I ran again yesterday as the local track had a Christmas Trophy race.
I had a rough go of it in qualifying for the first two rounds. Broke front tower before the race in Q1 but it kept together for a decent run. In second qualifier the front screw on the FT axles backed off and wheel fell off. Car was pushing during practise and through first two rounds despite some changes to setup but for the third round I made a few adjustments and put the car in the A main. I qualified ninth out of nine cars but I was in.
For the start of the main all the cars snaked around the track for two laps without incident. I was near 8th place on lap 2 and bobbled over the roller jump. But I got some compusure and started picking up speed on the pack.
Then a car crashed and I was able to pass. Next lap a bunch of cars wrecked and I passed them. Then the TQ wrecked and I passed him as well. This put me all the way up to 4th position with the TQ behind me but unable to make up any ground. Then he wrecked again and I was running smooth consistent laps that allowed me to nearly catch 2nd and 3rd place.
Near the end of the race the leader missed a jump and fell back to 3rd and was right in front of me. He got loose on a kicker jump and I bumped him from behind with no where to go. I had 3rd place after that but the announcer thought I made a rough pass so I let him go a few corners later. The horn went and I maintained 4th spot! I turned the 2nd fastest lap in the final with the eventual race winner turning 2/100ths of a second faster lap.
The car was much much better and I now have some much needed confidence that I can indeed run with the local fast group. After 11 year layoff from 2wd 1/10th scale I was able to shake off the rust a little faster than I could have hoped.
I'm looking forward to the next club race in early January to continue evolving my setup and my driving!!!
Here is the setup:
Front
35 wt, #2 piston, silver spring, 0.090 limiters
inside tower, inside arm
1-A camber link w/ 2 washers
-1 camber, no toe in/out
25 degree block, spindles middle, 0.60 bump steer
ball studs in rear position on steering rack
20mm ride height
Schumacher stagger rib yellow
Rear
30 wt, #2 piston, grey spring, 0.090 limiters
middle tower, outside arm
1-B camber link w/ 0 washers
-1 camber
2 deg. antisquat
21 mm ride height
Schumacher minispike yellow (spikes removed inside and outside row)
Misc:
1/4 ounce in triangles in front and rear
1/4 ounce beside battery each side
1/4 ounce on servo
Tekin RS w/10.5
Gear: 25/75
Reedy 5000mah 35C lipo
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