California Team Driver John Cook-2012

[coppercanyon]

http://casterracingusa.com/files/team%20drivers/JohnCookm.png

[expertbasser]

Congrats John & welcome to the ASYLUM! LOL!!!

KEEP up the awesome job!!!!!!

[JRACER947]

Nice work. I just got a blitz and is tricky. Anybody that can race and win with those things deserves it.

[coppercanyon]

Thanks guys for the comments. I cant wait til I can post some results for my Caster.

[hakmazter]

Fixed your pic.

[coppercanyon]

Thanks . Great job. It actually looks like the tires are spinning on my car.

[coppercanyon]

Grass Roots Racing Series kicks off on Feb. 12th at Palm Desert Raceway. Looking forward to put down some fast laps with my EX 1.5 Pro. If any of you will be in So. Cal. come out and race with us.

[coppercanyon]

Grass Roots series round 3 this weekend at HCR , weather permitting. You gonna make it Eric?

[Ehase]

Hey John Airland Hobbies is building a indoor offroad track in san jacinto by there hobby store , they will be bringing in clay from Perris Auto Speedway. Here is a link to the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0003D47t3lQ

[coppercanyon]

Hey John Airland Hobbies is building a indoor offroad track in san jacinto by there hobby store , they will be bringing in clay from Perris Auto Speedway. Here is a link to the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0003D47t3lQ

Thats awesome news Eric. We need an indoor track in the IE. Im sure I will be there every chance I get. Are they using the clay from the sprint car track? Or are they taking the dirt from the old RC track that used to be there.

[Ehase]

Thats awesome news Eric. We need an indoor track in the IE. Im sure I will be there every chance I get. Are they using the clay from the sprint car track? Or are they taking the dirt from the old RC track that used to be there.

Not sure I was hearing there taking it from the sprint car track .. You going to thunder alley tomorrow (thurs) for practice for the grass roots series

[coppercanyon]

Not sure I was hearing there taking it from the sprint car track .. You going to thunder alley tomorrow (thurs) for practice for the grass roots series

Im going to try to make it tonight if my workload permits

[coppercanyon]

Going to Round 5 of the Grass Roots Racing Series this Saturday 5-7-2011

[Ehase]

Are you gonna be out at hemet today to get some practice in for round 5 ??

[coppercanyon]

Are you gonna be out at hemet today to get some practice in for round 5 ??
Yes, I plan on being there tonight for practice unless something goes wrong in my day. (Knock on wood)

[Ehase]

Hey John sorry I didnt make it out to hemet for practice. I am gna have to pull a no practice arrive and drive for round 5 saturday :&!@ I am known for that anyways so I might as well keep the tradition alive lol. Rick Jenkins would like for us to get together on wednesday may 18th for an epic SC battle at west coast or ocrc I am getting all the details together and I will chat with you saturday at the track about the plans. Cant wait its gonna be a blast ?&^

[coppercanyon]

Hey John sorry I didnt make it out to hemet for practice. I am gna have to pull a no practice arrive and drive for round 5 saturday :&!@ I am known for that anyways so I might as well keep the tradition alive lol. Rick Jenkins would like for us to get together on wednesday may 18th for an epic SC battle at west coast or ocrc I am getting all the details together and I will chat with you saturday at the track about the plans. Cant wait its gonna be a blast ?&^

Im sure you will be fine with no practice, track is almost the same as last time we raced there. I will try to make it on the 18th and as far as which track to go to my vote is for west coast as it is closer for us inland empire people than ocrc..

[Ehase]

Im sure you will be fine with no practice, track is almost the same as last time we raced there. I will try to make it on the 18th and as far as which track to go to my vote is for west coast as it is closer for us inland empire people than ocrc..

Yeah true west coast is a lil closer for us. The plan as of right now though is I will be picking Rick up from his hotel @ Disneyland so we wanted to hit the closest track to Disneyland so I will talk to Rick some more and go from there. I will give you more 411 saturday @ hemet if I get more details together.

[hakmazter]

That will be interesting. You guys racing sc I assume?

[coppercanyon]

That will be interesting. You guys racing sc I assume?
We will be racing short course and I will be racing my EX1.5 as well, Rick may bring his as well if he has the room.

[bring it on]

Dinner Sunday night? I will be trying to bring my e-buggy:D

[coppercanyon]

Dinner Sunday night? I will be trying to bring my e-buggy:D
Sorry, wont be able to make dinner sunday, but looking forward to racing weds. night... Seriously as far as e-buggy goes if you dont have room I totally get it. I know space is limited and as its a family vacation its not a priority. I am bringing mine anyway mainly cause its really fun to drive.

[bring it on]

Sorry, wont be able to make dinner sunday, but looking forward to racing weds. night... Seriously as far as e-buggy goes if you dont have room I totally get it. I know space is limited and as its a family vacation its not a priority. I am bringing mine anyway mainly cause its really fun to drive.
OK, thanks for letting me know about sunday. do i need table and chair for this track? I hope to be there about 6:15 with Eric. Not much if any time to practice. Is it a clay track? Save me a pit spot if there is tables and chairs there.

Thanks, Rick

[coppercanyon]

OK, thanks for letting me know about sunday. do i need table and chair for this track? I hope to be there about 6:15 with Eric. Not much if any time to practice. Is it a clay track? Save me a pit spot if there is tables and chairs there.

Thanks, Rick

They have plenty of pit tables and chairs. You wont need to bring any. I will try to arrive early if I can and grab us some spots.

[bring it on]

John, Do you have a set of tires that will work there for my buggy? Last night in are indoor track my buggy pushed really bad and was not fun to drive. I have no clay indoor tires my for buggy. 775-309-3209 Please call

[coppercanyon]

I have only one set of clay tires(wishbones) but have a set of super soft talons that might work. I have some other old grp tires that look to be a clay type tire also but foams are bad in at least one of them.. I will bring what I have and maybe something will work. FYI this track is super high grip.

[coppercanyon]

Grass Roots Racing Series round 6 tommorrow in Palm Desert. Getting a room out near the track and making a weekend out of it. Going to be fun.

[bring it on]

Do you know this kid?
Brendan B.

Jeff Bluff (father)


Lancaster,CA 93536

He races at, Team Chaos is his current team, they are the local track owners as well. We practice and race for free , so we have no shortage of track use. Another track just opened in our area (Antelope Valley) as well. So that gives us West coast R/C, OCRC,Coyote Hobbies, Revelation, milestone, Hot Rods, Hemet all within 2 hours or less of us in L.A. county which would give Caster a solid visibility platform....

[coppercanyon]

Do you know this kid?
Brendan B.

Jeff Bluff (father)


Lancaster,CA 93536


He races at, Team Chaos is his current team, they are the local track owners as well. We practice and race for free , so we have no shortage of track use. Another track just opened in our area (Antelope Valley) as well. So that gives us West coast R/C, OCRC,Coyote Hobbies, Revelation, milestone, Hot Rods, Hemet all within 2 hours or less of us in L.A. county which would give Caster a solid visibility platform....

I havent heard of them but since they are from the Antelope Valley Area they probably dont get over to where I race that often, Antelope Valley is a good 2 plus hours from me so Im guessing they would race more at Hot Rod or Coyote hobbies which I havent been to.

[coppercanyon]

Motel 6 had RC Cars in mind when they built their desk.http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l535/coppercanyonlab/IMAG0226.jpg

[Jtuepker1]

Looks sorta like my work bench but my has pull out that the vehicles fit into.

[bring it on]

I remember going around both those rc cars when i was in LA.:D

[coppercanyon]

I remember going around both those rc cars when i was in LA.:D
Shut up...LOL

[hakmazter]

Wow. I am thinking that might be the ultimate slam ever. I will have to remember that one...... I remember going around..... wow.

[bring it on]

you guys are funny, LMAO

[coppercanyon]

Round 7 of the Grass Roots Racing Series tommorow at Hemet Competition Raceway. Its going to be hot out, good thing I got a new ez-up.

[hakmazter]

Good Luck!

[coppercanyon]

Round 8 of the Grass Roots racing series this Saturday at Thunder Alley RC Raceway. This is the final round of the series and I am currently in 6th place in Stock 2wd SC. 3rd thru 6th are separated by only 4 points so I still have a chance to advance a couple positions. 1st place is already locked up by our very own Caster Team Driver Eric Hase who has been consistently running up front all year. In 1/8th E-buggy Im in 7th position with a slight chance of moving up 1 or 2 spots. This was a very competitive class with all drivers being highly experienced and our points leader being the 4wd sc national champ. As far as I know I have been the only driver with a Caster vehicle in this series and have been proudly wearing my Caster Shirt and hat and promoting this brand. Im sure many people attending have taken notice. I still have people asking all the time "Whats a Caster" so I show them.

[coppercanyon]

Ordered a couple new Gens Ace batteries today, looking forward to racing my Caster SC (conversion) hopefully friday night.

[AimeeD]

Looking forward racing together at Hemet raceway!

[coppercanyon]

Are you going on friday? I was going to race my Caster 4x4 conversion but just read the rules and cant run 4cell. So I will probably just race my 2wd.

[hakmazter]

Run it 2 cell with a 16 or 17 tooth pinion.

[coppercanyon]

I can give it a try. Just not sure I will have much power. Have you tried this?

[YDBD]

yes, will have enough power, just not much top end and watch the temps

[hakmazter]

Yes, we were winning races with it on a small track. I can't find videos, but as long as there are not any big gap jumps you have to take, you will be surprised how fast you can be in the infield sections.

[coppercanyon]

Well I didnt get to try it out this weekend. I need to get the DE racing wheels so I can run the new Caliber SC tires I bought for it. I bought some other 17mm hex wheels off ebay that I was told were SC8 wheels but they wouldnt fit standard 3.0x2.2 sc tires.. Are SC8 wheels and tires different?

[hakmazter]

Yes they are from what I was told, but who knows. They look the same as regular ones other than the 17mm hub, but I cannot verify.

[coppercanyon]

Well Im racing the EX1.5 Pro this sunday at ARC Raceway at The Summer Sizzle Race. I will be running the new RC Shox two stage pistons for the first time. Im going tommorrow to do some testing and get some practice time. They are having an e-buggy class and Im hoping there are enough of us so we can run on our own without the nitros. Its going to be fun either way. I will report back on the pistons tommorrow night.

[Jtuepker1]

Copper you will love the 2 stages. I know i do and will be ordering them when i get my 10th scale buggy.

[coppercanyon]

Unfortunately the new dual stage pistons didnt work out too well, Two of them actually broke inside my shock. In all fairness it may be patially my fault. They are designed to have a washer between piston and shock shaft and another on top between piston and locknut. I left the bottom one out because the pistons are kind of thick at the point at which they mount. So the locknut wouldnt thread on completely. Per Marcus it needs the bottom washer on there to stabilize the piston, which in hindsight seems to be the case. But I still didnt think they would break. I have never broke a shock piston before but I have had the locknuts come off. I guess murphys law is in play here. Back to stock pistons for now.

[Jtuepker1]

That sucks, i had people asking me what i did to mine today at the track. After the race and bending the drive shaft back to a drivable situation, i let them run it around. The one guy asked if i would give him my shocks.

[coppercanyon]

I will get a new set. Marcus is a great guy and said he will send me out a new set, I just need to paypal him shipping. They felt good what little time they were working. Cant wait to try again.

[coppercanyon]

FYI, Im in rebuild mode right now, after a full season of racing its time for some TLC for the EX1.5, ordered some parts to get some of the slop out of my drive train, will get back in race mode soon.

[coppercanyon]

I raced at the Turkey Shootout race at HCR today and had a good day overall. In Stock 2wd sc I won my first qualifier and set the TQ for the day and took 2nd in qualifier number 2. In the main I got quickly passed by the #2 qualifier who is a very good driver and at that point I was battling with a couple other drivers to hold on to second. I finally pulled away from them but the leader had gained a big lead on me that was too much to overcome. I held on to a solid second with a very good run. I also raced in 1/8 ebuggy class against a field of very talented drivers. In the first qualifier I finished sixth in a field of 9 cars, second run didnt go as well I was listed at the end in 9th place although I think there was a lap missing from results as my last lap showed as 84 seconds. Ended up qualified 7th going into the main, I got a good start and quickly moved up to around 3rd or 4th and eventually ended up finishing right in the middle with a fifth place finish. I had a good run but not fast enough to stay with the top drivers.
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[coppercanyon]

Lots of new drivers here.

[coppercanyon]

Well I havent done any racing lately as we have had a lot of rain here locally lately and our outdoor tracks have been flooded causing a couple races to be postponed. But last night I went out to our local indoor track and at least got some practice in with my EX1.5 . It felt good on the small clay track but had to be careful since I was the only 1/8th buggy out there I didnt want to destroy anyones 1/10 cars. With X-mas being this sunday it will be at least another week before I race. To all of the people coming to our forums I want to wish you all a happy holiday season.

[hakmazter]

No problem, 2012 hasn't started yet.

[coppercanyon]

No racing this weekend, but did get out to the track and practice with my Jammin scrt10 (getting used to 4wd sc so I will be ready for ours). Electronics are getting dialed now so should be good for a quick swap to the new truck. Found out EX 1.5 battery trays are not the only ones that come off chassis without mods. My Jammin has the RC Monster conversion and I had the battery tray fall out of it. Looks like it will need the blind nut mod as well. Hope to get out racing next weekend as there are no family distractions as of yet. Hopefully it stays that way.

[coppercanyon]

Went to HCR and got some practice in yesterday for the GRRS but didnt get to run my ex1.5 . Finally got my parts today so I will be racing it this weekend. Hopefully can get a couple practice sessions in before the race on Saturday.

[bring it on]

?&^ and don't forget I will be at WCRC on March 21st:D

[coppercanyon]

?&^ and don't forget I will be at WCRC on March 21st:D
I havent forgot. I will go if I can but weekdays are tough for me but sometimes managable.