I Met Steve Slayden!
 

I met steve slaydent last night..........on AIM. My friend pops up giving me a SN, so i imed the SN. Apparently it was steve slaydne. I tried to convert him to brushless MT, but he didn't bite!

yeah right.:rolleyes:

We need proof! If your not lieing, COOL! ;)

I think your grammar scared him...

lol, dont gotta believe me!

Oh well...

+2 :005:

We hung out with Steve a little at the races, pretty cool guy. Heres EmaxxJeremy with "the big huckin chicken"

http://bomb-proofproducts.com/Racing/DSC00871-2.JPG

Id eat that maxx up in one second! ;) Who put dirtybird on the truck anyway? :p

OMFG! ya that was hilarious. we almost had steve eating the chicken, which was a couple days old from the bed of the truck. lol
we had a beer with him after the races, you could tell he wanted to stay and drink with us, but he had a flight

Thats is so funny. Can anyone say dinner? ;)

http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/s...d.php?t=224107

Holy crap, thats my friend in the single pic, Mark Cordiero. I found that while typing in steve slayden. I race with him at hobby hut. He was disappeared a while back for some big race lol, didnt knwo it was that one. Maybe mike met him!

could have been some big steve slayden fan lol and posed as him....never know:) i wonder if mike would have a chance to beet him in a race? be possible?

Mike cronin is a machine! :) I think slayden would be up for a race!

Are we talking a possible exibition race at the bash? I'd jump on that

lol, slayden's nitro vs mikes brushless....NO CONTEST!

I'm sure Mike is a good racer and all, but he is a very good club level racer with VERY good equipment. (No offense Mike I could be wrong here:013: ) These sponsored guys are in a whole other league driving wise. I think that no matter how much better the truck is it would be very unlikely to beat a guy like Slayden who is at the top of the game.

Now Slayden with Mikes truck against the nitros.... THAT I would like to see!

The factory drivers do things on the track that seem impossible to most of us... but I will say that there are a lot of local fast guys that can give them a run for their money at least occasionally and at least on their home track.

But in general... I agree... they are on a different level than 99% of club racers.

steve (and others)is a good driver, but damn if he didnt have a TON of luck as well. he would have bad landings, cartwheels, just like anyone else, but damn if he didnt land on the wheels or come out smelling like a rose in some manor

luck is a BIG BIG BIG Part in ANY nitro class. I race pretty decent, its jsut that i cant tune and i get slammed with overheating, poor performance and flamming out. Now problems like these dotn arrive in brushlesss.

now that id want to see

but i aggree idk about mike beating slayden, but he is on a few fourms.. GET HIM OVER HERE lol to show him what a real truck looks like:005: :D :cool: :dft003: ;) :p :) :dft012:

To be honest, I think Mike could put Slayden to shame on a good day...I have a friend (Derek Guidry) from my local track that was giving him a damn good run for hims money at the 2006 USMT races...He actually won. Perhaps Slayden would have if he hadn't had a gear strip, but who knows...Here is the link to Slayden's rundown of the race.

yeh idk, i havent ever seen mike race, but like everyone is saying sladyen is one of the best

Slayden is good, but not the best, there are alot of good racers out there!

I have seen them both race, on the same track. Slayden has the advantage.

Slayden had 4 sec./lap on the track and got 9 laps to Mikes 8. Mike is good by all means, but you guys should see Slayden in action...dude is crazy good. He was pulling off passes on offcamber sections with only a 15" wide path...most people struggled to make it through it, he was passing in it.

Steve Slaydent huh? LOL :005:

Thats what you call precision driving skill. I have done some pretty hairy passes myself at a local track (very tight, small track built for 1/10 Buggies and ST's - and I drive my G2R on it!).

The key is to not get nervous - and he obviously doesn't. That is usually what seperates the best from the rest - they can keep their cool in the craziest of situations.

I've pulled off a pass by literally drifting around the outside of a high speed, but sharp turn. One mistake and my truck would have been into a concrete wall at well over 30mph. However, I kept my cool and it came out fine. After a few laps, I tried to do the same thing - got nervious right as the turn started and spun out (broadsided the wall, busted my front left rockerpost on my G2R)... This was all during practice though, since I need a personal transponder. :007:

Its kind of rediculous actually...between the truck, batteries, and other support equipment, I have about $3500 invested...but I can't seem to get a ~$100 transponder... :031: :035: :019:

lol, i got LOTS of cars but cant get any spek receivers.

lol. It's one of those things you know you should get, but it doesn't improve or add anything to the setups...

If it ever happends i'd like to be the firt the see the video BL -VS- NITRO! what a race it would be.

I have a vid of a Bash that MetalMan and I did with buddies of ours. In the beginning there's a drag race of a Rustler 2.5 vs a Revo 2.5R vs my G2R vs MetalMan's BL Revo. His Revo flipped on its lid (even with a center diff lol), I took off - but slow because my slipper was slipping, and the N-Revo and N-Rustler were left in the dust.

I guess I'll post it up here after I make this post.

I can't imagine beating Slayden anytime soon. I can hang with some good drivers when I am "in the zone", and when I do a lot of driving I can be pretty competitive, but I haven't had the time to a whole lot of racing lately. I only raced twice all last year(the Bash and RCCA Monster Madness). I got lucky and won both places(had a broken steering servo at RCCA, but managed to hold off the dogs long enough to get the win), but I did not drive as well as I used to when I raced twice a week. I am what I would call an "above average" racer - with lots of practice and track time I can hand with most, but in a group of pros, I would be out classed for sure. Like anything, practice makes perfect, and I just don't get the chance to practice much anymore. I win from consistency. There are guys with faster laps - I almost never crash or break(I know how to "build" and drive within my limits), so the longer the main, the better my chances of winning. :)
Slayden is a pretty damn good driver(and a heck of a nice guy), and his trucks are built for speed. Any volunteers to come help me out so I can get some driving time!? :)

HECK YEH!!! i wish i still had my track

I'd come help if you weren't 3000miles away...and if I didn't have 4700lb's of homework each day...lol

I'd love to see Slayden race (or better yet, race him), but I haven't even had a chance to race cause I need my own transponder...

yeh id love to go race and hang out with all u guys, and all the pro racers.. but i dont thinks thats going to happen lol ive got a few years, im 13 lol need a car and all that

I had a chance to hang with Steve at the iHobby show in Chicago a few months back. Great guy! Fun to talk with too.

thats cool!!! i want to meet him now lol

U CAN! if u can find his SN!

wonder if he has myspace?? lol someone ask him!