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By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com
Race report from BeachRC:
www.beachrc.com
The storyline of the first ever Masters of Dirt presented by Reds became immediately obvious; could local rising star Griffin Hanna hold off the proven talents of former world champion Steven Hartson to earn the first ever Master of Dirt title.
Just a week prior BeachRC’s legendary Carolina clay layout was flattened, as the ever evolving venue played host to a dirt oval race, The Dixie Nationals. However a fast and flowing off-road layout had been carved out with plenty of whip worthy features available for the racers to test their equipment and skills.
In Saturday’s qualifying Griffin Hanna’s feverish pace proved too much for the traveling Hartson to deal with. Griffin’s Serpent kits on JConcepts rubber were able to clinch top honors in Pro 2wd Buggy, 4wd Buggy, and Stadium Truck. Hartson would settle to start in the 2nd spot in those three classes, but with double 10 minute A-mains on the menu for Sunday everything was still up for grabs.
Prior to the start of the A-Mains on Sunday Bellgate Distributing in conjunction with Highest RC servos put up $300 for a winner take all sprint between the top 8 qualifiers in 2wd buggy. To add to the excitement just prior to setting the starting grid BeachRC’s CEO Brent Densford informed the racers that the grid would be determined by drawing numbers. Red’s Racing team driver Eddy Cordoba was last to draw and the wait paid off as he drew the 1st spot on the grid. However even starting off in the middle of the pack wasn’t enough to deter the young Hanna as he picked up right where he left off taking the big check in dominating fashion.
In all six of their shared mains Griffin Hanna used his TQ advantage and blazing speed to jump out to early leads. However Hartson’s rock solid consistency proved to be the winning recipe. It seemed like Hanna had more speed, however minor miscues were all the former World Champ needed to take the wins, sweeping the three premier classes to take the first ever title of “The Master Of Dirt.”
JConcepts Stock 17.5 Buggy turned out to be the MIP Products showcase with teammates Rudy Rico and Matt Olsen finishing first and second in all three qualifiers and backed it up finishing in the same order in the mains. Thus proving once again why MIP’s parts are featured on in so many stock racers setups. Local racer Austin Odum was able to win the battle with the rest of the field for third place honors.
It was all Matt Olsen in his heavily modified MIP truck in the MIP 4wd SCT class.
The 2wd SCT class came down to a battle between young Alex Mueller and Florida’s Landon Lewis.Lewis held the lead through the early part of both races, but surrendered it at some point to Mueller in both mains giving Mueller the overall victory in the Kyosho America 2wd SCT Class.
The Reedy 2wd Open MOD Buggy class had a strong entry base and was defiantly going to be a show for all the spectators to see.These are the up and coming racers who are striving to make it to the top but just haven’t broke through yet.Walterboro South Carolina’s Austin Odom set the tone taking the TQ and then sweeping both A Mains in his Hobby Pro PRS1 buggy.
The Sweep Racing Novice class is always fun to watch as it features the fun in RC and the newly involved racers to our hobby.Young Alyssa Garcia took her bone stock Serpent Spyder and drove her way to a overall victory with a 1st and 3rd place finish.
The First Annual Masters Of Dirt was defiantly a success and looks to be a new staple event for the indoor season. The date for the 2016 event will be posted and released in coming weeks allowing plenty of time for racers to make plans to travel to sunny Myrtle Beach for the event.
For more information or to keep up with the M.O.D. news like the Event Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Masters-Of-Dirt-RC-Championships
Race report from JConcepts:
www.jconcepts.net
JConcepts Team Driver Steven Hartson recently attended the 2015 Masters of Dirt event hosted by Beach RC & Hobbies located in Myrtle Beach, SC. Steven had some great competition from the locals including JConcepts driver, Griffin Hanna. With a win in all 3 classes, Steven was proclaimed the 2015 “Master of Dirt”.
Steven sent us along this report from the event…
“The first annual Masters of Dirt race was held in Myrtle Beach, SC. I arrived on Friday for the practice day. Initially it didn’t seem like a big turnout, but by the end of the day a pretty good crowd filled the building. I could tell that the high speed clay track would make for some great racing. For the first half of the day, the track was a little slimy and took most of the day for traction and groove to come up. All 3 of my vehicles were on point with gold bar flys on 2wd and 4wd, and gold dirt webs on truck. The race format was interesting with all 3 modified classes being combined at the end for the Masters of Dirt award. I was looking forward to the 3 round qualifying format on Saturday.
When I arrived on Saturday, the track looked even better with grip coming up more which I enjoyed. It was clear after the first few qualifiers that the local talent of Griffin Hanna was going to be hard to beat. I had decent runs all day, but never found the speed to top Hanna’s qualifying runs in all 3 classes. I would start 2nd on the grid in all 3 for Sundays double A mains. I knew I would have to drive perfect and put pressure on Griffin to have a chance.
The main events were 10 min long with a double A main system. A1 in Truck I ran 2nd behind Griffin for the first few minutes, I got by and started to pull away. Unfortunately his car broke shortly after. I then finished the 10 min main and won by about 10 seconds
A1 in 4wd, I again started behind Griffin. I followed closely behind for a few laps until he made a slight bobble. I was able to get by and start pulling away until I crashed with 2 laps to go. Luckily I was far enough out and cruised to the finish.
A1 in 2wd I put a lot of pressure on Griffin until about 4 laps in when I was able to get by him. I got by for the lead and never looked back to take the win.
The A2 mains were very similar, I was able to get by Griifin which allowed me to cruise to the victory in all 3 classes. With the win in all 3, I was also awarded the 2015 Master of Dirt as well.”
Race report from Team Tekin:
www.teamtekin.com
Masters Of Dirt race held by Brent Densford at Beach Hobbies in Myrtle Beach SC had over 140+ entries along with special guest Steven Hartson. Tekin drivers in attendance included Griffin Hanna, Matt Olson, and Rudy Rico.
Griffin Hanna had a stellar start Tq’ing 2wd Mod Buggy, 4wd Mod Buggy, and Mod ST Truck! Running Tekin RSX ESC’s and Redline Gen2 motors in all of his cars, Hanna showed the speed early on putting the field on notice.
Hanna would wrap up his weekend $300 richer taking the Dash for Cash also!
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