Thursday, April 21, 2011

Opening race night at SDRC!

Some changes were made to the track Tuesday night and it's much more 1/10 friendly now! The turn at the end of the straight is wider, the pipe was moved in some. The pit between the table tops at the end of the straight has been filled in a bit. The 1st jump for the second triple has been cut down. The whoops section after the 3rd triple has been changed to the following: small quad, corner double, roller, single jump, pit filled in so its flat, small corner table top, then back onto the straight. Also, the boxes around the track on Saturday are now on the drivers stand! The view of the track is so much better now!

I took some video of one of the Mod SC and Mod Buggy qualifiers. Note: I will be disabling embedding of all future videos due to a website dedicated to RC videos embedding my videos into their site and not allowing them to link back to the original video. At least my posts will be a ton shorter now though! I guess I'll be posting more photos to my blog :)

Monday, April 18, 2011

SDRC Now open 7 days a week!

Starting today, SDRC will be open 7 days a week.

M-F, 11am-9pm
Sat-Sun, 9am-9pm

Racing starts at 7pm on Wednesday/Friday, and 11am Saturdays. Details regarding classes coming soon!

Memberships will be available (no details yet) as well as Happy Hour practices and $5 lunch time racing.

Photos by my friend Eric from the "Soft" opening last Saturday!










Videos from the "Soft" opening last Saturday!









Saturday, April 16, 2011

SDRC Opening Soon!!!


The address was finally given out!

San Diego RC Raceway- SDRC
8725 Production Ave.
San Diego, CA 92121

Opening 4/18!
Grand opening celebration in one month!

Hours:
M-F 11am to 9pm or end of racing
Sat-Sun 9am to 9pm or end of racing

Racing every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday

1st race Wednesday 4/20!

Thanks jdegraff of socal-rc.com for the photo :)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

San Diego RC Raceway- Opening!!!

The new indoor track in San Diego (San Diego RC Raceway- SDRC) is coming along nicely! Below are some pics of the pit area, track box, and driver's stand :)

Pit tables

Track box being filled with clay

Several views of the driver's stand. You drive from the lower level and the announcer/race director is on the upper level


Thanks to tuck nasty and jdegraff on socal-rc.com for the photos :)

The owner's are supposed to make an announcement later today. I'm hoping it's a press release regarding the grand opening date and location :)

**UPDATE**
SDRC will be open for business starting 4/18! With the 1st race being held on Wednesday 4/20! Details to follow this weekend!

2011 JBRL, Round 2, OCRC

I was hoping for a good showing, but I wasn't as prepared as I could have been. I didn't have a set of slicks ready for the grooved track (which appeared for the mains), as I never tested on slicks. I forgot to bring the "secret" tire additive and never tested with it, for the grooved track. Thus, I was almost a second slower per lap. My motors seemed to be overheating, when they were probably fine, causing me to keep gearing down, and end up under-geared by the mains. I only make 1 of 3 A mains (where I end up breaking an arm), and end up almost finishing last in my other 2 classes :( Like I said, not a good day for me. I will be better prepared when the JBRL returns to OCRC in September!

Anyway, here are the videos we were able to get.


My races.








My brothers buggy main.


Other races we were able to get.




Monday, April 4, 2011

Pics from 2011 JBRL, Round 2, OCRC






My friend took this pics of my cars during the JBRL race this past Saturday at OCRC. They came out great! They are a bunch more, but I can't post them all :(