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The Main Events promised some great matchups between the fastest guys in each class. Electric RS4 Mini, Electric RS4 Sedan, Nitro RS4 Open and Super Nitro RS4 especially had some great races! Let's go straight into the final results for each race!
| Click on the class below to see the final results, starting with the lowest main event |
| Check out the raffle prizes and giveaways! |
| Electric RS4 Mini |
| Electric RS4 Sedan |
| Nitro RS4 Mini |
| Box Stock Nitro RS4 |
| Nitro RS4 Open |
| Super Nitro RS4 |
But first, The Big Raffle!
| Hobby Shack races always have a big raffle before the Main Events, and we didn't want to disappoint any of the racers that hoped to win some great prizes! HPI provided a bunch of hats and fuel bottles, while American Honda gave out apparel catalogs with $30 gift certificates, and Yokohama Tire raffled off several Yokohama AVS polo shirts, hats, jackets and another set of performance tires for the lucky winner! |  |
| The winner of the tire raffle was XXXXX, luckily he's got a couple of sports cars (a Ford Mustang is one of them), and he was given a certificate for his choice of Yokohama performance tires to fit any size wheel, up to 17 inches! Congratulations, XXXXXX! |  |
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Chris Young |
| 2 | Nestor Rinonos |
| 3 | Bensi Lopez |
| 4 | Art Reese |
| 5 | Nick Manuel |
| 6 | Jennifer David |
| 7 | Dave Thib |
Electric RS4 Mini A Main
Now
this was an exciting race! Marc Pfenninger came all the way with his stock
RS4 Mini and put on some great demonstrations of smooth, clean driving!
Second qualifier Frank Killam was kicked around a bit but caught up and
battled for most of the race with Torrance DeGuzman. On the last stretch,
while Marc caught up to lap them both, Torrance and Frank tangled about
10 feet before the finish line! Frank was able to recover first and got
second, with Torrance securing third! What a great race for the dozens
of spectators around the track!
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Marc Pfenninger |
| 2 | Frank Killam |
| 3 | Torrance DeGuzman |
| 4 | Albert Sevilla |
| 5 | Ian Aquino |
| 6 | Carlos Ledezma |
| 7 | Joe Bestor |
| 8 | Larry Turner |
| 9 | Oscar Guzman |
| 10 | Ken Osato |
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Angelo Gouvis |
| 2 | Christopher Castillo |
| 3 | Lerie Ducut |
| 4 | Cory Brede |
| 5 | Edwardo Barbossa |
| 6 | J.R. |
| 7 | Jonathan Beronilla |
| 8 | Daniel Rosado |
Electric RS4 Sedan H Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Ronnie Cosme |
| 2 | Earl Barnes |
| 3 | Steven Hobson |
| 4 | Gary McDowell |
| 5 | Oliver Lingao |
| 6 | Wayne Jones |
| 7 | Dave Thibodeau |
| 8 | Michael Ramsey |
| 9 | Dave Acosta |
| 10 | Mike Mutchie |
Electric RS4 Sedan G Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Raffell Thompson |
| 2 | John Freeman |
| 3 | Freddie Suilt |
| 4 | Richard Biley |
| 5 | Chris Reese |
| 6 | Jasper David |
| 7 | Alex Rosales |
| 8 | Brian Banh |
| 9 | Kareem Tucker |
| 10 | Finnie Greischat |
Electric RS4 Sedan F Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Kanji Takagi |
| 2 | Bobby Haney |
| 3 | Alfonso Garcia |
| 4 | Manny Lubong Jr |
| 5 | Kien Shirdel |
| 6 | Ricky Imai |
| 7 | Joe Chuen Cho Chan |
| 8 | Leung Gallani |
| 9 | Jerry Salazar |
| 10 | Aris Santos |
Electric RS4 Sedan E Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Abimbola Jose |
| 2 | Mario Caba |
| 3 | Bensi Lopez |
| 4 | Brandon DeGuzman |
| 5 | Dino Del Rosario |
| 6 | Thomas Hwee |
| 7 | Robert Haney |
| 8 | Bob Sarnelle |
| 9 | Jeremy Marshall |
| 10 | Patrick Majia |
Electric RS4 Sedan D Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Hugo Saavedra |
| 2 | Edwin Coronel |
| 3 | Chad Kim |
| 4 | Steve Chow |
| 5 | Jose Monge |
| 6 | Jonathan Wente |
| 7 | Art Reese |
| 8 | Larry Turner |
| 9 | David Sandate |
| 10 | Maria Luisa Rinonos |
Electric RS4 Sedan C Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Albert Sevilla |
| 2 | Torrance DeGuzman |
| 3 | Chris Lucena |
| 4 | George Szeto |
| 5 | Ian Aquino |
| 6 | Josh Tran |
| 7 | Kevin Laing |
| 8 | Bob Roach |
| 9 | Ryan Hanson |
| 10 | Nestor Rinonos |
Electric RS4 Sedan B Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Johnny Pun |
| 2 | Robert Drew |
| 3 | Kenneth Cunamay |
| 4 | Mike Larson |
| 5 | Arnel Binoya |
| 6 | Mark Rebeck |
| 7 | Craig Tasker |
| 8 | Ken Osato |
| 9 | Kevin Smith |
| 10 | Anthony Pena |
Electric RS4 Sedan A Main
This
race was a real nail-biter for both Bill Martinez and Thad Garner! Thad
was in the TQ spot, but ended up in 8th or 9th place after the first corner
and had to work his way back through the field. Bill opened up a great
lead with Shawn Ireland chasing him down, but Thad was catching up!
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Thad
finally caught up to Bill and followed him for about three laps, waiting
for a mistake or a convenient crash with a backmarker, and when he got
his chance, he took it! The lead actually went back and forth a couple
of times, but at the end it was Thad Garner taking the win, capitalizing
on unfortunate wrecks with lapped traffic by Bill. This was another great
crowd pleaser! Lots of action for the spectators around the track!
| Final Position | Racer |
| Thad Garner | |
| Bill Martinez | |
| Shawn Ireland | |
| 1 | Charlie Barnes |
| 2 | Henry Szeto |
| 3 | Tong Ling Kang |
| 4 | Anthony Fung |
| 5 | Chris Young |
| 6 | Frank Killam |
| 7 | Gilbert De Las Reyes |
Nitro
RS4 Mini A Main
Jamie and Nestor battled
for the entire 10 minute main and finished only tenths of a second apart!
This was a tight race! Ito let a friend drive his Nitro RS4 Mini, but
his times didn't count, even though he started a lap down and won by two
laps! Ito's setup is also now online!
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Jamie Schoolcraft |
| 2 | Nestor Rinonos |
| 3 | Manny Lubong, Jr |
| 4 | Aris Santos |
| 5 | Gabriel Jasso |
| 6 | Ito |
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Angelo Gouvis |
| 2 | Joseph Vincent |
| 3 | Michael Lee |
| 4 | Michael Workey |
| 5 | Ngo Ya Wah |
| 6 | Michael Woonghyun |
| 7 | Kien Shirdel |
| 8 | Mel Jones |
| 9 | Art Naya |
Box Stock Nitro RS4 B Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Dereck Butterfield |
| 2 | Uriel Jasso |
| 3 | Toshiyuki Matsunami |
| 4 | Eric Chu |
| 5 | Janry Burns |
| 6 | Kevin Cosme |
| 7 | Adam Colon |
| 8 | John K Yu |
| 9 | Jose Jasso |
| 10 | Jesus Granero |
Box Stock Nitro RS4 A Main
British
driver Peter Sergeant showed that the time change and long flight didn't
bother him as he took a win by over a lap on the field with his Nitro
RS4 2! Daniel Trnka drove his RTR Nitro RS4 against Mark Rebeck's Nitro
RS4 and battled the entire ten minute race!
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Peter Sergeant |
| 2 | Daniel Trnka |
| 3 | Mark Rebeck |
| 4 | Pat Manalo |
| 5 | Chad Kim |
| 6 | Ariel Cabang |
| 7 | Roy Imahara |
| 8 | Raymond Lew |
| 9 | Patrick Pabalan |
| 10 | David Vaughn |
The Nitro Open class was our second-biggest class, with nearly 80 racers participating! We've got a ton of new pictures from George Gonzalez of R/C Car Action of the racing action in this class below:
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| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Victor Martinez |
| 2 | Joi Chin |
| 3 | David Arnell |
| 4 | Patrick Mejia |
| 5 | Richard J |
| 6 | J.N. Baclit |
Nitro RS4 Open G Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Ricky Jordan |
| 2 | Mark Fujita |
| 3 | Jerry Serrano |
| 4 | Jeff Powell |
| 5 | C.J. Campos |
| 6 | Cory Brede |
| 7 | Sean Bolduc |
| 8 | Jet Brion |
| 9 | Josh Bloom |
| 10 | Paul Varize |
Nitro RS4 Open F Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Lauro Correa |
| 2 | Kian Shindon |
| 3 | Kurt Williams |
| 4 | Nick Manuel |
| 5 | David Toledano |
| 6 | Jerry Ponce |
| 7 | Tim Peterson |
| 8 | David Rojas |
| 9 | Ken Nitts |
| 10 | Arnel Majia |
Nitro RS4 Open E Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Ian Bonnardel |
| 2 | Raffel Thompson |
| 3 | Vincent Ayres |
| 4 | Bob Roach |
| 5 | Robert Flores |
| 6 | Fred Flores |
| 7 | Manny Lubong, Jr |
| 8 | Michael Strong |
| 9 | Arnell David |
| 10 | Aris Santos |
Nitro RS4 Open D Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Steven Lam |
| 2 | Tom Truong |
| 3 | Dino Del Rosario |
| 4 | Dan Galley |
| 5 | Kareem Tucker |
| 6 | Edmund Heli |
| 7 | Collin Cocores |
| 8 | Douglas Ray |
| 9 | Tim Calnan |
| 10 | Robert Buttry |
Nitro RS4 Open C Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Jimmy Cho |
| 2 | Steven Dang |
| 3 | Angel Colon |
| 4 | Brad |
| 5 | Rich Taylor |
| 6 | Joedy Flores |
| 7 | Javier Nieto |
| 8 | Randy Wente |
| 9 | Mike Truhe |
| 10 | Nestor Rinonos |
Nitro RS4 Open B Main
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Gilbert De Las Reyes |
| 2 | Yoichi Matsuda |
| 3 | Mike Larson |
| 4 | Troy Lyman |
| 5 | Jamie Schoolcraft |
| 6 | Jim Bonnardel |
| 7 | Eddie Fulinara |
| 8 | Austin Sarnelle |
| 9 | Jim Baxter |
| 10 | George Gonzalez |
Nitro RS4 Open A Main
Many local racers that are common sights at area parking lot tracks were
in the Nitro RS4 Open A Main, and we were happy to see Alex Fernihough
holding his own against the fastest drivers in Southern California! Unfortunately
he had a few problems during the race and wasn't able to finish the European
sweep that Marc and Peter started. Chris Young, our Pepsi drink provider,
came out on top in the end, with Luis Wang just a couple of laps down
after 10 minutes. The biggest surprise of this race was Daniel Trnka with
his nearly stock RTR Nitro RS4 in 3rd place! All he changed was the shock
springs, and he showed that the RTR really does stand for "Ready
To Run"!
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| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Chris Young |
| 2 | Luis Wang |
| 3 | Daniel Trnka |
| 4 | Kenneth Cunamay |
| 5 | Paul Gallardo |
| 6 | Steve Fujita |
| 7 | Alex Fernihough |
| 8 | Mario Caba |
| 9 | Steve Perez |
| 10 | Patrick Mundell |
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Kanji Tanaka |
| 2 | John Freeman |
| 3 | Chris Nicastro |
| 4 | Lito Ancleta |
| 5 | Paul Varize |
| 6 | Tim Wolford |
| 7 | Victor Martinez |
Super Nitro RS4 A Main
Orlando
Sherman put on a great show for the spectators with his driving in the
tight Hobby Shack track. The large cars and tight racing sections combined
for some huge crashes! Many loud shouts came up from the crowed during
the Super Nitro races, and all the racers walked away with a Super-sized
enthusiasm for more big-scale racing at area parking lot tracks! At the
end of ten minutes, Orlando walked away with the win, with 3 laps over
2nd place Paul Gallardo and 3rd place Frank McKinney, who were only seconds
apart at the finish.
| Final Position | Racer |
| 1 | Orlando Sherman |
| 2 | Paul Gallardo |
| 3 | Frank McKinney |
| 4 | Lito Reyes |
| 5 | Mario Caba |
| 6 | Mitsuhiro Ohe |
| 7 | Jason Taylor |
| 8 | Scott Jarrett |
| 9 | Craig Wood |
| 10 | George Gonzalez |
With the efficiency of the Hobby Shack race directors, we were able to wrap up the racing earlier than expected in time to get the plaques, trophies and kits passed out while there was still daylight (by 5 PM)!