Well, I have been seriously slacking when it comes to my blog.
For the past month or so, I was even thinking of just removing the blog, and not posting anymore. But after some more thought, I will keep this blog, and try to post more about my racing hobby.
I have a few posts I will be making this week about the last couple of months racing, then I will try to post at least once a week on current stuff.
Round 2 of the Gen-6 NASCAR Series Rained out
Saturday, November 23rd, 2013
With the heavy rain that has been going on over the last day or so and today, racing was cancelled. Hopefully things can be rescheduled to make up the round of racing.
Team Associated TC6.2
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Vehicle Specifications
Power Source: Electric
Terrain: On-Road
Body Style: Touring Car
Scale Size: 1:10 Scale
Assembly Level: Kit*
Length: Varies
Width: Varies
Wheelbase: 255mm (10.04in)
Weight: Varies
Internal Gear Ratio: 2.0:1
Drive: 4WD
* This vehicle comes as a kit and must be fully assembled by the user. Electronics and/or an engine/motor may be required.
Required to Complete
1:10 scale electric motor
1:10 scale electronic speed control
7.4V LiPo, 6.0V LiFe battery
Battery charger (suited for, and particular to, one of the batteries mentioned above)
2-channel surface transmitter, and its batteries
2-channel receiver
Steering servo
1:10 scale (190mm) polycarbonate touring car body
Polycarbonate-specific spray paint for body
1:10 scale rubber or foam touring car tires
The new TC6.2 was announced this week, looks very cool. There will be one in my RC garage after the beginning of the year.
Here are the specs from the Team Associated website:
Power Source: Electric
Terrain: On-Road
Body Style: Touring Car
Scale Size: 1:10 Scale
Assembly Level: Kit*
Length: Varies
Width: Varies
Wheelbase: 255mm (10.04in)
Weight: Varies
Internal Gear Ratio: 2.0:1
Drive: 4WD
* This vehicle comes as a kit and must be fully assembled by the user. Electronics and/or an engine/motor may be required.
Required to Complete
1:10 scale electric motor
1:10 scale electronic speed control
7.4V LiPo, 6.0V LiFe battery
Battery charger (suited for, and particular to, one of the batteries mentioned above)
2-channel surface transmitter, and its batteries
2-channel receiver
Steering servo
1:10 scale (190mm) polycarbonate touring car body
Polycarbonate-specific spray paint for body
1:10 scale rubber or foam touring car tires
Round 1 of the Gen 6 Point series at HobbyTown Gilbert
Saturday, November 9th, 2013
Round 1 of the Gen 6 point series is in the books. It was a great day of racing, and I had a blast. It was a great turn-out for round 1, for the Gen-6 Pancar division there was 13 entries and in the Gen-6 Sedan class (my class) there was 17 entries. I wanted to do a full write up of each qualifier and the mains, but I lost my notebook with all the laps times, etc. I will try to do better for the next 5 rounds. My car for this round really started coming around, and I was able to do a personal best with 40 laps in the first qualifier. I ended up qualifying for the B-Main, which with this series, the winner of the B gets to move into the A-Main. I ended up finishing in 3rd in the B, which for round 1 has put in 9th in the points.
Like I said earlier, I lost my notebook pages with all the qualifiers, laps etc, so for this post I will just post the point standing.
Gen-6 - Cup Series RWD Pan Car
Points after Round 1
Gen-6 - Cup Series AWD Sedan
Points after Round 1
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| All setup in the pits, one of these days I need to get a Canopy/Tent for some shade.. |
Gen-6 - Cup Series RWD Pan Car
Points after Round 1
Gen-6 - Cup Series AWD Sedan
Points after Round 1
On-Road RC Racing at HobbyTown USA - Gilbert
Saturday, October 2nd, 2013
It has been awhile since I got in any racing. Had a lot of things going on personally, the biggest being my Mom having to go into Hospice care has been a large part why I have been off the grid for the past month and a half. With the new Point series coming up, I decided this would be a good opportunity to get back into the game, and get my mind off things. The first round of the point series is November 9th, and after getting my car ready, I wanted to get in a couple Saturdays of racing to try to get the setup close to race ready. With the body all trimmed up and painted, I was itching to get it on the track.
There was a good group of that showed up on Saturday to get in some test and tuning. Of the Gen 6 2WD Class, there was enough that showed up that they needed two heats for them. For the Gen-6 4WD Class there was 6 of us.
I was not complexity done with my body when I showed up for racing on Saturday, I still had to mount the back spoiler and finish the final race trimming, so I missed the first heat of racing, the leaders were averaging 42-43 laps. I was also racing in my usual Sportsman Road Course class, and i was able to make both heats for that class. I forgot to grab the print outs for the heats so I don;t have laps times for everyone except mine, but I was able to grab the A-Mains.
Qualifying Round 1:
Sportsman Road Course:
For round One I had a really good round of 22 laps and took 2nd place in my heat. I think first place had 23 laps.
Gen 6 Sedan - 4WD:
Missed this round, and the the leaders were about 42-43 laps.
Qualifying Round 2:
Sportsman Road Course:
For this round, I was able to improve my first round and finished with 23 laps and again took 2nd place in my heat.
Gen 6 Sedan - 4WD:
Being this is the first time with this body style on the track, I did not do as well as I thought i would, I think I finished in the low 30's for number of laps in 6th place. After this round, I wanted to thank Mike S. for helping me with my setup, and getting the body mounted correctly.
Group Pictures:
After the heats and before the Mains started, everyone got together to do a group photo of all the Gen-6 cars and the drivers.
The Mains:
Sportsman Sedan - Road Course:
Driver Laps Time
Craig 24 4:10.82
Dustin 23 4:02.44
Nathan 23 4:03.55
Frank 23 4:08.64
Rudy 21 4:10.15
Gen-6 Sedan - 4WD:
Driver Laps Time
Mike S. 43 4.05.03
Richard 42 4:03.60
Gary 41 4:00.07
Mike J. 40 4:03.14
Frank 38 4:02.70
Rich 34 4:00.50
Overall it was a good day of testing and tuning. I was able to walk away with some good ideas for changing my setup for next Saturday. My goal for next Saturday is to break into the 40's for the Gen-6 class.
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| Gen 6 - Ford Fusion - By McAllister Racing |
I was not complexity done with my body when I showed up for racing on Saturday, I still had to mount the back spoiler and finish the final race trimming, so I missed the first heat of racing, the leaders were averaging 42-43 laps. I was also racing in my usual Sportsman Road Course class, and i was able to make both heats for that class. I forgot to grab the print outs for the heats so I don;t have laps times for everyone except mine, but I was able to grab the A-Mains.
Qualifying Round 1:
Sportsman Road Course:
For round One I had a really good round of 22 laps and took 2nd place in my heat. I think first place had 23 laps.
Gen 6 Sedan - 4WD:
Missed this round, and the the leaders were about 42-43 laps.
Qualifying Round 2:
Sportsman Road Course:
For this round, I was able to improve my first round and finished with 23 laps and again took 2nd place in my heat.
Gen 6 Sedan - 4WD:
Being this is the first time with this body style on the track, I did not do as well as I thought i would, I think I finished in the low 30's for number of laps in 6th place. After this round, I wanted to thank Mike S. for helping me with my setup, and getting the body mounted correctly.
Group Pictures:
After the heats and before the Mains started, everyone got together to do a group photo of all the Gen-6 cars and the drivers.
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| The cars looked good all lines up. |
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| Good group of guys, looking forward to racing with them for the full series. |
The Mains:
Sportsman Sedan - Road Course:
Driver Laps Time
Craig 24 4:10.82
Dustin 23 4:02.44
Nathan 23 4:03.55
Frank 23 4:08.64
Rudy 21 4:10.15
Gen-6 Sedan - 4WD:
Driver Laps Time
Mike S. 43 4.05.03
Richard 42 4:03.60
Gary 41 4:00.07
Mike J. 40 4:03.14
Frank 38 4:02.70
Rich 34 4:00.50
Overall it was a good day of testing and tuning. I was able to walk away with some good ideas for changing my setup for next Saturday. My goal for next Saturday is to break into the 40's for the Gen-6 class.
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