next races Saturday Dirt Jan 10th Paycheck Friday Offroad Jan 16th Thunder Jam Trophy/Money race Onroad Sunday Jan 18th
Saturday Offroad Dec 27th
Slash “A” main
well pretty much everybody voted to run all 10 Slashes together. We lined them up on the 65’ straight and got them ready to go in what would be called the Great Slash Bash Clash. Brandon Giles TQed after putting down a great round 2 run. So after an amazing first couple corners with 10 slashes Brandon had worked his way out to a half a lap lead. Unfortunately for Danny D it was 6 corners before the pile up the got him. But in a 10 minute main anything can happen so about a 1/3 in to the race Brandon got caught up himself and Danny made his move into the lead. Brandon was hard on his tail and about 2/3s in he took back over the lead for good. Danny made a few more charges but it seemed that Brandon got all the breaks and Danny got popped at each corner finishing out 2nd. So with 10 cars on the track the battle in the back was viscous and completely up in the air. I saw 3rd fall to 8th and back up to 4th in the same lap. 10 slashes made for some great battles with Tommy Ussrey taking 3rd and Tom Lowe finishing 4th.
10.5 2wd buggy “A” main
Scott Fuller showing his dirt prowess by putting 2 laps on the field in qualifying lead from the start and with every consistent lap moved out on the field. Cornbread held on to second with Brandon Giles and Mike Blick finishing out the field.
Open 4wd “A” main
After a pipe stuffing first lap TQ Scott Fuller had to work his way back up to Jackie Woodard after working his way past Marc Brown who was running a mod truck and then Cornbread. Scott and Jackie battled back and forth pushing each other till Jackie choked on the last lap giving up the lead to Scott.
Results
http://results.rc50.com/Thunder_RC_N...le/12-27-2008/
video
http://www.selfcast.com/nashrcracer/recording/4808
Sunday Onroad Jan 4th
Pro TA "B" main
Tim Moore took his "BQ" to the point from the start of the race after barely missing the "A" main. Clif Dodd who started second fell to 3rd as a hard charging Dan McQuarter worked up from 4th starting position and let Clif battle it out with Hayden Pirrera, Jesse Carnell and Mathew Lyons with those drivers finishing in those positions. And althought the battle for 3rd was highly contested late into the race, the epic battle of biblical porportions for the lead stressed both Tim and Dan to the limits. Even though Dan was faster, Tim was able to hold him off for the win.
Pro TA "A" main
So after a coin flip set the inverted grid order it only take a lap for Myron to pop to the lead after TJ Moore running Bobby Mill's ride lead the first lap. Justin Lyons who had quaified second worked his way back to his qualifing position a couple laps later with your 3rd fastest qualifer Donald Martin never fully recovering from some first lap incidents with body tucking damage. This allowed TJ to use some consitant driving in the Mill's ride to work his way up to 3rd behind Justin and Myron. Justin tried to work his way back to Myron but with some hard laps due to some lap traffic, Myron eventually lapped Justin. Mike Holt who was on a mission was able to hold off Neal Davis and Tommy Ussery for 4th after a mid race charge had him barking on 2nd place. But this weekend it was mission impossible. So he'll have to wait till the 18th to try it again.
13.5 foam TC "B" main
Brian Lettrich took the lead off the start from again "BQ" Tim Moore, but Danny D who had a rough day of it and wanted to show that he should of been in the "A", took the lead on lap 3 and never looked back. Tim and Lettrich battled for 2nd time with Brian Klamer even getting into the mix half way though the race. A late lap wreck causing car breakage for Lettrich allowed Klamer to take 3rd home. Dan McQuarter with an ill handling tc5 finish 5th pulling the car about halfway though.
13.5 foam TC "A" main
TQ TJ Moore choked the big one off the start and let Scott Fuller take the lead with Donald Martin in tow. Donald made his move to the front a few laps later giving Scott all he had as Scott stayed 2 or 3 seconds off his back bumper. Scott was pushing hard when Donald popped the pipe and hung up the shingles and laid down and died. Scott took the lead and had to worry about TJ who had closed to within a few seconds of Scott only to tap a few pipes on the last lap costing him a chance at a last corner pass and finishing .190 seconds behind. Then Will Hillis who had only been down a half lap to all this carange squeeked pass Donald to take 3rd on the last lap.
17.5 12th Scale "A" main
Have I learned nothing from the Emporear in all my years as a Sith Lord (sorry inside joke) I learned Sunday when playing cat and mouse make sure you get a lap on the mouse before you start playing with it. So after Robert Dirla out qualifed the field by a lap he decided to let Chris Cooper catch up and give him some passing practice as he gets ready for Snowbirds in Orlando. that's pass fall back pass fall back. When even though Robert was faster then Cooper by .15 seconds a lap it was not enough when Robert decided to take a break and parked it into a pipe and fell back a 1/2 lap towards the end of the main. Robert tried to charge back to no avail. Even running over, driving though and punting 3rd place finishing Mike Blick. As he tried to charge back. but a win is a win and congrats go to Chris Cooper for the 12th scale main win.
results
http://results.rc50.com/Thunder_RC_N...le/01-04-2009/
http://thunder.rc50.com
http://www.selfcast.com/nashrcracer/