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Old 05-07-2013 | 08:29 AM
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Been a busy racing past couple weeks, time to let you know how it all went.

TLR race at DirtBurners, My son and I ran 4x4 shortcourse and 2wd shortcourse. Qualifiers and mains ran Turbo Trax 2.2 on both 4x4's and Both 2wd's. Was dialed and hooked up come main time, track is med to high bite clay in-doors that blue grooves up perfect when there is a lot of racing going on. In 4x4 Michael raced from 7th in the B for the lead and was back and forth and ended in 2nd. I broke in the A so not so good. 2wd i lead wire to wire for the win in the B and Michael behind me in 4th.

First race of the Michigan State Championship Series, Michael ran 1/8 E-buggy and 4x4 shourtcourse. Running the Turbo Trax 2.2 on the same Dirtburners track. 2nd in the B for shortcourse and had the lead in the B for E-buggy but was punted by a lapper and fell back to last almost a lap down and came back for 6th.
I ran Nitro Buggy and Truggy both running Turbo Trax 2.0. Buggy was very tough with 60 entries and 3rd through 25th seperated by 1.5 seconds so perfection was needed and it was not for me that day. Started 4th in the D and raced to the lead to give it away at the end and settled for second. Truggy was a nightmare and settles for 3rd in the B. Truggy handled perfect but was in the rough crowd first 2 qualifieres and was beat around. 3rd got out of the bad crowd and blow a rear diff to qualify last in the B. Half way through the B started pushing like a dump truck and at the end with 3rd noticed i had lost and screw that holds carrier and front arm together,so that explained the push. Over all very pleased with how the tires handled and worked on indoor clay.

This past weekend was the first outdoor race of the year with the Cinco De Mayo Marathon at The Track. Was last years set up so the track was very spongy and dusty ever with water. Michael ran 4x4 shortcourse with Strikers and 1/8 E-buggy with Strikers. He finished 4th in the B for both on a very dusty track that was like ice in the mains.
I ran my normal Nitro Buggy and Truggy. Qualified 4th for the B because i blew out the rear diff in the buggy on the last qualifier trying for the A and was not able to finish. Raced for the lead and fell back to 4th. Truggy was 6th in the A and didnt get much further then that was up to 4th and had some issues with lappers and finished 6th.

Very,very happy with the way the tires have handled the different track conditions. Wear was very good with the last race being the hardest on them so will be ordering more soon. Thank you again for everything and such a great product.
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