This weekend I won both expert classes at the January Jam in Flowood, MS. This was the second annual event and I won both of them, two years in a row. I didn’t have my TQ spots like I wanted too, but pulled it off in the main after qualifying 3rd in buggy and 4th in truggy.
I had one TQ round in buggy and was on another one until I lost a rear spring retainer. ;(
In truck I had one TQ run going until my new motor broke in during the race and the idle dropped, causing it to die in the corners.
Revelations Raceway in Ontario, California hosted the Airtronics Winter Nationals this past Saturday. The event had 206 entries which included top drivers Adam Drake, Cody King, Jeremy Kortz, Chad Bradley, JQ, Greg Degani, Drew Moller, and Schreffler. Revelation is a medium grip circuit with a combination of technical jump sections and fast flowing sections which provided great racing action. TLR / Nova Rossi / Pro-Line driver Adam Drake took the top qualifier honors in both rounds of the 1/8th buggy and 1/8th truck. The buggy final was 30 minutes and went late into the night. The track conditions changed a lot for the finals as the track was very dry and low grip. At the start of the final Jeremy Kortz moved past Drake on the first lap, but Drake quickly made his way back around Kortz on lap two and never looked back. Drake won the buggy final by 29 seconds, Cody King finished second, and Matt Schreffler took home the final podium spot in third with his TLR 8ight 2.0.
The Reedy International Race of Champions came to an exciting conclusion with the top 3 (Ryan Cavalieri, Jorn Neumann and Ryan Maifield) in the same final race to determine the champion. Maifield and Neumann started on the front of the grid while Cavalieri had to start from the back. At the sound of the tone Maifield and Neumann shot to the front and had a fierce battle the entire race. Maifield was in the lead until he made a small mistake allowing Neumann to go by. Cavalieri pushed as hard as he could and passed 2 cars on the last corner of the race to finish 3rd. The win by Neumann gave him the overall by 1 point over Pro-Line’s Ryan Cavalieri who fought hard to the very end.
Pro-Line’s MC Suburb tires and closed cell foams were used on every car throughout the weekend and performed perfectly. One set lasted the entire weekend and provided incredible traction. The 2012 Reedy Race was an incredible success and Pro-Line was happy to support such a great event. Congratulations to Jorn Neumann on the win and to Ryan Cavalieri for taking a very close Second.
The action is heating up in the invite class with the top drivers in the World finishing up 2wd and starting to run 4wd. At the end of Saturday, Pro-Line’s own Ryan Cavalieri continued his dominance of the 2012 Reedy Race by finishing in 2nd and 1st in his 2 4wd runs of the day. As it sits going into Sunday, Ryan Cavalieri has stretched his lead to 3 points over Ryan Maifield and 8 points over Jorn Neumann. Pro-Line’s Ty Tessmann and Dakota Phend are currently in 7th and 8th looking to make major moves tomorrow.
Hey everyone! Matt Wallace reporting (almost live) from the REEDY Race of Champions where Ryan Cavalieri is in the lead after 2 rounds, winning both his heats!
Pro-Line Driver Patrick Hofer Wins at the 23rd Indoor Grand Prix of Arbon
Saturday’s practice was fun and well organized. The track was very slippery, but with Pro-Line Driver Patrick Hofer‘s setup, traction was not a problem.
In the 4WD category, Patrick Hofer TQ’d and won 1st place in the finals.
“This years Winter Slam was located in Helena, Alabama at the indoor track “The Warehouse”. This track was quite tricky with sub 15 second lap times and 8 car mains, passing was a true challenge. In addition to the tight lanes and quick lap times the track was very slippery Dark Red Clay. Typically the red clay outdoors is extremely abrasive, but when sunlight isn’t present it makes for a moist slippery surface. When I look to indoor or slippery conditions I find the M4 buggy tires work really well. In truggy with 4 times the tire patch and the fact that truggies need more steering than traction, the M3 Holeshots can be used with great success. I can endorse racers to give my tire combinations a try indoors on moist red clay.”
Billy Easton‘s tires used indoors at the Alabama Winter Slam were:
