RC Pro Series Texas State Rd. 1

[Lee_Jones]

First off, I want to thank the Gears club members for hosting the first round. They did a HELL of a job of hosting this race. Also I would like to thank David and Suzie for doing such an awesome job running the series. I would like to also thank MIKE "TEN" for the support and pitting he did for me. Now on to my results:

I started off bad in the first Qualifier and ended up running out of gas :eek: not good on my part. It is ok though because it is best 2 out of 3 rounds on Qualifying.

Second qualifying went perfect. It put me in the top 10.

Third qualifying went bad. My warm up laps went perfect came in for a splash of fuel, went out of pit lane and I had no steering :eek: I had lost a screw in my steering ackerman.

Ok, now I am sitting at the top of the C main. No problem. I get everything fixed and ready for my main. I take off and start about 4th place after the first lap then I move my way up to the lead and was never challenged after that. I almost put the whole field down by one lap :D so with 2 minutes left I had it in the bag..........Then......... I pop a plug :eek: They get me back in the pit and change a plug and fired back up before I knew it I was back out on the track........THEN.......... my exhaust header comes off :mad: :mad: I had 2 springs holding it on and it still broke. Other then that my CASTER/Twister tires Buggy put some good laps down and held up to my standards. This was only my 3rd time ever driving a buggy. So until next RC Pro race. Here is my lap times. If everything would have gone my way, I am pretty sure I would have been sitting in the A Main.

________________________Driver___Car#____Laps____R aceTime____Fast Lap___Behind_
Gerald Carmona #2 20 15:51.031 43.300
Ken Wasek #5 18 15:22.719 44.839
Lee Jones #1 15 14:08.202 40.426
TJ Strickland #7 15 15:35.944 48.338 87.742
Alex Medrano #3 12 10:40.890 43.460
Terry Strickland #4 10 8:45.689 45.662
John Radovanov #8 0 0.000
Drew Higginbotham #6 0 0.000 0.000

___1___ ___2___ ___3___ ___4___ ___5___ ___6___ ___7___ ___8___ ___9___ ___10__
4/50.72 1/40.28 2/48.92 6/61.33 3/49.47 5/60.26
18/13.1 23/26.4 19/29.4 15/19.9 19/40.1 15/04.0

2/40.42 1/44.50 4/50.86 6/56.80 3/49.44 5/49.71
20/11.5 22/32.6 19/47.9 16/45.0 19/39.8 17/34.8

2/43.74 1/47.87 4/61.93 6/48.44 3/52.49 5/52.82
21/44.2 21/28.6 17/16.4 17/43.8 18/08.5 17/22.5

1/41.92 2/44.30 4/46.38 6/48.36 3/44.83 5/48.33
21/28.3 21/29.0 18/36.4 17/13.4 19/32.2 18/50.1

1/47.28 2/51.98 4/43.46 5/45.66 3/50.63 6/68.30
21/41.2 20/15.8 18/05.6 18/38.1 19/38.1 17/50.1

1/41.11 2/47.33 4/52.42 5/49.97 3/50.38 6/148.6
21/28.2 20/20.9 18/11.9 18/31.7 19/41.3 13/27.4

1/40.61 2/47.52 4/70.70 5/64.23 3/66.27 6/71.14
21/17.5 20/25.1 17/09.9 17/10.2 18/34.8 13/27.0

1/44.04 2/53.36 5/62.42 4/47.63 3/47.44 6/51.53
21/18.4 20/42.9 17/28.8 18/50.4 18/24.7 14/03.7

1/50.18 2/45.77 5/46.29 4/50.29 3/46.98 6/56.25
21/33.4 20/39.8 17/13.1 18/45.4 18/15.9 14/44.2

1/45.06 2/55.72 5/50.95 4/52.95 3/49.13 6/56.29
21/34.7 19/09.4 17/08.4 18/46.2 18/12.8 14/28.6

1/45.04 2/47.43 4/55.35 3/51.41 5/55.33
21/35.7 19/08.7 17/11.3 18/13.9 14/14.6

1/48.25 2/46.24 4/51.17 3/54.07 5/56.76
21/42.2 19/06.2 17/07.9 18/18.9 14/04.6

1/53.62 2/51.54 3/62.79 4/52.71
20/10.8 19/11.8 18/35.1 15/55.5

1/41.85 2/44.34 3/53.91 4/53.97
20/05.5 19/06.8 18/37.7 15/45.0

3/214.2 1/46.43 2/48.30 4/53.87
16/04.7 19/05.2 18/33.1 15/35.9

1/46.07 2/48.86
19/03.3 18/29.8

1/49.27 2/46.85
19/05.3 18/24.7

1/45.02 2/49.37
19/02.5 18/22.7

1/43.30
20/45.6

1/52.69
19/03.4
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15/ 20/ 12/ 10/ 18/ 0/ 15/ 0/
14:08.2 15:51.0 10:40.8 8:45.6 15:22.7 0.0 15:35.9 0.0

[vnmsgt]

Sound like my race a couple weeks ago! LOL! Everything went bad and I went to the C-main. Top 2 in that went to the A-main. Had second in the bag to move up easily and then my battery went dead! oh-well. Need to race again. They canceled yesterdays race and rescheduled it for next sunday.

[camshaft]

Tough luck Lee, but it sounds like you were happy with the car. Can you post your setup? cam

[Lee_Jones]

7/5/3 in the diffs. 45wt front shocks 40wt rear. front bones level, rear bones a little high ( just a hair above level) Kyosho brakes all around. shock position depends on track. 2deg toe out on front. -1.5deg front camber. -2deg toe rear -2deg rear camber. depending on track, most of the set up is Tires. I found if you mix match sometimes it works better. Like this past weekend I used Bow-Fighters ( Bow-Ties Front..Crime fighters Rear) for most of my Qualifiers and then I found my Twister tires worked the best. Just remember what works for me, may not work for you. Everybody's driving style is different. Also, lots of practice helps to. If you do make changes to a set up, make sure you do it in small increments.

[miketen1]

well it was a great day of racing, had alot of fun everything was going good but then the grimmlins started,Rd 1 , 2 ,and 3 of the qauls i had alittle bit of trouble ( THANKS TO MYSELF ) for not looking over my truck better.my front cvd keep poping out because of a worn out part on the outdrive,i should have looked a little harder but oh well, i ended up sitting 9TH in the B main but i brought hard and bump up to the B main and finished 4th.tryed hard to get in the Amain but there was alot of fast guys!!!!! anyway your welcome lee jones and i am glad to help anytime !!!!!

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