The BBQ Blast, June 27,  is one of the best races of the season at my local track, R/C Madness.  The race day consists of 2 qualifyers and then mains along with a free BBQ.  My first qualifyer I ran a quick 9 lap run.  TQ was set at 10 laps and I knew I had it in the 801XT to get 10 laps.  I was running AKA City Blocks in the front and AKA I-Beams in the rear.  The 801XT had good traction and a decent amount of steering.  When the second qualifyer came around I was sorely dissappointed.  I turn on the truck and my steering servo was dead.  I had put my 801XT on charge and left the track for about 20 minutes.  I didn’t know the truck was left on and it burned out my servo.  So I wasn’t able to see if I could have gotten a 10 lap run.  I ended up in the 6^th qualifying position in the A-main.  It was a twenty minute main and I thought I had a great start.  I came around the sweeper into the quad section and someone rear ended me and got caught in my wing.  I fell back in the pack to last place.  I got really focused and drove one consistant lap after another and was able to work my way up to the top three.  In the last 5 minutes, I was able to get by second and take the second place position.  First place was in my sights only about a half straight back.  My steering was starting to slow down fast.  I had to pull my 801XT into the pits.  The servo I had put in after the second qulifyer stripped a gear because I had the servo saver locked down.  I was pretty bummed out, but knew that I was the reason why I didn’t finish.  I will make some adjustments to my servo saver and fix my servo before my next event for sure!