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[quote="Leester"]I have finished the race report here it is.

Radio.Operated.Auto.Racers, 5th Scale On-Road Nationals, September 9-11 2011, Gardena, CA

I practiced with a 4WD 5th scale on Friday, made from a company called FG. FG is from Germany which makes high end 5th scale cars and sells them to racers around the world.  Drivers usually spend $5000-$7000 on these cars, such as motor upgrades and other chassis and suspension modifications. The car that I was running was not mine; it was a rental that cost $1400 from one of my sponsors, FG supply. This is a small business run from a home in Long Beach, CA USA. I spent the whole day practicing with the new car and then got ready for the first day of qualifying.

Qualifier 1+2

It rained until 10:00 am and racing did not begin until later in the afternoon. Qualifiers were 10 minutes long and my car was handling well and I ended up qualifying 3rd overall, which made me happy. In the second qualifier I had some trouble dealing with slower racers in traffic. I got caught up in a few wrecks which cost me third place overall, and dropped me to 4th.

Qualifier 3.

Before the third qualifier, all the racers were called for a quick drivers meeting, after that we then had a moment of silence for all the victims of the September 11th attacks.

I was keeping a good pace in this qualifier and I was on right up there with the top runners. By the end of the race, I was coming up on a slower car with two turns to go and he held me up just a bit. I qualified 5th, but the separation between the 3rd and 5th were 7 tenths of a second. It looked like the A main was going to be exciting.

A main

Drivers were only allowed 700CC of fuel and no more. Every car was fueled up in the tech area and was lined up one by one. Then, the racers were given 5 minutes to warm up but some racers only warmed up for 2 minutes to save fuel. When the warm up period was over, the racers headed to the starting grids, lined up and waited for the tone.

On the first lap I got violently hit from the rear and I tumbled quite a few times which broke my rear wing, and sent me to the back. Now I had to run the rest of the race with a broken wing, but for some peculiar reason, the car handled better with out it. 10 minutes into the race I was able to move my up to seventh and I closed in on the 6th place runner. For five minutes we battled back and forth where I was trying real hard to get on the inside of him. I was able to breakthrough in one corner and pass him but he bumped me out of the way on the next. I then went after him again but he began to pull away when we came up on some traffic. With more than a minute to go, I ran out of fuel, and had to retire for the race. I made a mistake when I posted a message on wrong planet when I said I came in 7th I actually finished 8th. I found the results of the A main two days later. I was a little disappointed finishing 8th overall but most importantly, I had a really good time.

Thank you for reading my race report of the ROAR 5th scale on road nationals. My next big race is round three of the Golden State Nitro Series.[/quote]

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