Sunday, May 29, 2016

Stock Buggy, SDRC, Saturday 5/28/16

I headed to SDRC for indoor buggy racing on the layout from the recent TNS series finale race. It was really easy to learn and I got the hang of it within 2-3 minutes of running.

I raced stock buggy with some old tires, which actually worked!  I was using them to just burn them up, but I used them for racing anyway. Lol!




I qualified 3rd after blowing out in round 2. Oh well.




I was able to get a clean start and stayed in 3rd place.  But about 3 laps in the leader crashed and I moved up to 2nd.  After jumping onto the straight, the leader got sideways and I hit him!  Luckily for me I landed on my wheels and was able to keep going and was still in 2nd.  I made a charge for the leader, but after a few bobbles in the last minute, I let him go and just held onto 2nd.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Outdoor 1/8 buggy racing?!?!


I finally raced my 1/8 buggy on the type of track it was designed for!  An outdoor 1/8 sized track with a huge triple I actually needed a run up for!

I raced my buddies only, as we were the only electric cars there, so it was more like timed practice, instead of actual racing. My buddy loaned me some tires as the ones I brought might have been bald by the end of the day. I think he did this to slow me down as, I was nearly 2 seconds a lap slower. Lol!

In round 1 I got around ok and didn't crash too much, but I seemed to push in the faster corners. I made the big triple almost every lap! 


In round 2, my motor became loose and the center diff stripped!  Luckily I stopped before the gear was completely destroyed and I was able to retighten the motor to the mount and not have to replace the gear, which would also require me to take apart the center diff. 


I was able to run both A1 and A2, but my drivetrain is hurting!  I think most of the cva bones are bent and the input shaft to the front diff is so bent that it binds!  I really need to rebuild my car!  Lol!  My batteries are also running very warm and are down on power, so I should probably replace those also.

(I couldn't find the results from A1 or A2)

Below is a vid of the 1st qualifier that my Brother took when he stopped by. 

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Mod Buggy! SDRC Saturday 5/7/16

I sucked!  Lol!  I crashed too much and my lap time were nearly a second off pace. But I was breaking in tires also. Maybe I should lower my ride height and change to a softer front spring?




Monday, May 2, 2016

Back at it!

I finally went back out for some racing on Saturday 4/30.  I haven't raced for the last 3 weeks!

I ran my B4 in practice to use up some old tires while learning the layout. I think my lap times were in the low 19's. I then took the B5m out on gold Barflys and got down into the high 18's :). By the time racing started I was in the mid 18's. Fast lap is in the high 17's I think. 

I ended up qualifying 4th, using my 1st qualifier, as I somehow broke the rear shock tower in the second round?  In the main I had a clean 1st lap, but crashed on lap 2 and dropped to 8th. During the race I made my way back to 6th. I tried a pass for 5th on the last lap, but ended up crashing. Oh well. 

I need to rebuild my rear shocks as I noticed more oil leaking from them now. I'd also like to mount my 2nd body. Lol.