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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!

Check out the line for the free T-shirts and bodies!
Click on the class listing below to see the top racers in that class
Electric RS4 Mini
Electric RS4 Sedan
Nitro RS4 Mini
Box Stock Nitro RS4
Nitro RS4 Open
Super Nitro RS4

 

The Giveaway Line!

These are just a few pictures of the super-long line that formed up in mere seconds for racers to get their free HPI or Honda S2000 T-shirts, as well as their free bodies just for racing!
Jason Dearden, our HPI Europe General Manager, checked the names of each racer who came up to the table. Shawn Ireland passed out the Honda S2000 shirts while David Kouche gave out the HPI shirts. Thad Garner and Bill Martinez helped out with the bodies for each racer. 
The line took about two hours to die down, and several dozen bodies were passed out. Our Box Stock Nitro RS4 racers received two bodies, an extra incentive to race in this new class for the HPI Challenge races in the US!
All the racers we talked to were happy that HPI passed out free bodies and T-shirts (a value of about $40 to $60 for a $10 entry), and we were happy to provide a fun and exciting weekend for our HPI racers in the area!


Electric RS4 Mini

Marc Pfenninger of Switzerland (center) took home the first-place plaque and a Super Nitro RS4 kit for winning the Electric RS4 Mini A Main. We'll be sending a big HPI Challenge Trophy Cup to him to put on his mantle back home! Frank Killam (left) and Torrance DeGuzman (right) got 2nd and 3rd place plaques for their close race at the finish!


Electric RS4 Sedan

Chris Lucena (3rd place C Main), Torrance DeGuzman (2nd place C Main) and L'il Al Sevilla (C Main Winner) with their plaques for taking the top 3 spots in the Electric RS4 Sedan C Main.
Robert Drew (2nd place B Main), Johnny Pun (B Main Winner) and Kenneth Cunamy (3rd place B Main) pose with their plaques!
First-place finisher Thad Garner got his HPI Challenge Trophy Cup, but since he is an HPI Factory Team Driver (as well as 2nd place Bill Martinez and 3rd place Shawn Ireland), the kit prize of an RS4 Rally was kicked down to Charlie Barnes, who got a plaque as well! The rest of the A Main competitors also went home with a wooden plaque to hang on their walls!

 

Nitro RS4 Mini

Jamie Schoolcraft (in center) took home a new Nitro RS4 2 kit for his effort in the Nitro RS4 Mini A Main, edging out 2nd place Nestor Rinonos (right). Manny Lubong, Jr. (left) finished in third. Jamie will also be getting one of the large HPI Challenge Trophy Cups sent to him for his accomplishment!

 

Box Stock Nitro RS4

Box Stock Nitro RS4 winner Peter Sergeant from the UK (center) took home an RS4 Pro 2 for his excellent showing in the A Main! Daniel Trnka (left) took 2nd place with an RTR Nitro RS4, and Mark Rebeck (right) went home with 3rd place using his Nitro RS4.

 

Nitro RS4 Open

Chris Young (center) is presented with a brand new Nitro RS4 2 kit by Bruce Garfield (holding the kit) and Geoffrey Lockwood (over Bruce's shoulder) of American Honda. Luis Wang (far left) took home 2nd place and Daniel Trnka (center), again with his RTR Nitro RS4, secured 3rd place in the Nitro RS4 Open class!

 

Super Nitro RS4

Orlando Sherman (center) went home with first place in the Super Nitro RS4 A Main, and a new RS4 Rally kit as well! Orlando will also get a big HPI Challenge Trophy Cup soon! Paul Gallardo (left) escaped with 2nd place just a few seconds ahead of Frank McKinney (right), who was happy enough with third. Good racing, guys! Frank didn't make it easy on anyone in that race...

 

Please read our thanks to everyone who made this extraordinary weekend possible!