trail blazing

puyat, gumising 6am, naligo, nagpack up ng rc stuff to meet Doc Junjun Ortillo at Jollibee indang. Hinatid ako ni Dad. We transfered the big green rc chest to Doc’s Evo. ang bigat hehe.

late na kami dumating sa JP Raceway, 9am ang dami na agad racers nakaset-up at nagpapractice. Nandun na si Butchoy with his family, hanep! Full support, may baon pa sila food, good preparation. Nandun na din ang team Hot Bodies composed of Garet, Jerome, Mark and Ron. I tried 2 of my old racing slicks. When I turned on Dad’s car, a Xray T2, ayaw gumana. huhuhu dapat nagpapractice na ko pero ayaw talaga mag-on. Luckily, dinala ko ang old T1 ko with the LRP QC2 installed, then I transferred it to the T2. After 20 mins, nakaset-up na and ready to run na. When the tried running the car, it felt weird. it was sliding everywhere. I found out the surface was to smooth for the tires. Drift lang pala ang ginagawa ko. so lumapit ako kay Jerome to get new tires. I bought a set of TOP Racing Slicks and white dish rims. Madulas pa, initially, but as the race progressed, kumakapit na. Someday I’ll get a tire sander. the 1st qualifying was a test run, ‘di ko na masyado pi-nush. 2nd qualifying I tried an overgear set-up. 5.2, di naman nasunog hehe, so I think it is the right ratio. Malakas din ang bigay ng IB4200 batt, pero dami ko error so 19 laps lang. 3rd qualifying round 18 laps lang, mahina battery huhu. I ended up at B-main with Butchoy and Doc JunJun. Impressive ang performance nila. kung meron practice and time to set-up, I think they can make to the the A-main, lakas ng batteries nila eh. I qualified 5th, 6th si Butchoy, 9th naman si Doc sa B-main. Sayang ang kay Butchoy, nasunog ang motor, kung hindi, sana nakapasok sya ng 21 lap barrier, A-main Sure! sayang! Sa final round, the 3 of us just cruised, no pressure na eh at sobrang tulin nung mga naka-li-poly na battery, useless na i-push masyado ang motors and batts. Because of some delays with the AMB timing system early in the day, late na sa schedule at late na rin natapos. Butchoy and his family had to go home ahead of us. di na rin namin tinapos ni Doc ang ceremonies, right after the 3rd Final run, umuwi na kami.

Garet’s Cyclone

Babawi na lang ako next time. Bibili na rin ako ng mga li-poly batteries para hindi na ko maiiwan ng mga rich boys. We could have performed better kung may practice at ready na ang set-up by the first qualifying. The T2 feels very fast and easy to drive, tutulin pa. Dapat early ang preparations para hindi rush lahat sa race.