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My friend Dean from Wolfpak Racing and myself made a trek down to Canyon Vista R/C for some practice for the upcoming round 4 of the KBRL series. Round 4 will be on November 10th, 2012.
Since they were also club racing that day, we arrived when they opened to try to get in as much practice as we could. Each of us was able to get in some good runs while the track was fairly empty. We only brought the 2WD Buggies down with us to try out different tires/setup combinations, and to get an overall feel for the track since the layout won;t change for the KBRL race.
We did not stay for the mains, we only raced the two rounds of qualifying. There was 4 other drivers there also practicing for the 17,5 buggy class. It was nice to get in some rounds with other racers that will be in our class for the KBRL race.
The third round of the KBRL series has come and gone, and again this race did not disappoint. Although I missed round 2, I was amp'd up and excited to get my racing groove back on with round 3. Round 3 of the series was held at SRS/Hobbytown in Scottsdale, AZ. The track layout was great, a good combination of speed and technicality. I made the pilgrimage down to SRS with my good friend Dean and his son Dragi. We were met down there by our friend Ryan, and the rest of the gang from Warehouse 3. Ryan had already setup his tent the night before, so we setup right next to him.
On to the racing:
Round 1:
For round 1, it was an interesting trial. Since I had not seen this layout before, it was interesting getting used to the track. For the buggy, it felt pretty good, it seemed to handle well on the track. For the truck, I'm still getting used to the TLR 22SCT. I feel that I don't quite have the setup correct, and need more practice time to try to dial in the truck.
Here is the result for round 1 for our group. After round 1, I was sitting 9th overall in buggy, and I won;t mention where I was sitting for the truck, I'll just hang my head and sigh, lol. 17.5 2WD Buggy: Name: Laps: Race Time: Fast Lap: Dean Vuckovich 08 5:05.734 35.493 Ryan Hackl 08 5:38.381 40.011 Frank Lilly 07 5:13.912 40.902 Dragi Vuckovich 07 5:40.088 46.199 John Schreck 06 4:30.690 41.154 13.5 2WD Short course (Pro-Lite): Name: Laps: Race Time: Fast Lap:
Dean Vuckovich 08 5:27.619 38.537 Frank Lilly 07 5:45.942 46.13 Novice 2WD Short Course:
Name: Laps: Race Time: Fast Lap: John Schreck 07 5:45.438 45.019 Dragi Vuckovich 06 5:12.709 49.831 Round 2:
For round 2, I made a front tire change on the buggy, and it not help. I ended up going slower with the buggy. With the SCT I was able to speed up a little but not the big improvement that I was hoping for.
Below is the results for our group after round 2. For buggy I dropped one position and was 10th overall. 17.5 2WD Buggy: Name: Laps: Race Time: Fast Lap: Dean Vuckovich 08 5:17.325 35.509 Ryan Hackl 08 5:42.177 39.699 Frank Lilly 07 5:22.943 41.144 John Schreck 07 5:22.966 40.351 Dragi Vuckovich 07 5:25.375 42.008 13.5 2WD Short course (Pro-Lite): Name: Laps: Race Time: Fast Lap:
Dean Vuckovich 08 5:27.345 38.197 Frank Lilly 07 5:22.943 41.144 Novice 2WD Short Course:
Name: Laps: Race Time: Fast Lap: Dragi Vuckovich 07 5:35.713 44.314 John Schreck 04 3:27.800 52.007 Mains:
Here are the Main
17.5 2WD Buggy
With the B-Main I was starting out in the second spot on the starting grid. I tried to follow Ryan who was in the first spot, but when I tried to hit the table top after the first turn I miss-judged the jump and landed wrong. I was able to recover and ended up finishing in 4th place.
13.5 2WD Short Course (Pro-Lite):
For the E-Main, the truck did really good, and I was able to pull out with a second place finish, bumping me into the D-Main.
For the D-Main, I had a few bad crashes, and could never really recover. I was able to squeak out 7 laps.
Novice Short Course
Final Thoughts:
Overall this was a great race, and as always Kenny puts on a great show. I am looking forward to round 4, which will be held down in Tuscon at Canyon Vista R/C.
Below is some pictures I took during the day:
Myself setup in the pits ready to start the days action.
Schedule Update: There is an update to the schedule for the KBRL Electric Series. Round 3 was going to be at Fear Farm R/C Raceway, but that race has been canceled. They have updated the third round to be at SRS @ Hobby Town, in Scottsdale, AZ. I was kind of bummed at this change because I really like the Fear Farm facility, and would love to have raced there again in this series. I have raced at SRS Hobby Town a lot, so I feel I will do well in this round.
The next round is coming up this weekend Saturday, September 29th, 2012 at OHRCR (One Hobbies R/C Raceway). I am really looking forward to this round as well, as they have a new track layout, and I'm loving the way it looks and feels. Below is the new flyer for the KBRL series:
Round 1 of the KBRL Electric Series is in the books, and it was fun and exciting event. Round 1 was held at Competition Hobbies, down in Tuscon, AZ. I believe there was 219 entries for this round, and the competition and racing did not disappoint, and the crew down at Competition Hobbies did a great job in hosting this event. All though the night did go late into the evening, everyone was in good spirits and it did not seem to bother that many people.
I made the trek down to Competition Hobbies with my friends Dean and Dragi from WolfPak Racing, and our friend Ernest. I would like to thank Dean for driving us all down, driving down as a group made the trek very enjoyable.
Ernest, myself, and Dragi in the background, all setup in the pits.
Debuting my new body for my TLR 22 Buggy, now matching my 22 SCT.
For this round I would not be racing my TLR 22 SCT, I did not have the truck setup for the KBRL, so for round one I would be just concentrating on my TLR 22 Buggy. For this years event, I would be entering a new class debuting at this years event, 17.5 Buggy.
On to the racing:
Round 1 - 17.5 Buggy
There was 13 of us in the 17,5 2WD Buggy class, broken up into two heat races per round. The first round went well, I was able to pull in 10 laps, and I felt that I could have pushed it a little harder, but overall was happy with what I had accomplished. Below is the round 1 results.
17.5 2WD Buggy Round# 1, Race# 19 Driver Car# Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Parker Ayers #3 12 5:22.344 25.000 Kevin Kilday #2 11 5:10.858 25.941 John Schreck #6 10 5:15.694 27.991 Dragi Vuckovich #7 10 5:19.337 28.652 Frank Lilly #4 10 5:25.304 27.848 Javier Olmo #1 10 5:26.500 26.356 Martin Beavers #5 8 5:09.317 30.714
17.5 2WD Buggy Round# 1, Race# 20
Driver Car# Laps RaceTime Fast Lap
Mike Kokot #3 12 5:09.050 24.947
Dean Vuckovich #4 12 5:14.075 25.188
Ryan Hackl #6 11 5:03.012 26.004
Mike Burdeshaw #5 11 5:06.679 25.426
Justin Ament #1 11 5:09.177 26.382
Jo Christensen #2 10 5:04.561 26.757
Round 2 - 17.5 Buggy
For round 2, I did not do as well as I wanted. I changed tires and that was not a good idea. Although my traction was way off, I still was able to pull off 9 laps. Below is the round 2 results.
17.5 2WD Buggy Round# 2, Race# 19 Driver Car# Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Parker Ayers #3 11 5:08.499 24.866 John Schreck #6 11 5:20.791 25.656 Kevin Kilday #2 11 5:21.997 26.327 Javier Olmo #1 10 5:16.497 27.694 Dragi Vuckovich #7 10 5:25.799 28.508 Frank Lilly #4 9 5:19.154 28.627 Martin Beavers #5 6 3:53.543 33.350
17.5 2WD Buggy Round# 2, Race# 20 Driver Car# Laps RaceTime Fast Lap Dean Vuckovich #4 12 5:20.610 24.924 Ryan Hackl #6 12 5:26.594 25.732 Justin Ament #1 11 5:09.437 25.885 Jo Christensen #2 11 5:12.425 26.636 Mike Burdeshaw #5 11 5:17.676 25.854 Mike Kokot #3 10 5:03.176 26.639
Mains 17.5 Buggy "B-Main"
For this main 2 of the drivers would not be able to make the start, so it came down to a shoot-out between Schreck, Dragi and myself.
17.5 Buggy "A-Main"
Since I was able to bump from the B-Main, I was able to race in my first A-Main in the KBRL Series. I would be racing with my friends Dean and Ryan. I had a great start, and was up as high as 6th place after the second lap. But a bad jump, with me landing on another racer, I had a ball cup pop off. Although one of the turn marshals was able to get the cup placed back on, that damage was done. I was able to finish in 8th place. Although I was a little disappointed in my finish, I felt overall I did well, and I learned a lot racing against some good friends.
I was also able to grab a video of my friend Dragi's A-Main in the Novice Short Course class:
I'm a couple weeks behind in my blog posts, but the weekend of Sept 1-2, was the 5th Annual Pro-Line Surf City Classic at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA. This was a great event, and the first one of this type that I have been to outside of my home state of Arizona. I made the trek to California with my friends from WolfPak Racing, Dean and Dragi.
I would like to thank Dean for driving us to California, it was a long drive and we made good time. We arrive around 5am Saturday morning, grabbing a much needed bite to eat at Denny's before getting to the track at 6am when they opened.
