FZRC (Sarasota, FL)
Florida. State sportsman series/ Electric
SC10
Arrived about 7am, the tracks lighting was on, first time for me to see the track under lights!!!
Track was a bit damp from the night dew, by the first qual the GROOVE started to develop.
Started with Proline M3 Calibers front and rear, good enough for 3rd. BUT I wanted a better starting grid place. JConcepts "Gold" Double Deeson the front and JConcepts "Blue" Subcultures on the rear and I was ready for qual #2. During a warm up lap, the left rear a-arm came a part BIG time, spent the 8 minute qual in the pits rebuilding the rear of the SC10.
A few months ago, I had put a alm rear a-arm mount on the SC10. As I was repairing the broken a-arm found the alm mount was broke also!!!!!!! AND was twisted!!! Changed to a stock plastic mount, after a treatment of Red Dot to the tires, was ready for the 8 minute a main.
Go at the tone!!!
Crossed the line in 3rd just as I started, for lap one. Jumped over #2 in the front triple for second and was watching first pull away, lap two!! Then he piped it (lap 5), and I was by him, we both were running the same line before his pipe problem. He was on me for a lap then piped again two laps later he was on me again and piped it. Now I'm sure I had a big enough lead, that he would NEVER catch me. ONE lap later he was on me!!! After nine laps in the lead I miss landed coming over the cross-over, went wide into the corner and he passed me on the inside of the turn.
Even tho he got by I felt good, during those 9 laps we had lapped the rest of the racers!! Ken passed me for the lead at lap 14 of the 26 laps he had, then PASSED me again on lap 24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We were talking after the race (I knew I knew him from some place but couldn't place him), asked him if he had raced the first race (two months ago) of the series. He had, he beat me at that race also!!!!! But he ONLY passed me once two turns before the finish at SS Raceway and Hobbies!!!!!!
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In 2nd place for the series with one more race to run. Yupers in Winterheaven is next, then it's TROPHY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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