The Speedworld RC Flyers in Phoenix, AZ are happy to announce our Q40 Classic for 2026.
January 31st and February 1st, 2026
See race flyer/entry form below for details. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE fill in the Entry Form!
Entry form and payment are BOTH required to be entered. Yes, even you Old Farts that go to every race need to fill in the form and pay. We will not chase you around for this information. If you can’t figure it out on the computer get your grand daughter to do it for you!
Since we last held a race at the club there has been some significant residential development within one half mile of the club site. Two full days of practice will be allowed on Thursday and Friday prior to race weekend. Absolutely no practice flying will be allowed on Saturday and Sunday morning prior to the race so that we can minimize the noise impact on the nearby residents.
Bill Blake, our club president, has made arrangements for a group rate of $149.00 per night at the Best Western Plus hotel on Grand Ave. Further, the club is happy to allow dry camping at the field during our club events. Dry camping in hard side RVs is allowed from Tuesday through Saturday nights.
Eight rounds over two days.
$50 cash heat in every round flown.
Trophies provided for first, second, third and Fast Time.
Escape your chilly winter for a week and race with us in the Valley of the Sun.
Make plans now.
Hi Guys,
So far we have only received a few entries for the Phoenix Q40 race Jan 31, Feb 1st 2026.
I know it’s still early but we encourage you to enter early and make a hotel reservation. Discount group rate at Best Western. Pre-entry fee discount ends December 31st.
Please fill in the race entry form attached to the original post.
You are NOT entered unless you fill in the form, email it in and pay your fees.
We expect to have another great race in the Valley of the Sun.
Question. Will jim Allen be a position where he can influence the outcome of the event. I ask because last year after a decision was made to refly a heat due to worker error, he got involved and changed the CDs decision. This is completely unfair and should be addressed.
Asking for a friend.
Ray
I think your friend is referring to a race where there was a turn light and a cut light given at Pylon 1 on the same lap. In our club, Jim is the person most experienced at interpreting the computer data displayed for a race. The CD may have made a decision at the time and then we (our pylon race committee) subsequently asked Jim to look at the computer data that shows turn lights, cut lights and lap times. Based on the factual data available from the computer for that race a decision was made to arrive at the correct outcome for that race.
This was the first race of the Q40 Classic where it was planned and managed by a committee of club members made up of experienced pylon racers. We had a very successful event. We also learned ways to improve it and make it better for 2026. In this case, we will strive to have more than one person knowledgable in interpreting the race computer data at our 2026 race.
Ray, if your friend has an issue with any decision made by the CD or the race management, he should make his objection known to the CD at the time of the incident - not nine months after the fact. Further, airing of this complaint nine months later on this public forum is not helpful. Rather, we would appreciate private one-on-one communication between your friend and the CD. We look forward to seeing your friend at the race again next year.
Gents,
We are looking forward to hosting y’all at the Q40 races in Phoenix Jan 31, Feb 1.
Just a gentle reminder, after Dec 31st the entry fee increases to $125.00
All registration closes Jan 23rd. Get your registration form AND payment in today.
Refer to the registration form at the beginning of this post.
Hi Randy, is there any chance that we can get a pilots registration list posted? It makes things a little easier when we are trying to arrange our callers. Thanks, Von Der Hey.
Gary Schmidt
Julian Downham
Geoff White
Robert Holik
Travis Flynn
David Lloyd
Mike Helsel
Dub Jett
Roy Andrassy
Randy Smith
Doug Houston
Kurt Bozarth
Jim Padelt
Tony McDonald
Jacob McDonald
Danny Coe
Rich Beers
Jim Allen
Craig Farthing
Scott Hartman
Gary James
AJ Seaholm
Dan Nailey
Mario Aboumrad
Matt Russell
Bryan Batch
Lee Von Der Hey
Ben Jones
Doug Killebrew
Marco Manning
Pedro Marin
Chuck Andraka
Dan Thrordarson
Mario Salazar
Craig Grunkmeyer
Joanne Coffey
Eddie Melville
