6/30/2013
SS Hobbies & Raceway (Tampa, FL)
RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
6/22/2013
SS Hobby and Raceway (Tampa, FL)
Grand Opening race, they got a LOT of rain the evening before, BUT you could not tell it!!!
First round of qual's.
Mod SC
NITRO :-) The odd looks as I carried the GT2SC to the start line! Was the ONLY nitro SC there.
TQ'd that qual by a lap over 4 ele SC's!!!!!! :-)
ST
The GT2-E just was out of it's element on the clay, but did qual 2nd/
Round two
Mod SC
SC10 two laps better and 10 sec quicker than the GT2SC. Thought GREAT now I've got a even better TQ. Then they announced that another racer had beat my time by 4 sec's!!!!!!
ST
The T4 was UP to the job of staying on the same lap with the TQ racer.
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Mains
Mod SC
Gone at the tone, passed the TQ guy in the first turn, just after we started lap two I touched a pipe HARD and broke the rear link mount. 196 sec later I was back on the track to make sure I finished the main!!! 7 out of 9 :-)
ST
Lap 4 missed a landing and popped a rear ball cup. Was in last by the time Jim got it hooked up. At the 4 minute mark I was back in 2nd and had 1st on my tail. Then he had a rear ball cup come loose. I thought maybe I can get close enough to make it a race for first. One lap went by and they were still trying to get his ball cup hooked up. Another lap and I'm in first! They got him fixed and back on the track just in front of me and he was just that close to being a lap down. With 2 minutes to go he did his best but was still a half a lap behind at the finish.
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SS Hobby and Raceway (Tampa, FL)
Grand Opening race, they got a LOT of rain the evening before, BUT you could not tell it!!!
First round of qual's.
Mod SC
NITRO :-) The odd looks as I carried the GT2SC to the start line! Was the ONLY nitro SC there.
TQ'd that qual by a lap over 4 ele SC's!!!!!! :-)
ST
The GT2-E just was out of it's element on the clay, but did qual 2nd/
Round two
Mod SC
SC10 two laps better and 10 sec quicker than the GT2SC. Thought GREAT now I've got a even better TQ. Then they announced that another racer had beat my time by 4 sec's!!!!!!
ST
The T4 was UP to the job of staying on the same lap with the TQ racer.
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Mains
Mod SC
Gone at the tone, passed the TQ guy in the first turn, just after we started lap two I touched a pipe HARD and broke the rear link mount. 196 sec later I was back on the track to make sure I finished the main!!! 7 out of 9 :-)
ST
Lap 4 missed a landing and popped a rear ball cup. Was in last by the time Jim got it hooked up. At the 4 minute mark I was back in 2nd and had 1st on my tail. Then he had a rear ball cup come loose. I thought maybe I can get close enough to make it a race for first. One lap went by and they were still trying to get his ball cup hooked up. Another lap and I'm in first! They got him fixed and back on the track just in front of me and he was just that close to being a lap down. With 2 minutes to go he did his best but was still a half a lap behind at the finish.
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Sunday, June 16, 2013
6/15/2013
B&B Hobby (Hudson, FL.)
This is my 3rd time to visit B&B, this visit was very diff!!!
My normal traveling racn' buddy couldn't go, his wife had broken an ankle a few weeks ago, so he's a stay at home hubby taking care of his sweety!
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GT2-SC
Track looked like "stuff"!!! After a couple hours of practice it was worse. About 6 minutes into practice the idler gear in the tranny let go. This is the RC that I went to B&B to race, it's nitro powered and B&B is the closest track that races nitro classes. 86 mile drive and no racing for this RC. :-(
GT2-E
Hoped that there would be enough ST's for a class, I had the only one!
SC10
So I'm down to "Old Faithful", with a new (to me) Reedy 5500 lipo. With this lipo I had way to much power for the track, started at 140% on the radio, finished at 120% and even that was to much!!!
By the end of the 7 minute main I had a good 3 place finish.
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The way the track team prepped the track was real ODD!
They blew the track off then water the edges for both qual's, During the 2nd qual's the track was starting to take a groove. I thought SWEEEET the track should be good for the main.
Not to be, they hosed the track!!! Why would you water the complete track when it's starting to "Blue Groove". They ran the 1/8 ele buggy b-main first which dug up all the wet places and scattered the sand/clay all over the track surface. The track was worse then it was during practice!!!!
Told my race buddy, NOT going back there!!!!
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B&B Hobby (Hudson, FL.)
This is my 3rd time to visit B&B, this visit was very diff!!!
My normal traveling racn' buddy couldn't go, his wife had broken an ankle a few weeks ago, so he's a stay at home hubby taking care of his sweety!
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GT2-SC
Track looked like "stuff"!!! After a couple hours of practice it was worse. About 6 minutes into practice the idler gear in the tranny let go. This is the RC that I went to B&B to race, it's nitro powered and B&B is the closest track that races nitro classes. 86 mile drive and no racing for this RC. :-(
GT2-E
Hoped that there would be enough ST's for a class, I had the only one!
SC10
So I'm down to "Old Faithful", with a new (to me) Reedy 5500 lipo. With this lipo I had way to much power for the track, started at 140% on the radio, finished at 120% and even that was to much!!!
By the end of the 7 minute main I had a good 3 place finish.
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The way the track team prepped the track was real ODD!
They blew the track off then water the edges for both qual's, During the 2nd qual's the track was starting to take a groove. I thought SWEEEET the track should be good for the main.
Not to be, they hosed the track!!! Why would you water the complete track when it's starting to "Blue Groove". They ran the 1/8 ele buggy b-main first which dug up all the wet places and scattered the sand/clay all over the track surface. The track was worse then it was during practice!!!!
Told my race buddy, NOT going back there!!!!
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
6/8/2013
RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two weekends in a row AND their talking like it may be three!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(
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HMIRCR (Sarasota,FL.)
Hoped that some other racers who show, they did NOT!!!! Indoors, AC, NO RAIN and food.
RC10T4
With the build of the RC10GT2-E, I haven't drove the T4 in a few weeks, put the best non-race tires on and had at it. Had to apply "Reddot" every few laps to have any traction.
Evader SC
Have a Losi brush esc and a 27 turn stock motor in this, After six laps 189 degrees, changed to a two tooth larger pinion (20) and it went to 190. Changed to a 21 and it was 208. BUT it was FAST!!!!!!!!
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RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two weekends in a row AND their talking like it may be three!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(
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HMIRCR (Sarasota,FL.)
Hoped that some other racers who show, they did NOT!!!! Indoors, AC, NO RAIN and food.
RC10T4
With the build of the RC10GT2-E, I haven't drove the T4 in a few weeks, put the best non-race tires on and had at it. Had to apply "Reddot" every few laps to have any traction.
Evader SC
Have a Losi brush esc and a 27 turn stock motor in this, After six laps 189 degrees, changed to a two tooth larger pinion (20) and it went to 190. Changed to a 21 and it was 208. BUT it was FAST!!!!!!!!
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Sunday, June 2, 2013
6/2/2013
RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So no racn'.
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GT2-E
Changed to inline front axles and put .2 shock tower and a-arms on the front.
Move the rear top shock mount to hole #1 from hole #3.
BUT with all the rain, I thought I would have to wait another week to test the changes.
Remembered HMIRCR at Sarasota Square Mall in Sarasota, FL. Broke the front bulkhead 1/2 lap into test!!! :-(
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RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So no racn'.
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GT2-E
Changed to inline front axles and put .2 shock tower and a-arms on the front.
Move the rear top shock mount to hole #1 from hole #3.
BUT with all the rain, I thought I would have to wait another week to test the changes.
Remembered HMIRCR at Sarasota Square Mall in Sarasota, FL. Broke the front bulkhead 1/2 lap into test!!! :-(
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