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| Laura ready in the pits to help out. |
Friday Night Racing down at Warehouse 3
Friday, January 6th 2011
Got in another great night of racing at Warehouse 3. This time my daughter Laura made the trek with me, and got in some practice with my HPI Blitz. She was going to run in the kids class that night, but decided she wanted to practice some more before trying her hand a racing for the real thing.
Video of me racing in the Pro-Lite B-Main
RC Racing down at Warehouse 3
Friday, December 30th, 2011
Got in another great night of racing over at Warehouse 3 in Phoenix. It was a packed house, and the night looked to be full of great racing. My friends from over at Wolfpak Garage made the trek, and Dean decided to race his truck tonight in pro-lite with me. After getting setup in the pits, I was ready for some action, and the truck was feeling great in practice.
Pro-Lite - Round 1 Qualifier (5 min.):
The truck really felt good, at with this new layout I managed to pull off my fastest time so far, but I still crashed more then I liked too.
Heat 1: Heat 2:
Brent: 23 Laps - 5:06 Cheeseburger: 22 Laps - 5:21
Ryan: 22 Laps - 5:10 Cory: 22 Laps - 5:24
Dean: 21 Laps - 5:02 Brent(G-Man): 17 Laps - 5:18
Cody: 20 Laps - 5:08 Jim: 17 Laps - 5:22
Brian: 20 Laps - 5:09 Jeremy: 12 Laps - 3:24
Frank: 18 Laps - 5:00
Pro-Lite - Round 2 Qualifier (5 min.):
Round 2 showed an improvement with my driving and I hit a personal best on this track with 19 laps, coming close to pulling off 20, but I got in a last lap tangle with lost me about 10-15 seconds.
Heat 1: Heat 2:
Brent: 22 Laps - 5:02 Jim: 23 Laps - 5:25
Ryan: 22 Laps - 5:12 Cheeseburger: 22 Laps - 5:21
Dean: 21 Laps - 5:11 Cory: 20 Laps - 5:26
Brian: 20 Laps - 5:01 Brent(G-Man): 18 Laps - 5:26
Cody: 20 Laps - 5:10 Jeremy: 8 Laps - 2:07
Frank: 19 Laps - 5:06
Pro-Lite - B-Main (5 min.):
With my performance in the heats, I was starting 5th out of 7 drivers in the B-Main. The top 2 drivers would advance onto the A-Main, and my friend Dean from Wolfpak Garage was starting 2nd in this main. With a good start I was able to hold out and start off with being in third and was able to hold onto this until about the mid-way point of the race. I felt I was driving a good race, but about half-way through a few miss-timed crashes put me back a bit, but I managed to race my way back to a 5th place finish. Once again I missed my 20 lap goal for the night by a narrow margin. But my friend Dean was able to finish 2ns able got bumped into the A-Main.
B-Main:
Cory: 22 Laps - 5:12
Dean: 22 Laps - 5:15
Cody: 20 Laps - 5:06
Brian: 20 Laps - 5:15
Frank: 19 Laps - 5:09
Anthony: 18 Laps - 5:08
Jeremy: 17 Laps - 5:07
Below is a video that my friend Dragi took of the B-Main:
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| Setup in the pits. |
The truck really felt good, at with this new layout I managed to pull off my fastest time so far, but I still crashed more then I liked too.
Heat 1: Heat 2:
Brent: 23 Laps - 5:06 Cheeseburger: 22 Laps - 5:21
Ryan: 22 Laps - 5:10 Cory: 22 Laps - 5:24
Dean: 21 Laps - 5:02 Brent(G-Man): 17 Laps - 5:18
Cody: 20 Laps - 5:08 Jim: 17 Laps - 5:22
Brian: 20 Laps - 5:09 Jeremy: 12 Laps - 3:24
Frank: 18 Laps - 5:00
Pro-Lite - Round 2 Qualifier (5 min.):
Round 2 showed an improvement with my driving and I hit a personal best on this track with 19 laps, coming close to pulling off 20, but I got in a last lap tangle with lost me about 10-15 seconds.
Heat 1: Heat 2:
Brent: 22 Laps - 5:02 Jim: 23 Laps - 5:25
Ryan: 22 Laps - 5:12 Cheeseburger: 22 Laps - 5:21
Dean: 21 Laps - 5:11 Cory: 20 Laps - 5:26
Brian: 20 Laps - 5:01 Brent(G-Man): 18 Laps - 5:26
Cody: 20 Laps - 5:10 Jeremy: 8 Laps - 2:07
Frank: 19 Laps - 5:06
Pro-Lite - B-Main (5 min.):
With my performance in the heats, I was starting 5th out of 7 drivers in the B-Main. The top 2 drivers would advance onto the A-Main, and my friend Dean from Wolfpak Garage was starting 2nd in this main. With a good start I was able to hold out and start off with being in third and was able to hold onto this until about the mid-way point of the race. I felt I was driving a good race, but about half-way through a few miss-timed crashes put me back a bit, but I managed to race my way back to a 5th place finish. Once again I missed my 20 lap goal for the night by a narrow margin. But my friend Dean was able to finish 2ns able got bumped into the A-Main.
B-Main:
Cory: 22 Laps - 5:12
Dean: 22 Laps - 5:15
Cody: 20 Laps - 5:06
Brian: 20 Laps - 5:15
Frank: 19 Laps - 5:09
Anthony: 18 Laps - 5:08
Jeremy: 17 Laps - 5:07
Below is a video that my friend Dragi took of the B-Main:
Racing down at Warehouse 3
Friday, Dec. 23rd, 2011
Its been awhile (Sept) since I have been down to Warehouse 3, and the track is now different from when I was here last. The layout looked great, and I looked forward to a great night of racing. There was a good sized crowd down there, including my friends from Wolfpak Racing (Dean and Dragi).
I entered into the Pro-Lite class with my HPI Blitz, after getting in a few practice sessions, I was getting used to the track.
Round 1:
18 Laps
Round 2:
18 Laps
B-Main:
Here is the video my friend took of me racing in the B-Main, I am the Orange and Black Blitz starting in seventh spot. I had a complete meltdown on the first lap, and crashed three times. The remainder of the main did see some improvements, but I could not catch up after that, and the crashing continued, lol.
I entered into the Pro-Lite class with my HPI Blitz, after getting in a few practice sessions, I was getting used to the track.
Round 1:
18 Laps
Round 2:
18 Laps
B-Main:
17 Laps - 7th place
Here is the video my friend took of me racing in the B-Main, I am the Orange and Black Blitz starting in seventh spot. I had a complete meltdown on the first lap, and crashed three times. The remainder of the main did see some improvements, but I could not catch up after that, and the crashing continued, lol.
KBRL Round 4 at Competition Hobbies
Saturday December 17th, 2011
Round 4 of the KBRL series has come and gone, and this round like the three previous was a blast. Once again I was able to trek down to Tucson by hitching a ride with my friends from Wolfpak Racing, Dean and Dragi. It was a nice drive down, and we arrived just before 8am. Since this is an indoor facility, there was plenty of pit tables when we arrived, and we were setup in no time.
Round 1: Qualifier (5 min. heat):
During the warm up laps, I miss calculated a jump and landed hard on some of the bricks that are on the sides of the tracks, and I ended up breaking the outdrive off my MIP Ball diff. This was kind up upsetting, this was a brand new diff and I only had run one race prior to this, so this part breaking this early was very disappointing.
Pro Lite - Round# 1
Driver Car# #Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Frank Lilly #5 0 0.000 0.000
Round 2: Qualifier (5 min. heat):
Before round 2 I was able to replace the broken Ball Diff with my old Gear Diff, this was not in the best condition, but it seemed like it was holding. So after rebuilding my transmission I was set for round two. I did not do as great as I wanted to for this round, I ended up with 9 laps, which put me in the D-Main.
Pro Lite - Round# 2
Driver Car# #Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Frank Lilly #5 9 5:11.614 31.600
Mains
D-Main (5 min. Race):
For the D-Main, I was expecting to do a little better then I did in round 2 of the heats. But I could not get the truck to hook-up, and after a major wreck in the first lap, I was starting from last place and playing catch up the entire race. I was able to go from 9th to 8th place, and was in 8th until the last lap, where I had one of the worst laps of the day, I think I crashed about 5 times, and unfortunately, the 9th place driver had one of the best laps of his day, and ended up passing me half-way through the last lap.
Overall I had a great time racing, and was able to hangout with some fun people.
Round 4 of the KBRL series has come and gone, and this round like the three previous was a blast. Once again I was able to trek down to Tucson by hitching a ride with my friends from Wolfpak Racing, Dean and Dragi. It was a nice drive down, and we arrived just before 8am. Since this is an indoor facility, there was plenty of pit tables when we arrived, and we were setup in no time.
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| The pit table were nice. |
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| Dragi on the the left and Dean from Wolfpak Racing setting up |
During the warm up laps, I miss calculated a jump and landed hard on some of the bricks that are on the sides of the tracks, and I ended up breaking the outdrive off my MIP Ball diff. This was kind up upsetting, this was a brand new diff and I only had run one race prior to this, so this part breaking this early was very disappointing.
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| Broken outdrive, sigh |
Driver Car# #Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Frank Lilly #5 0 0.000 0.000
Round 2: Qualifier (5 min. heat):
Before round 2 I was able to replace the broken Ball Diff with my old Gear Diff, this was not in the best condition, but it seemed like it was holding. So after rebuilding my transmission I was set for round two. I did not do as great as I wanted to for this round, I ended up with 9 laps, which put me in the D-Main.
Pro Lite - Round# 2
Driver Car# #Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Frank Lilly #5 9 5:11.614 31.600
Mains
D-Main (5 min. Race):
For the D-Main, I was expecting to do a little better then I did in round 2 of the heats. But I could not get the truck to hook-up, and after a major wreck in the first lap, I was starting from last place and playing catch up the entire race. I was able to go from 9th to 8th place, and was in 8th until the last lap, where I had one of the worst laps of the day, I think I crashed about 5 times, and unfortunately, the 9th place driver had one of the best laps of his day, and ended up passing me half-way through the last lap.
Overall I had a great time racing, and was able to hangout with some fun people.
Missed Round 3 of KBRL Series
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Well, I missed the 3rd round of the KBRL Series, and from the looks of it I missed one record breaking day. There was 205 entries into this round, making it one of the biggest events of the year. For a holiday weekend, this was very surprising.
Our friends over at Wolfpak Racing made the trek for the series, and for a complete breakdown the days racing head on over to their blog. I will definitely be at round 4 of the series, which will be held at Competition Hobbies down in Tuscon.
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