Factory drivers prepare their cars before a race. Most guys scrubbed their tires off in the run line on the track before each race, to make the cars as consistent as possible. With such a high-bite "groove" in the track, consistency was everything.





Cars from the Modified 1/12 A Main. From top, the cars of Barry Baker, Mike Blackstock and Mike Dumas.





The Modified 1/12 A Main drivers.



Starting grid for the 1/12 A Main. Mike Blackstock (qualified in third) would go on to win the overall race in a dead heat with Josh Cyrul.





Drivers prepare for one of the Modified Touring Car A Mains.



Josh Cyrul prepares his heavily modified Associated TC3 for an A Main.





The A Main Touring Cars of Mike Blackstock, Barry Baker and Paul Lemieux.



The whole grid for the Modified Touring Car A Main. Mike Blackstock would go on to win this class as well, making it a sweep for him at the 2003 Carpet Nats. Way to go Mike!





Cars from the "A" heat of modified touring cars. Mike Blackstock's car is centered in the first pic (orange/black), Brian Kinwald in the second, and Paul Lemieux in third (blue/white -- yes that's right, Paul's car was not solid white!)



In the Stock Touring Car B Main, from right, Trackside Hobbies' Scotty Ernst, Timmy Heiser and Marc Miller, all frequent R/C Tech users.





The cars of Marc Miller, Scotty Ernst, and the entire Stock Touring Car B Main Grid.




Drivers from the Stock Touring Car A Main. Chuck Lonergan, third from left in the first picture, would go on to dominate the mains and take the championship (he won Masters Stock 1/12 as well).



The Stock Touring Car A Main grid.



Here is what everybody was racing for!