Photos from RAMS 5th Scale Race Event Northern CA

[FastEddy]

Today I had the pleasure of going to my firs 5th scale event ever. All I can say is these guys have SKILL! Its not like the 10th scale racing I do. The on-road RCs are much different then my Baja 5B as well.

I attended the events as a spectator and to help promote our new FG High performance ABEC-5 Kits Distributed by www.TeamGoNads.com We gave away free sets to the winners of the A-Main Events. Hope you guys enjoy them and put them to good use.

I have a lot more photos but here are just a few.
Enjoy!

 

[FastEddy]

Some more...

 

[TGNman]

WOW, that looks like a nice big track. Wish it was closer to me.

How did Ted do? The rookie.......

Thanks for posting pic's!

Mark Hull

 

[FastEddy]

I think Ted with DarkSoul took 3rd Place.
Hes a relatively new driver. Most of the 5th scale guys at this club are old hands at this and have been doing it for a while.

There were only two drivers in Teds class.

 

[marderbeet]

did you take the pics eddy those were great. were there any onroad trucks???

 

[FastEddy]

No trucks. That would have been cool to see.
I took a bunch of shots. I filled up 2 1 meg chips. I had to set it on continuous fire to get the shots. I only got 1 good shot for every 4-5.

I should have posted a link to the club site. They are in the South Bay
http://www.rams-rc.com/

 

[DarkSoul]

The RAMS club races are in Santa Clara, CA, about 30 min. south of San Francisco. You can check them out as well as their schedule here-

http://www.rams-rc.com/

There is not a race truck class as of yet, no one has one, and we would need at least 4-5 people to show up and race them for the club to add a class. Also the timing gate would have to be raised about 4 inches to clear them.

Myself and a few others have considered getting the trucks, but I think the ealiest it would happen is maybe next season.

The next race is August 19th, and will be a NATC race, so you can expect to see much larger classes. I believe the plan is to have 10 car fields, which for those that have never been to a 1/5 scale race, is insane. Makes for a lot of great action.

 

[Timmahh]

only 2 Drivers in Teds Class and he was 3rd you say! lmao

 

[FastEddy]

I have to give him some grief.
Think it was only his 2-3rd race and honestly, hes doing great. It seems as if most of the drivers there have been racing for a long time. From what I see it would take most people a full season to get up to speed. Last thing you want is a noob on the track with the seasoned drivers. Its a recipe for an expensive day.

I told Ted I was going to call my Bookie and place a bet for him to win, place, or show.

 

[marderbeet]

where was this race in south bay???

 

[DarkSoul]

You can get all the info you need for the 5th scale sedan / F1 races here - http://www.rams-rc.com/


The next sedan / F1 race is the 19th and it is a NATC race, so there will be a lot of people from the west coast. It will be a good race.

The actual track location is in the parking lot of Mission College in Santa Clara, CA.

Hope to see some more faces there

Ted

 

[GeneralG]

Nice photos. 1/5 onroad looks like alot of fun.