Monster Madness online coverage

[KevinH]

Monster Madness officially kicks off on Saturday and I spent some time at the track today to give a hand and check it out. The main track was finished early this afternoon and the RCMTRA guys will finish the solid axle side-by-side track on Friday. People are already trying out the layout on the main track and I’m sure we’ll have a lot more on Friday. This is the biggest track that the guys at Wolcott Hobby have ever made. It’s sweet. Here are some teaser shots for now.

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[zakerid]

looks great!

[alexrckid]

ooooooohhhh..cant wait....

[masterchief06]

I really love the Monster Jam-like side by side track complete with "junker" bodies. Great attention to detail, and this thing looks like its gonna be a blast. I wish I could be there...

Mike

[artieballz]

hmmm i guess i`ll have 2 bring my clodbusters now tooo!!!

[KevinH]

Today is open practice at the track for those of you who could get the day off to play. It’s windy up here so bring something to tie your tent to. Tomorrow we’ll have practice from 9 to 10:30 and racing starts at 11. The hobby shop is located on route 69 in Wolcott. Look for the Sherman tank across the street.

[LD3Furious]

I just got home from practice. I got a bunch of pics I'll be posting here in an hour or so :):):) Track is NASTY! SICK! and AWESOME all in one. Great Job Les,Howard, Kev T, and the rest of the Wolcott gang!!!
I'll also be there for the rest of the w/end taking pics n stuff. I'll post them when I can :)

[LD3Furious]

Well, I first have to say Im a bit disappointed. I took over 200 pics, and thought I had a lot of awesome shots. All in all, only 50 or so came out decent. Here's a few. You can www.wolcotthobby.com in the media section later in the week for all of my pics.

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My buggy, special thx to Pete Steers for wheeling it while I attempted a few clicks :)
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[KevinH]

Thanks for posting the photos! It figures the one shot you take of our tent the Model Airplane News side is showing. I'll have to turn that around tomorrow! :)

The track is big, dialed, and a lot of fun to race on. Hopefully we'll see some of you there even if you don't plan on racing. The guys from CEN and Traxxas are in the house and they're very fast. We have a big pile of toys to give out so maybe some of you will get hooked up. It looks like this is going to be the best Monster Madness race yet.

[LD3Furious]

LOL on the Airplane...it's ok...Suckfish hadn't fed ya yet so you're excused :p

Speaking of Cen, lol...I thought I had a killer pic of Sytsma tumbling off the BIG AIR back stretch jump...Im very disappointed to say it didn't come out,lol. No offense Chris, lol..it just would have been a good pic. I'll be around tomorrow and Sunday to get as many more pics as I can, depending on how much I end up pitting/cornering.

[KevinH]

LOL on the Airplane...it's ok...Suckfish hadn't fed ya yet so you're excused :p

Speaking of Cen, lol...I thought I had a killer pic of Sytsma tumbling off the BIG AIR back stretch jump...Im very disappointed to say it didn't come out,lol. No offense Chris, lol..it just would have been a good pic. I'll be around tomorrow and Sunday to get as many more pics as I can, depending on how much I end up pitting/cornering.

Suckfish is going to feed ME!? Sweet. popcorn

[PSteers]

My buggy, special thx to Pete Steers for wheeling it while I attempted a few clicks :)

No problem Rob, glad I could help!

[Hard Core RC Guy]

Suckfish is going to feed ME!? Sweet. popcorn

Hey, I got the Pringles man!

J:D

[LD3Furious]

Hey, I jus finished off a can of Jalapeno Pringles :D

And just because I can, even though it's unlikely I'll get her on the track this w/end...
My new paint, thx to Jerry @ Obsessed F/X

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[dallasv8]

nice pics mate

[LD3Furious]

Disclaimer:
No injuries were reported, thank God...

This accident happened directly in front of the hobby shop minutes before racing was to start. Im not going to hazard a guess as to exactly what happened, rather I'll let the pics speak for them selves...

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PS- The pick up in this pic belongs to none other than our very own Hingeboy Kevin H!!!
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Basically, the red SUV apparently hit the silver Toyota, then veered into the parking lot, slamming this once gorgeous 25th anniversary edition T/A. It was then pushed into the green car which in turn was pushed into Kev's BRAND NEW!!! pickup.

[LD3Furious]

Ok...now on to some RC pics. I've gotten almost 900 pics to go through from today's qualifying action. I will post more on Monday, but for now, here is a little teaser....

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SUCKFISH!!!

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[KevinH]

I showed up to the track at 7 this morning and half the parking lot was full and everyone was setting up and couldn’t wait to hit the dirt. The track was open for practice at 9 and ended around 11. The track was watered for the start of the race. Monster Madness started off with a bang. No, really, there was a big bang at the front of the store just before the drivers meeting. 5 cars were involved and three of them were parked in the parking lot. My truck included. Luckly no one was hurt and 4 out of the 5 cars involved had to be towed away. I got away with a few scratches and two small dents in the rear fender.

Ok, back to the action. The layout is the largest ever at Wolcott Hobby and has its fast sections as well as some tricky ones. You really have to be on your game for the jumps. Getting the timing right on them is very important. If you line up just right for the triples and quads you can clear them but doing that every lap is not the easiest thing to do and we saw a lot of tumbles off of them at the day went on. The track started off smooth but some ruts had developed by the end of round 1 and continued to worsen by the end of round 2. If you catch a rut with the back tire, it will spin your truck around and you might not end up in the right direction like when I came onto the straight with my Revo in the small block class. I was heading in the right direction and the next thing I know my truck did a 180 degree turn.

We were only able to get 3 rounds of gas truck and 1/8-buggy and 2 rounds of the other classes in today due to the late start. We’ll continue tomorrow at 10 with prized being given out at 9 and open practice at 9:30. Below you’ll find the standings for every class as of right now and some action shots from today.

We were able to squeeze in 4 rounds of the side-by-side solid axle trucks in today. The course looks awesome and is very hard to run on. The lanes are very narrow and the trucks are bouncy which is making for some interesting racing. Right now Rob Allgeyer is in the lead with my Kyosho Twin Force. I have to stop letting him borrow trucks for these races! He keeps beating me with them. We’ll get in more rounds of racing tomorrow and right now it looks like Rob will run away with another win at Monster Madness. I think I have to kick up my game tomorrow or mess with his truck.


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[Eli the rc guy]

=O sorry about your truck Kevin. I LOVE reading about these races and looking at these awesome pics. Zoom Zoom!!

[suckfish]

Great Pics... Great Track... Great People... Great Time..

[alexrckid]

had the greatest time at this race. wolcott is an outragious facility. it was great being in the A-main small block race with the traxxas pros(too bad i the race ended early for me because of not one but two broken rear pushrod link ends).oh well, NEXT YEAR.........

[RespirologyRC]

Great track! My racing ended early due to unforseen tranny and engine issues.

What ever happened to the Paint Competition?

[KevinH]

Once again everyone hit the track early and we were happy to see another beautiful day with a lot less wind that the other two. We started off the day finishing the third round of qualifying and ended around 11. There was a 45 minutes break to fix and water the track and then it was time to get into the mains. The lower mains were five and ten minutes long the B-mains were fifteen minutes long and the A mains had different times for each class; electric monster truck 6 minutes, Gas truck 15 minutes, big block and small block monster truck 20 minutes, and truggy and buggy 30 minutes. The track dried out quickly during the mains so traction was somewhat limited. That made for a lot of on your toes driving. The A-mains were very exciting to watch; those guys are good.

And the winners are……..
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Truggy—Mike Battaille with a Losi 8ight T

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Buggy—Kelby Robberts with a Kyosho Inferno 777 STR

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Gas truck—Anthony Mazzara with a Losi Adam Drake 2

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Big block—Tim Roberts with a Traxxas Revo

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Small block—Mike Battaille with a Traxxas Revo

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Electrick monster truck—David Maffucci with a Jammin X1 CRT

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Rob Allgeyer took the win in the solid axle class with his Kyosho Twin Force


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Neil Dicky went home with a new Traxxas T-Maxx 3.3 that he won in the Raffle at the end of the weekend. His kids are going to love that truck!

[mugenX5]

Great track! My racing ended early due to unforseen tranny and engine issues.

What ever happened to the Paint Competition?


What ever happened to you laying the smack down on Team Traxxas? :roll2:



If anyone layed the smack down, it was the Traxxas team. Congrats on the many trophies Mike walked away with.

[LD3Furious]

Here's some more action shots for ya's.

Mark Cordeiro

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Leo McManus

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[LD3Furious]

Tim Roberts

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Mike Battaille
No, Traxxas doesn't have a buggy, but this is Mike B at the wheel...
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Neil Dickey is the red (LST2) truck in this pic...
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Mike B "cheating"....j/k Mike:D
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Mike needing a little help...
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And now a couple Suckfish pics...
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Miscellaneous...
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[LD3Furious]

Alex...I'm not sure I got any action pics of any of your RCs...but I think you'll like this :)

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[suckfish]

LD3Furious, Thanks for those pictures as always had a great time racing. even tho I had more trouble with my truck than I would have liked. I stuck it out to the very end as Lester Wolcott Hobby is really good people.. Suckfish just likes to race and hang out and have fun.. between broken pull cords , blown motor thru a connecting rod just wasnt my day. Well be back for another try.

[alexrckid]

thanks, LD3...even good to get ME in action.....lol

[primeevil]

where do i find race results?

[MacII]

Results are here:

http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=222851

I've got to say, LD3 is an amazing guy. Not only did he take TONS of awesome photos but he was out there breaking his back corner marshaling for just about every race on Sunday. Dude, thanks for all your hard work behind the lens and on the track.

And this SuckFish thing...these guys seem very cool...dedicated enthusiasts. It's nice to see guys go to a big event like this and be just fine about where they stack up vs the pros. For what it's worth, it made me feel better about my own C main status. They go for fun and that's what this hobby is all about. Having a good time win or loose, and hanging out with good friends.

DM

[Tabushi]

Any videos ?


cya,

Pat

[chrisytsma]

LOL on the Airplane...it's ok...Suckfish hadn't fed ya yet so you're excused :p

Speaking of Cen, lol...I thought I had a killer pic of Sytsma tumbling off the BIG AIR back stretch jump...Im very disappointed to say it didn't come out,lol. No offense Chris, lol..it just would have been a good pic. I'll be around tomorrow and Sunday to get as many more pics as I can, depending on how much I end up pitting/cornering.

Ahhg, thats too bad. I got no pictures of me at the race. So even a crash woulda been sweet :-P

Good weekend with good people and a nice dry track :-) Lester and his Crew from Wolcott Hobby are some of the nicest people in the hobby so the whole weekend was a success. I need to thank Howard and Lester for hooking up my pops up with the motor. You were both an awesome help to me all weekend! See ya in 2 weeks for the Race of Champions.

[LD3Furious]

Thank you all for the props :)
Mac, not sure who ya are, but feel free to introduce yourself next time you see me. As far as my actions...just giving back to that which I love.Im going through a rough patch financially and can't race as much as I'd like. But, as the saying goes..." A bad day of racing...lol..." something like that. RCCA doesn't allow signatures, but where ever I can, I place this sig on all forums I am on, and I try my very best to live up to the ability God gives me to follow this...
"Be the change that YOU want to see in the world"
I once saw this on a bumper sticker and it stuck with me.
All of my pics are now on my PB page...feel free to check them out and save em if ya like :) Look for the folder titled "Monster Madness Saturday Quals"
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/

Tabushi...I had planned on getting vids of the start of all A Mains, but there was a timing issue and Lester (Shop Owner) asked me to start the rest of the races. I did see a few out there though, so if I find any, I will post info.
Thx again guys :)

[LD3Furious]

Chris, I do have a couple pics...Lemme see if I can find em and Ill post em up here :)

[chrisytsma]

That would be excellent. I appreciate it.

[LD3Furious]

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And one more for Team Suckfish :)
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[LD3Furious]

I can put em up on the CEN thread on the Grid too, if ya like.

[mugenX5]

LD3Furious, Thanks for those pictures as always had a great time racing. even tho I had more trouble with my truck than I would have liked. I stuck it out to the very end as Lester Wolcott Hobby is really good people.. Suckfish just likes to race and hang out and have fun.. between broken pull cords , blown motor thru a connecting rod just wasnt my day. Well be back for another try.


Sorry about breaking the pull starter on your truck :o The chick at Starbucks put too much spinach in my florentine breakfast sandwich. Good thing I didn't spring for the Dark roast coffee, probably would've pulled the engine right out of the chassis.



I'll say this, never have I seen a corner marshall sprint to a flipped car like Rob Lindeman did this weekend. Man you deserve a trophy for #1 marshall :winner:

[LD3Furious]

Thx again for the props Mugen...funny thing is...I was busting Kevin a bit when they were bringing out the trophies. I told him the BIGGEST! goes to the corner marshall! Ah well...I tell ya, I am wicked sore...even now as I type this. I think I need our trophy girl Kevina to give me a massage!!!.....:eek::p:confused:

Ahhh Mac...I got ya now. Thx for the PM and the super kind words :)

[TimRoberts]

Thanks to Wolcott Hobby, RCCA, and evey one of the 2007 Monster Madness participants and spectators for an awesome event. Mike and I had a great time getting to know new faces and doing a little racing too. Can't wait for next year!

[alexrckid]

tim.....we'll see you and the traxxas guys(maybe even steve) in the A-MAIN next year.......

[RespirologyRC]

I just looked at all the pics---NICE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to order a poster size pic of my truck going over a mound

[RespirologyRC]

This is me at Rc Madness

[hauling]

looks like it was a lot of fun wish i could have been there
P.S.
any vids?

[PSteers]

You know, I think there are two racers at Wolcott Hobby and Raceway who go well above and beyond the call for corner marshall responsibilities - Rob Lindemann and Paulo Correia. Rob, I don't think the race weekend would have been nearly as successful or run as smoothly without your help and devotion to the rest of the guys at the track! Thanks again dude!:winner::winner::winner:

[98zr2man]

You know, I think there are two racers at Wolcott Hobby and Raceway who go well above and beyond the call for corner marshall responsibilities - Rob Lindemann and Paulo Correia. Rob, I don't think the race weekend would have been nearly as successful or run as smoothly without your help and devotion to the rest of the guys at the track! Thanks again dude!:winner::winner::winner:

I agree 100%

Rob has even gone to enfield in the past years to marshall and he "didn't" even race. I'm not sure who Paulo Correia is but thanks just the same !!

Leo

[PSteers]

Paulo is a local racer who runs a Hyper 8 buggy with a new Jammin' motor. His car is one of those that had ot be towed away as a result of the car crash saturday morning.

I have gotten to know Paulo very well over the past few months, and he is a great guy. He has only been racing for less than a year, but his driving skills and wrenching skills have improved by leaps and bounds. But the main thing that impresses me is his enthusiasm and efforts to better the sport in his own eyes. He is ALWAYS marshalling, even when it's not his turn, or when he has his own car ot work on. Atmittedly, he is not the greatest driver, and usually crashes quite a bit, but without people like him races would simply not finish on time.

I think more local hotshoes need to recognize people like Rob and Paulo more, and the efforts they put in. With modern race scheduling, it is simply IMPOSSIBLE to obtain the proper amounts of turn marshalls on a regular basis for the A-Main races without the efforts of volunteers like Rob and Paulo, to name a few. I have run the race program a few times at Wolcott, and on nearly every occasion, I have had to slightly postpone the A-mains for several classes because the people who were supposed to be marshalling were in fact, pitting for drivers in the A-main and could not do their duty. I'm not mad that these people did this - but they need to find replacements for themselves. Most do not do this, and as a result, we have a deficiency of marshals.

This is just the nature of modern nitro off-road racing. Drivers need at least one other person at the track to pit for them. If there is a very limited number of racers, but race organizers still insist on putting 10 cars in the A-main, there will always be a shortage of corner marshals at both club races and smaller-turnout trophy races.

[98zr2man]

OK thanks Pete, i now know who Paulo is i talked to him several times this past weekend not even knowing his name.

[LD3Furious]

Thx again for the props...I can't say that enough :)

One thing I do wanna add to Pete's statement though...
I consider myself to be very blessed. Your comment about local hot shoes IS totally on the mark...however, I gotta say, the w/end was not without it's "trophies" for me. Guys like Dan Gomez, Justin Williams, Gary Kosits, Mike Giorgi, and one who still remains unknown to me (ask Lester, he'll know what I mean) were exceptionally good to me. I also gotta some give props to Toofless and Huckleberry Bros. Also, I can't possibly say enough about Les...he gave me what was probably the biggest compliment I have ever recieved from the RC community. He knows about that too.

[LD3Furious]

Heerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre' s Paulo!!!

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%20Saturday%20Quals/MMSaturday805.jpg

[chrisytsma]

I can put em up on the CEN thread on the Grid too, if ya like.

Yea, that would be hot, hook it up baby! Thanks again man.

[LD3Furious]

Done. Also hooked ya up on the Barnstormer's thread. There's a guy on the Cen thread that would like to know what body you have on your truggy.

[balang_479]

awesome stuff, wish we had that over here....
great pics...



i hate guys who copy drivers colours: Cavalieri anyone
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%205%20Friday%20Practice/MM5FridayPractice159.jpg

[RespirologyRC]

how are you guys posting pics here? I've tried but they come up really small. I'm using the same pics that LD3 took.....

[LD3Furious]

Rather than using the upload feature to post a pic from my cpu, I upload pics to my PB page, then copy the IMG code link from PB and paste it here into the dialogue.

[suckfish]

Sorry about breaking the pull starter on your truck :o The chick at Starbucks put too much spinach in my florentine breakfast sandwich. Good thing I didn't spring for the Dark roast coffee, probably would've pulled the engine right out of the chassis.



I'll say this, never have I seen a corner marshall sprint to a flipped car like Rob Lindeman did this weekend. Man you deserve a trophy for #1 marshall :winner:

Mugen no problem good to know someone else likes spinach too.. I should of known better and put my roto start on..

and you guys who marshalled the last mains were just incredible on thier efforts..

[suckfish]

I cant help but show off

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%20Saturday%20Quals/MMSaturday846.jpg

[suckfish]

RcRespirology here's one of you on the wheels
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%20Saturday%20Quals/MMSaturday793.jpg

[suckfish]

typical.. LOL
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%20Saturday%20Quals/MMSaturday620.jpg

[suckfish]

Here's a good one of Suckfish brother Brian.. MGT
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%20Saturday%20Quals/MMSaturday551.jpg

[suckfish]

Here's another one of suckfish crew Dave.. LST2
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%20Saturday%20Quals/MMSaturday505.jpg

[suckfish]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%20Saturday%20Quals/MMSaturday441.jpg
menardo at his best

[suckfish]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%20Saturday%20Quals/MMSaturday426.jpg
me in trouble .. Great pic's still going thru them all.. Bravo

[suckfish]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%205%20Friday%20Practice/MM5FridayPractice100.jpg
suckfish in disquise.. coping my hero Niel Dickey..

[suckfish]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/sk3racin/Monster%20Madness%205%20Friday%20Practice/MM5FridayPractice038.jpg

[RespirologyRC]

NICE PICS indeed!!!!

Com'on Suckfish!!! Can't wait till our next big event. I'm having a nice big 6'x3' banner made for us!!

[suckfish]

sounds good bro ,hopefully no pink on it

[LD3Furious]

Guys...I just found this vid on Youtube. It's not much, but still cool to see :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7W1J2eNoblc

[RespirologyRC]

track pic

[LD3Furious]

Very nice wide angle shot....but, lol....track is already being changed. I don't know how much but they're getting it ready for this w/ends trophy event :)