On-Road RC Racing at HobbyTown Gilbert

Saturday, June 1st, 2013

I met my friends Dean and Dragi from WolfPak Racing over at  HobbyTown Gilbert to get in some On-road RC racing.  Although the day was on the hotter side, I think it was around 103 or hotter, not sure the exact temperature, but I was excited about getting in another round of racing.  Today will be the debut of my new Associated TC6.1.  I bought it from someone in California, and since Dean was travelling this past week, he was nice enough to pick the car up for me.  So we met at the track at around 2, and with racing starting 4, I did not have a lot of time to get the car ready, it was a roller, so I had to add all the electronics, etc.

I ended up missing round 1 of qualifying but had the car ready to go for round 2.

Since I missed round 1 of qualifying I was not sure what the car would do, so I decided to not make any major changes to the cars setup, and just see how it does.

Round 2 Qualifying:
Sportsman Sedan (Road Course):
  - Ended up finishing is 5th in this heat with 19 laps.
  - Car handled okay, but was loose, I accounted that for not saucing the tires.

A-Main:
Sportsman Sedan (Road Course):
  - I was starting 5th on the grid for the A-Main
  - The race started off good, with the tires sauced up, it was handling a lot better.
      - After the first couple of laps I was as high as 3rd place, but a couple of mistakes knocked me back
  - I ended up finishing in 4th place in the main, and did a personal best 20 laps.

Overall the car handled great, and it was a blast to drive.  I will be going over the car this week, and will post setup and pictures.  I did not bring my camera with me, so I only had the one picture I took with my phone.

I will be racing it again this Thursday at HobbyTown Gilbert, and will post those results as well.