Race Report

Associated Brings Home Multiple 1:18 Scale National Titles

Event: 1:18 Scale Nationals
Location: Enfield, Connecticut
Dates: March 31 - April 2nd

photos courtesy of RC Driver

Synopsis:

It appears 1:18 Scale is becoming more than just a fun thing to do. Last year's Nationals saw over 200 entries, but this included a 1:10 Stadium Truck and larger electric Monster Truck class. The 2006 Nationals brought in over 200 entries in JUST 1:18 Scale alone, showing that this class is becoming much larger (sorry for the pun) than anticipated!

Classes represented at this year's Nationals:

Buggy Spec
This class was one of the funnest to watch for 2 reasons: 1) the cars were all pretty equal in speed and handling, and 2) three magazine editors were racing head to head! Alex Galenski pulled to an early lead with Tony Priolo right behind, and Greg Vogel (RC Driver) right behind him. At the 2 1/2 minute mark, Alex hit a board and broke, leaving Tony with the lead and Greg right behind. Greg was making up a couple tenths per lap on Tony, but on lap 13, with a minute and a half to go, Tony got tangled up and broke, leaving Greg with the lead. Wesley Dennis was in 2nd and had his sights set on Greg, but at the final buzzer, Greg was able to cross the line for a 16 lap run, making him the Buggy Spec class winner with his RC18B! Wesley Dennis held on to 2nd and Jamie Lepley finished 3rd. Frank Masi (RC Driver) finished 4th with Derek Buono (Xtreme RC) finishing 5th.

<< Buggy Spec
'Out-of-the-box' 1:18 Buggies, allowing only minor tuning changes.

2WD Stock
Mark Smyka dominated by TQ'ing and finishing over 10 seconds behind 2nd place Chris Proctor. Dillon Jacobs rounded out the top 3.

<< 2WD Stock Truck
2WD 1:18 Trucks using stock handout motors.

4WD Stock
The start of the 4WD Stock class was a bit of a melee. Tony Phalen jumped to an early lead when TQ Josh Anderson crashed on lap one, slowing the field down. Eric Desrosiers jumped into 2nd place with local hero Zack Berry in 3rd. Josh was on a mission and, on lap caught and passed Zack for 3rd. On the very next lap, Eric got tangled up and allowed Josh into 2nd. Putting together a string of mid-14 second laps, he was only a few feet behind Tony! A couple bobbles allowed Tony to keep his first place and take the win with his Factory Team RC18T. Josh held on to 2nd with Eric in 3rd (also driving RC18T's).

<< 4WD Stock Truck
4WD 1:18 Trucks using stock handout motors.

Novice 1:18
The youngest class of drivers, they were also the most inexperienced. This class made turn-marshalling equal to an aerobic workout! Justin DeCarli took an early lead with Lee Teodore in 2nd. Tyler Mongomery and Frank Behrman were battling for 3rd for the entire race! At the end, Justin finished with an impressive 14 lap run! Lee Teodore finished 2nd with an equally impressive 13 lap run! It was great to see the 'young blood' of the sport doing well and enjoying themselves!

<< Novice 1:18
4WD or 2WD Trucks using a handout motor, but the maximum age was limited to 12.

2WD Modified Truck
Mark Smyka again TQ'ed the in Modified 2WD Truck class, but things wouldn't go his way as they did in 2WD Stock. Mark led until lap 10 when a crash let Andrew Gray and Chris Proctor by. On lap 12, Andrew got tangled up and let Chris by for the lead. Chris would hold on to take the win in 2WD Modified, Andrew finishing 2nd and Mark finishing 3rd.

<< 2WD Modified Truck
2WD 1:18 Trucks allowing any brushed motor and foam tires.

Small Block Mini Monster
TQ Tony Phalen led from lap 1 with his RC18MT. Tony Priolo held on to 2nd until lap 12, where a problem knocked him out of the race. Neil Dickey finished 2nd after Tony's mishap, and Rich Dipaolo rounded out the top 3.

<< Small Block Mini Monster
1:18 Monster Trucks. The trucks had to have a minimum tire diameter of 2", using motors not larger than a 300-size, and use any 6-cell battery.

Buggy Open
A new class in this year's event. Everyone was interested in seeing brushed and brushless Buggies run together! TQ Josh Anderson led the pack around the first 2 corners. A bobble around by Josh collected the ENTIRE field! Eric Desrosiers made the best of Josh's mistake and took the lead. Evan Shelansky came out in 2nd, Josh in 3rd, but 2nd qualifier Tony Phalen was all the way back to 10th! Josh drove like a madman to get his lost spots back and by lap 6 was knocking on Eric's back door! On lap 11 he put his 8 1/2-inch Factory Team RC18B into a 9-inch opening for a great pass and the eventual win! Eric hung on to 2nd with Tony making his way back up to 3rd (both driving Factory Team RC18B's)!

<< Open Buggy
4WD 1:18 Buggies using any motor system (brushed or brushless), any battery (NiMh or LiPoly), and any rubber tire.

4WD Modified Truck
Tony Phalen TQ'd with an amazing 21-lap run (the only 21-lap run of the race) with his Factory Team RC18T! For the first 5 laps, Tony and Josh diced back and forth for the lead! Zack Berry jumped to an early 3rd and was right behind, waiting for an opportunity to pass the top 2! But, on lap 11, Zack made a slight bobble that set him back about 3 seconds. On lap 16, Josh made a mistake and let Tony pull to just over a straight-away lead and that's all he needed to take the win! Josh finished 2nd with his Factory Team RC18T!

<< 4WD Modified Truck
4WD 1:18 Trucks allowing any brushed motor and foam tires.

2WD Brushless
Zack Berry TQ'd and lead from start to finish. It wasn't, however, without it's moments! 2nd qualifier Mike Haynes was only 3 seconds behind at the final buzzer, just enough to let Zack know that one mistake could cost him the race. Mark Smyka finished out the top 3.

<< 2WD Brushless
2WD 1:18 Trucks using any brushless system and NiMh or LiPoly batteries.

4WD Brushless
TQ Josh Anderson made a costly 1st lap mistake that sent him all the way back to 6th! Frank Root capitalized and made up the lead. Jake Thayer, who was caught up in the 1st lap crash, found himself in 2nd by lap 9! Josh worked his way back to 3rd by lap 10 and that's the way it would end. This class really showed the durability of the Factory Team RC18B's drivetrain ... high-bite carpet, brushless motors and LiPoly cells. Speeds on this short track straight-away were in excess of 38mph! I'm sure this will have a LOT more entrants next year.

<< 4WD Brushless
4WD 1:18 Trucks using any brushless system and NiMh or LiPoly batteries.

Big Block Mini Monster
TQ Tony Phalen had a 1st lap crash that pretty much gave this race to local Zack Berry. Zack took the lead and never looked back! 4th Qualifier Kyle Bergstrom found himself in 2nd but on lap 5 was passed by Tony, making a run for Zack. Zack's smooth and clean driving gave him the win, Tony in 2nd and Kyle in 3rd.

<< Big Block Mini Monster
4WD 1:18 Monster Trucks using any motor system (brushed or brushless) and any battery (NiMh or LiPoly). Trucks must have a minimum tire diameter of 2".

Super Main
The Super Main was more of a fun race to see which class-winning car was really the fastest car around the track. The starting grid was completely random, but definitely gave the advantage to the top 2 or 3 cars. It was decided that the race should start with a motocross style setup ... all 10 cars lined up in one row! To give you an idea of what this looked like: 8' wide lane. Ten 8"+ vehicles lined up side by side. The gap between each car was less than one inch. This was NOT going to be a pretty start!

Tony Phalen (running his brushed motor 4WD Modified-winning truck) took a wild guess and launched! His guess was perfect as he was 15' down the straight before the next car left! Frank Root (running his brushless Open Buggy) would pull up behind him on lap 2 and make a great pass for the lead, only to crash on lap 3 and give it back. Josh Anderson (also running his 4WD Modified brushed motor truck) took over 2nd and the next 5 laps diced with Tony for the lead. First Josh, then Tony. Both drivers were driving PUNCHED ... jumping big with wheelies through the washboard section! On lap 17, a bobble by Josh would allow Tony to go by for the lead and eventual win! Josh would finish 2nd and Zack Berry in 3rd.

<< Super Main
Basically, the Super Main was a final 'Main Event' incorporating the top 3 finishing cars in every main.

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Overall Results:

Buggy Spec Class

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Greg Vogel Wesley Dennis Jamie Lepley Frank Masi Derek Buono Tony Priolo Rick Race Rich Dipaolo Ron Gesswin Alex Galenski	RC18B RTR RC18B RTR RC18B RTR RC18B RTR RC18B RTR RC18B RTR RC18B RTR RC18B RTR RC18B RTR Duratrax Vendetta	Reedy Team Scream Psycho Cell Reedy Reedy Intellect Intellect Intellect Intellect Intellect	Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock	Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock

Race # 4 B Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name   TTL Laps   TTL Time
1     1   Paul Marcoux    14       05:11.308
2     3   Jason Shuster   12       05:07.066
3     2   Garry Owen      11       05:02.159
4     4   Jeff Noffsinger 10       05:20.176
5     5   Jon Leander      0       00:00.000 DNS

2WD Stock

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Mark Smyka (TQ) Chris Proctor Dillon Jacobs Dave Gage Andy Cordisco Jack Tybinkowski Chris Johns Wesley Dennis Andrew Gray Bryan Quinn	Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T	Team Scream Team Scream Intellect Team Scream Team Scream Team Scream Intellect Team Scream Peak Team Scream	Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout	Novak Tekin Novak LRP Novak Novak Novak Novak Novak Novak

Race # 5 B Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name   TTL Laps   TTL Time
1     2   Ron Gesswin    14        05:14.078
2     6   Rock           13        05:03.232
3     3   Rick Wells     13        05:19.161
4     1   Sean Lauer     13        05:21.302
5     4   Dennis White   11        05:03.737
6     5   John Miga       5        05:17.671

4WD Stock

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Tony Phalen Josh Anderson (TQ) Zack Berry Eric Desrosiers Carl Smart Andrew Nicholas Tony Priolo Jake Fisher Les Grimmet Chris Johns	FT RC18T FT RC18T XRay M18T FT RC18T XRay M18T FT RC18T FT RC18T FT RC18T FT RC18T FT RC18T	Reedy VMX 1400 Reedy VMX 1400 Team Scream Reedy VMX 1400 Unknown Reedy Intellect Psycho Cells New Wave Intellect	Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout	LRP QC2 Micro LRP QC2 Micro Teking Novak Unknown Novak AE XPS LRP Novak LRP

Race # 1 D Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name   TTL Laps   TTL Time
1     1   Chris Champagne 12      05:23.140
2     2   Scott Coopee     10      05:12.519
3     4   Ryan Wells        9      05:16.785
4     3   Josh Laplante     9      05:23.638
5     5   George Mason      9      05:29.337
6     7   George Behrman    8      05:13.339
7     6   Scott Hutterer    2      01:38.744 DNF
8     9   Adam Ouellette    0      00:00.000 DNS
9     8   Joe Villar        0      00:00.000 DNS

Race # 2 C Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name   TTL Laps   TTL Time
1     1   Eddie Licitra    13      5:03.044
2     6   Jason Shuster    13      05:09.582
3     7   Justin DeCarli   13      05:12.932
4     8   Dennis White     11      05:07.469
5     4   Tyler Seidel     11      05:08.077
6     9   ohn Miga         10      05:16.422
7     5   Anthony Helberg   2      01:14.772 DNF
8     3   Paul Marcoux      2      03:43.138 DNF
9     10 Rick Wells        0      00:00.000 DNS

Race # 6 B Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name   TTL Laps   TTL Time
1    2   Rich Dipaolo     16       05:17.452
2    9   Glenn Tonkin     14       05:05.035
3    5   Aaron Wilson     14       05:16.241
4    4   Jamie Lepley     14       05:18.931
5    7   Nate Duval       14       05:19.263
6    8   Dan Droney       13       05:06.114
7    6   Russ Lebo        13       05:14.529
8    10 Rick Race        12       05:01.403
9    3   Ron Spinelli     10       03:59.174 DNF
10   1   Gary Acey        10       05:07.456

Novice 1:18th

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Justin DeCarli Lee Teodore (TQ) Tyler Montgomery Frank Behrman Ryan Wells Slick Will Warren Campbell Zachery Burnham	RC18T RC18B Duratrax Vendetta RC18T RC18T Unknown Losi Mini-T RC18MT	Team Scream Intellect Intellect Psycho Cells Reedy Unknown SMC Intellect	Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout Handout	Novak AE XPS Stock LRP LRP Unknown Stock AE XPS

2WD Modified

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Chris Proctor Andrew Gray Mark Smyka (TQ) Jack Tybinkowski Ron Spinelli jack Bonhomme Joe Sullivan John Cravotta Dave Gage Matthew Johnson	Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T	Team Scream Peak Team Scream Reedy Reedy Trinity Team Scream Team Scream Team Scream Team Scream	Team Scream Peak Team Scream Reedy Reedy Trinity Team Scream Team Scream Team Scream Team Scream	Tekin Novak Novak Novak Novak Novak LRP LRP LRP LRP

Race # 8 B Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name     TTL Laps   TTL Time
1     1   Paul Marcoux      9        05:12.069
2     2   Jay Bailey        8        05:33.415

Small Block Mini-Monster

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6	Tony Phalen (TQ) Neil Dickey Rich Dipaolo Aaron Wilson Tony Priolo Jamie Lepley	RC18MT XRay M18MT XRay M18MT Losi Mini-LST RC18MT RC18MT	Reedy VMX 1400 Apogee IB1200 Psycho Cells Intellect Psycho Cells	Reedy 19T Trinity Reedy Trinity Stock Reedy 19T	LRP QC2 Micro Novak AE XPS LRP AE XPS LRP

Open Buggy

Josh's 18B buggy

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Josh Anderson (TQ) Eric Desrosiers Tony Phalen Frank Root Dave Faford Joe Mason Tony Priolo Evan Shelansky Tim Mohr Jake Thayer	FT RC18B FT RC18B FT RC18B FT RC18B FT RC18B FT RC18B FT RC18B Duratrax Vendetta Duratrax Vendetta FT RC18B	Reedy VMX 1400 Reedy VMX 1400 Reedy VMX 1400 Thunder Power Intellect Intellect Intellect Intellect Apogee Thunder Power	Reedy 17T Reedy 17T Reedy 17T Hacker Team Scream Mamba Stock Mamba Mamba Hacker	LRP QC2 Micro Novak LRP QC2 Micro Quark LRP Mamba AE XPS Quark Mamba Quark

Race # 7 B Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name     TTL Laps   TTL Time
1     1   Matt Ciechowski   16       00:05:00.748
2     3   Kyle Bergstrom    16       00:05:04.713
3     2   Ryder Broderick   15       00:05:04.030
4     4   Andrew Nicholas   13       00:05:04.608
5    10   Shawn Palmer      13       00:05:15.133
6     6   Bob Lasky          9       00:03:15.438 DNF
7     8   Scott Elliott      9       00:05:02.925
8     7   Kevin Colgan       4       00:01:48.071 DNF
9     9   Keith Harris       4       00:02:04.776 DNF
10    5   Ray Milvae         0       00:00:00.000 DNS

4WD Modified

Tony's 18T truck

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Tony Phalen (TQ) Josh Anderson Zack Berry Carl Smart Eric Desrosiers Dave Faford Jake Fisher Nick Zaccaro Tony Priolo Kevin Hetmanski	FT RC18T FT RC18T XRay M18T XRay M18T FT RC18T XRay M18T FT RC18T XRay M18T FT RC18T FT RC18T	Reedy VMX 1400 Reedy VMX 1400 Team Scream Unknown Reedy VMX 1400 Trinity Psycho Cells Unknown Intellect Reedy 1100	Reedy 17T Reedy 17T Team Scream Unknown Reedy 17T Unknown Trinity Unknown Orion Reedy	LRP QC2 Micro LRP QC2 Micro Tekin Unknown Novak LRP LRP Unknown LRP LRP

Race # 9 B Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name     TTL Laps   TTL Time
1    10   Wesley Dennis    15        05:07.517
2     1   Jamie Lepley     15        05:10.640
3     5   Les Grimmett     15        05:12.634
4     3   John Cravotta    14        05:04.508
5     7   Russ Lebo        14        05:09.758
6     6   Aaron Wilson     13        05:10.010
7     9   Tim Haskins      12        05:05.836
8     2   Joe Sullivan      6        02:16.646 DNF
9     4   Sean Lauer        4        01:50.535 DNF
10    8   Glenn Tonkin      2        01:03.505 DNF
11   11   Scott Elliott     2        01:14.222 DNF

2WD Brushless

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Zack Berry (TQ) Mike Haynes Mark Smyka Greg Vogel Bob Lasky Jesse Alberto Eddie Licitra Kevin McInnis John Fitzpatrick Erich Reichert Warren Campbell	Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T Losi Mini-T	Team Scream Scorpion Team Scream FMA Intellect Intellect Intellect Reedy Intellect Kokam Reedy	Tekin 6.8 Mamba Hacker Mamba Mamba Tekin Mamba Mamba Mamba Mamba Mamba	Tekin Mamba Quark Mamba Mamba Tekin Mamba Mamba Mamba Mamba Mamba

4WD Brushless

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Frank Root Jake Thayer Josh Anderson (TQ) Zack Berry Carissa Figelski Chris Wheeler Tim Mohr Carl Smart Joe Mason Nick Zaccaro	FT RC18T FT RC18T FT RC18T XRay M18T XRay M18T FT RC18T FT RC18T XRay M18T FT RC18T Unknown	Thunder Power Thunder Power Apogee Apogee SMC Thunder Power Apogee Unknown Intellect Unknown	Hacker Hacker Mamba Mamba Tekin Hacker Mamba Unknown Mamba Unknown	Quark Quark Mamba Tekin Tekin Quark Mamba Unknow Mamba Unknown

Race # 3 C Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name   TTL Laps   TTL Time
1     3   Rock           15        05:35.663
2     4   Sean Lauer     14        05:13.809
3     5   John Miga      13        05:16.201
4     6   Keith Burr     13        05:23.229
5     7   Jamie Lepley   11        05:04.554
6     8   John Ricardi    0        00:00.000 DNS
7     2   Kevin Colgan    0        00:00.000 DNS
8     1   Erich Reichert 0        00:00.000 DNS

Race # 10 B Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name    TTL Laps   TTL Time
1     3   Alex Galenski   17        05:04.950
2     1   Reinaldo Torres 16        05:13.847
3     5   Dave Gage       16        05:14.079
4     8   Bryan Quinn     15        05:09.443
5     4   John Cravotta   15        05:16.506
6     6   Andy Cordisco   14        05:00.025
7     9   Jim Swift       14        05:13.185
8    10   Aaron Wilson    13        05:05.776
9     7   Avery Altro     12        05:11.973
10    2   Tom Loranger     1        00:30.051 DNF

Big Block Mini Monster

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Zack Berry Tony Phalen (TQ) Kyle Bergstrom Dave Faford Tim Mohr Mike Haynes Tom Loranger Bob Roundy Neil Dickey Chris Wheeler	XRay M18MT RC18MT Losi Mini-LST XRay M18T RC18MT Losi Mini-LST XRay RC18MT Losi Mini-LST Losi Mini-LST Kyosho Inferno	Team Scream Reedy VMX 1400 Thunder Power Intellect Apogee Scorpion Apogee Thunder Power Intellect Thunder Power	Tekin Reedy 19T Hacker Tekin Mamba Mamba Mamba Mamba Mamba Hacker	Tekin LRP QC2 Micro Quark Tekin Mamba Mamba Mamba Mamba Mamba Quark

Race # 11 B Main

Pos. Car Racer's Name      TTL Laps   TTL Time
1     2   Jim Swift         15        05:09.439
2     1   Jack Bonhomme     14        05:00.406
3     3   Dan Droney        14        05:13.073
4     5   Chris Champagne   11        05:08.871
5     8   Keith Harris      10        05:01.304
6     9   Mike Smalley Jr    6        04:55.555 DNF
7     4   Bryan Quinn        5        01:52.719 DNF
8     7   Kevin Colgan       2        01:06.621 DNF
9     6   Raul Miranda       0        00:00.000 DNS
10   10   Paul Guglielmone   0        00:00.000 DNS

Super Main

Pos	Name	Vehicle	Battery	Motor	ESC
1 2 3	Tony Phalen Josh Anderson Zack Berry	FT RC18T FT RC18T XRay M18T	Reedy VMX 1400 Reedy VMX 1400 Team Scream	Reedy 17T Reedy 17T Unknown	LRP QC2 Micro LRP QC2 Micro Tekin

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