Stock Buggy, SDRC, Saturday 12/27/14

Open! Open! Open!  For day #2 of racing!

I had a horrible run in the 1st round of qualifying as the track was just too wet after being soaked earlier in the afternoon it was the same for everyone though and I managed to qualify 6th overall and still in the A main. Round 2 was much better and the track was drier now!  I turned a 17:00 and missed out on the 2nd spot on the grid by a mere 0.024 of a second!

In the main I had a clean start but stuffed the pipe coming onto the straight. Luckily I only lost 1 position. A few laps later the 2 cars in front of me tangled and I moved up to 2nd. However, the 3rd place car was catching me and eventually passed me after I huck-a-bucked at the end of the straight and bounced off the pipe. I would end the race finishing in 3rd. 

Since I didn't run during the afternoon practice due to working on my car and the muddy track conditions, I stayed after  racing and tested a few tire combos since the track was now in the best condition of the day. My fastest lap was a 16.48s on a set of gold barcode fronts and silver dirt web rears. I'll have to try these tires during the next race. 

1st Race at the New SDRC! Friday 12/26/14

I signed up for Stock Buggy and 13.5 Buggy with my RC10WC.  I qualifed 3rd in Stock, but was having transpoder problems in 13.5, with my car not counting correctly. As it turns out a lot of people were having the same problem. I later found out that the detection wire was buried too deep in the clay and causing the issue. Hopefully this is fixed by next weekend. 

New pit tables this will most likely be our new spot. 

I finished 5th after crashing a few times :(

No luck in 13.5 either as I was missing laps and racing on balding rear tires. 

The New SDRC Raceway!

Yesterday was the opening day for the new home of SDRC!  New everything also!  New dirt, pit tables, non-rolling chairs (boo), etc. 

The dirt was still pretty green, but traction  was ok and the cars driveable.  Dust developed pretty quick off line and you had no grip out there. The layout was decent with a double triple in the middle of the track with a turn in between the double and triple. 

My fast lap in traffic with low grip. 

Stock Buggy, OCRC, Sunday 12/21/14

Time to get serious!

A bunch of SDRC locals headed up to our sister track OCRC (cuz RB lends/rents Scotty some equipment for rebuilding the track for layout changes). It was also the last race of their winter series, so it was stupid busy!  

Traffic during practice was horrible!  I was only able to put in a clean lap every once in awhile due to the number of cars on the track. The double triple was also clogged most of the time with wrecked cars such that I wasn't able to run through there at race speed.  I ended up cutting the track to avoid the crashes in that jump section.  On my 2nd run it was not so crowded and I was able to string together more laps at race speed. The layout was fun to drive. I seemed to be able to get through the step up chicane leading onto the straight much faster and was able to make passes on other cars there. 

I finished 2nd in the B main and bumped to the 11th spot in the A :)

I finished 7th in the A after a few crashes and broken cars in front of me. I made it up to as high as 6th during the race. The other SDRC guys finished 4th and 11th.

Vintage Stock Buggy, IERC, Saturday 12/20/14

Since the new SDRC facility wasn't open yet, we headed up to IERC for some club racing.  I haven't been here since last December when we came up for their Toys for Tots club race. 

I raced my RC10 again, since it's fun beating the newer cars. I plan to change the motor and ESC in it though, to an SXX and 8.5, to race it in the Vintage Class of the TNS series. 

I signed up for Sportsman Stock Buggy, but all the stock buggies were put in 1 heat due to a light turnout.  We also ran 1 qualifier and triple A mains, racing 4 times :)

I would start 5th for each main. 

6th

3rd!

5th

I finished 4th overall. Not bad with a car not as forgiving to drive :)

Super Champ Build!

So I finally got around to building my Super Champ!  This was my 1st RC I ever had and drove. So when Tamiya came out with the re-released version I had to get one!

Vintage Stock Buggy, SDRC, 12/13/14

Turned my fastest lap with my RC10WC on this layout so far, 23.978!

Vintage Stock Buggy and 13.5 Buggy, SDRC, 12/12/14

I was showing up as my brother on the heat sheets and didn't bother to have it fixed. Lol!

Vintage Stock Buggy, SDRC, 12/10/14

MurfDogg Racing, 2015

I'm proud to announce that I'll be running for MurfDogg Racing once again in 2015!  Thanks for the continued support Matt Murphy!  Race One or Chase One!