Points Racing

I'm not much for points racing.  The whole idea clearly exceeds my four minute attention span and forces me to keep track of stuff that I have no desire to keep track of.  It also forces me to do math, which in general, I am against for a number of reasons.

Don't get me wrong.  I'm against points racing for me, but there's something about points racing that makes it a little more exciting for folks.  It usually brings in a few more racers and the racing seems that much more intense.  As much as I am against keeping track of points for myself personally, that's why I'm excited about the start of the indoor points season this weekend.

After spending much of last weekend figuring out my new Rocket chasis, I feel like my car is handling pretty good and has enough speed to be competitive as it sits, but you know how it goes.  I am looking for that extra tenth and I've got some ideas.

Some things I noticed on my late model that I didn't like was the tire wear on the right front.  I know I'm hard on right fronts, my car is set up to dive into the corner so that I can enter hard.  My theory being that's where I typically set up any passing that I do.  I want to be able to hug the inside and carry speed through the corner whenever possible.  One thing that I did to combat the severe interior tire wear was that I put positive camber on the tire.  The idea is that the car pitches into the corner when the weight transfers.  If I can set it up so that the contact patch is larger at that point, it should turn better.  Looks friggin weird though.

Another thing that I bailed on last week was the extreme offset battery placement.  Just didn't seem to work with my setup very well.   I could get it into the corner, but it would spin out on exit from the corner.  I had some other issues going so that might not have been the problem.  Anyway, I'm going to try it out there early and if it works, it could be the way to go.

Didn't even try my Sprint car last week other than a few hot laps with foams.  Skated like Ice out there.  Not sure what the deal is.  Foams just don't hook up on this surface for some reason.  The grand experiment might have to take a week off.  I'm heading back to street tracs for this weekend.  Would not be surprised if I motor up a little with that thing.  Sprints run open and if I can get some side bite, that might be the ticket.  Also looking to pick up a seven inch wing if anyone knows where one is available.

Looking forward to this weekend at BFG even if I will be getting there a little later than I would like to.  The racing has been very tight and there are probably half a dozen cars with enough speed to win the mains if they can get a good run in.   The rest are just looking for consistency.