Good stuff,all you guys are fast,fresh prep or not!I think we were all on old preps,it was all about my son this week for us though.He pulled a hat trick with his scout car Blue Lighting,Ive never seen him so excited over a race! Three trophies,It was awesome seeing him pace around the living room between heats,freaking priceless,lol.I didn't think he could of done it with the rules as they where.He will let them know all about it tomorrow at his cub scout meet : ).The pro class topped the day off! GITTY UP
CONGRATTS DERBYDAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Conner Mackay Nelson,not sure about the TR,but he did win the 1st place trophy for fastest non pro.
Yep it was close, Conner had a fastest run of 2.992 and my son was at 2.990. Their fastest 5 run averages were 2.9994 and 2.9979 respectively.
Great racing from everybody...
Great racing from everybody...
Here are all the times from the first heats for all racers
And here is a blow up of the best times. I have marked Coach's time and the fast time from 5 Kids older boys car.which ran with Hob E Lub.
There is a possibility Coach would have done better if a top pro had built his car
At least he had the courage to put a car up. If there was a Valox car, I did not pick up on it.
And here is a blow up of the best times. I have marked Coach's time and the fast time from 5 Kids older boys car.which ran with Hob E Lub.
There is a possibility Coach would have done better if a top pro had built his car
I was proud of my little man with his Wolf entry. He placed 4th in the Wolves and that was with 4 on the floor.
Not a bad event even though I was on a Camporee during it. Next year, I will have to help him lift the 4th wheel and retune the car if necessary. Hey, I was surprised he even got a trophy. I figured he would get smoked. Of course, .03 seconds is getting smoked.
Congrats to all the folks who did very well!
Not a bad event even though I was on a Camporee during it. Next year, I will have to help him lift the 4th wheel and retune the car if necessary. Hey, I was surprised he even got a trophy. I figured he would get smoked. Of course, .03 seconds is getting smoked.
Congrats to all the folks who did very well!
It is important to note the following... "Coach" sent me a Kit -- I built it per his "specs" it was not him -- I was the buider - I did however follow exactly what he suggested and for a car that did not have cant'd rear axles, not tuned on a track ahaed of time, and certainly not a very aggressive COM (probably about 1 1/4'') and a way thicker body using steel weights instead of tungsten - We ran the car both in the Open Adult Division and the Pro Division (because the Camera car's beam - would trigger the finish line) - I can truly say that his VERY EASY solution is not too bad - and the car did have some decent runs 3.0025 - 3.0039 - I would be really interested to see if I rebuilt the car (still applying his principles) using what we know makes a car faster... "lighten wheels" & "Canted Rear Axles" & "Some solid basic tuning" how much speed we could have gotten out of it...
We finished just behind 5Kids in both the Scout and Kids Division We managed to take 3rd & 4th Places in the Overall Scout Divsion (1st in Bear Class, 1st in Wolf Class), and 3rd in the Kids Division, along with cars taking 3rd, 4th & 6th in the Open Adult Division... not to bad for the Xanthrum "Dawes Family Team"
I on the other hand had my butt handed to me when I attempted to run the 4 Pro Cars in the Pro Division -- we did manage to run some good single times
- 2.9884 being the single best time... I think I learned a lot about getting additional speed out of my cars by trying some different staging -- and maybe not such a great idea to pour extra oil onto your cars axles and wheels 2 days before the race....
I just really wanted to set the record straight as I know and I am sure that "Coach" may have a car set up to run much better than I did - I can tell you this for sure... his prep and set up was REALLY REALLY Easy - perfect for the scout.
Truly
greg
We finished just behind 5Kids in both the Scout and Kids Division We managed to take 3rd & 4th Places in the Overall Scout Divsion (1st in Bear Class, 1st in Wolf Class), and 3rd in the Kids Division, along with cars taking 3rd, 4th & 6th in the Open Adult Division... not to bad for the Xanthrum "Dawes Family Team"
I on the other hand had my butt handed to me when I attempted to run the 4 Pro Cars in the Pro Division -- we did manage to run some good single times
- 2.9884 being the single best time... I think I learned a lot about getting additional speed out of my cars by trying some different staging -- and maybe not such a great idea to pour extra oil onto your cars axles and wheels 2 days before the race....
I just really wanted to set the record straight as I know and I am sure that "Coach" may have a car set up to run much better than I did - I can tell you this for sure... his prep and set up was REALLY REALLY Easy - perfect for the scout.
Truly
greg
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