Raceing Recap

The past week had not only the weekly series racing on Thursday night, but also the Kozo Raceway Park Endurance Race on Saturday. Thursday night had a total of eight racers with the addition of Clem in the DTM race. The SCX Modern NASCAR class raced first, and the SCX DTM class raced second under the newly constructed stadium lights at Kozo Raceway Park.

The NASCAR class saw a first time winner with Joe edging out Scott by less than a lap for a total of 59. Finishing 3rd was Bill W. just ahead of Dean in 4th both finishing 58 laps. Mike T (54), Mark (51), and Bryan (50) finished up the field.

The DTM class was the inaugural night race at KRP and was found to be a little challenging to a few drivers.A three-way tie on laps at the top played out with Scott, Dean, and Bill W. finishing in that order with 58 laps. Congratulations to Bill W. for his second podium finish of the night! Joe and Mark finished 4th and 5th with 52 laps, and Mike T, Bryan, and Clem finished with 51, 49, and 47 laps, respectively.

SCX Modern Nascar Results SCX DTM Results

The KRP Endurance Race saw the track opening at 3:00 for practice, and racers started filtering in. With the final trailer pulling in just after 6:00 racing started around 6:45. With a timing and scoring glitch, there was a break in the action during the overnight heats, but all data was recovered and the race continued.

Finishing Order

Strategy became a big focus for all drivers with both a P2 and GT car to be raced. Both cars had to race three heats in daytime and three heats in nighttime. This was tracked to help everyone. Some interesting stats, three drivers completed their GT heats before moving to their P2 cars for the second half of the race. All drivers completed their first nighttime hear with their GT car. Highest lap count in nighttime for GT was 41, P2 was 45. Highest lap count in daytime for GT was 42, and 46 for P2. First place cover a distance of 7.783 miles. Lowest distance cover was 6.638 miles. Total distance covered by all racers was 65.657 miles.

Endurance Results
Endurance Car Tracker

Racing the week of 1/18/2014

We have a lot of racing taking place this week.
Thursday night at KRP will feature the

inital lighting of the racing surface. The classes featured are SCX DTM (lighted) and Modern SCX NASCAR. Rules are very similar for both classes. Motors must be SCX RX 42-B, and you may use any SCX Pro parts. If SCX Pro parts are not available to you, Slot.it parts of the similar type may be substituted, Ex. 24, 26, and 27 tooth crown gears. The pinion gear is limited to 9 tooth.

On Saturday, the 24th we have a Daytona 24 style race, with both Prototype and Grand Touring cars competing at the same time. More information can be found Here.

Doors open at 3:00 PM, which coincides with the start of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Racing will start around 6:00 PM.

Rules For KRP Endurance Race

KRP Endurance Race

Saturday January 24th, 2014

Kozo Raceway Park

Qualifying : 5:00 PM

Race : 6:00 PM

Car Classes

GT-D

• Any Scalextric GT
• Cars must be as RTR (Plastic wheels & gears, guide, motor, lead wire)
• Any brand braid
• Stock front tires, Any aftermarket rear tires.
• Tires may not be glued or trued. Front tires may not be coated
• Must have working lights for night racing.

P2

• Any Brand Daytona Prototype
• Any Brand LMP2 (Open Cockpit)
• Any motor up to 21,500 RPM (Slot.it Orange endbell, Slot.it Yellow Flat 6, Piranha, etc.)
• Any gearing, wheels, guide, braid, lead wire.
• Any aftermarket tires front or rear.
• Tires may be glued and trued. Front tires may not be coated.
• Must have working lights for night racing.

Race Format

This will be an endurance length race with 5 minute heats. Total track time will tentatively amount to 2 hours. The format will change depending on weather we race as individual drivers or teams.

Each driver/team will race both classes for an equal amount of time, day and night. They may choose when to race each class. If teams are used, each driver must race for an equal amount of time.

Racing Review

Racing this week was on the Oval at Warrior Run Raceway. Drivers braved the snow and ice to compete on the 16'x6' track. The first class was Modern NASCAR, and was contested through heats, a consolation and a feature race. Finishing victorious overall was JJ at 295.20 seconds for 100 laps. Scott was right behind, at 300.60 seconds. An honorable mention for Mark taking the last qualifier spot with a 3rd place in the consolation race.

The Scalextric INDY class ran a 100 lap main event. Bryan, with his ground effects, finished first at 271.405 seconds. The rest of the racers competed without added down force. Scott finished in 290.448, Dean at 301.394 and Mark, with the last podium position, came in at 304.342.

Here are the results from this past week.

Modern NASCAR Heat Results
Scalextric INDY Results


S&S Speedway will host the next Thursday night round on December 18th, 2014. Classing racing will be the 1/24 H&R chassis. Speedway management has also informed me that the facility will be open Monday night for test and tune.

December 4th, 2014

This week we are going to race at Warrior Run Raceway on the 4 lane Carrera track upstairs. Racing will start at approximately 7:30. The track will be open on Monday night for test and tune at 6:30.

We will be racing the Carrera Can-Am cars as well as the Carrera GT cars. Being that we are going to race on a ferrous track, please make sure that your magnets are removed, and well easily be able to tell if they aren't.

All Carrera classes are to be as Ready To Run. That means the stock plastic wheels, motor and gears. Aftermarket tires, braid and lead wire are allowed.

Thanksgiving Invitational

Sam Sr., Tony, Chip and Mike T race in the 3rd heat

Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 marked by my count the 4th annual Thanksgiving Invitational at S&S Speedway. A little history for the race, it started as the Chicken Chucker 250 with JJ winning the event. Slot.it C class cars were used. The second year, Hines Spotted Dick came on board for the Spotted Dick 250, and they remained the title sponsor for 2013 as well. For 2013, the race class changed to the 1/24 scale H&R chassis IMSA GTO cars were used. With the economy not really flourishing in the American Bread Pudding market, Hines Spotted Dick brought another British favorite along to help sponsor the race for 2014. Mr. Brain's 4 Pork Faggots Thanksgiving Invitational presented by Hines Spotted Dick became the official name of the event. Along with the name change the race organizers decided to change the car class as well. This year the Racer Sideways Daytona Prototype cars were chosen to compete.

John, JJ, Bill W, Evan and Sean marshal

The race format was also changed this year to be a team race. Each team had to use both drivers cars 2 times each, for each driver to race a total of 4 times. The race consisted of 8 heats per team, of 5 minutes each. Teams will be chosen by qualifying with the fastest driver with the slowest driver, the second fastest with the second slowest, and so on.

Qualifying began around 7:30 with all 12 drivers completing 5 laps, with the fastest lap counting for scoring purposes. When it was completed, the six teams were set. Scott and Mike T, JJ and Tony, Chip and Sean, Clem and John, Sam Sr. and Mark and Bill Wand Evan were the teams.

The racing began, and team strategy became the discussion as teams were looking for the most opportune situation. At the halfway point, JJ and Tony were in the lead with Scott and Mike T behind. After 20 minutes of racing, the finish order looked like this.

Finishing Order, Bottom left to top right.
Tony & JJ, Mike T & Scott, Sam Sr. & Mark
Clem & John, Chip & Sean, Evan & Bill W

JJ & Tony --------------- 300 Laps
Scott & Mike ---------- 294 Laps
Sam Sr. & Mark ----- 288 Laps
Clem & John ---------- 287 Laps
Chip & Sean ---------- 287 Laps
Bill W & Evan ------- 283 Laps

Clem & John finished ahead of Chip & Sean by position on the track.

Racing this week, Nov 3rd - 9th

KRP will be open Monday night at 6:30 for practice. Racing will be at S&S Speedway Thursday. We are racing Racer Sideways Group 5 and Vanquish Can-Am. See you all at the track!

Race Recap

Finishing Order

1st Evan, 2nd Tony, 3rd Mike M,

4th Bill, 5th Mark, 6th Sean, 7th Mike T

This past week saw some great racing action! Thursday night had old and new with LMP and Vintage GT. Racing was close in both classes with Scott leading Dean by one lap in Vintage GT and Dean edging out Scott and Sam Jr. by one lap in LMP.

Sunday was the first annual Bottom Feeders Invitational. Seven racers were in attendance, and a fairly strong field at that! Evan flexed his driving muscles in qualifying to run a fast lap of 7.993 sec.

The racing turned out to be very competitive, with 2nd and 3rd place finishing on the same lap, as well as 4th and 5th on the same lap.

The only driver to advance ahead of his qualifying position was Tony, Q'ed at 3rd, finished 2nd.

After the BFI we ran an IROC race including everyone that attended the event.

Vintage GT
LMP

Bottom Feeders Invitational Qualifying
Bottom Feeders Invitational Race

Carrera DTM IROC

Update from Oval track, Information for this week

We had a good turnout for the first oval race night at Clem's. We were able to get in two classes, Scalextric INDY and modern NASCAR. The heat racing made things fun, and we even had a surprise winner in each classes. Clem won hist heat in INDY cars, advancing him to the feature along with JJ. Joe won his NASCAR heat, and advanced also. Those that did not advance ran in the consolation race. Scott and Dean transferred from the consolation to the feature for INDY cars while Dean and Bill qualified for the NASCAR feature race. The full score sheets can be found below.

INDY car race
NASCAR race

Thursday, October 30th, we will be racing at Kozo Raceway Park. Classes for this week are LeMans Prototype 18k motor and our Vintage GT class.

LeMans Prototype 18,000 RPM

• Any LeMans Prototype car, 1994 – Present
• Motor limited to 18,000 RPM
• Gearing is open
   

Vintage GT (pre 1966)

• Any GT car raced before 1966
• Motor limited to 14,000 RPM
• Wheels must be similar to RTR
• Tires must be rubber

On Sunday, November 2nd, KRP will host their 1st Annual Bottom Feeders Invitational. Bill W. will act as the organizing committee and will have already extended invitations to all eligible drivers. The BFI will consist of twice through 2 minute rotation. The cars are to be our Slot.it 18k motor class. Everyone is welcome, and if there is enough interest, we will do an IROC race afterwards. The IROC race will include all drivers.

Racing Thurs., Oct. 23rd

Bill W., Tom 2, Mark and John practice on the Oval

This week, for a change, we will race on the Oval at Warrior Run Raceway. This is a joint effort between Kozo Raceway Park and Warrior Run Raceway managing and promoting the event.

The races will take a different format from our usual system, with Heat races, Consolation races and a Feature race.

Racing classes this week will be Modern NASCAR, Revell/Monogram Grand National NASCAR and Scalextric Dallara INDY cars.

As always, rules can be found in the top red banner to the right side, Car Class Rules

The Oval track will be open Monday, October 20th and Thursday, October23rd at 6:30 PM.