Sometimes the B aint that Bad

On the short end of three cars that all qualified within 4 tenths of a second of each other, I found myself in B main after what I thought was a pretty good run for me.  That's how close the racing was Saturday night at BFG this weekend.  3 heats of late models made for some very competitive racing for everyone.

As usual, I got to the track late and had little opportunity to test and tune before the heats.  My late model felt good, but had a little loose snap coming out of the corners if I wasn't careful.  I felt like it was as fast as all but one of the cars, but it was a handful trying to rip off 4 minutes of perfect corners with it. I played around a little with the handling through the heats and got it to come out of the corners a little faster, but I still wasn't really happy with it.  It didn't help that I was inconsistent in hitting my entry points and had a little contact with some of the other racers.

Anyway, I ended up in the B, but I was fortunate enough to earn a bump up into the A main, where I was able to finish second.  Honestly, it was much better than I thought I was running, especially with how well some of the other cars were performing.


Had some great racing with Brian Dougherty in his Dirtovalcars.com custom car.  He let me drive his car after the race and it it was really easy to drive.  I think I'm going to try to emulate that feel if not that setup directly.

The cars that were faster than me all had left side battery trays.  This makes me think that I will be transitioning to my new Rocket chasis sometime this week to try it out.  We'll see if it makes a difference.

On a side note, the turnout was decent.  I think someone said that there were 28 entries.  Hopefully that picks up as the weather continues to get colder and nastier.

In a few weeks, I'd like to make it down to Monee to do some foam tire racing.  Always have a very good time when I go there.