17.5T Touring
In the largest class - 17.5 TC - with over 70 entires, Larry Fairtrace would TQ the tight field during round 3 - but he did so with a different car brand. For round 4 Larry would run his A700 Evo for the first time in 17.5 (this is his 13.5 race car) and just miss re-setting TQ by 0.071 seconds. Hot on Larry's heels in each round was Cory Parson in the XRay. The TOP 11 after four rounds of qualifying featured four Awesomatix TCs -- but with the famous Snowbirds B-Screw, Brian Wynn was forced to run the B-Main in order make the show.- 1)Larry Fairtrace (Awesomatix)28/5:02.916 (R3)
- 2)Cory Parsons28/5:03.185 (R3)
- 3)Eric Anderson28/5:04.252 (R4)
- 4)Michael Herald Jr.28/5:05.250 (R4)
- 5)Danny Jenkins28/5:05.850 (R3)
- 6)Craig Xavier28/5:07.053 (R4)
- 7)Dave Johnson28/5:11.278 (R4)
- 8)Sal Amato27/5:00.069 (R4)
- 9)Michael Hanulec (Awesomatix)27/5:00.100 (R3)
- 10)Brian Wynn (Awesomatix)27/5:00.309 (R3)
- 11)Karl Hoffmeister (Awesomatix)27/5:00.502 (R2)
During the B-Main Brian would not be so lucky, and that allowed Karl Hoffmeister to drive to the win, and find his way into 10th place in the A-Main.
The 17.5 TC A-main was uneventful for Larry as he shot out to a quick lead over Cory. After a minute Cory would crash sending himself off track and allowing Eric Anderson to move into the 2nd spot. Corey would drive hard through the pack back to finish 3rd.
| os | Driver | Car # | Laps | Time | Fast | Behind | Qual # | Consistency | Std. Dev. |
| 1 | Larry Fairtrace (Awesomatix) | 1 | 28 | 5:09.875 | 10.554 | 1 | 96.57% | 0.38 | |
| 2 | Eric Anderson | 3 | 27 | 5:00.609 | 10.781 | 3 | 95.68% | 0.48 | |
| 3 | Cory Parsons | 2 | 27 | 5:03.251 | 10.726 | 2.642 | 2 | 90.64% | 1.05 |
| 4 | Michael Herald Jr. | 4 | 27 | 5:07.035 | 10.838 | 3.784 | 4 | 93.94% | 0.69 |
| 5 | Craig Xavier | 6 | 27 | 5:10.453 | 10.815 | 3.418 | 6 | 92.68% | 0.84 |
| 6 | Sal Amato | 8 | 27 | 5:11.846 | 10.990 | 1.393 | 8 | 93.89% | 0.71 |
| 7 | Michael Hanulec (Awesomatix) | 9 | 27 | 5:12.320 | 10.856 | 0.474 | 9 | 93.46% | 0.76 |
| 8 | Danny Jenkins | 5 | 26 | 5:10.679 | 10.807 | 5 | 89.02% | 1.31 | |
| 9 | Karl Hoffmeister (Awesomatix) | 10 | 8 | 1:36.543 | 11.052 | 0 | 91.35% | 1.04 | |
| 10 | Dave Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 7 | --- | --- | |
| Top Qualifier is Fairtrace, Larry 28/5:02.917 (Rnd 3) | |||||||||
Larry said-
"Round 4 was the first pack of 17.5 I had run on that car. And with no warm up laps being instituted I was not familiar with what the car was going to do with the 17.5 so my first couple laps were slow. Had I gotten any practice with the car in 17.5 prior to that round I would of for sure gone faster than my Tq. .071 difference and zero laps on that car in stock all weekend up to that point.
I ran the Shaft car on Sunday (mains day) because I tried them both in the morning and the track was slightly changed and the Awesomatix was absolutely amazing on Sunday and clearly the correct choice for both classes (17.5 and 13.5). It was one of the best cars I have ever driven on Sunday. Plus I thought the super free drive train could take another tooth and I wanted to get out to a lead and then cruise. My plan worked."
"Round 4 was the first pack of 17.5 I had run on that car. And with no warm up laps being instituted I was not familiar with what the car was going to do with the 17.5 so my first couple laps were slow. Had I gotten any practice with the car in 17.5 prior to that round I would of for sure gone faster than my Tq. .071 difference and zero laps on that car in stock all weekend up to that point.
I ran the Shaft car on Sunday (mains day) because I tried them both in the morning and the track was slightly changed and the Awesomatix was absolutely amazing on Sunday and clearly the correct choice for both classes (17.5 and 13.5). It was one of the best cars I have ever driven on Sunday. Plus I thought the super free drive train could take another tooth and I wanted to get out to a lead and then cruise. My plan worked."
USVTA
In USVTA, Dave Johnson (VBC) would TQ over Dave Ehrlich (VBC) and Jim Piersol (XRay). In the A-main Michael Hanulec (Awesomatix) would steal the win from the rest of the field crusing to win over Dave Ehrlich and Jim Piersol.
| Pos | Driver | Car # | Laps | Time | Fast | Behind | Qual # | Consistency | Std. Dev. |
| 1 | Michael Hanulec (Awesomatix) | 5 | 38 | 8:03.530 | 12.186 | 5 | 97.00% | 0.38 | |
| 2 | Dave Ehrlich | 2 | 38 | 8:09.541 | 12.383 | 6.011 | 2 | 94.33% | 0.73 |
| 3 | Jim Piersol | 3 | 38 | 8:11.018 | 12.355 | 1.477 | 3 | 94.98% | 0.65 |
| 4 | Robert Dirla | 9 | 37 | 8:10.614 | 12.331 | 9 | 90.72% | 1.23 | |
| 5 | Brian Busse | 7 | 37 | 8:11.177 | 11.894 | 0.563 | 7 | 91.67% | 1.11 |
| 6 | Manny Flores | 10 | 37 | 8:12.180 | 12.268 | 1.003 | 0 | 92.02% | 1.06 |
| 7 | David Bowser | 4 | 37 | 8:12.739 | 12.051 | 0.559 | 4 | 90.18% | 1.31 |
| 8 | Robert Brandow | 8 | 36 | 8:00.525 | 12.329 | 8 | 93.05% | 0.93 | |
| 9 | Michael Jones | 6 | 36 | 8:07.175 | 12.648 | 6.650 | 6 | 91.62% | 1.13 |
| 10 | Dave Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | --- | --- | |
| Top Qualifier is Johnson, Dave 24/5:00.279 (Rnd 2) | |||||||||
Modified Touring
In modified Paul Lemieux (XRay) would TQ over Marc Fischer (Serpent) and Keven Hebert (Associated). Going into the A-main, Josh Cyrul, starting 8th on the grid, would have a rocket start upto 4th place by the 2nd lap. He would get as high as 3rd overall before making a mistake and falling back to 5th. He finished the 5 minute race 4th overall.
| Pos | Driver | Car # | Laps | Time | Fast | Behind | Qual # | Consistency | Std. Dev. |
| 1 | Paul Lemieux | 1 | 29 | 5:06.264 | 10.308 | 1 | 98.02% | 0.21 | |
| 2 | Marc Fischer | 2 | 29 | 5:08.196 | 10.292 | 1.932 | 2 | 95.87% | 0.44 |
| 3 | Keven Hebert | 3 | 28 | 5:00.801 | 10.471 | 3 | 96.63% | 0.36 | |
| 4 | Josh Cyrul (Awesomatix) | 8 | 28 | 5:02.040 | 10.391 | 1.239 | 8 | 94.88% | 0.55 |
| 5 | Andrew Hardman | 4 | 28 | 5:02.225 | 10.410 | 0.185 | 4 | 93.74% | 0.68 |
| 6 | Mike Haynes | 10 | 28 | 5:05.511 | 10.423 | 3.286 | 0 | 93.83% | 0.67 |
| 7 | Robbie Dodge | 6 | 28 | 5:05.721 | 10.586 | 0.210 | 6 | 95.96% | 0.44 |
| 8 | Chris Adams | 9 | 28 | 5:08.855 | 10.483 | 3.134 | 9 | 91.58% | 0.93 |
| 9 | JJ Wang | 5 | 23 | 4:10.513 | 10.343 | 5 | 89.74% | 1.12 | |
| 10 | Cory Parsons | 7 | 22 | 4:05.760 | 10.532 | 7 | 90.93% | 1.01 | |
| Top Qualifier is Lemieux, Paul 29/5:00.349 (Rnd 4) | |||||||||
13.5T Touring
Throughout qualifying of the 13.5T class, the trio of Keven Hebert, Cory Parsons and Larry Fairtrace would battle for the TQ over the four rounds. The TOP 11 after four rounds of qualifying featured two Awesomatix TCs -- but with the famous Snowbirds B-Screw, Karl Hoffmeister was forced to run the B-Main in order make the show.
- 1)Keven Hebert29/5:10.228 (R3)
- 2)Cory Parsons29/5:10.536 (R4)
- 3)Larry Fairtrace (Awesomatix)29/5:10.692 (R2)
- 4)Andrew Hardman28/5:00.877 (R2)
- 5)Raymond Darroch28/5:01.980 (R4)
- 6)Chris Adams28/5:02.762 (R1)
- 7)Eric Anderson28/5:03.269 (R4)
- 8)Mike Haynes28/5:06.387 (R3)
- 9)Drew Ellis28/5:08.367 (R4)
- 10)Karl Hoffmeister (Awesomatix)28/5:08.646 (R2)
- 11)Paul Ciccarello28/5:09.223 (R4)
During the B-Main Karl would not be so lucky, and that allowed Paul Ciccarello to drive to the win, and find his way into 10th place in the A-Main.
The 13.5 TC A-main was action packed as Larry would challenge Cory not once, but twice for 2nd place putting two fantastic passes on Cory before a 1 cent e-clip would side line Larry's car. Keven would run uncontested and only on the last lap would Cory lose 2nd place to his XRay teammate Chris Adams coming from 6th to take 2nd.
| Pos | Driver | Car # | Laps | Time | Fast | Behind | Qual # | Consistency | Std. Dev. |
| 1 | Keven Hebert | 1 | 28 | 5:02.480 | 10.651 | 1 | 98.92% | 0.12 | |
| 2 | Chris Adams | 6 | 28 | 5:08.105 | 10.701 | 5.625 | 6 | 95.50% | 0.50 |
| 3 | Cory Parsons | 2 | 28 | 5:08.215 | 10.602 | 0.110 | 2 | 94.19% | 0.64 |
| 4 | Andrew Hardman | 4 | 28 | 5:08.648 | 10.555 | 0.433 | 4 | 90.79% | 1.02 |
| 5 | Mike Haynes | 8 | 28 | 5:10.437 | 10.710 | 1.789 | 8 | 94.77% | 0.58 |
| 6 | Raymond Darroch | 5 | 28 | 5:10.651 | 10.671 | 0.214 | 5 | 91.99% | 0.89 |
| 7 | Eric Anderson | 7 | 27 | 5:03.979 | 10.641 | 7 | 88.95% | 1.24 | |
| 8 | Drew Ellis | 9 | 27 | 5:04.312 | 10.569 | 0.333 | 9 | 91.80% | 0.92 |
| 9 | Paul Ciccarello | 10 | 26 | 5:05.940 | 10.619 | 0 | 78.80% | 2.49 | |
| 10 | Larry Fairtrace (Awesomatix) | 3 | 16 | 2:54.269 | 10.578 | 3 | 94.94% | 0.55 | |
| Top Qualifier is Hebert, Keven 29/5:10.229 (Rnd 3) | |||||||||
The Team
Finally, and most importantly, the ever growing Team Awesomatix USA made a strong showing at the 2014 Snowbirds. We'd like to thank Mike Boylan and his entire race crew for putting on a great show. We will be back next year -- watch out!
Videos
17.5T TC A-main
USVTA A-main
Modified TC A-main