Well the Midwest Off Road Race is Finished

It was a long weekend of racing. It all started out on Wednesday December 3rd. I got to the track early in the mourning and started to charge my Li-Po batteries. I wanted to get some practice in before the big race. First up was my truck I had it set up really good. It was just driving that had to be fine tuned. Next was my Buggy this thing was driving me crazy I couldn't get it figured out at all. When I went down the straight away at full speed as soon as I let off the throttle the car would come to a complete stop within 3 feet. I know I had a brushed motor and Novak GTX speed control but it should not stop like that at least I didn't think it should. So off to find the problem I started looking into profiles and short of ripping the thing apart and checking electrically whats going on everything seemed to work just like it was supposed to. It was really weird I couldn't figure it out. So I set it down and started looking into my truck making sure everything was good shocks, ride height, camber, and anything else I could think of. The whole time thinking about what could be wrong with my buggy. Well it was too late to dig any deeper I had to go run my first qualifier. Surprisingly I didn't do too bad finished 3rd in my qualifier. Still disgusted with it I walked back to the pits and set it down. Luckily Zack Rose a fellow racer from Green Bay was pitting right behind me. He asked me what was wrong and I told him what was happening. He told me he would lend me his LRP speed control and his Orion 17.5 Brushless motor for the weekend. I was so HAPPY so I ripped everything out and and installed the new speed control and motor. Now it is time for my truck qualifier so I went out there and again I was really surprised I did really well. Second qualifier in my buggy was really good I wasn't really fast but I was able to drive it this time. Truck went really good I was keeping up with everyone in my qualifier. Along comes the 3rd qualifier and the last one of the day. I was kinda happy about this too because you can only watch so many movies in a days time and my but was getting sore from the chair (note to self next big race bring a more comfortable chair). In buggy I was doing better than the 1st or 2nd qualifier. My truck was I was doing good in too was not the best but I finished no broken parts. I think I was getting a little tired from all the racing.

Sunday brought a whole new meaning to tired. I didn't get home from the track until 12:30 or so. I went right to bed and woke back up by 7:30 A.M. took a shower and headed off to the track. When I got there the parking lot was packed with cars I had to park across the street. I got to my pit and started getting everything ready for racing made sure my tools were ready and checked my truck and buggy over checking shocks and camber. I noticed that my buggy shocks were really soft felt like they had a lot of air in them. So off they came and I started to take them apart and I checked everything over. Refilled them with shock oil 35 front and 30 rear check for proper rebound then reinstall. Time for final qualifier in buggy and truck. Buggy was outstanding I did my first 18 laps I had been stuck with 17 laps for the longest time. I hoped that would bump me up to a good main. Time for the truck and I did great again I was hoping to be bumped up to a good main. Results are in and I made it to the C-main starting in 3rd position in stock buggy and I was surprised I made it to the B-main 7th position in stock truck. The reason I am so surprised about my truck is it seems every time that there is a lot of people in my class I am always in the bottom no matter how hard I try. Most of the time if there is only enough people to make an A-main so that's where I placed. So I was really happy and proud. Then the stink hit the fan I couldn't drive if my life depended on it. I finished 6th in my buggy and 6th in my truck. I would of finished 5th but I let the leader pass me and the guy right behind him was the kid that I was battling position with. He didn't know any better so he just took off and took the position. But I have no hard feelings I made it to the B-main.

In conclusion I had a great weekend and it was very fun and exciting. On a side note I ended up buying that speed control and motor from the guy for a really good price. well thanks for reading and remember to always keep the rubber side down.