Author - Derek LeBeouf
Coming off of winning the serries in novice class in 2024 I moved up to 21.5 2wd sportsman, 17.5 4wd sportsman and 13.5 stadium truck. Had the 2wd and 4wd dialed in thanks to the help of my buddy Steve Szykulski. 2wd started off great but got tangled up in qualifying round 1 and with the reseeding for qual 2 I was in the car group. Made the c-mains in 2wd but was able to bump up into the b-mains. The b-main was a tough group but I drove the wheels off the car literally breaking a rear arm on it causing me to be done for the day in 2wd. Stadium truck has been a rough one getting the truck dialed in but thanks to Steve and Buddy Howell we got it right finally in the mains. I made the B-main and finished 3rd just missing the bump up but the truck finally felt good an with some more practice with it I will have it up there with the top guys I feel. 4wd the car was great all weekend long. I killed it staying with the A group all threw qualifying and securing the last spot in A-mains. 1st A didnt go to hot had some issues with the pipe but 2nd A-main I rain one of my best races all weekend. I didn't finish in the top but finished 7th with a lap ahead of the last 3 guys. All in all i think i did great with a crazy amount of improvement from last year. Its only up from here on. Cant thank my sponsor Kyle Emerson Murphy with CenFlo R/C they definitely had the cars and truck glued to the track. I would have been all over the place without them also wana thank Steve Szykulski RC Buddy Jon Stephens Bob Trimm Jay Johnson and Zachary Schmidt for all the help this weekend. Also want to thank Erik Everett for the killer paint job on the boddies everyone was loving them and giving compliments