| The first four cars made it cleanly
through the right-side sweeper and the table-top that follows, and we're
not sure what happened behind because we weren't watching! As the front
four, in order came over the little double and hard left-hander, Mike
Truhe got it sideways, touching Cavalieri, and Hodapp came through to
hold second at the end of the first half-lap. Jared Tebo got through also
to take fourth behind Truhe. As they completed
the second full lap, Maifield filpped the BJ on its lid in the same
little double, and Hodapp took over the lead, and there's really nothing
else to report. Greg maintained a four second lead to the end and took
home the 2005 ROAR Modified National Championship.
RESULTS A MAIN # 3
| 1 |
Greg Hodapp |
11/5:25 |
| 2 |
Ryan Maifield |
10/5:00 |
| 3 |
Jared Tebo |
10/5:02 |
| 4 |
Mike Truhe |
10/5:03 |
| 5 |
Adam Drake |
10/5:08 |
| 6 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
10/5:12 |
| 7 |
Billy Fischer |
9/4:37 |
| 8 |
Matt Francis |
7/3:33 |
| 9 |
Billy Easton |
6/3:14 |
| 10 |
Travis Amezcua |
DNS |
FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 |
Greg Hodapp |
X - 5 |
| 2 |
Ryan Maifield |
BJ 4X4 |
| 3 |
Mike Truhe |
xxx-4 |
| 4 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
BJ 4X4 |
| 5 |
Jared Tebo |
BJ 4X4 |
| 6 |
Adam Drake |
xx-4 |
| 7 |
Travis Amezcua |
xxx-4 |
| 8 |
Matt Francis |
xx-4 |
| 9 |
Billy Easton |
xx-4 |
| 10 |
Billy Fischer |
xx-4 |
A massive second-turn pile up on the first half lap
scrambled the standings except for pole-sitter Maifield, who emerged
unscathed. Greg Hodapp navigated the rapids as did Travis Amezcua up
from his 6th spot on the grid. That 180 turn is followed by a small
table-top, a 90 left, and a double followed immediately by a 120 left.
Hodapp was off-line from the second turn mess, and
swung wide in the 90 left, allowing Travis and Ryan Cavalieri to fly
through into second and third over the double. So, at the end of the
first full lap, Maifield held a 30 foot lead over Amezcua with Cavalieri
right on his bumper, Hodapp just a few feet back, and Francis 20 feet
behind Hodapp with a gap to the rest of the field.
Cavalieri rolled after the little triple on lap three,
and Travis, Greg, and Matt all went by. At the end of the lap Hodapp
tried to turn inside Amezcua in the 180 after the start-finish, but
Travis would have none of it. So Maifield had about a half-the-straight
lead over Amezcua with Hodapp right behind.
By lap five Amezcua had cut the gap to Maifield
in half with Hodapp following closely. Then Ryan made his mistake, flipping
it on the left turn right after the double before the start/finish.
Hodapp roared by, and motored off into the sunset.
RESULTS A MAIN # 2
| 1 |
Greg Hodapp |
11/5:26 |
| 2 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
10/5:00 |
| 3 |
Travis Amezcua |
10/5:02 |
| 4 |
Adam Drake |
10/5:05 |
| 5 |
Mike Truhe |
10/5:07 |
| 6 |
Jared Tebo |
10/5:08.2 |
| 7 |
Billy Easton |
10/5:08.3 |
| 8 |
Matt Francis |
8/4:12 |
| 9 |
Ryan Maifield |
5/2:44 |
| 10 |
Billy Fischer |
DNS |
STANDINGS AFTER 2 ROUNDS
| 1 |
Greg Hodapp |
19 lPoints X - 5 |
| 2 |
Mike Truhe |
14 xxx-4 |
| 3 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
14 BJ 4X4 |
| 4 |
Adam Drake |
13 xxx-4 |
| 5 |
Ryan Maifield |
12 BJ 4X4 |
| 6 |
Travis Amezcua |
11 xxx-4 |
| 7 |
Matt Francis |
10 xx-4 |
| 8 |
Jaared Tebo |
9 BJ 4X4 |
| 9 |
Billy Easton |
5 xx-4 |
| 10 |
Billy Fischer |
3 xx-4 |
Mike Truhe, fresh from his very close victory in buggy A-1, hung his xxx-4
momentarily on th3e pipe in the 180 at the end of the sweeper on the right
side of the track on the first 1/2 lap. The cars started on the back straight
and the timing loop is in front by the drivers' stand. The order crossing
the line for the first time was Maifield, Cavalieri, Hodapp, Amezcua,
and Truhe. There's a little double on the left side of the track coming
diagonally back toward the drivers' stand after the left-side sweeper,
and Cavalieri bobbled slightly here on the first real lap, allowing Hodapp
into second. So the first full lap ended Maifield with a small gap to
Hodapp, and Cavalieri right behind him. Just a bit back were Amezcua and
Truhe, then another gap to the rest of the field. In
the first part of the second lap Hodapp and Cavalieri were able to close
right up on Maifield, and in the 120 right getting on the straight Maifield
swung 4 or 6 inches wide. Hodapp took a look but decided against it,
and they finished lap two that way.
At the end of the right-side sweeper Maifield got a
bit wide again, and this time Hodapp tried it. But he got hung up on
the pipe, Maifield maintained the lead, and Cavalieri got through. Truhe
and Amezcua followed Hodapp across the line.
On lap four Cavalieri hit the pipe at the end
of the left-side sweeper, rolling to the outside, and Hodapp got by
into second. This gave Maifield an almost length-of-the-straight lead
over Hodapp and Truhe a half-straight behind in third. Essentially,
that was the race, as they more or less maintained those positions.
RESULTS A - 1
| 1 |
Ryan Maifiled |
11/5:25 BJ 4X4 |
| 2 |
Greg Hodapp |
11/5:27 X - 5 |
| 3 |
Mike Truhe |
10/5:02 xxx-4 |
| 4 |
Matt Francis |
10/5:05 xx-4 |
| 5 |
Adam Drake |
10/5:06.1 xxx-4 |
| 6 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
10/5:06.4 BJ 4X4 |
| 7 |
Jared Tebo |
10/5:07 BJ 4X4 |
| 8 |
Travis Amezcua |
10/5:14 xxx-4 |
| 9 |
Billy Fischer |
10/5:16 xx-4 |
| 10 |
Billy Easton |
7/3:41 xx-4 |
Qualifying is now complete for the 2005 ROAR Modified National Championship.
Greg Hodapp won H-4 with his X - 5, meaning that different drivers won
all the heats: Maifield #1, Amezcua #2, Cavalieri #3, and Hodapp #4
H-4 was extremely close, with positions 3 through 7
all on the same second, and the top ten all within 5 seconds. Hodapp
was a model of consistancy, with all 11 laps between 28.0 and 28.9.
Fastest lap of the round was a tie between Mark Pavadis and Ryan Cavalieri,
both posting a 27.7. With the race nearly over, both Truhe and Maifield
turned a 27.9 on lap 10 but Hodapp answered back with a 28.0 on lap
11 to seal the win.
QUALIFYING RESULTS H - 4
| 1 |
Greg Hodapp |
11/5:13 |
| 2 |
Ryan Maifield |
11/5:14 |
| 3 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
11/5:16.2 |
| 4 |
Mike Truhe |
11/5:16.3 |
| 5 |
Jared Tebo |
11/5:16.5 |
| 6 |
Mark Pavidis |
11/5:16.6 |
| 7 |
Travis Amezcua |
11/5:16.8 |
| 8 |
Scott Brown |
11/5:17.4 |
| 9 |
Adam Drake |
11/5:17.8 |
| 10 |
Jesse Robbers |
11/5:18 |
| 11 |
Al Horne |
11/5:22 |
| 12 |
Jason Ruona |
11/5:24.0 |
| 13 |
Eric Desrosiers |
11/5:24.6 |
| 14 |
Brandon Rhode |
11/5:24.8 |
| 15 |
J.R. Mitch |
11/5:25 |
| 16 |
Matt Francis |
11/5:26 |
| 17 |
Charles Pearson |
11/5:27.2 |
| 18 |
Dave Montgomery |
11/5:27.5 |
| 19 |
Billy Easton |
10/4:40 |
| 20 |
Kyle Skidmore |
10/5:00 |
FINAL QUALIFYING ORDER
A MAIN
| 1 |
Ryan Maifield |
2 (3, 8) Points BJ 4X4 |
| 2 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
2 (3,10) BJ 4X4 |
| 3 |
Mike Truhe |
4 (4) xxx-4 |
| 4 |
Greg Hodapp |
4 (6) X - 5 |
| 5 |
Billy Easton |
6 xx-4 |
| 6 |
Travis Amexcua |
7 xx-4 or xxx-4 -- he doesn't know! |
| 7 |
Jared Tebo |
10 (9) BJ 4X4 |
| 8 |
Matt Francis |
10 (10) xx-4 |
| 9 |
Billy Fischer |
11 xx-4 |
| 10 |
Adam Drake |
14 (9) xx-4 |
B MAIN
| 11 |
Scott Brown |
14 (11) BJ 4X4 |
| 12 |
Mark Pavidis |
16 (13) Kyosho Prototype |
| 13 |
J.R. Mitch |
16 (15) BJ 4X4 |
| 14 |
Jesse Robbers |
17 xx-4 |
| 15 |
Dave Montgomery |
20 (18) BJ 4X4 |
| 16 |
Jason Ruona |
20 (19) BJ 4X4 |
| 17 |
Eric Desrosiers |
26 BJ 4X4 |
| 18 |
Brandon Rhode |
30 xxx-4 |
| 19 |
Kyle Skidmore |
30 BJ 4X4 |
| 20 |
Al Horne |
30 xx-4 |
C MAIN
| |
Ryan Dawson |
30 xxx-4 |
| |
Charles Pearson |
31 xxx-4 |
| |
Josh Numan |
34 xxx-4 |
| |
Todd Lewis |
40 |
| |
Paul Sinclair |
41 X - 5 |
| |
James Schlick |
42 xxx-4 |
| |
Al Ford |
44 |
| |
Matt McCready |
44 |
| |
Jimmy Babcock |
44 xxx-4 |
| |
Mark Smyka |
47 |
RESULTS, QUALIFYING HEAT # 3
| 1 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
11/5:11 |
| 2 |
Mike Truhe |
11/5:14 |
| 3 |
Ryan Maifield |
11/5:15 |
| 4 |
J.R. Mitch |
11/5:17.4 |
| 5 |
Jared Tebo |
11/5:17.7 |
| 6 |
Scott Brown |
11/5:18.44 |
| 7 |
Jesse Robbers |
11/5:18.46 |
| 8 |
Adam Drake |
11/5:18.5 |
| 9 |
Billy Easton |
11/5:18.7 |
| 10 |
Matt Francis |
11/5:20 |
| 11 |
Dave Montgomery |
11/5:22 |
| 12 |
Ryan Dawson |
11/5:27 |
| 13 |
Eric Desrosiers |
11/5:28.0 |
| 14 |
Kyle Skidmore |
11/5:28 |
| 15 |
Greg Hodapp |
11/5:31 |
| 16 |
Brandon Rhode |
10/5:00.8 |
| 17 |
Charles Pearson |
10/5:00.9 |
| 18 |
Josh Numan |
10/5:02 |
| 19 |
Al Ford |
10/5:05 |
| 20 |
Matt McCready |
10/5:08 |
UNOFFICIAL POINTS AFTER 3 ROUNDS
| 1 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
2 Points BJ 4X4 |
| 2 |
Ryan Maifield |
3 BJ 4X4 |
| 3 |
Mike Truhe |
4 xxx-4 |
| 4 |
Billy Easton |
6 xx-4 |
| 5 |
Matt Francis |
10 (10) xx-4 |
| 6 |
Greg Hodapp |
10 (15) X - 5 |
| 7 |
Travis Amezcua |
11 xxx-4 |
| 8 |
Billy Fischer |
11 (DNS) xx-4 |
| 9 |
Jared Tebo |
14 (14) BJ 4X4 |
| 10 |
Adam Drake |
14 xx-4 |
| 11 |
J.R. Mitch |
16 BJ 4X4 |
| 12 |
Scott Brown |
17 BJ 4X4 |
| 13 |
Jesse Robbers |
19 xx-4 |
| 14 |
Dave Montgomery |
20 BJ 4X4 |
| 15 |
Mark Pavidis |
23 Kyosho Prototype |
| 16 |
Eric Desrosiers |
26 BJ 4X4 |
| 17 |
Jason Ruona |
27 BJ 4X4 |
| 18 |
Ryan Dawson |
30 (21) xxx-4 |
| 19 |
Kyle Skidmore |
30 (22) BJ 4X4 |
| 20 |
Charles Pearson |
31 xxx-4 |
Travis Amezcua, piloting his xxx-4 this time, took first in round
two by a mere .004 seconds over Ryan Cavalieri's BJ 4X4. Travis also
set fastest lap of the round with a 27.8. Ryan Maifield had a 27.91
and Greg Hodapp a 27.96.
There is a woods behind the drivers'
stand and the stand is on the west side of the track, so in the afternoon
the sun starts to get behind the trees and shadows work their way
across the track as the afternoon goes on. This means that the water
being applied aftyer every race takes a bit longer to evaporate and
the track is a bit slower.
RESULTS QUALIFYING HEAT # 2
| 1 |
Travis Amezcua |
11/5:12.991 |
| 2 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
11/5:12.995 |
| 3 |
Billy Easton |
11/5:14.5 |
| 4 |
Billy Fischer |
11/5:14.8 |
| 5 |
Matt Francis |
11/5:16.0 |
| 6 |
Greg Hodapp |
11/5:16.1 |
| 7 |
Mike Truhe |
11/5:17.5 |
| 8 |
Ryan Maifield |
11/5:17.8 |
| 9 |
Jaared Tebo |
11/5:18.3 |
| 10 |
Mark Pavidis |
11/5:18.7 |
| 11 |
Scott Brown |
11/5:22.6 |
| 12 |
J.R. Mitch |
11.5:22.7 |
| 13 |
Eric Desrosiers |
11/5:25.0 |
| 14 |
Charles Pearson |
11/5:25.4 |
| 15 |
Josh Numan |
11/5:26 |
| 16 |
Brandon Rhode |
11/5:33 |
| 17 |
Jimmy Babcock |
10/5:00.2 |
| 18 |
Paul Sinclair |
10/5:00.7 |
| 19 |
Jason Ruona |
10/5:01.6 |
| 20 |
Al Horne |
10/5:01.9 |
| 21 |
Ryan Dawson |
10/5:02 |
| 22 |
Kyle Skidmore |
10/5:03.1 |
| 23 |
Anthony Mazzara |
10/5:03.4 |
STANDINGS AFTER TWO ROUNDS
| 1 |
Billy Easton |
6 points |
| 2 |
Ryan Maifield |
8 |
| 3 |
Mike Truhe |
9 |
| 4 |
Matt Francis |
10 |
| 4 |
Greg Hodapp |
10 |
| 6 |
Travis Amezcua |
11 |
| 7 |
Billy Fischer |
11 |
| 8 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
12 |
| 9 |
Jared Tebo |
23 |
| 9 |
Mark Pavidis |
12 |
Ryan Maifield, in his BJ 4X4, has taken round one of qualifying by
1/2 second over the xxx-4 of Mike Truhe. Another half second back
was Billy Easton with a xx-4 and just one tenth behind him in 4th
was Greg Hodapp in the X - 5. You can throw a 1.1 sec blanket over
the top four qualifiers.
Hodapp's X - 5 set the fastest lap of the round,
a 27.6. Next fasterst was Mark Pavidis in the new Kyosho with a 27.7.
Easton had a 27.8 and Maifield & Truhe both had best laps of 27.9.
The weather is very hot for Connecticut with temps
in the low 90s, but the real problem is the 99% humidity. The weather
man says a cool front from Canada will arrive later this afternoon,
but that may bring rain and could wash out H - 2. We'll see.
RESULTS QUALIFYING HEAT #
1
| 1 |
Ryan Maifield |
11/5:11.2 BJ 4X4 |
| 2 |
Mike Truhe |
11/5:55.7 xxx-4 |
| 3 |
Billy Easton |
11/5:12.2 xx-4 |
| 4 |
Greg Hodapp |
11/5:12.3 X - 5 |
| 5 |
Matt Francis |
11/5:13 xx-4 |
| 6 |
Adam Drake |
11/5:15.2 xx-4 |
| 7 |
Billy Fischer |
11/5:15.5 xx-4 |
| 8 |
Jason Ruona |
11/5:16.1 BJ 4X4 |
| 9 |
Dave Montgomery |
11/5:16.6 BJ 4X4 |
| 10 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
11/5:17.161 BJ 4X4 |
| 11 |
Travis Amezcua |
11/5:17.165 xx-4 |
| 12 |
Jesse Robbers |
11/5:17.7 xx-4 |
| 13 |
Mark Pavidis |
11/5:17.9 Kyosho Lazer Prototype |
| 14 |
Jared Tebo |
11/5:18.1 BJ 4X4 |
| 15 |
Scott Brown |
11/5:18.8 BJ 4X4 |
| 16 |
Kyle Skidmore |
11/5:19 BJ 4X4 |
| 17 |
J.R. Mitch |
11/5:21 BJ 4X4 |
| 18 |
Ryan Dawson |
11/5:24.1 xxx-4 |
| 19 |
Al Horne |
11/5:24.2 xx-4 |
| 20 |
James Schlick |
11/5:24.6 xxx-4 |
The second round of timed practice is complete, and
we have a new TQ in Adam Drake with his xx-4. There are a total of
72 entries in 4WD out of a total field for three classes of about
280, so a good turn-out of 25% of the total is contesting the Championship.
Remember that these results, while they are from the computer with
transponders, are simply a meaningless day of practice. Qualifying
starts for real tomorrow.
TIMED PRACTICE H - 2 RESULTS
| 1 |
Adam Drake |
11/5:11 xx-4 |
| 2 |
Matt Francis |
11/5:14 xx-4 |
| 3 |
Ryan Maifield |
11/5:15 BJ 4X4 |
| 4 |
Greg Hodapp |
11/5:16 X - 5 |
| 5 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
11/5:20 BJ 4X4 |
| 5 |
J.R. Mitch |
11/5:20 BJ 4X4 |
| 5 |
Dave Montgomery |
11/5:20 BJ 4X4 |
| 5 |
Billy Fischer |
11/5:20 xxx-4 |
| 9 |
Mark Pavidis |
11/5:23 Kyosho |
| 10 |
Eric Desrosiers |
11/5:24 |
| 10 |
Jared Tebo 11/5:24 |
BJ 4X4 |
| 10 |
Josh Numam |
11/5:24 xxx-4 |
| 13 |
Scott Brown |
11/5:25 BJ 4X4 |
| 13 |
Ryan Dawson |
11/5:25 xxx-4 |
| 15 |
Jason Ruona |
11/5:29 BJ 4X4 |
| 16 |
Charles Pearson |
10/5:00 xxx-4 |
| 17 |
Todd Lewis |
10/5:01 |
| 17 |
Al Ford |
10/5:01 |
| 19 |
Anthony Mazzara |
10/5:07 |
| 20 |
Al Horne 10/5:08 |
xx-4 |
| 21 |
Paul Sinclair |
10/5:10 X - 5 |
We'll start a story where we add stuph to the story as the next few
days go by by putting the latest stuff on top. Here's the first story:
Practice for the 2005 ROAR Modified Off-Road Nationals
started officially on Thursday July 21st. This clay track produced
quite a lot of dust, and on top of that the major teams had agreed
in advance to run red Blockheads and red X-2000s with standard foam
just as at the Worlds', so traction is at a premium. Many of the Losi
cars are sprouting large wings with big air dams on the rear in an
effort to hoild the rear end in line in the sweeper at the end of
the 110' straight.
They water the track lightly after every race and
this holds the dust down, improving traction, but every now and then
somebody goes a bit overboard with the hose and that area of the track
becomes almost muddy for a time. With 90 degree temperatures and the
sun shining brightly, it doesn't stay that way for long. In fact,
conditions in various corners change dramatically from the beginning
of a race to the end.
These times count for nothing, but they are running
the races under race conditions with transponders so the times are
accurate and give a fair idea of how the various cars and drivers
stack up.
| 1 |
Jesse Robbers |
11/5:11 xx-4 |
| 2 |
Jared Tebo |
11/5:14 BJ 4X4 |
| 3 |
Billy Easton |
11/5:14 xx-4 |
| 4 |
Adam Drake |
11/5:14 xx-4 |
| 5 |
Ryan Cavalieri |
11/5:15 BJ 4X4 |
| 6 |
Matt Francis |
11/5:16 xx-4 |
| 7 |
Ryan Maifield |
11/5:17 BJ 4X4 |
| 8 |
Charles Pearson |
11/5:22 xxx-4 |
| 9 |
Dave Montgomery |
11/5:22 BJ 4X4 |
| 10 |
James Schlick |
11/5:26 xxx-4 |
| 11 |
Jimmy Babcock |
11/5:28 xxx-4 |
| 12 |
J.R. Mitch |
11/5:28 BJ 4X4 |
| 13 |
Scott Brown |
11/5:31 BJ 4X4 |
| 14 |
Clarence Barbour Jr. |
10/5:01 |
| 15 |
Eric Desrosiers |
10/5:02 |
| 16 |
Al Horne |
10/5:02 BJ 4X4 |
| 17 |
Mark Westerfield |
10/5:08 |
| 18 |
Paul Sinclair |
10/5:09 X - 5 |
| 19 |
Anthony Mazzara |
10/5:10 |
| 20 |
Al Ford |
10/5:12 |
Notable DNFs included Mark Pavidis, Travis Amezcua, Todd Hodge (driving
Adam Drake's xxx-4) Mike Truhe, Kyle Skidmore, Greg Hodapp, and Billy
Fischer.
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