JBRL Round 3, Palm Desert Vids

Expert Stock 4wd, Round 1 Qualifier


Expert Stock Truck, Round 1 Qualifier


Sportsman Stock Buggy, Round 1 Qualifier


Rookie 2wd, B Main


Expert Stock 4wd, A Main


Expert Stock Truck, A Main


Sportsman Stock Truck, A Main


Sportsman Stock Buggy, A Main


This was a fun race at new track, which is what made the race fun. I wish I did better in my mains, but I got the gearing wrong, trying to keep my motors from burning up in the 100F+ heat in the desert, ending up way under-geared compared to everyone else.

The track itself was on the large size and had several blind spots that would mess you up, if you weren't in the right spot. The layout was still fun though, with traction really high, early in the day, but the "glue" that sealed the surface began breaking up by the mains, causing traction to become inconsistent.

By the end of the mains I was ready to head home, take a shower, and sit in some AC and cool off!

JBRL Round 3, Palm Desert RC Raceway *Updated Track Pics*

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The new layout for this weekend's Round 3 of the JBRL is in at Palm Desert RC Raceway! This will be my first trip to this track, so I'm not sure what to expect. But, I have read that when the surface is glued (which it will be for the JBRL), it is similar to Hot Rod Hobbies.

The layout itself looks great! Looks to have a good flow to it, but I won't know for sure until I drive it during practice this Friday :)

Pictures courtesy of Palm Desert RC Raceway.

Opening race night at SDRC!

Some changes were made to the track Tuesday night and it's much more 1/10 friendly now! The turn at the end of the straight is wider, the pipe was moved in some. The pit between the table tops at the end of the straight has been filled in a bit. The 1st jump for the second triple has been cut down. The whoops section after the 3rd triple has been changed to the following: small quad, corner double, roller, single jump, pit filled in so its flat, small corner table top, then back onto the straight. Also, the boxes around the track on Saturday are now on the drivers stand! The view of the track is so much better now!

I took some video of one of the Mod SC and Mod Buggy qualifiers. Note: I will be disabling embedding of all future videos due to a website dedicated to RC videos embedding my videos into their site and not allowing them to link back to the original video. At least my posts will be a ton shorter now though! I guess I'll be posting more photos to my blog :)

SDRC Now open 7 days a week!

Starting today, SDRC will be open 7 days a week.

M-F, 11am-9pm
Sat-Sun, 9am-9pm

Racing starts at 7pm on Wednesday/Friday, and 11am Saturdays. Details regarding classes coming soon!

Memberships will be available (no details yet) as well as Happy Hour practices and $5 lunch time racing.

Photos by my friend Eric from the "Soft" opening last Saturday!

Videos from the "Soft" opening last Saturday!

SDRC Opening Soon!!!

The address was finally given out!

San Diego RC Raceway- SDRC

8725 Production Ave.

San Diego, CA 92121

Opening 4/18!

Grand opening celebration in one month!

Hours:

M-F 11am to 9pm or end of racing

Sat-Sun 9am to 9pm or end of racing

Racing every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday

1st race Wednesday 4/20!

Thanks jdegraff of socal-rc.com for the photo :)