Round 3 of the On-Road Point Series at Competition Hobbies in Tucson

Sunday, July 21st, 2013

It was time again to head down to Competition Hobbies in Tucson for round 3 of the On-Road Carpet Point Series.  I made the trek down with my friends Dean and Dragi from Wolfpak Racing, and I'd like to thank Dean for driving his vehicle down for each of these trips and allowing me to tag along.  We headed down a little earlier than last time, they were nice enough to open the track about an 1-1/2 hours earlier then normal, and the extra practice was nice.  We got down there about 11 am, which gave us an extra hour of practice before racing started a 2 pm.

After getting setup in the pits, it was on to some practice.

I love the pit table at Competition Hobbies

I really wanted to test my car because I was running a completely different setup that the standard/stock setup I was running.  You can click on the "Setup Sheets" tab at the top of the blog to view my current setup.  The car felt amazing compared to the last time I raced down here.  I feel I picked up a whole second on my average lap times.

Seems like the 3 of us was the only ones that made the trek down from the Phoenix area, so there was only 2 heats of us for the 17.5 rubber Tire Sedan class.

On to the racing:

Qualifying Round 1:

Heat 1:


Heat 2:
This was possible the best round of racing I have did yet on this carpet track, the car felt amazing.  Compared to the last racing for this point series I on did 22 and 23 laps in the first two heats for round 2 of the point series.  This time I was able to pull a 24, it was a slow 24, but I will take it.

Dean and Dragi, working hard in the pits

Qualifying Round 2:

Heat 1:

Heat 2:
For some reason the car did not feel as well as in Heat 2, but I was consistent, and was able to pull off another 24 laps run with about the same time.

Myself, getting ready for the next round of racing.

The Mains:

B-Main:
For the B-Main, I started off pretty good, the car felt good again.  Dean was quick, and I stayed in 2nd for the whole race.  About lap 15, I had a bad turn in the sweeper, and tagged the wall hard, after that the car would not turn as well, and on lap 19, another bad mistake in the sweeper, and off came the right rear wheel.  I think when I hit the wall the first time,  it broke, and when I hit the wall on lap 19 the pin finally let loose fully.  Luckily I found the pin for the rear arm before they started the next main.

A-Main:
Here is the A-Main, although I have been progressing each week, I feel it may be another round of racing or two before I can get myself into the A-Main.  Right now the leaders are doing 27 to 30 laps, so I need to somehow pick up 3-4 laps.  On to some more practice time.