5th Annual 1/18 Indoor Off Road Nats @ R/C Madness (USA)
 

Team Associated, R/C Driver, Castle Creations with Xtreme R/C Cars
Presents

2008 1/18 Indoor Off Road Nationals

March 28, 29 & 30, 2008

Only At
R/C Madness
The Place to Race!

$35.00 for the first class (includes a race shirt)
$30.00 each additional class

Top ten in ALL “A” Mains receive awards
Top three in all other mains receive awards

Handout motors in specified classes provided by Reedy

Friday open practice from open until close

Saturday 3 rounds of IFMAR qualifying (be there early)

Sunday open practice from 7:00 until 9:30
Small door prizes will be given out from 7:30 – 9:30. Winner must be present
Best paint sponsored by UpGrade RC at 9:30 (body must be used in competition)
Mains start at 10:00
Big door prizes and awards at the conclusion of the mains

Best Paint sponsored by UpGrade RC

TQ Awards sponsored by R/C Driver Magazine
Xtreme Performance Awards sponsored by Xtreme R/C Cars Magazine

Don’t forget the Competition X “Super Main” following the “A” Mains where the best drivers & vehicles will compete together for the Competition X Manufactures Cup!

Class 1:
4wd Stock (Stadium Style)
Sponsored By Reedy
Factory stock 1/18 plastic chassis and top plate only
1/18 Rubber Tires ONLY, No touring car tires, No Hex Adapters
Handout Reedy Motor ONLY
No disassembling or altering the motor
Open Micro Electronics
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
Must use a stadium style truck body, No Truggy Style wings

Class 2:
4wd Open (Stadium Style)
Sponsored By Quark Brushless
Open 1/18 Chassis
Open Brushed or Brushless Motor
Open 1/18 Tires including foams. No Touring Car Tires, No Hex Adapters
Open Electronics
Unlimited Battery Voltage; Li-Po or 2/3A Cells
Must use a stadium style truck body, Truggy wings are allowed






Class 3:
2wd Stock (Stadium Style/Baja)
Sponsored by Team Scream Racing
Factory stock 1/18 plastic chassis only
1/18 Rubber Tires ONLY, No touring car tires, No Hex Adapters
Handout Reedy Motor ONLY
No disassembling or altering the motor
Open Micro Electronics
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
Must use a stadium style truck body or Baja Bug Body, No Truggy Wings

Class 4:
2wd Open (Stadium Style/Baja)
Sponsored By Xcelorin
Open 2wd 1/18 Chassis
Open Brushed or Brushless Motor
Open 1/18 Tires including foams; No Touring Car Tires, No Hex Adapters
Open Electronics
Unlimited Battery Voltage; Li-Po or 2/3A Cells
Must use a stadium style truck body or Baja Bug Body, Truggy wings are allowed

Class 4.5:
2wd Mini Slider Open
Sponsored By Losi
Mini Slider Chassis Only
Open Brushless or Brushed Motor
Factory Stock Tires, Rims & Inserts ONLY
Open Electronics
Battery Voltage not to exceed 8.4 Volts, Li-Po or 2/3A Cells
Must use Mini Slider Body, Front Wing & Roll Cage, Top Wing is optional

Class 5:
Mini Monster Open
Sponsored By Duratrax
Open Chassis
Open Motor(s) not to exceed 2. Brushed or Brushless
No Foam Tire or touring car tires, 1/18th Monster Truck Tires ONLY
Tires must be AT LEAST 2 ½” (63mm) tall when mounted on rims
Open Electronics
Unlimited Battery Voltage; Li-Po or 2/3A Cells
Must use a Mini Monster type truck body, Stadium Truck Body or Baja Body. Truggy wings are allowed

Class 6:
Novice
Sponsored by SMC
12-Years-Old or Younger ONLY (no 'ringers' or former winners)
Must Run Factory Stock Plastic Chassis/Top Plate
NO modifications to the stock chassis
1/18 Rubber Tires ONLY, No Touring Car Tires, No Hex adapters, No Custom Inserts
Factory Stock Speed Control & Servo ONLY
Factory stock motor only (the motor that comes with the vehicle)
No disassembling or altering the motor
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY. (7.2 volts)

Class 7:
1/18 Production Buggy (RC18B, Vendetta & Mega Pro ONLY!)
Sponsored by Duratrax
Must Run Stock Factory Chassis
NO modifications to the factory stock chassis is any way
Factory Tires & Rims ONLY. NO Aftermarket Tires or Rims or Inserts
Must use factory motor. (The motor that came with the car)
No disassembling or altering the motor in any way
Must use factory speed control & servo. (open receiver/transmitter)
The ONLY allowable upgrades are as follows: steering linkage/turnbuckles,
motor heat sink, shock oil, shock springs and aluminum steering knuckles on the Vendetta.
May use different battery connectors.
NO OTHER CHANGES ALLOWED
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
Must use stock buggy body and wing, no aftermarket bodies or wings. Bodies may be custom painted.

Class 8:
1/18 Buggy Open
Sponsored by ApogeePacks.com
Open 1/18 Chassis
Open Brushed or Brushless motor
1/18 Rubber Buggy Tires. No Touring Car Sized Tires or Foam Tires or Hex Adapters
Must run narrow front tires, (similar to the RC18B or Duratrax Vendetta)
Front tires must be less than 1” wide when mounted on rims (No wide front tires/rims)
No truck front tires/rims.
Open Electronics
Open battery voltage; Li-Po or 2/3A Cells
Must run a buggy body with wing

Class 9:
18R On Road Stock Class (RC18R ONLY)
Sponsored by AtomicMods.com
Factory Stock 18 Chassis & top plate
Factory stock dimensions (206mm long, 140.5mm wide, and 154mm wheelbase)
Factory Tires, Rims & Inserts ONLY. NO Aftermarket Tires or Rims
Hand our Reedy motor ONLY
No disassembling or altering the motor in any way
The ONLY allowable upgrades are adjustable turnbuckles/steering linkage, driveshafts & motor heatsinks.
Open micro brushed speed control, servo & receiver
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
Must use stock AE Citroen, Kamino, Mitsubishi, Niteline or other 18R bodies made by AE.
Factory wing only
Bodies may be custom painted

Class 10:
18R On Road Open Class (RC18R ONLY)
Sponsored by Team Scream Racing
Open 18R Chassis
Factory stock dimensions (206mm long, 140.5mm wide, and 154mm wheelbase)
Factory Tires, Rims & Inserts ONLY. NO Aftermarket Tires or Rims
Open Brushless or Brushed motor
Open Electronics
Unlimited battery voltage
Must use stock AE Citroen, Kamino, Mitsubishi, Niteline or other 18R bodies made by AE.
Factory wing only
Bodies may be custom painted

Class 11:
2wd TamTech Off Road Class
Sponsored by Tamiya USA
GB-01 & GB-02 Chassis ONLY (Mini Hornet, Mini Fox, Mini Frog, Buggy Champ, Desert Gator)
Factory stock dimensions (266mm long, 183mm wide)
TamTech GB-01 & GB-02 Rims ONLY
Open Tires
Hand-out Reedy Motor ONLY
No disassembling or altering the motor in any way
Open micro brushed speed control & receiver
5 or 6 Cells 2/3A Type Battery Packs ONLY (7.2 volts max)
TamTech Bodies ONLY
Bodies may be custom painted

Misc……
These rules were made to accommodate the majority of hobby shop grade 1/18 vehicles on the market as of 12-1-07. They include the RC18 series, Mini T, M18T, M18MT Mini LST, Mini Monster Baja, Mini LST 2, Raminator, Baja Bug, Mini Quake, Vendetta, MiniZilla, Mini Giant, Spyder, Blade, Thunder Tiger ZT2, Thunder Tiger ZK2 and Mega Pro. The Vendetta ST, Mini Inferno ST & Trinity Now are allowed in the Mini Monster class only.
• Assume the following: If the rules don’t say you can do it, you can’t.
• NO REVERSE. If you use reverse you will be assessed 5 second stop & go penalty. After 3 stop & go penalties in one race you will be disqualified from that race and your car will be removed from the track.
• No rough or “team” driving. Anyone who is considered to be team driving or rough driving will be disqualified and no refund will be given.
• All races will be 5 minutes long (excluding the Super Main TBD)
• 1500mAh limit on 2/3A cells
• No Sub C sized cells in ANY class
• No 540 Sized motors in any class
• All prototype and one of a kind items must be approved by the race director before being used in competition
• Dimensions for classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
o Length 240mm Maximum (with body)
o Width 183mm Maximum
o Wheelbase 166mm Maximum
• Dimensions for class 5
o Length 260mm Maximum, (with body) 222mm Minimum.
oWidth 225mm Maximum, 188mm Minimum
o Wheelbase 190mm Maximum, 150mm Minimum

List of Sponsors
 

Team Associated
R/C Driver
Castle Creations
Xtreme R/C Cars
Duratrax
Team Scream
Apogee Packs
Quark Brushless
Tamiya USA
Competition X
www.AtomicMods.com
Losi
Xcelorin
Grand Concepts
LRP
Thunder Tiger
18thScaleRacing.com
Reedy
SMC
UpGrade RC
Novak
Max Amps
G&F Racing
www.YourMicro.com
New Wave Cells
BRP Racing
Exotek
Pro-Line Racing
Diggity Designs
Spektrum
Spaz Stix
www.thetoyz.com
Psycho Cells
HobbiCo
Badger Airbrush

Here is a link for a flyer to the race
And, we are happy to say that MRC is the newest sponsor of the event!!!

That looks mega,make sure everyone takes lots of pic`s and hopefully some videos.
Best of luck with it :)

Thanks Twisty!!

This Just in...
BRP is a sponsor of the 1/18 Indoor Off Road Nats!!
Also, The Team Associated Test and Tune session will be back on Friday the 28th between 4:00 and 6:00. Let the guys from AE help you get your car ready fo the BIG race!

Hey Everyone,
I just thought I would let you all know that Sunday January the 27 is the 1/18 Indoor Off Road Race of Champions. This is the warm up race for the Nationals and ALWAYS draws a big Crowd.
This year we are very lucky to have this event sponsored by TEAM SCREAM!!! John and bunch of the TEAM SCREAM guys will be down in preparation for the Nationals on March 28-30…
Hope to see you there…
Dean

I just got some great news!
Billy Fischer from Losi will be be attending the event again this year! Billy came last year too and was a great guy. Well liked by everyone abd ultra helpful!!

Hello Again,
I am happy to say that we have Parma on board!!!

The 1/18 Race Of Champions was Sunday and we had a great turnout.
Zack Barry dominated winning 4wd Open with the M18T Pro, Buggy Open with a M18B and Mini Monster with a M18MT. Congrats to Zack and all who attended!

The March issue of RC Driver has the flyer for the Nats on page 187!! It will be in Xtreme RC Cars soon too!!!

Hello Everyone,
Over the past week I have been emailed several times with the same question. "Can I run my 4wd vehicle in the 2wd class is I remove one of the diffs?". Well, the answer is YES. So long as it is in fact 2wd and one of the diffs is removed you can run it in 2wd. It still MUST conform to all the other requirements of the class.
Thanks

The April issue of Xtreme RC Cars Magazine has the full page flyer/ad for the 2008 1/18 Indoor Off Road Nats!
This flyer/ad ran in RC Driver magazine a little while ago too!!!

Hello Again,
Here is a fresh update of all the sponsors to this point. We have added RC America and HiTec since I last posted this.
Team Associated
R/C Driver
Castle Creations
Xtreme R/C Cars
Duratrax
Team Scream
Apogee Packs
Tamiya USA
Competition X
www.AtomicMods.com
Losi
Xcelorin
Grand Concepts
LRP
Thunder Tiger
18thScaleRacing.com
Reedy
SMC
UpGrade RC
Novak
Max Amps
G&F Racing
www.YourMicro.com
New Wave Cells
BRP Racing
Exotek
Pro-Line Racing
Diggity Designs
Spektrum
Spaz Stix
www.thetoyz.com
Psycho Cells
HobbiCo
Badger Airbrush
MRC
Team Helotes
Team Tekin
Hacker Brushless
Parma
RC America
HiTec RCD

Hello,
Last night we had 78 entries for our Friday night club race!! I could not believe it! It seems that everyone is trying to get their stuff dialed in for the Nats on March 28 - 30!
Sponsorship news...
Driven Productions has signed on!

Hello Again...
Just over 2 weeks to wait!
New sponsors just added are:
MegaTech
Team Orion
XTM Racing (sending a cool NEW truck)
Email me with questions!!!

Hey Madness:

Hope you don't mind me bustin into your post.

Was curious how many you had entered to the event? and is it usual practice in the US to have sooooo many classes for Micro?

Here in the UK pretty much all of those specs are merged into just 2 classes which are basically split into brushed or brushless. I have to say it's my first year racing micro this year and it's worked really well with all types of buggy/truggy/truck competing pretty well together, the series finished with a buggy shelled truggy 1st a buggy 2nd and 3rd and a truck 4th and all the varriants of micro mixed it up really well.

A few things..
First, I want to thank our newest sponsor..
Airtronics
AND..
We have a KILLER in shop special for the Nats
Ther Tamiya Wild Boar is on sale for $79.99. This price INCLUDES the truck and race fee. Buy the truck for $79.99 and your entry into the TamTech class is paid for. Please call the shop and speak to Chris to get this KILLER deal for the Nats!

I am not too sure how many pre-enteries we have but I can say last year we had 230 total. Rob Chambers was there and he can tell you how well it went. We have thought about merging classes but what we have seems to work well...

230! WOW!!

Rob has mentioned he enjoyed it last year, just curious if it was the norm in the USA, just being a bit nosey really:D

We get 50 - 60 for our club races... Last week we had 78 at a club race...

We need to get you over here to race!