R/C Drag Racing Question (1 Viewer)

[stitcherbob]

Anyone here build or know someone who built a scale dragstrip for 1/8 scale R/C drag racing? Traxxas cars or nitro powered homebuilts? What materials would be best?
I have enough length in my backyard (330 ft) for an 1/8 scale 1/4 mile with shutoff room, but if it was wide enough it could support quarter scale cars in a 1/8 mile arrangement. Hope to create one someday since a full scale personal dragstrip would require hitting the Powerball.......

plus it would be less grass to mow.....

 

[Just Paul]

I owned a 1/10 scale r/c drag strip here in MN from 2006-2011. The track was 132 feet long (scale 1/10) complete timing system with 60 and 660 (6 and 66) foot timers.

We used PVC pipe for walls becasue they were easy to set up and they also would move if you hit the wall. The track was coated with a sugar water blend base to make it sticky, and then treated with VHT for about 30 feet off the starting line.

 

[Just Paul]

 

[Just Paul]

Here are a few cars

 

[Just Paul]

 

[stitcherbob]

Very cool!
I had started a 1/4 scale Top Fueler chassis TIG welded from brake line tubing years ago, but when I started my own upholstery business I lost access to the TIG machine. The frame got tossed when it rusted in a shed. Still have a couple of chainsaw engines modified for the car, plus I have a .21 nitro motor for a 1/8 car and an unbuilt 1/10 electric Swamp Rat kit from years ago.

 

[stitcherbob]

 

[none]

Nice, Bob! Only thing missing was... a driver!

 

[FABMAN]

Anyone know what the cost of dragster is, looks expensive.

 

[Jimbo]

Very Cool and looks like fun.

I would also be interested to know the costs and where to purchase the parts and bodies.

Jim Hill
http://www.nostalgicracingdecals.com

 

[Just Paul]

Very cool!
I had started a 1/4 scale Top Fueler chassis TIG welded from brake line tubing years ago

I have had a few 1/4 scale cars over the years.

This is a Gary Ormsby car that I had completly restored the chassis. Sandblasted, poweder coated, and built back up. The body was next, but someone wanted it worse than I did, and I could not pass on

the offer.

 

[Just Paul]

Here is another one.







Teach them how to fold chutes when they are young!!! LOL

 

[FABMAN]

Paul, was these pictures taken in your Man Cave or living room.

 

[Just Paul]

Here is my 1/4 scale funny car they let me drive on the dragstrip at BIR.

 

[Just Paul]

Paul, was these pictures taken in your Man Cave or living room.

Those were taken in my downstairs living room.

 

[stitcherbob]

I see a capable driver right there in those pictures of the 1/4 Top Fueler! Might need a little Crisco to squeeze in there though.....

 

[stitcherbob]

 

[Nunz]

My God those are rocket ships!!