2010 Az WW VI. Feb 26th-28th

[D. Newland]

Sponsored by Fullers Fast Electrics (http://www.drcwebservices.com/ffe/Default.htm), the NAMBA Scottsdale Model Boaters will be hosting the 6th Annual Az Winter Warmups race on Feb 26th-28th, 2010 at McKellips Pond in Scottsdale, Az.

Lenny Blake of Rumracing Products (http://www.rumracingproducts.com/) will be our CD again this year. That makes 6 in a row!

Tentative Schedule:

Friday: Open Water until 1:00, then 3 rounds of:

P Offshore Sponsored by Offshore Electrics

Doug Peterson 85
Dan Proulx 86
David Newland Spektrum
Tony Heller 2.4
Dick Roberts 2.4
Pete Wijatyk 2.4
Dave Zelinka 2.4
Randy Naylor 75

N-2 Mono Sponsored by Joe Solinger with Solinger RC (http://solingerrc.com/)

Doug Peterson 85
Dan Proulx 86
David Newland Spektrum
Randy Naylor 75

P-Limited Hydro Sponsored by Joe Solinger with Solinger RC (http://solingerrc.com/)

Dan Proulx 85
David Newland Spektrum
Dick Roberts 2.4
Randy Naylor 75


Saturday and Sunday, 3 rounds of:

P-Limited Offshore Sponsored by Offshore Electrics

Doug Peterson 85
Dan Proulx 86
David Newland Spektrum
Tony Heller 2.4
Paul Winegarner 2.4
Dave Zelinka 2.4
Pete Wijatyk 2.4
Dick Roberts 2.4
Randy Naylor 75

P-Limited OPC Sponsored by Properchopper Racing

Doug Peterson 85
Dan Proulx 86
David Newland Spektrum
Tony Heller 2.4
Paul Winegarner 2.4
Dick Roberts 2.4
Pat McDonald FASST
Pete Wijatyk 2.4
Dave Zelinka 2.4

P Mono Sponsored by Madison Area Fast Electrics

Doug Peterson 86
Dan Proulx 85
David Newland Spektrum
Tony Heller 2.4
Dick Roberts 2.4

P-LSH Sponsored by Joe Solinger with Solinger RC (http://solingerrc.com/)

Doug Peterson 86
Dan Proulx 85
David Newland Spektrum
Tony Heller 2.4
Paul Winegarner 2.4
Pat McDonald FASST
Dick Roberts 2.4
Randy Naylor 75


P-Limited OPC, P-Limited O/S and P-Limited Hydro will use the BJ/HiMaxx/SV/UL motors and follow the NAMBA P power parameters. No restriction on ESC's.

Concours Award Sponsored by RumRunner Racing. (http://www.rumrunnerracing.com/feforums/)

High Points Award Sponsored by Harry at RSF Speedmaster/Rossisales.com. (http://rossisales.com/)

Thank you Eagletree Systems (http://www.eagletreesystems.com/) for supporting our raffle!

Thank you Fred at UniqueFE (http://www.uniquefe.com/) for supporting our raffle!

Thank you Horizon Hobby/Spektrum Marine (http://search.horizonhobby.com/index.jsp?N=812&sid=1227D7BF52B8) for supporting our raffle!

Thank you Castle Creations (http://www.castlecreations.com/) for supporting our raffle!

Hotel information:

Motels: Best Western-Papago Inn 7017 E McDowell Rd. Scottsdale, Az (480)994-0692
Motel 6 1612 N Scottsdale Rd Tempe, Az (480)945-9506
Best Western Inn of Tempe 670 N Scottsdale Rd Tempe, Az (480)784-2233

Fee: $20 for first class, $10 each additional class.

Other racing specifics will be posted soon.

[properchopper]

Can't wait !! Count me in for a class sponsor. Good thing to keep P-Offshore & P-Mono on separate days - allows an overnight motor swap in the motel . :olleyes:

[D. Newland]

Thanks, T! OPC is yours.

Physical address of pond: 7900 E McKellips Rd. Scottsdale, Az 85257.

[Steven Vaccaro]

Put me down for lso and p offshore. Please send me a pm with payment info.

[D. Newland]

PM sent-thanks, Steve!

[BILL OXIDEAN]

The 28th is my B-day, so if you guys send me home without a trophy, I'm singin' "its my party and I'll cry if i want to"..

[D. Newland]

Will, if you make it, we will have a special trophy just for you! You don't even have to put a boat in the water!! But I know you will, Will!

[D. Newland]

Hotel info posted in OP.

[DPeterson]

Dan P. and I are booked.

Madison Area Fast Electrics will sponsor P-Mono. Wanted to sponsor OPC but that Tony guy beat me too it. Now I will have to win the class.

What are the entry fees? I will send one check for all.

Doug

[properchopper]

I'd like to split a room with someone. I promise to go on a low fiber diet prior. Anyone ?

[D. Newland]

Great to hear, Doug.

$20 for first class, $10 each additional class.

[6S HYDRO]

Propper i have an extra empty room w/ a bed here in phoenix you can stay at for free. let me know.

Dave put me down for Lso, Lsh, Pmono, Opc and poss. Poffshore for racing.

[D. Newland]

Will do, Paul.

Thank you to our sponsors! See original post! We are still accepting sponsorships for our Concours, High Points and Heater Award. Thank you for your consideration.

[D. Newland]

Eagletree Systems (http://www.eagletreesystems.com/) is on-board for our raffle! We've had great sponsorship support so far. See the original post. Thank you!

[D. Newland]

Thanks Don at RumRunner Racing (http://www.rumrunnerracing.com/feforums/) for picking up our Concours Sponsorship!

[D. Newland]

Thank you to Harry at RSF Speedmaster/Rossisales.com (http://rossisales.com/) for Sponsoring our High Points Award!

[D. Newland]

I'm starting to get the driver information listed for the classes. Please let me know which classes you will be running and what frequency you will be using.

Thanks! You only need to respond to 1 forum-I will update both...but always look for my typos.

[properchopper]

David, 2.4 for all my classes.

[tiletony]

is there any detailed info you can send me...i am wanting to show up and race, but i never have....any info you can send me would be great...details such as the different classes what to bring(besides tools, and boats) being my first time and never seeing a boat race should i just show up to watch and help out?

[properchopper]

is there any detailed info you can send me...i am wanting to show up and race, but i never have....any info you can send me would be great...details such as the different classes what to bring(besides tools, and boats) being my first time and never seeing a boat race should i just show up to watch and help out?

By all means, come on down ! You'll meet the best group of FE'ers there are. It's a learning experience you won't regret - in three days you'll advance your knowledge at an amazing level and you'll get plenty of help if your experience is anything like mine was at the last three races . Bring your boats, batts, chargers and power supply. A canopy would be a plus. [If nothing else, you could pit for Pat McD - I'll teach you to count to six using four fingers :doh:.]
It might be simpler for you to list your boats, we'd be able to tell you what class[es] they run in. Do it, Tony :rockon2:

[tiletony]

Well the only boat I have running right now is a mean machine cat. By feb I should have a second cat up and running. So just the 2 cats. The mean machine is 30" single motor and the 32" cat which is also a single. When you said a power supply do you mean a generator?

[properchopper]

Tony, you could potentially race in 2 classes with cats. For example, the MM, only using either a SV-27, Blackjack, or UL-1 motor would fit in the LSO class using 4S, 10,000 Mah (max) battery power. Your 32" cat with any motor , same batt specs could race in P-Offshore. Both classes run a full mill lap and then 4-min. heats.
There'll be generators there to plug in your charger, or your charger's 120V to12VDC converter.

[D. Newland]

Slight schedule change: We've had a very rapid growth in P-Limited Offshore racing in my local club recently. Because of that and a lack of Rigger racers making it, we are swapping those classes.

P-Limited Hydro is moving to Friday.

P-Limited Offshore is moving to Sat/Sun.

See above for more details.

[BILL OXIDEAN]

Ok, I MIGHT be there boys.
Depends on how you guys act.. :sarcasm1:

[D. Newland]

You're going to have to be here to see how we act!

Make a commitment for once in your life, will ya?

[J Solinger]

You folks have a nice time and don't trash to many precious gems. One day when I'm rich and famous I will be down to join in on the fun.

[D. Newland]

Joe-you're always welcome! And thanks again for your sponsorship support.

[6S HYDRO]

2.4 for all my boats

[D. Newland]

Thank you Fred at UniqueFE (http://www.uniquefe.com/) for supporting our raffle with a very nice quantity of Lipo cells!

[D. Newland]

Thank you Horizon Hobby/Spektrum Marine (http://search.horizonhobby.com/index.jsp?N=812&sid=1227D7BF52B8) for supporting our raffle! Very nice stuff!

[D. Newland]

Thank you Castle Creations (http://www.castlecreations.com/) for supporting our raffle. They have supported the Winter Warmups every year!

[RandyatBBY]

Put me down for P Offshore, I want to run the new Scat Cat 33!:w00t:

[D. Newland]

You got it running? Right on, Randy!

Wassup with Wil?

[RandyatBBY]

You got it running? Right on, Randy!

Wassup with Wil?

He is on the verge call him and push him over!

[PatrickM]

Here's the results from the Arizona race.

WW6 Results:

N-2 Mono
1. Doug Peterson
2. Dave Newland
3. Proulx/Winegarner (Tie)

P Offshore
1. Dave Newland
2. Dan Proulx
3. Pete Wijatyk

P Spec Hydro
1. Dan Proulx
2. Pat McDonald
3. Dave Newland

LSO
1. Dan proulx
2. Dave Newland
3. Pete Wijatyk

P Spec OPC
1. Paul Winegarner
2. Dave Newland
3. Dan Proulx

P Mono
1. Dave Newland
2. Dan Proulx
3. Doug Peterson

LSH
1. Doug Peterson
2. Dave Newland
3. Dan Proulx

Concourse
1. Dick Roberts
2. Doug Peterson
3. Tony Heller

High Points Award- Dave Newland

Mr. Consistency- (fewest finishes) Tony Heller

Mr. Carnage- (best wrecks) Tony Heller

Mr. Amps- (most chargers) Doug Peterson

Mr. EPA- Paul Winegarner (for polluting the pond by sinking his LiPo's)

[LuckyDuc]

Congrats Doug P! Go Wisconsin!
It looks like your Whiplash faired well in LSH.

[BILL OXIDEAN]

Here's the results from the Arizona race.

WW6 Results:

N-2 Mono
1. Doug Peterson
2. Dave Newland
3. Proulx/Winegarner (Tie)

P Offshore
1. Dave Newland
2. Dan Proulx
3. Pete Wijatyk

P Spec Hydro
1. Dan Proulx
2. Pat McDonald
3. Dave Newland

LSO
1. Dan proulx
2. Dave Newland
3. Pete Wijatyk

P Spec OPC
1. Paul Winegarner
2. Dave Newland
3. Dan Proulx

P Mono
1. Dave Newland
2. Dan Proulx
3. Doug Peterson

LSH
1. Doug Peterson
2. Dave Newland
3. Dan Proulx

Concourse
1. Dick Roberts
2. Doug Peterson
3. Tony Heller

High Points Award- Dave Newland

Mr. Consistency- (fewest finishes) Tony Heller

Mr. Carnage- (best wrecks) Tony Heller

Mr. Amps- (most chargers) Doug Peterson

Mr. EPA- Paul Winegarner (for polluting the pond by sinking his LiPo's)

David always kicks butt but it looks like Prolux was showin' people what's up out there..

Tony, sounds like you kicked some butt down there too lol..

[D. Newland]

It was another one for the books! We missed a few that have raced with us in the past, but understand the ecomony/timing can be hard to deal with. But, we do have more local racers than ever before, and more interest from future boaters/nitro racers, too, so we still were able to have a very well balanced event.

The weather held for us Saturday until the wind kicked up in the afternoon. There was a storm front coming in that evening. Luckily, most of the rain was Saturday night/Sunday early AM so we had minimal delays Sunday.

Friday was P Offshore, N-2 mono and P-Limited Hydro. In P Offshore, a few of the guys actually ran their Limited setups, and Pete W. actually took 3rd with his Limited boat. N-2 mono was won by Doug Peterson, who jus can't get over himself regarding how successful he has become with that hull! He took N-2 Offshore at the Nat's with it, too. We didn't have many P-Limited riggers for this event, but Dan Proulx and Pat McDonald had their Raptor riggers running very well. More prop needed, though, and it was the firt time Pat's had seen water! I was plagued with issues in this class-damp ESC wouldn't get full throttle the first heat, plus I thought it would be a good idea to make a major modification before raceday...I think I scored 50 pts.

Saturday/Sunday we ran a total of 6 rounds of P-Limited Offshore, P-Limited OPC, P mono and LSH. Dan Proulx had a terrific running BBY OM 29 and he and I were within 1/4 lap of each other after 6 rounds and nearly 68 laps of racing. It was a great win for Dan. OPC had some terrific competition, too, with 9 racers entered. Paul Winegarner and I were within 100 points after 3 rounds (1200 vs 1100 points) and Proulx was in the mix as well. Sunday was going to tell the tail and it was obvious we all stepped up our game, which also forced a few errors. Spin outs, DNF's, submersions and ill-advised tuning adjustments started to make a mess of our nearly perfect point accumulations. In the end, Paul grabbed a well deserved 1st place with his VS-1. I took second with a new Cobra 20 tunnel and Dan took 3rd with a Villian OPC. In fact, speaking of submersions, there was 1 heat where Paul lawn-darted his OPC in the water right after turn 4 and Dan was right on his tail, going right over Paul's boat (no contact)...and Paul re-surfaced and kept racing!

P mono was fast and wicked. 6 boats running together on a rather tight course. It's amazing how chopped up the water gets just after a few laps with these boats. I was able to hold off the field with my Titan 33. Probably the best visual I have of P mono was in the final heat with 5 boats starting very well and at turn 1 all you could see were rooster tails...then all of a sudden a white mono launched what seemed to be 5 feet in the air mid-turn! No contact was made (heard), and there was no way to see any lane infractions. I assumed the boat was dead, but nobody called a dead boat. I actually thought it sunk. No way a boat going that fast, pitched that much and launching so high could still be running. Well, it was! After talking about it in the pits, it was Dan's mono and he got launched off of (probably my) rooster tail and the dang thing landed perfectly! Did I cut him off? Did he drive up my rooster tail? Nobody knows...and nobody cares! It was spectacular.

LSH had some very good competition as well, but hands down Doug Peterson's Whiplash was the boat to beat. He finished all 6 rounds perfectly. 2400 points. Complete domination of the field! He built a beautiful boat we all were impressed at his ability to get it around the course.

With the exception of Paul's P-Limited mono sinking after a little racing contact, we had very good luck with equipment at this race. No ESC, cell or motor damage. But, I can't say the same for hull damage. Tony "T-Bone" Heller once again found himself asking where the nearest Pep Boys is...so he can get some Bondo! Man, he's good w/that stuff. And he takes it all in stride, too.

Thanks to the travelers for attending our race again, and thanks to the FE and Nitro members of Scottsdale Model Boaters NAMBA Dist 19 for helping pull off another terrific event.

Also, thank you to our sponsors for your continued support of our race!

[LuckyDuc]

Nice write up!