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Published on Saturday, 18 August 2012 11:10

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Q2 Report from the ROAR Super Nationals

We have just finished up with the second round of qualifying here at the ROAR Super Nationals. The track is staying together much better today along with holding more water than yesterday providing a more consistent track. This is really good but kind of made yesterday a waste for setting up on the vehicles. We have gone back to some of the standard set-ups rather then what we found to work yesterday when the track was dry.

The team is getting closer to a happy place with the set-up on the TLR 22SCT. Surprisingly we have been stiffening the truck so it won’t roll as much. Some of the guys have liked the 30 degree kick in the front and other like the 25 degree kick. For the final round today we will be trying a softer front spring with thicker oil. We will see what happens.

Dakotah Phend was back to himself in the 4wd SCT Modified class with his Orion powered TEN-SCTE taking a second for the round. The final round today we will be lowering his body a little to try a lower CG and get a little more speed out of the truck. Mike Truhe had another consistent run and Billy Fischer picked it up with a 6th place finish for this round. They will go into round 3 with the same setup and are just looking to improve their runs by cleaning it up a bit and taking out the small mistakes.

1/8th Electric Buggy did not go as planned for the second round today with none of the drivers making a top 10 run. For the final round today the team are going out with the a key component of just not making any mistakes. We will see what we can do in the final round today.

TLR Results for round 2:

2wd Short Course
4. Dakotah Phend
7. Matt Castellano
8. Mike Truhe

4wd Short Course
2. Dakotah Phend
6. Billy Fischer
8. Mike Truhe
11. Dustin Evans

1/8th Scale
12. Mike Truhe
18. Matt Castellano
19. Billy Fischer
 

Q1 Report From ROAR Super Nationals

Big surprise today when we walked int the door of West Coast R/C this morning! The track was super wet with standing water and the track was not absorbing it up like they had planned. The decision was made to extend the practice round in the morning to help get the track into racing conditions. It did help get the track dried out but really changed the way the cars were going to handle. We had spent all day yesterday getting the cars dialed in on the dry track and were looking forward to a couple of set-up changes in the morning. We still went for the changes in the practice run but it didn't provide the results we were looking for.

The first round went well for the team in the 2wd SC class with the new TLR 22SCT with Mike Truhe and Dakotah Phend putting in solid runs to finish the round 3rd and 4th. Dustin Evans and Billy Fischer both put their TLR 22SCT trucks in the top 10 while running a slightly different set-up. This was a great start for the team in the 2wd SC class and we were excited for the next round of qualifying.

The 4wd SC class didn’t go as strong as planned; there was not really any reason, as we just didn’t get any breaks on the track with lappers. Mike Truhe put in a good run with a 4th for round. The TEN SCTE are really good so there won’t be many changes going on with the TEN-SCTE truck for round 2.

In the 1/8th class it was a lot of the same problems with small uncharacteristic mistakes that should not be happening. The 8IGHT-E 2.0 buggy looks good on the track and fast. We just need a little more luck in round 2 and we will be up there. Mike Truhe put a solid run and finished 6th in the round.

TLR Round 1 Results:

2wd Mod Short Course:
3. Mike Truhe
4. Dakotah Phend
6. Dustin Evans
9. Billy Fischer

4wd Mod Short Course:
4. Mike Truhe
8. Dakotah Phend
9. Billy Fischer

1/8th Scale Electric Buggy:
6. Mike Truhe
13. Billy Fischer
15. Matt Castellano