ISC PRESS RELEASE:
Street Meet
2011
What a great
day!!!! The
weather was
beautiful,
the 'track'
was clean
and dry but
since my
last visit
there are a
few tar
dollops that
I'll remove
before the
next one.
Probably had
30 people
out there as
entrants and
spectators.
A special
spectator
was Jeannie
Pflum, one
of the
fastest
women on
earth...she
has gone
over 300 mph
in Seth
Hammond's
streamliner
and has
ridden a
production
1000 cc
motorcycle
to 196 mph!
Nuff said!
Back to our
racing....
We started
running at
10 AM and
ran pretty
steady all
day with
nearly 100
runs. The
clocks
worked great
all day and
we had a
fair share
of those who
literally
flew through
the traps.
The 100 mph
Street Meet
barrier
still stands
though....two
racers got
close but
weren't able
to break
through...
Here are the
results....
Ryan
Schellerup....3s
HPI Blitz,
made 11 runs
with a best
speed of
56.63 with a
56.30 back
up
Paul
Harding...4s
4wd Slash,
made 12
runs, best
speed of
59.41 and
three others
in the same
range,
59.34, 59.24
and 59.11
Alec
Beaubois...3s
Slash, 13
runs, his
last being
the fastest
at 54.28
with a 54.20
back up
Jake
Rosen...2s,
TC5, 9+
runs...a
couple he
flew through
the
traps....literally...and
one ended up
in the
shrubs...very
high
entertainment
value!
His top
speed was
95.36 with a
95.29 back
up! On each
of his runs
the second
set of
timers had a
higher
speed....sometimes
more than 1
mph. He
needed a
longer run
up.
.......2s
Slash, top
speed of
54.27 with a
back up of
53.25 from
an earlier
run.
Richard
Lewis....dead
stock Slash,
seriously
undergeared,
8 runs all
between
19.62 and
21.94mph
Kevin Osman....2wd
Stock,
NASCAR body,
pan car,
1s(!!!)
started out
wanting 75
mph, revised
it to 70,
started out
at 56 mph
and on his
last run hit
EXACTLY
70.00 mph
with a 69.82
back up.
....same car
with 2s,
started with
an 86 mph
run, third
of four runs
was 91.40
with a 90.43
back up run.
He was SURE
he was going
to hit
100....oooooopsie!
Greg Hurtado
(uncle
frankenstiens
hobbys,
Oakland)
showed up as
I was
picking up
the fencing
with an open
car, 8s I
believe,
4wd...he's
been over
100 with
this car and
made a few
runs with a
best of
81.51 but
fried a
motor and
two ESC's in
the
process(one
actually in
flames!)...probably
wishes I had
already
picked up
the speed
trap!!!
 The ISC’s first closed course speed run event promised speed and action and on both accounts did not disappoint. The event which was a recreation of the early 90’s Insane Speed Run events that ran in conjunction with the famed Thunderdrome the brain child of legendary race promoter Dan Moynihan was in some ways a rebirth of the coined phrase “The Greatest Spectacle in All RC” With the Thunderdrome aura gone it was replaced with The Southwest Tours “All Star Shoot-Out” where the top sponsored oval drivers in the world would compete in a NASCAR style race pitting 20+ cars against each other in a winner take all 66 lap race were skill, patients and some luck would decided the winner. The event opened Friday with an open practice session for all the Insane Speed run participants that saw racers from all across the U.S. and even as far away as Japan coming to this holy ground of RC speed to test the limitation of not only their equipment but their own focus and concentration. One of the classes that looked to be the most competitive was the 2wd stock class where contestants were limited 7.4v max and a single 540 motor. Most everyone used a simple 2 cell lipo pack for power but as far as motors it looked like every manufacture was represented. Early notables were Katsuki Nagata from Japan setting the pace in 2wd stock with a lap of 70 mph not to be out done with Richard Tompkins pounding out a 72 mph lap in the same 2wd stock class. Thou these mph marks seemed low in comparison to the straight- line records one must understand they were averages of an entire lap, case in point Tim Smith had a recorded 2wd stock lap of 61 mph but on radar gun during the same lap his car reached an astounding 84 mph down the front straight. Going fast straight was not the hard part, making it around the course is what proved to be the real puzzle to unlock. Saturday came under clear blue skies and a 75 degree sun to warm the hearts and souls of the racers. The day was broken into two parts all the competitors would get one last Test N Tune session in the early afternoon. And then once the sun started to set it was time for the records to fall. First up was the Test N Tune or that one last chance to sort out and dial in your car before your 8 laps of fame (or pain in some cases) A few began showing their cards early as Gary O’Conner in his 4wd small block IC entry laid down a 56.37 mph lap, TJ Kendall in his mini entry brought the crowd to its feet with a 49.45 mph lap that you could call a 49 mph wheelie as I don’t think it front wheels touched the ground other then in the corners. Nic Case legendary high speed master teased everyone with a 73 mph lap out of his open entry, but the crowd knew there would be more to come from this man. With the sun setting it was time for the real show and as the track lights began to glow turning this huge concrete beast of a track into a stage to allow these cars to flash and flicker at blurring speeds the race was on. During the runs all you could hear aside from announcer Danny Quinn was the crowd cheering and gasping as the drivers and their cars pushed themselves and their equipment to the very limits. Once the dust cleared and all the broken parts had been removed from this “Insane” display or speed and technology the ISC had a host of new records to proudly display. New ISC Closed Course Speed Records: Electric: Mini: T.J. Kendall 51.24 mph Motorcycle: Dwayne Lawler 34.41 mph 4wd stock: Shawn Palmer 60.68 mph 2wd stock: Richard Tompkins 68.16 mph Modified: Tim Smith 56.42 mph Open: Nic Case 83.76 mph I.C. I.C. Small Block 4wd: Gary O’Conner 56.76 I.C. Big Block 4wd: Shawn Palmer 41.29 mph Large Scale: Frank Killam 61.60 mph As the event came to a close and all the new record holders enjoyed the spoils of their labors, including framed certificates already showing their new records, countless photos with the trophy girl and being swallowed up in hand shakes and pats on the back it was clear the Insane Speed Run had returned thanks to the ISC and was a tremendous success. I am not sure if it was the RC cars under the lights of this famed high banked RC track, the high speeds or the incredible crashes but I saw more smiles on faces then I have ever seen at any RC event. It didn’t matter if it was you car setting a record or looking over the bits and pieces left after an abrupt meeting with the outside retaining wall (I got to experience both) or simply just watching the action unfold it was clear this was a great time and quite possibly “The Greatest Spectacled In All RC~!”
World Record Speeds at the International RC
Speed Challenge
Rockingham NC: October 4, 2008
The inaugural US event of the International RC
Speed Challenge presented by Castle was held at
the Rockingham Dragway, Rockingham, NC.
Competitors from all over the United States and
from as far away as the UK came to try to push
the envelope of speed in a variety of classes,
using both Nitro and electric powered scale RC
vehicles. This event was the second of the series
conducted in association with the UK-based ROSSA
organization, the first meet being held in Stratford,
England on Sept, 23, 2008.
The highlight of the event was provided by
Southern California’s Nic Case, the current
Guinness World Record holder for top speed of a
radio-controlled vehicle (134 mph). Nic only made
two passes, but both shattered the existing speed
record. Nic’s orange
FlightPower/Castle/Neu/Schumacher 12-cell
streamliner recorded a tremendous 153 mph run,
then came back later and laid down an incredible
161.76 mph pass to seal his place in the history
books.
Other notable performances were turned in by Tim
Smith’s Novak/MaxAmps powered 84.54 mph
record setting effort in Scale Electric, a production-
oriented two-cell lipo electric class and by Gary
O’Connor’s nitro-powered four-engine streamliner
at 93.66 mph to take the win in Open IC.
The ISC would like to acknowledge and thank its
sponsors and supporters: Castle Creations,
Medusa Research, Flight Power, BigSquid RC,
Stormer Hobbies, Grand Motorsports, Racer’s
Haven, Schumacher, Novak, Speed Passion, A-
Main, ProtoForm, Team Associated, Xtreme RC
Cars, RC Driver, HobbyTalk, and special thanks to
Billy Weeks, Race Director and Steve Earwood of
Rockingham Dragway for the use of the world-
class facility.
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