KBRL - Round 3 at SRS Hobbytown

Saturday, October 27th, 2012

The third round of the KBRL series has come and gone, and again this race did not disappoint.  Although I missed round 2, I was amp'd up and excited to get my racing groove back on with round 3.  Round 3 of the series was held at SRS/Hobbytown in Scottsdale, AZ.  The track layout was great, a good combination of speed and technicality.  I made the pilgrimage down to SRS with my good friend Dean and his son Dragi.  We were met down there by our friend Ryan, and the rest of the gang from Warehouse 3.  Ryan had already setup his tent the night before, so we setup right next to him.


On to the racing:

Round 1:
For round 1, it was an interesting trial.  Since I had not seen this layout before, it was interesting getting used to the track.  For the buggy, it felt pretty good, it seemed to handle well on the track.  For the truck, I'm still getting used to the TLR 22SCT.  I feel that I don't quite have the setup correct, and need more practice time to try to dial in the truck.

Here is the result for round 1 for our group.  After round 1, I was sitting 9th overall in buggy, and I won;t mention where I was sitting for the truck, I'll just hang my head and sigh, lol.

17.5 2WD Buggy:
Name:           Laps:  Race Time: Fast Lap:
Dean Vuckovich   08     5:05.734   35.493
Ryan Hackl       08     5:38.381   40.011
Frank Lilly      07     5:13.912   40.902
Dragi Vuckovich  07     5:40.088   46.199
John Schreck     06     4:30.690   41.154

13.5 2WD Short course (Pro-Lite):
Name:           Laps:  Race Time: Fast Lap:

Dean Vuckovich   08     5:27.619   38.537
Frank Lilly      07     5:45.942   46.13

Novice 2WD Short Course:

Name:           Laps:  Race Time: Fast Lap:
John Schreck     07     5:45.438   45.019
Dragi Vuckovich  06     5:12.709   49.831

Round 2:
For round 2, I made a front tire change on the buggy, and it not help.  I ended up going slower with the buggy.  With the SCT I was able to speed up a little but not the big improvement that I was hoping for.

Below is the results for our group after round 2.  For buggy I dropped one position and was 10th overall.

17.5 2WD Buggy:
Name:           Laps:  Race Time: Fast Lap:
Dean Vuckovich   08     5:17.325   35.509
Ryan Hackl       08     5:42.177   39.699
Frank Lilly      07     5:22.943   41.144
John Schreck     07     5:22.966   40.351
Dragi Vuckovich  07     5:25.375   42.008

13.5 2WD Short course (Pro-Lite):
Name:           Laps:  Race Time: Fast Lap:

Dean Vuckovich   08     5:27.345   38.197
Frank Lilly      07     5:22.943   41.144

Novice 2WD Short Course:

Name:           Laps:  Race Time: Fast Lap:
Dragi Vuckovich  07     5:35.713   44.314
John Schreck     04     3:27.800   52.007

Mains:
Here are the Main

17.5 2WD Buggy

With the B-Main I was starting out in the second spot on the starting grid.  I tried to follow Ryan who was in the first spot, but when I tried to hit the table top after the first turn I miss-judged the jump and landed wrong. I was able to recover and ended up finishing in 4th place.





















13.5 2WD Short Course (Pro-Lite):

For the E-Main, the truck did really good, and I was able to pull out with a second place finish, bumping me into the D-Main.

For the D-Main, I had a few bad crashes, and could never really recover.  I was able to squeak out 7 laps.
























Novice Short Course












Final Thoughts:

Overall this was a great race, and as always Kenny puts on a great show.  I am looking forward to round 4, which will be held down in Tuscon at Canyon Vista R/C.

Below is some pictures I took during the day:

Myself setup in the pits ready to start the days action.
Dragi in the pits
Dean sporting his Kyosho shirt
Dragi, Dean and Tom talking shop.

Schreck, Tom and Ryan between rounds.
Ryan Mayfield in the pits
Dragi in the white shirt during round 1 action
Novice Short course action

Ryan
Day is wrapping up.

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