HRCP Series Race #1, Saturday 6/18/16

I headed out to Heritage RC Park in Chula Vista for race #1 of their club series. I showed up late and took no practice laps with my RC8.2e or SC10 4x4 truck. LOL!  Needles to say that I didn't take the race seriously and just wanted to run my cars. 

With a low entry count in 4x SC I finished 2nd in every qualifier and A1, A2, and A3. Thus I finished 2nd overall. 

I guess I should finally installed the upgrade parts I bought for the truck 4 years ago and try again next month. 

I didn't take photos of the 1/8 buggy race results and I don't think the results are on liverc. I only found a photo of the triple A main results on Facebook. 

Looks like I finished 8th overall after my radio battery died during A3. I'll have to remember to put in a fresh radio battery next time. At least I think I'm finally getting the hang of driving my buggy in such a big track :). I plan to soften the sway bars back to stock, change the shock oils to 40/35 and go with blue/light blue springs. I also picked up some diff grease to try and rebuild my diff and fill them with 5K-5K-3K.  

I also had another MurfDogg 2 cell pack puff up on me, so I finally bought some Fantom 4S 6500mah 70C packs!  I plan to gear up another tooth, add some boost, and a motor fan. 

Maybe I'll even show up early for the next race! Lol!

Mod Buggy, Saturday 6/11/16, SDRC

Managed to finish 3rd in the B Main after qualifying dead last in the class. My 22 3.0 was loose on power most of the night. Maybe I should have cut down the JC foams in my gold dirt webs?

Mod Truck, SDRC, Saturday 6/4/16

I decided to bring the T5m out for some racing. Which turned into a demolition derby in round 1, then round 2 was ok, and I broke in the main. Not much fun. 

I also brought out the SC10 4x4 to burn up some tires. It's a little loose on exit and could use some heavier shock oils. I should also gear it down as the motor and battery were getting toasty!  165F for the motor and 130F for the battery. 

The ball stub on the steering block came out and I was able to go back to pits and fix it then finish the race. Lol!

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.

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.