2016 Michigan Cup June 24, 25, 26

[T.S.Davis]

I've received a number of inquiries on this. Sorry guys. Been busy and out of town. I received a request for dates the week after the last Cup from the Elks lodge. I think they wanted to make sure we were in for another year.

There will indeed be a Michigan Cup in 2016. Open water on June 23 and racing for 3 days. 3 rounds per class. Classes haven't been pinned down yet but you can expect the usual fair. The range will be from SV27 to some form of T go fast debauchery.

So it will be at:
The Rochester North Oakland Elks Lodge
3100 Pond Road
Leonard, MI 48367

Let's see...... amenities:

The lodge has real honest to goodness bathrooms. You can actually bring wives and kids without grossing them completely out. I listed this first because the prota crappers......just ew.

There will be food available. Likely for purchase. If the budget allows and attendance is good the club tries to pick up a lunch or two. No guarantees on that. It would be rare for us to not pick up something for us.

After hours there is a huge deck and a complete Elks lodge available for fun and games. Pool table. Darts. Ping pong. Full bar (again, after hours).

There are a handful of camp sites available that have water hookup and electricity. Last year they wanted $10 per night to hook up but I totally failed to inform anyone of that. Sorry guys. I'm sure they'll be looking for the same donation. If you're interested in staying on site let me know as we'll need to plan accordingly. I'm close enough to commute but still enjoy staying on site. I hall in my 30' trailer. Usually end up with a half dozen boat morons in my trailer.

Others can surely point you to the best hotel options as they have tried many of them.

I don't think I'm going out on a limb saying this event is one of the premier FE events of the season. The competition is great but more importantly the camaraderie is absolutely top shelf. Very few have had a bad time at the cup.

We'll up date you here as more becomes available.

Hope to see you all at the races this summer.

[ray schrauwen]

Yeaaay!!!!

[photohoward1]

All set in the calendar. BIG T CLASSES OR OPEN. Cat Mono and Hydro. I have a New T cat to kick some but and a new T hydro to go for a 3 peat. LET THE TRASH TALK BEGIN.


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[Doby]

About friggin time....:patriot::canada:

[jaike5]

Very cool, been wait'n for this to pop up. T - Cat ....... fast and wavy, can't wait ! good luck Howard.
Looks like the regular Canadians will be there to mix it up.:beerchug:
Cheers, Jay.:rockon2:

[Ken Haines]

My family and I are all in for another great family weekend at the event.
Look forward to seeing everyone and having some more fun.
Hopefully we can even get into Canada this time to extend the family vacation.
Ken :bounce:

[Doby]

Hopefully we can even get into Canada this time to extend the family vacation.
Ken :bounce:

I'll make arrangements with Canada Customs to approve you this year. :spy:

Last year you pissed me off so I made sure you couldn't get in:just-kidding:

[Ken Haines]

I'll make arrangements with Canada Customs to approve you this year. :spy:

Last year you pissed me off so I made sure you couldn't get in:just-kidding:

Thought that might be the reason.......lol
We should be all set and 100% of everything we need to
cross the border is now complete. Although they certainly loved searching
the boat trailer last year 4 times :(
Maybe I should have never dropped your name to them....:bounce:

[T.S.Davis]

Last year you pissed me off so I made sure you couldn't get in

It might have had something to do with Ken trying to cross the border with a 105 pound trophy in the passenger seat. hahaha

[Doby]

When are the sign ups on rc-racing events going to be up?

[madmikepags]

I got a lot of racin planned this year and a lot of car racin too, really wanna fit this one in cause Ava n Nina LOVE kickin ur guys asses!!!!

[Doby]

Well, at least two of the three Pags clan can drive.....

[madmikepags]

OH I am not racing this year just pitting for the girls, maybe u got a chance to win a scale heat or cat heat!!!! Oh but wait Ava's gonna be driving my scale and Nina will be driving my BIG CAT!!! so you wont have a chance so so sorry :-(

[T.S.Davis]

I have to say Mike, I've really enjoyed watching our kids progress.

[madmikepags]

isn't it a blast?????

[T.S.Davis]

Tyler is all in this year. Building him a big boy boat for this summer. We're hitting at least 2 travel races. Then the club. Although the cup is sort of a travel race for us too since we don't go him for 4 or 5 days. The third travel race for us seems to have fallen through. You hitting the nats too? Wonder what Douggie is up to.

[photohoward1]

Mike. S and T Hydro. You are racing.


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[Doby]

Its a good thing Pags is "retiring" from racing at the cup....its good he realized his limitations finally:hide:

[T.S.Davis]

haha I thought we were going to lose him at the nats. Although it was because I thought Regg might finally off him.

[revoltrunner]

I guess I'll have to drive over and meet some of you guys.

[Doby]

Don't just drive over...bring boats and join the craziness!!!

[Doug Smock]

I guess I'll have to drive over and meet some of you guys.

You need to do that. This is a great group of guys that do this for the right reasons. Yes, enter some boats!!

[revoltrunner]

I can only be there on the 24th. we have plans
the rest of that weekend. if I can shuffle some things
around I'll bring some boats.

[Doby]

Hey, one day of stupid fun beats zero days!

[rayzerdesigns]

Well im gonna try and make this happen this year.. Anyone want to pick me up from airport and or share room and transportation??

[madmikepags]

yes ray I will, I'm probably gonna drive out myself, this year, no kids, they will be in camp. and I'll share lodging. Might just camp at the lake tho??? we will talk.

[madmikepags]

Oh and any idea on the schedule and the classes yet?

[Doby]

Thought you were retiring? Just going to be a pit man....floating off into the sunset???

[madmikepags]

Ahhhhh NO!! kids actually going to camp this year and I will be attending alone, unfortunately, actually a little bummed as this is usually mine and my girls time alone in the summer.

[jaike5]

Well That is a bummer, I enjoyed racing with the girls, and Deb was always pulling for them even though she is my pit chick !! I was also looking forward to racing the girls with the big boats this year, double bummer !! Maybe you could cry foul, and I mean cry, and bring the girls to the Can/Am. August 5,6,7, 2016. You Know team USA could really use there support in the Can/Am challenge for the Can/Am Cup. We do so well because dolby isn't on team Canada ! He never shows up and its in his own back yard, always has some sorry excuse.:nopity:

Race on :rockon2:

Cheers, Jay.

[T.S.Davis]

Trouble with the Can am this year is that its on top of the FE Nat's date wise. I know at least Tom, Tyler and myself will be flying out to Seattle for that.

Mike, I'm surprised Ava is letting you out of sight with HER race boats.

[T.S.Davis]

Finally got the flier put together. Classes are on there but not the actual schedule. It will likely be very close to last years schedule.

141045

[jaike5]

Well that's another bummer that you guy's can't make it. Hope the rest of the mmeu guy's can make it to the CanAm. Maybe the next years Nat's will be on the east coast or at least more central so more folks can get to it.

Cheers, Jay.

[T.S.Davis]

Well, I already got that screwed up. A Mr Offshore award with only one offshore class. I'll get it fixed.

[TRUCKPULL]

"P" Offshore
"P" Mono
"P" Sport Hydro

Larry

[photohoward1]

"P" Offshore
"P" Mono
"P" Sport Hydro

Larry

I'm with Larry. Enough with the "P Spec".....How about more Man classes?

[T.S.Davis]

We'll be adding not replacing. Sorry guys. Gotta do other crap that pays the bills before I can get back to it.

I'm 100% sure we wont have numbers for kids mono this year though.

[Ken Haines]

We'll be adding not replacing. Sorry guys. Gotta do other crap that pays the bills before I can get back to it.

I'm 100% sure we wont have numbers for kids mono this year though.

:crying: .... This is Fede & Landon

[rayzerdesigns]

No q mono??

[T.S.Davis]

T mono. Q's run in T.

[T.S.Davis]

Friday
Sv27
P lim offshore
P lim hydro
OPC
1/8 scale
P & Q cat
Kids mono

Saturday
T sprint (cat/mono)
P lim cat
P lim Sport
P offshore
1/8 scale
Q Sport
Kids mono

Sunday
T hydro
P Mono
P Sport
Q Offshore
P lim mono
1/10scale
Kids mono

Q and P Cat will run together and be scored separately. We'll pull them apart to run if we get the numbers.
1/10th Vintage and Modern same thing. Then with T sprint we'll be looking at those numbers too. If it makes sense to break out any one particular power group we will. Q mono for example. We haven't put an actual number of entries on it. It will be a judgement call.

Ken, if those kids want to run it I suppose we still could. It's on the schedule. I just figured Fede will be a seasoned vet by June. I'm just not sure about Landon. I'm not letting Ty run against them though. He nearly beat me on the season in P limited mono. Little turd. Came down to the last heat or two.

I moved some stuff around from last year but still the problem with P and P limited. Everyone wants to use the same boats and swap motors and such. Something's gotta give though so this is what we came up with. Sunday you'll need two mono or have to pick between limited and P. This option felt the least problematic as a P limited mono with just a fatty motor doesn't always pan out anyway.

New flier. Think I got it this time. 141087

[photohoward1]

Is it posted on rcracingevents yet? I would assume if we get enough T Cats ot T Monos. That they would be split? Believe it or not we usually have at least 3 of each.

[jaike5]

Would T- cat be on Sat, and T- Mono on Sunday ? Or is one of the T's offshore ?

Cheers, Jay.

[T.S.Davis]

I screwed it up again Jay. Fixed. Sorry. I was trying to keep the big boats on separate days. The battery dance and all.

Howard, that makes sense to me. I'm thinking your right on the cat/mono numbers. I don't really like seeing 6+ T boats run together either. Nerve racking even if you're not racing. Plus the cavern that Ken leaves behind eats anything trailing it.

It's not on RC events yet. We didn't want to use it but we likely will for sign ups just because it shuffles heats so well. We likely wont use it for scoring. It's written for fuel races and any needs/desires that don't fit into that ancient box are our problem and not RCRE. It's kind of pricey to use just for shuffling heats but the new stuff we're going to can't do it yet.

[T.S.Davis]

We'll have to see who is coming but I'm not sure 1/8 scale will make the cut this year believe it or not.

[Ken Haines]

The schedule looks great....
can't wait to tell Fede about the Kids Mono race :)

Getting excited about the event again this year !

[T.S.Davis]

We need to get him out for some other classes just for the exposure. Let him drive the Ricco ya sissy.

[Doby]

:hide::frusty::frusty:Shhhhhiiiiiiiiiiittttttttzzz zzz....I'm just looking at my schedule...I may have double booked that weekend......

[TRUCKPULL]

Double Booked - -
So what,
Get your priorities straight,
Lets go racing.

Larry

[T.S.Davis]

:hide::frusty::frusty:Shhhhhiiiiiiiiiiittttttttzzz zzz....I'm just looking at my schedule...I may have double booked that weekend......

Tool. You know it's always the same weekend.

[tjcast]

Got it straightened out

[madmikepags]

OK couple of things, Bubblegum racing is always a sponsor, nothing on the flyer??? Scale will make the cut, from what i hear Smock will be coming and I have 2 entries, and maybe 3? Ken Joye? how bout you terry? no? Also if you could split P and Q cat because they are my 2 favorites!!!!!!! and I think we split them anyway after the first heat last year. T-cat and mono split would be great too!!!

[tjcast]

Sign ups are posted on rcracingevents.com. :thumbup:

Due to the way rcracingevents works :frusty: DO NOT send any payments until you get an invoice. You will only pay "entrant fee" once but since we have the event on 3 different signups, if you race on more than one day then rcracingevents wants to charge you "entrant fee" for each day :doh:. You will ONLY be charged once, but I have to do it manually :cursing:!

As always classes that are combined will be split IF we have enough entrants of both types to run them separately. Send an email to MMEUracing@gmail.com letting us know if you have boats to run in both classes. We will keep track and let people know if and when we get enough entrants to split the class.

Last year we split P & Q Cat before the race because we had enough of both to run separate.

[madmikepags]

As I remember we split them because the P-cats were getting in the way of the Q-cats?

[dethow]

:hide::frusty::frusty:Shhhhhiiiiiiiiiiittttttttzzz zzz....I'm just looking at my schedule...I may have double booked that weekend......

Well that's a real shame you're ganna have to cancel something. See you at the races, right?

[tjcast]

As always classes that are combined will be split IF we have enough entrants of both types to run them separately. Send an email to MMEUracing@gmail.com letting us know if you have boats to run in both classes. We will keep track and let people know if and when we get enough entrants to split the class.

as stated in post#53

If you want to enter P &/or Q Cat or T-Sprint (mono &/or cat) sign up for the class as is. When we get enough to split them, I will and if you follow the simple directions above, you will be placed in those classes and notified.

Tom

[madmikepags]

I am signed up, my girls will not be attending this year.

[TRUCKPULL]

How come there are only a few of the MI club guy's signed up??

Larry

[T.S.Davis]

Because we suck. Ty and I just figured out our classes an hour ago.

[ray schrauwen]

I don't think Wendy and I will be attending this event. Both of us have health issues and a plethora of other stressful events to deal with.
I would never be able to keep up.

Totally lost the passion for rc boating since the first meeting of nlmbc in 2015.

[tjcast]

Really sorry to hear that Ray. I hope things get better for you and Wendy soon.

I don't think Wendy and I will be attending this event. Both of us have health issues and a plethora of other stressful events to deal with.
I would never be able to keep up.

Totally lost the passion for rc boating since the first meeting of nlmbc in 2015.

[Doby]

Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it this year as well...SUCKS BIG TIME but I really FUBAR'd my schedule this year by committing to something else before engaging my brain into gear.

I apologize to all the Michigan Bozos for my stupidity...you guys do a lot of work to make us Kanadians feel welcomed.:usa:

I know you all will miss me:laugh:

[T.S.Davis]

Awe that sucks guys. We understand though. Can't be everywhere. I had big plans for Seattle that are not looking good myself. We were going to make a whole family vacation out of it but the wife can't get the time off. We'll likely end up at the CanAm. Shorter gig and drive able. Maybe we'll catch you there John. Or you could zip over for a club race. haha

Ray, get better man. Take the time necessary. For your health, for Wendy's health and to let your nogg'n reboot. Feel no pressure from us idiots.

Oh and I promise you, every club has it's disagreements. Even our gang had some unsavory comments for each other at our first meeting of 2016. None of us were 100% correct. I expect your club to be similar. We do what we can, make mistakes, adjust, get smarter (hopefully). We absolutely all get it flat wrong from time to time.

[jaike5]

Hi Ray,

sorry to hear your health issues are bogging you down. Take good care of that crazy nut Wendy, she is a real gem. Maybe you guys can make the CanAm, just do one class and enjoy the all the good things at a boat race, filter out the crap and have fun, hope this helps on the reboot. If you like we can go out on a Wednesday and do some testing to get your boats lined up, I'll do the all the running !!

Cheers, Jay & Deb

[ray schrauwen]

Hi Ray,

sorry to hear your health issues are bogging you down. Take good care of that crazy nut Wendy, she is a real gem. Maybe you guys can make the CanAm, just do one class and enjoy the all the good things at a boat race, filter out the crap and have fun, hope this helps on the reboot. If you like we can go out on a Wednesday and do some testing to get your boats lined up, I'll do the all the running !!

Cheers, Jay & Deb

I may never run with NLMBC again. Several public apologies could possibly change this however hell isn't about to freeze over anytime soon.

[jaike5]

Ray, this is such a small group, us rc boaters and there is bound to be differences in opinion and feelings will get hurt by thoughtless things being said , take it from me a guy with quite a case of foot in mouth disease ! lets get your boats tuned up if nothing else. Then race on! :rockon2:

Cheers, Jay.

[madmikepags]

Bummer John and Ray I always enjoy hanging with u guys, I will miss both of you.
on another note my girls WILL be coming

[Doby]

Thanks Mikey:

I really look forward to hanging out with you guys as well...:crying:

[Steven Vaccaro]

That sucks, now that John and Ray arnt coming, Ill have to stay home.

[T.S.Davis]

Awe come on Steve! Yer kill'n me. I think I'll start bugging Anthony instead. I think I got a better shot that way. Maybe your wife. That's how I got Smock up here. He had to show up to stop me from texting his wife.

[Doug Smock]

That's true Steven. She felt sorry for him.:laugh:

[madmikepags]

Maybe I'll just take a ride up to Boston just to "persuade" him to come!!!

[Doug Smock]

Maybe I'll just take a ride up to Boston just to "persuade" him to come!!!

Steven, I'm saving this for your family and law enforcement just in case something unexplained happens to you.
Although I haven't witnessed anything personally, I've heard some stories about this individuals "friends".:wink:

[Doby]

That sucks, now that John and Ray arnt coming, Ill have to stay home.

Awww...man, now I feel guilty...

Wait a minute, the feeling just went away!

[T.S.Davis]

....you have feelings? Sissy.

[Doby]

Putz....

[Steven Vaccaro]

Ok, we are taking a inventory this weekend. I think we can have enough boats to play. But probably not competitive.

I will need lots of battery packs. whats everyone using these days? I want to stay clear of the Hyperion im selling due to voltage issues.

[trigger]

I really wish I could make it out there to hang with the cool kids. I had planned on it, but my plans were changed for me.

Steve, the big brands are all good, Giants, Revos, Dinogy etc. My turnigys are OK, but they simply don't last like the others I've found.

[Ken Haines]

Hi Steve,
Glad to hear you and the boys are coming. It will be great for us all to see each other again.
This is an annual can't miss event !!!
As I mentioned to you before this is one of the best if not the best race site in the country.
I am sure you have seen the pictures (most of them not showing Davis in a thong).
It is just a perfect set-up, the sheltered pond, plenty of room and the elks club overlooking the site.
Perfect place to race have fun and socialize. Does dot get dark till near 9:00 either.
Many battery options, I race mostly Thunder Power, but the Giant Power packs are very popular too.
mostly 65-70C 5000mah non HV packs by most of the racers as far as I know.
Getting excited about this years event, bringing the family again too,
See you soon,
Ken

[Steven Vaccaro]

Hi Steve,
Glad to hear you and the boys are coming. It will be great for us all to see each other again.
This is an annual can't miss event !!!
As I mentioned to you before this is one of the best if not the best race site in the country.
I am sure you have seen the pictures (most of them not showing Davis in a thong).
It is just a perfect set-up, the sheltered pond, plenty of room and the elks club overlooking the site.
Perfect place to race have fun and socialize. Does dot get dark till near 9:00 either.
Many battery options, I race mostly Thunder Power, but the Giant Power packs are very popular too.
mostly 65-70C 5000mah non HV packs by most of the racers as far as I know.
Getting excited about this years event, bringing the family again too,
See you soon,
Ken

thanks for the info. who is selling the Giant power packs?

[dethow]

thanks for the info. who is selling the Giant power packs?

MojoRacing, Bob Zola from our club.
Here's a link to his website.
http://giantpowerlipos.myshopify.com/

Glad you are coming, Steve... buy a lot of stuff from you and it'll be nice to meet the man.

[T.S.Davis]

Holy crap. A Vaccaro sighting! That's great news Steven. Can't wait.

I'm a Giant Power guy but there are some great options available right now. Tom has been running the b'geezus out of Roaring Top's. Pretty good so far. He's whip my hinney in multiple classes with those. It could be that he's built a better mouse trap but the batteries haven't let him down thus far. We've recently been experimenting with some Turnigy Graphene packs. It's too early for me to vouch for them but the packaging is outrageous. Each pack comes with a Crown Royal type bag to keep them in. I was impressed with these but they're brand new with almost no runs. Everything is great brand new.

Just give any one of us a call to talk boats. Tell us what you have and we'll tell you how to get passed just showing up and on to competitive. That's true on race day too. The group that races this event is more into everyone competing and enjoying racing than they are into "I must win to be happy". Everybody likes to win but it doesn't define them.

[T.S.Davis]

Ok, we are taking a inventory this weekend. I think we can have enough boats to play. But probably not competitive.


For that matter, just tell us what you want to race that you don't have boats for. Some of us have multiple options for multiple classes. I know for certain those that do would have no problem handing one off to you or your boys.

[Steven Vaccaro]

For that matter, just tell us what you want to race that you don't have boats for. Some of us have multiple options for multiple classes. I know for certain those that do would have no problem handing one off to you or your boys.


Thanks for the offer!!

[Shooter]

Will definitely miss the Canucks!!

Ray - Sorry to hear that you guys aren't feeling well. If you have even an inkling to race, just run one class with us! Would be great to see you! Shoot, I live here.......and sometimes I only race 1 class!!! : )

[Doby]

Life is better with more Canucks!

[TRUCKPULL]

Jay and I will still be there.:hug1:

Larry

[madmikepags]

Hey Steve you haven't been to this race yet, man you are in for a treat, this is the best place, and the best bunch of guys on the planet to race and hang with. I love this race and this venue, I promise once you race here you wont want to go anywhere else to race again.

[madmikepags]

yes even if with the Kanadians

[jaike5]

Yes Larry the good Canadians will be there,:laugh: maybe Daniel will come too ..... if doby will let him, Chris you going to make it ?
Cheers, Jay.

[jaike5]

Yes Larry the good Canadians will be there,:laugh: maybe Daniel will come too ..... if doby will let him, Chris you going to make it ?
Cheers, Jay.

[Doby]

Sorry, no Daniel....

Chris seems to have fallen off the earth after most of his boats were deemed illegal.

[jaike5]

Come on doby let Daniel out to play ....he is actually a really nice guy, and he's Canadian:thumbup1:

[Todd Fleury]

Get your entries in soon guys!

[JohnZ]

Looks like a nice venue. Wish I could go and watch you guys do some serious racing but I'm tapped to attend the TRAMPS Fly-In in Traverse City. As president of my RC club there are certain duties I must attend to.
Wish I could be there though.

[revoltrunner]

I'll stop by and meet some of the guys and watch some heats.
going to Laconia bike week http://laconiamcweek.com/
then over to Boston for a few days to see my brother.
I'll stop and see you guys on the way back home.

[T.S.Davis]

As president of my RC club there are certain duties I must attend to.

haha Yeah, being in charge sucks sometimes doesn't it?

We know racing isn't for everyone......well......in fairness...............we think it actually is but not everyone can be convinced. Even if you're just an avid RC boat fan and back yard basher you should stop by nd check it out. Hang for a bit. Meet some peeps. Have a beverage. We call it "serious" racing but the beauty of this event for me is that those doing that "serious" racing don't really take themselves seriously at all. We're a bunch of children playing with our boats and acting a fool. Some of those boats are total crap. Some are works of art. We love both kinds.

Guys, if you're coming to actually race please get yourselves signed up as soon as possible. We need to know how many humans to anticipate. A number of us are going out to the lodge tonight for the fish fry. We'll be discussing this, that, and the other. Sometime soon we need to start acquiring bits and pieces to finalize. So git er' done please.

[Steven Vaccaro]

sorry to hear that Doug!

Guys Im still pondering the idea. were is the best place to stay?

[T.S.Davis]

The "best" place to stay is on site in a camper or a tent.

I know someone that has hotel'd it will chime in here Steve.

[Doby]

This is where I stayed 3 of the 4 years I've been to Michigan.

https://www.redroof.com/property/Lake-Orion/MI/48360/-/RRI337/

Free breakfast (when I was there) and a decent sports bar/grill right next to it.

Its probably the closest as well. (nothing is really close to the race location)...about a 25 minute drive.

[TRUCKPULL]

As John said this is the best place to stay- about 20 min. away.
https://www.redroof.com/property/Lake-Orion/MI/48360/-/RRI337/
Free breakfast, and the restaurant next door is the best-you also get a discount there when staying at the hotel.

Larry

[madmikepags]

me my girls and my buddy are all signed up!!!!!
cant wait for this gig always my favorite race

[T.S.Davis]

Its always nice to have the Paganelli in town. Well.......the girls at least.

[tjcast]

** CLASS UPDATE**

Looks like we will have enough P & Q Cats to split them up and run them separately :banana:

The T-Sprint class will be split up and T-Mono will run on Day 1 (Friday) and T-Cat will run on Day 2 (Saturday).

[Ken Haines]

Guys Im still pondering the idea. were is the best place to stay?

I have stayed at the Hampton Inn / Auburn Hills North
and also at the Hilton Auburn Hills Suites both were very nice places.
I actually shopped around on AIRBNB this trip and we found a place
5 - 10 minutes away from the pond site in Leonard.

Steve, you really should try to make this one !!!

[klbo]

I build a T mono just wondering what kind of mile-per-hour I need to be competitive is this a saw event ? Seems like quite a difference between a saw pass and reg race ?

[tjcast]

I build a T mono just wondering what kind of mile-per-hour I need to be competitive is this a saw event ? Seems like quite a difference between a saw pass and reg race ?

Not sure as to speed but this is not a saw event. You race 3 heats during the day against any where from 2 to 5 other boats of the same class. A clock start, one mill lap and 6 laps on a 1/6 mile course. Points awarded according to place of finish, highest total at the end of the day wins the class.

[JohnZ]

Yes, well, if I could come up with an excuse to drive on down and somehow get away with it.......
And we all at one time or another commit ourselves to something only to end up being in a bit of a bind.
Me and my big mouth and for letting the guys in the club electing me as president.
You are all gonna pay for this!

[rightturnonly]

Tom,

All signed up...question of the day do we have enough 1/10th scales to split vintage and modern? I have both....

John

[T.S.Davis]

You are all gonna pay for this!

hahaha Tom and I had a conversation exactly like this Wed night. "No good deed goes unpunished."

Not sure on the scale thing. I haven't looked at those sign ups. I know of two vintage. Maybe I missed one though.

[Ken Haines]

167 Boats / 23 Racers and Counting

Hey Racers, the Michigan Cup is rapidly approaching, this is
a great annual event......everyone raves about the race and the venue.
Hard to beat a pond on the site of an Elk's Club. Perfect race to bring
your family, there is plenty to do, relaxing weekend in the country too.
At 167 boats 200 is a real possibility, just get signed up on:
RCRacingEvents.com
Hope to see you there,
Ken :bounce:

[Steven Vaccaro]

ill get signed up this weekend. 3 of us are coming, im working on a 4th guy.

[Doby]

Wait till you see the venue...its a great place to race and hangout.:rockon2::thumbup:

[T.S.Davis]

ill get signed up this weekend. 3 of us are coming, im working on a 4th guy.

If you need any help, guidance, boats, moral support, therapy, etc.......just give me a call.

John is right. We were out there last Friday. The place is still gorgeous. We bought a new weed razor. You could hunt squatch with this thing. I went our Memorial day and gave the lily pads a what fer. Not sure on the results just yet. I'll have to get some fresh pics.

We've got some more locals that I know are coming that aren't signed up yet. We should crest 30. Not too big. Not too small.

Oh BTW we may have a small fee for lunch each day. Mister B's Shelby has agreed to donate the food. We're frequenting this restaurant as he's a club member, the food is good as is the entertainment. We insisted that Kevin let us (racers) at least cover his cost. Not sure what that will be. Likely much less than driving 10 miles to the nearest choke n' puke. We really are out in the sticks. Borders on ridiculously so.

We've got a really good gaggle of race lunatics up here. Those that haven't been to this gig should really consider it. Yeah it's a race and all. Competition and all that blah de' blah. Whattttt everrrrrr. We have great competition sure but think of this one as an event. RC boat junkies getting together to hang out, laugh, point fingers, make fun of each other, oh and do some racing. yeah we do that too. Racing is fun if you do it right. This collection of boaters always does.

Somebody kick Travis's cage. It's time for him to do some roundy rounds.

[Doby]

Somebody kick Travis's cage. It's time for him to do some roundy rounds.

I don't think his boats have rudders.

[TRUCKPULL]

Somebody kick Travis's cage. It's time for him to do some roundy rounds.

Terry
I don't think that will happen this year, seeing that he just went through Open Heart Surgery a few weeks ago.
He even said the other day that a trip to Huntsville for the Saw's would be about 7 hours drive for him, TOO much at this time, So I think MI would defiantly be out this year.

Larry

[tjcast]

Tom,

All signed up...question of the day do we have enough 1/10th scales to split vintage and modern? I have both....

John
John this is how we currently stand

Modern:
1974 U-2 Miss U.S. -Tom Castellani
1990 U-10 Winston Eagle (lobster boat) - Todd Fleury
1976 U-12 Miss Budweiser - Bob Zola
1980 U- 1 Atlas Van Lines - Jeff Burt
1982 U-55 Oh Boy! 0BERTO - Terry Davis
2007 U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto (turbine) - Dan Beardslee
2011 U-11 Peters and May - John A Gross

Not sure if Jeff will get his boat done in time for the cup, but his would be a modern too.
Dan Beardslee is working on a turbine Oh- Boy Oberto, also modern.

Vintage:
1960 U-4 Miss Burien - Marc Cerankowski
1963 U-8 St. Regis - John A Gross
1969 U-25 Pay-n-Pak - John Gross

not sure if any other Vintage boats will make the sign up.

[rightturnonly]

Thanks for the numbers. I've got a new modern in the works just not sure if it will be ready in time. It's nice to see the 1/10th fleet growing.

[T.S.Davis]

Dan might have his turbine oberto done too.

[T.S.Davis]

Terry
I don't think that will happen this year, seeing that he just went through Open Heart Surgery a few weeks ago.


I forgot about that. Okay, nobody kick his cage.

[Ken Haines]

179 Racers / 24 Racers and Counting

Looks like 200 Boats is now likely !!
This is shaping up to be another big Michigan Cup.
Let's keep the sign-ups coming.
This is aguably the best racing site in the country :bounce:


Sign up at:
RcRacing Events.com

[tjcast]

Greetings to ALL.

The race is shaping up nicely. There is a strong possibility that we MAY be doing shifting of a class or 2 to lighten the load on Sunday. As it stands right now there will be 33 heats on Friday, 39 on Saturday and 42 (soon to be 45 :scared:) on Sunday!!

15 P-Monos, 15 P-Sport Hydros and 18 P-limited Monos !!! 27 heats just in those 3 classes. :doh:

IF a class gets moved we will try to not affect anyone's schedule but sometimes it's unavoidable.


Invoices will be going out next week!

There are still classes that are unsponsored so if you are considering sponsoring one now's the time to speak up. Thanks

Tom

[tjcast]

Tom,

All signed up...question of the day do we have enough 1/10th scales to split vintage and modern? I have both....

John

The answer to that is yes. Just be aware that if vintage becomes a 2 boat class, it will be combined with moderns at the discresion of the CD.

[T.S.Davis]

180 entries. Come on Steve! We need to get your entries in too.

[Steven Vaccaro]

Three more racers all signed up.

My wife and daughter are coming. so we will take Saturday off to do something fun for the family.

Anyway to jockey p offshore to Friday or Sunday :-)

[tjcast]

Here is how we currently stand with 10th scale:
Modern:
1974 U-2 Miss U.S. -Tom Castellani
1990 U-10 Winston Eagle (lobster boat) - Todd Fleury
1976 U-12 Miss Budweiser - Bob Zola
1980 U- 1 Atlas Van Lines - Jeff Burt
1982 U-55 Oh Boy! 0BERTO - Terry Davis
2007 U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto (turbine) - Dan Beardslee
2011 U-11 Peters and May - John A Gross

Not sure if Jeff will get his boat done in time for the cup.
Dan Beardslee is working on a turbine Oh- Boy Oberto.

Vintage:
1960 U-4 Miss Burien - Marc Cerankowski
1963 U-8 St. Regis - John A Gross
1969 U-25 Pay-n-Pak - John Gross

[Todd Fleury]

Those that have signed up for 1/8 scale, please remember it is a two day event.

[madmikepags]

steve a lot of guys run their p-monos in p-offshore so switching it to friday is probably not possible.

[photohoward1]

Maybe that was the idea


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[tjcast]

Actually we have 3 offshore classes and we tried to put them on different days

[T.S.Davis]

We even figured some guys would would run their P limited offshore in P offshore. It works. More often than not the offshore class isn't won by the fastest boats. You can go 55 for 7 laps and flip on the chop or go 49 for 9.5 laps and finish. Happens all the time.

[madmikepags]

I am getting stoked for this event, I got all the boats out yesterday and started going thru them. I've got a liitle more work than I thought I had but no building just some fixing, I've only raced 4 times since the last cup race and most of the boats I havent even run since the last cup race so there's some "maintenance" that needs to be done. But I should be ready to rock and roll by the time we get there!!!!!

[Ken Haines]

193 Boats / 28 Racers

Ok everyone, looks like only 7 more boats to go and
that magic number 200 will be a reality.

Terry maybe you can offer some table dances or something
to get the final extra entries signed up.

Oh yes and any word on the record situation ?

[tjcast]

193 Boats / 28 Racers

Ok everyone, looks like only 7 more boats to go and
that magic number 200 will be a reality.

Terry maybe you can offer some table dances or something
to get the final extra entries signed up.

Oh yes and any word on the record situation ?

Nooo :nono: don't mention table dancing around Terry, he might think you are talking about him and take you up on that :scared:!!! Not a pretty sight !!!

[Ken Haines]

Nooo :nono: don't mention table dancing around Terry, he might think you are talking about him and take you up on that :scared:!!! Not a pretty sight !!!






of course I was talking about Terry.....lol

[T.S.Davis]

[B][SIZE=5]Oh yes and any word on the record situation ?

I haven't pursued that. The more I think about it though the less I feel there is an issue. When you go to a race and set a record they don't check the cells of the racers that didn't set the record. The notion is ridiculous. If a guy shows at a time trial with an HV cell is the sanction suddenly null and void? Silly. Now clearly an HV cell can't be allowed to hold a record but it's not right to deny those running legal stuff because someone else isn't.

The guys that I knew were running HV cells aren't coming anyway so I applied for the sanction.

[TRUCKPULL]

of course I was talking about Terry.....lol

I remember something like that about Terry back in I think 2006 or was it Alan??

Larry

[Ken Haines]

193 Racers / 28 Racers and Counting

Only 1 week left to sign up for this year's Michigan Cup.

Please nudge anyone still thinking about this race.....
even if it is to add their final classes.

Hmmmm.......Like Mike Pags, P-Ltd Hydro ??.....come on Mike....lol
Hate to call out my friend, but every addition will get us closer to that 200 boat count.
Plus I would like to torch him in that class :bounce:

[madmikepags]

I would love to run it Ken but with the switch of P-mono to Friday it's not gonna happen. I am signed up for 5 classes and my daughters 3 each, and my buddy is a newbie is signed up for 5 (i don't think hes gonna run scale) but that means I'm responsible for 15-6 boats on FRIDAY alone!!!! I just can't do it and they are almost all P classes!!!!! If they swiche the P-limited hydro to sunday I will DEFINITELY race it but I just cant swing it on Friday.

[Shooter]

You guys are killing me...... I'll be there Thurs night and maybe Friday, but not to race. :)

[Ken Haines]

You guys are killing me...... I'll be there Thurs night and maybe Friday, but not to race. :)

Nothing to race on Friday ? Grab an SV or a Ltd-Mono and race something !
Well I at least expect a sport Hydro Shoot-out with you thru the weekend :bounce:

[T.S.Davis]

I'm handing off the led sled to Tyler for Sunday which is outrageously fast. I'll be racing Toms boat. Then there are 2 other copies of Pete's boat running too. Should be a hoot.

[Doug Smock]

:blink::huh::crying:

[Doby]

This race is going to be boring with the lack of any "Kwality" Kanadian content....No Ray, Daniel or me..

I mean, we are sending Jay over...but really:laugh:

[jaike5]

Hey what about Larry....The only kwality there is Daniel, and you wouldn't let him out to play !! Are you gonna stop cheerp'n and come to the Can Am and race or have you got your chicken bone shak'n like a leaf on a tree:laugh:

Cheers, Jay.

[Doby]

Larry is only a half assed Kanadian...lives in the USA part time.

[madmikepags]

I am so stoked for this all my boats are ready!!! just need to pack *!***!***!***!** up!!

[T.S.Davis]

hahaha John, I read that too fast. In my head I translated that to "Larry is hald a dozen assed Kanadians"

If any are loose and in the area I'm headed out to the lodge for the fish fry at the lodge tonight. Then working in the yard there tomorrow.

[Steven Vaccaro]

I am so stoked for this all my boats are ready!!! just need to pack *!***!***!***!** up!!

Do you have any extra boats for me to race? Im not even close!

[madmikepags]

yes I do steve gimmie a call

[TRUCKPULL]

Only three days left, and no smack talk on here.

All you racers must be getting soft or scared?

Larry

[Todd Fleury]

Larry,
Just want to remind you that here in the states, we race an oval course. Not a rectangular course! Just wanted to remind you, so that you don't run over any p-sports that are passing you on the inside lane.

[T.S.Davis]

That's the spirit.

Todd doesn't worry about that Larry because he's never actually passing anyone.

[Todd Fleury]

Terry,
You are absolutely right. I just wait for you guys to crash, and cruise on by.

[T.S.Davis]

.....guilty.

[Doug Smock]

Good luck fellas!

Totally bummed that I'm not getting ready to hit the highway & defend the Cup with my team mates.:sad:

Be safe & have fun.:buttrock:

[TRUCKPULL]

Larry,
Just want to remind you that here in the states, we race an oval course. Not a rectangular course! Just wanted to remind you, so that you don't run over any p-sports that are passing you on the inside lane.

Todd
I thought it was a Triangle?
They have to catch me first to pass me.
The only ones on my inside are the ones that I am lapping.

Larry

[T.S.Davis]

Bums me out that you won't be here Doug. We had fun with you and Don both last year. Good racing. Lots of laughs.

[Todd Fleury]

Larry,
You can't lap someone on the start.

[TRUCKPULL]

Larry,
You can't lap someone on the start.

Why not?
Larry

[bozo586]

michigan cup some bad news guys -----ken haines had his trailer and all of his boat stuff stolen today-----the thiefs also disabled his truck while the family was sleeping! 10 pm news chan/2 just reported this. all of his boats are gone. we have to help ken any way we can, i have some boats he can run if he wants too! please keep an eye out for ken's stuff lets get the guys that did this.

[dethow]

Posted several stories to Facebook and trying to get the word out. Hopefully something turns up over the next couple days, but if not... Ken should be provided a specific thread to show us all any photos and/or info on his boats so we can all keep a look out across the country.

So bummed out for Ken and his family. We all know how much work goes into these boats and this is just heart breaking for our entire household to hear this story. We Michiganders will do everything we can to spread the word locally and hopefully get some resolve.

[T.S.Davis]

Finding boats to run has been easy. Him having any interest in racing them is tougher. Ken can run my entire fleet if he wants to.

We're going to focus on getting Fede out there for his heats. Both my son and the Paganelli girls volunteered their boats. Tom went home last night to rebuild a Pursuit for him since that's what he's used to.

[jaike5]

Ken may run any of my boats as well, if he wishes. I'll bring my p -mono and p -limited hydro for Fede to run.
Cheers, Jay.

[Shooter]

My stomach is turning just thinking about this. I can't imagine how Ken feels. You have to wonder if somebody knew all that stuff was in the trailer, or if it was just a random act. We FE boaters are a fairly small community and I'm sure we can recognize this stuff if it pops up somewhere.

[Tamelesstgr]

That is just infuriating to me to hear that some (explative) made off with his stuff. Watch ebay and local pawn shops, CraigsList. We need pics of the boats that were stolen.

[HRC]

OMG !!! So sorry to here that. I sure hope the SOB is caught. A good old behind the barn a** kick is in order. I wander if he had any insurance coverage to help recover some of the cost. I shudder to think the amount of money he has tied up in that trailer. With some pictures I will sure keep an eye out.

[revoltrunner]

Here's the news video
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/164626909-story

[ray schrauwen]

That is sickening. Hold on Ken, the troops will be out in full force to help you out.