Successful buggy conversion!

[Rcaddict]

The first race with the converted MBX-5 went well.
On the first qualifier, the car broke the 1/8 Buggy track record and TQ'ed for the main. Everyone was really impressed with the car and had a LOT of questions.

The second qualifier was not as good. I flipped the car once and it cogged so bad that it just sat there stuttering until TallyRam gave it a push to get it going again. That cost 2 spots, but luckily the 1st qualifying time was good enough to hold onto the TQ spot.

The main was interesting. I was still wondering about that cogging issue, so for the start I had someone hold the buggy up like all the nitro cars so I could spool it up. I sure would hate for the buzzer to go off and my buggy just sit there cogging while everyone piled into me. It worked great, but I got nailed in the second turn and came out in last place by the time the car was righted. I managed to work my way back up to the front with about a minute to go. I made one bobble on the last lap and got tangled up with a lapped car. That was enough for the guy behind me to get by for the win and I finished about 3 seconds behind in 2nd place. Aside from that one cogging problem, the car did great. Several of ther nitro drivers want to do the conversion too, so I plugged Rc-Monster as much as I could.