Lemieux & Birchfield win at Stock Wars 2015

The recent Stock Wars 2015 race was hosted by Middle River Hobbies in Middle River Maryland, on a small to medium size high grip carpet track. The race format was Pro and Open stock classes with practice all day on Friday, three qualifiers on Saturday, and one qualifier on Sunday followed by single finals. Classes were 17.5 TC Pro, 17.5 TC Open, 17.5 1/12 Pro, 17.5 1/12 Open, USGT and F1. Celebrity announcer Scotty Ernst made the trip to add to the already big anticipation and excitement of the event. In the Pro Touring Car division Paul Lemieux set the pace from Q1 on. Paul had serious challenges in qualifying by Kyle Klingforth but was able to TQ by a moderate amount. Robby Dodge would also throw in his hat for TQ at times but would round out the top three in qualifying.

The Pro Touring final was not to be the exciting race everyone had hoped, wrecks at the beginning allowed TQ Paul Lemieux to get an early lead and he never looked back. The fight for second would be the interesting one with many drivers having a good chance for it. In the end Eric Anderson would hold off the charging Kyle Klingforth to finish second.

Pro 17.5 Touring result:
1. Paul Lemieux – Xray
2. Eric Anderson – Xray
3. Kyle Klingforth – Awesomatix
4. Mike Gee – Awesomatix
5. Robbie Dodge – Xray
6. Cory Parsons – Xray
7. Drew Ellis – Xray
8. Larry Fairtrace – Awesomatix
9. Michael Toth – Xray
10.Sam Isaacs – Xray

17.5T Touring Car Open saw Awesomatix driver Jerry Birchfield coming out successful in the final from the Xray duo of Colby Waddell and Albin Melendez. Joachim Bruneau (Serpent) and Jonathan Fenimore (Xray) rounded out the top 5 result.

Open 17.5 Touring result:
1. Jerry Birchfield – Awesomatix
2. Colby Waddell – Xray
3. Albin Melendez – Xray
4. Joachim Bruneau – Serpent
5. Jonathan Fenimore – Xray
6. Walo Walker – Xray
7. Oladele Bolden – Xray
8. Craig Santry – Team Associated
9. Courtney Townend – Xray
10. Casey Young – Tamiya

In the USGT division Drew Ellis (Xray) and Robby Dodge (Xray) battled it out all through qualifying. Ultimately Drew would take the TQ and the win from Danny Jenkins (Xray) and Manny Florez (Awesomatix).

USGT result:
1. Drew Ellis – Xray
2. Danny Jenkins – Xray
3. Manny Florez – Awesomatix
4. Brent Klingforth – Awesomatix
5. Monti Panzica – Awesomatix
6. Bill Sydor – Awesomatix
7. Jerry Birchfield – Awesomatix
8. Mike Herold – Awesomatix
9. Ralph Morella – Xray
10.Robbie Dodge – Xray

The Formula class again had Drew Ellis coming out fastest. He would take the title from Scott Jakes and Steve Sohl for an all-Xray podium lockout.

Formula result:
1. Drew Ellis – Xray
2. Scott Jakes – Xray
3. Steve Sohl – Xray
4. John Fenimore – Xray
5. Carlton Coleman – Xray

In Open 1/12th scale Jason Cheng (Xray) took the wining honours from Mike Herold (CRC) and Casey Young (CRC). Adam Vink (Team Associated) and Brandon Skewes (CRC) rounded out the top 5.

Open 17.5 1/12th scale result:
1. Jason Cheng – Xray
2. Mike Herold – CRC
3. Casey Young – CRC
4. Adam Vink – Team Associated
5. Brandon Skewes – CRC
6. ray Sundland – CRC
7. Blake  Storey – CRC
8. Jamison Reichard – Mcfactory
9. Charlie Menard – Xray
10.Craig Santry – Team Associated

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]