Sunday 24/4/16
I went to Seaham RC club,when we got there i booked in for 2wd. The track was looking great with a good flowing design and some great obsticle. Seaham RC club is really popular and again a good turn out of 32 drivers booked infor the 2wd heats.
There was no practice this makes it fair for everyone, it also makes it more easy to get the 4 rds in and a final with the high numbers racing.
The club always runs FTQ so just one fasted rd to count for the qualifying.i dont always like this as me and my dad feel the track does get faster and slower through out the nights meeting, unsure why maybe to do with the hall temperature and the fluff on the carpet being moved of the racing line.
I was placed in heat 3 of the 4 2wd heats car 8.
RD1
I finished 4th place in my heat with a time of 18 laps in 5m07s, this placed me 8th overall after RD1. The car felt good i ran yellow mini pins on the rear with outer row trimmed, on the front i ran yellow low profile cut staggers. motor speed was set on 80% all night.
RD2
I finished 2nd in this heat with a faster time of 18 laps in 5m02s. Now sitting in 7th place in the overalls after the 2 rounds. i was hoping for 19 laps it was in my reach i just had a few small mistakes which cost me, mostly due due to my buggy having slightly to much turn in causing the buggy to cut in and snag the corners a little.
RD3
I finished 2nd again in RD3 with a time of 18 laps in 5m03s i had now dropped down to 9th overall as other drivers had improved. We turned the steering speed down slightly for this RD, the buggy felt good its just difficult in the heat as most of the drivers ability are pretty even making traffic an issue for all the drivers to pull away from each other.
RD4
We changed nothing on the buggy as it felt good even though i still couldnt get the 19 laps in that i wanted. I felt that the pace was there so i was pleased with my driving i was just a bit unlucky. I finished 4th in my heat with a slower time of 18 laps in 5m05s. I had now dropped to 12th place overall out of 32 drivers after all the rds.
overalls after heats
This placed me 4th in the B final with 7 car finals. We prepped the buggy for the final and we were going to change the rear shock positions out. We then decided to just leave them and and run the buggy as it was as i was already used to it.
Final
The final was full of what i would call decent drivers.The first few laps was pretty much grid order with me sitting in 4th place.I then got tagged a little and dropped back to around 6th place. My buggy was feeling great fast and precise. I kept it on its wheels and started doing clean lap. I had some good battles. the race felt like it lasted ages. With around 2 laps to go i had caught up to the lead pack. I chased them and 1 of the leaders crashed on the big table top, I got passed then anther one tipped just after the timing loop I passed on the inside. I was now within 2 meters or so of the leader with 1 lap to go. I drove as fast as i could caught up but tagged a corner just before the finish line. I finished 1 second back from 1st place.
i really enjoyed this final
would of been nice to win but im pleased with the out come and my driving .
video is below im the red and white buggy in the first race at the start of the video.
https://youtu.be/_nKO_ShbNq8