rev up April-May 2005 The Official Bi-monthly Newsletter of Roar ROAR Announces Rule Revisions his issue of RevUp contains Off-Road Gas Trule revisions that should have made it 2006 Truck Nationals into the 2005 Rule Book distributed earlier this year. For your convenience they’ve been he Gas Truck Nationals is an added national event to the already printed in a way that you can cut the page impressive list of competition displaying the Monster Trucks and 1:10 Gas Trucks in their from this issue, fold and keep with your Town national event! Bids for this event due on or before July 31, 2005 to David Lee, ROAR Competition Director [email protected] ROAR 2005 Rule Book. Flip to pages 13 and Provisional event was held at the 2005 ROAR Off Road Fuel Nationals in Harlingen, Texas. April 14 for the Rule Book revisions. 28-May 1. For results, go to www.gearsrc.org or contact [email protected]. Basic specifications being worked on by the class committee can be found at www.22benjamin22.com Everybody loves Monster Trucks! New Product Approvals Recently Approved Bodies REMINDER: ALL BIDS FOR NATIONAL EVENTS FOR 2006 ARE DUE BY JULY 31, 2005 The following bodies are approved TO DAVID LEE, ROAR COMPETITION DIRECTOR [email protected]. for competition: ● 1/10 SUPERTRUCK McALLISTER CHEV SILVERADO 215 03.26.08 ● 1/10 NEXTEL CUP McALLISTER ’05 DODGE CHARGER 216 2005 National Championship Schedule 03.26.08 Carpet Oval Nationals Stock Off-Road Nationals Halo Hobbies—Northwood, Ohio Scottsdale R/C Speedway—Scottsdale Arizona Recently Approved Motors: 419.693.0248, [email protected] 480.945.2186, [email protected] The following Brushless Modified Teardown April 21-24 2005 www.scottsdalerc.com October 20-23, 2005 is approved: Fuel Off-Road Nationals GEARS—Harlingen, Texas Paved Oval Nationals ● Modified Novak Novak Brushless, 1050 Teardown, 956.423.7725, [email protected] Blountville Model Speedway bare Al can ends, purple band 3.28.2005 April 28 - May 1, 2005 —Blountville, Tennessee 423.323.1513, [email protected] Modified Off-Road Nationals Recently Approved Battery: www.racebms.com R/C Madness—Enfield, Connecticut At this time the following battery is 860.741.6501, [email protected] September 29 - October 2, 2005 approved effective January 1, 2005: www.rcmadness.com Fuel ‘Sedan’ On-Road Nationals July 21-24, 2005 RCRC of North Texas—Dallas, Texas ● GP Epic Monster Metal Shrink Description: Black 817.477.4777, [email protected] center band with edges of black and white Fuel ‘Open’ On-Road Nationals www.RCRCNT.com Full Throttle Speedway—Kissimmee, Florida diagonal stripes. 407.791.2321, [email protected] July 14-17, 2005 www.fullthrottlespeedway.com Fifth Scale Nationals November 3-6, 2005 T.B.D. Paved On-Road Electric Nationals Speedline Hobbies—Holiday, Florida 727.536.7223 October 6-9, 2005 Interested in becoming a ROAR MEMEBER InsiDe this issue: or AFFILIATED CLUB? Region 1 .............................................. pg 4 Regions 9 & 10 ....................................pg 11 Region 2 ............................................. pg 5 Regions 11 & 12 .................................. pg 12 Get involved! 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Approximately three-quarters of those words Championship events from the perspective of the PO Box 840, Boalsburg PA 16827 USA One Cannon Drive, Nashua NH 03062 USA 6302 Benjamin Rd. #404, Tampa FL 33634 USA One of the benefits of ROAR membership is the are legal rumble jumble that means we need ROAR Executive Committee. I have spent a lot of [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; insurance coverage that you have when you a lawyer to interpret what is going to be done. time with that for the last two and a half months, www.ashfordhobby.com www.nemscalecars.com www.racing-cars.com run in, or practice for, a ROAR sanctioned race. Since I wrote this on the computer using MSWord, mostly learning what has been done previous to Sanctioned races can only be organized by ROAR the grammar portion of the software interacted my assuming this position. Two of the scheduled BK Racing Nimble Motorsports, LLC Speedline / Racer’s Choice affiliated clubs and tracks. Check the listing on indicating that paragraph also needs a language national championship events will have been 10315 Joaquin, Dallas TX 75228 USA 372 Florin Rd. #302, Sacramento CA 95831 USA 9212 Gallant Fox, Austin TX 78737 USA your Region page for the track where you race. professor to build some understanding into it’s conducted as you read this. The first will be for [email protected]; [email protected] [email protected]; www.speedline-rc.com If you do not see it, remind them to sign up or prose. Now please don’t take my analogy of that carpet onroad classes and the second will be for www.BKRacingFuel.com www.nimblemotorsports.com renew their affiliation for 2005. Your insurance paragraph seriously and let me go further to iden- carpet oval classes. Stormer Hobbies coverage depends on it. tify what I am going to do for you. In other words There was a problem related to the onroad Byron Originals, Inc. Novak Electronics, Inc. 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Gausti Road, Ontario CA 91761 USA as we plan. So that you aren’t surprised by an with those standards last year by reorganizing be a handout 19 turn motor at this event and a 2801-P Eubank NE, Albuquerque NM 87112 USA 1100 Marlborough Ave., Riverside CA 92507 USA [email protected] expired membership, remember that the Rev-Up the ROAR rulebook, and that is the document you method of inspecting those used at the event [email protected]; [email protected]; www.teamlosi.com mailing label contains both your ROAR number have received with your 2005 membership. I must were developed. Please look at the ROAR website www.hobbies-n-stuff.com www.panthertire.com and your membership expiration date. You can admit that I am still struggling with the new book, to see the standards and deviations written for Tekin, Inc. always renew early by using the application form but that only relates to finding specific things in this one time application. I want to extend a big Lunsford Industries, Inc. PO Box 2189, McCall ID 83638 USA on our website: www.roarracing.com, click on their new location. I think the structure of the new thank you to the ROAR Technical Administrator, 2500 Three Lakes Rd. #A, Albany OR 97321 USA Parma International, Inc. sup[[email protected]; www.teamtekin.com “Join”. Renewing directly will also assure that book is excellent and all of us will benefit from it Bob Ingersoll, as we contributed equally to estab- [email protected]; 13927 Progress Pkwy, N. Royalton OH 44133 USA your renewal will be processed promptly and you for a long time. lish a method to handle this situation. This is www.lunsfordracing.com [email protected]; Think Omnnimedia LLC will have a membership card for future races. n I know that many of you have taken a direct an example of the members of the Executive www.parmapse.com 2000 S. Grove Ave #A-111, Ontario CA 91761 USA and personal interest in this book, and I can Committee working together to make competi- Molzer Mowery Racing [email protected]; www.rc411.com appreciate that. Please understand that it is a liv- tion better for the members. We are continuing 6528 Winsdale St., Golden Valley MN 55427 USA Pro-Line ing book of standards that will require updating this teamwork by soliciting the motor manufac- officers rEPOrTS [email protected] PO Box 456, Beaumont CA 92223 USA W.S. Deans Co. Competition Director on a regular basis. I ask you, the membership, to turers to submit some 19 turn motors for applica- www.molzermoweryracing.com [email protected] 10875 Portal Drive, Los Alamitos CA 90720 USA David Lee forward comments directly to me so that ROAR tion in onroad and offroad competition. www.prolineracing.com [email protected]; www.wsdeans.com can continue to keep these standards up to date Additionally, the Executive Committee has been Motor Saver Filters I have been on the job as Competition Director with the forms of competition that the member- reviewing the addition of brushless standards PO Box 9078, Moreno Valley CA 92552 USA Robinson Racing Products Yokomo USA, Inc.