July 19-20, 2003
Huge Fanx go out to all our members and PLRC staff for a job well done...I'd hate to start naming names because every member really contributes in one way or another..Thats what being part of a club is all about..Attendance cracked the 100 racer mark as expected..Thats a lot of people but we really are used to having that many every other weekend anyways..
I've always considered our top drivers at PLRC to be the best in Canada..In fact it was proven this weekend that they are on calibre with the best in the World..Our resident fast guy, Extreme Magazine writer & XXX Main Dude, Jeff Eveleigh, was able to contact one of the World's best for this event..Chris Tosolini..I have never seen a guy drive as smooth as Chris..Although the final results had Chris sticking in an extra lap, the qualifying races were a sight to see.
Canada's best were there and running fairly competitive with this Team Yokomo Racer..Chris Tosolini ended up victorious, but if you look at the lists below, every single one of those guys are well known as Canadian R/C Racers.. Guys from Niagara, St. Catherines, Toronto, Mississauga, and Ottawa..And not to mention a couple of really fast local guys who couldn't make it..Hopefully next year they will be there along with some very fast guys from Sudbury..(I hear Team Sudbury is already making plans to attend)
Saturday saw some awesome qualifying with most of the fast guys in the same heats..And a few that regret not being in those heats..A great day for racing and they just kept getting faster and faster..Saturday was well worth the price of admission by itself..
Then came Sunday..We started off ok but the threat of rain was there for sure...We got in three great qualifier rounds on Saturday and the plan on Sunday was we had to complete a round of qualifiers for it to count and the we would run the Mains depending on the weather..Turned out the qualifiers became rained out half way through...No fourth qualifier to the dismay of a lot of us..It was a good call though and one that had to be made...
I find that most R/Cers are aware of weather and although dissapointed they took it in stride and were great sports..We ended up getting rained out completely...End results for this event were from the Saturday qualifiers..
I wasn't happy with my results from Saturday and neither were a lot of guys but I think everyone was more dissapointed in not seeing the A-Mains...We were due for some awesome racing and it would have been a real treat to see.. But, as I said, we are used to this kind of stuff and I saw more laughter during Sunday than crying...It just turned into a huge track party..Getting a chance to visit with the best drivers in the hobby and having some real life/real time chat sessions..
A little rainy out but no threat to our ever resilient R/Cers..Matthew Bergin fires up his HPI Savage and starts running around the track..Peaking the interest of fellow racers he soon finds other guys joining in..Jeff Eveleigh starts ripping up the track with Matthews Savage...Dang near ripped the tires off it as he put it to the test around our touring car track...Got it handling pretty well by the time Chris Tosolini showed up and attempted some huge air...Set up some ramps and Chris was very impressive with his off road abilities as well..Great throttle control during flight showed us Chris had maybe had a go at this before..25 foot'ish jump...Nice and level with a great landing..
Then the track was starting to dry out and A.J. Jewell figured he needed to test his NTC3...So he gets out there with the Savage still running and Jeff at the controls...A little cat and mouse game got everybody's attention..Jeff couldn't keep up on the infield with A.J. but that didn't stop him from cutting a few corners...2" pipe is hardly a deterent was the Savage..So while A.J. is rippin', Jeff is stalkin'..A.J. did try to pass Jeff at one point but that Savage makes the track seem pretty narrow..Think A.J. probably still has the tread marks on his hood..Great fun guys..
And what's a rain day without a few challenges...Nitro Fuel up for grabs for the first eight drivers to sign up for the "First Ever PLRC Rain Race"..We got our 8 guys and they were off...Traction wasn't great and foam tires were switched out for rubber ones, but Gordie Tam of Ottawa was able to hold first for the entire race and claim his gallon of Ottawa Legal (they only run 20% there)Sidewinder nitro fuel..Again, as spectators this was a lot of fun..
Coincidence of the Century Award...Not sure who the racers were but a XXX Main Squared DVD went to the first guy to "put his car on the track"..At this point there was actually standing water on the track..Che Baird being a smart guy, "Put his car on the track"..Not exactly what was meant Che..Good one though and everbody got a laugh.. Rules are clarified and its the "first guy to do a lap"...One guy is there..He's going but it seems his batteries weren't quite up to it..Crawling around the track and a nitro guy decides he has time and drops his car too..Was doing well until he got close to the electric guy...Seems they both had the same frequency!!!...Imagine the odds!!..Nitro guy pulls his car off the track and the electric guys goes home with a new DVD compliments of XXX Main Racing...
Rain or no rain we made a good day of it and everybody went home pretty happy..
It really was too bad that the awesome trophies presented by Hobby Hobby had to be handed out in the rain..As usual, they really were nice and the rain kinda put a damper (no pun intended...Honest!!)on the trophy presentation..No pics and very little fanfair..
I would like to take this moment to give Fanx to our sponsors for this event.. Tom Bakonyi and Hobby Hobby for the great job he did with the trophies and prizes...And Tom Wright of Borgfeldt Canada(known to R/Cers as Tamiya Canada) for the great prizes(including a cool TAO4 Audi)..Same goes to Jeff Eveleigh of XXX Main Racing(XXX Main paint masks,R/C videos,stickers etc.) and Magna International(Speed Mind Products among other things)..Subway (eat fresh!!) and Tim Hortons (good coffee)were there as usual and their efforts are always welcomed and appreciated..
All in all, despite the weather, it was a great weekend and if we can survive/endure a weekend of racing like this, things can only be way better next year..Mark your calendars..Its something you don't want to miss!!!
Nitro A Main: 1st - 18 laps/05.07.217 Chris Tosolini 2nd - 18 laps/05.17.704 Mark Frechette 3rd - 17 laps/05.03.617 James Mak 4th - 17 laps/05.05.310 Jeff Eveleigh 5th - 17 laps/05.05.999 Ross Chiaramonte 6th - 17 laps/05.07.168 Dave Lyons 7th - 17 laps/05.08.221 Brent Selvig 8th - 17 laps/05.11.239 Gordie Tam 9th - 17 laps/05.11.605 Ryan Allison Electric A main: 1st - 19/05:10.856 Chris Tosolini 2nd - 18/05:07.501 Francis Lee 3rd - 18/05:26.424 Tom Wright 4th - 17/05:02.824 Mike Zufelt 5th - 17/05:03.120 Jeff Eveleigh 6th - 17/05:06.280 Dave Lyons 7th - 17/05:06.977 Louis Vanderway 8th - 17/05:07.317 Greg Tassos
Full Results:
1/10th Nitro Sedan 1 Chris Tosolini 2 Mark Frechette 3 James Mak 4 Jeff Eveleigh 5 Ross Chiaramonte 6 Dave Lyons 7 Brent Selvig 8 Gordie Tam 9 Ryan Allison 10 Edwin Lai 11 Louis Vanderway 12 Santino Nemi 13 Martin Kanczuga 14 Carlos Triffletti 15 Che Baird 16 Greg Tassos 17 Corey Whiteman 18 Mickey Cieslar 19 Joe Glover 20 Wade Kressier 21 Rick Endler 22 Chiu Mok 23 Colin Luckhurst 24 Adam Hutchison 25 Rick Imineo 26 Daniel Lucas 27 Val Barone 28 AJ Jewell 29 David Poole 30 John Catricala 31 Devin Blacklock 32 Tim Howell 33 Rod Lentino 34 Neil Turner 35 Martin Pillmajor 36 Aleg Mesher 37 Steve Dawe 38 Brandon Ho 39 Xander Bergin 40 Victor Lietz 41 Marco Fernandes 42 David Ribeiro 43 Jorge Triffiletti 44 Derek Sieiliano 45 Lee Gliek 46 Bill Pardzinski 47 Doug Mitchell 48 Kim Suphankomut 49 Tom Bakonyi 50 Albert Gabriel 51 Thomas Turnbull 52 Paul Gama 53 Robert Hill 54 Mike Oliviera 55 Justin Chan 56 Brad Goldring 57 Jeremy Gabriel 58 Frank Hayes 59 Cory Bazzer 60 Anthony Giannace 61 Adam Jacob 1/10th Electric Sedan 1 Chris Tosolini 2 Francis Lee 3 Tom Wright 4 Mike Zufelt 5 Jeff Eveleigh 6 Dave Lyons 7 Louis Vanderway 8 Greg Tassos 9 William Fu 10 Tom Lindsay 11 Martin Kanczuga 12 Andrew Marangoni 13 Tim Koop 14 Mickey Cieslar 15 Rick Endler 16 Kris Jessome 17 Steve Fowler 18 Timmy Koop 19 Kevin Blacklock 20 John Catricala 21 Tim Howell 22 Lee Glick 23 Tom Bakonyi 24 Neil Turner 25 Robert Woloschuck 26 J.B. Catricala 27 Grant Cormier 28 Adam Hutchison 29 Mike Dawe 30 David Hill 31 Brent Attridge 32 Andrew Fowler 33 Stefano Pucciano 34 Kim Suphankomut 35 Kerrl Rouleau 36 Johnny Paradzinski 37 Michael Serodio
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Along with Kris Jessome, Factory Team Associated Racers, Jeff Eveleigh(middle) & Dave Lyons(bottom) get their cars prepped and discuss set-ups for their first qualifying runs | |
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Chris Tosolini's Yokomo Nitro car on display before he puts it through blistering laps to claim TQ and victory honours | |
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Good look at Chris Tosilini's Yokomo MR4 TC SD SSG..Box stock except for the battery hold down from his last chassis and the rear shock tower mounted in the front.. | |
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Team R/C Ontario were in attendance with the Serpent Impulse(The R/C Guy and Team Associated TCS(The R/C Kid # 2) | |
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Ross Jr. and Ross Charimonte preppin for the races ahead | |
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Mark Frechette cranks on his car while Che Baird works on the barrier to protect the pit area at the end of the straight | |
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Brent Selvig either crankin' on his car or maybe his starter box | |
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A few shots of the awesome PLRC World's Track.. | |
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George Crosarro(background)checks out Santino Nemi's (DKN shirt) T/A TC3 with Andrew Fowler(hat) and Steve Fowler(seated) discussing set-ups and J.B. and John Catricala(seated) discuss charging stuff and lathes with Nick Imineo in the foreground | |
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The XXX Main guy proves for once and for all that he can actually scratch his chin and hold a piece of wire at the same time..Note the caution tape we put there for safety...just in case!! | |
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Wade Kressler duting off his car to make sure it will run as efficient as possible..Hey..Cool white Sunfire in the background!! | |
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Team Associated Factory Racer, Jeff Eveleigh, fires up his Nitro TC3 to get ready for his first qualifying run | |
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Team Yokomo Factory Racer, Chris Tosolini, looks ready and raring to go..Saw some awesome runs by this veteran racer all weekend..A real crowd pleaser for sure.. | |
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The R/C Ottawa Racers...Joe Glover and Gordie Tam accompany (their first trip) Mike Zufelt on his second trip out to race with the PLRC guys.. | |
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Matthew Bergin was the first on the track after some rain delays on Sunday..His HPI Savage was a huge success...Things really picked up when the fast guys took over the controls and started ripping up the track with this behemoth.. | |
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More Savage mayhem and a look at the Hobby Hobby #6 Cascar back from its run at the Toronto Molson Indy the previous weekend, where driver Howie Scannell Jr. took an 11th place finish..One of our regular PLRC Racers, Kevin Blacklock, is the Head Mechanic on this team(seen here standing at the back of the CWL Racing Trailer) | |
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and A.J. Jewell joined in with his Nitro TC3 for awhile...Duking it out with Jeff Eveleigh at the wheel of Matthew's Savage..Then A.J. found himself with some free track time.. |
