Durango Report from the Cactus

By admin On March 28, 2011 · Add Comment

Team Durango at the Cactus Classic

Racer received the following report from Team Durango after their trip to the annual Cactus Classic held in Arizona, USA:

“The annual Cactus Classic race took place over the weekend of 18-20 March 2011 at Scottsdale RC Speedway in Arizona, USA. Team Durango were in attendance with the DEX410, DEX210 prototype and newly released DESC410R Short Course truck. New Team Durango signing Travis â€˜Peanut’ Amezcua was wheeling the DEX410 and DEX210 prototype, both for the first time. There were a total of four 2WD DEX210 prototypes in attendance, with JÃ¶rn Neumann, Hupo HÃ¶nigl, Billy Fischer and Travis Amezcua. Some bad luck meant pole in the B final was the best result but with JÃ¶rn’s domination at the JBRL race the weekend before the guys are very pleased with the performance of the upcoming car which they tried in both rear and mid-motor configurations.
In the Pro-4 Short Course class, Billy Fischer lead the Team Durango charge, placing third on the grid with Hupo and JÃ¶rn in fourth and fifth respectively. Team Durango designer Adam Skelding made the trip over to help the team and placed his SC truck seventh overall in qualifying to give Team Durango a healthy four cars in the A final.
The Pro-4 SC was run over two legs with the average of the two giving the result. In leg one, Hupo took the lead after a clash of wheels sent Ryan Maifield onto his roof – Hupo waited and lost the lead in the process. A battle between team mates took place with JÃ¶rn and Hupo going nose-to-tail for a few laps before JÃ¶rn made a mistake and allowed Hupo to start chasing down the leader. The gap closed but it wasn’t enough and Hupo finished second with JÃ¶rn fourth and Billy fifth. In the second leg, JÃ¶rn showed what he’s capable of and took the win with his DESC410R as Hupo finished third but JÃ¶rn’s win wasn’t quite enough to take the overall victory. The team were impressed with the new DESC410R and felt they had the best car on the track by far in this class so we can expect some good results in the coming months in this exciting new form of racing.”

Source: Team Durango