Nascar Racing down at Downforce Hobbies

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Tonight I headed down to Downforce Hobbies in Mesa, they are starting to run Nascar Style body racing on the big track on Wednesday evenings.  Since this was my first time racing on this track I showed up a little early and got some practice time in.  After some help with replacing my gears from Downforce on my car, I was able to keep on the track with improved lap times.

My friend Dean from over at Wolfpack Racing showed up to also run the Nascar event.  In the picture above, my car is the one in the center, yellow with orange trim, and Dean's car is blue car on the right.  They ran two classes, Pro and Non-Pro,  Dean and myself were entered into the Non-Pro division with one other racer, and there was three Pro division drivers.  Overall I placed second in my class and fifth overall, Dean placed first, and also placed third overall beating one of the Pro drivers.

I think I will enjoy racing this class, and with a lot more practice and getting some more races under my belt I believe I will be winning a few of these events in the future.

Racing down and Downforce Hobbies

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Laura and myself went down to Downforce Hobbies to get in some Drag Racing.





The night started off with us watching the Flexi racing, with our friends over are Wolfpack Racing, Dean and Dragi.  They were both entered into the Flexi race, and it was fun to watch the race, and help out being a track marshall.

 

After the flexi racing, I started to get in some practice runs with my Drag car.





The drag racing was fun, in round one, I lost the race, but the car next to me red lighted, so I moved on too round two.  I forgot to take a picture of round one.

For round two, I was up against a really nice car, and the racing was very close.  I dialed in at a time of 1.16 and my opponent dialed in a time of 1.316.  When we finished I had a time of 1.1656, and my opponent had a time of 1.2199, but he beat me at the line with my slower reaction time so I ended up losing at the line by a margin of only 0.1117.  That was a very close and fun round, and my night was done.  I look forward to maybe getting in another round of drags next Saturday night, and maybe this time I can make it out of he second round.

Although Laura did not get any racing in she had a good time and looks forward to getting in some racing on Wednesday night, and again next Saturday.

Laura and Myself getting in some Slot Car Racing

Its been awhile since we have been down to Downforce Hobbies, so me and my daughter Laura decided to go down and getting in some track time.

First we started out on the banked track, each of us trying out different lanes to get practice in.  Laura did very well, and hardly crashed at all.  Her skills are coming along very nicely.

Next we moved into the drag strip room, and got in some runs with my Drag car.  Again the car ran pretty consistent in both lanes.  Although the left hand lane was slightly faster for the car the the right.  They are having a bracket race this Saturday evening, and me and Laura are planning to attend.

Below is a small video I took of Laura racing the Drag Car.

Me and the Wife got in a race

With the kids out with family friends Cristmas Caroling, my wife Rhonda and I decided to get in some fun down at Downforce Hobbies on Mesa, Az.  We both had a blast, Rhonda did really good being her first time to race slot cars.  Unfortunately, we had such a good time, that we forgot to take any pictures while we were down there, I will try to take some next time.

We look forward to going down as a whole family in a few weeks.

Drag Cars - Bracket Points Series Event #1: 09/25/2010

Draft Wheels Racing got its first taste of track by entering into the Drag Car Bracket Point Series. This is a weekly series, with racing every Saturday night for 5 weeks straight. The races are being held and sponsored by Downforce Hobbies which is located in Mesa, Az on the North East corner of Southern and Val Vista Drive.

Although I only entered with one car, one of the racers (Shawn B.) was kind enough to let me race two of his other cars (001 and 005) in the series that night for the practice which was a blast. I would like to thank Shawn for letting me race two of his cars. The night started off with qualifying, and each car was allowed to make two runs, which they used these times to average together a starting grid for the bracket. Since this was my first racing event my car needed to have a number, I ended up picking 900 for my car number. I qualified in 27th place out of 30 cars. The two cars that I borrowed for the practice were care number 001 and 005, I qualified in 2nd place for car 001, and for car 005 I ended up qualified 13th. The below image shows the how the other cars lined up. Our friends over at Wolfpak Racing entered six cars, and you can see thier results by visiting thier blog by clicking on the Wolfpak Racing name.

In round one, I went up against car number 773, I would show you a picture of us on the starting line but since I was so caught up in the event and I had a brain fart, I forgot to take pictures of my cars. I will have pictures for round two next Saturday night I promise. Anyway, I was able to get the win for round one, which earned me 10 points for the series. Also in round one, I raced the borrowed 001 car which I also got the the win, but lost on round one for the borrowed 005 car, which ironically I lost to the man who let me borrow the car Shawn and his #433 car.

In round two, again sorry no pictures, my #900 Dodge Drag car went up against Sean's #7708 car, unfortunately, the #7708 car took the win and Draft Wheels Racing night was over. I was still in with the borrowed car 001, I went up against car #779, although I won the race, I DQ'd myself by red lighting and leaving the line too early, so the win went to car #779.

Over all I had a blast racing and look forward to racing again next Saturday. Below is an image of the final board, and I'm glad to announce that my friend Dean over at Wolfpak Racing ened up taking the overall win for the night. CONGRATS DEAN!!!