{"id":894,"date":"2013-05-06T08:19:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T12:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/?p=894"},"modified":"2022-10-05T09:30:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T13:30:39","slug":"sids-raceway-may-5th-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/sids-raceway-may-5th-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Sids Raceway &#8211; May 5th 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday I decided to try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidsraceway.com\/home.php\">Sids Raceway<\/a> (an outdoor track) instead of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universalraceways.com\/\">carpet<\/a> I had been running on all winter. Several changes were needed to my Losi 22 to run outside so I didn&#8217;t make it until Sunday, and even then I didn&#8217;t have time to convert from mid-motor to rear-motor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center>            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 385px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/1_1_8711677657_7e3c73d326_b.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/1_1_8711677657_7e3c73d326_b.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/thumbs\/thumbs_1_1_8711677657_7e3c73d326_b.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"1698\"\n             data-title=\"1_1_8711677657_7e3c73d326_b\"\n             data-description=\"\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"shutterset_fa79ef35d6ec8ab040f822997882cb59\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/cache\/1_1_8711677657_7e3c73d326_b.jpg-nggid041698-ngg0dyn-0x256x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"1_1_8711677657_7e3c73d326_b\"\n             title=\"1_1_8711677657_7e3c73d326_b\"\n              width=\"385\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There weren&#8217;t very many other people there: I never saw more than 5 cars on the track at once, but that did mean there was still room for me under the drivers stand, so I had a place to set up. If you bring an extension cord they had power, a couple of extra tables and chairs, washrooms in the garden center next door, and a convenience store just down the road. I was a nice place to spend a sunny summer afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center>            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 385px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/1_3_8712805680_7cf145b4cf_b.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/1_3_8712805680_7cf145b4cf_b.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/thumbs\/thumbs_1_3_8712805680_7cf145b4cf_b.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"1697\"\n             data-title=\"1_3_8712805680_7cf145b4cf_b\"\n             data-description=\"\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"shutterset_369853debf29db263c8dbd35ea39c03d\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/cache\/1_3_8712805680_7cf145b4cf_b.jpg-nggid041697-ngg0dyn-0x256x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"1_3_8712805680_7cf145b4cf_b\"\n             title=\"1_3_8712805680_7cf145b4cf_b\"\n              width=\"385\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Compared to carpet, driving on the dirt felt like ice, but I wasn&#8217;t running with the recommended motor placement or tires so I may be more successful next time. My lap times were all over the place with the jumps being manageable with some practice but my cornering speeds were low and I often spun out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center>            \n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 385px\">\n\t\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/1_2_8711678999_6fa9a46591_b.jpg\"\n\t\t     title=\"\"\n             data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/1_2_8711678999_6fa9a46591_b.jpg\"\n             data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/thumbs\/thumbs_1_2_8711678999_6fa9a46591_b.jpg\"\n             data-image-id=\"1699\"\n             data-title=\"1_2_8711678999_6fa9a46591_b\"\n             data-description=\"\"\n             target='_self'\n             class=\"shutterset_a7f1fe4dd42667d58fef40b1f24d0a08\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n             src=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/radio-control\/cache\/1_2_8711678999_6fa9a46591_b.jpg-nggid041699-ngg0dyn-0x256x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n             alt=\"1_2_8711678999_6fa9a46591_b\"\n             title=\"1_2_8711678999_6fa9a46591_b\"\n              width=\"385\"               \/>\n    \t<\/a>\n\t\t      <\/div>\n        <\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sids was fun, and I hope I get to visit many more times this summer! Special thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.flickr.com\/photos\/samerrizk\/\">Samer Rizk<\/a> for taking these great photos and telling me when he put them <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.flickr.com\/photos\/samerrizk\/sets\/72157633428832378\/\">online here &#8211; go see the rest of them!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Edit: Here&#8217;s a short video clip from my smartphone &#8211; sorry I don&#8217;t know how to edit out wind noise]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"530\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_NLI5UDwXwE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday I decided to try Sids Raceway (an outdoor track) instead of the carpet I had been running on all winter. Several changes were needed to my Losi 22 to run outside so I didn&#8217;t make it until Sunday, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/sids-raceway-may-5th-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Sids Raceway &#8211; May 5th 2013<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ptY4v-eq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}