PROTOform WCICS Round 8 - Calgary

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Mike Garrison

0 June 1, 2017, 9:19 a.m.

By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com

Race Report from WCICS:
www.wcics.ca

The PROTOform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series Final Round 8 descended on the Energy capital of Calgary, Alberta. Hosted by CarCar, the team of volunteers led by Kerry Nevatte build the best looking ever in the clubs history! This year we have all been treated to simply an entire new level of track builds, simply stunning, and CarCar was no exception!

RC America/XRay TC Mod: Edmonton’s Team Awesomatix driver Wayne Mah would take TQ and the double win, sitting the final round out to watch the battle. Team XRay’s Blake Bell had finished just behind Wayne in the first two rounds, and took the win in the third for a solid 2nd. Fellow Team XRay’s Luke Pittman would have trouble in R1, but come back strong with back to back 3rd places to take the final spot on the podium!

Team Great Hobbies TC Stock: This was without a doubt the most exciting battle of the weekend. Team XRay’s Luke Pittman would take a very tight last round TQ, but then Edmonton’s Team Awesomatix driver Wayne Mah would take R1 win, with Calgary Team XRay Driver Jim Chapman in 2nd, and Luke in 3rd. Round 2 would again see Wayne win, which could have locked up the weekend and the Championship, but in an amazing display of gentlemanly sportsmanship that WCICS is known for, Wayne self DQ’d as he had gotten into the back of a competitor and caused a body tuck. Not immediately realizing the car had a tuck, Wayne had continued racing; but after the race DQ’d himself for the incident. Fellow Edmonton racer Ryan Berry was then promoted to the win, with Jim Chapman and Luke Pittman rounding it out. So in the final round, it was an amazing battle between Luke Pittman and Wayne, with Luke driving a perfect race, and Wayne driving a perfectly clean 0.5sec behind him virtually the entire 5 min, but wanting it to be a completely clean run. Never finding a way around, and Luke’s perfect run would give him the win, Wayne second, and the final tally lifting Wayne to the top of the podium and Luke to second, with Jim Chapman in 3rd.

Blinds Plus Tamiya Mini: Local Mini wizard Walter Slany would have a perfect weekend, setting TQ and then winning both rounds! In the battle for 2nd, Chris Jackman would take a 2nd in R1, then a 3rd in R2. Conversely, Carter Herasymiuk would take 3rd in R1, and 2nd in R2. So tied going into R3, and with Walter watching from the stands, Carter would rise victorious taking the win, and 2nd place overall over Chris Jackman.

ATD Hobbies Scale Spec: With a great turnout for this fun class, one of the biggest of the season, Saskatoon’s Gary Lanzer, who has been dominant all year, would have another great weekend taking the overall win. Dennis Beck would finish 2nd, with Lance Radke from Regina taking the final spot on the podium. HUGE shout out to Gary as the only driver to make it to every single race event this season, that’s covering several thousand km’s of travel!!!

CRC 12th Stock: In the second biggest class of the weekend, Team XRay’s Luke Pittman would have a perfect weekend setting TQ, and then taking double wins. In R1, Cal Freeman took 2nd followed by Kelowna’s Earl Towson. In R2, Calgary’s Team XRay Jim Chapman took 2nd, and fellow Calgary’s Tommy Tam 3rd. So with Luke watching the action, the rest of the podium was still wide open. Tommy Tam would step up and take the win, followed by Jim Chapman, but Jim’s two second place finishes would put him up overall in 2nd on the podium with Tommy taking 3rd.

Reedy 12th Mod: In the fastest class of the weekend, former Canadian TC Stock champion Team CRC’s Blake Bell would take TQ and R1 win, with top Privateer Josh Carter taking 2nd and Kamloops Jason Mardon in 3rd. In R2 Gripwork’s Alex Pate would have the drive of his life, catching and passing Blake and leading for 7.5 minutes, until he dumped just before the finish, handing the win back to Blake. So with Blake watching from the sidelines, Alex would come back with a new battery and take a hard fought battle from Jason to win, with Jason finishing 2nd and Josh 3rd with a failed servo saver. Final podium: Blake, Alex, Josh.

Gripworks F1: Hot off of several season F1 wins, Team XRay’s Korgae Scales would have to fight for this F1 win. Taking TQ, he then battled all 3 rounds with both Edmond Lee and Cal Freeman, trading spots on the podium over all 3 rounds. When the dust settled, it was Korgae on top, Edmond in second, and Cal in third.

Concourse was awarded to Wayne Mah with a his legendary paint scheme on his PROTOform touring car. Wayne and the honorable mention received a PROTOform body with which to create their next masterpiece!

Thank you CarCar for once again hosting the PROTOform WCICS series finals in Calgary! We look forward to next season in September at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, hosted by SarCar.

For full race and championship results check www.wcics.ca/results.php, photos and series standings available at www.wcics.ca or check out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/wcics/