The second annual March Meltdown was held March 10-12 at Action Hobbies Kingsville, near Windsor, ON, Canada. 79 entries from southwestern Ontario and theUS converged for an exciting weekend of racing.
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Racers arrived early on Friday to test the new track layout and begin to make any changes they felt necessary prior to Saturday's qualifying sessions.
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Drivers were quickly introduced to the technical nature of the CRC ozite track as the foam tires helped traction come up quickly putting a premium on handling. The cars were forced to react quickly and precisely or be forced to slow sacrificing time through the technical sections of the track.
After the final round of qualifying Sunday morning Xrays held TQ in all classes they raced in:
Stock Touring Dwayne Franklin Xray FK05
Mod Touring Scott Smither Xray T2
1/18 Touring Rob Say Xray M18
1/18 Offroad Dwayne Franklin Xray M18T
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With the mains set, the real racing started early Sunday afternoon, with Xray defending its TQ in all classes:
Mod TC:
1 Scott Smither Xray T2
2 Rick Endler Xray FK05
3 Wayne Vince Xray T2
4 Aaron Straus 5 Jason Green Xray T2
Stock TC:
1 Dwayne Franklin Xray FK05
2 Kyle Morin Xray FK05
3 Rick Endler Xray FK05
4 Kevin Morin Xray T2
5 Jason Green Xray T2
6 Rob Say
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1/18 Touring:
1 Rob Say Xray M18
2 Jeff Dease Xray M18
3 David Dease Xray M18
4 Rick Endler Xray M18
5 Dale Dillen Xray M18
6 Francis Lee Xray M18
7 Justin Sinnaeve Xray M18
1/18 Offroad:
1 Dwayne Franklin Xray M18T
2 Ryan Saunders
3 Chris Persyn Xray M18T
4 Wayne Vince Xray M18T
5 Fred Wilker
6 Aaron Pollard
7 Kole Fox
Racers are already looking towards next year's meltdown after track co-owner Chuck Swaddling announced plans to nearly double the size of the existing track. The proposed changes would increase the area from its current 2400 sq. ft. to over 4400 sq. ft.
Action Hobbies is also home to the Summer Thunder offroad race detailed here.
