This weekend was the season opener of the local RC Track. The weather was bright and sunny, and the racers were in mass attendance. The track was very similar layout as last year, however they changed the back where the larger kicker was. This is now there into an off camber turn, and a shikane with two ill placed speed bumps. It’s very
tricky, and probably the slowest section of the track.
The famous Ty Tessmann (ranked 7th in the WORLD in 2008) showed up as well as all of our local sponsored racers and a number of first time racers as well! With approximately 100 entrants there was skill levels from the beginner to the pro. Race days included 4 heats of buggy, 3 of truggy, 1 of monster truck, and 1 electric.
This year I made the decision to sell my LST2 and only race the 8ight 2.0 buggy. This was the first time I’ve had it to the track so I was not sure what to expect. After a few practice rounds I was able to identify some issues that could be adjusted to improve the handling. The RB engine I was running was a monster. Initially I was running it with too much gas and it was spewing some out the front bearing. However I ended up changing my clutch then re-tuned the engine and never had any issues.
The race involved four qualifying rounds where everyone’s fastest round was used to determine their position in the final races. My fastest round was something like 11/6:03. This means that I did 11 laps in 6 minutes and 3 seconds. This was fast enough to get me into the 18th starting position, or 8th in the B-Main event.
The B-Main was a 15 minute race that involved 1 pit-stop and 15 minutes of buggy mayhem. When all the dust settled and the race was finally over, I ended up finishing in 5th. This is a performance I’m very happy with since I beat a number of fine racers that last year I never thought I stood a chance against.
This sounds so bloody exciting. I wish I was more into racing, and that we had good races around here. I saw a track at or near a Go-Kart place once. But I don’t need any more vices. I got too many things going on.