Hot Rod Shootout - LiveRC race recap

0 July 11, 2011, 3:07 a.m.

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After days of intense heat and intense racing, Sunday's mains proved to be some of the greatest racing in Hot Rod Shootout history. All eyes were on the triple a-mains of the four mod classes. When it was all said and done Jared Tebo, Dustin Evans, Ryan Cavalieri, and Billy Fischer would come out on top.

PRO 2 Modified Short Course

Top qualifier for this year's Pro2 class would be Team Kyosho's Jared Tebo. Tebo laying down some of the fastest times of the day would start out front and finish out front. In A1 Tebo would stretch out to an early lead for a 7 second win over TLR's Frank Root and Mike Truhe. A2 would be a repeat win for Tebo with Truhe finishing 8 seconds back in 2nd. Tebo with the overall win for Pro 2 would sit sideline for A3 and watch as Root and Truhe battled it out for 1-2 finish, and Clint Wachter taking the last step of the podium.

PRO 4 Modified Short Course

Qualifying in Pro4 would have TLR's Frank Root on top with TQ, followed by the charging Team Durango driver's of Billy Fischer and Ryan Lutz. A1 would see the DESC410R of Billy Fischer charge out front taking a dominating win over teammate Travis Amezcua in 2nd. TQ, Frank Root, brought the SCTE in for a 3rd place finish. A2 was total Durango domination, as Ryan Lutz would take a monster win 10 seconds ahead of his teammates. Travis Amezcua would once again prove consistant with another 2nd place finish, followed by A1 winner Billy Fischer. With it all coming down to A3, it would once again be Billy Fischer proving himself out front finishing 1 second ahead of Ryan Lutz and Frank Root. Fischer putting in a A1 and A3 win, would secure the overall with his Viper powered DESC410R.

Modified Truck

With a lower number of entries than normal, modified truck would be a 7 driver A-Main. Team Associated's, Ryan Cavalieri, qualified on top and would cruise to an A-main 1 and 2 victory securing the overall win. A-main 3 would find Andy Dibrino out front taking the win. Following Dibrino was Brian McDuffie in 2nd and Sean Bray in 3rd.

Modified 4wd Buggy

Mod 4wd Buggy would see your expected front runners qualifying 1-2-3 with Cavalieri, Evans, & Tebo on top. It would be the mains that proved it was anybody's race to win. A1 wheel-to-wheel all through the field. In the end it was Team Durango's, Ryan Lutz, taking the win over Cavalieri .4 seconds back in 2nd. With a suprise finish in 3rd, Tyler Vik, would work his way up from his 6th place starting position to finish only .3 seconds ahead of Jared Tebo. A2 was dominated by the B44.1 of Ryan Cavalieri with a 6 second win over TLR's Dustin Evans and Kyosho's Jared Tebo. Evans and Tebo crossing the line only .3 seconds apart for another epic finish. It was still anybody's overall race to win at the start of A3. Tyler Vik would prove that his A1 finish was no accident as he charged up through the field finishing 2nd, 2 seconds ahead of Jared Tebo in 3rd. While A1 winner Ryan Lutz suffered problems at the 3 minute mark, TD's Billy Fischer would step up for a 4th place finish followed by AE's Josh Numan. In the end, it was Team Associated's Ryan Cavalieri with a 4 second win securing the overall for the Mod 4wd Buggy Hot Rod Shootout win.

Modified 2wd Buggy

Looking strong all through qualifying, Jared Tebo would TQ with TLR's Mike Truhe and Dustin Evans starting 2nd and 3rd for the mains. A1 saw Tebo and Truhe drop back to 3rd and 4th as Dustin Evans and AE's Ryan Cavalieri charged to the front. Evans and Cav seperating themselves from the rest by 3 seconds would race across the line finishing 1-2 only .3 seconds apart. A similar battle to finish would unfold for 3rd as Tebo just narrowly edges out Truhe by .2 seconds. With excitement from A1's finishes, A2 had everyone watching. The tone sounded, and once again it wasn't long as Truhe and Evans moved out front. Top 3 drivers, Truhe-Evans-Tebo, would battle all the way to finish. As the tone sounded Tebo would get caught at the line for 3rd. Truhe and Evans with the free lap, the crowd went crazy. With an absolute amazing finish, by only .1 seconds, Dustin Evans would edge out Mike Truhe for the Hot Rod Shootout overall win! As Evans would sit out A3 (with the win secured), he would watch as TLR teammate Mike Truhe would take the win over Ryan Cavalieri and Travis Amezcua running the prototype Team Durango 2wd.

All-in-all it was an amazing weekend of racing despite the scorching hot weather. With some of the best racing seen in years, we hope everyone enjoyed their weekend whether it be at the track or viewing the broadcast here on LiveRC. While Hot Rod 2011 is in the books, we prepare ourselves for more great racing as the world's best make their way to Finland for the IFMAR World Championships. You guessed it...we will be there to cover all the action LIVE!