Event: Motorama
Location: Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA
Classes Entered: Mod 2wd Buggy, Mod Stadium Truck, Mod 2wd Short Course

This past weekend I attended Motorama held at the Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA.  Motorama is truly a unique event in that it is held in a 1 million square foot facility that hosts a car show, go kart racing, arena cross racing, quarter midget racing, robot wars and two R/C tracks all at the same time.  The best part about the event is that 50,000 spectators pass through the facility and are exposed to R/C racing.

This year’s event had roughly 700 total entries with about 400 on the smaller 1/10th scale track.  Eighth scale buggies, truggies and 4wd short course raced on the larger track while all other 1/10th scale classes raced on the smaller track.  The larger track was about 200ft by 100ft and made of what looked like a topsoil/loam material.  The smaller track was roughly 120ft X 80ft and made of clay.  The track crew did an exceptional job building a layout that was both fun and challenging while making sure it flowed well.  At night they took care of any maintenance that needed to be done. Scotty Ernst was the race director for the large track, while Charlie Suangka took care of running the small track.  With 400 entries on the small track, the days were long, but Charlie kept the program running smoothly without wasting time.

I raced on the small track and entered modified truck, modified 2wd short course and modified 2wd buggy. After 3 rounds of qualifying I was 12th in mod truck, 19th in mod short course and 53rd (out of 96) in mod 2wd buggy.  Both my truck and short course were good, but I struggled with my 2wd buggy.  Qualifying was super tight and one small mistake would drop you 3-4 places.  The qualifying order in most mains were separated by about 5 seconds from 1st though 10th place.  After all was said and done I ended up finishing 2nd in the truck B main, 8th in the short course B main and 3rd in the buggy F main.  Given the amount of entries at the race I’m satisfied with both my truck and short course results, but a little disappointed how I did in 2wd buggy.  I’ll be focusing more on my 2wd in the coming month to ensure I have better results in that class.