Qualifying
The Stock class was a struggle between Hector Zachrisson and our very own
fearless leader, Robert Byrd. They battled from the first round of qualifying
constantly stealing the Top Qualifying position from each other. In the last
qualifying round, Hector was able to string together some really fast laps during the race which led him to snatch the Top Qualifying spot from Rob by only about 8 seconds. Rosendo Villareal, who made the trip all the way from Monterrey, Mexico, qualified third.
Formula 1 was the smallest class, but was still one of the most fun to watch. This category was a battle between Robert Rocha (aka FRANK) and Jacob Feinstein all day long. Even though Jacob held TQ honors for pretty much all of the day, it wasn’t without Frank putting the pressure on him constantly.
In Modified, Mini-Z Team AtomicMods driver Cristian Tabush dominated qualifying all day long. Cristian won each of the qualifying rounds by at least a lap over team mates Jacob Feinstein, who qualified in the number 2 spot and Frank Rocha who was number 3.
The Mains
The first A main run was the stock A-Main. This was probably the most exciting main the whole day. At the start of the race, Top Qualifier Hector Zachrisson built a considerable lead over the pack, as Rob Byrd spend a tough time battling with Rosendo for 2nd place.
At about the halfway point Hector was on Rob’s bumper, about to lap him. This is when Rob put it back together and actually pulled away from Hector slowly, eventually catching him again at about the 2 minute mark when he took over the lead. The last 2 minutes were
very exciting to watch! The two racers battled cleanly for 1st place, swapping spots several times up until the 30 seconds left mark, where Rob made a couple of mistakes which allowed Hector to come across the finish line 6 seconds ahead of Rob.
The Formula 1 A-main again proved to be very exciting. Second place qualifier Frank Rocha took the hole shot going into the first corner and pulled a way a bit from Jacob Feinstein for the first lap or so. Jacob made a move about 2 laps into the race and took the lead away from Frank. The two leaders went at it bumper to bumper for the first half of the race until Frank finally made a mistake and allowed Jacob to pull away for the win.
The Modified Main started off fairly uneventful. At the buzzer, the Top Qualifier, Cristian Tabush, took the hole-shot and managed to build almost a lap lead on the whole field. Half-way through the race, Cristian had a big collision with a lapped car at the end of the straightaway that cracked the front of his body. This created some handling problems with his car and allowed Jacob Feinstein to slowly catch up. Several laps later Jacob took over the lead and never looked back. In the end it was Jacob, Cristian and Frank Rocha finishing 1-2-3 place.
Rob must have forgotten to sprinkle the magic pixie dust on his car because he
came in dead last beaten by the "Cole Train".
Door Prizes
We put up quite a few prizes ourselves and when this was combined with the
generosity of our vendors we started out with way too much stuff to give away.
The large items like Mini-Z ReadySets and RCP Tracks were no problem, but we had
too many small items such as batteries, tires, upgrades, stickers and lots of
other miscellaneous parts. Had we given these items away individually we would
have been there all day, so we decided to create "Bags-O-Stuff" out of these
sundry parts. After combining them we had 28 prizes to give away and ended up
with only 36 tickets in the bowl. We allowed spectators, as well as racers, to
participate in the drawing making this the high point of the day for many of the
spectators who made away like bandits because the odds were so good.
A big thanks goes out to RCP Tracks, Kyosho America, and PN Racing for donating some great prizes! RCP donated several track kits that went to some very deserving winners. We had plenty of goodies so nearly everyone walked away with something.