The 8th Annual Ready to Run Raceway Summer Challenge Trophy Race and Enduro was hosted by the Ready to Run Raceway club in scenic Vancouver, Canada.
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The track was just five minutes away from the Vancouver International Airport making it very accessible out of town participants looking for fun, close and exciting racing. As pre-entries came in, the Summer Challenge was shaping up to be the largest outdoor on-road event in Canada of 2016, and those entries did not disappoint as RRR set a new high in 2016. A special element to this event is the amount of track time for all racers. Saturday was open practice for Electric and Nitro followed by three rounds of qualifying, additional practice and single mains for all Electric and Nitro classes with just one bump spot per main.
In a field of 30 Touring Nitro cars with the A-main consisting of just eight, Nick Keown took the lead with his sport engine powered XRAY NT1 and kept the car steady enough to claim the victory. XRAY's Blake Bell and Luke Pittman would work their way up to 2nd and 3rd as TQ John Tsang and second qualifier KJ Jones suffered mechanical failures early in the race. In this race of 30 minutes, Nick with the least horsepower, proved power isnâ™t all you need to win a race.
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Touring Nitro top 3 result:
1. Nick Keown â“ XRAY NT1
2. Blake Bell â“ XRAY NT1
3. Luke Pittman â“ XRAY NT1
Touring Modified TQ Keith Yu would lead tone to tone claiming the Winner trophy as the rest of the field would swap positions until the finishing tone. John Tsang made his way to 2nd spot as 2nd to 5th would tangle mid race, closing the gap to Keith, without enough time to plan a move up.
Logan Ruck hangs on to 3rd position despite a pass attempt at the line by Blake Bell.
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Touring Modified top 3 result:
1. Keith Yu â“ XRAY T4
2. John Tsang 3. Logan Ruck â“ XRAY T4
In Touring Stock XRAYâ™s Luke Pittman mounted a charge from the tone, taking the lead in lap 2. TQ Ryan âśTinyâť Welch would fall to 6th spot as the train goes by after Lukeâ™s pass. Through the traffic, Chris Lim and Logan Ruck would move to 2nd and 3rd, with Ryan pulling up to within 1.5 seconds of Logan as the race finished.
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Touring Stock top 3 result:
1. Luke Pittman â“ XRAY T4
2. Chris Lim 3. Logan Ruck â“ XRAY T4
