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Schedule Update: There is an update to the schedule for the KBRL Electric Series. Round 3 was going to be at Fear Farm R/C Raceway, but that race has been canceled. They have updated the third round to be at SRS @ Hobby Town, in Scottsdale, AZ. I was kind of bummed at this change because I really like the Fear Farm facility, and would love to have raced there again in this series. I have raced at SRS Hobby Town a lot, so I feel I will do well in this round.
The next round is coming up this weekend Saturday, September 29th, 2012 at OHRCR (One Hobbies R/C Raceway). I am really looking forward to this round as well, as they have a new track layout, and I'm loving the way it looks and feels. Below is the new flyer for the KBRL series:
Round 1 of the KBRL Electric Series is in the books, and it was fun and exciting event. Round 1 was held at Competition Hobbies, down in Tuscon, AZ. I believe there was 219 entries for this round, and the competition and racing did not disappoint, and the crew down at Competition Hobbies did a great job in hosting this event. All though the night did go late into the evening, everyone was in good spirits and it did not seem to bother that many people.
I made the trek down to Competition Hobbies with my friends Dean and Dragi from WolfPak Racing, and our friend Ernest. I would like to thank Dean for driving us all down, driving down as a group made the trek very enjoyable.
Ernest, myself, and Dragi in the background, all setup in the pits.
Debuting my new body for my TLR 22 Buggy, now matching my 22 SCT.
For this round I would not be racing my TLR 22 SCT, I did not have the truck setup for the KBRL, so for round one I would be just concentrating on my TLR 22 Buggy. For this years event, I would be entering a new class debuting at this years event, 17.5 Buggy.
On to the racing:
Round 1 - 17.5 Buggy
There was 13 of us in the 17,5 2WD Buggy class, broken up into two heat races per round. The first round went well, I was able to pull in 10 laps, and I felt that I could have pushed it a little harder, but overall was happy with what I had accomplished. Below is the round 1 results.
17.5 2WD Buggy Round# 1, Race# 19 Driver Car# Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Parker Ayers #3 12 5:22.344 25.000 Kevin Kilday #2 11 5:10.858 25.941 John Schreck #6 10 5:15.694 27.991 Dragi Vuckovich #7 10 5:19.337 28.652 Frank Lilly #4 10 5:25.304 27.848 Javier Olmo #1 10 5:26.500 26.356 Martin Beavers #5 8 5:09.317 30.714
17.5 2WD Buggy Round# 1, Race# 20
Driver Car# Laps RaceTime Fast Lap
Mike Kokot #3 12 5:09.050 24.947
Dean Vuckovich #4 12 5:14.075 25.188
Ryan Hackl #6 11 5:03.012 26.004
Mike Burdeshaw #5 11 5:06.679 25.426
Justin Ament #1 11 5:09.177 26.382
Jo Christensen #2 10 5:04.561 26.757
Round 2 - 17.5 Buggy
For round 2, I did not do as well as I wanted. I changed tires and that was not a good idea. Although my traction was way off, I still was able to pull off 9 laps. Below is the round 2 results.
17.5 2WD Buggy Round# 2, Race# 19 Driver Car# Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Parker Ayers #3 11 5:08.499 24.866 John Schreck #6 11 5:20.791 25.656 Kevin Kilday #2 11 5:21.997 26.327 Javier Olmo #1 10 5:16.497 27.694 Dragi Vuckovich #7 10 5:25.799 28.508 Frank Lilly #4 9 5:19.154 28.627 Martin Beavers #5 6 3:53.543 33.350
17.5 2WD Buggy Round# 2, Race# 20 Driver Car# Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Dean Vuckovich #4 12 5:20.610 24.924 Ryan Hackl #6 12 5:26.594 25.732 Justin Ament #1 11 5:09.437 25.885 Jo Christensen #2 11 5:12.425 26.636 Mike Burdeshaw #5 11 5:17.676 25.854 Mike Kokot #3 10 5:03.176 26.639
Mains 17.5 Buggy "B-Main"
For this main 2 of the drivers would not be able to make the start, so it came down to a shoot-out between Schreck, Dragi and myself.
17.5 Buggy "A-Main"
Since I was able to bump from the B-Main, I was able to race in my first A-Main in the KBRL Series. I would be racing with my friends Dean and Ryan. I had a great start, and was up as high as 6th place after the second lap. But a bad jump, with me landing on another racer, I had a ball cup pop off. Although one of the turn marshals was able to get the cup placed back on, that damage was done. I was able to finish in 8th place. Although I was a little disappointed in my finish, I felt overall I did well, and I learned a lot racing against some good friends.
I was also able to grab a video of my friend Dragi's A-Main in the Novice Short Course class:
I'm a couple weeks behind in my blog posts, but the weekend of Sept 1-2, was the 5th Annual Pro-Line Surf City Classic at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA. This was a great event, and the first one of this type that I have been to outside of my home state of Arizona. I made the trek to California with my friends from WolfPak Racing, Dean and Dragi.
I would like to thank Dean for driving us to California, it was a long drive and we made good time. We arrive around 5am Saturday morning, grabbing a much needed bite to eat at Denny's before getting to the track at 6am when they opened.
