1. What is your essential question? How best to earn multiple sponsorships in R/C racing
2. What is your third answer to your essential question (write your third answer in a complete sentence)? You have to know other racers and make friends with as many people as you can.
3. What are three details to support or justify your third answer (details are examples or facts)?The exposure from knowing people will get you sponsorships alone. When you maintain a good reputation with other racers, people will respect you and companies will want you to represent their product. The big name companies want people who are known at the track to sport their gear and run their equipment.
4. What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question? My mentor provided me with this answer and it helped him get at least 5 sponsors.
5. What do you plan to study next and why? I plan to put this in action and attend a series race this weekend.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Blog 17: 20 Questions
1. What is the best way to earn multiple sponsorships in rc car racing?
2. How often do you work on your car to change the setup?
3. During a practice day, do you spend more time on the track or more time in the pits, and why?
4. Why do you think it would be more beneficial to spend more time driving?
5. Why do you think it would be more beneficial to spend more time in the pits?
6. What is your regular routine when you go to the racetrack?
7. What types of preparation do you do beforehand?
8. After t he day is over do you find yourself still working on your car?
9. Do you practice aggresively when preparing for a race and why?
10. Can you walk me through an average race for you?
11. How long does it take someone to get a full factory sponsorship?
12. If it was your very first time racing what steps would you go through to prepare for it?
13. What advice would you give someone who is going to join their first year-long series race?
14. How would you yourself prepare for such a big race with big payouts?
15. What type of preparation do you think is necessary for a big race such as the IFMAR Worlds race?
16. What do you need to do in order to receive an invite to the worlds?
17. How about for a prestigious race such as the Reedy Race of Champions?
18. Do you think it is more important to be a good driver, or someone who can articulate well, when looking for sponsors?
19. Is it possible to earn a sponsorship at a race even thought you did not make the podium?
20. What is more important to work on, your setup or your driving and why
2. How often do you work on your car to change the setup?
3. During a practice day, do you spend more time on the track or more time in the pits, and why?
4. Why do you think it would be more beneficial to spend more time driving?
5. Why do you think it would be more beneficial to spend more time in the pits?
6. What is your regular routine when you go to the racetrack?
7. What types of preparation do you do beforehand?
8. After t he day is over do you find yourself still working on your car?
9. Do you practice aggresively when preparing for a race and why?
10. Can you walk me through an average race for you?
11. How long does it take someone to get a full factory sponsorship?
12. If it was your very first time racing what steps would you go through to prepare for it?
13. What advice would you give someone who is going to join their first year-long series race?
14. How would you yourself prepare for such a big race with big payouts?
15. What type of preparation do you think is necessary for a big race such as the IFMAR Worlds race?
16. What do you need to do in order to receive an invite to the worlds?
17. How about for a prestigious race such as the Reedy Race of Champions?
18. Do you think it is more important to be a good driver, or someone who can articulate well, when looking for sponsors?
19. Is it possible to earn a sponsorship at a race even thought you did not make the podium?
20. What is more important to work on, your setup or your driving and why
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Blog 16: 2 Hour Meeting Answer 2
Content:
1. What is your essential question? What is the best way to earn multiple sponsorships in R/C car Racing?
2. What is your second answer to your essential question (write your second answer in a complete sentence)? My second answer is to attend different events and races.
3. What are three details to support or justify your second answer (details are examples or facts)? There are several events thougout the year where the first prize is a on year sponsorship from either Team Losi, or Team Associated. If you go to bigger venues, the team managers are typically there scouting and testing new products. The more races you win at these bigger tracks, the faster you will movce up to the expert level, and everyone at that level is sponsored one way or another.
4. What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question? Just my mentor Brendon really. He pushed me to go to big tracks so I can get some exposure.
5. What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why? (You would say "I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing _the Dash for Cash Race @ Tony's Hobbies and the Spring Indoor Stock Nationals @ OCRC.
1. What is your essential question? What is the best way to earn multiple sponsorships in R/C car Racing?
2. What is your second answer to your essential question (write your second answer in a complete sentence)? My second answer is to attend different events and races.
3. What are three details to support or justify your second answer (details are examples or facts)? There are several events thougout the year where the first prize is a on year sponsorship from either Team Losi, or Team Associated. If you go to bigger venues, the team managers are typically there scouting and testing new products. The more races you win at these bigger tracks, the faster you will movce up to the expert level, and everyone at that level is sponsored one way or another.
4. What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question? Just my mentor Brendon really. He pushed me to go to big tracks so I can get some exposure.
5. What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why? (You would say "I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing _the Dash for Cash Race @ Tony's Hobbies and the Spring Indoor Stock Nationals @ OCRC.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval
CONTENT:
(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
I Plan on racing the Indoor Stock Nationals at OCRC Raceway.
(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.
I will have to practice on the track prior to the race if I want to be competetive against the locals. The race will take place on a sunday with qualifying rounds on saturday. I need one day of practice and one day for perfecting my setup. This will leave me with enough hours to meet and exceed the requirement.
(3) How does your independent study component relate to your working EQ?
Team managers from several different companies will be in attendance, so there is a chance of landing a sponsor at the race. In addition, this race will go on my race resume if I place well.I willl be practicing with m mentor that weekend. He can give me some good advice and tips on what I should do to win.
(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
I Plan on racing the Indoor Stock Nationals at OCRC Raceway.
(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.
I will have to practice on the track prior to the race if I want to be competetive against the locals. The race will take place on a sunday with qualifying rounds on saturday. I need one day of practice and one day for perfecting my setup. This will leave me with enough hours to meet and exceed the requirement.
(3) How does your independent study component relate to your working EQ?
Team managers from several different companies will be in attendance, so there is a chance of landing a sponsor at the race. In addition, this race will go on my race resume if I place well.I willl be practicing with m mentor that weekend. He can give me some good advice and tips on what I should do to win.
Blog 14 Independent Component
(a) “I, Raul Suarez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) My mentor Brendon really helped me out during these past few months. We have been attending a lot of races and spend most of the time perfecting our setup.
Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.
How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.
This experience was more helpful than building a few tracks. I learned so much more abuot racing after racing that weekend. With all of the new info and experience I am a better driver and have learned to drive for consistency rather than speed. For instance now I can run a full 5 minute race with no mistakes. And my lap times are still getting faster.
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