when you first started racing....

[MrNanoTrax]

did a lot... or just about everything seem to go wrong? i mean... did you have trouble actually doing well in qualifiers and in finals or did you struggle getting your rhythm? i know this is a predominantly electric biased forum but i just started racing nitro and i'm a bit frustrated... i don't have a team so i know thats a part of my problem but someone tell me i'm not alone.

for example... i went to practice at the track yesterday and the surface was soft and loamy clay. they had just tilled it so my front/rear, holeshots/bowties combo was perfect and i was recording some good lap times. i was going thru lots of practice laps with no problem.

today, i go to the races and they've completely flattened and packed the surface but i didn't think much of it until i got on w/the same tire combo. yesterday i was turning on dimes and today i couldn't turn a trick. the 1st qualifer i had the worst time and i *knew* could drive better than that.

i was irritated but made the tire change to edges/gladiators for the 2nd qualifier. everything was going ok... i flipped a couple of times due to aggressiveness but that didn't kill me... the last 2 minutes of the race, i ran out of gas... no shortage like this on the 1st qualifier, but now i lost 2 (or more) laps on the 2nd qualifier due to that.

out of 7, i was 6th for the final and race time comes around. i wait til 4 minutes before start and i crank up the engine. my engine was cold and it kept cutting out... FUCK. i ended up starting about 15 seconds after the marker....the race was lost before i started but at least i could make a good showing right? wrong... i knew when i would be running down on gas, so i pitted. my son was trying to be pitman and i THOUGHT he gassed me up.... the same lap after the pitstop, my engine cuts out. i'm like... what's up NOW?? i go down to see and i'm outta gas... WTF?

long story short, this is my 2nd attempt at racing and everything that COULD go wrong DID go wrong... i feel like quitting. like, what are you doing here? i love doing this but i also want to be competitive. i've driven well with top laptimes when my truck is on the track... but something ALWAYS goes wrong. tell me i'm not the only one.