Krasi_5000
08-28-2005, 09:50 PM
hey guys, (this is a LONG post)
as most of you know last month i went to my FIRST race which has its own thread. Then the next race was rained out so its 4 weeks later today and I did my second race and Josh222 was with me with his RS4-3 so he will add his own story.
I have a NTC3 with a OS .12 TR, 35 shore front/38 shore rears.
We left in the morning got to the track some details you would care about like drying the track, setting it up etc...Now to the good stuff.
Practice : i ran pretty slow times at 20 seconds a lap...and the track was still cold so there wasnt much traction to make use of anyway, we were just laying down some foam hehe. Well i started running alright and i kept going into the sweeper pretty good but i would always clip the inside from trying to cut it so short and soon enough the lower a-arm simply couldnt take enough and broke. I imedietly left got wrenching took the whole front end apart in about 5 minutes (this is a personal record :p ) then i went and my fellow racer sold me a set of 2 upper and 2 lower arms for $10 cdn. I went back installed it and was ready for my first qualifier.
First Qualifier: my laps got better at 19 seconds as the track had some heat and foam in it. I was running pretty good but still being noob to racing i was still tapping the boards every lap and soon enough...(NTC3 problem) my upper diff case stripped and so my shock tower was no longer connected to anything and i limped it to the pits and got to work. Tore apart the front end again in 5 min and my fellow racer donated a diff case top half. I installed it and was back in running condition.
Second Qualifier: All ran good fastest lap was 18.8 or so. No problems at all this time car ran good, good traction nothing more to say.
Third Qualifier: Track was very good traction now, car is all up to spec. Fastest lap for me was 17.9 sec and the "pros" were running 15s, i turned out 15 laps which was second most, came in 2nd in my qualifier of 8 racers :cool: . But it appears the new diff case half was not on my side :( . Went back to pits and since i felt bad asking for more parts i ghettoed it up and super glued and used these longer fatter screws (curtesy of Josh222 ;) ) and the glue and all looked good for now...cheap but good :p
There where 4 mains for nitro. A, B, C, D. With my 15 laps and 17.9 fast lap i maned to get into B-MAIN!!!!!! For my second race i couldnt believe i was in B main...thats like a trophy on its own lol.
B-Main- It is 15 minutes. My dad showed up to the track to shoot some video and take some pics so i hired him to be my pit man :p . Race started i was running good and turning out good laps. I refuled once at 5 minutes in just incase, then drove another 5 and refuled again. There were 3 minutes left of the main and my superglued diff case/shock tower combo crapped out on me :p . I ended up getting 6th place of 8 in the B-main and i forgot the all important laps. Best lap was 18sec.
Overall i LOVED it and now this race has sparked a wild bush fire for me and racing. Im gonna buy some spare parts tommorow and some things i need. Over the winter since there is no racing i will relax and for Christmas im gonna order a new engine, new radio, threaded shocks, foams, spares and whatever else i think of by then. So for next season i will be ready to race in A-main :p
I really thank whoever read this and i would love to hear any comments or tips you may have. AND since this thread is called "Race Stories" post YOUR RACE stories. Lenght doesnt matter i would love to read them.
I will post pics tommorow and will post link of the race results when they come available.
as most of you know last month i went to my FIRST race which has its own thread. Then the next race was rained out so its 4 weeks later today and I did my second race and Josh222 was with me with his RS4-3 so he will add his own story.
I have a NTC3 with a OS .12 TR, 35 shore front/38 shore rears.
We left in the morning got to the track some details you would care about like drying the track, setting it up etc...Now to the good stuff.
Practice : i ran pretty slow times at 20 seconds a lap...and the track was still cold so there wasnt much traction to make use of anyway, we were just laying down some foam hehe. Well i started running alright and i kept going into the sweeper pretty good but i would always clip the inside from trying to cut it so short and soon enough the lower a-arm simply couldnt take enough and broke. I imedietly left got wrenching took the whole front end apart in about 5 minutes (this is a personal record :p ) then i went and my fellow racer sold me a set of 2 upper and 2 lower arms for $10 cdn. I went back installed it and was ready for my first qualifier.
First Qualifier: my laps got better at 19 seconds as the track had some heat and foam in it. I was running pretty good but still being noob to racing i was still tapping the boards every lap and soon enough...(NTC3 problem) my upper diff case stripped and so my shock tower was no longer connected to anything and i limped it to the pits and got to work. Tore apart the front end again in 5 min and my fellow racer donated a diff case top half. I installed it and was back in running condition.
Second Qualifier: All ran good fastest lap was 18.8 or so. No problems at all this time car ran good, good traction nothing more to say.
Third Qualifier: Track was very good traction now, car is all up to spec. Fastest lap for me was 17.9 sec and the "pros" were running 15s, i turned out 15 laps which was second most, came in 2nd in my qualifier of 8 racers :cool: . But it appears the new diff case half was not on my side :( . Went back to pits and since i felt bad asking for more parts i ghettoed it up and super glued and used these longer fatter screws (curtesy of Josh222 ;) ) and the glue and all looked good for now...cheap but good :p
There where 4 mains for nitro. A, B, C, D. With my 15 laps and 17.9 fast lap i maned to get into B-MAIN!!!!!! For my second race i couldnt believe i was in B main...thats like a trophy on its own lol.
B-Main- It is 15 minutes. My dad showed up to the track to shoot some video and take some pics so i hired him to be my pit man :p . Race started i was running good and turning out good laps. I refuled once at 5 minutes in just incase, then drove another 5 and refuled again. There were 3 minutes left of the main and my superglued diff case/shock tower combo crapped out on me :p . I ended up getting 6th place of 8 in the B-main and i forgot the all important laps. Best lap was 18sec.
Overall i LOVED it and now this race has sparked a wild bush fire for me and racing. Im gonna buy some spare parts tommorow and some things i need. Over the winter since there is no racing i will relax and for Christmas im gonna order a new engine, new radio, threaded shocks, foams, spares and whatever else i think of by then. So for next season i will be ready to race in A-main :p
I really thank whoever read this and i would love to hear any comments or tips you may have. AND since this thread is called "Race Stories" post YOUR RACE stories. Lenght doesnt matter i would love to read them.
I will post pics tommorow and will post link of the race results when they come available.