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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