Top Gun Race Announcement!

The big announcement was for the 2019 Top Gun Shootout, which happens every year.  The race will also be on the current clay track, not carpet.  LOL!

SDRC Switching to Carpet ?!?

SDRC has announced that they are making a "Big Announcement" tomorrow at 1pm.  From the looks of the post they are switching to a carpet racing surface?!  I guess I'll need to convert my car's setup over to carpet?  What to do with all my clay tires?

I guess I'll need a gear diff, sway bars, and new wheels and tires?

I really don't care.  As long as they stay open and I have a local place to race RC cars!

Welcome Back to Expert 17.5 Buggy!

I decided to switch back to Expert 17.5 after racing Sportsman for the past 2 years.

I finished 3rd in round 1 with the fastest lap (18.249) and a 16:03.

In round 2 I would make a big mistake in the closing laps and drop from a 16:00 to a 16:09 :(

In the main I qualified 4th and mistakes by the 3 cars in front of me allowed me to take the lead on the 2nd lap!  Which I was able to hold until the end by turning consistent, yet slightly slower laps.  My fast lap was 18.138, average lap 18.694, standard deviation of 0.733, and consistency of 96.081%.  I'd like to get my fast lap and average lap to be less than 0.500 apart.  This race was 0.556!  Pretty good, but no cigar.

A win on my return to Expert 17.5 Buggy? I'll take that!

RAD Race Day

I attended SDRC's RAD (Racer Appreciation Day) race this past Saturday.  This race marked the 3 year anniversary of the transfer of ownership of SDRC from Scott Bergen to Travis Brock.  This race is usually popular due to the $0 entry fee for 2 classes!

I would only race in 1 class, Sportsman Buggy, which had the most entries, with 48.  The mains went down to an F main!  For round 1 of qualifying I would finish 2nd in my heat and was seeded 7th overall.  The 2nd round would be faster, and while I improved my time, I was bumped out of the A main and be seeded 9th overall :(

I started the B main in the BQ position and put in 1 lap before I stuffed the exit of the bowl turn and dropped down to 3rd.  A short landing on the triple dropped me down to 5th :(.  I worked my way back up to 3rd by the end of the race, but unfortunately only the top 2 transfer to the A main :(.

The highlight of my day was my lunch from "Fresh Off the Bowl", the lunch caterer for the RAD race.  I had the pork bowl with an over easy egg on top.  Yum!

Oh ya. I got a new 2wd buggy!  A TLR 22 5.0 SR!