The 3rd race of the Cap-Pele 2018 series was held on July 21, 2018. This race had a great turnout with some very large classes. There were racers from all over NB, NS, and a growing group from PEI. The novelty to this race was the layout was run in reverse direction, which worked very well and added variety for the racers. Feedback from the racers was very positive and we may see this again in the future. With the number of racers in attendance there was only time for 2 qualifiers with the finals.
The day started quite warm and sunny, without a hint of wind. By 1:00 the wind had picked up and by the end of the raceday it had clouded over but temperatures were nice and warm. The track started a bit dusty, and with Dario and George watering between rounds it never really kept the dust down.
Plaques were provided by 333 Customs, MRCR gave a few Timcards, and Freedom Hobbies provided gift certificates to the racers! The results from this race will be added to the overall series points.
2wd Buggy A-Main – RESULTS
3rd: Jeremy Sherriff, 1st/TQ: Gregg Lawton, 2nd: Kyle McKinnon
2wd buggy was a large class of drivers with 12 in total, which were broken into two 6 racer groups for qualifying and then into an A & B main. Gordon and Mark Baird made the bump from B to join the starting field. In the A-Main, after the start, Kyle and Gregg had a small battle early on but an unfortunate flip in the huck-a-bump section moved Kyle from 1st to 2nd. Gregg continued from that point to hold the lead for 1st. Jeremy, who was running a new car, was able to catch Kyle after the flip and challenged him for the 2nd spot throughout the race, with Kyle taking 2nd and Jeremy finishing 3rd. An item of note was the pass by Dario on Mark late in the race to capture the 4th place spot.
2wd Buggy B-Main – RESULTS
1st Gordon Mercer(bump-up), 2nd Mark Baird(bump-up), 3rd Jason Sullivan
The 2wd Buggy B-Main was a race of 6 drivers, with the top 2 moving on to the A-Main. At the tone Gordon jumped to the lead and never looked back, sealing his spot in the A. The 2nd bump up spot was highly contested between Mark and Jason. Not shown in the chart was a very close race, with Jason putting pressure on Mark lap after lap, with Mark holding on to take the 2nd bump-up spot, with Jason finishing 3rd.
2wd SCT A-Main – RESULTS
3rd: Zack Bernard, 1st/TQ Kyle McKinnon, 2nd: Dario Paoletti
In 2wd SCT Kyle and Dario pulled away from the group to finish 1st and 2nd. Zack Bernard, after an initial stumble, was able to take 3rd. The race to watch was between Patrick and Eric. Patrick started from 9th having missed the qualifying session. At the start of the race Eric had a crash that moved him to 8th. The 2 of them showed determination and worked themselves back through the group to battle for the 4th spot with George not far behind.
4wd SCT A-Main – RESULTS
3rd: Shane Foote, 1st/TQ: Gregg Lawton, 2nd: Stephane Doucet
4wd SCT was a large field this race, with 16 racers qualifying in 2 groups of 8. There would be an A & B main with 2 racers, Zack Bernard and Eric D’amours, bumping from the B-main to join the A. At the start of the A-Main race there was a terrible crash on the straight which changed the running order. The lead was held by Stephane and Gislain for a short time until Gregg claimed the spot and held it to the end. It took about 1/2 the race until things settled down. At that point Shane and Stephane had a good battle for the 2nd spot with Stephane turning the fastest laps of the race to sprint by Shane for 2nd with Shane finishing 3rd.
4wd SCT B-Main – RESULTS
1st Zack Bernard(bump-up), 2nd Eric D’amours(bump-up), 3rd Chris Flewelling
In the 4wd SCT B-Main it looked like Mark Baird would run away with it as he was pulling quite a lead on the field. But a mechanical issue would end his day in SCT, giving the chance for Eric to take the lead. Eric would then lead for most of the race, until the last stages where he would need a marshal and Zack went by for the 1st bump up spot while Eric would take the 2nd spot. Chris would recover from an early crash to work his way up to the 3rd spot.
1/8 E-Buggy A-Main – RESULTS
2nd/TQ: Dario Paoletti, 1st: Shane Foote, 3rd: Dave Heacock(Mr Kyosho)
1/8 buggy had a good turnout with a group of 8 racers. At the tone Dario started well, but later needed marshal which moved him from 1st to 3rd. Shane was able to take the lead and hold it to finish 1st. Chris would initially take 2nd place but through the race he would drop a few sports to finish 4th. This let Dario recover and take the 2nd spot. The story to watch was Mr Kyosho(Dave) as he worked his way from a 6th starting spot into the 3rd spot on the podium.
1/8 Nitro Buggy A-Main – RESULTS
2nd: Chris Flewelling, 1st/TQ: Shane Foote, 3rd: Dave Heacock (Mr Kyosho)
Nitro buggy had a fair turnout with 4 racers. James had motor troubles in qualifying and was not able to start. In the beginning of the race Shane was able to jump to the lead and remained uncontested to taker 1st. There was a good battle going on between Mr Kyosho(Dave) and Chris. The battle continued through the race and it looked like Dave would take 2nd until a motor stall sidelined him for 3rd, and Chris would move up to 2nd.
1/8 E-Truggy A-Main – RESULTS
2nd: Dave Heacock (Mr Kyosho), 1st: Stephane Doucet, 3rd: Chris Flewelling
E-Truggy had a good turnout with a field of 7 racers. Shane had some equipment failure which left the door wide open for a podium spot. Mr Kyosho(Dave) and Stephane would battle for the top spot for over half the race until Stephane made the pass and made it stick to finish 1st with Dave taking 2nd. Chris worked his way from the 5th starting spot to finish 3rd.
1/8 Nitro Truggy A-Main – RESULTS
2nd: Dave Heacock(Mr Kyosho), 1st/TQ: Shane Foote, 3rd: Chris Flewelling
Nitro truggy had a small field of 3 racers. An early mishap at the start moved Shane to 3rd, but he recovered and finished 1st. Chris settled in to 2nd for the rest of the race and it looked like he had 2nd in the bag until 2 laps from the finish where he stalled out and had a long lap. This let Mr Kyosho(Dave) steal the 2nd spot while Chris settled for 3rd.
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