Burch & Ciccarello win Great Lakes Challenge
The 12th running of the Great Lakes Challenge fuel on-road race was held the last week of August on the local club’s permanent track in Toledo, Ohio. Open to four different classes it attracted 140 entries making it the largest attended nitro on road race in the US this year. In the 1/10th Sedan class it was newly crowned World Champion Ralph Burch that took the win for Xray ahead of pole man Josh Cyrul driving the Shepherd and Andy Power in 3rd. Serpent driver Paul Ciccarello took the win from top qualifier Ralph Burch in the 1/8th scale 4wd open class, with Jason Conley finishing 3rd.
1/10 20mm Sedan
1. Ralph Burch
2. Josh Cyrul
3. Andy Power
1/8 4WD Open
1. Paul Ciccarello
2. Ralph Burch
3. Jason Conley
1/8 GT A-Main
1. Mark Rodney
2. Scott McNish
3. Joaquin DeSoto Sr.
1/8 Masters
1. Skip Starkey
2. Rick Davis
3. Mark Sweeney
Full results can be found here.
Source: Starting Grid [sgrid.com]