10/28/2012
HMIRCR (Sarasota)
Seems I missed posting a race(s) at HMIRCR!!!!!
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9/29/2012
HMIRCR (Sarasota)
SC10
GREAT racn' finished 2nd, pushed 1st for the first 20 feet then he was GONE!!!!!!!!
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J82
Put the J Concepts J82 buggy body and wing on the T4 so I could at least look like a BUGGY in buggy class.
Did well in the qual's started 2nd.
At the tone in the main things were just ODD Josh didn't get a large lead on the rest of us and I didn't have that much of a lead on Logan. Then at lap 17 Josh, Logan and I had problem at different parts of the track which put us some where around 10 foot from each other!!!
I thought Logan had me for two laps then!!! Logan >> Crash at the triple!
Josh out jumped both of us and pulled away from me, while I left Logan waiting for a marshal.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
10/27/2012
HMIRCR (Sarasota)
J82
Wanted to test and maybe race the J82 with a Speed Passion ESC and Reedy 3300 motorl, had enough power to fit the track.
SC10
Choose to race only the SC10. Drove, handled, jumped just GREAT. Qual'd 2nd in every qual and the main. This was one of the most FUN night of racn' in a long time!!!!!
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A young man was watching us practice, asked if he had ever drove a RC before. He said he had rented one from HM before. As I was talking with him and his dad, I found out he was saving his penny's to get a RC.
Mike is "Make a RC Wish" #21. He now owns a Traxxas Rustler COMPLETE ready to race.
http://www.rcwish.com/mike.html
AND
Hobby Marketplace's track is a "Make a RC Wish" track!!!
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HMIRCR (Sarasota)
J82
Wanted to test and maybe race the J82 with a Speed Passion ESC and Reedy 3300 motorl, had enough power to fit the track.
SC10
Choose to race only the SC10. Drove, handled, jumped just GREAT. Qual'd 2nd in every qual and the main. This was one of the most FUN night of racn' in a long time!!!!!
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A young man was watching us practice, asked if he had ever drove a RC before. He said he had rented one from HM before. As I was talking with him and his dad, I found out he was saving his penny's to get a RC.
Mike is "Make a RC Wish" #21. He now owns a Traxxas Rustler COMPLETE ready to race.
http://www.rcwish.com/mike.html
AND
Hobby Marketplace's track is a "Make a RC Wish" track!!!
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Monday, October 22, 2012
10/20/2012
eHZ (Winter Heaven, FL)
I have been trying to get to eHZ since Farmers closed >> July 2008!!!!!!!!
eHZ is a odd track! It's one of the few that run clock-wise!!!
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RC10T4
No ST's showed up so I put the T4 back in the car. :-(
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SC10
Track looked to be about 300 foot run line with medium traction. The setup that I used at ROCCK in Knoxville worked well enough to leave it alone. Did the adjustments on the Spek DX3R radio instead. Needed to tone everything down a bit, so SMOOTH was the plan!!!!
Travels;
Steering down to 95% from 100%.
Throttle down to 90% from 100%
Brakes down to 65% from 80%
Three qual's, was 4th in all of them!!!! BUT with MORE laps in less time the more qual's I'm in!! :-)
Da' Main
Started 4th, was in 3rd coming out of the first turn, pushing 2nd into the second turn. Then the pack joined us in the middle of turn two, came out 8th!!!!!!!!
By lap three, was in 4th and just 20 foot behind third and stayed that way to the end!
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eHZ (Winter Heaven, FL)
I have been trying to get to eHZ since Farmers closed >> July 2008!!!!!!!!
eHZ is a odd track! It's one of the few that run clock-wise!!!
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RC10T4
No ST's showed up so I put the T4 back in the car. :-(
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SC10
Track looked to be about 300 foot run line with medium traction. The setup that I used at ROCCK in Knoxville worked well enough to leave it alone. Did the adjustments on the Spek DX3R radio instead. Needed to tone everything down a bit, so SMOOTH was the plan!!!!
Travels;
Steering down to 95% from 100%.
Throttle down to 90% from 100%
Brakes down to 65% from 80%
Three qual's, was 4th in all of them!!!! BUT with MORE laps in less time the more qual's I'm in!! :-)
Da' Main
Started 4th, was in 3rd coming out of the first turn, pushing 2nd into the second turn. Then the pack joined us in the middle of turn two, came out 8th!!!!!!!!
By lap three, was in 4th and just 20 foot behind third and stayed that way to the end!
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Monday, October 15, 2012
10/13/2012
ROCCK (Knoxville)
So many people came up to me and asked if I was from FL and did I come up just to race at ROCCK. I sure felt at home!! Didn't have a table, a racer lent me his and told me to hook into his power tap with my extention cord.
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Practice
GT2SC
Sure was GREAT to have this truck on a track after almost two years. Picco motor was just SWEET. As I was trying to make the BIG jump landed belly centered that the top of the jump and took the idler out in the trans! :-)
SC10
This is the first LARGE non-red clay clay track in three years! Just trying to remember how to setup a RC for this kind of clay hurt my brain!!! Didn't have any setup sheets from other track either!!!!! :-(
Changed from Proline Calibers 2.0 M3 to AKA Cityblock Soft on the rear for the first qual.
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1st Qual
SC10 would slide out in the rear of some turns and slide out in the front on others. This wasn't a push, thr front would slide out then jump back in!!!!!
Qual 5th :-(
2nd Qual
Changed back to Proline Calibers 2.0 M3 on the back. This was better BUT I still could NOT power around the big turns. On the long striaght the back end of the SC was twichy, Was faster every where but when being marshaled so I was two second slower!!!
3rd Qual
Took the front and rear sway bars off, change the camber to -1.5 from -1 Now the SC is getting better, the front and rear isn't sliding in the corners. As I'm just here for one race, I'm not going to test camber/caster options with swap bars.
Qual 6th in the B-main :-(
Changed rear shock towers, to place the shock mounts at the "0" hole, ajusted the toe in a 1/4 turn in on each side.
Da' Race
Go at the tone!!!! :-)
Was in 3rd by the 2nd turn, in 2nd at that turn on lap two. Passed 1st in the air over the BIG jump on lap three and started to pull away UNTIL the BIG JUMP on lap four!!! Touched a pipe with the right front wheel as I was landing, which remove it from the SC!!!!!
Still finished 7 of 9,
The SC was just hooked up like on carpet after the two changes made after the 3 qual!!! I thought, during the first three laps of the B-main that I had a chance in looking good in the A-main. So much for thinking!!!!!!!!!
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ROCCK (Knoxville)
So many people came up to me and asked if I was from FL and did I come up just to race at ROCCK. I sure felt at home!! Didn't have a table, a racer lent me his and told me to hook into his power tap with my extention cord.
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Practice
GT2SC
Sure was GREAT to have this truck on a track after almost two years. Picco motor was just SWEET. As I was trying to make the BIG jump landed belly centered that the top of the jump and took the idler out in the trans! :-)
SC10
This is the first LARGE non-red clay clay track in three years! Just trying to remember how to setup a RC for this kind of clay hurt my brain!!! Didn't have any setup sheets from other track either!!!!! :-(
Changed from Proline Calibers 2.0 M3 to AKA Cityblock Soft on the rear for the first qual.
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1st Qual
SC10 would slide out in the rear of some turns and slide out in the front on others. This wasn't a push, thr front would slide out then jump back in!!!!!
Qual 5th :-(
2nd Qual
Changed back to Proline Calibers 2.0 M3 on the back. This was better BUT I still could NOT power around the big turns. On the long striaght the back end of the SC was twichy, Was faster every where but when being marshaled so I was two second slower!!!
3rd Qual
Took the front and rear sway bars off, change the camber to -1.5 from -1 Now the SC is getting better, the front and rear isn't sliding in the corners. As I'm just here for one race, I'm not going to test camber/caster options with swap bars.
Qual 6th in the B-main :-(
Changed rear shock towers, to place the shock mounts at the "0" hole, ajusted the toe in a 1/4 turn in on each side.
Da' Race
Go at the tone!!!! :-)
Was in 3rd by the 2nd turn, in 2nd at that turn on lap two. Passed 1st in the air over the BIG jump on lap three and started to pull away UNTIL the BIG JUMP on lap four!!! Touched a pipe with the right front wheel as I was landing, which remove it from the SC!!!!!
Still finished 7 of 9,
The SC was just hooked up like on carpet after the two changes made after the 3 qual!!! I thought, during the first three laps of the B-main that I had a chance in looking good in the A-main. So much for thinking!!!!!!!!!
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
10/7/2012
FZRC (Sarasota)
Track reminded me of Farmers "Friday Night under the Lights" before sun set >> damp with NO traction!!!!
SC10
1st qual drove my tail off trying to find a way around the track, groove was about 10 inches wide!!! If you got out of it you went no where. Changed from M3 Proline Caliber on the rear to AKA Cityblocks for the 2nd qual. Track had dried to the point I should have stayed with the Calibers!
Da' Main
By the two minute mark I was in 4th with 3rd about 60 foot in front of me, as I came up on 5th and 6th at the 4 minute mark I could see 3rd was about 20 foot in front of me :-) Maybe I could take that postion before the end. 5th and 6th choose to NOT let me by them!!!!! After 3 laps I decided that they needed a GET OUT OF MY WAY as I seen 3rd now had a 60 foot lead on me! So I pushed on them at every turn until 6th hit a pipe!!!!Nevergot close enough to 5th after that to pipe him!
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"Make a RC Wish"
EZ Customs offered to paint a body for "MRCW", we had a body for a Traxxas Rustler donated my Mike. Erik delieverd the body to us at FZRC. They did one SWEEEEEET paint job!!!
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FZRC (Sarasota)
Track reminded me of Farmers "Friday Night under the Lights" before sun set >> damp with NO traction!!!!
SC10
1st qual drove my tail off trying to find a way around the track, groove was about 10 inches wide!!! If you got out of it you went no where. Changed from M3 Proline Caliber on the rear to AKA Cityblocks for the 2nd qual. Track had dried to the point I should have stayed with the Calibers!
Da' Main
By the two minute mark I was in 4th with 3rd about 60 foot in front of me, as I came up on 5th and 6th at the 4 minute mark I could see 3rd was about 20 foot in front of me :-) Maybe I could take that postion before the end. 5th and 6th choose to NOT let me by them!!!!! After 3 laps I decided that they needed a GET OUT OF MY WAY as I seen 3rd now had a 60 foot lead on me! So I pushed on them at every turn until 6th hit a pipe!!!!Nevergot close enough to 5th after that to pipe him!
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"Make a RC Wish"
EZ Customs offered to paint a body for "MRCW", we had a body for a Traxxas Rustler donated my Mike. Erik delieverd the body to us at FZRC. They did one SWEEEEEET paint job!!!
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