District 3
Broward Race of Champions
Great Racers and Some
Really Great Racing Action!!!
Bert Arencibia Wins Classic Thunderboat at the Broward Race
of Champions |
Saturday morning started out with
an oops! The electronic clock blew a circuit board when it was
fired up. Heros abound in District 3 and Mike Allen jumped in
his truck and traveled faster than his boats, probably close
to 100 MPH (and no ticket!) back to Homestead and brought out
Miami's digital starting magic and the race was off and running!
Nitro Action
Certain classes of nitro racing were a bit on the small side,
with many racers still burnt out from races earlier in the month.
But Scale, A Mono, Sport 40, and RTR had good turnouts.
Scale Unlimited's put on a good show, Roger Newton flew
in from Washington state and had fun with one of Mike Allen's
floating rockets. When Sunday afternoon came and the 4 rounds
of scale action were completed Rick Bellinger had dominated,
with a win in all 4 rounds for a perfect 1600 point score. Second
place was a tie between the scale missles of Mike Haynes and
Ray KIndred. With a coin toss 2nd a 3rd place points were awarded.
Great shots of this months scale races are on the gallery of
photos page.
A mono racing action was another great battle with 9 boats
making the first round. It was a weekend battle of extreme A
Mono racing between Richard Lind and Jerry Crowther, with Crowther
taking his Seaducer home first with 1500 points and Lind;s Rico
A Mono, a close 2nd with 1400 points. Now that's racing!!
In Modified RTR , these Nitro toys take some concentration
and talent in the rougher water and Noel Matlock had been practicing
plenty to win RTR this weekend.
Gas Racing Action
GX1 Gas mono got the ball rolling with 22 boats making
it into the first round of action, and wow was the action fast.
The technology improvements in boats, props and motors is really
showing as the RC Gas Mono's looked like Nascar racing stars
going around Browards regulation oval course. When the smoke
cleared, first round wins went to Esquivel, Nehls, and Garcia
and runner ups to Lind, Anderson, and Hale. And after four rounds
this months GX1 Gas Mono winners were Dave Miller 1st place,
Bert Esquivel 2nd place, and Richard Lind 3rd place...
GX1 Gas Cat were treated to more of the same quick paced
action with again 22 boats again making the first round call.
Fast racing, was an understatement! If you weren't a rocket,
you were standing still!!! Stutz, Crowther, Carpenter and Farrow
took wins in round 1 action and Esquivel, Garcia, Ratoff, and
Arencibia were the runnerups in the hot lap action. After 4 rounds
of Gas Cat action Kurt Stutz to the victory and had scared all
the Gas Cat's into submission with a 1600 point perfect score
over Jerry Crowther who had stumbled in round 3. Amazing as it
sounds the next 4 boats from the top were seperated by a total
of only 25 points....That's a Gas Cat weekend Namba District
3 style!!!
GX1 Sport Hydro as always proved to be a great competive
class. With 19 boats making the first round, Ross Medina took
top honors, and James Traut and Bert Arencibia finishing in a
tie for 2nd, flipped for 2nd and 3rd place.
GX1 Gas Rigger 10 boats made the start, for 2 heats of
racing action for every round. James Traut remains the toughest
competitor with the win over William Perry who's getting faster
every race he enters, and in 3rd place, Richard Lind who ran
very strong race but missed round one, hurting his final score.
Classic Thunderboat continues to be the crowd favorite
of the weekend, with 7 boats entering the water for round 1.
Bert Arencibia took top honors over Kurt Stutz. Both of these
boats brand new Insane Thunderboats. William Perry finished in
3rd. Great shots of the Classic's are in the Gallery of Photos
Broward Race Shots, take a look.
Warehouse Hobbies announces the release of their brand new
Classic Thunderboat.
Provided as the raffle prize at the Broward Race
of Champions, James Traut wins the raffle. |
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Are we adrenallin junkies or is it just
that District 3 racers just can't get enough RC boat racing action.
As the year goes on, life has pulled lots of punches. The economy
has caught everyone in a down turn, and we still go off and race.
The cost of gas and food and everything else we all need and
use, continues to rise, and we still go off and race. I think
it's in times like this we need our racing hobby even more!
For just 2 days our thoughts are lost in how can I run well this
weekend? What do I have to do to make my boats better? Why can't
I drive better? I work on my H2O missles, getting them ready
for a few moments of incredible fun. Along with our mechanical
and driving thoughts, friends and family's get togethers, the
socializing, the dining together, and talking together, and 2
days in the Florida sunshine sure makes it all worth while.
Monday comes, it's back to work. Looking forwad to the next stop
on the District 3 racing trail.
District
3 Racing Action Is Hot!!!!
Click on the Gallery
of Photos Link Above
Bellinger Beats All with a Perfect Score in Unlimeted Scale
Hydro |
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William Perry, getting better and better in fast GX1 Gas Rigger
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David Miller of MRD Motors Super Fast GX1 Sport Hydro |
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