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    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

bubbacola Wrote: -- 999.... house transponders years ago as much cheaper. Before personals. our scoring would only have to count 1 to 0 and we would have two rows in our rack. The racers would polic...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-15-2006, 01:16 PM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

Well, listen guys. The only reason I even started this thread was to get opinions on what everyone thought about a RENTAL system as it was put to us on Saturday. I can live with a DEPOSIT system as ...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-15-2006, 07:48 AM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

GWPHOENIX Wrote: -- i think what tex is refuring to is that a loaner has ben known to have glitches in the system,aka- people not returning in time,not registering on the line,or even falling off t...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 03:39 PM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

GWPHOENIX Wrote: -- well all i can say is if the price does go up LH will not recieve anymore of my money!! -- That's understandable, but not what I'm looking to do here. I do not - repeat - DO N...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 03:22 PM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

Tex Wrote: -- If you are racing on a competative level you should have a P/T period. -- Why? Does it make you a better driver? I think the transponders at the track work just fine for me, and I h...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 03:15 PM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

Tex Wrote: -- I just got my P/T about 3 months ago. I think the best system is to give your car keys up in place of a loaner transponder. Then you CAN'T leave with a transponder because you don't hav...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 03:06 PM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

GWPHOENIX Wrote: -- i already have a personal transponder . 2 infact. and to read about a price hike for something some other people do is compleatly BS. everyone pays enugh as it is to race.if you a...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 02:59 PM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

Tex Wrote: -- Was this 'issue" stated directly to the race directors face on Saturday spdrcr999? Or did you just come home from the track and make YOUR issues public? I don't have an issue with a...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 02:57 PM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

Traxxas_Junkee Wrote: -- maybe it would be a good idea to do the deposit system and then after each race/qualifier have the person that used it last go check in with someone and have a clipboard with...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 12:55 PM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

RCDad Wrote: -- I'd hate to see everyones race cost to go up $5 to offset the cost for those who have stolen a transponder. -- My point exactly...why should my race cost go up if I've never stolen ...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 12:10 PM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 Wrote: -- I don't know the answer, Mike. A deposit system would work only if you could assign the transponder to one racer for the whole day. But then you would need MANY more of t...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 11:47 AM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 Wrote: -- Then perhaps the answer is raise fees for racing to $20 for everyone? If you have a transponder of your own, you are just saving time and hassle with swapping out rental u...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 11:35 AM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

satoch Wrote: -- I understand the fee. It helps pay for those who may race once and then forget and walk off with a transponder. It also helps generate sales of personals for those serious about raci...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 11:15 AM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

I have raced at more tracks than I can even remember over the years, and I have never once had to pay any kind of rental fee for a transponder. I may race 2 or three times a month, and only during th...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 11:01 AM
    Thread: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?
Post: Was this brought up on 3/12 also?

I was at the track on Sat 3/11 racing electric truck, and it was announced over the PA that starting next week, due to problems relating to people not returning transponders after their races, that a ...
spdrcr999 Leisure Hours Raceway 73 8,769 03-14-2006, 10:47 AM
    Thread: Colors By Dave, custom paint
Post: Colors By Dave, custom paint

So, I take it the compressor is working well Dave? Looks good! Nice brush too. Let me know how it works for the detail stuff.
spdrcr999 Paint / Body 774 146,502 02-24-2006, 02:04 PM
    Thread: Grandpa Munster--Al Lewis died
Post: Grandpa Munster--Al Lewis died

RIP Al...You were a very funny man who reached millions...
spdrcr999 Off-Topic 5 1,309 02-05-2006, 01:28 PM
    Thread: General 1/10 Stadium Truck and Offroad Buggies Thread
Post: General 1/10 Stadium Truck and Offroad Buggies Thr...

I'm just getting back into the game after a 5-6 year layoff. I originally bought a use B3 and planned on getting back slowly by running stock buggy. Surprise...no class for it. So now I have pulled...
spdrcr999 Racers Forum 20 3,123 02-03-2006, 09:42 AM
    Thread: how old are you and when did you start in this hobby
Post: how old are you and when did you start in this hob...

Well, so far I've got you all beat. I'm 33 now and I have been into this since about 1984 or so. My first car was a grasshopper with the mechanical speed control. Since then, I have had a gold tubb...
spdrcr999 Off-Topic 42 5,989 02-01-2006, 09:05 AM
    Thread: Word Association Game.
Post: Word Association Game.

pretzels
spdrcr999 Off-Topic 5,086 401,990 01-31-2006, 01:02 PM
    Thread: WANTED: T4 Factory Team truck
Post: WANTED: T4 Factory Team truck

I'm looking for a T4 Factory team truck or equivalent within the next couple of weeks. Let me know what you've got and how much. Rolling chassis only and wheels if you've go some. Thanks! Mike
spdrcr999 Buy / Sell / Trade 0 1,083 01-31-2006, 12:20 PM
    Thread: Wanted. Decent used or new airbrush compressor
Post: Wanted. Decent used or new airbrush compressor

I have a couple of airbrush compressors I don't use anymore. Let me check in the shed and see if they're still ok. They worked fine last time I used them, so I'm sure they're still fine. If so, we ...
spdrcr999 Buy / Sell / Trade 14 2,305 01-28-2006, 11:05 AM
    Thread: Stolen laptop,this is hilarious!
Post: Stolen laptop,this is hilarious!

FreeRideJunkie Wrote: -- Ok... and why are people bidding on nothing again?? -- To be a smart a**.
spdrcr999 Off-Topic 7 1,575 01-27-2006, 12:51 PM
    Thread: Buggy classes?
Post: Buggy classes?

Hey guys. Like I said in another post, I'm getting back into the scene again after about a 5-6 year layoff, but I haven't been out to the new track for a race yet. The question I have is this...Is t...
spdrcr999 Racers Forum 1 793 01-23-2006, 01:13 PM
    Thread: Movies with RC's in them!!
Post: Movies with RC's in them!!

The original Star Wars when they were on the Death Star and Chewy was in the binders and Luke & Han were in Stormtrooper suits. They are walking down the hall and a little droid on wheels comes in an...
spdrcr999 Off-Topic 15 2,804 01-18-2006, 01:40 PM
    Thread: It's time to come back, I guess...
Post: It's time to come back, I guess...

thenewguy821 Wrote: -- It was good meeting you tonight SpdRcr. Look forward to seeing you tearing around the track.... -- Thanks Chris...After watching last night for a bit, I've definitely got the...
spdrcr999 Racers Forum 13 2,770 01-13-2006, 07:51 AM
    Thread: Why are you online now when it's 55 degrees outside?
Post: Why are you online now when it's 55 degrees outsid...

Work here...not for much longer though. :joy:
spdrcr999 Off-Topic 24 3,404 01-12-2006, 04:16 PM
    Thread: It's time to come back, I guess...
Post: It's time to come back, I guess...

destroy_my_revo_15 Wrote: -- welcome to the boards speedracer what kind of class do u plan on running? im thinking of selling my 1/8 scale if you are interested lemme kno -- I'm gonna be running 2w...
spdrcr999 Racers Forum 13 2,770 01-12-2006, 07:41 AM
    Thread: It's time to come back, I guess...
Post: It's time to come back, I guess...

db302 Wrote: -- Howdy spdrcr999, welcome ( I'm new here too). Ever race at JORROC before they closed years back? You started racing about the same time I did is why I'm asking. Look foreward to meeti...
spdrcr999 Racers Forum 13 2,770 01-12-2006, 07:37 AM
    Thread: Your 1:1 car
Post: Your 1:1 car

2004 Chevy Impala LS, 1999 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0 AWD, 1988 Chevrolet 3/4 Ton Silverado, and a 1971 Chevrolet Camaro Street/Strip racer...Oh yeah, and a pocket bike too.
spdrcr999 Off-Topic 279 29,940 01-11-2006, 04:24 PM