46u
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Any one going to the Baja Challenge at Diggers Dungeon in Poplar Branch NC? Dates Oct. 16th-18th. I will be headed that way on the 15th.
Any one going to the Baja challenge in NC?
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looker2756
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Best of luck Jeff ! I'm sure one of these days we'll get the chance to meet at one of these events.
46u
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I drove 600 miles last week to take part in the Baja Challenge in Poplar Branch North Carolina at Diggers Dungeon home of the world famous Grave Digger Monster truck. The weather was not good cold and wet but the hard core racers did not let that stop most of the racing or having fun.
I drove up on Thursday do to a 10 hour drive so I would be there bright and early Friday to practice. Do to the weather I did not get to practice Friday. The crew did a great job getting the tracked dried out Saturday but do to the work on the track did not get any practice till my first run was round one of qualifying. Did much better the seconded round of qualifying and ended up qualifying in the B main. Not to bad for a old blind man. This track was a brittle track for large scale with BIG jumps but a lot of fun.
In the B main 8 minutes in to the 20 minute race I took a hard lick to the right rear of my 5b SS and my shock got broke. I did the last 12 minutes with a broken shock which was not easy but I did finish. I ended up placing in the middle 14th out of 28 in my class. Every racer there walked off with $200 to $250 worth of free parts. Got to race and recived
On the way back home I stopped by the Wright Brothers memorial where the first powered flight took place being it was only 30 miles from where I was staying.
Sorry not pictures of the racing as when I am racing I have a one track mind keeping my vehicle ready and checked out. I wanted to take pictures after I raced but did not want to bring the camera out in the HEAVY mist. When I was running the B main I had to keep wiping my glasses off do to the heavy mist.
Some of the sponsors
HPI was all so a sponsor and sent reps out to help.
1.Turtle Racing, Dave
2.Phat Dad ,Tom
3.RAMTech, Rob
4.Hostile, Robert
5.SMC Batteries, Bryan
6.Protecta, Scott
7.Fast Eddy, Eddie
7.DDM- Brad
8.RC4WD Mike
9.LargeScale.com ,Troy
10.Dark Soul, Ted
11.Outerwears- Steve
12HBZ USA, Jason
13.Lunatik Engineering, Matt
14.TGN –Matt
15.Custum Street Toyz, Manny
16. Pro-Line, Scott
17. Scorpion Unlimited – Andrew
18. CraftWerks-RC, Jeff
19. CAT 5 Manufacturing Scott
David and his wife Shelly of Turtle Racing.
Rob of Hostile
John with HPI
Angle is a well known West Coast racer
A great bunch of guys I pitted with.
Some of the cars raced.
LargesalceRC.com pits and booth.
Troy of Large Scale RC
I drove up on Thursday do to a 10 hour drive so I would be there bright and early Friday to practice. Do to the weather I did not get to practice Friday. The crew did a great job getting the tracked dried out Saturday but do to the work on the track did not get any practice till my first run was round one of qualifying. Did much better the seconded round of qualifying and ended up qualifying in the B main. Not to bad for a old blind man. This track was a brittle track for large scale with BIG jumps but a lot of fun.
In the B main 8 minutes in to the 20 minute race I took a hard lick to the right rear of my 5b SS and my shock got broke. I did the last 12 minutes with a broken shock which was not easy but I did finish. I ended up placing in the middle 14th out of 28 in my class. Every racer there walked off with $200 to $250 worth of free parts. Got to race and recived
On the way back home I stopped by the Wright Brothers memorial where the first powered flight took place being it was only 30 miles from where I was staying.
Sorry not pictures of the racing as when I am racing I have a one track mind keeping my vehicle ready and checked out. I wanted to take pictures after I raced but did not want to bring the camera out in the HEAVY mist. When I was running the B main I had to keep wiping my glasses off do to the heavy mist.
Some of the sponsors
HPI was all so a sponsor and sent reps out to help.
1.Turtle Racing, Dave
2.Phat Dad ,Tom
3.RAMTech, Rob
4.Hostile, Robert
5.SMC Batteries, Bryan
6.Protecta, Scott
7.Fast Eddy, Eddie
7.DDM- Brad
8.RC4WD Mike
9.LargeScale.com ,Troy
10.Dark Soul, Ted
11.Outerwears- Steve
12HBZ USA, Jason
13.Lunatik Engineering, Matt
14.TGN –Matt
15.Custum Street Toyz, Manny
16. Pro-Line, Scott
17. Scorpion Unlimited – Andrew
18. CraftWerks-RC, Jeff
19. CAT 5 Manufacturing Scott
David and his wife Shelly of Turtle Racing.
Rob of Hostile
John with HPI
Angle is a well known West Coast racer
A great bunch of guys I pitted with.
Some of the cars raced.
LargesalceRC.com pits and booth.
Troy of Large Scale RC
46u
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My pit area
My new friend Steve s truck that pitted next to me and let me use his generator.
The track before they dried it out Saturday morning.
Oval track and the pits.
My 5b SS when I got home and took it out of the car. It sat in the rain while I turned marshaled so some of the mud got washed off. LOL
This is what I drove with for over half the B main
Some of the parts I received just for racing over $250 retail!!!!!!!!!!!!
A few from the Wright Brothers Memorial
ME
My new friend Steve s truck that pitted next to me and let me use his generator.
The track before they dried it out Saturday morning.
Oval track and the pits.
My 5b SS when I got home and took it out of the car. It sat in the rain while I turned marshaled so some of the mud got washed off. LOL
This is what I drove with for over half the B main
Some of the parts I received just for racing over $250 retail!!!!!!!!!!!!
A few from the Wright Brothers Memorial
ME