Originally Posted by 05PSD

So, what I get from this is you're fast, you name drop a lot, and you have a MBA? Oh yea, everyone should get out of your way? Correct?

Originally Posted by Wild Cherry

Not really a on going issue , just what happens when you use IFMAR qualifying.


Newer racers have very little experience with the method and they just think they are just racing when a faster car comes up ... .

Originally Posted by FRONTI3R

Think he's saying have respect for the faster guys coming up on you during qualifying and let them bye and don't take him out after he passes you.

This is an ongoing issue for most people at local tracks. I feel his pain and wish that people would move over for the fast guys during qualifying... I know I do in 2wd buggy where i'm not the fastest guy. The race is a bit of different story mind you.

Stick behind the fast guy during qualifying and learn where he's making time on you... maybe you will be the fast guy at the next round or next race!

Originally Posted by BlueGlowBoy

We just recently went to this style of qualifying at the track I run at the most... Everyone else pins it as soon as they hear the horn... I sit back at the start of the main straight and wait about 20-30 seconds for everyone else to get those first few corner crashes out of the way and marshalled, then I go... Manage to qualify 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 4th (with a Nimh...forgot to charge my lipos!) and then finished 2nd in the A-main....

Is there something wrong with doing this? Sitting back and waiting for 30 seconds? I didn't see ANYONE else doing this in any of the other classes....but it just seems like it helps avoid the demolition derby and by the time you catch up to the slower drivers, they are spread out a little bit, allowing cleaner passing...

Originally Posted by 05PSD

So, what I get from this is you're fast, you name drop a lot, and you have a MBA? Oh yea, everyone should get out of your way? Correct?

Originally Posted by CraigMBA

In order: not really, not at all (Brent was far wiser than me and deserves credit for sharing that wisdom ), I have used the same user name online since 1995 everywhere on the internet.

Oh yea, absolutely NOT, but don’t expect me to show you much respect on track if I see you running guys down ontrack and running your mouth on the drivers stand/in the pits how someone hacked you.

Accidents happen, mistakes are made, "I'm sorry" and "Thank you" go a long way, and respect and reputation is earned not owed. With that in mind, SC is a contact class. If that contact bothers you, consider you might be in the wrong hobby, or hobby.

Originally Posted by The Rev

just built my truck. very nice build and great quality. Oh, and LOTS of screws. good think my ryobi was charged when i started. Even with all the pre-built sections of the truck, it still took a while to build due to the number of screws holding it together. I now know why the aluminum screw set for the truck is on back order at a-main.

I managed to shoehorn a tekin 2650 1/8 motor in it and now just need to adjust the gearing to make it fast enough on 2s. i figure a 20/58 should be about right.

Only think i can knock this truck for so far is that taking the servo out is a royal pain; stripped the horn after 5 minutes of running and realized i had to take like 10 screw out just to wiggle the servo out. I might need to mod the bottom of the chassis and mounting points so i can get it out without needing to disassemble 1/4 of the truck. Should have sprung for a nice new high end servo before assembling the truck cause now i will probably need to take it out again soon.

anyway, i like it so far and it's very quite for a 4wd stadium truck; the older vesions sound like armageddon when 7 of them are racing on an indoor track together.

Originally Posted by GuiltyByAssoc

Thinking about getting a FT sc10 2wd. Ppl with both trucks, will a Tekin rs-pro+7.5t combo give the 2wd the approximate same speed (or feel) as my sc4x 4.5 4x4? (let's assume the same type gearing i.e. lowest on both).

Originally Posted by BlueGlowBoy

We just recently went to this style of qualifying at the track I run at the most... Everyone else pins it as soon as they hear the horn... I sit back at the start of the main straight and wait about 20-30 seconds for everyone else to get those first few corner crashes out of the way and marshalled, then I go... Manage to qualify 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 4th (with a Nimh...forgot to charge my lipos!) and then finished 2nd in the A-main....

Is there something wrong with doing this? Sitting back and waiting for 30 seconds? I didn't see ANYONE else doing this in any of the other classes....but it just seems like it helps avoid the demolition derby and by the time you catch up to the slower drivers, they are spread out a little bit, allowing cleaner passing...

Originally Posted by T-BirdJunkie

Cool, bro. So, since you're beating a dead horse, ThunderbirdJunkie is not allowed an opinion based on the products he's used? IE the Ruluxes for his B4.1 and his SC10, which had cracks in the barrel of the wheel within two race days on both?
Or maybe he's not allowed his opinion based on the poor quality of the film the bodies are made from based on his experience in plastic film extrusion, and the fact that the body holes on his JC Truth body wallowed out within a day on the track, and the fact that that same body cracked worse and faster than his
A: stock SC10 2w body
B: his SC10 '09 Champ body
C: any of his many PL bodies
D: his XXX-SCT stock bodies

Or maybe the fact that the Barcodes didn't hold up as well as his PL Suburbs OR his AKA Wishbones (the Wishbones having a decided advantage over the suburbs)?

Or perhaps his negative experience just doesn't matter for anything because he is not a Nats-caliber driver? Because, you know, the only opinions that matter are the people that have a full ride sponsorship, NOT the lowly morons that actually pay money for the stuff


And AKA.

Start reading more and open your eyes, bucko.