Class - Box Stock
Date - 2/27/23
Location - Iowa
Race Time - 350.956
Fastest Lap - 3.989
Chassis - MR-03 MM
Body - McLaren 12C
Wheelbase - 98mm
Tires - K30LH / Marka V1R10
Motor - Stock
Batteries - Orion 750 SHO
Front Springs - Yellow
T-Plate - Kyosho Carbon Firm
Motor Mount - Stock
Dampener (If applicable) -
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) -
Gearing - 7T, stock diff
Notes - Crunchy diff

Moved

As stated many times before, tires are the single most significant change you can make to a car. I remember going from K20R rears to the Marka V1R10 a while back at the suggestion of one of the fast guys from Italy, and what a huge difference it made in handling and my ability to get through the course more quickly. This month, thanks to some discussion between Poor_Boy and chjosi, I decided to try the PN KS Medium fronts. Up until this point I almost exclusively ran K30R with treads trued off or K30LH fronts. I had ordered KS mediums and firms a year ago and tried the firms first. They gave so much more steering compared to the K30s my cars traction rolled and were impossible to drive, so I never tried the mediums, thinking they'd be worse. I was wrong. Still plenty of steering with the mediums and an increased chance of traction rolling compared to K30s, but I could get through the course about 10-20 seconds faster than on the K30s, and with a little help from Poor_Boy to get them working on my stock car, I got a pretty good time in this morning and could probably do a 225 second run if I had a little more time. Now before you run out and buy PN mediums, they didn't work well on all my cars, and on my stock car I had to glue the sidewall and outer edge of the tire to keep the car from traction rolling, and I still have to be very smooth with throttle and steering to avoid a roll over. I had dozens and dozens of great starts when I was on a 223, 224 or 225 pace and got 20, 30, 40 or 50 laps in before flipping over. It was so frustrating, but the car turned so much better with the PN KS mediums and the lap times were so much better that I kept after it and have some pretty good times this month. I think I may need some setup changes if I keep running the KS mediums, but that will be for March.

Class-Box Stock
Date-2/17/23
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-245.0
Fastest Lap-3.10
Chassis-MR-03 FHSS
Body-2012 NSX
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires-PN KS Med fronts, Marka V1R10 rears
Motor-Stock
Batteries-SpeedHouse 800s
Front Springs-Kyosho Orange
T-Plate-Kyosho FRP 6H
Motor Mount-Stock MM
Dampener (If applicable)-None
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-K 15k grease on top shock
Gearing-Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-This is a new chassis I bought and built for the Carolina Cup spec class in January. Since my Box Stock ASF car was running slower than usual (best time was 278), I switched to this car for February. My best time on K30s was 262.8, so the PN KSs were almost 18 seconds quicker.

Class-RM Porsche Cup Class
Date-2/23/23
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-248.7
Fastest Lap-3.16
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-911 GT1
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires-PN KS Med fronts, Marka V1R10 rears
Motor-Stock
Batteries-SpeedHouse 800s
Front Springs-ATM Deep Blue (Soft)
T-Plate-Kyosho Carbon Soft
Motor Mount-Stock RM
Dampener (If applicable)-None
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-My best time on K30s was 255.8, so the PN KSs were over 7 seconds quicker. Fun car to drive, but requires extra smooth inputs.

Class-Stock GT 70T
Date-2/28/2023
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-228.9
Fastest Lap-2.85
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-Ferrari F-430 GT
Wheelbase-94mm
Tires-PN KS Med fronts, Marka V1R10 rears
Motor-PN 70T
Batteries-SpeedHouse 800s
Front Springs-PN Purple
T-Plate-PN CF #4
Motor Mount-PN 94-98mm v2
Dampener (If applicable)-PN DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 10/54 Ball diff
Notes-My 3500kv Stock car was faster all month, with a best time of 231.8 on 2/10 after switching to the PN KS Med fronts. Those tires on this 70T Stock car did not work and the car kept flipping. I glued the entire sidewall and put a bead of CA on the edge of the tire and then trued them down a bit and added more ballast to the bottom of the chassis to get it drivable, but if I wasn't smooth on the throttle or steering or pushed too hard, it would still roll over. Was was finally able to get a decent run in this morning with the D/R at 90% and throttle reduced to 75%, even though I fell apart towards the end and had a few bad laps. If I could get a clean run in, this car would be at 225 seconds or less. This is my oldest MR-03 that I've had since at least 2010 and I can still drive it faster than any brushless MR-03 I have albeit only about 3 seconds faster this month.

Class-Pro Stock GT
Date-2/28/2023
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-235.7
Fastest Lap-2.99
Chassis-MR-03 EVO
Body-Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires-PN KS Med fronts, Marka V1R10 rears
Motor-Kyosho X-Speed (50T)
Batteries-Kyosho SpeedHouse 800
Front Springs-PN Purple
T-Plate-Kyosho CF Medium
Motor Mount-R246-1355 One Piece Motor Mount
Dampener (If applicable)-Kyosho DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Kyosho Ball Diff II with 6t pinion
Notes-Changed to R246 1 deg knuckles. For the first time, this car was slower than my Stock cars in both fast lap and total time. PN KS Med fronts were too much for this setup, and made the car difficult to drive consistently. I had to turn the steering and throttle down on the radio to get this fairly clean run with only 3 or 4 bad laps but considerably slower than Stock cars.

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2wd open
Date-2/26/23
Location- Cat Hair Raceway California
Race Time-4:20.130
Fastest Lap-2.84
Chassis-MWX GLR
Body- Pan car Lexan
Wheelbase-98mm
Rear PN Marka 5
Front PN soft slick
Motor- GL3500KV
Batteries- 2S lipo

Pro Stock

Date-2/26/2023

Location- Cat Hair Raceway California

Race Time-4.33.720

Fastest Lap-2.98

Chassis-MR-03

Body- 787b Mazda LM

Wheelbase-102mm

Tires- R Marka 10. F PN Unknown (glued sidewalls)

Motor-PN 50t

Batteries- Enloop

Stock

Date-2/20/2023

Location- California

Race Time-3.57

Fastest Lap-3.53

Chassis-Pn 2.5

Body- Mosler

Wheelbase-98mm

Tires- Unknown. F Unknown

Motor-PN 3500KV

Batteries- Enloop

Box Stock

Date-2/18/23

Location- California

Race Time-239.87

Fastest Lap-2.99

Chassis-MR-030

Body- Enzo

Wheelbase-98mm

Rear Marka 5

Front PN medium slick

Motor-Stock

Batteries- Eneloop

T plate white fiberglass

Front springs black stock kit

Stock

Date-2/28/2023

Location- California

Race Time-229.60

Fastest Lap-2.72

Chassis-Pn 2.5

Body- Mclaren gt3

Wheelbase-98mm

Tires- R Marka 5 F PN soft

Motor-PN 3500KV

Batteries- Enloop

I tried really hard to get to the 225 mark but this was the best I could muster tonight.