Where are RC Races Won... PRACTICE!

RC Racing is both challenging and super competitive as cars and drivers have continued to improve over the years. The best way to up your game and become a more competitive driver is to get good quality practice! In this video I'm sharing some of the things I focus on during a practice as well as some ideas you might use to change up your practice sessions, making it more fun, but also making you more versatile of a driver in the long run!
I used these tips to win two championships in the biggest club series here in the Pacific Northwest at the NORA Skagit River Raceway! Taking 9 wins in 14 events, and finishing 2nd in the other five races!
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[@dynasty4851]

I like that. Go down to a jump you're struggling in and do it over and over

[@droogsurgeon1440]

I mean it’s all great advice! 😊

[@gainsrc]

Great video Jason. I do have my own track and one take away that I find helpful is to get down on the track closer to where you might be struggling. Run that section repeatedly and then go back to the stand. Also another tip that I do is to randomly place an orange cone in my normal line on the track. This will force me to get out of my comfort zone in that section of the track.

[@TheRacinJason]

That's a good one! Another thing like that is just watering a line for practice as opposed to the whole track

[@michaelearls9547]

Trying to keep a100 % focus on your on car was .really excellent tip

[@TheRacinJason]

It's an awesome thing to practice! For me it's just a habit now. From thousands of laps just locked in on my car

[@BirdRC]

Awesome video Jason. Lots of great advice! One thing I was curious about though, is if you have 100% focus on your car, how do you manage your track awareness of other cars? For example, noticing a collision up ahead and avoiding it, finding the right time/line to pass the driver in front of you, or keeping track of the car behind you to not let openings in?

[@TheRacinJason]

The best way I can describe for me is that it's a peripheral awareness, but if you physically look ahead of your car I think your car will do something you can't react to. Especially when are battling someone it's the same thing, focus on your car but have a peripheral of them... you're gonna know where opportunities are to pass. So changing you're driving a little to protect is going to help keep them behind you. And when you're close it's easy to see what they're doing. What you mentioned with a wreck ahead that's where that peripheral awareness really comes in and hopefully the race director is helping call out incidents. But they're human and can easily miss stuff or just have too much going on

[@BirdRC]

Thanks@@TheRacinJason . I can see what you mean, and that makes a lot of sense. The collision thing can often just be unfortunate circumstances, especially when racing in the lower mains where it happens more frequently. I definitely agree with you on the video analysis aspects. I film all of my races and re-watch them and analyze especially the fast laps to see where I could shave off a little more time. It is even better when I can get footage of the fast guys and compare it against mine.

[@TheRacinJason]

@@BirdRC lower mains are treacherous in general! Best fix for that is really working on upper qualifying pace with no mistakes... or at least no coronal Marshalls or spins. Those are absolute killers

[@ahmedtheba3808]

Excellent tips.

[@TheRacinJason]

Thanks for watching

[@drewncars9505]

I mostly run crawlers but I’m slowly getting into racing. That looks like a neat little car to run! Love the track layout as well. My local track has spec slash racing which is another good beginner class/car to run. 2wd brushed so it’s not stupid fast and hard to control. Keeps things relatively fair having all the trucks pretty much stock + reliability mods.

[@TheRacinJason]

Gotta start somewhere! Spec classes are a great place to start and focus on driving

[@rc_amigos]

We need help decoding tires over at diehard, our ebuggies felt SUPER loose. Im thinking of getting several sets of blames and practice with them, if they come unglued we can always re-glue them. we gotta practice on holding the line and not blowing out traction and sliding. I think the kids like to huck it into the corners and powerslide out since they don't get to do that in carpet.

[@TheRacinJason]

Ya on dirt staying in the groove is a huge key. Compared to turf or carpet dirt is definitely going to feel loose. What tires were you guys on and did you chance any rear settings for more grip? What cars as well...

[@rc_amigos]

@@TheRacinJason I was super last minute getting the cars ready so we didn’t get to play with set up, we were still working out the gremlins on the track. My son is running a AE Rc83.2, I’m running a AE rc84, and my daughter the most stable of all of us is running one of Jameson’s old pro4’s with choppers. The buggy’s are totally using some old stuff. I have an old set of tzo 601, a set of proline switchblades but they came unglued so we didn’t give those a fair shake and a set of lugz racing economy set. We haven’t ran those yet though. They are a bit more firm than either of the others.

[@TheRacinJason]

@rc_amigos jconcepts reflexes worked good last year. If you guys are really new to the outdoor stuff a lot of it is just getting as many laps as you can

[@glenncarlson3161]

Thanks man, I'm from Washington too, subscribed and smashed the bell!!!

[@TheRacinJason]

Awesome! You gonna do any racing around here this year?

[@glenncarlson3161]

No I live in New Mexico now. I used to race at Tacoma rc raceway until I moved last year

[@TheRacinJason]

Nice. You guys have some good tracks down there?

[@PnwRClife]

Ack, I know you're right. I do. All I wanna do is chase speed though! Smooth is fast is always the answer no matter what form of motion you're talking about. Also, I was trying to rewatch some of my carpet mains on LiveRC a couple weeks ago. It is insane how different you think your lines are on the drivers stand versus what you're car/truck is really doing. I thought I was keeping it tight on the pipes and coming in/out of corners relatively well. In viewing the race after the fact, I wasn't even close....

[@TheRacinJason]

Always different when you watch it back! It's good that you have the ability to rewatch those races. Free info!

[@PnwRClife]

@@TheRacinJason 100%! If you dig around you can find them. At least the last year worth of the DieHardRC indoor stuff. I imagine as their program gets better and better this summer the outdoor races will be taped too, if they're not already.

[@TheRacinJason]

Yep! Only thing with a general feed is it doesn't follow your car

[@PnwRClife]

@@TheRacinJason true. I have had buddies video my car for me too, it’s a lot more helpful. What a racer really needs is a fast buddy to chase their car with a go pro mounted on the hood. That or a good drone pilot.

[@raypruitt9955]

I haven’t raced since 1987 so much has changed I raced in Orlando now I live in Pennsylvania on a farm just cutting in a new track my nephews son just got a 1/8 scale buggy I think from Walmart but regardless he’s interested i really liked your video on getting straight I’m also cutting in a oval track it’s one thing to just run around in the yard it’s quite another thing to run on a track well see what happens.

[@TheRacinJason]

Sounds awesome ray! Learning precision from a track will definitely help

[@crabxcorelol69]

Good video, definitely some helpful tips! I'm going to go for my first full practice day tomorrow.

[@TheRacinJason]

Awesome! What're you running?

[@crabxcorelol69]

@@TheRacinJason nitro buggy for the track time. Race mostly ebuggy

[@TheRacinJason]

@@crabxcorelol69 e-buggy is one of my favorites. I've never gotten serious in Nitro buggy but it's on my list. I've had some good races in nitro Truggy but just welcomed our 3rd little one and nitro is a lot more work. Also our neighbors aren't bothered too bad by the E buggy! Pit bike on the other hand, 😂

[@crabxcorelol69]

@@TheRacinJason I feel you on the time commitment! My boy is turning 2 in March. I've only got back into rc around a year ago. It's been a lot trying to get to races consistently! Have you ever tried gas truck (nitro stadium truck)? I notice you run a stadium truck in a few of your videos.

[@TheRacinJason]

@@crabxcorelol69 that's actually a Tekno ET410 mini Truggy. My first real RC was a rc10gt. Gas truck was awesome, and I actually have one I don't run but would be cool to restore it

[@Uncle-LeRoy]

I like to call it wheel time.

[@TheRacinJason]

Yep

[@jasonrhodes9726]

This isn't really what this video is about but, if you make a small mistake and that makes going into the next corner or jump, abort. Its better to lose a few seconds or even a position or two and keep moving than lose 5, 10 or more seconds waiting on a marshal. It is good to learn tracks you race at regularly, but work to master the different types of corners and jumps so when you go to a new track you will struggle less. You will have more time to practice hot laps and tune your car to the track.

[@TheRacinJason]

Great advice to many races!

[@glenncarlson3161]

Where did you buy that lap monitor? I can't wait to get one but there are multiple options. The molex or the Jr seem to have different shaped plugs for the receiver. I don't know what one is for futaba. Nice video and I agree thanks

[@TheRacinJason]

You want the jr/Futaba

[@glenncarlson3161]

Thanks man just baught one and I can't wait. I saw in one video they connected a Bluetooth speaker so it was loud enough for everyone to hear. I hope that works

[@TheRacinJason]

Ya it's just an app on your phone so if you have a speaker hooked to your phone I'm sure it would be loud enough.

[@anthonyscontractinginc.7638]

is there a lap system that works with the my laps transponders i already have??

[@TheRacinJason]

As far as I know only a mylaps system... those are about $5000 but you can occasionally find them a little cheaper used.