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Jul 29 2016
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1:10th Euros 4wd Day 2 – Just a tiny bit too slow…

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Today was the first qualifying day for 4wd. It proved to be a lot harder than expected. 2wd went so well that I was hoping for more from 4wd. Max did great, and is actually faster than me on raw pace, but makes bigger mistakes. He is 12th overall right now with 8 and 11 scores. I am 11th with 7 and 9 scores. Either one of us could make the main tomorrow with one or two perfect runs.

For me I am just a bit too slow. If I could find a few tenths more pace, I would already be in the main. That’s all we are talking about here. 0.2secs x 12 = 2.4secs. Pretty much all I need. The margin of error is tiny when you are a bit too slow. The car is ok, but I’m just not comfortable with it. The link between me and the car is missing so I’m not driving it very well. I don’t really know what to change on the car to improve it. For next year it’s easy, just practice and test and make it work for me, but for now, all I can do is concentrate and be smooth, and try and have a clean run! What happens happens. Electric racing, as all racing is mental, and I’m sure if it was only practice I would be fine 😀

As for Max, let’s just hope he keeps it on it’s wheels and makes it in! He has the pace, which is great to see, first time ever at a big race like this! Maybe the road trip has paid off?

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Jul 28 2016
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1:10th Euros 4wd Day 1 – Club Racing

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Isn’t it amazing how often it happens, that you travel to a big race, and you end up racing the same damn people you race back home? It’s just insane how this works, check out Team Finland here after practice above.

In 2wd, before the last round, there were 5, yes FIVE Finnish drivers in the B main, then Joona made the main, and Karri dropped into the C. But still, it’s just strange how it works out.

Today was a tough day for me, but I still think I can pull it together tomorrow. Will be interested to see my pace over 5 minutes. Max had a great day once again, it seems that all that time practicing is beginning to pay off! With an unknown car in a relatively unknown class at his first Euros, clearly B main pace. Looking good so far!

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Jul 27 2016
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1:10th Euros Day 3 – 2wd Mains – SHHHHHhhhh…

Track has actually turned out to be a lot of fun!

Track has actually turned out to be a lot of fun!

 

Today we had 2 more qualifying rounds, followed by all finals. It’s funny how it goes, both Max and me made the B-main unexpectedly, yet after today, sort of feel like it could have gone quite a bit better! In the end Max was 18th and I was 19th after a messy B-final. We were happy with the cars and hope next years Euros are on dirt, so we can practice before that one and attend again! Where are the Euros 2017? Does anyone know?

One thing that is a bit strange at the Euros, and something I don’t agree with is how everyone has to be all quiet during the mains. With there being no announcing either, it makes the mains really unentertaining to watch if there isn’t much on track action. I’m sure the drivers can handle noise from the crowd or an announcer! More fun for everyone.

Neil Cragg won the Championship again, after I don’t know how many years. Great for him and his team. He is a good guy and one of the few multi time champions who based on my understanding has never been a full time professional racer. Amazing. “Come on Neil!”

Now the real racing begins! YIPPEE!

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Jul 26 2016
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1:10th Euros 2wd Day 2 – Over Achieving & Breast Milk

Real Offroad IS BACK! Although there is still carpet here....damn. Well almost!

Real Offroad IS BACK! Although there is still carpet here….damn. Well almost!

Today was a strange day. It looks like I have entered the level or average along with Max in 2wd. That’s a first! I’m 15th and Max is 17th after 3 rounds, with 2 more to go. I believe this proves that the PR Racing new mid motor car is really good, because I sure haven’t improved in 2wd, and neither has Max! We haven’t run 2wd, I don’t know when Max last ran 2wd, I think some time last year. As for me it was at the Reedy Race in January. So great job PR Racing! Let’s take a look at what we have figured out at this race to dial it in even more to this slippery bumpy track!

 

The biggest improvement is the hole we drilled in the rear hub. A higher hole (3mm here) really improves rear grip a lot. Surely a change we will get PR to do in the future!

The biggest improvement is the hole we drilled in the rear hub. A higher hole (3mm here) really improves rear grip a lot. Surely a change we will get PR to do in the future!

 

We moved the rear arm further forward, also for more grip!

We moved the rear arm further forward, also for more grip!

 

We ground down the top of the steering knuckle, and ended up moving it up 1mm, to smooth out the steering.

We ground down the top of the steering knuckle, and ended up moving it up 1mm, to smooth out the steering.

 

We moved the c hub forward, also for smoother steering.

We moved the c hub forward, also for smoother steering.

 

I will post the final setup we ended up with after the race. For now we are happy to be in the B-final, and will try and improve as much as possible tomorrow. The track is breaking up quite a bit, and it will be interesting to see how bad it gets! Bring on tomorrow.

Today as we were waiting for the restaurant to open, we got some beers at a cafe. I ordered mothers breast milk (in Spanish) for Max. The waitress laughed and surprisingly brought Max some warm milk. Possibly breast milk. That's for his amazing 9th place in round 2!

Today as we were waiting for the restaurant to open, we got some beers at a cafe. I ordered mothers breast milk (in Spanish) for Max. The waitress laughed and surprisingly brought Max some warm milk. Possibly breast milk. That’s for his amazing 9th place in round 2!

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Jul 25 2016
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1:10th Euros 2WD Day 1 – Nitro Guy Wiring vs Fanny Pack Nut Dusting.

Me and Max running our PR Racing new mid motor stand up gearbox car. And Sami Salmela's shadow.

Me and Max running our PR Racing new mid motor stand up gearbox car. And Sami Salmela’s shadow. As I don’t run 2wd very much and tend to do donuts, Max’s father painted some arrows on my car so I know which way I should go.

Today was free practice day for 2WD. I’m actually really happy with the car after the day. I feel like it is better than me, and that I just need to focus on my driving. If I can have two mistake free runs I will be relatively high up in the results. The track is really slippery so it’s all about increasing rear grip and making the car easy to drive. I have enough steering, that’s not a problem.

A bit strange that they don’t sell 2wd front tyres here, so I only have the one used set that were on the car when I got here. I hope they last.

Max had a lot of issues today, what with for example missing the first round because our GPS took us into the middle of a field and told us we had arrived. What a fucking idiot Garmin device. We drove around for 30 minutes looking left and right and eventually found the track! That was amazing. In the end Max got his shit together after we had a look at his car and I gave him some line choice advice, and he seeded 25th which is really good. I was 15th.

Today was so busy, with 7 rounds, which made for about 1h breaks between runs, so I actually forgot about this report and didn’t get many pictures, but let’s take a look at 10th scale racing from a nitro guys perspective.

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Nitro Guy Wiring

One thing that strikes you immediately is the calmness, the quietness, just the smooth whistle of 2wd cars sliding around the track. It’s nice, even though it is borderline gay to be honest. And as we got on that subject, you have to note the OCD level obsession electric nerds have with wiring their cars, perfect black cables, velcro this, shrink wrap that, polish this, marker pen blacken that. Maximum gay. Nitro guys just build it so it doesn’t fall apart and go and have some beers. Above you can see “Nitro Guy Wiring”.  That’s awesome. I really loved this setup. This is a real middle finger to the 1:10th scale fanny pack can you brush the dust off my wheel nuts establishment.

The proud owner of this very nicely wired 2wd buggy, Martin "It doesn't make me slower" Wollanka. Great approach, and more time for beer. Just stick that receiver somewhere.

The proud owner of this very nicely wired 2wd buggy, Martin “It doesn’t make me slower” Wollanka. Great approach, and more time for beer. Just stick that receiver somewhere.

I think that 10th scale will evolve into a more manly category now that the cars are a bit more durable and they don’t fall apart every time you clip a curb or run over an ant, like they used to. Give it time, give it time. It’s getting better.

Tomorrow I will get some pictures of all the mods I have done to my car, and anything else interesting I can remember to photograph. Tomorrow we have 2 practice rounds and 3 qualifying rounds. Looks like I have B main pace, and that would be pretty good for me!

RC Forks. Strange restaurant rating

RC Forks. Strange restaurant rating

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