Clark’s Double Highlighted Eastern States Indoor On-Road Championship

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The story of the weekend was the dominant performance of Patrick Clark in 17.5 TC at The 2016 Eastern States Indoor On-Road Championship program held on Saturday and Sunday February 6th though 7th.

 

The 2016 Eastern States Indoor On-Road Championship program held on Saturday andSunday February 6th though 7th, was an awesome success. There was an overwhelming response with over 90 entries. The morning began in a very organized way at 8 AM. By 10 AM the pit area was overflowing, and as additional racers showed up, they were guided to an adjacent pit area next to the drift track with plenty of room with tables for late entries accommodations.

The program started at 12 noon on time, and moved along in a organized and efficient manner. RC Car World Race Director Oladelé Bolden, with the invaluable assistance Juwan Hunter, setup over 70 entries and registered 13 heats.

Peers, old friends, teen sons and daughters and several new faces including first time players attended the event. The excitement was in the air as many waited for their turn, gathered around the track with brewing excitement. Everyone seemed very excited, enthusiastic, and without doubt the regular Sunday audience of shoppers at the Grand Market Place enjoyed the extended RC display of speed. Racer discussions from RC websites, and our social media comments and feedback, all agree, this was a memorable day with lots of fun, filled with pleasant emotions, it is no wonder they’re all planning to come back for more.

Races were held for a variety of classes, Vintage, 17.5 Touring, USGT, F1 Rubber, F1 Foam, Mini, and 1/12, with 17.5 Touring being the most popular.

The story of the weekend was the dominant performance of Patrick Clark in 17.5 TC. With a first round Tq run of 35 6:00 five racers were within a few seconds of the TQ lap pace. In round two several drivers begin to close the gap and apply pressure on Pat. Round 3 Pat erased all doubt of who would end the day holding TQ, with his most dominate run of the event of a 37 6:09! Patrick running the new Team Associated TC7 was the only driver of the event to eclise the 37 lap mark. With pat’s strangle hold on TQ attention shifted to the remaining nine spots in the A main. When the dust had settled only eight seconds separated the remaining to 8 drivers. With Tom Lane qualifying 3rd with 35 6:01 and Oladelé Bolden 10th with 35 6:09. The grid was for an exciting A main. In the main Pat’s dominance continued as he took a tone to tone victory at the 2016 Eastern States Championship.
Here are the winners of the event:

17.5 TC (A Main) Winners
1) Patrick Clark (Team Associated)36 6:04 Fast Lap 9.64
2) Quin Moon (VBC)35 6:05 Fast Lap 9.76
3) Courtney Townend (XRAY) 34 6:03 Fast Lap 10.21
4) Robert Bendall(XRAY) 34 6:08 Fast Lap 9.98
5) Tom Lane (YOKOMO)33 6:01Fast Lap 10.12
6) Marvin Morris (XRAY) 33 6:02Fast Lap 10.13
7) Oladelé Bolden (XRAY)33 6:07 Fast Lap 10.06
8) Steve Nottingham (XRAY)33 6:08 Fast Lap 10.16
9) Richard Daley (VBC)22 4:05 Fast Lap 10.16
10) Chris Wasnesky (Awesomatix)(DNS)

USGT A Main winners
1) Patrick Clark33 6:01 Fast Lap 10.67
2) James Denmark33 6:02 Fast Lap 10.62
3) Tom Lane32 6:00 Fast Lap 10.41
4) Marvin Morris31 6:02 Fast Lap 10.79
5) Courtney Townend31 6:05Fast Lap 10.51
6) Walo Walker31 6:06Fast Lap 10.60
7) Sunny Singh29 6:15 Fast Lap 11.66
8) Carlton Cole DNS
9) Phil GoneshDNS
10) Ali KaraDNS

VINTAGE (A Main) winners
1) Papo Swing 41 8:08 Fast Lap 11.46
2) Tom Trez39 8:01 Fast Lap 11.82
3) Phil Gonesh39 8:02 Fast Lap 11.74
4) Gene White39 8:10 Fast Lap 11.56
5) Danny Stumpf39 8:12 Fast Lap 11.85
6) Sunny Singh37 8:02 Fast Lap 12.09
7) Steve P31 6:31 Fast Lap 11.95

13.5 1/12 A Main winners:
1) Juwan Hunter46 8:07 Fast Lap 9.37
2) Jose Rodriguez46 8:09Fast Lap 9.56
3) Matt Ficanna45 8:00 Fast Lap 9.47
4) Phillip Poles40 8:04Fast Lap 10.14
5) Tony P36 8:10 Fast Lap 10.19
6) Chris Berotti34 5:59 Fast Lap 9.31
7) Terrence Williams32 7:28 Fast Lap 10.63
8) Jake Burden21 3:49 Fast Lap 9.52
9) Daniel Pawling16 2:56 Fast Lap 9.42
10) Dillion Little10 1:58 Fast Lap 9.88

F1 A Main Winners
1) James Denmark33 6:04 Fast Lap 10.58
2) James Defeo32 6:08 Fast Lap 10.65
3) Steve Nottingham30 6:02.4 Fast Lap 11.42
4) Matt Fichanna30 6:02.7 Fast Lap 10.96
5) Tom Trez29 6:07 Fast Lap 11.44
6) Carlton Coleman19 4:16 Fast Lap 11.44
7) Juwan Hunter3 0:00
8) Courtney Townend2 0:24 Fast Lap 11.32
9) Mark TDNS
10) Brett ParkerDNS

WGT A Main winners
1) Matt Fichan35 6:04 Fast Lap 9.93
2) Deshawn Dash 35 6:08 Fast Lap 9.82
3) Carlton Coleman34 6:01 Fast Lap 10.09
4) Quinn Moon34 6:02 Fast Lap 9.78
5) Philip Poles30 6:09 Fast Lap 10.81
6) Jake burden8 1:27 Fast Lap 9.90
7) Tony PDNS
8) Dillion LittleDNS

 

 
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