This past weekend I attend the 2nd Annual SiKCross at the Pro-Line Test Track. I raced Open Nitro Truggy, Open E-Buggy, and Pro Nitro Buggy. Saturday the track opened up at 6:00 am and practice started around 7:00 am. My practice went good with some setup changes and I was ready for qualifying. After practice, the track was rough and only got worse. In the first round of qualifying I had a good run in all three in HB Racing cars to be in the fastest heats in all three, 5th in Open E-Buggy, 5th in Open Nitro Truggy, and 6th in Pro Nitro Buggy. In the second round of qualifying I was 4th in Open Nitro Truggy, 3rd in Open E-Buggy, and 7th in Pro Nitro Buggy. In the last round of qualifying I was 4th in Open E-Buggy, starting 7th in the A main, 11th in Open Truggy, I would start 5th in the a main and last but not least I finished 5th in Pro Nitro Buggy and would start 10th in the Pro Nitro Buggy A-Main. There were triple 10 minute a mains for E-Buggy, 15 for Open Nitro Truggy and Pro Nitro Buggy.
Pro-Line Hole Shots in M3 were the Tires of Choice
Photos Courtesy of Rugspin Graphix
My first A-Main was in E-Buggy. I did not have a fully charged battery, so about half way through, I pulled my car of the track and I finished 12th. In A2 I had a full charged battery and was able to finish 4th. In A3 was the last one and had nothing to lose so I put my head down and finished 5th, 7th overall. Next was Open Nitro Truggy. In A1 I had a flame out, but was able to finish 5th. In A2 I finished 3rd. In A3 I had a amazing race to finish 4th and 4th overall. The last class of the day for me was Pro Nitro Buggy.
In A1 I was in second for the first couple laps, then got the lead and was leading for a while until I got nervous and had some mistake but finished 7th in A1. In A2 I did not have such of a good start as A1, but drove consistent clean laps to finish 5th. A3 I had a good start but I hit a pipe on the front of my body and broke it, so I came into the pits that lap to fix it and finished in 7th in A3 and 7th overall.
I would like to thank Mark Schroeder, Kerry Lemos, and Kevin Palmer for all of these guys help this weekend, would not be were I’m today without them. As long as my sponsors HB Racing, Pro-Line Racing, Amain.com, Hobbywing, Protekrc, Vp Racing Fuels, Ogio, Reds Air Brush Designs, Mattox Designs, and Hooked Tire Sauce
– CJ Jelin
