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Aug. 4, 2014, 1:18 p.m.
8/4/2014
By LiveRC Staff
LiveRC.com
Press release from Pro-Line Racing:
CARTER TQ’S AND WINS AT FUTABA/O.S. NITRO CHALLENGE ON PRO-LINE BLOCKADES
This weekend I made the long, grueling, 15-Minute drive from my house to my local outdoor track, St. Louis Dirtburners, for the 8th Annual Futaba/O.S. Nitro Challenge. This is a race I’ve participated in since I entered the hobby, and it has been great progressing at the event through the years. The race is known for drawing in some of the Midwests best drivers and some pros, this year bringing in Jared Tebo to join the regulars of Josh Wheeler and Ryan Lutz. The 8th annual set itself apart from the other years as Joey “The Dirt” Christensen was called out to build us a great layout, and man did he deliver. The layout featured some difficult jumps and a few high speed sections. As always at this race, the track grooved up with its famous ‘brown groove’ (a slick, almost glassy looking groove) which made tire choice even more important. Once the track started to blow out, it really became apparent to the visiting locals why we call this the Nitro Challenge.
I don’t think I could’ve been more confident in my truck after the first round. I set out to just do my best in the class, and managed a TQ with almost half a lap on the field. Since my truck felt so good, I decided to leave it alone and just learn how to drive it harder. This again resulted in a TQ! For the final round, I decided to try a link change in an attempt to make the truck a little more aggresive. This worked very well and again I had a TQ.
In the E-Truggy mains, I just focused on making the most of my TQ and getting away early. The first Main I managed to again make a half a lap cushion on the field. The second main I really just decided to push my truck as hard as I could to see how fast I could get it to go. My Pro-Line Blockades and Hobbywing 1800kv motor provided the monster torque and traction I needed to lap the entire field! Extremely happy with this result and my truck, definitely a class I will be racing in addition to nitro next year!
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