So I'm back from the Snow birds and have plenty of work ahead of me with practice and racing. I had one week off right after the 'Birds and I was right back to my Sunday racing. My first race day back went really well. The 415 handled great in the RCGT class all day. The car has plenty of traction with the spec HPI X-pattern tires. RCGT is one of my favorite classes to run since it relys a lot on driving skill and consistancy. I had a good battle all day with the second place qualifyer but I came out on top and was starting on the pole for the main. At the start of the main, I got a good hole shot off the line. I was able to work through traffic clean and stay out front of a hard charging second place. With my consistant, clean laps, I was able to finish in first in the RCGT class.

Since my 416 was still not 100% ready for a race day, I also used my 415 in 17.5 rubber tire. The 415 was handling good but on two of the high speed corners the car was transfering too much weight to the front and pivoting on the front end.  made some set up changes to try and accommodate this, but the car didn't get much better. It was leading me to believe I had a bad set of tires on my car. Since I had mistaking left my spare sets at home, I adjusted how I drove the car into those two corners. The main for 17.5 rubber tire was a good challenge between me and the first place of Casey. Casey was fast all day and his car was well hooked up. We were bumper to bumper for most of the race. A few bumps on the board gave Casey a little breathing room over me but I made up ground quickly. I ran out of time and was unable to put a good pass on Casey. I ended up second place overall.