Hey Grant, I had a blast at the W.C.C. Everybody I met was really cool and the track was awesome. I don't mean any disrespect by this but it's kind of nice to hear that a pro has the same problems as a rook like myself. It can get really frustrating sometimes when your car is working perfect during practice and then a spec of dust lands on the rear quarter panel and all hell brakes loose!!! I absolutely love these wretched little machine but they are so temperamental.
Everybody needs to bow down to Joe Chen for donating his time. He added so much to the race, thank god he came out to announce. If I had to listen to the automated voice any longer I think I would have died from boredom.
Any way let me know when you plan on setting up for the local charity race we were talking about, I think that's a great idea and I'm 100% in!!!
Bruce Glick,
EMG. Electric
You are right about Joe Chen aka RUF, he is the man behind the mic. A great MC can change the whole vibe of an event.
Congrats to all of the drivers who attended esp. the Matsushimas Pacific MZR club drivers
Chad Nelson for sweeping all 3 classes
Chad Nelson 1st and Lukas Tobing for his second place in 70t sedan
and a Pacific MZR sweep of the PanCar 70t class with Chad N, Brian D, and Bong R
I had an awesome time @ rcx this past weekend.....despite having a DNF due to a steering wheel stop breaking...i definitely had the car to win...my fastest lap of the weekend being an 8.3 as i think i was able to do a 8.4 in the one of the heats i think....i was able to TQ @52 laps in 8:2.......seconds or something like that....
the track had good grip..... i felt good going in to the main but got anxious going into the first turn off the start an stuffed it allowing chad nelson to get by which was the biggest mistake i had made all weekend
the next few laps were easy to put together an i was immediately on the tail of chads pancar and in typical grant style i got pushy....trying to force the pass but chad kept the door shut....i saw a brief moment that he opened the door and i stuffed it in but chad shut the door on me and i stuffed it in to the wall
as i backed up and turned out i felt it..... that little bit of give in the steering wheel when i turned it to the left......and a few laps later i was able to get in to the lead but i have to turn left with care.... and then it happened SNAP....that was it.....i tried to go on but i just couldnt get it done.....i was all over the track.... so i pulled off in turn 1 and called it a day
it is all a learning experience.... lookin foward to the next one
this saturday we will be running 3 class as usual
asc 70t
mod
and pancar 70t"hand out pinion"
i will be handing out the pinion that must be used by all drivers in the pancar 70t class...doors open @ 10am
racing starts @ 5 pm
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Grant "Yasuji" Matsushima
1/28 Raceway @ Montclair Plaza Shopping Mall
PN Racing PanCar Driver
pnracing.com
r1wurks.com
revealed on race day hehehe....that is the beauty of the handout.....i will hand out on the day of the race just so no one will have an advantage of preping their motor to compensate
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Grant "Yasuji" Matsushima
1/28 Raceway @ Montclair Plaza Shopping Mall
PN Racing PanCar Driver
pnracing.com
r1wurks.com
this saturday we will be running 3 class as usual
asc 70t
mod
and pancar 70t"hand out pinion"
i will be handing out the pinion that must be used by all drivers in the pancar 70t class...doors open @ 10am
racing starts @ 5 pm
continuing on with the hand out pinion what would be really cool is an "all out spec class"(spec - NOT stock) . Best way to do it is for you to figure out which components from A to Z should be used from bearings & front shims to body and everything in between such as T plate, motor mount, rear dampening system, front springs, shims etc etc etc till every single component is predefined & then make the 70T motor handout so people can't get innovative with them midweek. (even dyno the handouts to make sure they fall in the same range)
This way the only variable will be how well racers tune their radio adjustments, the rest will be ALL IN THE DRIVING. . I bet this would produce some unexpected race results but most of all should be a heap of fun.
to keep the racing motor equal you can also iniate a motor "buy" program.
If one racer seems to have the faster car you buy his/her motor for $10....
they have to sell it or they are dq'ed...
this will keep racers from investing crazy time and money into a stock motor...
SWEET!!! I knew I could count on you. I'm in for the 1/24th scale cars. Have you ever seen the Tamiya Tamtechs. They're pretty nice. They came with aluminum parts right out of the box. I think I'm getting a Serpent S240.
Grant, the concrete looks great but why didn't you just paint the whole thing and then just use barriers? It looks like you painted a permanent course?
I'll do my best to get out there on Friday to test and tune!!
