Ok, we had our first big event recently which was held at William Land Park in Sacramento. Justsidewayz had gotten the permit well in advance as he had fallen in love with the spot since we first looked at it. It ended up being a very cool spot for drift. There was a good expanse of smooth concrete with a decent amount of grip and a stand on one side that is perfect as a drivers stand. Now get this, there are 2 covered electrical outlets that the city accidentally left unlocked! JOY!
William Landpark, DoinItMovin707, Justsidewayz, Datsun710 and Wallysworld Enjoying Some Practice Time.
So anyway Justsidewayz and a few others showed up before 8am to set up. Justsidewayz brought a leaf blower plus his DJ setup for music while we practiced. As the morning went on the track was set up and people brought food, tables, chairs, tools, electrical cabling and so on. The event was constructed before our eyes as the day went on. Not only did we have an abundance of drivers but their families came as well. In total I would say we had about a good twenty people (drivers and family) before the morning finished.
Some additional spectators that happened along.
Justsidewayz blowing off the track surface before the meet.
As the day went on we also gathered some other people who just happened along or were participating in another meeting in the park. It was great to meet people who were interested who had never seen this kind of thing before.
The day was about 60-70 degrees all day and the food was plentiful and good. Mostly burgers and hot dogs although DoinItMovin’s girlfriend prepared what she called Lumpia for the rest of us. Thank you Mercel.
At the end of the day we finally had our competition. It was fun and we all learned something I think. Not only the drivers but the judges as well. Justsideways and MCtrlSys judged the meet. THe competition went fairly smoothly with only a few mechanical stops along the way. At the end of the day the winners were
Scoring during the competition.
Our three winners of the meet. From the left RobsRacing, Datsun710 and WallysWorld.
The winners were driving the following cars. Robsracing was driving a Team Losi XXX-S. Datsun710 was driving an HPI Sprint 2. Finally WallysWorld was racing a Team Associated TC3. Congratulations to all of you. All of the competitors did exceptionally and Justsidewayz and MCtrlSys made symbolic runs for the sake of it. Justsideways came up with a score of 17 and MCtrlSys a 2. Since they were judging they refrained from competing.
MCtrlSys also spent alot of his time doing maintenance for the competitors on the sidelines. Fortunately we were able to pull off the competition with only minor pauses.
Overall the day went better than anyone had expected. All of the conditions couldn’t have been better and it was a great time. We hope to do it again sometime in the near future.
- MCtrlSys, Webmin
