Well, I had planned on heading out to Turtle Trax today for some racing. Unfortunatly, mother nature had other plans… Instead me and a few of the racers from Turtle Trax all met at Hobby Hangout in Douglasville. We had a whole lot of fun, broke some parts, and possible some bones… lol Here are a few shots of the madness that was indoor racing at Hobby Hangout.
credit to LMRacing for the photo
It’s finally here! As of today, Turtle Trax is officially open! Even though today was just a “shake down” race, we still managed a healthy 24 car field with 13 2wd buggies and 11 Slashes. The competition was tight all day, and there were many fierce battles. Thanks to everyone who came out and made today a huge success! A more detailed race report is soon to follow, so keep checking back througout the week.
for now, check out the gallery!
Saturday, April 18th, marked the start of the second season of the South East FCR Racing Association (SEFCRRA) at Acworth Speedway in Acworth, GA. Returning Champion Roy Hogan looked to defend his Nastruck and Dirt Outlaw titles while Hardbody Champion Brandon Daniel decided to sit out the opening round. However, there were many new faces looking to challenge for the 2009 honors, not to mention the returning “veterans” from the first season. The competition would prove to be intense and the racing close, making round one very exciting for the racers and spectators alike.
Took a trip out to PNB2 with a few buddies to check out some offroad racing and came home with some killer shots! Big thanks to Chad for the ride and Kevin for the company. More shots will be up once I get them processed.
On the pole is the green Alpha of Chad Sharp, 2nd is the blue and silver Alpha of Andy Wallace, 3rd is the Red MLP F103 of Richard Hall, 4th is Keith Fitzgerald in the blue and yellow CRC, and 5th is Kent Ball in the red F201.
At the start it seemed like a sure win for Chad Sharp, but after catching the inside of the first corner and collecting Keith Fitzgerald he had to push hard to catch up. Meanwhile Richard Hall and Andy Wallace battled hard for the top spot until a collision between Andy and Kent let Richard retain a commanding lead with Chad sharp following closely in second. While recovering from the collision, Andy went wide and allowed Keith to slip by and take third place. Chad was closing in on the leader when a costly mistake forced him to retire his TQ ride due to mechanical trouble.
With Chad out of the running, the pressure was off Richard and allowed him to turn some of the fastest laps of the race. Unfortunately, while coming around to lap third place driver Andy, the two got together and allowed second place driver Keith Fitzgerald to close in on the leader. With about two minutes to go, Keith was right on Richard’s wing and knocking hard on the back door. The back and forth battle continued until Richard went a little wide in the second corner allowing Keith to slip into the lead. However it would not last long as Richard unintentionally tagged Keith in the rear sending both cars off line. Richard, being the good sportsman that he is, let Keith continue on in the lead and the two battled the rest of the way to the buzzer.
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