So, Saturday was awesome.. the track was dry and fast. It was about as much as a racer could ask for. Then evening rolls around and the clouds roll in. It was later and we already had gone through round 2 of qualifying and were about half way through round 3 (heat 10) when the skies opened up and it began to rain on our fun. It was around 9PM or so I think.

 We went from this….

to this….. 🙁

Some were more prepared than others.

So anyways, they called it a night and said we would be picking up where we left off at 8AM. We were to check Facebook for updates on track conditions. Later that night they postponed it even further till 10:30AM start time for Sunday. We got there and it wasn’t raining. There were high hopes we might get it in and the weather in the area would leave us alone and we’d get the race in. CRC already cancelled Round 4 of Quals at this point in hopes of getting the mains in.

We started at 10:30 sharp as planned. The track looked like this. I wasn’t too stoked to run on it. It was in much better shape than we all anticipated considering the rain we got overnight, but it was certainly not ideal running conditions.

My 1/8 E-Buggy was fine when I ran it. It picked up a little mud the first heat, but the chassis is all closed off with the body. The air compressor easily cleaned the car up well.

The short course trucks… got a bit dirtier.

Jarodd’s Tekno SCT410.

Matt’s SSC converted Slash 4×4.

With the 4wd SC classes finishing up, it was time to setup the mains.. and then… you guessed it..

It was a relentless downpour. No way were we running again the rest of the day. Frank cancelled the mains, and had no choice but to award plaques based on qualifying positions from the 3 rounds we did complete. Results and awards on the next page.