Thursday Night Club Racing @ Hobbytown Gilbert

Thursday, August 15th, 2013

Got in another fun night of club racing down at HobbyTown Gilbert.  Its been a couple of weeks since I have raced here, and since I missed the 4th round of the Carpet Points Series down at Competition Hobbies in Tucson, I wanted to make sure I got in a Thursday night.  It was another small crowd, but it was a good group of people that showed up.  This night I decided to not only do my normal Sportsman Sedan Road Course, but also break out the Short Course truck for the Slash II class.

All setup in the pits, and ready for some action

Since it was a small crowd, it was decided we would run 2 qualifying round and then the Mains.  Normally on Thursday they only run 1 round of qualifying.  For my Sportsman Sedan class, we would be racing together this night with the Spec GT and Expert Sedan.  Now on to the racing:

Qualifying: Round 1:

Round Course - Mixed classes:

Driver   Laps   Time  
Mike D.   21   4:07.24
Frank L.  21   4:07.91
Mikey     18   4:03.78
Mike S.    7   1:26.67
Rudy     DNS   0:00.00

Qualifying: Round 2:

Round Course - Mixed classes:

Driver   Laps   Time  
Mike D.   21   4:06.12
Frank L.  21   4:09.64
Mikey     19   4:07.13
Rudy      16   4:10.22
Kyle      11   1:53.22
Mike S.  DNS   0:00.00

A-Main:

Round Course - Mixed classes:

Driver   Laps   Time  
Kyle      23   4:08.81
Mike D.   21   4:01.42
Frank L.  21   4:01.94
Mike S.   19   4:00.80
Mikey     19   4:09.48
Rudy      15   4:11.35

Over all the car felt really good, and I was able to stay very consistent with it all night.  I was still have some minor driver mistakes but clipping the corners too tight.  But with each time I go out, i feel the car coming around and my times are slowly improving.  Tonight was again a personal best of 21 all rounds.  A few more outing and I hope to get that up into the 22 and 23 laps range.