Covid-19 New Case Rate Declining!

 The Covid-19 new case rate has been trending downwards for the last month!  So maybe I'll start indoor racing again in February?

2020 Race Results

TQ: 9

1st Place: 9

2nd Place: 5

3rd Place: 3 

Last Race before the Covid-19 case surge

 So I've basically stopped racing due to the surge in Covid-19 cases, which started climbing back in November 2020.  My last race was at the San Marcos Racer Appreciation Race held by the RC Racers of San Diego club on 11/15/20.

Since extra classes were free for this race, I decided to race both my Formula E car and Euro Truck.  Which was harder than it sounds, as these 2 cars handle so differently!  The FE is loose and has tons of steering, while the ET has very little low speed steering.

Below are the videos for Euro Truck, which I was able to TQ and win!

Next up are my videos for Formula E.  I qualified 2nd and finished 2nd.  I will need to work on the setup to chase down Jerry, as he's got his car dialed in now.

Back to racing for November!

After taking the month of October off from racing while I took care of non-racing issues, I return for November and try out the new layout put in for the JBRL last month (no real triple).  Turns out they are also doing heads up starts for the qualifiers this month. Great.  I was screwed with a mid-pack start for both heats.

In Heat 1, I finished in 4th after starting 4th with a 15:00, fast lap of 18.243, average lap of  19.527, and consistency of  92.74%.  I made 1 driving mistake and had 5 crashes.

In Heat 2, I finished in 3rd after starting 5th with a 16:14, fast lap of 18.284, average lap of  19.595, and consistency of  92.31%.  I made 0 driving mistake and had 4 crashes.

I qualified 3rd for the A main and finished in 3rd with a 16:12, fast lap of 18.109, average lap of  19.546, and consistency of  89.04%.  I made 1 driving mistake and had 3 crashes.  I had 2 crashes in 1 lap which ate up a lot of time!

Maiden race for the Formula E! 11/1/20

This was the 1st race day for my new Tamiya Formula E car on the new TC-01 4wd chassis with laydown shocks!  The setup needs some work to make it easier to drive though.

In Heat 1, I won the heat with a 21:07, fast lap of 13.305, average lap of  14.637, and consistency of  96.05%.  I made 6 minor driving mistake and had 0 crashes.

In Heat 2, I won the heat again with a 21:09, fast lap of 13.633, average lap of  14.671, and consistency of  89.60%.  I made 1 minor driving mistake and had 1 crash.

I TQ'd the class and just barely won the Main!  The race announcer was only calling out the time remaining in the race and not the race order, so I lost track of who was in 2nd place.  On the last lap 2nd position was right behind me and I didn't know, thus I wasn't defensing my position!  Luckily i beat him to the line by 0.2 seconds and won the Main with a 21:02, fast lap of 13.664, average lap of  14.328, and consistency of  96.98%.  I made 1 minor driving mistake and had 1 crash.

Ready to race!