RC4WD Presents Super Scale Race Series #8 and season final bbq party

This is the final of 8 events in the Super Scale Race Series sponsored by RC4wd and co-sponsored by AsiaTees, brought to you by One10RC4x4 and hosted by Krazy Joe of Rude Boyz RC Club. This event is a solo driver event. We will do truck check in's at 10 am and racing hopefully by 11. This race will be graciously hosted by Russell Darling at his home one last time! Please be respectful of parking and noise levels.


We will be running the race as per normal after your tech in. Then we will tally up the results, figure out the seasons points and crown our winners. We will be having a bbq and enjoying the day afterwards. Bring anyone and everyone. Guests will not be running against those of you who are in this series. They can just enjoy the course. There will not be prizes for the Solo event but rather prizes for the entire season instead will be given out. Race fee is $10 ($5 for teens and under)for this final event which will go towards the prizes and the bbq costs. Those who have prepaid need not pay anything. No Wraiths or similarly built vehicles. This is a well made scale course and we do not want to see it damaged.


Joe and I (Scotty) look forward to seeing you all soon so we can get our scale on.


From Russ:
For those that are coming to the June 12 event at my place (Russell Darling). Address is, 56 Erin croft place se. Parking sucks in front. But the alley has plenty. And just a reminder. Water proofing is definitely recommended although we will try to keep competition lines to no more than axle depth. And feel free to hang out after so bring a couple of trucks if you wish.

RC4WD presents Super Scale Race Series update!!

Hello Drivers...


Today I went through the scores and figured out your worst Team event placing and tossed those scores out. For some of you, it was easy to calculate your worst Solo event (you had a DNF or didn't attend) so I was able to mark those as well. I have thrown out your worst Team event score and it did bring a few of you down. Take a look at the current standings so you know where you are in the rankings.


With one event left, you have to wonder what will those in the lead do. Will they skip the event and stay right where they are? Will they not be too concerned and settle for less than first? Will they try their best and increase their lead? Who knows what is in the minds of your competitors but this is where we will find out.


On race day I will need approximately 30 minutes to tally up the score cards, input the numbers then calculate the worst solo result and toss it out and we will have our season final winner. This should be interesting.

Before tossing out worst Team result:

After tossing out worst Team result:

RC4WD presents Super Scale Race Series #7 - Team driving

This Sunday at the Blackfoot RC Park in Calgary is the 7th event in the Super Scale Race Series sponsored by RC4WD. Hosted by Rude Boyz RC club via Krazy Joe. Come get your scale on!

-Blackfoot gate fee $4 - come to front gate first and if locked like last event, then come to the back gate.

-Race fee is $10 on this event due to the last event where we charged $15 each instead of $11 as we advertised. My apologies for that.

-If you are dropping in and you just wish to run the course with us, by all means you can, you will not be part of the actual comp but you can still run and have fun on the course once the others have gone through. Please do not slow down the event or get in the way. Remove your truck and step aside to let the competitors play through. You are not allowed to assist or interfere with the actual competitors during your time on the track. Please respect this. Thank you

-Do not assist other drivers who are not on your team please. It's very nice of you but you want to win, not them and other drivers may not appreciate their competitor getting this assistance and possibly causing them to lose.

-In the past team events, we took the best score card of the team to find out the placing. On this event there is a twist.... the score cards of both drivers gets added together for a total.

-If we run into an odd number where we cannot make all teams total as 2, one team will run as a three driver team. The top scoring driver and the worst scoring driver will be tallied together with the middle card tossed out.

-In the event of someones partner breaking down and unable to finish, the driver who remains will stop their run and go back to the start and be partnered up with a team waiting to run still. See the above rule regarding how a team of 3 is scored.

RC4WD presents Super Scale Race Series #6

Coming to you from the Blackfoot RC park in Calgary Alberta, hosted by Krazy Joe of Rude Boyz RC Club.

10am

Get your scale on!

RC4WD presents Super Scale Race Series #5 - Solo driving

This will be the 5th of 8 events for the RC4WD Super Scale Race Series hosted by Rude Boyz RC club and brought to you by One10RC 4x4.

This event will be a solo event with G6 style tow outs as per usual. Arrive at 10am and begin the event by 10:30 after your trucks have been checked in. Beaver flats is a very cool location with some water so be prepared. We will do our best to provide shallow crossings or dry alternatives but its always best to water proof if you can.

The exact location details will be posted very shortly as we are just narrowing down the meeting place and parking options. Check in often.

Rules for how to run your truck and how to pass the tech check in can be found in the rules section in the top right corner of this site. $15 for those who are racing in a drop in status and $5 for youth drivers. All proceeds go towards prizes. 

RC4WD Super Scale Race Series #4 Results: June 26th Team driver event

This event took place at Harvie Passage on the East side of the river and featured 66 gates to navigate worth 330 points. There was a do or don't type bonus worth 30 points where you had to go back through the last 3 gates you did but in reverse. Some did and some didn't take the challenge. There were photo op bonus points available as usual. This time we had some RC4WD/AsiaTees scale trail markers with various points for each one given. Drivers were to take a picture of their rig next to these markers and submit to FB. Lastly there was a Sasquatch trail marker which indicated somewhere nearbye was the ever elusive Bigfoot. Taking a photo of it with your truck was worth 10 points. A total of 55 photo bonus points was available.

We had mild rain and a mix of sunshine and clouds but the temperature was muggy and warm. All in all the course was a great challenge. Thanks To Tyler for setting it up and assisting with the take down later on. Same for those drivers who also chipped in and assisted.

And now on with the points...

We tallied each team sheets and took the best score had by either driver on that team.

The scribble sheet:

Divers sheets:

First place Damian and Kiara. Damian scored a 350 out of possible 360

In 2nd we had a tie. Jared and Joe vs Brendon and Luke. To break the tie (for prize give aways) we played a hand of poker. Jared and Joe won. Both teams get the points for placing 2nd however. 

In 3rd was Brian and Chris. Chris ran a perfect course but didn't take the 30 point challenge. 

In 4th were the two Bob's

5th went to Scott and Grant. Grant lost his servo 3/4 of the way into the race and had a DNF even after attempting some trail repairs. Scott finished the remainder of the course solo with a judge looking on. 

6th place went to Russ and Madeson

RC4WD Presents... Super Scale Race Series #4... Team driving

Location: Harvie Passage East side
Do not park in front of the gate or the sandbox. Parking will be tight so please park creatively so we can get as many in as possible.

Staging and tech check in will be done in the parking lot. Once ready to go we will hike for about 5 minutes to the start line

Remember, this is a team event so you will be partnered up randomly and need to work together for rollovers or tow outs. There is no G6 style tow outs or roll overs.

RC4WD Presents... Super Scale Race Series event #3... Solo Driver

This is the 3rd of 8 events in the Super Scale Race Series sponsored by RC4wd and co-sponsored by AsiaTees, brought to you by One10RC4x4 and hosted by Krazy Joe of Rude Boyz RC Club. This event is a solo driver event. We will do truck check in's at 10 am and racing hopefully by 11. This race will be graciously hosted by Russell Darling at his home. Please be respectful of parking and noise levels.

Joe and I (Scotty) look forward to seeing you all soon so we can get our scale on.

From Russ:
For those that are coming to the June 12 event at my place (Russell Darling). Address is, 56 Erin croft place se. Parking sucks in front. But the alley has plenty. And just a reminder. Water proofing is definitely recommended although we will try to keep competition lines to no more than axle depth. And feel free to hang out after so bring a couple of trucks if you wish.

RC4WD presents: Super Scale Race Series event #2... Team drivers.

Chris Rappel of RCCWR competed in this past weekends Super Scale Race Series event #2... Team drivers. He managed to get a bunch of excellent footage of the event and put together this great video.


Be sure to visit his channel and subscribe for many more excellent scale rc videos.

RC4WD Presents: Super Scale Race Series 2016 Round two- Team event!

Date and time: May 29th at 10am.
Location: Fish Creek park 
Details: Same rules apply only this time you will be paired up and need to work together to get through the course. No HOG, no ReconG6 style tow assisting... just your truck helping your partners truck. Most cleared gates wins the most points.

Good luck drivers!

Photo Credit: Scott Hunka

RC4WD presents: Super Scale Race Series 2016 #1 is complete

Well, I never thought it would come to pass but with help from Krazy Joe of Rude Boyz RC Club in Calgary, Alberta Canada... we got number 1 of 8 complete of our Super Scale race series. It went surprisingly well. The day went quick starting by 10:30 am after getting all the trucks registered and inspected and we finished by just after 12 noon. Very fast. That was a good thing considering today was Mothers day and its best we send these drivers off to give their momma's the proper lovin' they deserve on this special day of theirs.

We had 14 drivers today with one driving 3 hrs to get here. Awesome. This goal Joe and I have of moving the super scale trucks popularity forward in Canada is under way. The European and Asian markets have been doing it for ages and its about time I figure we got out of that North American monster truck mentality and get into the more realistic stuff. I couldn't be happier at the turnout. True, I hoped for a few more participants but I suspect that as the series moves forward we will see that growth. Baby steps. I have to remind myself of this. Considering this was day 1 of this first of its kind RC series concept... I'm pleased as punch as to how it went down!

Our drivers today were:
Krazy Joe
Scott Ewing
Damian Gore
Brendon Schmidt
Kiara Foisy
Chris Pike
Madeson Schmidt
Chris Rappel
Will Rappel
Bob Nowak
Grant Mahalek
Jared Jodrey
Luke Magdy

It was great to have you all out and we look forward to the remaining 7 races with you as well.

The results of the event will be posted through the links on the top right of this site so check in often.

For now, enjoy the video I slapped together featuring some of the highlights from the day:

Super Scale Race #1 needing donations

*UPDATE: CONTRIBUTIONS EXPECTED FROM EVERYONE WHO ATTENDS:

PLEASE BRING DONATIONS OF ANY KIND FOR THE FORT MAC CITIZENS WHO ARE IN DIRE NEED OF SUPPLIES. MANY HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES AND NEED FOOD, WATER, CLOTHING AND OF COURSE CASH. WE HAVE FRIENDS MAKING TRIPS UP THERE ALMOST EVERYDAY. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. SUGGESTIONS... FULL SET OF CLOTHES (A SHIRT, PAIR OF PANTS, COAT, SOCKS) FROM YOU, YOUR WIFE, YOUR SISTER, YOUR KIDS, NON-PERISHABLE FOODS, CASH. THROW IT ALL IN A SMALL BOX OR BAG AND WE WILL DO THE REST.

2016 Super Scale Race Series update

*UPDATE: Due to a slew of disagreements with our current rules... mostly in part due to the SCX10 or Ascender platform... there are some change we need to make. 

Originally my goal was to find a way to allow all scale trucks to have fun in this series but as suspected... that competitive drive of people kicked into gear and complaints came about. The SCX10 and the Ascender out of the box come fairly scale its true but, they really are extremely capable out of the box and this allows these trucks to really kick butt in scale competitions. Our goal however is to bring the "scale" hobby to that next level which means trucks that are like the Defender D90 as an example are what we are after. So... to clarify... this isn't really a "super scale" series but more of an "Ultra scale" or "Uber scale" series as its being referred to by folks these days regarding these types of trucks. For the sake of this competition we will still allow the SCX10 and Ascender trucks but every effort needs to be made on your part to have them resemble a true street legal truck. Here is an example of one to give you an idea what you can accomplish:

For the above truck to be "Uber" or "Ultra" scale... it would need the front 3 windows to be clear and have a full interior and driver inside. That is what we are ideally seeking but realize that this competition being the first of its kind in Calgary we will be making some allowances. What we want you to aspire towards are hard bodied (preferably) trucks with hyper realism. See these examples below:

With all that said... to allow the SCX10 and Ascender type trucks to compete and still have things fair across the board for the other trucks that cannot perform as well, we will be making changes to the rules. If you feel these changes do not fit well with you and you wish to withdraw your entry, please let me know asap and I will refund you fully. 

If you have the following, we will be applying a penalty for each so that hopefully by the end of the series the numbers will be more fairly balanced. Consider this like a handicap in golf. The better the player, the bigger the handicap you play with in order to level out the game when you compete against less capable players. Your SCX10 Or Ascender type truck is more capable so requires a handicap(s):

-Lexan body - Because you are now at least approximately 4x lighter up top compared to the Ultra Scale trucks there needs to be a penalty here for sure. This will encourage you to move towards a hard body kit hopefully. We weighed several different hard body trucks and several different lexan bodies and found that the heaviest hard body was 125.3 grams with the heaviest lexan body weighing in at 40 grams. A significant difference of approximately 70 - 80 grams. With each lead square on a strip weighing 7 grams, this means 10 squares will be added to your truck. At the tech check before race time, we will apply 5 weights on each side of your truck (inside). 

-Body lift of more than a third your wheels height - It's actually illegal to have a massive lift kit in Alberta but its not overly enforced. Having a massive lift on your truck often means a ton of flex on your suspension system and ideally your truck should fall into the Scale Class 2 SORCCA rules. This is a particularly tough category to govern fairly so its going to be to the judges decision on the tech day. The way the province tries to govern this is with the bumpers height. A bumper cannot be more than 22" above the ground in Alberta. With many bumpers being part of the molded body, we cannot really use that rule. We also realize that link suspension systems exist on the street so we cannot say "no link" and saying that your shocks are too long is also not representative of what goes on in the real world on trucks so to find a way to bring those ride heights down to a "normal" scale type height so that the truck performs much like a real one and similar to the Uber scale RC trucks... we are going to use this lift category to try and reign you in. If your body wheel well is more than a third the wheels height above the tire... its too much. We will let you run of course but you get a 2 gate penalty per race until fixed. -10 points. Take a look at a street legal lifted 4x4 in the image below. This is about a 6" lift kit if I had to guess? The space between the top of the tire and the wheel well is not very much... maybe 8 to 10 inches? What most RC guys need to do is change how their brains are wired and stop thinking "monster truck" and start thinking "actual truck". 

On the topic of suspension... people often think that leaf is the only real scale suspension system out there. This is not true. There are link systems and coil spring as well out there on trucks. For example... the Jeep TJ has this set up in the rear right out of the factory:

As you can see... coil springs and short links. No leafs. 

-Axle mounted servo - All trucks have steering systems that are not visible to the eye nor mounted on the axles. For the sake of realism, we wish all trucks to have chassis mounted servos. If you do not have a chassis mounted servo, we won't let you run. This one we are taking a strong stance on. 

-Tire types and sizes-
Our wheel size rule remains constant... 1.9, 1.7 or 1.5 only but the tires must be of a factory street type tread design for the most part. There are so many types of tire on the market now that the list would be huge if we tried to list them all. Spare tires need to be at least close in size and style that it would be used should your truck get a flat in the 1:1 world. If your tires are deemed by the judges to not be fit for this competition you will be allowed to run on them 1x only and with a 2 gate penalty (-10 points). This will be marked on your drivers sheet and you will not get a second allowance. You will get a DNS if you show up with those tires again and not allowed to run until replaced. We apologize for being so strict on this one but its well known that tires and tread can actually be the edge needed to win a competition in the rc world. Some tires that fit into this ruling can be massive. The 1.9 Pitbull Growlers come to mind which are gigantic. If your tires fit properly inside your trucks wheel wells with a minimum of rub then you are good to go. You wouldn't drive your truck with tires that didn't fit your wells... they would blow from rubbing in no time and cost you thousands of dollars. Keep it real gang. 

Acceptable Tire Examples

• Axial Maxxis Trepador Tires

• Axial Ripsaw 

• Pit Bull Tires Rock Beast

• Pro-Line Interco TSL Super Swamper

• RC4WD 1.9" Super Swamper TSL/Bogger

These are just a few of the many types out there on the market. If in doubt, ask or bring another brand in case yours do not qualify. *This is highly recommended (or check ahead of the race by sending in some pictures of what you want to run)

Tire Ban List:

• Panther Leopards

• RC4WD Mud Bashers (tractor tires)

• Mud Slingers

• Losi Claws (all sizes, and types)

• Hot Bodies Rovers (all sizes)

• Hot Bodies Sedonas

• HPI Rock Grabbers

• Panther Cougars

• Pro-Line Chisels (all sizes)

• RC4WD Rocklin

• RC4WD X-Locks (all sizes)

• RC4WD Crazy Crawlers

• Imex Skulls and Bones

• Losi Bashers

In closing... as mentioned once already, if you don't like these rules and the direction we are headed, we first and foremost apologize. Second however... sorry, not sorry.

 You see... we are working hard to move the rc competitions in a certain direction and ideally targeting the hard body market of Uber/Ultra scale realism here in Canada. The Europeans and Asian markets have been at this for years. It's time we got in gear and joined the trend. If you want to run your scale SCX10 or Ascender trucks in competitions, by all means do so. there are plenty of comps out there to do that in. This one however isn't a good fit unless you make some serious changes to your rigs to qualify. The next season for this series will not allow them at all unless they are able to pass 100% and there will be absolutely no Lexan bodies allowed unless weighted and measuring up. Hard bodies only take preference. 

Feel free to comment on this post or email me directly at 1tenrc@gmail.com to discuss further. 

Scott

RC4WD Presents: Super Scale Race Series 2016

Only 3 more weeks...

RC4WD presents:

Super Scale Race Series 2016

Begins May 8th

8 events all summer long. 4 where you drive on your own and 4 where you drive with a randomly selected partner. Points are tallied at each event and at the end of the series we will have our top 3 drivers for the series.

REGISTER NOW!
Details in the top right corner of this site -> 

Presented by One10RC 4x4

Hosted by Rude Boyz RC Club and Krazy Joe

Co-sponsored by AsiaTees

Come get your scale on!

Photo Credit: Chris Rappel of RC CWR

Setting up your Super Scale truck for the series

For those who are ripe beginners in this kind of thing and want to do their best to pass the judges table with flying colors and compete... here are some basics:

-Trucks must have a front window

-Wipers, a sticker or painted on is fine

-Hard body or weighted lexan

-Lights front and back (do not need to work)

-Front and rear bumpers

-Chassis mounted servo

-Scale tires (no crawler tires or heavily cut/modified) that do not stick out more than 25% of the tires width. 

-1.5/1.7/1.9 wheels only

-Driver or blacked out windows



If in doubt, send a picture of what you are not sure about to us at 1tenrc@gmail.com and we will be happy to work with you to resolve the issue.

For more detailed information on the spec requirements for your truck, please read the rules located in the top right of this website.

Cheers
Scotty

May 8th 2016.... get your scale on!

We have updated the costs for entry to accommodate those who wish to just play as they can make it. You will still gather points and be in the running for top driver. Cost is either $80 for entire series or you can pay $15 per event at the gate.

Cheers.

Scotty

RC4WD Presents... Super Scale Race Series 2016 - Calgary Alberta

Coming in May 2016

RC4WD PRESENTS

Krazy Joe of Rude Boyz RC club in Calgary and in association with One10RC 4x4...

We bring to you the first ever

Super Scale Race Series

8 races

Points tallied each race

4 events are driven solo

4 events you drive with a partner

All trucks are to be "Street Legal" in class type. 

Rules and details can be viewed to the right of this Blog. 

Sponsors: