RC Racing over at Warehouse 3 in Phoenix

Friday Sept 9th, 2011

This night of racing brought me to a new track, Warehouse 3.  Once again I met my friends from Wolfpak Racing for another great night of RC racing.  For my friend Dragi from Wolfpak and myself this was are first time racing up at Warehouse 3.  Being indoors was great, it started raining outside about halfway through are racing, so being indoors was a plus.

Being my first time at this track, I joined my friend Dragi in the Novice class.  Here is the results of the heat races:


Heat 1 Racing:
I ran 15 laps, and was running a steady 2nd/3rd place for almost the entire heat, with about a minute to go in the heat, I lost control of my truck and had intermittent radio issues and ended up finishing in 4th place.  Side note for other drivers that are new, if you are in the pits, please leave your radios off until the racing is over.


Heat 2 Racing:
I ran 12 laps, I was in the lead for the entire heat, but on the 12th lap I got tangled up in lap traffic, and busted the bottom shock mount of the right rear of the truck, with less the a minute to go in the racing, I was unable to get back out I ended up finishing in 3rd in the heat, lucky for me, other drivers were having more trouble then me.


B Main:
Had an improvement for this main, I ran 1st until the last lap, where I got tangled up in lap traffic and on the last lap was just edged out and I finished in 2nd place.  Below is a video that my friend from Wolfpak Racing took of Dragi and mines B Main racing.  My truck is the Orange and black HPI Blitz.  Dragi's is the green buggy.

Video of my B-Main

Video of Dean from Wolfpak in one of his Heat Races.

His truck is the red SC10.

RC Racing down at Glitch in Queen Creek

Saturday Sept 9th, 2011

Another great night of RC racing down at Glitch in Queen Creek, Az.

Frank Jr. decided to come watch Dad race.

Frank Jr. decided to come down and watch the racing fun.  It was a blast, we were racing tonight with our friends over at Wolfpak Racing, and Dean from Wolfpak made the podium in 2wd Buggy racing.

I made some changes to the Blitz to try to help me with the handling.  I switch the rear tires of the Blitz from the stock tires to JConcepts Double Dees.  I would have switched the fronts as well, but I went to a couple of shops and only found one set.  I will look this week at a couple of other shops in town to see if I can pick up a set for the fronts this week.

Below is the results of racing my 2wd Short Course Truck, this week I decided not to run the novice electric class and was racing with the standard 2wd Short Course drivers.  It was a lot of fun racing in the regular class this week.

Dargi from WolfPak Racing and myself (pic courtesy of Wolfpak Racing)

Racing results:

Heat 1 Racing (6 min.):
The addition of the Double Dees on the rear was a big improvement as far as traction this weekend, but I am still having trouble with getting the truck to turn.  At the end of Heat 1, I ran 9 laps.

Heat 2 Racing (6 min.):
Round two of the heats I had an improvement, I ran a personal best of 10 laps in this 6 minute heat.

Heat 3 Racing (6 min.):
For round three, I'm not sure how I did overall, there was a problem with getting the results out, but I feel I did at least 9 laps, lol, I wasn't really counting.

A-Main Racing (10 min.):
For the A-Main I did a huge improvement over my last A-Main in which I only ran 7 laps.  This time I ran 15 laps, the truck felt better as far as traction, but was still having some trouble with some of the turns, I will get the new tires for the front this week and see if that helps then make adjustments from there.  Below is the race results for the A-Main showing all the drivers.

Some video I took with the phone.

Another video of the 2wd Buggy Class

RC Racing down at Glitch RC in Queen Creek

Saturday Aug 20, 2011

Met my friends Dean and Dragi from Wolfpak Racing down at Glitch RC in Queen Creek to get in some off-road RC racing.  My camera is on the fritz so I was not able to take any pictures, but I did manage to take a couple with my phone.  Hopefully will have my camera back for the next time I go out, and I will start posting videos as well.

Being the first visit to Glitch RC, I did not know what to expect, but once I got onto the track with my Blitz it was a blast, this truck is fun, and after a few laps of practice I felt I was doing alright.  I liked the track layout, and was getting used to taking the SCT over the jumps.

Being my first race at Glitch RC, as well as my first time on dirt and the jumps, I entered into the Novice class with my friend Dragi.  Dean entered his buggy into the 2WD Buggy class.

Racing results:

Heat 1: DNF - battery died, and ran only 2 laps
Heat 2: Finished 2nd, and ran 9 laps
Heat 3: Finished 2nd, and ran 9 laps
            - At least I was being consistent.

A-Main: Finished 3rd, and ran 7 laps

Overall it was a great time, and I guarantee a return visit to Glitch for some more off-road racing.

RC Racing down at Hobby Town in Gilbert

Saturday Aug 13, 2011

I got in some practice time with the new truck.  It felt really good, so I decided to enter myself into the Novice Class down at Hobby Town.  The Truck handled really well, and I learned a valuable lesson about battery life with my racing tonight.  I kind of made the mistake of charging my battery yesterday, and left it stored charged so when I started racing tonight I was not at full charge.  So next time I will fully charge the batteries just prior to racing, that way I don't run into any more problems.

Overall it was a fun evening, had a good time and also got to watch my friends do some racing from over at Wolfpak Racing blog.

Here are the results of tonight racing for me.

Heat 1: Finished 5th, and ran 27 laps.

Heat 2: Finished 6th, and ran 21 laps.
                    - For heat 2, my battery died half way
                      through the race,sigh, lesson learned.

B Main: Finished 4th, and ran 25 laps.
                    - Another lesson learned, did not realize that my
                      controller got switched, so when I started the
                      B Main, my steering was backwards.  So I ran
                      the entire race steering in reverse, sigh, lesson
                      learned, so embarrassing.

So for my first time out I feel I did pretty good, making the B Main was very cool.  They had a A, B and C main this evening.  With what I learned tonight, my next session out should be much better.  I will try to take more pictures next time, and maybe try to get a video as well.

Catching the RC Racing bug

I have decided to expand my racing hobby to now include RC's.  My first venture will be with the HPI Blitz Short-Course Truck.  This is a tough little truck, and I feel will be a great RC to get me started in the hobby.

I will be taking my new truck down to Hobby Town in Gilbert today for my first practice session, and if everything goes well might get in some racing as they race every Saturday night down there.