I understand what people are feeling about lap times. I stared off Friday night running in the mid 6s, but last night I was down in the upper 4s. That is without any changes to my car yet, just trying to get a feel for the track. Will soon start to make some changes to the car, but have to work this weekend which limits my time to run til Monday.

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Hello All,
Here are the results for December. Unfortunately we only had three participants but that is understandable with the holidays and how busy everyone is. I do want to welcome TomTheGeek who joined us for the first time and ran a GLF in Open 2WD. I also want to thank Traveler for his write up on his thoughts and observations for this month's running, I think writing down some monthly observations will be useful to look at down the road especially when we start recycling the circuit layouts. Also great to see Scionara back and running both a GLA and a GLR, Open 2WD could produce some good battles on track.

Box Stock-
1st- Traveler 351.1s Race Time/ 4.265 Fast Lap

Stock-
1st- Traveler 324.675s Race Time/ 3.88s Fast Lap

Open 2WD-
2nd- TomTheGeek 378.39s Race Time/ 4.39S Fast Lap
1st- Scionara- 320.50s Race Time/ 3.68s Fast Lap

Open AWD-
1st- Scionara- 315.31s/ 3.69s Last Lap

FTM-
Scionara with a 3.68s running his GLR

I am thinking January is going to be great, we already have some new people running laps and I know there are a bunch of new track so hopefully some of these folks will join us. I also love seeing that there is a GLF running with us and I am interested in seeing what this car can do as it gets more track time.

I also wanted to send a note to the new guys, as some of us have mentioned do not get frustrated (well, as least do not let your frustration get you down), as with anything being competitive takes time and patience. Spend the time practicing and your time will start to drop....I guarantee it.

Lets see what you guys can do and have fun.

Cheers,
Jim

Class - Box Stock
Date - 1/26/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 346.6s
Fastest Lap - 4.12s
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - McLaren F1 LM (Short Tail)
Wheelbase - 98mm
Tires - PN KS Sort Rear/PN KS Firm Front
Motor - Stock Silver Can
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - Kenon Green
T-Plate- PN 8mm Carbon
Motor Mount - Stock
Dampener (If applicable) - Stock
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - N/A
Gearing - 7T pinion
Notes -




Class - Box Stock
Date - 1/5/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 361.2s
Fastest Lap - 4.30s
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - McLaren F1 LM (Short Tail)
Wheelbase - 98mm
Tires - PN KS Sort Rear/PN KS Firm Front
Motor - Stock Silver Can
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - Kenon Green
T-Plate- PN 8mm Carbon
Motor Mount - Stock
Dampener (If applicable) - Stock
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - N/A
Gearing - 7T pinion
Notes -




Class - Box Stock
Date - 1/4/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 391.1
Fastest Lap - 4.33
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - McLaren F1 LM (Short Tail)
Wheelbase - 98mm
Tires - PN KS Sort Rear/PN KS Firm Front
Motor - Stock Silver Can
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - Kenon Green
T-Plate- PN 8mm Carbon
Motor Mount - Stock
Dampener (If applicable) - Stock
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - N/A
Gearing - 7T pinion
Notes - Very rusty....just starting to link together some decent consecutive laps.

Class - Stock
Date - 1/28/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 325.5
Fastest Lap - 3.87s
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - Ferrari 360GTC
Wheelbase - 94mm
Tires - PN KS Soft Rear/PN KS Med Front
Motor - PN70BB
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - Kenon Purple
T-Plate- Kyosho .6mm 6mm
Motor Mount - Atomic 94mm V5
Dampener (If applicable) - PN GRP
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - 10wt
Gearing - 4.8:1
Notes -Went to 1.5* rear wheel and 1* front wheel in the hope to widen the stance and make it a little sell tippy, helped a bit.





Class - Stock
Date - 1/26/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 335.2s
Fastest Lap - 3.96s
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - Ferrari 360GTC
Wheelbase - 94mm
Tires - PN KS Soft Rear/PN KS Med Front
Motor - PN70BB
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - Kenon Purple
T-Plate- Kyosho .6mm 6mm
Motor Mount - Atomic 94mm V5
Dampener (If applicable) - PN GRP
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - 10wt
Gearing - 4.8:1
Notes -






Class - Stock
Date - 1/9/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 340.6
Fastest Lap - 3.92s
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - Ferrari 575GTC
Wheelbase - 94mm
Tires - PN KS Soft Rear/PN KS firm Front
Motor - PN70BB
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - Kenon Purple
T-Plate- Kyosho .6mm 6mm
Motor Mount - Atomic 94mm V5
Dampener (If applicable) - PN GRP
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - 10wt
Gearing - 4.8:1
Notes - Working on a new set up.




Class - Stock
Date - 1/5/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 354.7s
Fastest Lap - 4.08s
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - Ferrari 575GTC
Wheelbase - 94mm
Tires - PN KS Soft Rear/PN KS firm Front on 19.5mm Wheels
Motor - PN70BB
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - Kenon Purple
T-Plate- Kyosho .6mm 6mm
Motor Mount - Atomic 94mm V5
Dampener (If applicable) - PN GRP
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - 10wt
Gearing - 4.8:1
Notes - Changed out the VERY worn front tires which required some driving changes.

Class - Pro Stock
Date - 1/26/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 312.4s
Fastest Lap - 3.79
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - Mazda 787B
Wheelbase - 102mm
Tires - PN KS Soft Rear/PN KS Medium Front
Motor - Atomic 48t
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - PN Green
T-Plate- PN Carbon 6mm
Motor Mount - Atomic LM Mount
Dampener (If applicable) - Atomic LM
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - 30wt
Gearing - 5.88:1
Notes-





Class - Pro Stock
Date - 1/26/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 321.7s
Fastest Lap - 3.79
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - Mazda 787B
Wheelbase - 102mm
Tires - PN KS Soft Rear/PN KS Medium Front
Motor - Atomic 48t
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - PN Green
T-Plate- PN Carbon 6mm
Motor Mount - Atomic LM Mount
Dampener (If applicable) - Atomic LM
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - 30wt
Gearing - 5.88:1
Notes- I switch from the C9 to the 787 body a few weeks ago when someone of FB asked to compare the two . I found the 787 has a bit more steering than the C9. I made zero changes to the chassis but the car feels good.






Class - Pro Stock
Date - 1/5/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 339.5s
Fastest Lap - 3.96
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - Sauber C9
Wheelbase - 102mm
Tires - PN KS Soft Rear/PN KS Medium Front
Motor - Atomic 48t
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - PN Green
T-Plate- PN Carbon 6mm
Motor Mount - Atomic LM Mount
Dampener (If applicable) - Atomic LM
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - 30wt
Gearing - 5.88:1
Notes -The car had major push this morning and realized the front tires were VERY worn as well. I only had one set of fronts left and they were PN Mediums so I mounted them up. I seem to be needing to replace a lot of front tires all at one time and I am realizing that you really need a good 20 minutes of run time to break in new fronts and then they just keep getting better for awhile. I ran a pack on the new tires and then went for a timed stint. The car felt good and was pretty consistent but it would still traction roll if I pushed to hard, I traction rolled twice on this stint but got lucky and it came to rest on its wheels both times. I could not pull the same fast lap time yet but I will give it a couple more stints before I go changing my set up as I know the car can be competitive.





Class - Pro Stock
Date - 1/5/20
Location - Norwalk CT
Race Time - 344.3
Fastest Lap - 3.89
Chassis - MR03 RWD
Body - Sauber C9
Wheelbase - 102mm
Tires - PN KS Soft Rear/PN KS Medium Front
Motor - Atomic 48t
Batteries - Eneloop 800mah
Front Springs - PN Green
T-Plate- PN Carbon 6mm
Motor Mount - Atomic LM Mount
Dampener (If applicable) - Atomic LM
Dampener Fluid (If applicable) - 30wt
Gearing - 5.88:1
Notes -

Class-Open 2WD
Date- 1/6/20
Location- Norwalk CT
Race Time-308.6
Fastest Lap- 3.62
Chassis- GL Racing GLR
Body- Ferrari 458
Wheelbase- 98mm
Tires- PN KS Super Soft Rear/ PN KS Med Front
Motor- GL 3500
Batteries- 2S 300mah
Front Springs- GL Purple
T-Plate- NA
Motor Mount- GL 98mm
Dampener (If applicable)- GL Blue SIde Springs/Stock Black Center Spring.
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)- 30K on plastic shacks
Gearing-9T pinion
Notes-

Alright, just set up the circuit before my wife heads to VT and got a few laps in with my Box Stock Car. This is going to be a fun fast track.

I would much rather spend the night doing laps but I am off to RI for our office holiday party.....nothing like driving for 6 hours round trip for a 3 hour party.....did I mention I would rather stay home and run laps....

Cheers,
Jim

I second that! Don't get discouraged! I have been racing Mini-Zs for over 10 years... Just keep practicing!

Aren't you guys getting a winter storm? I don't think its safe! Stay home instead!

Thanks for the heads up.
They now have a coupon for $15 off $150 or $30 off $250.

Got my track delivered!! Now just need to figure out a way to count lap times while my lap counter is in route. Any suggestions? I have a Google Pixel Phone... I saw some guys using their phones too.

Hello all!

I just set up a track in my home(hello from Bulgaria), but unfortunately I couldn’t source a proper RCP track, and me and my mate built an EVA foam base(same like smooth RCP on feel) and we put foam barriers going by the design of the January track. Here is a photo of it, I hope you accept our attempt. Will be posting times in Stock class soon.




Regards
Terry

Please don't use any solutions in the water. Just water. Damp cloth is a good one, but my back don't like to bend that much, so I just spray some water on it.
Off course you can just drive. Do what you want with your own track. But dust and other debrise will not make your laps faster.
And if your local track uses some particular tires, go with those.
But I will be vacuming my track and keeping it clean for dust. I will use faster tires than Kyosho and that's ,my choice. :-D

Class-open 4wd
Date-1,3,2020
Location-basement
Race Time-5:01.41
Fastest Lap-3.47
Chassis-gla
Body-marka lexan
Wheelbase-98
Tires-super soft t slicks rear 30 low pro fronts
Motor-gl 5250kv
Batteries-nano 300s
Front Springs-green rear- red
Dampener kit
Dampener Fluid havent serviced in over a month needs some voodoo done
Gearing-12t with stock spur
Notes-max timing on esc with no drag brake. Front tires are just about shot.

I just ran my glr also and did a 3.73 lap with it but I need to give some voodoo spice to it and get it to turn like my gla. Its pushing on exit if I'm to hard on the gas
Class-open 2wd
Date-1,5,20
Location-basementRace
Time-4:51.41
Fastest Lap-3.53
Chassis-glr
Body-12c gt3 asc
Wheelbase-98
Tires-30 low pro front super soft slicks rear
Motor-gl3500
Batteries-nano300s
Front Springs-pn orange
Dampener kitDampener
Fluid mugen joint grease
Gearing-9x53
Notes-car is finally turning but it has to much front grip now and little rear grip. Might try a stiffer spring in front to make it push a wee bit


Ljh this will be a tuff battle now that I have a glr to keep u on ur toes

Class-open 2wd
Date-1,6,2020
Location-basement
Race Time-4:51.05
Fastest Lap-3.39
Chassis-glr
Body-12c gt3
Wheelbase-98
Tires-kyosho 30 lowpro front on supersoft rear
Motor-gl3500
Batteries-nanotec 300
Front Springs-orange
Dampener kit
Dampener Fluid ae 3k on side and dry center
Gearing-9x53
Notes-changed out the rear tires that turned out to slicks from so much run time and ended up getting her groove back. Also 1 of the vents on top of the track was closed so track felt like it had more grip in the chicane where I was felling a loose car.