I’ve made the big decision to run in the 2007 Queensland Offroad Champs. The event is just two weeks away (June long weekend) at will run at Ipswich – home of the 2005 Australian Championships. The track is more compact now but just as challenging, and in my view is the best layout that has been run since that Nationals event.
My tilt at the titles will take the form of the Kyosho ZX5 Lazer for 4wd modified (thanks Dad!), and Team Associated RC10 B4 for 2wd (courtesy Peter Scott – thanks mate!). The 4wd will be powered by the Novak Brushless system straight from my touring car (and the ‘slowest’ motor we have is a 4.5), while Peter has been good enough to offer something a little more controllable for the B4.
It’s been a long while since I had a serious race on the dirt – so it will definitely be fun to be hitting the jumps again. I hopefully will get out to Ippy this Saturday for the club event to get some practice in – and maybe the Friday afternoon of official practice for an hour or two. No doubt I’ll be rusty, and probably uncompetitive – but it will definitely be fun!
Dad is going to come out and run on the Sunday in the vintage demo class. The classic Tamiya Hotshot will once more be pressed into service – bumpsteer, collapsing front suspension and all.
Stay tuned for race and practice reports, and all the gory details as a has-been goes back to the dirt…
Here’s the Entry so far.
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8 responses to “Queensland EP Offroad Champs – Here we Come!”
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Hi Scott
If the 4.5 is a bit tooo quick for the 4wd I have a 6.5 you can use.
Regards
GaryLikeLike
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Looks like there will be another 4wd mod driver joining you Scotty!!!
Thanks to Big Mac!!!
Its been since the 1996 QLD titles since I have raced offroad!!! We’ll see how I go this weekend.LikeLike
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hmmmm, do I smell a TC racers challenge?
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My tips for the win
2wd Stock Jason Wakefileld
2wd Mod Darren Perry
4wd Stock Adrian Beggs
4wd Mod Scott Guyatt
Truck stock – Chris Schoenfisch
Truck Mod – Steve Perry
Vintage – A. Hotshot.LikeLike
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Thanks for your confidence in my Heavy – perhaps on this occasion a little misplaced!
My tips (I’ll pick two in each class):
2wd Stock: Kyle McBride / Alan Stons
4wd Stock: Kyle McBride / Adrian Beggs
Stock Truck: David Lawrence / Chris Schoenfisch
Mod Truck: Steve Perry / Todd Trower
4wd Mod: Darren Perry / Josh Pain (late entry?)
2wd Mod: Darren Perry / Scott Kirchner
Vintage: Heavy D!LikeLike
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Practice finally got under way today after a huge effort by the boys to drain the track and get it race worthy. The interstate drivers such as Ben Panic, Leigh Cheeseman, Todd Trower, Ashley Peeler were making the most of practice time, and most looked ready for tomorrow’s 4wd/truck day. I’m not yet seen anything to make me change my tips – though I haven’t confirmed whether Painy will make an appearance or not…
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Wow – big day. results and full story up later tonight if i have energy after I get the 2wd ready for tommorrow.
Top 2 or 3 today:
Truck Stock: David Lawrence, Chris Schoenfish
Truck Mod: Steve Perry, Steve Smith
4wd Stock: Kyle McBride, Ryan McColl, Adrian Beggs
4wd Mod: Darren Perry, Scott Guyatt, Ashley PeelerLikeLike
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Too tired to tell stories tonight. Tommorrow or monday maybe.
Full results are now available. Click the “Results” tab up the top to go to results page…LikeLike
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