WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP R/C PULLING AND RACING FOR 26 YEARS! November December 2013 151st Edition

FROM THE JOE ZONE INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

So lets settle it for this year any- changing the motor from PRESIDENT’S 1 ways… This should be fun and (ROAR 27T) to some- REPORT the winner will get 50 bucks so it thing else one of the op- is worth going for...If we like it tions may be any short can OFFICERS/ 2 look for more challenges be- brushed motor will know BOARD MEMBERS tween classes that pull the same in a day or 2 . Several oth- weight.. (and have similar re- er recommendations from TRESURER’S 2 sults). FACEBOOK: when we the board to be handled REPORT left the WORLDS we were at like any other rule change 395 likes today it is 801 past dou- at the SPRINGS Meeting. SUTPHEN PULL 3-4 ble in 2 months! We will contin- With 5 signatures and a RESULTS ue to use this in new and differ- vote by the membership. ent ways to inform ...OK brag Changes in manufacturing BIG BIRD PULL about what we do.. This has been have caused this with dis- 5 Here we go...year 26 it already RESULTS looks way better than last the most successful form of ad- continues items that are in year...so lets have at it. Increase in vertising we have done since the the rules...makes it hard info bombs going out. (a guide on 1st RCCA ad back in 1989. The to continue. So we are NR/CTPA 6 how to get involved) with a rule- ads after that have seem to lose attempting to rectify that. SPONSORSHIPS book and a newsletter and most of effectiveness.. for whatever rea- If not ...there is no point the companies (guys) who make son...so this has become the way to classes that require dis- BIG BIRD PULL 7 this stuff, if you want to be on the to go...and it does not cost the continued parts. The info bomb get ahold of me I’ll get assn a dime so this is a winner. board can institute chang- you there. The Super Pull is about The Monster Truck class has a es to rectify discontinued SUPER PULL EN- 8-9 2 months away and we are already new rule in it for the Sport truck items that classes require TRY AND INFO coming up with a brand new event class everyone will be required to for the good of the class run that 15 turn Thunderbolt ( and the association) that for the pullers...a “Challenge Pull” BIG BIRD PULL 10 right now it will be all of the 10# motor by the 2014 WORLDS however, that rarely hap- 4wd’s (both scratch and shaft) will which is the cheapest handout pens and we are trying to be gunning for aa 50$ prize from type motor we can come up continue to use the pro- R/C SOUP 10 the joeshow...both classes will with.(20 bucks cost) ..we wanted posal and vote by the BIGBIRD OVER- have 1 run at the distance and let’s a hand out type motor to flatted membership to continue. see who will win….Back in the the field into one motor (nobody Have a Happy New Year day they were both one class how- has a motor advantage) it is felt and like us on face- AFFILIATED 11 ever the scratchbuilt trucks had that this motor because it comes book….https:// CLUBS the shafts by about a foot pretty as a stock motor in kits will be in www.facebook.com/ much all the time however that production the longest. This pages/Nrctpa-National- has changed in the past 6 class was supposed to be a driv- Radio-Control-Truck- years .the series would have been er’s class and not a best machine Pulling- tied with 3 longest distance pulled class. We hope this will do that. Associa- titles would have gone to each Those motors left over…..hang tion/255608927789896 on to those the digger people class (between the 2) . OK they See ya when I do are tied...they pull the same it may want to buy them from you depends on the day, the track , etc we are looking at Joe 2 National Radio Controlled Truck Pulling Association PULLING DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE MONSTER TRUCK Pulling Director BOARD DIRECTORS Bob Perl 248-446-1760 Monster Truck Director President: Joe Kilian, 716-627-4321 [email protected] Brian Davin 585-455-0786 [email protected] Assistant Pulling Director [email protected] Executive Director: Chris Bercaw, Ed Finchum, 937-322-7805 Assistant Monster Truck Director 419-782-8020 [email protected] Mike Eckenrode, 814-674-2637 [email protected] Derrick Pero, 585-395-0013 [email protected] Vice Pres: Jarred Jones, [email protected] Bart Maimone 859-421-9920 [email protected] Brad Pitt 815-588-1075 585-208-7583 Secretary: Tina Kilian [email protected] [email protected] (same as Joe) Mark Damewood 937-828-1149 POSITION #4 vacant Event director: Andy Linkenhoker, [email protected] POSITION #5 vacant 413-668-8844 [email protected] Dave Smith 502-863-0521 POSITION #6 vacant Treasurer: Richard Triftshouer, [email protected] LMK Chris Smith 419-448-8080 937-376-2175 [email protected] [email protected]

TREASURER’S REPORT

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The

Big Three STPA Sutphen Pull Results 3

Garden Tractor 4wd Nitro

Bob Perl 24.94 23.69 5 Chris Smith 27.75 26.93 6 Jake Haulman 29.11 26.73 3 Richard Triftshouser 25.2 28.25 5 Caden Mealy 26.91 27.13 4 Mike Daniels 5.84 15.19 7 Bob Perl 29.85 27.23 2 Mark Hartings 24.99 29.4 2

Mark Damewood 25.89 29.92 1 Jim Kidder 26.58 28.31 4 Mini Rod Ed Finchum 29.77 29.83 1 Jake Haulman 31.74 33.3 31.77 1 Chris Smith 28.92 29.4 2 Mark Hartings 22.17 33.13 28.29 2 Bob Perl 21.35 27.73 4 10# 4wd Electric Mark Damewood 28.42 32.05 16.17 3 Chris Smith 31.29 28.63 1 Jonathan Arnold 26.3 5 Gary Brown 23.9 25.37 3 Light SS Tractor Caden Mealy 16.32 24.86 5 Richard Triftshouser 17.29 27.35 7 Patrick Wing 18.06 25.26 4 Bob Perl 16.12 28.98 4 Mark Damewood 21.11 27.7 2 Chris Smith 30.33 26.52 27.42 1 Mike Daniels 17.1 6.82 6 Ed Finchum 27.23 29.71 3 Mark Damewood 27.83 27.03 6 Heavy SS Tractor Patrick Wing 28.26 21.48 5 Jake Haulman 31.08 26.28 27.17 2 Chris Smith 23.68 27.59 1 Laura Mealy 18.38 25.61 5 Big Rig Jake Haulman 24.97 24.77 7 Bob Perl 23.64 26.69 4 Jason Smith 24.07 21.13 3 Chris Smith 22.64 25.45 6 Patrick Wing 27.81 18.75 1 Bob Perl 24.35 26.72 3 Collin Smith 26.64 20.77 2 Caden Mealy 19.5 23.28 9 Alyssa Daniels 23.88 4 Patrick Wing 21.09 22.04 10 Pro Stock Tractor Mark Damewood 27.14 27.08 2 Darren Mealy 23.73 23.69 8 Darren Mealy 23.71 21.19 6 Bob Perl 23.44 24.02 5 10# 2wd Electric Jake Haulman 24.37 24.94 3 Mark Damewood 27.84 28.29 1 Mark Damewood 25.51 27.37 3 Bob Perl 25.9 27.01 2 Collin Smith 17.03 15.57 7 Caden Mealy 24.1 23.83 4 Bob Perl 25.88 27.25 4 Chris Smith 22.85 22.02 7 Jim Kidder 24.63 20.3 5 Jim Kidder 19.71 9.4 8 Chris Smith 29.98 22.88 2 Jim Kidder 11.63 23.57 6 Insane Mike Daniels 0 11.81 9 Alyssa Daniels 11.19 15.42 8 Ed Finchum 25.46 27.76 1 Jason Smith 28.38 31.73 1 Mark Damewood 25.72 27.41 2 Jake Haulman 19.66 26.19 3 4 STPA Sutphen Pull Results

10# 2WD Nitro 12# 4wd Jake Haulman 28.85 29.02 4 Chris Smith 28.58 29.27 2 Richard Triftshouser 20.48 30.36 26.3 2 Alyssa Daniels 18.22 24.37 8 Mark Hartings 25.8 28.29 6 Collin Smith 27.06 28.06 6

Mark Damewood 29.25 0 3 Jason Smith 24.93 28.27 5 Gary Brown 28.72 24.89 5 Jim Kidder 21.64 28.75 3 Levi Haulman 30.89 29.77 28.32 1 Chris Smith 28.43 30.19 1 Collin Smith 24.82 23.35 7 Caden Mealy 13.8 23.52 10 15# Nitro Jason Smith 25.53 28.46 4 Vic Hartings 23.57 0 4 Kendall Mealy 21.19 24.19 9 Ed Finchum 25.25 28.95 1 Richard Triftshouser 17.42 23.97 3 Unlimited Christi Haulman 24.13 26.51 2 Vic Hartings 16.76 0 4 Ed Finchum 29.67 29.2 2 Jonathan Arnold 26.7 0 3 Christi Haulman 31.46 19.25 1

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8 SUPER PULL INFO

26th ANNUAL WINTER SUPER PULL Presented by: County Line R/C Pullers FEBRUARY 22-23, 2014 Rocky Grove Fire Hall 29 Shuffstall Street, Franklin, PA 16323 Electric Monster Truck/Tuff Truck Classes ELECTRIC, GAS AND NITRO PULLING CLASSES Concours Judging g Freestyle g 50% Cash Payback Door Prizes g Special Awards ENTRY FEES: . Entries received and paid in full on or before 2/8/14: $15.00 .Entries received from 2/9/14 until close of registration on 2/21/14: $20.00 E-mail and phone in entries will be accepted during this time with or without payment. . Entries received on 2/22/14: $25.00 .Novice Entries: $10.00 regardless of date For Event Information visit: www.countylinercpullers.org or contact: Darren Mealy at 814-337-5481 or [email protected] Hotel Accommodations, contact: Host Hotel: Super 8 Motel (814) 432-2101 (You must mention “County Line R/C Pullers” to receive reduced rate at the Super 8 Motel.) For the discounted rate please book your room by 2/7/14 Alternate Hotel: Arlington Hotel (814) 677-1221 2013 NR/CTPA Rulebook Version will apply NO PETS PERMITTED IN FIRE HALL 9 10

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2013 BIG BIRD PULL EVENT RECAP

Last weekend I attended the Big Bird Pull in Central Square, NY. It’s named this due to it’s proximity with Thanksgiving. The event is one of a few yearly events put on by Dave Engle of the Radio Controlled Pullers of Central New York. It’s held at his place, also known as “The Hanger” because it resembles an airplane hanger. To find out more info about their operation, visit their Facebook page.

With 55 entries, they had a decent turnout of vehicles for this year’s Big Bird Pull. We saw some new faces, and some old ones as well. It’s great to see new people making it out here and giving r/c tractor pulling a try. It’s not for everyone, but it sure is an atmosphere like no other. There’s no yelling about who hacked who on the track like you sometimes find in racing. The club is communal and will help each other out if someone is having an issue. It’s very laid back. At each of their events, they break for lunch after round one and you definitely get your monies worth for the event in the food alone. Everyone brings a dish to pass and you get a really dialed meal out of the deal. Pulling costs just $5 per entry.

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We had a great field of 40 trucks for our first points race of the 2014 season. While some guys were trying out some new trucks, and new equipment. Other guys were just trying to get the rust off! As the day went on our racers and their trucks were getting much better. Jon Zyck made the long drive from Michigan. He had a nice points day with his trucks. Brad Pitt made the drive down from Chicago. Brad also had a nice points day with the White Ripper Truck. We ran the "figure 8" course which proved to be a fast and challenging course. We had some great racing action. Sev- eral races that were decided by less than tenth of a second. Brant Dooley, and Jim Gaines had a better start to their 2014 season. Both guys put together some good runs throughout the day. Ja- son Renard, Rich Aper, Jon Zyck, and Josh Rhodes all showed that they were going to be tough to beat all day. Thanks to all of our racers for supporting the series, sorry to see that Phil Grande had some car trouble and was unable to make the race. We are also happy to announce and re- mind people that Brett at CPE is offerng the following awards throughout the season.- CPE "Top Qualifier" Award: $10 CPE gift certificate for TQ at each event. Increases to a $20 gift certificate if you are using a CPE or Ground Pounder chassis.- CPE "Racer's Edge" Award: $20 CPE gift certificate for the event winner if using a CPE or Ground Pounder chassis. CPE "Road to Domi- nation" Award: $50 CPE gift certificate if your CPE or Ground Pounder chassis takes TQ honors and wins each round of racing for the event. As an extra incentive for you to perform your best and climb to the top of the class Crawford Performance Engineering is offering a CPE Barbarian chassis to the Pro Modified season points champion! Bring your A-Game and get ready to race! CPE Top Qualifier winner of $10.00 GC was Gunslinger CPE Racers Edge winner of $20.00 GC was Son Uva DiggerBracket winners were as follows. Jason Renard with Captains Curse, Jason Renard with Son Uva Digger, Rich Aper with Black Stallion, Jason Renard with Son Uva Digger Championship points: 1st Jason Renard...... Son Uva Digger...... 20 29th Jim Gaines...... Spongebob...... 4 2nd Jason Renard...... Captains Curse...... 18 30th Mike Newell...... Team Newell...... 4 3rd Jason Renard...... Grave Digger Legend..16 31st Jeremy Otto...... Bad Habit...... 3 4th Jason Renard...... Gunslinger...... 14 32nd Brad Pitt...... Black Ripper...... 3 5th Rich Aper...... Black Stallion...... 13 33rd Kerry Lee...... Boogy Van...... 3 6th Rich Aper...... Rammunition...... 12 34th Mike Newell...... Red Bounty...... 3 7th Rich Aper...... Crusader...... 10 35th Jermey Otto...... Carolina Crusher...... 3 8th Jon Zyck...... Diablo...... 10 36th Kerry Lee...... Mizzou...... 3 9th Josh Rhodes...... Digger...... 9 37th Kerry Lee...... New Gunslinger...... 3 10th Josh Rhodes...... Excaliber...... 8 38th Dan Parker...... Rottweiler...... 3 11th Jim Gaines...... Goonies...... 8 39th Dave Barton...... Savage...... 3 12th Rich Aper...... Virginia Giant...... 8 40th Jeremy Otto...... S Kicker...... 3 13th Shelley Renard....Captain America...... 7 14th Jon Zyck...... Diablo 250...... 7 15th Brant Dooley...... Northern Nightmare...... 7 16th Dan Parker...... Thor...... 7 17th Josh Rhodes...... Wreckless Intent...... 7 18th Jim Gaines...... ...... 6 19th Shelley Renard.....Dalmation...... 6 20th Shelley Renard........... 6 21st Brant Dooley...... Monster Energy...... 6 22nd Brad Pitt...... White Ripper...... 6 23rd Dave Barton...... Punisher...... 5 24th Shelley Renard.....Scarlet Bandit...... 5 25th Jon Zyck...... Diablo 150...... 4 26th Brad Pitt...... Grave Digger...... 4 27th Jim Gaines...... Money Talks...... 4 28th Dan Parker...... Shocker...... 4 NATIONAL RADIO CONTROL TRUCK PULLING ASSOCIATION

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