "golden years" is Monee.


Welcome aboard!

[olderacer]

hey jeff, been awhile since i've seen you. racing at dave's in lewis was the best. wish it was still open. i never got to go there much and was never very competitive, so you might not remember me. i'm not sure where in bethany this track will be. the owner's name is brian, i don't know his last name. he races electric sprints at seaford so phil and dennis know him. i'm relying on phil for info on the bethany track. i've seen pics. it's a flat bullring. stock motors i'm sure.
mosley's still don't have the lap counter going. they bought some stuff from a seller on this forum, but still haven't figured it out. attendance there is hit or miss. some weeks we only have 4 or 5. some we have 10. most have a rc10 lm and a older edm, so we race both.
phil d. has started coming out when he doen't get off work to late. man he's got quite a long ride. i'd like to get phil, bob and you and your dad out there in a electric edm. just to show me i'm not really that talented after all, haha.
btw scott p. has been wanting you to stop by mosley's so he can buy a radio off you.
hope i see ya,
john m.

almost forgot: mosley's in oak orchard will be closed 9-19.

[dave37]

Hey John-

thanks for getting back to me....I am going to slip down to mosley's this week....Tell scott that I will bring the radio....Hopefully, I can get racing again.....I will check you guys out.....If there is anything you guys need for Rc-10's- let me know- got Team Pit Stop tranny's, A&L belt tranny's, Stealth's with 64 pitch gears, tires out the rear-end....and parts....talk to you.

Jeff Greenly

[jherzog]

We were all so much younger back then. I remember having to travel with parents to get to the races for quite a few years.

Somebody really should centrally archive all those old articles on a server somewhere. That way, as we get older we can remind ourselves what we did in our younger days.