3/17/12

B&B (Hudson)

Have had this track on the "Local Tracks" page for years! REALLY!!! Like 2008!

Met Mike at his house and he drove the rest of the way, it's over my 75 mile drive range.

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SC10

Within the first 10 minutes of practice, I hit a 4X4 (wood post) at speed over a jump, ordered a NEW chassis to replace the one with a missing front end!!! :-(

XXX-SCT

Changed tires from the SC10 to the XXX-SCT. Decided to check the setup on the Castle SCT made a few changes <<< MISTAKE!!!! Forgot that you need to re-set the radio to esc, was three laps down by the time I got on the track for the 1st qual! Was in 3rd at the 4 minute mark of the 6 minute qual and took all the teeth off the spur!!!

This put me starting 2nd in the C-main. By lap 3 I was in the lead driving away, at the 3 minute mark I was in the pits putting the pinion back on. NO bump up for me, my worst finish ever!!! 19 of 19.

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Mike and I got to B&B a bit later than we had planned. Was looking like finding a place to pit would be a problem! Then Mike seen the Johnson trailer, they welcomed us into their AC trailer. :-)

The WHOLE Johnson family joined Team Holy Rollers over two years ago, I had NOT seen them for over a years. We had a GREAT time of fellowship!!

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A short vid of the SC B-main that I didn't bump up to!!!



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3/11/2012

FZRC (Sarasota)

SC10
Put the Castle esc and motor in for a test, thinking about racing Mod SC for a few weeks.

Turned Great, Jumped Great, Speed was Great!! BUT I choose to race Stock SC.

XXX-SCT
Qual'd 5th finished 5th with a motor temp of 225!!! :-(
Have tried 20 diff gearing sets and temp are 185 to 225, NOT very happy. With the SC10 I never had a temp over 185!!!

Losi doesn't have any gearing charts like AE does, So the SC10 is now the Stock SC and the XXX-SCT will be Mod SC.

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3/4/2012

FZRC (Sarasota)

While doing a "Check over" of the SC10 and T4, I found that some time in the past (perhaps over a YEAR) I had changed the inner steering link mount to the rear mount! That is for a in-line axle NOT a trailing axle! Changed to the front hole, hope this will make the SC10 and the T4 to turn like they should.!

Tested the SC10 first today. NOW the steering is like I want it! I'm thinking about putting the SP GT2.0 and 17.5 motor in the SC10 for "Stock SC" class.

The T4 turns and jumps like it did at Farmers two years ago!!! <<< SWEEET!!

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Losi XXX-SCT

Raced in "Mod SC" class with the SP GT2.0 in "Boosted" setting. Qual'd in 4th for the main and finished in 4th. Trying to decide between the Castle SCT esc and 4600 motor or the SP GT1.1 esc and Novak 13.5 in for next week for "Mod SC".


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2/26/12

FZRC (Sarasota)


RC10T4

Christian road with me today. He hasn't raced in like 2 or 3 years!!

He drove the T4, qual'd in 7th 1st qual, broke in the 2nd. He started in 7th and finished 5th NOT bad for taking 2 or 3 years off!

Losi XXX-SCT

Put a Team Trinity 17.5 in to replace the dead LRP X11 17.5

Qual'd 5th in Stock SC in the 1st qual.

Changed to Mod SC for the rest of the day. Qual'd in 3rd for Mod SC and finished 3rd after racing with 2nd for 10 laps before the motor started over heating!!!!! :-(

After I got home did some research and found I was only 3 teeth to BIG on the motor for the "Boosted" settings I was running.


Oh! Yes I changed from "Blinky" 17.5 to "Boosted" 17.5 for Mod SC. It's fast Fast FAST!!! Had to watch how much throttle I used to keep from over jumping the jumps!!!!!

Will find out how the NEW gearing works 3/4/12 :-)

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2/19/12

FZRC (Sarasota)

Losi XXX-SCT

Had 1 BAD day of racn', most BAD in a LOOONNNGGGG time!

Mike Sage was there before me, so I set my table up under his ez-up.

Got the Speed Passion GT2.0 set to "Blinky" so I can race STOCK SC as a STOCK sc. :-) But, I'm having gearing problems >>> HEAT <<< 190 to 220!!!!!! :-(

Just very finished the main, motor was just NOT running right. Open motor after I got home and found that all the senser bits were un-soldered from the senser board!!! So much for the LRP X11 17.5

Finished 5th!!

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2/11/12

 

FZRC (Sarasota)

 

Short Course King (SCK)

 

SCK held their first race for 2012 series at FZRC today 2/11/12, they had standing water on the track at 1am from the evening rain. By sun up NO water and by 9am the track was ready to race!!! Marty (track owner) and crew had prepared a SWEEEEET track! They did part of this back in August when they changed from black sand to red clay.

 

Had planned to race the Losi XXX-SCT in 17.5 “Blinky” Stock SC class. Finished 5th in the first qual and 5th again in the 2nd qual which put me in the B-main starting 6th. At the timing line of the 1st lap I was in 3rd, with 2nd and 1st about 10 feet in front of me. By the finish of lap two they had a 20 foot lead on me and 4th was just behind me. That racer and I battled most of the race for 3th/4th place. 2 laps from the finish we touched and 5th and 6th got by me. I think I got back by them but didn’t get by 3rd!

 

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Just a few more races and I will have race 300 races, I’m at 284 as of today!!!

 

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2/10/12

 

RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(

 

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