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montyjcm · 08.28.2009, 12:58 PM

A few weeks ago, I was attending my first race at a new track with my 8ight-e. I had been practicing at said track for about 2-3 hrs and felt pretty good about it. I was putting down some good laptimes imo and not really crashing.

Well, the first qualifier comes around, and I am doing a few practices laps/getting my transponder in the system. The last half lap before we line up to race, I hit the big triple in front of the of the drivers stand. (Side note: when I say in front of the driver's stand, you literally could touch the cars if they hit the jump at the closest approach.) I hit the jump at a weird angle and smash my buggy straight into the wooden stairs leading to the track. Needless to say, the deceleration was brutual..lol. I broke my front bulkhead mounts and bent the crap out of my front shock tower, right before my first qualifier. Doh!

The announcer made a wincing comment, and later on, the people in the enclosed shop 100ft away said they heard it! Pretty embarrassing. Luckily, i was able to compete in the second qual and get 3rd in the main via some handy ziptie placement and CA glue :)

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montyjcm RC-Monster Stock Offline Posts: 22 Join Date: May 2009	08.28.2009, 12:58 PM A few weeks ago, I was attending my first race at a new track with my 8ight-e. I had been practicing at said track for about 2-3 hrs and felt pretty good about it. I was putting down some good laptimes imo and not really crashing. Well, the first qualifier comes around, and I am doing a few practices laps/getting my transponder in the system. The last half lap before we line up to race, I hit the big triple in front of the of the drivers stand. (Side note: when I say in front of the driver's stand, you literally could touch the cars if they hit the jump at the closest approach.) I hit the jump at a weird angle and smash my buggy straight into the wooden stairs leading to the track. Needless to say, the deceleration was brutual..lol. I broke my front bulkhead mounts and bent the crap out of my front shock tower, right before my first qualifier. Doh! The announcer made a wincing comment, and later on, the people in the enclosed shop 100ft away said they heard it! Pretty embarrassing. Luckily, i was able to compete in the second qual and get 3rd in the main via some handy ziptie placement and CA glue :)