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Club Racing at HobbyTown Gilbert
Thursday, August 1st, 2013
Got in another fun night of club racing at HobbyTown in Gilbert. My friends Dean and Dragi (WolfPak Racing Blog) also make the trek down for some racing fun. It was a real small crowd tonight, I think it might have been because last Thursday the racing was rained out part was through. Tonight some storm clouds were lingering on the edge of the valley, so that might have scared some of them away.
It was a fun night of relaxed racing, I didn't write down any of the numbers or get copies of the sheets so I don't have any number for anyone. But I did average 19 laps for each of the heat races, and finished 2nd in the A-Main for my class, 3rd overall.
I will be racing again this coming Thursday evening at HobbyTown Gilbert, and then on Sunday the 11th, I will be at Competition Hobbies down in Tucson for the 4th round of the On-road Point Series.
It was a fun night of relaxed racing, I didn't write down any of the numbers or get copies of the sheets so I don't have any number for anyone. But I did average 19 laps for each of the heat races, and finished 2nd in the A-Main for my class, 3rd overall.
I will be racing again this coming Thursday evening at HobbyTown Gilbert, and then on Sunday the 11th, I will be at Competition Hobbies down in Tucson for the 4th round of the On-road Point Series.
Round 3 of the On-Road Point Series at Competition Hobbies in Tucson
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
It was time again to head down to Competition Hobbies in Tucson for round 3 of the On-Road Carpet Point Series. I made the trek down with my friends Dean and Dragi from Wolfpak Racing, and I'd like to thank Dean for driving his vehicle down for each of these trips and allowing me to tag along. We headed down a little earlier than last time, they were nice enough to open the track about an 1-1/2 hours earlier then normal, and the extra practice was nice. We got down there about 11 am, which gave us an extra hour of practice before racing started a 2 pm.
After getting setup in the pits, it was on to some practice.
I really wanted to test my car because I was running a completely different setup that the standard/stock setup I was running. You can click on the "Setup Sheets" tab at the top of the blog to view my current setup. The car felt amazing compared to the last time I raced down here. I feel I picked up a whole second on my average lap times.
Seems like the 3 of us was the only ones that made the trek down from the Phoenix area, so there was only 2 heats of us for the 17.5 rubber Tire Sedan class.
On to the racing:
Qualifying Round 1:
Heat 1:
Heat 2:
This was possible the best round of racing I have did yet on this carpet track, the car felt amazing. Compared to the last racing for this point series I on did 22 and 23 laps in the first two heats for round 2 of the point series. This time I was able to pull a 24, it was a slow 24, but I will take it.
Qualifying Round 2:
Heat 1:
Heat 2:
For some reason the car did not feel as well as in Heat 2, but I was consistent, and was able to pull off another 24 laps run with about the same time.
The Mains:
B-Main:
For the B-Main, I started off pretty good, the car felt good again. Dean was quick, and I stayed in 2nd for the whole race. About lap 15, I had a bad turn in the sweeper, and tagged the wall hard, after that the car would not turn as well, and on lap 19, another bad mistake in the sweeper, and off came the right rear wheel. I think when I hit the wall the first time, it broke, and when I hit the wall on lap 19 the pin finally let loose fully. Luckily I found the pin for the rear arm before they started the next main.
A-Main:
Here is the A-Main, although I have been progressing each week, I feel it may be another round of racing or two before I can get myself into the A-Main. Right now the leaders are doing 27 to 30 laps, so I need to somehow pick up 3-4 laps. On to some more practice time.
After getting setup in the pits, it was on to some practice.
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| I love the pit table at Competition Hobbies |
Seems like the 3 of us was the only ones that made the trek down from the Phoenix area, so there was only 2 heats of us for the 17.5 rubber Tire Sedan class.
On to the racing:
Qualifying Round 1:
Heat 1:
Heat 2:
This was possible the best round of racing I have did yet on this carpet track, the car felt amazing. Compared to the last racing for this point series I on did 22 and 23 laps in the first two heats for round 2 of the point series. This time I was able to pull a 24, it was a slow 24, but I will take it.
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| Dean and Dragi, working hard in the pits |
Heat 1:
Heat 2:
For some reason the car did not feel as well as in Heat 2, but I was consistent, and was able to pull off another 24 laps run with about the same time.
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| Myself, getting ready for the next round of racing. |
B-Main:
For the B-Main, I started off pretty good, the car felt good again. Dean was quick, and I stayed in 2nd for the whole race. About lap 15, I had a bad turn in the sweeper, and tagged the wall hard, after that the car would not turn as well, and on lap 19, another bad mistake in the sweeper, and off came the right rear wheel. I think when I hit the wall the first time, it broke, and when I hit the wall on lap 19 the pin finally let loose fully. Luckily I found the pin for the rear arm before they started the next main.
A-Main:
Here is the A-Main, although I have been progressing each week, I feel it may be another round of racing or two before I can get myself into the A-Main. Right now the leaders are doing 27 to 30 laps, so I need to somehow pick up 3-4 laps. On to some more practice time.
Thursday Night Racing @ HobbyTown in Gilbert, AZ
Thursday; July 18th, 2013
Missed racing last week, but didn't want to miss this week, so I headed on down to HobbyTown Gilbert, for the weekly Thursday night racing. My friend Dean could not make it, so I picked up his son Dragi (Wolfpak Racing blog), and the two of us headed down for some RC action. I love racing on Thursdays because its a smaller crowd, and a lot less hectic then Saturday night racing. I had made some major changes to the car, almost completely changed the setup from when I bought the car. I will attach the current setup to the setup tab of the blog tonight.
Tonight was going to be a quick racing night with only 11 heats of racing for all the classes. Once again, I was racing my Associated TC6.1 in the Sportsman Sedan - Road Course class. And I was dying to get my car out on the track to test the new setup.
Qualifying: Round 1:
Sportsman Sedan - Road Course
There was only 4 of us tonight, usually we have a crowd of 6-7, this would be a good night for testing my cars new setup.
Driver: Laps Time
Dustin 20 4:03.41
Frank 20 4:07.97
Dylan 18 4:06.77
Dragi 17 4:01.42
The car felt great, and it wasn't for my bad driving and hitting the corners wrong a few times, I feel I would have been able to pull home the win in this round.
Mains:
Sportsman Sedan - Road Course
So, after the round of qualifying, I would be starting second on the A-Main. I decided not to make any adjustments to the car, just to see if it would be consistent from the first round of action.
A-Main:
Driver: Laps Time
Frank 21 4:09.20
Dustin 21 4:11.94
Dylan 19 4:13.01
Dragi 18 4:05.37
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| All setup in the pits, ready to race. |
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Qualifying: Round 1:
Sportsman Sedan - Road Course
There was only 4 of us tonight, usually we have a crowd of 6-7, this would be a good night for testing my cars new setup.
Driver: Laps Time
Dustin 20 4:03.41
Frank 20 4:07.97
Dylan 18 4:06.77
Dragi 17 4:01.42
The car felt great, and it wasn't for my bad driving and hitting the corners wrong a few times, I feel I would have been able to pull home the win in this round.
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Mains:
Sportsman Sedan - Road Course
So, after the round of qualifying, I would be starting second on the A-Main. I decided not to make any adjustments to the car, just to see if it would be consistent from the first round of action.
A-Main:
Driver: Laps Time
Frank 21 4:09.20
Dustin 21 4:11.94
Dylan 19 4:13.01
Dragi 18 4:05.37
The care felt great again, and was really hooking up. We started the first couple of laps right how we qualifying, but after the 3rd lap, I was able to get around Dustin, and there was no looking back. After a mid-race crash with some lap traffic, Dustin was right on my bumper, but I was able to hold him off until the end to put myself on top of the podium, with a personal best of 21 laps.
All-in-All, the car felt great, and the new setup was matching my driving skills perfectly. I will be racing this Sunday for the third round of the Carpet Point series at Competition Hobbies in Tuscon, and I will post the results of that race probably on Monday or Tuesday of next week.
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| Dragi in the pits, ready for some racing. |
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