5/31/14

Mann's RC (Ruskin, FL)

ON ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


GT-E

TQ'd the first qual, got squeezed into a wall <<< seemed that way to me, in the 2nd qual. Took the right front shock and steering link off the GT-E. Was still able to stay close to 2nd.


GT2-E

Got the GT2-E out and started 2nd against 7 TC 5 or 6's!  On the 4th or 5th lap ran over a TC something, he nosed into a pipe, and rolled over and 6 got by me!!! By lap 15 was up to 4th, lap 20 was 3rd and closing on 2nd. Was on the same laps as 1st and 2nd just a 1/4 lap back, they beat me across the line for 40 laps to my 39.

BUT a 3rd is just sweet against onroad cars with a offroad truck!!!

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5/25/2014

SS Hobbies and Raceway (Tampa, FL)

9am and the track was was perfect!

Announced that they are waiting for some racers from the Force Series so start time will be 1pm.

They had posted that there will be 3 qual's to give time for these racers to have time to get to SS. Start time was posted as 12 noon. Not a problem making needed adjustments, this wasn't one of them.

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Sprayed the track with sugar water GOOD thing, then HOSED the track and sugared it, NO traction during the 2wd buggy race pulled off after two laps! ST class was as bad, so was the SC class.

Then a rain came, after the 2nd round of qual's the rains came again!!! Went home at 6:30pm with only half the racing done, there was about 60 entries!!!

Thinking about going back to fishing!!!!!

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5/18/2014

SS Hobby and Raceway (Tampa, FL)

Race 7 of 10

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B4.1 +8

Qual'd in 2nd, finished in 2nd, now just two points behind 2nd in the series!!! :-)

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SC10

TQ'd and finished 1st, now have a 7 point lead over 2nd.

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GT-E

NEW truck!!! Converted my old RC10GT from nitro to electric. Drove will enough during practice to try a qual. Rear link pulled out of the ball cup going over the table top in the lead!! Put new ball cups on all the rear links, let's try this again the the 2nd qual. Link pulled out of the new ball cup. Seems there was a miss threading of the link, didn't thread deep enough!! ALL new links on for the main. When the links were working was able to easily out run the other racers.

Started 3rd was 2nd by turn two, was within ten foot of 1st, then touched a pipe and was a 1/4 lap back. Two laps later was about 15 foot behind 1st and touched a pipe again! Another two laps as I was trying to pass on the inside of a turn the ESC thermaled!!!!! I was done with a 4th place finish.

Leo was behind me by a point at the start of the day now I'm 6 points behind him!!!

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5/11/14

SS Raceway and Hobbies (Tampa, FL)

Race 6 of 10!

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B4.1

Qualed in fourth HOPED to at least finish this good. Not to happen, lap two landed wrong and broke the front shock tower. Was able to race back to 6th out of 10!

Only 4 points behind 2nd in the standings.

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SC10

TQ'd and was looking for a win. Didn't happen 2nd and 3rd jumped me in turn two, was able to get by 2nd four laps later, never got even a half lap close to first!

Still with the 2nd, it's first in the standings by 4 points!

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GT2-E

TQ'd and by turn three had a 20 foot lead, turn 4 it was a 100 foot lead and by the end of the first lap was just rolling the jumps and lapped 2nd at the 6 minute mark of the 8 minute main.

In first in the standings by one point!


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5/3/2014

301 Hobby and Raceway (Wildwood, FL)

GT2-E

Received a alm steering linkage from Integy last week. Seems an alm steering linkage messes with an AMB transponder!! Missed four laps at 301 today, race director noticed it was doing this again in the 2nd qual also. Moved it about a 1/2 inch forward and it was counting correctly in the 6 minute main.

Lined up in the TQ position and was away at the tone. Mike got close about two minutes in, close enough to NASCAR me in the turn just before the timing loop!!!! Decided that Mike wanted 1st place and he isn't going to get it!!!! Drove deeper into the turns for two laps, putting about 30 foot between us. By the 5 minute mark Mike was 3/4 of a lap behind me.

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301 is THE best track that I have ever raced on! Hard packed clay with NO treatment other than RC tires. Even with a very little dusting the traction was 100%

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4/27/14

SS Hobbies and Raceway (Tampa, FL)

Race 4 of 10 Series

Track opens at 10:00am NOT!!! Track prep started at 10 finished around 11:15!

Racing started around 12:30.

With the above I should have known that today was NOT going to be nice!!!!

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RC10B4.1

First qual was a bit rough with all the NOVICES in the class, 2nd was better.

The MAIN SUCKED!!!!!!!! Lap two, turn five nosed into the pipe and as the marshals fingers was just inches from assisting me another buggy got into the pipe. The marshal STOPPED assisting me, got the other buggy going then finished with me! Now I'm down 4 more places!!!!!!

1st passed me about a lap later. Lap 6 found out I was 7th of 9. Stepped on the gas, worked up to 5th at the finish.

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SC10

Every qual and the main, it was run into what ever moved near you by other racers. was hit three times in one lap by three diff racers during the main!!!!! Four turns from the finish a racer that I had passed three times choose to jump over the tabletop at full power in to my side on purposes (seems to me) rolls me on to my top and drove away!!! Finished 4th just like I qual'd.

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RC10GT2-E

ALL the racers in this class drove like they know what they are doing, the marshals not so much!!!!! During the 2nd qual, I was on my 3rd pipe hit in seven laps in the same place!!!!! Yes, I know my bad. BUT the marshal, this time, ran cross the track to marshal his buddy leaving me againest the pipe another marshal had to leave his spot to assist me. I parked the GT2-E with a minute left in the qual!!!

The main CLEAN racn' for 7 minutes!!! SWEEEEET 2nd place finish.

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IF it had been a club weekend of racing all the above would have been a lesser deal BUT it was a POINTS series race and all the BAD marshals AND bad racers came out to play!!!!!!!!!!

Don't know yet how many points I lost to these jerks!!!!

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