3/162015
Quaker Steak and Lube (Clearwater, FL.)
Monday night OVAL <<< my first REAL oval race(s).
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TC4
Lap two of warmup before the 1st qual, hit a pipe, took the left front wheel off.
Lap three of warmup before the 2nd qual, hit a pipe (same spot!!!!), took the left front wheel off.
Go at the tone, started in 7th, was 4th by the end of turn one and was looking for the racer in 1st!!!! Was able to get by 3rd before 1st and 2nd lapped me!!!!! A 3rd is just SWEEET in my first OVAL race.
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GT-E
GT class, IF it doesn't fit any other class it fits in GT class. 1st qual, coming out of turn two hit a RC BEHIND a turn marshal!!!!
Line up 4th in the B-main, was in 2nd by the end of turn one, by half way 1st was on my tail, which I was thinking I had got by him a couple laps earlier (there are a LOT of wreaks in OVAL racing it seems) and was just ahead of him!!! Winner bumps up to the A-main, watch him come from 9th to first in 10 laps!!! Then got hit by a back marker, he was able to recover for a 2nd.
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Update on the TC4
Even though the TC4 raced good it still was acting odd at the start. Did some checking today, bottom start software is bad from the hubs last Sat, took the motor, senser wire AND esc out. Took 3 months of looking on ebay and RC Tech to get these!!!!!
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