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May 19th -- Race 3 -- Papa Lou's A-Main Raceway
[Bakersfield CA] The 2012 Season sees the SWT Series making several trips to Lou Maldonado's A MAIN RACEWAY to give guys several chances to run on their Capped Tires. The May 19th date will be the FIRST Night Race of the year @ A Main. Lou and his crew put up new bright lights, and I'm excited to be able to run under them.
Gates open 4:00 pm
Racing @ 7:00 pm
Bring your PIT LIGHTS!!
Oval Cars - VTA Cars - Sprint Cars - Dirt Oval Cars - Short Course Trucks - you can run anything on this track - just come out and enjoy!
http://papalous-amainraceway.com/
Race 2 -- Camarillo's FREEDOM PARK
[Camarillo CA] The Ventura RoadRunners R/C Club played host to our 2nd race of the 2012 season, which was a combination Oval/On-Road Race. The event drew 65 entries and introduced R/C Oval Racing to several new r/c enthusiasts, some of whom had never even seen an oval race. We also had the RoadRunners crew run some of their normal On-Road Classes to show them off to the Oval guys, while we ran a class of Oval Cars ON the Road Course too. Due to running 17 heats, and wanting to give ample practice time, we cut the event to only 2 rounds of qualifying and finished up right around 6:30 p.m.
Scot Petitclerc took wins in both Sportsman Modified OVAL and On-Road, using the same car in both and making changes between runs.
Full race results have been posted in the RESULTS link found at the top of the page.
Season Opener -- Papa Lou's A MAIN RACEWAY
[Bakersfield CA] Starting a month later than in previous years, the 2012 Season got under way last weekend at Lou Maldonado's A MAIN R/C RACEWAY in Bakersfield CA.
The weather was great, and 27 entries made up the days event with 12 "Sportsman Truck" 17.5/1c entries, 10 "Sportsman Modified" 21.5/2c entries, along with 3 entries running Dirt Oval "Street Stocks", and a
couple of "Short Course" Trucks.
Randy Wesson set the qualifying pace in the Sportsman Truck class, and finished 2nd in the 100 lap A Main event, with TJ Kendall taking the win.
Bryan Myers set the Sportsman Mod TQ running the classes only 61 lap run (5 minute heat), but Bryan would suffer electrical problems in the main (Smoked a motor) and TJ Kendall would make it a sweep, also winning Sportsman Mod.
Next month (April 21st) the SWT will make a return to another one of the original tracks from the early days of the series. The Ventura Road Runner's R/C Club will be hosting the race at the FREEDOM PARK R/C RACEWAY in Camarillo.
2k11 Season Finale – TQ Raceway
[Chino CA] The 2011 Season for the SWTour Series had a less than
spectacular ending at Sean’s TQ RC RACEWAY. Sadly the turnout for this race ended the 11th year
on kind of a down note, but there was still some good racing, a couple pretty decent
points battles, and some new SWT Series Champions.
Race
Winners:
Brad Muther - Sportsman Mod A Main
Paul Cathey – Stock A Main
Randy Smith – Sportsman Truck A Main
Tom Kendall – NASTRUCK (2c) A Main
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Carlton Duty won the Sportsman NASTRUCK
Championship. This is the 17.5 /
1c Spec truck class, and was Carlton’s first ever SWT Championship.
Long time #2 TECH man TJ Kendall won his first Championship in the 21.5 / 2c
Nastruck class.
In Sportsman Modified, it was Brad Muther
racking up another Championship and Buck Van Patten was scored the Champion
in the 17.5 STOCK Class.
No championship was awarded in the 13.5
class due to lack of actual participation, Ken Collins had a healthy lead, and all other participants
dropped from the class, or failed to meet the minimum number of entries for 8
of 10 races.
Gary Hamilton sealed his 10.5 / 1c MODIFIED
Championship by the 9th race.
Race NINE – A-MAIN R/C Raceway
[Bakersfield CA] ‘ol Papa Lou had his concrete bullring dialed for some fast times for the
ninth race of the 2011 series.
Yours truly ran a personal best, but that wasn’t good enough for TQ,
as “The Kid” Bryan Myers just edged me out. (I got it back in the main taking the WIN I should have
had at the KIMBROUGH 4:00.)
Any oval racer who hasn’t had the chance to
run at Papa Lou’s A MAIN Raceway, really needs to build a car and hit this
place up. Lou races on the First
Saturday of the month through out (the year…and it doesn’t take a NEW High
End $500.00 oval car to have a blast – ie: my kid and I both run older KSG
Gen 1 Solids here, and they are almost bullet proof.)
Full Race
Results
Race EIGHT – Finishline R/C Raceway
[Bakersfield CA] The crowd was decent as the SWT Series made it’s final trip
of the year to David’s Finishline Raceway. The “Fast Guys” just keep stepping up the speed every time
the cars his the rug at this track – you almost can’t afford to miss a day of
racing.
Brad Muther, Keith Brown, myself
and were testing a new 10.5/1c “Non-Timing” setup to see if this might be the future direction
for the “Sportsman Modified” guys.
We’ll continue to test it before it’s decided, but the current plan is
to keep the 21.5/2 cell class alive for US GUYS a bit longer.
Full Race
Results
Race SEVEN – TQ R/C Raceway
[Chino CA] The race at
Sean’s TQ Raceway had a decent crowd, and some good racing. It was pretty hot all day, and the
rear doors to the building provided a nice amount of airflow to keep the
indoors condition comfortable.
The HobbyTalk TQ’s
Sportsman Truck 1c – Carlton Duty
Stock 17.5 – Arnold Brittain
Super Stock 13.5 – Ken Collins
NASTRUCK 2c – Brad Muther
Sports Mod – Steve Jacquez
Pro Mod – Erik Steenhoven
Full Race
Results
Race SIX – A Main Raceway
[Bakersfield CA] The
weather was PERFECT at Papa Lou’s A Main Raceway on Saturday, if you missed
it, you missed probably the best Summer Day possible (weather wise) of
racing.
We only saw about 25 entries on Saturday ,
and split the group into just 6 heat races.
Congrats to the HobbyTalk TQ’s (I hope I
have more TQ pins still…it looks like we may be out)
Sportsman Truck – RANDY SMITH
Stock – BRIAN BOND
Super Stock – KEN COLLINS
Nastruck – TJ KENDALL
Sportsman Mod – BRAD MUTHER
Pro Mod – GARY HAMILTON
Full Race
Results
If you haven’t run @ A Main Raceway since
reopened by Papa Lou, I have to tell you this track is as fun, or possibly
MORE fun that it ever was.
Traction is awesome,
getting the car “In the Rhythm” feels like racing in the old days…if
you have any questions about Tires or Set-Ups for this track, be sure to
visit the South-West Tour Series message board (www.southwesttour.com/ovaltalk)
and post up your questions.
I’m hoping we can have an awesome race Labor
Day Weekend for the KIMBROUGH 4:00 – www.kimbrough400.com
Race FIVE – Finishline Raceway
[Bakersfield CA] The
improvements David has made to the Finishline facility are very nice. The track has a great feel and look,
along with superb traction.
The race day was less then was hoped for after
having such a great turnout on our first visit, but it was still a very good
day of racing with around 40 entries.
Congrats to the HobbyTalk TQ’s
Sportsman Truck - Bryan Blaser
Stock - Brett Patti
Nastruck - Tony Staples
Super Stock - David Mayhew
Sportsman Mod - Tony Staples
Pro Mod - David Mayhew
Full Race
Results
Race FOUR – TQ R/C Raceway
[Chino CA] We had a
nice day of racing in Chino for race FOUR of the series, although numbers
were down from what was expected.
Roughly 30 entries were spread over 6 classes, with Sportsman Truck
fielding the most entries which was no surprise, but the STOCK / 17.5 1c
class only pulling in 4 entries was a huge shock to me.
Congrats to the HobbyTalk TQ’s
Frank Valentino – Sportsman Truck
Paul Cather - Stock
Brad Muther – NASTRUCK
Ken Collins – Super Stock
Brad Muther – Sportsman Modified
Chad Lantz – Pro Mod
Race
Results
Race THREE – A-Main Raceway
[Bakersfield CA] Race
Three at Papa Lou’s renovated A-Main Raceway was a very nice day of racing,
and the weather was perfect.
While the turnout was light, the racing was good in all classes.
I found it somewhat strange that what has
become the largest class of 2011, had just 2 entries on the concrete
monster. The one cell sportsman
truck class saw only Randy Smith and Carlton Duty strapping the capped tires
on their trucks and they still seemed to have fun chasing each other.
The surprise of the day was the fact that
the ol 21.5/2cell class was the big class of the day with a full 8 car main,
while the rest of the classes (other than sportsman truck) had around 6 cars
each..
The HobbyTalk TQ’s were
Carlton Duty – Sportsman Truck
Buck Van Patten – Stock
Scot Petiticlerc – Super Stock (Only Entry)
Tom Kendall – NASTRUCK
Brad Muther – Sportsman Modified
Gary Hamilton – Expert Modified
Papa Lou has put a lot of effort into this
old concrete monster, and it drives really well now. If you haven’t run w/ capped tires,
you should really give it a whirl.
Race Results
Race TWO – Finishline R/C Raceway
[Bakersfield CA] David
Mayhew’s FINISHLINE RACEWAY in Bakersfield CA had a great turnout for the 2nd race of the 2011
season. Some 57 entries made up
the days event (Largest SWT race in a couple years) – and a full day of
racing action.
The “HobbyTalk” TQ’s for race TWO were:
TONY GAMMEL – Sportsman Truck
TONY STAPLES – Nastruck
BRYAN BLASER – Stock
GARY HAMILTON – Super Stock
TONY STAPLES – Sportsman Modified
DAVID MAYHEW - Expert Modified
Plus we had a couple of “Local” non-series
classes this weekend.
“Breakout” 5.0 TQ – Jim Valentine
SPRINT CAR TQ – Dave Barber
Congrats to the “A” Main Winners – Powered by NOVAK and THUNDER POWER
Sportsman Truck – Tony Gammel
Nastruck – Tony Staples
Stock – Bryan Blaser
Super Stock – Gary Hamilton
Sportsman Modified – Tony Staples
Expert Modified – David Mayhew
Non Series Winners
5.0 Breakout – Jim Valentine
SPRINT CAR – Dave Barber
FULL
Results
Next Race – April 16th @ Papa Lou’s A MAIN RACEWAY (Concrete “Cap
Tire” track) in Bakersfield!!
2011 Kicks off February 12th @
TQ RC RACING
[Chino CA] Race ONE of the 2011 season kicked off at Sean Park’s TQ
Raceway back in February.
Web updates have been a little slow, but I’m hoping to be back in the
swing of things quickly.
The “HobbyTalk” TQ’s for race ONE were:
RANDY SMITH – Sportsman Truck (17.5/1s)
TJ KENDALL – Nastruck (21.5/2s)
BRETT PATTI – Stock 17.5/1s
KEN COLLINS –Super Stock - 13.5/1s
TONY STAPLES – Sportsman Modified 21.5/2s
GARY HAMILTON – Expert Modified 10.5/1s
The MAIN Event wins went to:
TONY GAMMEL – Sportsman Truck
TONY STAPLES – Nastruck
ART CRESCITELLI - Stock
CHAD LANTZ – Super Stock
TONY STAPLES – Sports Mod
GARY HAMILTON – Ex Mod
(FULL
RESULTS)
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