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May 22, 2013, 5:38 a.m.
5/22/2013
By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com
Team Orion Race Report:
The 1st Annual Top Gear Hobbies Spring Shootout was held this past weekend in Clackamas, OR. This is the home track of Team Orion USA Team Manager Joe Pillars. Making the trip out for this event was Team Orion's current 2wd & 4wd IFMAR World Champion Ryan Cavalieri! The North-West's fastest racers would all be in attendance to test their skills against the 4-Time World Champ!
The Invitational Class would consist of 30 racers that were divided up into 4 heats of 8 in random order. All drivers would use 2wd Modified Buggies for all 8 rounds. 4 rounds of heads up racing were ran on Saturday and another 4 rounds on Sunday. Each driver was given 2 throw-outs, using their best 6 finishes. Tie-breakers were determined by the number of 1st place finishes, 2nd place finishes, and on using the 6 counted points. If still a tie, each drivers 2 fastest runs would be combined by laps and times to decide the higher finisher.
For all other classes, 3 rounds of qualifying were ran on Saturday and 1 last chance qualifier on Sunday. The rocket round format was used to determine the overall qualifying order by taking each drivers single fastest run. Then triple A-Mains were ran to determine the champion in each class.
2wd Invitational
Team Orion/AE Factory Driver Ryan Cavalieri took the overall Win by finishing 1st in all 8 heats earning him a perfect score of 6pts!
Finishing 2nd overall was Team Orion USA Team Manager Joe Pillars with four 1st place finishes and two 2nd place finishes with a score of 8! 3rd overall went to Washington's Mike Brown. Mike ran fast and consistant all weekend and earned the 3rd spot on the podium.
4wd Mod Buggy
Team Orion/AE's Ryan Cavalieri went on to TQ all 4 rounds of Qualifying to take the overall TQ for the class. Cavalieri then went on to Win A-Mains #1 & #2 in convincing fashion to take the overall Win!
Pro-4 SCT
Team Orion/X-Factory's Chris Gould went onto Qualify 2nd overall only 1 second behind the TQ. Gould made it happen by Winning A-Mains #1 & #3 to take the overall Win!
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