2/27/11
FZRC in Sarasota, FL.
They need to stop raking the track and pack it instead! The surface is FL black sand dirt!!! Water and power packing is the only thing that will prep the track properly!!!
After two rounds of qualifing the surface was about 80% good on 40% of the track!!!
Qualified 4th and finished 4th. Had fastest lap (17.752) by .667 of a second. 4 seconds in front of 5th, 6 seconds behind 3rd!!! :-)
Talked to Marty, the owner about how to better prepare the track surface for the next race in two weeks. Pointed out the GOOD sections, the bad section and how to prepare the bad sections. He had been using a a water filled roller and he wasn't pleased with the results, just didn't know what was needed to prepare the surface better.
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"Make a RC Wish" provided FREE "Coca Cola" drink coupons to the top 3 finishers and TQ in each class.
They had a need of a speaker for their sound system so "MRCW" provide one! :-)
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
2/19/11
Lil' Dover SC
Steve had the track in Premo shape!!!! Traction was high all day!!!
Got to start the mains about 45 minutes earlier than normal so, 20 minuts mains was the deal!!!
Qualified 3rd behind Richard, passed him and Steve by turn two was in last by the last turn!!!!
By lap two I was in 1st and it wasn't until lap 8 that Richard passed me. We stayed about 20-30 foot apart for the next 16 minutes. I was waiting for Richards lipo to dump, he was running a MOD motor and I had a STOCK motor. A stock motor doesn't use as much power as a MOD does. Didn't happen he still had enough power to out run me on the last two laps!!!
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As we where waiting for our lipos to charge after the 2nd qualifier. Billy asked to become a Team Holly Rollers member, that makes 6 THR members at one track!!!!
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Lil' Dover next Sat and FZRC next Sun!!
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The changes made to the Losi XXX-SCT at FZRC last Sun WORKED great at Lil' Dover!!!
Now the SC10 is a slow SC!!!
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Lil' Dover SC
Steve had the track in Premo shape!!!! Traction was high all day!!!
Got to start the mains about 45 minutes earlier than normal so, 20 minuts mains was the deal!!!
Qualified 3rd behind Richard, passed him and Steve by turn two was in last by the last turn!!!!
By lap two I was in 1st and it wasn't until lap 8 that Richard passed me. We stayed about 20-30 foot apart for the next 16 minutes. I was waiting for Richards lipo to dump, he was running a MOD motor and I had a STOCK motor. A stock motor doesn't use as much power as a MOD does. Didn't happen he still had enough power to out run me on the last two laps!!!
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As we where waiting for our lipos to charge after the 2nd qualifier. Billy asked to become a Team Holly Rollers member, that makes 6 THR members at one track!!!!
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Lil' Dover next Sat and FZRC next Sun!!
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The changes made to the Losi XXX-SCT at FZRC last Sun WORKED great at Lil' Dover!!!
Now the SC10 is a slow SC!!!
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
2/13/11
FZRC in Sarasota was the place to race today!!!
Left the SC10 in the car trunk, raced the Losi XXX-SCT. Got tangaled up with some other SC's on lap two and never got back up to speed as needed to make a run for TQ in the first qualifier.
At the tone in qaulifier two I was off in a flash!!! :-) By lap two I had a 1/3 of a lap on second!! SWEEET!! Lapped every one up to third, two times by the finish of the qualifier. This put me in third postion for the A-main!!! By the 6 minute 27 second mark I was sitting in the pits with a fried motor!!! :-(
Still got a ninth out of twelve racers!!!
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The Losi XXX-SCT was just SWEEEEET!!! Time to put a page for it on T3 T4 Web Service's web site!!!!
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FZRC in Sarasota was the place to race today!!!
Left the SC10 in the car trunk, raced the Losi XXX-SCT. Got tangaled up with some other SC's on lap two and never got back up to speed as needed to make a run for TQ in the first qualifier.
At the tone in qaulifier two I was off in a flash!!! :-) By lap two I had a 1/3 of a lap on second!! SWEEET!! Lapped every one up to third, two times by the finish of the qualifier. This put me in third postion for the A-main!!! By the 6 minute 27 second mark I was sitting in the pits with a fried motor!!! :-(
Still got a ninth out of twelve racers!!!
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The Losi XXX-SCT was just SWEEEEET!!! Time to put a page for it on T3 T4 Web Service's web site!!!!
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2/12/11
Lil' Dover SC, rained Thursday guess only 8 racers know the track has GOOD drainage and Steve had the track ready to race by 9:30am, when I got there!!! 8 racers! DON"T make for a race day!!!!
So, the racers that did show up, spent the times testing and tuning there trucks.
Assisted Dennis in getting his Losi XXX-SCT so he could keep up with mine!!! :-)
Had a Tekin 10.5 motor come apart last week and with info from Tekin's forum was able to reassemble the motor. Tested this today, after two laps it smoked!!! My number two motor is dead!! :-(
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Lil' Dover SC, rained Thursday guess only 8 racers know the track has GOOD drainage and Steve had the track ready to race by 9:30am, when I got there!!! 8 racers! DON"T make for a race day!!!!
So, the racers that did show up, spent the times testing and tuning there trucks.
Assisted Dennis in getting his Losi XXX-SCT so he could keep up with mine!!! :-)
Had a Tekin 10.5 motor come apart last week and with info from Tekin's forum was able to reassemble the motor. Tested this today, after two laps it smoked!!! My number two motor is dead!! :-(
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
2/5/11
Lil' Dover SC (Sefner, FL) >>>> RAINED OUT!!!! :-(
BUT :-)
Richard, Steve, Javier and I decided to go over to the carpet track in Plant City, FL (Florida Indoor R/C Complex). Steve and Javier, THR's two newest members, have never seen OR raced on a carpet track. Richard has watch me race there. About 70 minutes into the afternoon, started doing "racing" classes! :-) Turn and jump theory, with application.
During the "classes", we did some "Slash" truck setups to Richards and Javier SC's. Most where learned way back when Short Course racing came to Farmers Sept/Oct 2008. Man, I some times forget that I'm THAT old and was at Farmers the night we seen a Traxxas Slash for the first time!!!
Richard and Javier after 3 - 4 batteries where turning laps only 3 - 4 tenth of a second slower then me.
Steve tried some setup changes to his Blitz, then did a couple laps better than me by 2 tenths!!!
Richard and Javier wondered if the new setups would work on clay tracks also! The only change needed will be tires to fit the track surface.
Time spent with friends AND Team Members is priceless!!!!!
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Florida Indoor R/C Complex
Florida Indoor R/C Complex off road track pictures
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Lil' Dover SC (Sefner, FL) >>>> RAINED OUT!!!! :-(
BUT :-)
Richard, Steve, Javier and I decided to go over to the carpet track in Plant City, FL (Florida Indoor R/C Complex). Steve and Javier, THR's two newest members, have never seen OR raced on a carpet track. Richard has watch me race there. About 70 minutes into the afternoon, started doing "racing" classes! :-) Turn and jump theory, with application.
During the "classes", we did some "Slash" truck setups to Richards and Javier SC's. Most where learned way back when Short Course racing came to Farmers Sept/Oct 2008. Man, I some times forget that I'm THAT old and was at Farmers the night we seen a Traxxas Slash for the first time!!!
Richard and Javier after 3 - 4 batteries where turning laps only 3 - 4 tenth of a second slower then me.
Steve tried some setup changes to his Blitz, then did a couple laps better than me by 2 tenths!!!
Richard and Javier wondered if the new setups would work on clay tracks also! The only change needed will be tires to fit the track surface.
Time spent with friends AND Team Members is priceless!!!!!
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Florida Indoor R/C Complex
Florida Indoor R/C Complex off road track pictures
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