Great Lakes Championship Series Rd 2

We received a report from the 2nd round of the Great Lakes Championship series for off road which was held last weekend under very hot conditions at Sammys Speedway in London, Ontario, Canada. Attracting 140 competitors over 3 classes, GLORCS is a Canadian Racing series that is in its 3rd season running organized racing in Canada and this year the series includes 7 races which include stops at tracks in New York State, Ontario and Quebec.

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Last years Buggy Class GLORCS Champion Dave Henry held TQ on Day 2 through the first several Qualifiers. Dave Henry has had some setback so far this year and has not been able to pull of a win yet in defence of his Championship title. Abiye Birku took the TQ position in the end (driving a Losi 8 Buggy). However in the final is was round 1 winner Andrew Phillipe that took the win.

Buggy Results
1. Philippe, Andrew – 38L 00:30:03.253
2. Krupp, Jordan – 37L 00:30:00.425
3. Burr, Mike – 37L 00:30:11.243
4. Belisle, Alain – 37L 00:30:17.458
5. Houben, Gareth – 37L 00:30:23.122
6. Rochon, Joel – 37L 00:30:24.300
7. Parent, Joe – 37L 00:30:28.854
8. Manchester, Brain – 37L 00:30:43.127
9. Buckrell, Chris – 35L 00:30:00.656
10. Malo, Patrick – 30L 00:30:20.579
11. Birku, Abiye – 21L 00:24:02.713
12. Petre, Martin – 9L 00:07:28.222
13. Wheeler, Ben – 8L 00:06:28.519
14. Henry, Dave – 8L 00:12:30.260

Truggy was a battle. Dave Henry (Losi) took the win from TQ Abiye Birku. Patrick Malo (2006 2nd Place Finalist and Monster Truck Champion) made his first appearance of the season finishing a respectable 3rd place amongst some strong competition.

Truggy Results
1. Henry, Dave – 41L 00:30:41.360
2. Houben, Gareth – 40L 00:30:41.581
3. Malo, Patrick – 39L 00:30:29.888
4. Philippe, Andrew – 38L 00:30:07.289
5. Burr, Mike – 37L 00:30:01.714
6. Parent, Joe – 36L 00:30:34.660
7. Krupp, Jordan – 35L 00:28:33.259
8. Endler, Rick – 35L 00:30:35.014
9. Mckay, Ryan – 35L 00:30:54.295
10. Balzer, Carl – 26L 00:30:42.407
11. Birku, Abiye – 24L 00:19:00.699
12. Tefflawn – 18L 00:16:17.105    00:47.214
13. Buckrell, Chris – 5L 00:04:15.091
14. Flegel, Bob – 4L 00:03:07.022

Monster Truck was a killer class. The track was forgiving but Round 1 winner Dan Sutherland held on to a large 3 lap lead to pull out a huge win over Justin Sinnaeve. Martin Petre Monster Truck unlimited TQ wrecked out on his 13th lap and was unable to finish

Monster Truck Results
1. Sutherland, Dan – 34L 00:30:29.319
2. Sinnaeve, Justin – 31L 00:30:48.736
3. Baltzer, James – 29L 00:30:00.269
4. Howells, William – 27L 00:30:49.638
5. Plouffe, Jeff – 26L 00:30:09.504
6. Cifaldi, Dino – 26L 00:30:53.492
7. Farrugia, Glenn – 25L 00:30:34.551
8. Proulx, Andrew – 22L 00:30:15.498
9. Petre, Martin – 12L 00:11:25.848
10. Blakey, Chris – 12L 00:31:24.453
11. Vandergulik, Troy – 2L 00:02:50.862
12. Blakey, Kyle – 00:00:00.000
13. Blakey, Brent – 00:00:00.000
14. Cadman, Jordan – 00:00:00.000
15. Haslinger, Tim – 00:00:00.000

For more information about the series click here and here.

Thanks to Todd Morden for the report