Eppley and Jelin won Boys and Girls Club charity event at Outback Raceway

0 Dec. 2, 2015, 2:30 p.m.

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

Race report from Pro-Line Racing:
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Race report by Mason Eppley:

I got to the track early Friday afternoon to get a little bit more practice in before racing on Saturday, the track layout was the same as the week before but I was still definitely off pace as far as lap times go. As the day went on, I felt much more comfortable with the track and also with my cars after a few small changes. For the event I decided to run my Mod 4WD Buggy and my stock 2WD Buggy.

Qualifying

After a small practice session in the morning, qualifying would soon start. In pro stock buggy I would have a pretty rough run, I would make too many mistakes ending up in the 7th spot for the round. While in 4WD Buggy, I would have a great start. Around halfway through the race I would be in the top spot, unfortunately soon after I would make a bad mistake traction rolling at the end of the straight away. I would ultimately take the 3rd spot for the round.

After a short 10-minute break, round 2 of quals would soon be up. Unfortunately right before my 2WD Buggy run I would notice a large crack in my rear arm, I only completed 2 laps or so before it would snap for good resulting in a DNF. On the other hand 4WD Buggy would go very different. I was able to pull out a almost perfect run taking the TQ for the round and forcing it to qual 3 to determine the overall TQ heading into the Main!

After fixing my 2WD Buggy and prepping my 4WD, I felt confident heading into the 3rd and final round of qualifying. I would have a great run in 2WD Buggy, I would take the 3rd spot for the round but unfortunately due to bad round 1 & 2 quals I would end up starting 5th on the grid in the main. While in 4WD it would come right down to the wire once again. I would be in 2nd for most of the race, towards the end both me and 1st would start making mistakes, we were swapping positions back and forth. Unfortunately, I would make 1 to many mistakes as I would lose the TQ by just under 1-second, I would start 2nd on the grid in the Main event.

Mains

I was pretty excited for the mains to start, I knew I had a good chance to finish solid in both of my classes. My 2WD Buggy Main would be first up for me, I would have a pretty good start as I would immediately jump into the 3rd spot. I would hold onto the that spot for 3/4 of the race, I would drop back to the 5th spot after traction rolling at the end of the straight. 4th place and I would battle for the remainder of the race, on the last corner he would go slightly wide and I was able to capitalize on it. At the end I came up with a solid 4th place finish in a class I barely ever run so I was pretty happy with my results. The race I was waiting for all day was now up, the 4wd buggy main! I knew I had a good shot to take it, I just had to be consistent. On the first corner 1st place would touch the pipe and roll it over, I would capitalize on it and take over the 1 spot.

After that I was able to drive a perfect race leading wire to wire and would take the overall win!

Overall I had alot of fun at this race for a great cause! We were all able to raise around $3500 to give to the Boys & Girls foundation!!! I want to say a huge thanks to my sponsors for all the help and continued support, Tekno RC, Pro-Line, Tekin, Airtronics, DE Racing, Schelle, Epic1 Designs, 92zero Designs, Reds Airbrush Designs, and All Around RC.

Race report from CJ Jelin:

Last weekend at Outback Raceway I raced Pro Stock Buggy, 2WD Mod Buggy, Stock Stadium Truck, and 4WD Buggy.

I ran both Pro-Line Primes and Electrons and on my cars.

The track conditions were dirt and had high bite for the first two round and was med bite for the third round and the Main.

In the first round I had set TQ in Wheeler, Stock Buggy, and Stock Truck. In the second round I put Primes on my Wheeler and Mod Buggy. In the second round I had a good run in ever car but in wheeler, I broke. In round three I had a good run and TQ Stock buggy, Stock Truck, and Wheeler. In the Stock Buggy A-Main I finished 2nd after crashing in the first couple laps .

In the Stock Truck A-Main I finished 1st

and in Mod Buggy I was leading then broke . In Wheeler I finished 4th and I had crashed in the first lap and went back a couple spots.

My D413 ran good and I could have had a better race If I had not crashed as much.

I would like thank my sponsors HPI Racing, Pro-Line Racing, Hobbywing, Shurrspeed, Amain, Protek rc, VP Racing Fuels, and Hooked Tire Sauce.