On-Road RC Racing at HobbyTown USA - Gilbert

Saturday, October 2nd, 2013

It has been awhile since I got in any racing.  Had a lot of things going on personally, the biggest being my Mom having to go into Hospice care has been a large part why I have been off the grid for the past month and a half.  With the new Point series coming up, I decided this would be a good opportunity to get back into the game, and get my mind off things.  The first round of the point series is November 9th, and after getting my car ready, I wanted to get in a couple Saturdays of racing to try to get the setup close to race ready.  With the body all trimmed up and painted, I was itching to get it on the track.

Gen 6 - Ford Fusion - By McAllister Racing
There was a good group of that showed up on Saturday to get in some test and tuning.  Of the Gen 6 2WD Class, there was enough that showed up that they needed two heats for them.  For the Gen-6 4WD Class there was 6 of us.

I was not complexity done with my body when I showed up for racing on Saturday, I still had to mount the back spoiler and finish the final race trimming, so I missed the first heat of racing, the leaders were averaging 42-43 laps.  I was also racing in my usual Sportsman Road Course class, and i was able to make both heats for that class.  I forgot to grab the print outs for the heats so I don;t have laps times for everyone except mine, but I was able to grab the A-Mains.

Qualifying Round 1:
Sportsman Road Course:
For round One I had a really good round of 22 laps and took 2nd place in my heat.  I think first place had 23 laps.

Gen 6 Sedan - 4WD:
Missed this round, and the the leaders were about 42-43 laps.

Qualifying Round 2:
Sportsman Road Course:
For this round, I was able to improve my first round and finished with 23 laps and again took 2nd place in my heat.

Gen 6 Sedan - 4WD:
Being this is the first time with this body style on the track, I did not do as well as I thought i would, I think I finished in the low 30's for number of laps in 6th place.  After this round, I wanted to thank Mike S. for helping me with my setup, and getting the body mounted correctly.

Group Pictures:
After the heats and before the Mains started, everyone got together to do a group photo of all the Gen-6 cars and the drivers.

The cars looked good all lines up.
Good group of guys, looking forward to racing with them for the full series.

The Mains:

Sportsman Sedan - Road Course:

Driver  Laps   Time  
Craig    24   4:10.82
Dustin   23   4:02.44
Nathan   23   4:03.55
Frank    23   4:08.64
Rudy     21   4:10.15

Gen-6 Sedan - 4WD:

Driver  Laps   Time  
Mike S.  43   4.05.03
Richard  42   4:03.60
Gary     41   4:00.07
Mike J.  40   4:03.14
Frank    38   4:02.70
Rich     34   4:00.50

Overall it was a good day of testing and tuning.  I was able to walk away with some good ideas for changing my setup for next Saturday.  My goal for next Saturday is to break into the 40's for the Gen-6 class.

HobbyTown, Gilbert - 2013/2014 Stock Car Cup Series

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

Its been over a month since I last raced, and I'm going a little stir crazy.  Looking forward to the new point series that is starting in November at the HobbyTown - Gilbert track.   This will be a 6 race series, starting in November and ending in January 2014, and of the 6 races, there will be 1 throw out for the points.  This series main sponsor is McAllister Racing, and there will be awards and recognition for the top 10 in each class.  Below if the flyer for the series, and it goes over the dates and the classes.  You can also check-out more about the series by going to the following link: Gen 6 Winter Point Series.


Today I purchased my new body for the series, It's a Gen 6 Ford fusion (Part #293), from McAllister racing.  I love the look of the ford bodies, and can't wait to get the body painted.  I will post next when I have the body painted and all mounted up.  I'm not going crazy on the paint scheme, maybe 2 colors, something similar to Ford Penske 22 Car.

Since there are only two Saturday races left before the start of the series, I will be testing the car this Saturday, October 26th.  Hopefully enough of us that will be racing in the series show up for we can make a class of it.

Looks like it will be a good fit on my TC6.1