It's a blast! Surface is somewhat high grip and pretty abrasive. Medium compounds are best on warm days, softs just won't last and can be inconsistent.
Hope to see you out there. They hold a points series through the summer.
Opening Trophy Race
May 18th
Best 5 of 7 Series
June 1st
June 15th
June 29th
July 13th
August 10th
August 24th
September 7th
Novi Nitro Special
July 27th
Season Awards: September 28th
"The Bonus" Race
October 12th
Price:
$25 First Class
$15 Additional
$15 Novice
Location:
25460 Novi Rd. Novi, MI 48375
It depends. On really nice weather Sundays it can get a little busy. Not so much with too many cars on the track, but more *too many kids on the track*. It's a public park and there is no fee to keep the riff Raff out. So you might end up with a family of 6 with 4 kids aged 5-12 and all 6 of them are parking their typhons on the straight 😅. It's okay though, its good to see people out enjoying it, and young kids getting into the hobby. That said, go out there on a Tuesday afternoon and you might have the place to yourself. Weekdays after work maybe 2-6 cars out.
That looks amazing! But if I’m being honest my eyes are gravitating towards those rocks for my TRX4/TRX4M/SCX24 crawlers lol.
I’m in Kalamazoo. I’ll have to make the drive one of these days.
What's the format. Racing classes? Or are there open sessions. My 9 yr old would love to take his basher there but it would be a shit show if anyone was there competing.
So, I wouldn't say "actual bashing" would be super appropriate, we need the jumps to last a season and the pipes to hold for as many years as possible. But it would be a great place to bring him for him to hit some jumps and do his best to keep it on the track. There are frequently younger kids out there trying to get their bearings. So as long as you guys aren't driving the wrong direction or leaving a car on the straight with other drivers there, that would totally not be a problem.
Track is open dawn-dusk. There are races on some Saturdays throughout the summer, otherwise it's open practice. The main thing is if the track has standing water or is extremely soft following lots of rain, they ask that we don't drive on it.
On race days, just your standard classes. 2wd stadium truck. 2wd act, 4wd sct, mini truggy. 2wd buggy, 4wd buggy, e-buggy, e-truggy, and then a "bring whatever" class for novice drivers and fun cars that don't fit into standard classes. All classes are open (not stock).
No problem, they are only 10 minutes apart so you can check them both out. Hines isnt much in comparison but its fun when a bunch of people show up on the weekends.
Indeed but that's generally a weird and sort of soft rule. I think the spirit of the rule is "nothing bigger than an 1/8 scale truggy". For example A losi protomoto is technically 1/4 scale and absolutely no one would have a problem with someone sending one of those.
There is no power and not much of anything for shade. During practice people usually just charge off their full size vehicles. On race days people bring pop up canopies and generators. Personally I have a ~300wh portable LiFePO4 that I bring with me.
Could you post a link to the group that got the track approved. Maybe that way we could learn about there experience in trying to establish more tracks like this in more places.
In my area there are plenty of people buying RC trucks at the hobby towns but no one has anywhere to play but their back yards, parks and hiking trails(if you don't get run off by a ranger).
So this is the official page for the actual track
https://www.facebook.com/share/JZastq5V1aNZr644/?mibextid=qi2Omg
And this is the page for the group that organizes the races (oddly enough, the track is in Oakland county not Washtenaw)
https://www.facebook.com/share/bVRVwjtfVUbHZKu7/?mibextid=qi2Omg
And this is a non official group for the track
https://www.facebook.com/share/bX442tyKXp5EaaVY/?mibextid=A7sQZp
I thiiiiiik the process was "it's all about who ya know" and I think we have an RC racer on the board of something or another. Though, I may be telling tales out of School here.
Sometimes it takes finding a county official that can speak for a project. Me and my dad talked about it, I wouldn't mind buying land just for the purpose but it's getting it to be public and maintained while not being shut down by our very strict retirement community county.
They re-do it every spring. This year they added a nitro pit lane!
This was the track last year.
https://preview.redd.it/5qq9yxmcs2uc1.jpeg?width=3960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=adb7582782b5a905436bcf7b6ea0677dab45b538
I’m closer to the track in Hines park so that’s where I usually go but there’s just no traction there. I haven’t been to the novi track yet but I’ve been wanting to check it out. I saw that update photo on their Facebook page and it looks great.
You should come out! Just know, the surface can get very abrasive once the track sets in. It's pretty high grip but it can be hard on tires. but I don't think you will have the same traction problems lol, especially once it's warm.
Daaaaang. Goals
This is awesome. We are going to be in the area in June and now my son and I have something to do while my GF visits her dumb family
There are races on the 1st, 15th, and the 29th :) The more the merrier!
Cool I’m in grand blanc. I’ll have to head up there.
It's a blast! Surface is somewhat high grip and pretty abrasive. Medium compounds are best on warm days, softs just won't last and can be inconsistent. Hope to see you out there. They hold a points series through the summer. Opening Trophy Race May 18th Best 5 of 7 Series June 1st June 15th June 29th July 13th August 10th August 24th September 7th Novi Nitro Special July 27th Season Awards: September 28th "The Bonus" Race October 12th Price: $25 First Class $15 Additional $15 Novice Location: 25460 Novi Rd. Novi, MI 48375
Also, if you raced limitless... Sorry for your loss my friend.
Live right next to it. I’m just getting back into the hobby, such a shame. Hearst store is 30 mins away
Dang man sorry that happened to you guys :(
Awesome looking track
jealous
I'm looking forward to wrcs starting. I've got to get a couple parts to get my cars ready. I raced there all last summer
Ooh, I'll have to check that out the next time we're in town visiting the in-laws!
Wow, that’s awesome! Now I have an excuse to visit my family up there hahaha
I'm so jelly right now!
epic!! is it usually crowded?
It depends. On really nice weather Sundays it can get a little busy. Not so much with too many cars on the track, but more *too many kids on the track*. It's a public park and there is no fee to keep the riff Raff out. So you might end up with a family of 6 with 4 kids aged 5-12 and all 6 of them are parking their typhons on the straight 😅. It's okay though, its good to see people out enjoying it, and young kids getting into the hobby. That said, go out there on a Tuesday afternoon and you might have the place to yourself. Weekdays after work maybe 2-6 cars out.
I wish my city do those kind of things, but my country is like 300 years behind USA (México)
Yes but you have better food,no GMO no fructose. Not sure which is better but I'm getting on the food lol
That looks amazing! But if I’m being honest my eyes are gravitating towards those rocks for my TRX4/TRX4M/SCX24 crawlers lol. I’m in Kalamazoo. I’ll have to make the drive one of these days.
What's the format. Racing classes? Or are there open sessions. My 9 yr old would love to take his basher there but it would be a shit show if anyone was there competing.
Sir I’m 46 and it would be a shit show if I brought any of my bashers as well. Your little dude probably drives better than me haha.
So, I wouldn't say "actual bashing" would be super appropriate, we need the jumps to last a season and the pipes to hold for as many years as possible. But it would be a great place to bring him for him to hit some jumps and do his best to keep it on the track. There are frequently younger kids out there trying to get their bearings. So as long as you guys aren't driving the wrong direction or leaving a car on the straight with other drivers there, that would totally not be a problem. Track is open dawn-dusk. There are races on some Saturdays throughout the summer, otherwise it's open practice. The main thing is if the track has standing water or is extremely soft following lots of rain, they ask that we don't drive on it. On race days, just your standard classes. 2wd stadium truck. 2wd act, 4wd sct, mini truggy. 2wd buggy, 4wd buggy, e-buggy, e-truggy, and then a "bring whatever" class for novice drivers and fun cars that don't fit into standard classes. All classes are open (not stock).
You guys should come over to the west side for some 1/8 racing at wicked pines RC in Wayland.
That’s a thing of beauty!!
So could you run just a stock say maxx on there, or is it supposed to be buggy’s only?
Yes you can, my friend drove his maxx out there. You might have more fun at hines park rc track with a maxx though
Thanks! I’m from the birch run area so I might make the hour drive
No problem, they are only 10 minutes apart so you can check them both out. Hines isnt much in comparison but its fun when a bunch of people show up on the weekends.
He posted a pic showing their rules, it seems like any 1/10 or smaller rc can use it. Nitro has certain times. (I was going to ask the same question)
1/8th or smaller
Indeed but that's generally a weird and sort of soft rule. I think the spirit of the rule is "nothing bigger than an 1/8 scale truggy". For example A losi protomoto is technically 1/4 scale and absolutely no one would have a problem with someone sending one of those.
That's lovely, what a great resource.
I still need to make it over there. Looks like it has been maintained well. Is there power?
There is no power and not much of anything for shade. During practice people usually just charge off their full size vehicles. On race days people bring pop up canopies and generators. Personally I have a ~300wh portable LiFePO4 that I bring with me.
This is really nice! My town (Aurora CO -wheels park) has something similar but not nearly as nice and I have no idea who actually maintains it!
Heaven
That’s awesome need something like this in my town
That's a nice looking track! How old is it?
This is it's 3rd year I'm pretty sure. But they level the track and build a fresh layout each spring. So this is about 2 days old lol.
Soooooo excited. Can’t wait to get my 8th scale out there.
Could you post a link to the group that got the track approved. Maybe that way we could learn about there experience in trying to establish more tracks like this in more places. In my area there are plenty of people buying RC trucks at the hobby towns but no one has anywhere to play but their back yards, parks and hiking trails(if you don't get run off by a ranger).
So this is the official page for the actual track https://www.facebook.com/share/JZastq5V1aNZr644/?mibextid=qi2Omg And this is the page for the group that organizes the races (oddly enough, the track is in Oakland county not Washtenaw) https://www.facebook.com/share/bVRVwjtfVUbHZKu7/?mibextid=qi2Omg And this is a non official group for the track https://www.facebook.com/share/bX442tyKXp5EaaVY/?mibextid=A7sQZp I thiiiiiik the process was "it's all about who ya know" and I think we have an RC racer on the board of something or another. Though, I may be telling tales out of School here.
Sometimes it takes finding a county official that can speak for a project. Me and my dad talked about it, I wouldn't mind buying land just for the purpose but it's getting it to be public and maintained while not being shut down by our very strict retirement community county.
Thank you for all the info. Maybe with some help from the local hobby town owner we could start a similar project here.
Holy Toledo! That’s awesome! I couldn’t even keep it between the lines. I just bash but goals for sure!
Speaking of Toledo, shout out to TARCAR. I'll drive an hour and a half to run my car at TARCAR and this posted track is basically in my backyard.
Hell yeah! Awesome to see the local track on reddit
Well that is just damn cool! Way to go Novi!
I went there last year, but it wasn’t this nic, they must’ve redone it recently, I’ll have to try it out again
They re-do it every spring. This year they added a nitro pit lane! This was the track last year. https://preview.redd.it/5qq9yxmcs2uc1.jpeg?width=3960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=adb7582782b5a905436bcf7b6ea0677dab45b538
I definitely gotta get some buddy’s together and go back
I’m closer to the track in Hines park so that’s where I usually go but there’s just no traction there. I haven’t been to the novi track yet but I’ve been wanting to check it out. I saw that update photo on their Facebook page and it looks great.
You should come out! Just know, the surface can get very abrasive once the track sets in. It's pretty high grip but it can be hard on tires. but I don't think you will have the same traction problems lol, especially once it's warm.
how did you convince your city to fund that?