Got in a great night of fun racing at Warehouse 3 in Phoenix. Last week they started their point series for both Wednesday and Friday nights. I can not race on Wednesday nights, so I am racing in their Friday night point series This is a 7 round race series with 2 throw out rounds. I already missed round 1, so that will obviously be my first throw-out. I was hoping to get my TLR 22 Buggy finished for I could start racing that night, but my motor and ESC came in on Friday, and I did not have time to finish the build. I am really looking forward to getting my 22 on the track.
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| All setup in the pits ready to race. |
On to the racing, tonight I decided to switch and run in the novice class with my friend Dragi from Wolfpak Racing. He just recently started racing in the short course class, and will be running novice for the point series, so I decided to go ahead and run the point series with him.
Qualifying Round 1 (5 min):
Heat 1 placed Dragi and myself in the same heat together, and although I did not place were I wanted too, Dragi edged me out and I place 4th in the heat, with a personal best of 20 laps.
Heat 1: Heat 2:
Name: Laps Time Name: Laps Time
Carlos 20 5:05 Frank D. 22 5:25
Jeremy M. 20 5:06 Chauncy 21 5:18
Schreck 20 5:13 Dragi 20 5:16
Dee 18 5:01 Frank L. 20 5:20
Al 18 5:11 Buzz Kill 6 1:36
Qualifying Round 2 (5 min):
For the second heat, both myself and Dean did not get a chance to take a picture of finishing order for heat two the Dragi and myself were in, so we are not sure of the finishing order for round 2/heat 2, sigh.
Heat 1: Heat 2:
Name: Laps Time Name: Laps Time
Dee 23 5:24 Frank D. xx x:xx
Carlos 22 5:26 Chauncy xx x:xx
Al 19 5:14 Dragi xx x:xx
Schreck 11 3:12 Frank L. xx x:xx
Jeremy M. 10 2:38 Buzz Kill xx x:xx
Novice B-Main (5 min):
Dragi did amazing in the B-Main leading most of the main, but a late mishap dropped him back, and he ended up placing 3rd in the main. As for me, I must have decided to close my eyes for part of this race because I could not get the truck to hook up right, and I finished with only 18 laps.
B-Main
Name: Laps Time
Schreck 20 5:07
Buzz Kill 19 5:00
Dragi 19 5:01
Al 19 5:04
Jeremy 19 5:11
Frank L. 18 5:10
Novice A-Main (5 min):
A-Main
Name: Laps Time
Dee 20 5:00
Frank D. 20 5:01
Chauncy 20 5:04
Carlos 19 5:00
Schreck 19 5:02
Buzz Kill 19 5:08
This was a fun night of racing and I am looking forward to racing next week, with the debut of my TLR 22, which I will be racing with Dean and Ernest in the 13.5 Buggy class.
