For this week I lowered my front roll center and raised the rear roll center, in hopes of more corner speed. I also increased my motor timing and changed the gearing, but I think I went too far as the motor made an awful screaming noise! So I returned to my previous timing and gearing. I also used my dirt webs instead of electrons, as I didn't want to put any wear on my "race" tires. I had a horrible push with new tires up front, so I switched to some older fronts with open cell foam. These tires were better, but I still haven't gone faster than 18.7, while the fastest guys are in the low 18's to high 17's.
I managed to qualify 5th, matching my best run of 16:13.
I finished 5th after going to last in the 2nd corner on the start, stuffing my car in the pipe and causing a pile up. I got up to 4th at one point, but crashed trying to go faster and dropped back to where I started, 5th.
Next Saturday is race #5 of 6 for the series. I'm thinking of adding a little drag brake or changing my trailing axle position or akerman to get a little more steering.
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