Great work ! thank you for sharing !

Well C-Netic race has been run and won in a close fought battle between Hara and McBride, the lead swapped back and forth during the hour long main with McBride and his clocked O.S speed building a small lead ( 7 seconds ) with 5 minutes remaining before getting tangled passing lapped traffic and ending up on his roof giving Hara the chance to close the gap and pass with only 3 laps remaining, Hara went on to win the event and McBride finished 2nd with Tebo a few laps back for 3rd, another fine effort on the world stage for the pocket rocket from OZ

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Here is some footage of the Kyle McBride VS Hara during the final, Kyle in the red and white Kyosho buggy, man that O.S speed closes gaps quickly Neal.
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Great job Len! I'm done for this year but next season we'll definately get hooked up for a couple races.

Kyle should of won that race. His pit strategy sucked. One extra pit stop than Hara - 7 seconds down the drain. He would have been 14 seconds up, in cruise control mode, prior to the lap traffic crash. Probably would not have crashed. Lot of racers do not realize the benefit of one less pit stop!!!!!!!!!!!

I don`t believe pit strategy had anything at all to do with it..Kyle had a comfortable 7 second lead and got taken out 3 minutes to go by lap traffic.. Hara did make 1 less pitstop, but that was a high risk gamble he took in order to try to catch Kyle....Kyle was running strong with a strong lead so there was no need to make a risky pit strategy that could just as easily resulted in a flameout....... Pushing your runtime to the limitscan make a difference, but just as easily can result in a flameout ..sorta like pulling the goalie ya know...

these pros run the engines extremely hard, keeping the engines stable is by far the biggest priority ....running themselves down to the fumes in the tank can really adversely affect the tune and stability of the engine....IMO The juice is not worth the squeeze unless its a do or die situation where you have no other way to win and have nothing to lose.....

Was not really looking for a debate but it is obvious that you do not race at a high level. The pit strategy was/is developed before the race starts, not because he had a 7 second lead. I race with these guys all the time and pit strategy is critical. All pro level OS speeds pit at a minimum of 10 minutes. I was just saying I do not know why Kyle did not. I was at the race, he was the only OS speed that went conservative. End of story.

I am pretty sure Neal (Maximo) knows exactly how it works at the higher level as he sponsors Kyle (as well as many top drivers) with his clocked OS motor and owns ClockWorks Racing.

I talked to them today about your post....They felt they had no need to make any risky pit strategies...

I might not be at the races, but I watch plenty and I see many pro`s flaming out due to running out of fuel...So I wont question a winning team`s pit strategy if they choose to play it safe.... Next time you see them at the races go tell them your thoughts as they seem to think they have everything under control, but what would they know about top level racing ! :nod:..............

If 10 minute pit is a risk then there is something wrong somewhere!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go shove the hate up your tailpipe buddy !

Thank you !

I am sure McBrides know exactly what they are doing,

Anyways I am quite proud of how well Kyle has been doing with the engines I have done for him, I am truly blessed to be part of such a good team and for the opportunity to put my work on the big stage.. For a small business in the middle of nowhere it has not been a easy road to get here....so with that being said I would like to thank all of those who have supported us over over the years, my family, my friends, my team members and even my competitors.. It has been a great year for us, and I look forward to many more great years.....

Id have to agree with Neil here.

I took the risk on the weekend going for 9 minutes with a tank id been doing 10 minutes on. The track grip came up and I ran out short of my stop. I was in contention for the win at that point and it put me a lap down on the leaders. I caught the lap back and again ran out of fuel. I finished a lap down.

If id done what I normally do and made the extra stop I could have maybe won the state title

I dunno where it is you race, but over here in Europe our tracks are so fast that we use a lot more fuel than you guys, the basic pit time will be 7:30 and if you got a super low consumption machine with a super small venturi you could maybe manage 8.45-9 if you were that crazy. But it would be a risky strategy.

I agree !