Author - Bob Trimm
I had an awesome weekend attending the Florida RC Championships round 2 race at Triple Nickel RC Park.
This race would prove to be one of the most challenging and packed events I have attended to date. Not only was the amount of talent super deep but the track would end up developing the most character I have ever delt with Thank you to Lance MacDonald and the Elite RC Productions crew for such a spectacular event! Thank you to Tony Pattishall Cory Holton, B.J. Holton and track crew for all your hard work and dedication to give us this awesome facility and race experience
I ran open Nitro buggy and open Nitro Truggy.
I'll start with Nitro truggy.
Q1 went out on Dialed V7s in SS, worked my way into p1 in about 3 laps. I got on the brakes a little to hard in turn 1 and tumbled into the fence causing a flame out. Got fired back up and clawed my wayback from p9 to finish in p6. This would leave me 17th out if 27 drivers.
Q2 the track dried out a bit so I chose a V7 in SLW and that was the ticket! Strugled a bit early in the race with traffic but put my head down and let it rip. By lap 5 I was in p2 and by lap 9 I secured p1 for the qual win! This would push me all the way up to p5 out of 27 for the round and p9 overall and straight into the big show .
A-main
Starting p9 with a set of Dialed V7s in SLW I worked my way into p6. As the sun went down so did my vision (getting old sucks) and I also realised very quickly that I was standing right next to a very bright lingt on the drivers stand.. It wasn't long before I had bugs all over my face and no way to stop them. Thankfully, the driver next to me had an issue with his car and I was able to move a few feet away from the light. Through all the rest of the race, I bounced around between P6 and P9. I did end up having a flame out, which caused me to go down a lap but still hung onto a P7 finish
Buggy was a whole different story.
Friday In practice, I ended up having an issue with my steering. After replacing my servo and going through all of my radio settings, I finally figured out that it was the servo saver being worn out causing it not to center correctly. This didn't leave me any time to make any setup adjustments to the car during practice.
Q1 I went out on a set of dialed V7s in SS I would finish P6 out of 11 and Finishing 20th out of 41 drivers.
Q2 I went out on my go-to set of Dialed V11's in super soft. This would be the first time that I've not been able to get this tire to work and would result in a P9 finish. I would drop to 28th out of 41 that round and end up in 25th overall, putting me in the C main.
C-Main
By this time the track had a decent groove and had just been blow off. I went out on a Dialed V5 in SLW on a prayer I worked my way up to p5 but just couldn't hang onto it. The sharp edges on the track surface were just spinning and bouncing me all over the place and my lack of experience on this type of surface would lead to the end of the day for me with the Nitro buggy. I finished p9 out of 13.
I had an incredible weekend of racing and going straight into the A in nitro truck was the icing on the cake.
Big ty to Michael Holley and Brad Hohn for taking care of me in the pits. You da real MVP's!!
I did bust the camera out right before my race. Here are a few more shots from the mains. I will post some of the video clips here on Facebook but most of it will be going to TikTok and Insta so make sure you get over there and give me a follow
Big thank you to all the race teams and close friends that have supported me over the years. You guys rock!!
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