Josh Wheeler claque le doublé au Futaba Challenge juillet 30, 2014 by Chris Laisser un commentaire Ce week-end c’est déroulé le OS/Futaba Challenge à St. Louis, dans le Missouri. La piste agrémentée de beaucoup de sauts est l’oeuvre de l’équipe Dirt Racing. Du beau monde était présent avec par exemple Jared Tebo, Ryan Lutz, Josh Wheeler et Taylor James. En buggy Taylor James fait la TQ et Josh Wheeler fait la TQ en truggy. La course était divisée en deux manches. En buggy Josh Wheeler part en tête et ne sera rejoint qu’à mi-course par Jared Tebo bien remonté. Une belle bataille s’engage entre les deux pilotes mais peu de temps après tebo casse un triangle de son Kyosho laissant le champ libre pour Wheeler et son XRAY XB8. La deuxième manche verra une nouvelle fois Wheeler s’imposer, arrivant à contenir Tebo et Lutz en embuscade! En truggy Lutz s’impose dans le première manche devant l’incontournable Wheeler. Dans la deuxième manche, Wheeler retouche son XRAY XT9 et part en tête. Lutz, moins à l’aise qu’en première manche avec son Durango va essayer de tenir le rythme mais devra lâcher prise suite à un soucis de servo. Les résultats: Résultat global des finales 1/8 Pro Buggy: 1. Josh Wheeler 2. Taylor James 3. Ryan Lutz 4. Matt Gosch 5. Jared Tebo 6. Colton Kiefer 7. Justin Wheeler 8. Taylor Timmerman 9. Nate Jaskot 10. Dylan Gerard 11. David Green 12. Nick Gibson Résultat global des finales Pro Arena Truck: 1. Josh Wheeler – XRAY XT9 2. Dylan Gerard 3. Tony Bacon 4. Ryan Lutz 5. Jimmy Vanderhaar 6. Dillon Caldwell 7. Brad Shearer 8. Britten Curry 9. Greg Baumel 10. Michael Paige 11. Justin Wheeler 12. Colton Kiefer The summary of the race by Josh Wheeler: This past weekend was the OS/Futaba Challenge in St. Louis, MO. The track was built by The Dirt Racing with lots of jumps with some nice flowing sections for good racing. The racing format was best 2 out of 3 qualifiers with 2- 20 min main events for both pro buggy and truggy. There would also be a dash for cash with the top 6 qualifiers starting in inverted order. Both the buggy and truggy were good in practice and only required minimal changes in shock oil for the weather. Truggy qualifying went very well, I ran on soft tires and managed to TQ the first two rounds and take the overall TQ. Buggy was going to be tough with top names like Jared Tebo, Ryan Lutz and Taylor James. The first round went well but a mistake would cost me the overall TQ to Taylor James. The 2nd and 3rd rounds went much better and I TQ’ed both rounds with the car feeling really good. I was running soft impacts for most of thew weekend and they felt great and made car easy to drive. Sunday was main day and the weather was very hot! The track was run dry and started to get some good sized holes in the corners. The first truggy main I chose the wrong tire and was a little thin on shock oil, this caused me to be a little off pace from Lutz. The second truggy race went very well, I got the lead early and never looked back. My truck was much better from the changes and with Lutz having servo issues it gave me the win. The buggy class was going to be a good race because the holes in the corners were getting pretty big and the consistent line without crashing was the key to success. The first buggy main I had some struggles at the beginning and but put on a hard charge towards Tebo about midway through the race. I caught Tebo and a good battle was shaping up, unfortunately Tebo had a from arm break and put him out of the race. For the 2nd half of the race I tried to put consistent laps and cruise to victory. The 2nd main was much more of a battle. From the start I lead the race but had Tebo and Lutz a few seconds behind. I drove as smooth as possible and was able to keep my XRAY out front for the 20 min main and get the overall win. Source: XRAY. PartagezTweetez0 PartagesAbout ChrisFounder of circusrc.com, journalist & photographer in the RC world for several years, Chris is passionate about RC, racing and technique. Whether in France or in the world, he is trying to bring high-quality information and photos for enthusiasts... and make you want to join the world of RC!