James
12-10-2005, 10:18 AM
Last night I paid my obligatory visit to Ryper Hobbies to help with track work.. only to slowly but surely end up being convinced to go with Dave, Rob and little Ben to PRECC in maylands for some on-road carpet tourer racing! urgh... I really wasnt going to go, coz I've never raced the new on-road tourer, and hadn't even set it up or tuned it yet.
Never the less I was quickly convinced to go up for some racing, just as well, I felt like I needed a fix for some reason..
I managed to run about 5 practice laps before my first qualifier and boy was it wierd! (i've seriously never run on-road before).. so wildly different to anything I've been used to..
First qualifier and I had tyre problems (rear end was very very loose) and I qualified 4th out of 7 or 8 in my group. I changed back to the losi tyres that come with the kit and run my battery placement slightly different, and in the next qualifier TQ'd :) wow? !clap
After qualifying I asked the race organiser to bump up into a more experienced group to make things more interesting... this wasnt a problem (thanks organiser man!).. despite TQ'ing, I had to start at the back of the grid in the first final to be fair.. these guys were faster, which was cool, more streamlined traffic, less prangs.. after two laps I managed to find the lead through the pack and held it for the rest of the race.. was a lot of fun and by now (my third race) I'd figured out how this carpet sh1t works... :)
2nd and last final, I started on the start of the grid, and managed to keep the lead for the entire race taking the win by a lap or two (not sure).. got my consistancy down to 0.5 in the last race, with some much smoother driving than previous runs.. (and much less knocks and kerb swipes, hehehe !gay ). I believe I ran a 21lapper on the last race.
The people at the track seemed fairly friendly, and some folk helped me out with a few things. thanks Chen for charging a cell pack for me (you -must- pre-charge your packs before attending PRECC, there are no breaks between rounds.. (3 mins or so)... now I know). Thanks Jay Toon for a couple of tips, heheheheehe.. thanks dave for tyre warmers.. thanks Rob the Hack for being a big HACK.
I whipped out my camera to get a few happy snaps, but as soon as i switched it on, it decided to switch off, dead batteries! doh.
I did get one pic of my pit table on my camera phone, but in crappy tiny resolution! oops (forgot to change the res!)..
check out the tyre warmers, haha, so cute :P
this on-road stuff aint too bad. I'm not getting too excited yet though... we will see how the ryper track goes. I can see r/c burning a hole in two pockets instead of one now... !lol
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Never the less I was quickly convinced to go up for some racing, just as well, I felt like I needed a fix for some reason..
I managed to run about 5 practice laps before my first qualifier and boy was it wierd! (i've seriously never run on-road before).. so wildly different to anything I've been used to..
First qualifier and I had tyre problems (rear end was very very loose) and I qualified 4th out of 7 or 8 in my group. I changed back to the losi tyres that come with the kit and run my battery placement slightly different, and in the next qualifier TQ'd :) wow? !clap
After qualifying I asked the race organiser to bump up into a more experienced group to make things more interesting... this wasnt a problem (thanks organiser man!).. despite TQ'ing, I had to start at the back of the grid in the first final to be fair.. these guys were faster, which was cool, more streamlined traffic, less prangs.. after two laps I managed to find the lead through the pack and held it for the rest of the race.. was a lot of fun and by now (my third race) I'd figured out how this carpet sh1t works... :)
2nd and last final, I started on the start of the grid, and managed to keep the lead for the entire race taking the win by a lap or two (not sure).. got my consistancy down to 0.5 in the last race, with some much smoother driving than previous runs.. (and much less knocks and kerb swipes, hehehe !gay ). I believe I ran a 21lapper on the last race.
The people at the track seemed fairly friendly, and some folk helped me out with a few things. thanks Chen for charging a cell pack for me (you -must- pre-charge your packs before attending PRECC, there are no breaks between rounds.. (3 mins or so)... now I know). Thanks Jay Toon for a couple of tips, heheheheehe.. thanks dave for tyre warmers.. thanks Rob the Hack for being a big HACK.
I whipped out my camera to get a few happy snaps, but as soon as i switched it on, it decided to switch off, dead batteries! doh.
I did get one pic of my pit table on my camera phone, but in crappy tiny resolution! oops (forgot to change the res!)..
check out the tyre warmers, haha, so cute :P
this on-road stuff aint too bad. I'm not getting too excited yet though... we will see how the ryper track goes. I can see r/c burning a hole in two pockets instead of one now... !lol
e107_files/public/2_photo0027.jpg