With only two weeks remaining before
the Ohio race, preparations are in the final stages and this year’s race appears to
be one of the best ever. Pre-race entries are
already double what they were last year so participation levels are sure to be great. The steak and corn-on-the-cob cookout is ready to
go too, so there’s not much left to say but “see you there”! Tony Husak,
Chris Justus, and Tom Keating have been working hard with their local R/C club to put
together a great event for us. More race
information is at our website www.usrainfo.org and we plan on putting up daily
updates on the site for those of you who can’t make it.
Plans and preparations for the final
race of the year are nearly complete. Archie
and his crew always do a great job putting together a race, and this year is shaping up to
be another fantastic event. The Saturday
night BBQ is on the agenda again as well as the 6.0 ci Warbird class. We will also be handing out the USRA World
Championship Series awards for each class at this event.
The deadline for the discount on entry fees for the Golden State Unlimited
is September 1st, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to save a few
bucks. Race information is up on the website
at www.usrainfo.org
.
I would like to announce the addition
of Airtronics to our growing group of USRA World Championship sponsors. Ron Koberg and the good folks at Airtronics have
been longtime supporters of Giant Scale Racing and the USRA. Many of our competitors have been using the
world-class radio products produced by Airtronics for
quite some time. Our form of racing is very
demanding on radio equipment and Airtronics has certainly met this challenge. The company’s
digital servo has become very popular with our racers, and their new heat sink servo case
will surely be a hit with Giant Scale Racers too. Welcome
and thank you to Airtronics.
We are currently in the process of
putting together the awards package for our Champions in each racing class and it’s
looking very good. The USRA Board of
Directors voted at the annual meeting to allocate a separate sanction fee dedicated to
awards for our Class Champions. This money
along with the contributions of our series sponsors has allowed us to put together a nice
awards package that includes: A USRA World Championship Series Trophy; A USRA World
Championship Series Ring; and a cash prize to each class champion. We still have a few
irons in the fire to possibly sweeten this deal some more, but this is a great start and
hopefully it will encourage you to go for that championship. Thanks go out to all of our series sponsors
Airtronics, APC, AeroSport, and Performance Plus Fuels for their help. Their links are up on our website, so please show
them your appreciation for their support to the USRA and recommend and use their products
whenever possible.
If you have some local sponsors for your racing effort and would like some
help getting them some exposure, then a USRA press release might just be the ticket. The USRA can issue a press release to your local
paper mentioning your sponsor and how well you did at the last race. If you’d like to participate or learn more
about this program then send me an email and we’ll get you started.
That’s about it for this month,
looking forward to seeing everyone in Ohio.
Ken McSpadden