2017 Silver State

Race Report

This past weekend was the Silver State Nitro Challenge held at RC Tracks of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV. The layout was fun and a bit challenging at times, tire choice and shock package was a constant challenge because of the cool temps in the morning and evening and the hot temps in the afternoon. Watering seemed fairly consistent but the wind and the heat had a dramatic effect on how quickly the track would dry out.

I was able to tq one round each of Ebuggy, truck and nitro buggy, with my other points I would be starting 2nd on the grid in each class.

The ebuggy main was up first on Sunday, my car felt really good for the start of the race but I made a mistake early on that was totally my fault and with the train of cars coming behind me the marshall really didn’t have a chance to get out to flip me before most of the field went by and from there I really didn’t have a chance to make up the ground and I finished a disappointing 8th place.

Next up was Nitro Truggy, with Ryan Maifield in front of me and Ryan Lutz behind me I know that I would be in for a battle. Lutz pushed hard from the beginning of the race but made a mistake early on which allowed Maifield and myself to pull away from the field a bit, we battle back and forth swapping the lead a few times. About half way through the race Maifield flamed coming out of the pits and this gave me a little breathing room but not for long as Lutz was charging hard, it seemed that he may have had more grip than I did and I just couldn’t push any harder, I was able to stay ahead of Maifield and get by for the extra lap and I took second.

In the Buggy main, Dakotah was starting first and Maifield starting behind me I know it would be a very fast paced race. The 3 of us got off to a good start and pulled away a little bit before Dakotah would have a mistake on lap 5 and allow myself and Maifield to go by, we would swap positions a couple of times, I was following Maifield on the hip jump just after the bricks, he clipped the pipe and I got collected with him, which allowed Dakotah to catch up and take the lead, with Maifield and I swapping positions behind Phend until something broke on his car and he was out of the race with 7 minutes to go, Maifield and I would move up to the 1st and 2nd positions where we would finish.

It was great to see 3 Xray’s in both the Pro buggy and Pro Truggy mains. I would also like to congratulate Justin Wheeler on winning the Open Buggy main and finishing 3rd in the Open Truggy main.

I want to thank my sponsors for giving me the opportunity to race with amazing products, Xray, RC America, Proline, OS Engines, Orion, MKS, VP Fuel, A Main Hobbies, Hudy, Lunsford, Avid, Muchmore, StickIt 1, Darkside Designs, 110% Racing, MR33, Live RC, Red RC, Neobuggy

Thanks to Chris and the whole crew at RC Tracks of Las Vegas for the great venue to race at.

Thanks to my family for all their help and support and I want to thank my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ without him I wouldn’t be where I am today.