SLCC Round 3 – Yateley

June 15, 2009 · Posted in Racing, Touring Cars, rcLazy.com · by simon · 3 Comments

rcLazy.com Team Including Tiny Mascot!

The whole rcLazy team was out in force at Yateley Model Car Club. at the weekend for round 3 of the Southern League Challenge Cup. We had fun, laughed at blue bits, fed chips to small children and went reasonably quickly.

The track is very similar in size to Bashley, a longer straight, and a KILLER downhill chicane. They’ve lowered the kerbs in this chicane for ‘09 thankfully, and it’s a lot safer, you get it wrong and you just end up out of shape, on the wrong line, slow, or on the grass. But you don’t end up in the air, or with a broken car.

New Shell Showing Battle Scars Already

Saturday was setup day, my 416 worlds was almost perfect on kit setup, I just changed springs. The rest of the Tamiya guys spent hundreds of laps trying to find the perfect setup, and ended up near mine! I added a bit of anti-dive on Sunday morning following their advice, thanks for all the hard work guys!

We did okay in the end, scattered around the A and B finals in all classes. I qualified 3rd in Stock, and had a nice second final, getting up into the lead, before throwing it away, falling into the grass and letting Scott Hauser through for the win!

Rob 'Sandbagger' Howett Posing Like A Pro

Some of us even got some trophies, Rob Howett resorted to sandbagging the pro-stock B final to show us all how to smile at a camera, hold a trophy, hold a car, ensure team logos are clear, all at the same time. Ol’ dog Howett gets it right every time! His B final winning performance would have been good in the A-final, too late in the day mate!

Ed Clark and Mark Townsend made the A final, and Mark had a nice battle in the second leg for position two. Sam ended the race in front of Mark though. We doubt Mark would have been up there if he hadn’t rebuilt his diff minutes before the final. Ed suggested he did it about 28 hours before, but of course that would have been far too sensible!

A great weekend, not perfect by any means, but being rcLazy isn’t about being perfect, it’s about not trying too hard!