This past weekend the ROAR Region 9 On Road Fuel Championships were held at RCRCNT, located just south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Rendon, Texas.
With nice weather and warm temperatures it was set to be a great weekend of racing.
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This set up for a great 30 minute final. With tire wear very high over the weekend, pit and tire strategies came into play.
As the race started, Ethan was able to get a strong start, take the lead, and start to pull away. At the 9 minute mark disaster struck for Ethan with a mistake that caused a roll over and a flame out. His pit crew went to work to recover the car and get it restarted. Once restarted, he was down 2 Laps which moved him back to 3rd overall. As the race went on, John was running out of tires and had to come in for a change. This longer than normal pit stop allowed Ethan to get past John and then past the 2nd place driver, Pablo Tejada, to move back into the lead. Ethan, being set on cruise control and on tire management, finished in 1st place with a 2 lap lead.
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Final results:
1st Ethan Lefebvre XRAY NT1
2nd John Hodges XRAY NT1
3rd Pablo Tejada 4th Jose Moreno XRAY NT1
5th Attila Kindil
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Next was the final for the 1/8 Open Class. This was the premier class for the weekend and the most contested. In qualifying, it was RC America/Xray team driver Nick Lefebvre taking the TQ position from fellow team driver Chris Metheny. As with the sedan class, tire wear was very high and became a factor for the 30 minute final event.
Off the start ,Nick remained in the lead and began to pull away from Chris. On Lap 4, Terry Brown got around Chris and took over the 2nd spot. During Lap 11, Nick made a mistake and gave up the lead. After catching back up to Terry, Nick continued to press hard and eventually passed him for the lead. This is how the race continued and eventually ended with Nick winning while holding on to a 1 lap gap over both Terry and Chris.
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Final result:
1st Nick Lefebvre Xray RX8
2nd Terry Brown 3rd Chris Metheny Xray RX8
4th Pablo Tejada
5th Marquell Osborn
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Thank you to Ralph and Bryan at RC America for all of the help and support.
