Power Jam 2011 – LSN Wrap Up and Results

 Power Jam 2011 at the LargeScaleRC Scrap Yard

Wow, it’s been a couple weeks since my return from Monon Indian where LSN covered the 2011 LargeScaleRC Power Jam and I already want to go back. This location is simply amazing and how can you beat the fact that fireworks are legal everywhere in Indiana all year long! YES! I’m already excited for next year and you can bet LSN will be on location giving you live updates just like we did this year along with the live video feed from RCLargeScale.com.

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Our Live Coverage Post HERE.

Our Photo Album of over 500 images HERE.

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Here are some highlights of my weekend at Power Jam 2011.

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The TRACKS

The Tracks at the Scrap Yard are insane. They are HUGE, clean, well laid out and maintained. They all have nice tall driver stands. They have 3 tracks in all to feed every drivers need for adrenaline filled racing.

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Main Track – This is big and it’s got all the jumps and turns you could ask for.

 

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Oval/Figure 8 – WOW…talk about action packed. The oval is FAST and the Figure 8 is simply a BLAST.

 

Power Jam Scrap Yard Oval Figure 8

 

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Extreme Track – What can I say, this thing is HUGE! You have to use both sides of the drivers stand to complete it.  Best of all, they have a jump that if it is hit wrong, you end up in the “drink”. Now that’s creative and funny!

 

 

 

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The Corner Marshals – The Scrap Yard had hired corner marshals all weekend allowing drivers to spend time resting or working on their cars and truck. That was nice.

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Food and Candy – There was a candy booth and a food truck that had all the goodies you would want and offered by very friendly people.

 

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The Pits – The pits had plenty of room for parking and camping including a covered vendor area.

 

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The People – The LargeScaleRC team and all the racers were great people and everyone was very friendly and helpful.

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Location – You have two major airports you can fly into less than 2 hours away. I used Indianapolis and spend the night there before heading to the track. The second night I stayed less than 10 miles away on Lake Safer and visited the very cool Indian Beach Amusement Park (great for the family members who get fed up with noisy R/C’s).

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Final Thoughts…

I know you hear this a lot, “if you didn’t come this year, you must go next year”. Well I am telling you, if you are close enough for a roadtrip or can afford a plane ticket you REALLY, REALLY need to see and experience the Scrap Yard. It is truly a piece of LargeScale heaven and I don’t see how you could ask for anything more than what this location has to offer.

I would like to give a huge THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to Troy and his team at LargeScaleRC. You can bet that I will be back next year where I hope to enter and get some track time.

 

 

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RESULTS BELOW

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Baja 5T and 5SC Figure 8 A Main-2

 

Baja 5T and 5SC Figure 8 A Main -1

4WD Buggy Figure 8 A Main -2

4WD Buggy Figure 8 A Main -1

2WD Buggy Figure 8 – 2

2WD Buggy Figure 8 -1

EDM Oval -2

EDM Oval A Main -1

Monster Truck Off-Road A Main

Baja 5T and 5SC Off-Road A Main

 

4WD Buggy Off-Road A Main

2WD Buggy Off-Road A Main

RCX Chicago – HPI, TGN & Baja Modifiers – $5 off

RCX Chicago 2011 Large Scale R/C from TGN, HPI and Baja Modifiers Live Coverage

RCX Chicago August 6th 2011

Print Flyer Below for $5 off!

The Large Scale R/C Industry will be properly represented at this new and exciting event for Chicago.  If your interested in showing your companies products or putting your show car or truck on display please contact us at LSN@TGNdistributing.com and we will get back to you with details.

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LargeScaleNews.com will be in Chicago serving up live coverage from the event just like earlier this year in Pomona Ca. Check out that coverage HERE and see our “Wrap-Up” post HERE.

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TGN will be displaying at this years RCX Chicago, we will have our show Trucks on display along with many aftermarket parts including the MMR Pro 50cc and the BZM0Micro Bizeta 28.5cc engine.

We are happy to announce that HPI has confirmed they will be setting up with many of the outside vendors for all kinds of LIVE R/C action. We are also excited to see our friends at Baja Modifiers will be setting up their portable store outside the event as well. These guys will have all the product you need to purchase so bring those wallets packed and come drool over his incredible inventory.

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RCX Chicago 2011 Large Scale R/C from TGN, HPI and Baja Modifiers Live Coverage

Outerwears shares the Power Jam experience

Well Outerwears beat us to the punch by posting up their video from the LargeScaleRC Power Jam 2011 event.

Founded over 28 years ago, Outerwears was created to fulfill a desperate need to keep the Air filter and engine clean during off road racing. They are the leader in the R/C industry for car, engine and shock protection.

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Find Outerwears on facebook HERE and all their company info HERE.

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LSN has posted over 500 image from this event HERE. We hope to have our official review and final wrap up of the event done very soon.

 

 

FORMULA DRIFT CHAMPION VAUGHN GITTIN, JR., JOINS RCX CHICAGO

Exciting News from RCX Chicago. Come and see all the action and check out the TGN booth.

 

Press Release:

 

CHICAGO (July 5, 2011) – Radio Control Expo (RCX), the nation’s ultimate radio control show, is pulling out all the stops as they today announce a special collaboration with Drifting Champion Vaughn Gittin, Jr., for the upcoming Chicago show. An industry veteran with 10 years of tire-smoking, trophy-winning experience, Vaughn Gittin, Jr., is the 2010 Formula Drift World Champion. He will be on-site at RCX Chicago working with a variety of events to interact with the fans.

In addition to signing autographs, Gittin will host and judge the radio control (RC) drift competition while having some fun on the RC drift track with show attendees. His unmistakable Monster Energy Falken Tire Ford Mustang and full 53 foot transport trailer will also be on-site. For a few lucky fans, Gittin will provide the ultimate driving experience with one-on-one drift ride-alongs. This specialty thrill ride will only be available to a handful of randomly selected fans. Visit www.RCX.com for more information.

“We are thrilled to have Vaughn Gittin, Jr., joining us for RCX in Chicago. He is always a huge hit with fans and we’ve got him lined up for a full schedule of events at the show,” said Louis DeFrancesco, RCX CEO. “RCX has always hosted interactive features, but with Gittin getting in on the action, we know fans will want to be right beside him.”

Currently racing the 2011 Monster Energy Falken Tire Ford Mustang, Gittin boasts impressive street and track credibility. He is known best by his aggressive, foot-to-the-floor, big smoke driving style. In 2010, Vaughn earned his first Formula Drift Championship, becoming the second-ever Champion with a strictly-drifting background. Overall, he has earned multiple top finishes throughout his Formula Drift career. Being such a fierce competitor, Gittin is known as the only American to win a D1 Grand Prix event, not once, but twice. In 2005, Gittin stunned the world when he won the D1GP USA vs. Japan. In 2007, he brought America home the gold once more by winning the D1GP World Championship.

For an action-packed day full of excitement and an opportunity to meet Vaughn Gittin, Jr., RCX Chicago will be at the Odeum Expo in Villa Park, Ill., on Saturday, August 6, 2011. Featuring high-flying radio control helicopters and planes, squealing race cars, interactive “try me” stations and an assortment of the radio control industry’s latest and greatest in technology and products, RCX Chicago is an event you don’t want to miss!

With more exciting news on the horizon, RCX Chicago is poised to make an industry-wide announcement about a vast expansion in show sponsorships for the RCX program that will travel the country for 2011-2012 with featured stops planned in Long Beach, California and Orlando, Florida. For more information on Radio Control Expo and upcoming RCX events, visit www.RCX.com.

For more information on Vaughn Gittin, Jr., visit him at www.vaughngittin.com, “Like” him on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/OfficialVaughnGittinJr, follow him on Twitter @VaughnGittinJr or check out video footage of him in action at www.YouTube.com/vgittin.

About Radio Control Expo
The Radio Control Expo (RCX) is the country’s ultimate consumer event for radio control and diecast enthusiasts. Featuring the latest and greatest in radio control technology, the RCX showcases model airplanes, boats, cars, trucks and helicopters. Coming to Chicago’s Odeum Expo Center on August 6, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. General admission tickets can be purchased at the gate for $20 or in advance online for $15. Children under the age of 12 are free of admission with adult ticket purchase. $5 discount coupons will be available at participating locations. For more information or to learn more about other RCX events, visit the RCX official web site at www.RCX.com.

For media information, please contact Lauren Williams, DRIVEN Public Relations, 951-719-1040 or lauren@drivenpublicrelations.com.

RCX fights breast cancer with World Motor Sports

RCX 2011 Chicago Fights Breast Cancer

 

RCX Chicago 2011 & World Motor Sports Breast Cancer Foundation team up together.

Lots of news coming from the RCX camp.  TGN is headed to RCX Chicago 2011 and will be displaying at this show. We look forward to meeting some of you there.

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Read more in the RCLS forums HERE.

Press Release:

RCX is Pleased to Announce:
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Together with the World Motor Sports Breast Cancer Foundation, we will be sponsoring a Fundraising event at RCX Chicago. For every $5 Donation made to the Foundation,  RCX attendees will be entered into a special Giveaway featuring several high-end RC items.  More information will be availably shortly on how to donate and what products will be given away.
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World Motor Sports Breast Cancer Foundation is a charitable organization based in the motor sports industry.  The foundation provides educational and supportive materials to schools and clinics as well as grants to clinics that serve the poor and uninsured who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.  The foundation also has a grant program that provides funds directly to victims and their families.
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For more information please visit www.worldmotorsportsbcf.org

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www.rcx.com

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RCX 2011 Chicago Fundraiser

CraftWerks-RC – TT Wing Nuts for your HPI Baja

CraftWerks-RC TT style Wing Nuts for your HPI Baja

CraftWerks-RC TT style Wing Nuts for the HPI Baja

 

Are these things cool or what? Thanks to CraftWerks-RC for bringing these HOT new items to market. We have seen them on one off custom builds before but now you can own them too. Way to think out of the box.

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Part # 11657

Product link to purchase HERE and for the tool HERE

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Press Release:

 

Los Angeles, Ca. – CraftWerks-rc.com has just released their latest productfor the HPI Baja line of 1/5 scale cars. Their new “TT” Wing Nuts are the first commercially available wheel nut of its kind. Taking inspiration from the Off road desert trucks ( Think Baja 1000 ) of the late 80’s and 90’s that used a single wingnut design for fast and easy tire changes.

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Craftwerks-rc’s new wheel nut design incorporates a large knurled flange for maximum contact and support which will help to keep your wheels locked tight at all times. Craftwerks also has a matching wheel nut wrench adaptor that works with the standard 24mm wrenches available for the HPI Baja.

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The CraftWerks-rc’s “TT’ Wing Nuts offer real “Scale” looks, light weight and are built tough ( machined from T60-61 Aluminum ) so they will last for years to come.
Available 6/30/2011!!!

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CraftWerks-RC was founded in late 2007 and has been bringing unique and one of a kind parts to the large scale scene ever since.

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CraftWerks-RC TT style Wing Nuts for your HPI Baja

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CraftWerks-RC TT style Wing Nuts for your HPI Baja

CraftWerks-RC TT Style Nuts with special tool

CraftWerks-RC – OBR Twin Cylinder Titanium Layshaft

CraftWerks-RC – OBR Twin Cylinder Titanium Layshaft

CraftWerks-RC OBR Twin Titanium Layshaft

CraftWerks-RC brings you power hungry OBR Twin guys a way to increase power to your wheels even more. By decreasing  overall static and rotational mass on your HPI baja by being machined from Titanium. Check out the description below.

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Part # 11655

Product link for purchase HERE.

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CraftWerks-RC’s Titanium Layshafts for the HPI Baja 5B/5T are a direct replacement for the included layshaft with the OBR TWIN cylinder engine kit, but MUCH lighter and stronger. Our Layshafts are machined from Grade 5 Titanium that gives you improvements in static and rotating mass. Exclusive to our shafts is a uniquely designed large button head screw that eliminates the stock E-clips that have a tendency to come off and can damage the drivetrain if it ends up between the spur and pinion gears. Never have another DNF on race day due to losing that pesky hard to install E-clip! The New V2 Layshaft has a redesigned buttonhead screw that is is much stronger than the previous model and The V2’s now have CraftWerks-RC Logo engraved on them to set them apart from the previous version.

 

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TGN offers Outerwears for your DT1 Filter

 

TGN Outerwears Pre-Filter for your DT1 filter for your HPI baja 5b 5t 5sc ss

TGN offers Outerwears Pre-Filters for your DTI Air Filter.

 

Press Release:

Manufacture: Outerwears (exclusively designed and distributed by TGN)

Product Link: 20-2683

 

When DT1 teamed up with TGN to bring an exclusive line of foam filters to the Large Scale industry we knew you were going to want to protect your investment with a pre-filter.

Using Terra-Flow standards Outerwears has designed this new pre-filter to protect your DT1 air filter and the inside of your power plant from dirt, debris, and water while allowing maximum air flow that Outerwears is known for.

Available in:

  • Black
  • Red
  • Blue
  • Lime
  • Yellow
  • Orange

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Don’t have a DT1 filter?  You can purchase one HERE

 

 

TGN Outerwears Pre-Filter for your DT1 filter for your HPI baja 5b 5t 5sc ss

DTI Filter with Outerwears Pre-Filter for your 1/5 scale car or truck

BZM Micro 28.5cc – First production engine is finished

 

BZM 28.5cc Bizeta Engine for your large scale r/cBizeta 28.5cc from BZM Micro for your large scale R/C is almost here!

 

Well the wait is almost over ladies and gentleman. After a lot of testing and R&D the very first production Bizeta BZM Micro 28.5cc engine is now off the production line. Some final testing will be done and as they start to come off the line you can trust TGN’s order will be ready to ship soon.  TGN is the exclusive US and Canadian distributor for these engines.

We are working on all final product descriptions, specs, and other needed details like prices. We expect these to be all wrapped up some time in July so keep your eyes on LSN for more information.

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As we learn more the TGN site will be updated as well, see the product page for this engine HERE.

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Read about all the BZM news from the past on LSN HERE.

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Check out our photo album with larger res images HERE.

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BZM 28.5cc Bizeta Engine for your large scale r/c

BZM 28.5cc Bizeta Engine for your large scale r/c

BZM 28.5cc Bizeta Engine for your large scale r/c

BZM 28.5cc Bizeta Engine for your HPI Baja 5b

BZM 28.5cc Bizeta Engine for your HPI Baja 5t

BZM 28.5cc Bizeta Engine for your HPI Baja 5sc

BZM 28.5cc Bizeta Engine for your HPI Baja 5t

BZM 28.5cc Bizeta Engine for your HPI Baja 5b

 

Power Jam 2011 – LSN and RCLS Live Coverage

Live Coverage of the 2011 Power Jam 2011

provided by LargeScaleNews and RCLargeScale

As mentioned HERE, LSN and RCLargeScale are headed out this weekend to cover the 2011 Power Jam race. RCLS will be providing the live feed and video coverage for you while LSN will be posting images and as always bring back hundreds and maybe thousands of images for your viewing pleasure.

Watch this tread for updates on NEWS, Images and Video. New images and posts will be at the top of the page.

For live video feed of the event please go to RCLargeScale.com/live.

Also check out this thread HERE for up to date info and to chat about our coverage.

** Update **

On my way home. Amazing location, killer tracks, awesome people and we will be back for sure. We will make a final post with all our thoughts soon.

** Update 12pm Sunday **

Ron from RonShop showed up today with his oval car and is getting in some track time before his race.

** Updated 8am Sunday **

Last day of the event and we will be posting images of the mains soon. Below are some images of the end of the day and my trip to Indian Beach Amusement Park that’s about 10 miles from the track and where I stayed for the night. Pretty cool park with rides and restaurants either right on the water or in it. They had a fireworks show at 11:30pm and I had a night cap at the upstairs bar with live music. A 180 degrees different from the cigar lounge I was in only one night earlier. Enjoy the pic’s and remember there is many more HERE and you can see other updates and chat in the forums HERE or watch live video feeds HERE. This Crazy Eight track was so cool. So much going on and dust flying everywhere it was just chaos on dirt. A LOT of fun. As some of you know I live to cover the “pits” and the people in them. So in our album you will see many images of what it was like behind the scenes. The TGN table. Got to meet some great customers, some new some old. And many got to come by and “touch and feel” the new BZM Micro 28.5cc engine. Many people liked that… ** Updated 8pm** About to close up shop here guys. Another big day for tomorrow planned. ** Updated 4:30 ** Lots more images on our album HERE. Dont forget the LIVE video feed http://www.rclargescale.com/live/ ** Updated 2PM ** Lots more on our album HERE! ** UPDATED 11PM **

Official images will be posted HERE but when possible we will be updating the thread with good ones.

. . Hope to see some of you there. Arrived in Indy last night, picked up a killer deal on my rental car, a brand new V8 SS Camaro convertible. Went out for a walk late last night, photos below. On my way now to the event, should be there around 9:30am. . Some sort of renovation going on downtown. This is the “circle” in down town Indianapolis. . Here is a great Cigar Lounge called Nicky Blaine’s in the “circle”. I sat and puffed on a cigar while drinking a Dirty Martini and surfing the forum. . Can you believe rental car companies offer a V8 SS Camaro and not only that they dont have me on their “do not rent” list yet. Yes! Picked it up for $25 over standard rate. They said they bought 20 of them for the Indy 500 and rented them out for over $300 a day and they were booked all week long. Thanks to that race I now get to cruz out to Power Jam in style…and in a HURRY.