Dan Import & Export :: Maxy's Pro Racing Fuel

Anonymous writes "Hi Guys,

Here is the race report. I have no photos, sorry.

This weekend we had the Kamikaze Race in California. I arrived to the track on Friday to break in some motors. When traction came up I started working on the car and tried to find a set-up for the sedan and 1/8 scale. The sedan was close, but not very fast. The track was bumpy and I needed to learn a line that could allow me to be fast. The typical line was not going to work. In 1/8 scale the car was too pushy. The track was small for 1/8 scale and very technical. My 966 was just a little off.

Qualifying started and I felt good with my sedan. I went out for the first qualifier and my car was pretty good. I was running fast laps and would have placed second for that round. However I had some problems on the pit stop and that killed my run. We are running 7 minute runs, which is new for me. For the second run I did not change anything since my car was good. All of a sudden my car was not that good and I just made sure to finish. They used VHT and not sure what that may do during the heat. The track actually felt like it had more traction in the heat. For the third round I made some changes and it was not good. I did not even finish the run. This meant my one run I finished will have to count, even though it was not a good one. That run placed me last in the "A" and I would have to hope to better my performance in the main. For 1/8 scale my luck was much the same. I only finished one run and it was also a safe run just to finish. This run also put me last in the "A" also.

For the mains I felt good, even with the problem in qualifying. I was one of the faster guys and felt I could improve a lot. In the sedan I stalled at the start and just felt like the tough luck was to continue. On top of that my car was traction rolling and I could not push the car at all. Every time I tried the car was not good. I must have rolled the car about 7 times. With that the car also stalled almost every time I came into the pits. I was able to finish the race and ended up in 5th place. In the 1/8 scale race I felt good in the warm up. My car was really fast and handling well. I started in the the 10th spot and was able to work my way up to 2nd position. My pit man was doing a good job of getting me in and out. I was making some small errors, but was still able to maintain 2nd place. Then 1st place had a problem and I was able to take over the lead. It stayed like this for a while and I had extra pits to make. I was able to keep the lead and battle with 2 other cars back and forth. They had less stops and when I would pit they could take the lead till they pitted. Then I gained enough that I was able to pit and still come out just in front of them. Then it happens. I had my rear belt go out. This was the end of my race. By the end of the race I ended up in the 9th spot.

I must say it was a tough weekend of racing, but a great time hanging out with friends and making new one's. I had not been to the west coast in about 4 years and had never been to this track.

Special thanks to Kevin H. for the pit work all weekend. I would like to thank the race crew for their hard work and to Kamikaze hobbies for holding the event. Also to my sponsors that make all my racing possible. Serpent, Serpent America, Xceed, Maxy's Fuel, Novarossi World, Twister Tires USA, ATS, Paintin Pete, Faskolor, Parma.

Till next race,

DJ Apolaro
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