Racing!

Finally started to do some actual RC racing at my local track.  While I’ve driven on the track a lot and did some for-fun races, I never got into the serious end of the hobby.

Well, that’s all over now – I did my first official race running the Rookie class, which is basically a “run what you brung” class.  The only requirement being 2S batteries.  There were 10 racers, about half of which ran SC trucks, and half buggies.

I actually thought a fair bit about what car to run, and with the current layout of a fairly tough rhythm section, I knew I wanted to use a 2WD vehicle (see my center diff post to see why a 4x4 is hard to drive).  While I am probably a little bit quicker with the Associated B5, the TLR 22SCT 2.0 is more forgiving to drive, and more importantly, crashes better!  The Rookie races often devolve into bumper car sessions, and the full-bodied SC truck handles collisions and rollovers a lot better than the buggy, so I went with that.

I TQ’d the two qualifiers and led wire-to-wire in the race, which was nice.  I actually only set the 4th fastest lap in the race, but avoided any real crashes.  Like they say, to finish first you gotta first finish.

There are 4 more races in the series (with 1 throwout), so hopefully I can continue to do well and finish at or near the top at the end.