Team Associated Triple Sweep at Triple Crown Round 2

Wednesday, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:00am UTC

This past weekend AMain.com’s Outback Raceway, located in Chico, CA, hosted round two of the Northern California Racing League’s (NCRL) Triple Crown series. The NCRL, the first multi-track series to hit Northern California, utilizes a Reedy Race-style format with three rounds held at three different tracks. Each round consists of four heads-up rounds of racing with the best three of those four counting for the overall finish. Team Associated/Reedy factory drivers Chris Jarosz and Eric Albano, along with Nathan Bernal, were on hand to support customers and to compete for victories.

In the ever-competitive modified 2WD class, the biggest class of the weekend, the battle for the overall victory came down to the fourth and final round between Jarosz and Bernal, with Albano having an outside shot. Jarosz and Bernal, both running RC10B5Ms equipped with Reedy batteries, Blackbox ESCs, and Sonic motors, entered the round with two wins and one break. If each were to win their heat, the tiebreaker would come down to the fastest time of the day, which Bernal held at the time. Jarosz commandingly won his heat, eclipsing the fastest time by three seconds and finishing the day with a perfect score of three points. Bernal charged back from a rough start in his heat to finish second and secure second on the podium. AMain.com’s Justin Moon rounded out the podium to complete the B5M sweep.

Modified 4WD proved to be a battle between Jarosz and Albano. Jarosz, piloting the Factory Team B44.3, took three victories to secure the top step of the podium. Albano took multiple victories throughout the day to finish on second step of the podium.

Modified truck, spurred by the recent release of the RC10T5M, was the Eric Albano show. Utilizing the new truck to its fullest extent, Albano grabbed multiple victories throughout the day to take the round two victory, adding to his round-one victory.

Products used:
2WD
#90003 RC10B5M Team Kit
#237 Sonic 540 Mach 2 8.0 Modified
#602 Reedy 4100mAh 65C Competition 7.4V Shorty LiPo
#27001 Blackbox 410R 1S-2S Competition ESC w/PROgrammer

4WD
#9063 Factory Team B44.3
#239 Sonic 540 Mach 2 7.0 Modified
#602 Reedy 4100mAh 65C Competition 7.4V Shorty LiPo
#27001 Blackbox 410R 1S-2S Competition ESC w/PROgrammer

Truck
#70001 RC10T5M Team Kit
#239 Sonic 540 Mach 2 7.0 Modified
#314 Reedy LiPo 5800mAh 65C 7.4V SQ
#27001 Blackbox 410R 1S-2S Competition ESC w/PROgrammer


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