JBRL Round #6

0 Sept. 6, 2011, 8:48 a.m.

09/06/2011
By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com

The prestigious JBRL series continued over the weekend with Round #6. TLR's Adam Drake dominated both expert classes with his TLR team mates close behind!

JBRL RACE REPORT:

The1/8th Expert Truck class Team Losi Racing / Novarossi's Adam Drake took TQ honors in both rounds of qualifying with his Novarossi poweredTLR 8ight T 2.0. Second and third on the grid was TLR's Matt Schreffler and Matt Castellano. The beginning of the 20 minute final wasa great battle for second between Schreffler, Castellano, and King. Thisallowed Drake to pull away to over a half lap lead. Drake won the finalfollowed by Matt Schreffler in second and Cody King in third.

1/8 Expert Truck

1. Adam Drake (TLR)

2. Matt Schreffler (TLR)

3. Cody King (Kyosho)

The1/8th Expert Buggy class saw Adam Drake again take the TQ spot inboth rounds of qualifying followed by teammate Matt Castellano and CodyKing. At the start of the 20-minute final Drake made a mistake and fellback to the fourth position, but he was able to quickly make his way back tothe front by putting in consistent laps. At the halfway point of the race,Drake had a comfortable lead of nearly a half a lap on the field. Drakecontinued to put in great laps and went on to take the win uncontested. TLR teammates Matt Castellano and Drew Moller rounded out the podium for a TLRsweep. World Champion Cody King finished fourth.

1/8 Expert Buggy

1. Adam Drake (TLR)

2. Matt Castellano (TLR)

3. Drew Moller (TLR)

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