4/20/14
SS Hobbies and Raceway (Tampa, FL)
SS got about 6 inches of rain Friday, BUT Ronnie has the drainage dialed in!!! Track had a layer of sand like clay on it, traction was poor!
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B4.1
Had the same AKA tires on the rear that was on last Sunday. Changed to JC Double Dee's and from the TQ position lead the main to the finish for the win!!!!
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SC10
Tires, TIRES, TIRES not one of what I had worked!!!! No rear traction!!!!!! Did qual 4th :-)
Changed to PC Double Dee's in Gold on the rear (these are the FRONT tires that I use for groove tracks), these were the best so far, but still bad. Finished where I started 4th!
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GT2-E
Mid Motor RC's are, they say, are for HIGH traction tracks only. And SS was a bit below medium traction on this race day. Started from TQ and finished 2nd to a Losi 22TM.
So the two MM finished in front of ALL the Rear Motor's on a track that favors the RM RC's!!!!!
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Monday, April 14, 2014
4/13/14
SS Hobbies and Raceway (Tampa, FL)
SC10GT
Wanted to race at least one qual with this nitro FUN sc!!! Would not start!!!! :-(
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B4.1
Didn't like the way the B4.1 powered out of a corner and didn't have much top end, thought it could be the battery. Raced it last week at FZ and didn't charge it. Fresh battery and NOT much diff!!! Thought about a gearing change BUT wasn't sure about motor temps!!! Did about ten laps, temp was 112 degrees, out came the GEARS!!!!!!!!
Changed from 81/21 to 78/21, not much of a change just wanted to go one step at a time. Put the motor right in the middle of it's power. TQ the class, traction rolled* the first turn on the main and played catch-up from that point for a 5th.
*sugared the track before the start of the days racing, watered before each round of qual's then treated the track with cola for the mains. Cola makes for a completely diff traction than sugar!!! Was pulling wheelies on the straights!!
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SC10
Liked the way JC Double Dee's (Gold) on the front worked at FZ, thought I would try them at SS. To much steering until a set of JC Double Dee's (Blue) went on the rear. TQ'd that class also, had a bit of a tussle with the racer who finished 3rd for a lap and a half until he flipped over on a jump. And I was gone looking for Matt in 1st, never got even close to him!!!!!
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GT2-E
3-pete or triple, what ever it's called TQ'd this class also!!! :-)
Had a little tussle with Leo for two turns and he touched a pipe just enough for me to get a 30 foot lead on the first lap. He stayed a straight away behind me for almost half the race waiting for me to screw up. Then the pipes started to get in Leo's way!!! :-(
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SS started a 10 race 2 drop series, a race ago, so I'm waiting for a standing list to be posted to see how much I will need to push in each class to finish in the top three.
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SS Hobbies and Raceway (Tampa, FL)
SC10GT
Wanted to race at least one qual with this nitro FUN sc!!! Would not start!!!! :-(
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B4.1
Didn't like the way the B4.1 powered out of a corner and didn't have much top end, thought it could be the battery. Raced it last week at FZ and didn't charge it. Fresh battery and NOT much diff!!! Thought about a gearing change BUT wasn't sure about motor temps!!! Did about ten laps, temp was 112 degrees, out came the GEARS!!!!!!!!
Changed from 81/21 to 78/21, not much of a change just wanted to go one step at a time. Put the motor right in the middle of it's power. TQ the class, traction rolled* the first turn on the main and played catch-up from that point for a 5th.
*sugared the track before the start of the days racing, watered before each round of qual's then treated the track with cola for the mains. Cola makes for a completely diff traction than sugar!!! Was pulling wheelies on the straights!!
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SC10
Liked the way JC Double Dee's (Gold) on the front worked at FZ, thought I would try them at SS. To much steering until a set of JC Double Dee's (Blue) went on the rear. TQ'd that class also, had a bit of a tussle with the racer who finished 3rd for a lap and a half until he flipped over on a jump. And I was gone looking for Matt in 1st, never got even close to him!!!!!
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GT2-E
3-pete or triple, what ever it's called TQ'd this class also!!! :-)
Had a little tussle with Leo for two turns and he touched a pipe just enough for me to get a 30 foot lead on the first lap. He stayed a straight away behind me for almost half the race waiting for me to screw up. Then the pipes started to get in Leo's way!!! :-(
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SS started a 10 race 2 drop series, a race ago, so I'm waiting for a standing list to be posted to see how much I will need to push in each class to finish in the top three.
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Saturday, April 5, 2014
4/5/2014
FZRC (Sarasota, FL)
Planed to race Mod SC with the SC10 BUT had some time to put the B4.1, GT2-E and the SC10 on the track for some practice. AND I'm glad the time was there for this.
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There were just two signed up for novice class and I said kinda kidding to Marty "guess I should have signed up for novice class and drive my b4". Marty said get it on the track, we need a 3rd car to make a class.
1st qual raced the B4.1 to a TQ, 2nd qual raced the T4 to a 2nd place and raced the GT2-E in the main for the win!!!!!!!!! Had a BP $10 gift card in my wallet, RCWish gave this to 2nd as an award for finishing so well for his FIRST RACE!!!!
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Mod SC
SC10 was running in the TQ position until the last lap and Nick got by me!!!
Burnt the rear tires off the SC10 by the 5 minute mark of the 8 minute main, was able to hold on the 3rd through!!!!!
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FZRC (Sarasota, FL)
Planed to race Mod SC with the SC10 BUT had some time to put the B4.1, GT2-E and the SC10 on the track for some practice. AND I'm glad the time was there for this.
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There were just two signed up for novice class and I said kinda kidding to Marty "guess I should have signed up for novice class and drive my b4". Marty said get it on the track, we need a 3rd car to make a class.
1st qual raced the B4.1 to a TQ, 2nd qual raced the T4 to a 2nd place and raced the GT2-E in the main for the win!!!!!!!!! Had a BP $10 gift card in my wallet, RCWish gave this to 2nd as an award for finishing so well for his FIRST RACE!!!!
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Mod SC
SC10 was running in the TQ position until the last lap and Nick got by me!!!
Burnt the rear tires off the SC10 by the 5 minute mark of the 8 minute main, was able to hold on the 3rd through!!!!!
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