Originally Posted by Mike Dumas
Well, I am back from one of the greatest races hosted by Scotty E. in Las Vegas, the International .Indoor .Championships. With over 550 entries and world class drivers from all around the world it makes it one of the most prestegious and largest on-road races in the world. My hats off to Scotty and the crew at the I.I.C, as they did an excellent job. The hotel was first class with plenty of entertainment so you or your significant other wouldn't have to leave the hotel for extra activities. It is just an awsome race... I am already looking forward to next year event.
The I.I.C. turned out to be a great race for Team Speedmerchant. In the Modified 1/12th scale division Speedmerchant TQ'ed and Won the Event. Yet another great accomplishment for Team Speedmerchant with the REV 4.5. The car was awsome from the first Brood Powered battery to the last of the event.
I would like to personally thank all my sponsors, Team Speedmerchant, Team Brood, Team JR radios, team Novak and many more for all the help at the race. Bruce Carbone is an excellent person not to mention not a half bad mechanic... LOL, Just kidding. I must say Bruce and myself make a good team along with Jake Pritchard, Barry Baker, Andrew Gray and many others that I might have left off.
Couldn't do it without you Bruce, good job man....
Congratulations again Mike, you drove just perfect as usual. The field in Vegas was pretty rough and you almost made it look easy, tone to tone.
I just wandered over to the Speedmerchant site and Bruce put up a little race report from Vegas. Along with Mike's TQ and win in mod there were two Rev 4.5's in the stock main and with the traction challenges at this event the Rev 4.5 really showed how well it can be adapted in a hurry!
Check it out:
http://www.teamspeedmerchant.com/Vegas2006.html
Nick