News from the USR 2009

I wasnt able to attend this years USR 2009. Here are some initial reports from the event posted on the ISC website.







From Nic Case:

Hi Everyone



The 2009 Ultimate Speed Run was awesome!



Here is where the photos & more info will be at this link.



11 New records in 12 classes -- But my previous record of 161.76 mph still stands.



40 entries from all over the country!



We had 9 go over 100 mph



Nic Case 154.43 mph

Tim Smith 126.50 mph

Richard Tompkins 121.43 mph

Paul Caruso 119.20 mph

Brian Sigsworth 112.14 mph

Brian Pohlman 103.23 mph

Tim Smith 101.61 mph

Jason Anderson 101.46 mph

Marc Davidson 101.24 mph



Congrats to all the Class Winners ---- More to come..............

Records were made to be broken

N

*Electric Standard*



Open Electric:

Nic Case - 161.76 mph



Electric Modified:

Tim Smith -126.5 mph



Electric Stock

Tim Smith -101.61 mph



Electric Stock 4WD:

Shawn Palmer - 71.36 mph



*Internal Combustion Standard*



IC Open:

Mark Davidson 97.75 mph



IC Big Block:

Jason Anderson 101.46 mph



IC Small Block 2WD:

Gary O’Connor 85.12 mph



IC Small Block 4WD:

Bernard Heredia 89.95 mph



*Specialty Classes*



Large Scale:

Bernard Heredia 97.96 mph



Mini:

TJ Kendall 87.98 mph



Open Wheel:

Beau Ramelot 81.75 mph



Motorcycle:

Lito Reyes 92.32 mph



One of Nic Case's runs:

Nic Case's 2009 USR car

From the ISC:

I've only stated working this Oct 3rd. (Just short of one year from Oct 4th 2008 -Rockingham)

Just got it together last night. I'll be trying a 6s stradegy. I've only got 2 test runs in, the fastest at 155. That was done with lowest gearing that I have --- with those Great RW gears (so quiet)! Even the motor is a little smaller - it's a NEU 1512 1.5D 3300kv - this baby's got some kick!Castle has a new speedo - HV-140 that should be good. BSR made the tires - Love-em. CD Adapco helped with some aero stuff. Same, Stout Schumacher Mi-3. The Power Edge Batteries are Very Strong. I also switched fro the 3PJ to the New Futaba 4PK -- the adjustments are awesome! And it still has 1400" of range! The servo is a digital Futaba - wow is it strong. I have a 12s set-up ready to go (if needed) ;-)

cheers
N

Video: Schumacher MI 3.5 hits 157 mph

Video: Hermes hits 145 mph

Video: 77 mph Rc Speed Record Test at Holland International Speedway

The guys at Glenwood Rc are trying to grab the land speed record on a FULL SIZE Nascar track. Located in Holland, New York Dr. Drew leads the guys to the world of underground speed clocking the Mamba Max powered TC3 - 5000mAh 4S Lipo reaching speeds of over 70mph.

Video: How Fast?

Here is a video from "Hermes" from the ISC forums. His car is a Schumacher Mi3.5 on 10s li-po Castle Creations 2200kv motor with a Castle Creations HV-110 speed control. This is what he said about the run:

Well I went out to do a few runs today after some minor adjustments to the wing and a few other things the first run was pretty good and the radar read 27 mph,second run was better 131mph but my son took a picture instead of a video,third run was by far the fastest to date and the radar read 44mph I think the gun forgot to carry the one!Here's the video you be the judge.

How fast do you think it went?

Top Speed Power calculator added to RC Monster

Brian G over at the R/C Monster forums has added my top speed power calculator to the list of helpful tools. Thanks Brian.