The 2015 “Cabin Fever Classic was held this past weekend at the Lewiston Round-up Fairgrounds in Lewiston, Idaho. This annual event is typically the first major event in the Pacific Northwest each year. This years event attracted racers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and even Canada.
Friday consisted of open practice, Saturday 3 rounds of qualifying using the qual points format, and Sunday was triple A-Mains for electric and 30-45 mains for nitro.
A scheduling conflict prevented me from making the Friday practice but luckily there was a short late arrival practice from 6:45 to 7:30 Saturday morning. I got to run each car one time before qualifying started. The track was extremely large, approx. 115x180’, and full of obstacles and weird angles. More practice certainly would have helped but my cars felt good.
1/8 Pro Electric Buggy
Qualifying: Saturday qualifying went great. I took round 1 TQ and a 2nd in round 2 to take the overall TQ in this class.
Main Events: Triple 10-minute mains. After early mistakes in A1, I came back from deep in the field and was fortunate enough to take the win pretty comfortably. A2 started out much the same with me making early mistakes again on the difficult track. Tyler Wilbur checked out and took the win but I secured 2nd with a last corner pass on Lee Hackney. In A3, with finishes of 1-2 in the bag, I knew that I just needed to not have Tyler win A3 if I couldn’t win it myself. Nick Buechler ended up with the win while Tyler and I battled nose to tail the whole race a few spots back.
With scores a 1st and 2nd I wrapped up the overall win! The MP9E TKI was amazing…. As always.
- Jesse Munn (TQ) Kyosho MP9E TKI
- Tyler Wilbur Kyosho MP9E TKI
- Lee Hackney TLR
4wd Modified Buggy
Qualifying: The track was brutally tough for 1/10th cars. My car was really good but Nick Buechler would make less mistakes and take both of the first 2 rounds of qualifying, leaving myself and Kyosho teammate Taylor Wonders to battle it out for 2nd and 3rd on the starting grid during the 3rd round of qualifying. Taylor started strong in Q3 but had a little bad luck. I charged back towards the end and took the round TQ to qualify 2nd overall.
Main Events: Triple 6 minute mains. A1 started great and I passed Nick for the lead early. After building a decent lead I started making little mistakes and I was having a hard time with the weird angles of the track on the center jump sections. I dropped back and Nick took A1. A2 was a different story as I had a clean run and took a comfortable 10 second win to force a deciding A3. The final main started out the same as the first 2 with me getting an early lead. Buechler came charging back at the end but I held on and took the win in A3, along with the overall!
4wd Buggy is always my favorite class and this race was no different. Difficult track or not, the ZX6 was awesome.
1. Jesse Munn Kyosho ZX6
2. Nick Buechler (TQ) Hot Bodies
3. Taylor Wonders Kyosho ZX6
1/8 Pro Nitro Buggy
I also let my friend Keith Hadley borrow my Kyosho MP9 TKI3 so he could race in the Pro Nitro Buggy class. Keith was dialed all weekend and went onto take the overall Win!
1. Keith Hadley Kyosho MP9 TKI3
2. Nick Buechler (TQ) Hot Bodies
3. Ryan McCreary Hot Bodies
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