Central Valley R/C Raceway hosted
the Octoberfest this weekend. TLR's Phillip Atondo TQed the 1/8 nitro buggy
class and the only one to go the extra lap in qualifying! Race went deep into
the night and track changed a lot with the moisture coming up and under the
lights. At the start of the 30 min buggy main Atondo made early mistakes as he
dropped back to about 5th witch allowed Tyler Vik and Austin Blair to get out
front. Vik and Blair were battling witch allowed Atondo to reel them in! Atondo
got by Blair and was setting his sights on Vik who was running a smooth race.
Just after the halfway mark Atondo caught Vik and they would swap positions
with a great battle and Atondo being patient to get around Vik. In the last
5min of the race Vik crashed in the big rhythm section witch allowed Atondo to
get by and pull away for the win!
Atondo's TLR 8ight 3.0 buggy was
equipped with a Team Orion 3 port engine and JConcepts Black Hybrid tires.
1st: Phillip Atondo -TLR, Orion
3rd: Jacob Haas - TLR
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