Drift Nutz Area-D Competition
Hello All,
It's been a busy month for the SoCal RC Drift scene. Just last week was the Drift Nutz Area D competition held at Speedtech RC in San Gabriel, CA and this past weekend was the Groovy Drift Nationals Competition. The Area D event was really fun, just because it was so lax. Some say that drivers tend to do better when they're relaxed and don't put so much pressure on themselves. I guess they're right because the result couldn't have been better. I ended up taking home 1st place in the Area D competition, so it was pretty cool! After coming off of last month's victory at Red Line Time Attack, it felt pretty good keeping the momentum going for this one. The car felt pretty stable at first, but I ran into some problems with the steering while accelerating. Sort of a chunky grinding sound. Came to find out from Jeff, the owner of Speedtech RC, that I installed my "c hubs" on my front end on the wrong sides. So left was supposed to be right, and vise versa. Oh well, that late night build prior to Red Line was pretty late, go figure. So, I ended up switching them and managed to finish off pretty strong.
Another funny thing about the event was having to battle Veje, the "National Champ". Our tandems were pretty damn fun, not to mention pretty damn close! I also ended up being crowned the new Drift Nutz National Champion. Twas an exciting and memorable run.
Group Photo!
The BRS Widebody Supra in competition for the second competition win in a row!
The Drift Nutz!
This guy is seriously that famous: James Revilla of RC Driftclub/Xtreme RC Magazine signing an autograph for HPI's Andrew Hilman. James had a whole Drift King spread on Drift RC Magazine, nice!
The expression on my face sums up the whole day in general. Coming soon: Designer TougeKnights star boardshorts... just kidding =P
Thanks to Drift Nutz for throwing their first of many official competitions, Jeff of Speedtech for the tech help and donating the Team Orion Li-Po for the 1st place prize, Andy and HPI Racing for supporting the event, Falken Tire and Spektrum for donating prizes, TK for representing (congrats on 3rd Place Mac!), and last but not least Genki for all his support!
Here's the official coverage from HPI Racing's site: www.hpiracing.com/news/2008081102/
Till Next Time!
It's been a busy month for the SoCal RC Drift scene. Just last week was the Drift Nutz Area D competition held at Speedtech RC in San Gabriel, CA and this past weekend was the Groovy Drift Nationals Competition. The Area D event was really fun, just because it was so lax. Some say that drivers tend to do better when they're relaxed and don't put so much pressure on themselves. I guess they're right because the result couldn't have been better. I ended up taking home 1st place in the Area D competition, so it was pretty cool! After coming off of last month's victory at Red Line Time Attack, it felt pretty good keeping the momentum going for this one. The car felt pretty stable at first, but I ran into some problems with the steering while accelerating. Sort of a chunky grinding sound. Came to find out from Jeff, the owner of Speedtech RC, that I installed my "c hubs" on my front end on the wrong sides. So left was supposed to be right, and vise versa. Oh well, that late night build prior to Red Line was pretty late, go figure. So, I ended up switching them and managed to finish off pretty strong.
Another funny thing about the event was having to battle Veje, the "National Champ". Our tandems were pretty damn fun, not to mention pretty damn close! I also ended up being crowned the new Drift Nutz National Champion. Twas an exciting and memorable run.
Group Photo!
The BRS Widebody Supra in competition for the second competition win in a row!
The Drift Nutz!
This guy is seriously that famous: James Revilla of RC Driftclub/Xtreme RC Magazine signing an autograph for HPI's Andrew Hilman. James had a whole Drift King spread on Drift RC Magazine, nice!
The expression on my face sums up the whole day in general. Coming soon: Designer TougeKnights star boardshorts... just kidding =P
Thanks to Drift Nutz for throwing their first of many official competitions, Jeff of Speedtech for the tech help and donating the Team Orion Li-Po for the 1st place prize, Andy and HPI Racing for supporting the event, Falken Tire and Spektrum for donating prizes, TK for representing (congrats on 3rd Place Mac!), and last but not least Genki for all his support!
Here's the official coverage from HPI Racing's site: www.hpiracing.com/news/2008081102/
Till Next Time!
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