RCM did good...halfway across the world!

Hokay...so a little race report.

First off, sorry to say, but I didn't get to snap any pics or get any vids. Please be gentle when booing or throwing rotten tomatoes. My girl was supposed to bring the camera, she ended up forgetting. The other guy who said he was going to be there to take video didn't show either. WTH, FML. Sorry guys. :(

I only ended up running in the two 1/8 cats. I wanted to run in the .5 and the stadium/CORR cats, but I had no one to marshal for me, so out went that. Bummer. Next race, though...I'll be sure to charge up my OWN damn camera and tape it to the damn racer's stand if I have to.

Alright...so on to the race. Format was 2 heats (7mins each) and a Main (7 mins as well). I'll break it down by class.

TRUGGY

Jammin X1-CRT
Hyperion G3 3S 35c/? 5500mAh pack
Neu 1515/1.5D
MMM v3
11t pinion
stock spur

First heat, WIN!!! No stats...the race dude only printed stats from the Main.

Second heat, DNF. Steering turnbuckle came out 2 seconds after they announced that the race was and to finish the lap. #@$&*$%!!!

Main:
Started out slow, the other 5 racers came out hard. Didn't take the lead until about 3/4 through the first lap...tried to stay focused and smooth. Best lap time, 45.1 seconds. I currently hold the record for the fastest lap in this new configuration. Slowest lap time was 63.2 seconds.

Total lap count was 9...a full lap ahead of second place and a 2 laps ahead of last place. Not too bad, I guess. Think I could have eeked out 10 laps.

BUGGY

Jammin X1-CR
TP 40/80c 3S 5000mAh
Tekin T8 2650
Tekin R1-Pro
14t pinion
stock spur

First heat: WIN!!! No stats either...same deal.

Second heat: WIN!!!! Still no stats.

Main: Got tangled up early on...all 4 of us were jockeying for position and hacking eachother in the process. Ended up getting too goosed on the throttle and crashing too much. The second place guy finally started to slow down and race...and built up a huge lead.

Held the lead for about a lap and a half to maybe two laps. Thought I was gonna lose it, but was able to calm myself down and pay attention to my lines instead of him. Finally caught up to him after he decided that cartwheeling through turn #1 might help with lap times.

Passed him, slowly built the lead from there. Finished the Main with 9 total laps to his 8, but he smoked me on the best lap time. He registered a 45.2 as his best lap time, my best lap time was 46.2. Wow.

A nail-biter for me...that's for sure.


All in all, a very good race. My new-to-me buggy was a champ...she ran great with no issues. I'm suprised at how well the R1-Pro held up under race conditions...it wasn't overheating. It cogged a little bit, but it wasn't too bad. In a higher stakes race it might be the death of me, but an easy solution to that is just not to crash.

The truggy did well too, DNF not withstanding. She seemed a little sluggish down the straights and her rear shocks might need to have the oil replaced. She got into the habit of showing everyone the underside of her rear when she hit the jumps...I'll have to take a look at that.

So yeah...there you have it. RC Monster....represented!