A few main R&R of the race are 48T handout brushed motor, realistic bodyshell and spoked wheels. Yes, holy cow, WTH is a 48T brushed motor in doing an 1/10th onroad race right?! Well, the organizer said that this was proliferated from Yokomo Japan. And dont get me started on what the batts were for the novice class - it was 1400mAh NiCD! Talk about back to the future!
Nonetheless, the race turned out to be great and a new experience for me. The 48T turns out to okay in pace given the fact that my FDR was ~3.2 while those top racers which on 2.9 to 3.0! There were three 5 mins heats and the final was ten minutes which was really nerve wrecking. Somehow, I felt that the pace of 48T motor with 10mins final make them a good combo.
For the 1st heat, I finished 2nd out of 10 racers in my group. I was on 3.36 FDR.
On 2nd heat, I was 2nd as well and on 3.3 FDR. Overall, my time has slight improvement. I am kinda happy with my progress but after seeing the time sheet, those top guys from other groups were 0.8s faster than me! Crap...
On 3rd heat, I screwed up and got 4th due to my taller ratio of 3.4! I have no idea what has gone into my head.
The heats were completed and I qualified 1st in starting grid for B-main. The 10mins finals didn't go as well as I was involve in an accident with car #2 in the first or second turn. Then rear of the car was very loose which I had never encountered during the heats. Because of these incidents, I dropped to 4th. After some time and accidents involving other cars at the front, I got into 3rd position and was battling with the car in front for 2nd position. In the end, he was unfortunate and I got the 2nd position. :)
Overall, the race was great and the final was nerve wrecking. I wished I could have gotten into A-main or at least 1st in B-main. Oh well, there's always next race.
My pit area
Some pics from the organizer. I really like the Porsche and it clean cut livery.
