beachmums racing  

Luke Sinanian, EP driver for beachmums racing demonstrated a driving ettiquette well beyond a level of maturity to that of a thirteen year old with only his second year of racing. With a field of the best Modified drivers in Queensland, Luke drove his TM E4 / 6.5 B/L LOSI with style and grace while the top runners sped past him with awesome speed unscathed and unimpeded.

Luke remained calm and collected in every heat, he yielded to the top runners lap after lap and at times pausing to allow three of them through as not to intefere with those racing for the podium positions. Through the six heats and three finals he achieved lap deviations as low as .74 and personal bests repeatedly throughout the event, his remarkable effort was well rewarded with a substantial trophy and a very proud fellow drivers and fathers.

The Bayside track is a popular venue for electric racers with it’s long straights and tight twisting corners. As the class was limited to one heat due to a lack of drivers in the modified class, our strategy was simple. We shortened our gearing ratio’s to take full advantage of the torque of teh 6.5 turn motor and maintain good infield cornering speed so we did not impede the other drivers who were geared for top speed and allowed the “big boys” much higher straight line speeds to make passing him easy, where passing was possible.

Luke effortlessly opened the racing line to all the other drivers into each of the beginning and end of straights, and ran wide in the sweeping corners without disadvantaging any of the others. It’s no easy feat to maintain a broad view on track, many of us know how tunnel visioned we can be on track and this skill is one that will opne new horizons in the future for him.

Having many familar drivers on stand, including the Queensland Nitro “DOUBLE” champion Jason Dorn, fellow club racers, Tim Wier, Athony Atack and good friend Corey Broadstock, the most rewarding aspect for me in pit lane was witnessing how the “Big Boys” showed Luke utmost respect and allowed him to circulate knowing he would yield at the right time and place and not imped their chances at taking the title.

With the finals approaching the mod drivers stepped up and showed that they were racing keeps, Luke held back while the top runners mixed it up at alarming speeds and the tension rose. Luke kept a cool calm head and maintained his approach to the meeting and brought home a very well earnt 8th position and admiration from the club president Dough Norton and many in the garages for his patience and courtesy on track.

His exemplary display earnt him a post race session with Jason Dorn and Michael Redmond (Nitro 1/8th scale and KART drivers) who were enjoying a fully geared 4 turn modified Xray 09. Doubting Luke had it in him, and with a little encouragement from the two, Luke opened up the throttle and displayed his driving talents to them as can been seen with a big smile and the blood orange red streak of Jsaon’s car hooting it down the straights. His two older mentors showed great surprise, but he and I know, our time will come and when it does, we’ll be ready!!

Cheers to the organisers and volunteers at BRCCC, Athony Atack for the pinion, Jeff and Corey Broadstock, Bernard and Tim Wier for their kind support and to all the drivers on stand that showed no form of protest to having a slower (be it intentional) car on track!

Proud to be an RC Racing DAD

beachbum Active, QRCCRA Excursions 2009, BRCCC, ORRCA, QLD EP

The buzz is filling the air as this year’s largest event is nearing and without question, there are over a hundred drivers seriously checking, double checking and triple checking their equipment, their parts and their tools. Engines are on order and being run in, parts lists, battery checks and a long list of tasks to perform in preparation for the big week later this month.

Mr Ric Bartelozzi, the president of Moorebank International Raceway commented on this event being equal to that of a world class championship. His committee and volunteers are working tirelessly to organise the facilities, event schedules, public relations and without question, a plethra of untold tasks that only a passionate and committed person would undertake.

Solidarity has filled the air amongst the RC fraternity, a member of MCRCCC and well respected gentleman to many has told of his fight with cancer. Our community will gather and lift the moral of the friend to many. We know we can, at the very least, distract him and while the best drivers in Australia race the track, we can banter and jest to get his mind off his serious challenge.

Let’s lighten things up a little…Shall we!!!

Q. So why is it men and boys like to play with toys…??!!
A. So they can shout abuse at their fathers of course!!

I’m sure a father loves the sight of his son’s nostrils, he’s surely seen the innards of them, often while while wiping their bums clean of mango puree and getting a face full of unpredictable pee. Seems to me they’re a little hairier these days and there’s always the drive home where dad uses two fingers to remind them who’s who!!

Meet Kurt, he’s a charismatic Soweth Effrikaaaaaahhn “Cracker Schnitzel” and great fun to be with in the garages!! But is he hiding something from the camera’s view in the background???

Ok, so what’s Kurt hiding you ask… Is that the Jovanovic Ford GT in the background, why are their so many heads poking in the back, what are they doing looking into the depths of their ute!? I bet there’s something they’re not telling us. My guess is they are hiding a BIG BAG OF CHIPPIES! The food in the canteen was a on the healthy side to be honest. Looking down to the bottom right… is that..? that is..! a noisless TM/E4.. heretics!! Luke had a fews laps at the end of the meeting as well… It helps when you buy the president dinner!!:P

How much better can it get than this!! Look at that beamer on Nick Jamieson’s face!!!

Yeah.. “so what…” you say… Well, lemme see you smiling like that with your inlaws out on holidays from NZ while the event is in full swing. Either he’s knows something we don’t, or, we know something he doesn’t…YET!!! I missed his engagement party and the wedding is scheduled or maybe rescheduled after the NATS. (rofl)Love ya mate, real sorry couldnt make it to Caxton St, will be in touch real soon, hugz to Maree!

Now here’s someone I know, and he’s smiling too… I bet he knows something we don’t!”

He’s always sharing RC love in the garages… And that’s the look of someone who knows where to find the uber salty, mega saturated, giga carbohydrated.. CHIPPIES of course!! Life’s so good with Jeffers!! A loaf of bread, $10 worth of chips, large coke and of course we go FIRST CLASS cuisine, we have both tomato and BBQ sauce! Now you know his race winning secrets… Ill have to kill you with the extra salt and double dipped potato scallops!

Ever wanted sponsorship, wanted it so bad that you just couldn’t help yourself from bending a result to favour your sponsors and tickle their fancy!!?

Ok..Ok.. So dad is the importer, and it does have car #1 label, and it says #1 on the stand, it’s a real ego tickler and prod to the home of the red army. It’s my all time favourite twist on a result. Chris Reade was devouring the circuit for the whole weekend, he was setting a benchmark that the whole field was chasing and with some bad luck in the final this image is a reflection of what could have been…

So if you want to meet up with us… be there… or be missing out on a weeks worth of good times with the very best RC racing in Australia… I hear a HONKING HORN.. end of post…. Will have more to come on RedRC after the event!

beachbum Moorebank Raceway, NSW IC State Titles 2009, QRCCRA Excursions Australian IC NATS 2009, Graham Rourke, RC fun