Fast Pace Racing

Welcome to the finest indoor RC racing shop in the Bay Area!  Our track is currently the largest at over 900 sq. ft!  Aside from our vast selection of Mini-Z replacement and performance parts (PN, Atomic, Kyosho -- to name a few!), we also carry E-flite helis and parts, and the new MicroCrawler from Losi.  Our customer service is unparalleled in our industry.  You will leave our shop knowing you were completely taken care of -- that's the FPR promise.  Swing by and race your Mini-Z, Xmod, Iwaver, and other on-road 1/24th- 1/28th scale R/C today!

 

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new drivers: driving/setup tips

Posted Tue, 08/04/2009 - 1:08am by TJ

Basic Setup for Newer Drivers:

Front
2.0 to 2.5 degree knuckles
white low down springs
PN20 Front Slicks

Rear
PN Blue lower springs
PN Green top springs
Medium T-bar
Kyosho 20 slicks wide
20 wt. damper oil

1. Set-up: Use a more forgiving set-up like harder front tires and stickier rear tires. The idea is to have your car push (understeer). This makes your car a lot manageable.
2. Practice is the key. No need to start chasing anyone on the track at this point. Practice on the track without hitting the rails first. Stay in the middle.
3. Try to get use to not letting go of the steering wheel.

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Quick Fix... Sunday Afternoon Race. :D

Posted Sun, 08/02/2009 - 11:57pm by TJ

Today was a perfect day for practice. I had set-up our reliable iLAP lap couter and handed some of the guys our house transponder for some quick race to get use to the feel of "racing". It's quite amazing how these drivers had improved their driving. From 11 sec lap time to 10 sec within couple of days.What we did was ran a couple of 30 minutes endurance race. Sportsman had 10 laps down from novice and expert had 10 laps down from Sportsman. After that, we did a mano e' mano race from our novice and sportsman drivers. Very good practice day for these guys... Oh yeah, did I mentioned it was FREE practice racing? :D That's right! If we have enough drivers to run, we'll set-up a race on a weekend.

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07.30.09 TNTNT

Posted Fri, 07/31/2009 - 12:07am by TJ

Our Thursday Night Test & Tune also know as, TNTNT  (thx Ray!) went very well today. I am very happy  that I was to be able to help out most of the guys that came through tonight. Especially those that drove far just to be here on this day like Tristan and Zach. Thank you!

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New Items In Stock!

Posted Thu, 07/30/2009 - 12:40am by TJ
This is what we have new in stock as of 07.30.2009

2007 350Z white body
PN6 Rear Radial Tires
3PK 2200mah Lipo Pack
Team Orion 900
Team Orion 750
Aston Martin white body
Kyosho 30 slicks and radials

We carry the largest mini-z inventory in the Bay Area! We also carry other scales from Atomic, Kyosho, KOPROPO and others. Please email us for more info.

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RCX - Ponmona, CA Recap

Posted Wed, 07/22/2009 - 10:56pm by TJ

2009 RCX was another good learning experience for me. The event wasn't too crazy/hectic like how it was last year but it was fun. The fun came from the guys I went down with; Ryan, Pete, Jaime, Ray and Jacob. It was more of a vacation for everybody and we were able to walk around the expo and see different types of r/c racing and other types of R/C.

On Saturday, our first and second qual. Our cars were working good but the traffic wasn't very cooperative with us that threw us off specially Jaime who almost didn't make it to the main because of the traffic and that noone was calling out the race. They had the automated Giro-z call out the race. With that, noone was moving out of the way for no body...