R/C Monster Truck Racing Series Draws Racers from Virginia

R/C Monster Motorsports Chase for the Championship Race #5 hosted at Superior Hobbies in Casselberry, Florida drew R/C Monster Truck racers from Central Florida and Virginia making for some great competition! Click here to view the Overall Chase for the Championship race series points standings.

Joey Gargaro and his R/C Monster truck racing team made the 13 hour drive from Portsmouth, Virginia to participate in the race. This was the second event for Joey’s crew their first experience with R/C Monster Motorsports was at Dennis Anderson’s Digger’s Bash back in May of this year in Poplar Branch, North Carolina. Joey said that they all had a great time and was well worth the trip! Joey hinted that they may make another road trip back for The Man’s Expo event scheduled for November 25-26, 2006 in Melbourne, Florida.

The Chase for the Championship #5 event well attended and the competition was again top notch. Steve Tash set a new track record in Carpet Drags driving his Byron’s Revolocity with a time of 1.310 seconds. Supercharged driven by Gregg Lafferty would be the only driver to defeat Steve and Revolocity as Steve out powered the track with a wheel stand in the finals. Monster Mutt would win Big Block Carpet drags with a time of 1.398 seconds over Stuart Shaw, Jr. driving NAS-T-Maxx.

Drivers navigated around a modified St. Louis style racing course for the Side-by-Side racing event. The course was designed by Track Director Bari Musawwir. Speaking of Bari, he once again drove Monster Mutt to the winners circle in the Big Block class further extending his points lead over his competitors. In Tough Truck and Pro R/C Monster Truck classes Zeek Heard placed team trucks in the finals. In Tough Truck Zeek won with Grave Digger 20 defeating his son Justin driving Bounty Hunter. In the Pro R/C Monster Truck class Zeek again won with Grave Digger 20 defeating Batman. In the Small Block class it would be Stuart Shaw, Jr. driving NAS-T-Maxx taking the win against Supercharged driven by Gregg Lafferty.

In Truck Pulling Steve Tash pulled himself back into the points chase winning the Big Block and Small Block pulling classes. Click here to view a photo gallery of the race. Click here for a complete list of drivers for the event. Click here for a complete list of race event results.

See you at Race Rock in Orlando, Florida on November 18th and 19th, 2006 for our Chase for the Championship Race #6 and 2006 Fall Nationals. Please click here to pre-register online. You must register online by November 16th, 2006. We look forward to seeing you at the race!

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