long time no racing

well its been a long time since i have raced and i have been busy so i figured ill take the time to write something in my blog.

lets see, best of the west was a huge disappointment for me. i went into the final race sitting in 10th place in points. i qualified in the cmain(yucky) in a rain shorten qual. each run i was getting faster and i took over 20 second off my run from my first to my third run so i was getting my confidence up and with a good run could have put my self in the b-main. but the last round of quals got rained out and so i ended up in the c-main. the good news thou is one of the two people who had the best shot at passing me was also in the c-main( the other was in the bmain)

that was all on saturday. on sunday was the main. being in the c-main i had most of the morning to just relax, take some pics, and shoot some video. when it came time for my main i went out for my warm up and about a half a lap in i started to glitch. i brought the car in and it seemed fine so i went back out and after the first jump my car stopped. more glitching. got my car back in pit lane, changed batterys in my radio( thanks chris nelson who ran to his pits got me batterys and ran up to the drivers stand). got the battery changed in my radio and tried to get back out to warm up and first jump still glitching. ill be honest at this point i was cussing, something i never do when racing. got my car in as they were bring in all the other cars to line up for the start. rebinded my radio real quick and got out just as they were saying go.

boy did i get a good jump. i went from 8th to 3rd real quick. came off the jump and my car just stopped. no radio response at all. about 2-3 seconds later it went again and i quickly passed a couple of cars but then i glitched again and that was the end of my race. let me tell you i was very disappointed. i really really wanted that top 10. i ended up back in 14th place over all which in reality isnt bad because i have only been racing a year. my friend kyle hunter tied for 1st in truggy and my friend tony took 10th in buggy. the good news is i beat james and kevin so i can still talk smack.

thats the last time i raced. after that race i knew i needed a break so i have been on a break forawhile now. il lstart racing again real soon as there are a bunch of big races coming up and i want to be prepared.

other big news is a am part owner of a new off road rc site called undergroundrc. you can find us at www.undergroundrc.com there have been a couple of hickups but so far it is really doing good. i think in time the site will be the #1 off road site on the web. check it out, we have alot of cool stuff on there now with a very active forum and we have bigger plans for it in the future.