Ferrell wins at Pacific NW Showdown Rd4
The Marty Barnes’ Pacific NW Showdown Tour made its way to Albany, Oregon last weekend. Conveniently located just off the I-5 freeway, NW Hobbies hosted round 4 of the 5 race series on an all clay, super high bite, tacky indoor race arena. Practice was held on Saturday with 1 qualifier in the evening and 2 on Sunday with mains to follow. The layout was technical yet easy, but at the same time extremely challenging. The most challenging part was deciding which tires to go with and playing with the amount of grip that was available. There was a fine line between speed and too much speed that would make the car very twitchy and edgey to drive resulting in increased chances of roll-overs and crashes. The window was very small and tire combo was definitely the key to your success.
Unfortunately, there were some technical issues with the computer system on main day that delayed the racing by a few hours and typically, this would be a double A-main event. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Kyosho driver CJ Ferrell TQ’d 2 out of 3 rounds and put his Team Orion powered RB6 on pole in the single A-main event. With only a slight bobble in the beginning half of the race, Ferrell momentarily handed over the lead to Shaun Dunlap. A few laps later, Ferrell would close the gap and force Dunlap into a mistake and reclaim the 1 spot and pilot his RB6 home to victory. Meanwhile, Kyosho’s Tanner Day would drive with heart and grit and emerge through the roll over carnage and take home the 2nd spot making it his best Showdown finish yet. However, the “Come-back of the Night Award” would go to Mikey Brown after suffering a roll over on the 1st lap and dropping back to 9th. With his eyes on the the prize, Brown never gave up and drove all the way back to 3rd and battled Tanner for 2nd place. With not enough time left on the clock, Brown would finish 3rd, but stay on the podium to help his series overall finish.
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Source: 2wdMod.com [2wdmod.com]
