Well like the title says the last 3 weeks we raced 4 times including a double header yesterday Nov 21, 2009.

The previous races were not so exciting, fantastic weather and tons of fun. Can I just say some arm issues. Things had been going great for a couple races however I experienced some sever arm breakage. I would like to note up until this last race arms were not an issue. Maybe a softer batch of plastic from overseas.  I had only broken one arm in 5 races. I was starting to see some wear in my plastics and decided to change all of them.

What do they say? If its not broke don't fix it. lesson learnt. 5 arms in two races.  As you know broken parts do not win A mains. Note yes all of the arms were boiled and then even quenched in a warm oil bath. I learned these tricks in college. 

Well I ordered all new arms the week of the 14th and Tamiya expedited my order very quickly and replaced all of the plastics for the double header this weekend the 21st.

Race 3 was the Outacontrol Championship. The turnout was small so the championship was postponed and changed to a money race. The qualifiers went really well and were tons of fun. The track was really tacky from rain a couple days prior to the event and the calcium was heavy. Traction was fantastic and Andy did a great job on the track. The track was super smooth and fast. My set up was on point and I qualified 4th in the A.

The main began with a rough start large pile up in the first turn. Finally traffic opened up and one by one I picked them off to move into 4th place. A fellow racer with very similar skills went back and forth with a wing check that sent me into a wall to break another arm. Off the track I ran to change it up and get back into the race. With the last two races I am getting good at swapping them out so I was able to turn the car out in about 4.30. Back on the track I went. fortunately there were quite a few flame outs and drop outs that allowed me a 5th place finish. Very happy with the results considering I was out of the race for a few minutes. Just goes to show anything can happen when racing.

Packed the trailer up and headed over to Wow. The track was dialed with large jumps and the clay was the most perfect orange you have ever seen. The race started 5 minutes after we arrived and the truck was even better with the cool night air fueling my new Speed. Qualified 2nd in the A and loved every minute of it.

Took the Tamiya around turn 1 in the main and never looked back. The Tamiya ran a flawless 30 minutes. The weekend ended up being a blast and another victory for team Tamiya. I will admit I have never driven a truck that I like better than this Tamiya. I know that the new changes they are making to the truck are going to make this truck unbeatable for the price. This truck truly will compete with any of the manufactures out there.

Keep your eyes out for the results from the annual turkey race.

I would just like to give props to  Tamiya ,Hole Shot Hobbies , and my friend Tony over at the Horizon service center for keeping my Jr 9100TS and Jr9100S running perfect. You can not beat any of these companies customer service centers. You can not beat Jr's warranty services or Tamiyas customer support. Check out the new forum on site and look at the latest blogs and posts.

Note: since replacing the arms for the second time things seem to be back on track. Must have been a fluke.