Sunday May 3rd saw the conclusion of RC Car Worldâ™s Spring Challenge Points series. RC Car World (RCCW) is both a hobby shop and indoor carpet on-road track. RCCW track size is a medium size track 48ft x 80ft, located in Willingboro, NJ. Racing at RCCW is always fun and exciting due it is being located inside of an indoor flea market, so there always a large contingent of spectators and passerbyâ™s checking out the racing action and tightly contested battles on the track.
XRAY drivers were able to place four 2015 T4â™s in the top eight A main! At the start of the A main there was a pile up exiting the sweeper entering the infield in which four drivers were entangled with each other. Once order was restored, Albin Melendez found his T4 leading the race, followed closely by Tom Lane (Yokomo) and Carlyle Forbes (XRAY). Aja Archibald after early misfortune was able to make his was through traffic to start challenging for a podium position. On lap five Archibald was able to overtake Forbes for the number three position and by lap 16 was only .03 seconds behind Lane for the number two position. With Archibald in tow Lane began to set his sights on the leader Melendez who was now .06 ahead. Lane was able to overtake the leader Albin Melendez however, the top three positions now only separated by a total of .06. Three quarters of the way through the race Albin encountered some bad luck and dropped down to fifth place, allowing Tom Lane to hold of Aja Archibald for the win.
