John Cravotta takes two at the Maine State Offroad Championships

 

The weekend of January 4th saw the running of the Maine State Championship at Maximus RC. The weather was cold outside, but nice and warm inside for racers from all over New England. X Factory sent Team driver John Cravotta up from Massachusetts, and he did not disappoint, winning both buggy and SC.

In mod buggy it was all X – 6 cubed as Cravotta TQed both round of qualifying, setting a blistering 17 laps 5:08 on the small Maine track. John checked out in the A main with a tone-to-tone dash, improving his qualifying time by a second.

Short Course was a different story with the same ending. Cravotta made mistakes in both qualifiers and his SCX – 60CF lined up second on the A main grid. John and the TQ freight trained through the field for the first 4 1/2 minutes until the front truck, with just 25 seconds left on the clock, did some “rubbin is racin” action trying to pass a slower vehicle. This slowed him down just enough for Cravotta’s carbon fiber X-truck to get by on the outside, and it was a dash to the finish. Cravotta stayed in front to take the win, making it two on the day for X Factory.

 

 

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