Summary of Records at ISC USR 2009

More Info here and here.

Video: ISC USR 2009 Nic Case runs

Nic's 3 successful runs with his original car, the fourth with his velodrome car. The original car was clocked at 154mph (3rd run), the velodrome car 129mph.

ISC USR 2009 speed runs zoom-cam

USR 2009 100 mph Club

These are the guys that went 100+mph at this years ISC USR 2009


Nic Case 154.43 mph (not pictured)
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

Video from the 2009 USR

Back-to-back speed runs, with times, when available. You can see Nic's first run starting around 6:30 in this video.

Back-to-back speed runs, with times, when available. Nic's second run around 6:50 in this video.
Back-to-back speed runs, with times, when available. Nic's third run around 3:40 in this video. In the latter part of the video, the wind was so bad that the announcer couldnt be heard.

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

ISC closed course speed run results

Posted by Nic Case at the ISC forums:

A quick run down – of the ISC Insane Speed Run at Indy
New Closed Course records were set --- results, to be posted soon at http://rc-isc.com/Results.html

Shawn Palmer - Open Wheel on foams, 50.57 mph. With a 4wd off road CAT

Tony Fox -- 2WD stock 80.41mph this is going to be hard to beat.

Shawn Palmer--4WD Stock record to 68.83mph. with a Velo nascar body on his Schumacher Mi-4

Steve Cutshaw -- Electric MOD 76.38mph to claim the new record with his old school car.

And little ol me -- Electric OPEN 84.90mph in an incredible thrash session from my pit crew changing tires

John Foister had a some cars to beat – but it just did'nt pan out for him. I learned a lot from you John --Thanks buddy.
A big thank you to Gerry & Brent for all the timing and computer help.
Thanks to everyone, Mark, John, Bob, Matt , Tony, Steve, Brian, Mike, Shawn, All the help with tools ,parts canopy, everything. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone…..
You guys are great! Can wait to come back next year. – Maybe during a Fun-Run. Stay tuned.
N

ISC speed challenge (closed course) initial report

The 2nd closed course event for the ISC was held this weekend at the Major Taylor Velodrome in INdiana this past weekend. The reports are just being posted:

From Mike Ogle:

Just got back from Indianapolis this evening, here's a recap of what went down.

Shawn Palmer set the mark in Open Wheel with a 4WD Schumacher CAT 4wd buggy on foams, 50.57 mph. Also bumped up his own 4WD Stock record to 68.83.

Local racer Tony Fox reset 2WD stock to 80.41, fast lap being a 9.27 seconds.

Steve Cutshaw dusts off his old oval car setup, 6-NiMH cells, D5 brushed motor, enters it into Electric MOD (!!!) and goes 76.38 to claim the new record.

Nic Case bests his own Electric OPEN 83.76 record from Encino with an 84.90 in an incredible thrash session of blowing up and changing tires and showcasing some exceptional high-speed car handling skills.

The Indy host club was as nice a group of people as you could ever meet, Mr. Gerry Pullum went above and beyond to make sure everyone came away with something... a door prize, a plaque, a trophy, or just a big smile.

Really fun weekend, excellent weather, we had a blast... more details to follow...

Quick report from the 2009 ROSSA speed challenge

Written by Tony Lovering:

Hi Guys

Just back from the event so here is a quick review just to keep people updated. More reports, vids and pics will follow.

The weather on Saturday was perfect with bright sunny weather and we were off to flying start right away. Kevin Simms blasted the UK record set by Vassmar last year at 104mph with a run of 111mph with his Losi XXXs.

I was concentrating on the rocket car and manages a decent run with 1/2 NOS at 58mph. The car went straight so we were all set for a flying run. Next run saw a craking 117mph much to Kevins dismay.

Kevin also was putting in flying times with his B4 buggy of 94-97mph.

Jay was putting in some really ast times with his 2 cell stock car and was pushing the record right up to 87mph.

The final run with the rocket car on the Saturday was clocked at 107mph.

Ken turned up and concentrated in getting his jet car preapared for the sunday.

Sunday came and it was dry but a bit windy. The times were a bit lower but lots of good times were posted in the 80s and 90s. Keving plugged away all day with his B4 and manged to finall break the 100mph barrier. Jony Bast from Sweden plugged away with his 4cell 2wd F1 car and got 94mph. Andy managed a decent 51mph with hos revo. Tom pennington couldnt better the 75mph he got with his xray 2 cell on the first day. Jay and Time were setting decent times and Allan Waterfall and John Veal were having their usuall too and fro on their IC bikes. John managed to come out on top this year with 85mph.

Then there was the final run with the rocket...

The previous runs were pretty good and I knew the car had potential for more speed. As this was the last run I opened the NOS injector up from 1.5mm to 2mm and the exit nozzle from 8.5mm to 9.5mm. I filled the accumulator with over 16oz of NOZ and pressureed it up to 1100 psi and set it up about 200m firther back than the previous run.

Tom hit the ignitor and I waited a good 5 seconds for the heat to build before I pulled the throttle and off she went. The rocket started slow and at about 1/3rd of the way into the run really took off. The car went through the speed trap and started to vear so I tried a correction but it went over and skidded about 100m on its room.

The guys ran over to the speed trap and read the numbers...

163.58mph and a new worlds record beating the existing record set by Nic Case of 161.76mph last year.

I'm waiting for the videos but hope to post something really soon

Thanks to everybody who turned up and made the event what it was. I'm sure all of you pus many more will be back again next year.

Also thanks to Jerremy at the drag strip who supports our events and does a fantastic job of preparing reviews for mags and other promo stuff.

Special thanks to Tom for his help again and also for the techincal input of Carolyn Chambers without hwhos help I could not have built the rocket car

A full report will be out soon

Cheers

Video: Tony's 163.51 mph solid rocket car

More info here.

UK ROSSA speed event September 12-13th

The UK ROSSA speed event is this weekend. Results arent up yet but here is a video of some practice runs. In this video is a Losi Speed NT, touring car and Tony's solid rocket car. Initial reports are coming in that Tony L. got 163.58 mph with his solid rocket car:

Just back from the event!! What a weekend. Yes the rocket car managed 163.58mph on the final run so a new worlds record. I'll post some more on the forums

There will be more videos posted as they come in.

Video: Practice ROSSA event

ROSSA held their practice speed event June 6-7th to test and tune for the big speed event on September 12-13th. Heres what Ziggy had to say:

Well I think we can call that a success!

Allan Waterfall broke the WORLD bike speed record with a recorded speed of 91.52mph with his IC powered bike. The bike didn't survive the slowdown but I don't think Allan was worried.

Kevin Simms got 102.99 mph with his Losi running 4 cells and a mamba max system. He was using rubber tyres on the rear and foams on the front. Well done Kevin! Send me your address and I'll post you your hat

I managed 87mph with the twin dragster before it gave up the ghost.

Then there was the rocket car...

The idea was just to give it a quick burn and see if everything was working. Myself and Tom filled it with N2O and pressured it up to 900psi. Tom lit the ignition and there was a short burst of throttle and the car moved forward quite rapid but the burn stopped. I thought we had put out the rocket so opened the throttle fully to see the liquid N2O coming out the back but nothing happened. Then there was a very large noise and the rocket jumped back into life and took off at the most incredible speed I have ever seen!!!!

I was so stunned. The car then veered to the right and I tried to straighten it out but it got out of control very quickly so I shut off the throttle. The car then skidded into the timing trap. The car covered about 100m in a little over a second and the whole show was over in about 2 1/2 seconds But MY GOD!! WHAT ACCELERATION!!

It was the most awesome thing I have seen and now I am addicted. The car works and has the potential for incredible top speeds so I wont be happy unless I can get this thing to 200+ and I would say that's just the start.

John has a short video and I'll upload it when he has posted it on his site

Cheers

Video: more high speed action from the 2009 Insane Speed Run

Tim Smith




Nic Case









Chris Chappell.


Tim Smith

Video: Highlights from the 2009 Insane Speed Run

Here is a great video of some of the highlights from the 2009 Insane Speed Run.

RC Mits Video: Gary O'Connor's Insane Speed Run at the velodrome

Video: Nic Case's 83.66 mph run around the velodrome

Results and video from the 2009 insane speed run

More pics of the fastest rc cars on a closed course.

These spectacular pictures were taken by RCMits and AceKingMedia. There are plenty more to see here.

More pics from the 2009 Insane Speed Run

Chris Chappell has some great pics of the action from the 2009 Speed Run at his blog.