RC On-Road action at Competition Hobbies in Tucson

Sunday, June 9th, 2013

My friend Dean and Dragi from WolfPak Racing and I decided to go down to Competition Hobbies down in Tucson to get in some carpet racing.  Today was the start of there on-road carpet point series.  We all signed up for the 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan class.  This would be the first time racing any car on carpet, so I was looking forward to the experience.  To get in some practice, we drove down early, and arrived when track opened at noon.  This gave us about 2 hours of practice time, as racing was scheduled to start at 2 pm.  The car felt pretty good in practice, but I was about 2-3 secs off the pace, but for never racing on carpet before, I didn't think I was doing too bad.

All setup in the pits, ready for some action.

Qualifying Round 1:
17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan
Heat 1
With the first heat things started off really well, the car felt good, but a mid race hit with another driver, and another hit off the wall, something in the front end broke.  I finished with 14 laps, but picked up a second on my laps times over practice.

Heat 2

Broke the steering block on both sides

Qualifying Round 2:
17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan
Heat 1
This heat the car felt a lot looser, not sure if I had the correct alignment on the front, I had barley got it back together before the heat started.  I ended up with 22 laps, but lost a second on my lap times in this heat.

Heat 2
I did not get a picture of the second heat of round 2.

B-Main:
17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan
Since they were not doing any bumps, there was only 3 of us in the B-Main.  I had made some fine tuning adjustments to the car, but it was still very loose and was not turning right.  I think I will have to re-build the front of the car to see what else may have happened when I broke in the first round of qualifying.

A-Main:
17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan
Here is the results from the A-Main.

Overall it was a fun day.  Racing on the carpet for the first time was really fun.  I should have the car all fixed and tuned for round 2.  We will see how it performs this Thursday at HobbyTown Gilbert.