Final weekend Cheese Metropolis Xtreme R/C in Monroe, WI held their 2026 Crew Related Off-Highway Shootout.
This occasion occurred of their giant, indoor monitor and the race noticed 233 entries competing in 14 completely different courses. The courses ranged from smaller 1/16 autos to all the best way as much as the bigger 1/8 vehicles. This was an electrical solely occasion, and never solely have been some fashionable autos throwing down quick laps, however two of the courses featured classic rides as properly!
All of it kicked off on Friday at 10am with open follow that ran 6pm that evening. Then at 6:30pm drivers may join a spherical of seeding. Within the seeding spherical drivers would hit the monitor for 3 minutes, and their greatest mixed three laps can be used to find out the place they began for official qualifying on Saturday. By doing this drivers would run heats with fellow racers already on the similar velocity as them for cleaner qualifying heats.
All of the drivers have been competing for {hardware} which was awarded to the highest 5 finishers in every class.
For the race a recent format was put in. The design encompasses a lengthy straight in entrance of the driving force’s stand with a small hill proper earlier than the tip to assist gradual vehicles down as they took a tough proper right into a sweeper by the announcer’s sales space.
Then there was a small straight that crossed over the timing loop, after which a driver needed to take a tough proper right into a small chicane part.
Coming of the chicane was a brief straight with a small curler {that a} driver may use to roll down and achieve extra momentum for the monitor’s largest leap part.
The again nook featured this huge leap that may land your automobile onto a big tabletop part. The larger 1/8 Electrical Buggies, Truggies and Pro4 Quick Course Vehicles had no points making this leap together with the Mod 4 wheel drive Buggy class. A few of the 2WD spec class autos may land this leap too, however many select to play if protected since should you did crash right here it was very arduous for the flip marshals to get to your automobile shortly.
You’d then roll down off the desk high and make a proper to a small curler adopted by one other desk high part.
For this part of the monitor if may drive your automobile near the left hand aspect and time it proper you possibly can down aspect the desk high after which use your momentum to leap out of the lowered part. Talking of the lowered part, for this monitor design they eliminated the dust fully to show the concrete flooring to combine up the monitor floor. For probably the most half until you wrecked in these sections so long as you stored your car shifting ahead the concrete sections wouldn’t gradual you down.
After leaping out of the primary concrete part you’ll then make a tough left in a 180 flip then head in direction of a small straight that was adopted by a small leap with a big flat touchdown zone.
The mod and bigger 1/8 vehicles may clear the dust touchdown zone and plant their automobile within the second uncovered concrete part, however most would land within the dust earlier than hooking a proper onto the straightaway. The fitting hand flip proper earlier than the straight was a bit difficult because it was on the concrete floor. This created an distinctive problem to drivers as a result of on the concrete your automobile would flip into the pipe faster then the remainder of the corners that have been on dust so that you needed to modify your timing.
On Saturday the doorways opened at 8am with some extra open follow, then shortly earlier than 10am a driver’s assembly was held. The race program referred to as for 3 rounds of qualifying and used qual factors to find out every class’s high qualifier. That meant solely a driver’s greatest two finishes can be used to find out their general rating after qualifying was full.
For the the 1/16 and 1/10 courses the highest 8 vehicles have been locked into the A Major from qualifying, and two extra vehicles would be a part of then from the decrease mains for a complete of 10 vehicles in every A Major ultimate. Within the 1/8 courses solely the highest 6 have been locked into the large present with two extra bump spots added from the alphabet decrease mains.
With 33 heats in every spherical qualifying ran until simply previous 11:30pm that evening. Heading into the following day the JConcepts staff was in a position to seize 6 high qualifying positions!
Main the cost for the staff was Tekno/JConcepts driver Jared Wiggins. He would lock up the TQ within the 1/8 Electrical Buggy and Truggy courses together with Mod 4 wheel drive Buggy!
His higher half, and fellow JC driver, Kayty Wiggins would lock up the TQ after two rounds of qualifying within the Mini Truggy class!
Crew driver Trevor “Chilly” Duncan would seize one other TQ for the JConcepts staff within the 13.5 Quick Course Truck class!
JConcepts driver Kris Hackenson would seize the ultimate TQ spot for the staff within the Classic 4 wheel drive Buggy class!
On Sunday the doorways opened once more at 8am with the decrease mains kicking off at 10am. With two bump spots out there in every decrease major it made for some thrilling racing as drivers tried to make their method to the A Major finals.
Simply earlier than 1pm the racing stopped so we may hand out the raffle prizes courtesy of the monitor and occasion sponsors. Some racers got here residence with some nice gear as soon as once more this yr!
After that wrapped up it was on the beginning of the A Mains.
Within the Classic 4 wheel drive Buggy class Kris would take the W after 5 minutes!
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He would additionally seize one other podium spot within the Classic 2wd Buggy class too!
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Within the Mod 4 wheel drive Buggy class Jared would take the tone to tone win and put the whole discipline down by three laps!
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Kayty would lead the whole A Major within the Mini Truggy class as she crossed the road in 1st place!
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Within the Pro4 Quick Course Truck class Jared would begin 2nd on the grid. He would take over 1st place on lap three earlier than giving it again to the highest qualifier the very subsequent lap. He would proceed to chase across the chief the following 8 laps earlier than taking on the lead for good on lap 13 which netted him his 2nd victory of the day!
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Chilly would seize one other podium spot for the staff by ending 2nd within the 13.5 Quick Course Truck class!
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He would additionally lock up 2nd place too within the 13.5 Stadium Truck class!
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It was one other tone to tone win for Jared within the 1/8 Electrical Truggy class as he lapped the whole discipline by two laps!
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Within the ultimate A Major of the day Jared would accumulate his 4th win on Sunday for the staff as he led the sphere for the whole 10 minute ultimate within the 1/8 Electrical Buggy class!
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That wraps up one other nice occasion at Cheese Metropolis Xtreme R/C and we are able to’t wait to hit up their subsequent race occasion down the street!
Picture credit: Cheese Metropolis Xtreme R/C & Low cost America Interest & Motorsports
Movies from this occasion could be discovered over on this YouTube playlist courtesy of IowaRCTracks.
