Press Release From St. Louis Dirt Burners:
www.dirtburners.org
St. Louis Dirt Burners is a non-profit, club-run group based in 1994. At this time, Dirt Burners is likely one of the oldest tracks within the United States! The world-class facility provides many advantages for out-of-town racers, comparable to RV and Trailer lodging, a 2-day weekend race program, reasonably priced entry charges, lower-cost lodge choices, and cheap airfare from anyplace within the continental US.
The ProTek RC Midwest Nitro Challenge was initially created in 2002 and, at the moment, referred to as the Kyosho Nitro Challenge. St. Louis Dirt Burners has continued the custom of this annual race for 20 years, often known as the Futaba/OS Nitro Challenge, and for a few years, promoting out the occasion at 450 entries. Many ROAR nationwide and IFMAR world champions have made the pilgrimage to Dirt Burners through the years for this occasion; at occasions, as much as 6 world champions have been in attendance concurrently!
New for 2023, St. Louis Dirt Burners partnered with AMain Hobbies to take this legendary occasion to the following stage, appointing a brand new title: The ProTek RC Midwest Nitro Challenge. The occasion is, to place it merely, grueling. The monitor is run dry to develop a clean, high-grip blue groove floor, and minimal monitor upkeep throughout the principle occasion portion of the race program to let it develop character and dwell as much as the race’s identify. Racers love the difficult points of this yearly race and flock to Dirt Burners nationwide. Thanks to the partnership between Dirt Burners and AMain Hobbies/ProTek RC, this occasion has grow to be one of many Midwest’s largest out of doors 1/8 scale occasions. This 12 months’s version was no exception, with 233 entries and the Midwest’s prime drivers in attendance, together with racers who traveled so far as Alaska!
This 12 months’s monitor mixed a high-speed, flowing supercross format with a hooked-up groove creating early in qualifying. The monitor stayed constant all through the occasion, because of the laborious work of Dirt Burner’s monitor crew and in-house monitor builders. The Dirt Burners workforce takes pleasure in designing and constructing tracks with their distinctive fashion.
Next 12 months, the Dirt Burners workforce plans for brand spanking new lessons, comparable to 40+ 1/8 Electric Buggy, in addition to many facility investments, comparable to further lighting upgrades, infrastructure, and monitor tools to enhance racer’s experiences.
1/8 Expert Electric Buggy
The extremely aggressive top-skill stage 1/8 E-Buggy class is all the time one to look at! Our 1/8 Expert Electric Buggy A-Main finalists placed on a present with a tone-to-tone battle for the rostrum, with the winner, Braden Bruce, making an unbelievable move and holding off Charles Day on the ultimate lap. The margin of victory was only one second!
1st Braden Bruce (AE)
2nd Charles Day (AE)
third Calvin Bruce (AE)
4th Kevin Day (AE)
fifth Paul Svejkosky (Mugen) (TQ)
sixth Eric Fletcher (Tekno)
seventh Chris Marrant (WRC)
eighth Aaron Pucci (WRC)
ninth Vanja Vujkovic (Tekno)
tenth Wes Miravalle (Mugen)
eleventh Jake Stoeltzing (HB)
twelfth JJ Truex (Kyosho)
B-Main Winner: Wes Miravalle
1/8 Expert Nitro Buggy
The race we’ve got all been ready for. The 1/8 Expert Nitro Buggy A-Main on the 2023 Protek RC Midwest Nitro Challenge definitely lived as much as its identify. Outside temps reached a sweltering 102*F, with monitor temps peaking at 117*F! Our monitor was peaking in grip stage and creating character on the racing floor. These points examined the bounds of man and machine over a 30-minute closing. Congratulations to our A-main finalists and native Dirt Burner winner, Paul Svejkosky. Honorable point out goes to native Dirt Burner Nate Jaskot for his lightning-fast TQ runs all through qualifying.
1st Paul Svejkosky (Mugen)
2nd Braden Bruce (AE)
third Larry Wright IV (Tekno)
4th Jake Stoeltzing (HB)
fifth Eric Fletcher (Tekno)
sixth Josh Dill (Mayako)
seventh Wes Miravalle (Mugen)
eighth Dan Walter (XRAY)
ninth Alex Richards (Mayako)
tenth Chris Marrant (WRC)
eleventh Nate Jaskot (XRAY) (TQ)
twelfth Aaron Pucci (WRC)
B-Main Winner: Josh Dill
1/8 Open Nitro Truck
The 1/8 Nitro Truck A-Main was thrilling – these 1/8 scale Trucks had been flying round our high-grip out of doors monitor! Dirt Burners native Paul Svejkosky and Fastlane’s Chris Marrant would battle it out over the 20-minute major, with the winner determined within the closing laps by 2 seconds! Congratulations to our A-main finalists.
1st Paul Svejkosky (Mugen)
2nd Chris Marrant (WRC) (TQ)
third Nick Lewis (HB)
4th Marc Girouard (Tekno)
fifth Matt Kennedy (WRC)
sixth Jerry Klingbeil (Tekno)
seventh Derek Smith (Tekno)
eighth Dan Walter (XRAY)
ninth John Rodgers (Mugen)
tenth Jeff Chandler (TLR)
eleventh Charles Henson (Mugen)
twelfth Ron Lynn (Mugen)
B-Main Winner: Matt Kennedy
1/8 Open Electric Truck
Like many different major occasions, the 1/8 Electric Truck A-main didn’t disappoint, with 5 totally different racer leaders at numerous factors. In the latter half of the principle, Larry Wright IV and Kevin Day swapped leads backwards and forwards, with Larry getting the win by a 2-second margin. Congratulations to our A-main finalists.
1st Larry Wright IV (Tekno)
2nd Kevin Day (AE)
third Colin Krivitz (Tekno)
4th Calvin Bruce (AE) (TQ)
fifth Josh Dill (Tekno)
sixth Kyle Kosek (Tekno)
seventh Marc Girouard (Tekno)
eighth Jake Wilhelm (Kyosho)
ninth Vanja Vujkovic (Tekno)
tenth Frank Krivitz (Tekno)
eleventh JJ Truax (Kyosho)
twelfth Mike Marshall (Tekno)
B-Main Winner: Marc Girouard
1/8 40+ Nitro Buggy
1st Bucky Bachman
2nd Jake Wilhelm (TQ)
third Coach Townsend
4th Chris Kuklinski
fifth Jeremy Sonnier
sixth Tony Roney
seventh Nick Lewis
eighth Nick Snethen
ninth John Rodgers
tenth Mike Branham
eleventh Matt Kennedy
twelfth Dave Martin
B-Main Winner: Nick Snethen
1/8 Sportsman Nitro Buggy
1st Bucky Bachman
2nd Tennison Willis (TQ)
third Joshua Lavergne
4th Travis Slover
fifth Dylan Michael
sixth Kyle Kosek
seventh Hopper Callahan
eighth Austin Schaeffer
ninth Jeremy Sonnier
tenth Malcolm Townsend
eleventh Eric Dillon
twelfth Jack Dillow
B-Main Winner: Austin Schaeffer
1/8 Sportsman Electric Buggy
1st Bucky Bachman (TQ)
2nd Malcolm Townsend
third Jeremy Sonnier
4th Adam Raber
fifth Travis Slover
sixth Jerry Klingbeil
seventh Nick Snethen
eighth Brian Gaedke
ninth Alex Mcelwee
tenth Trevor Parrish
eleventh Ken Schueler
twelfth Steven Maxwell
B-Main Winner: Nick Snethen
1/10 Gas Truck, Presented by Ignite Design RC
Carrying on a St. Louis Dirt Burners custom, 1/10 Gas Trucks had been once more a part of our racing program. These nitro-powered, two-wheel drive stadium vans had been superior to see flying across the high-grip out of doors monitor through the 10-minute major occasion! Ignite Design RC workforce driver Wes Miravalle set the tempo for the weekend with two TQ runs however would DNF early on in the principle. Alexander Richards would come away with the win with a constant and quick run in the principle occasion.
1st Alexander Richards (Ignite Design)
2nd Mike Arnold (AE)
third Travis Slover (Ignite Design)
4th Wes Miravalle (Ignite Design) (TQ)
fifth Josh Dill (Mugen)
1/10 Open
1st Steven Maxwell
2nd Chris Light (TQ)
third Marc Girouard
4th Alex Edwards
fifth Brian Whitener
sixth Chris Goodman
seventh Paul Corley
eighth Dalton Linder
ninth James Corley
tenth Trevor Parrish
eleventh Kenny Corley
twelfth Seth Lyons
B-Main Winner: Paul Corley
Novice
1st Rachel Marrant (TQ)
2nd Kenny Corley
third Mike Arnold
4th Shelby Corley
fifth Briar Jones
sixth Griffen Walter
seventh Madison Corley
eighth Joshua Winkler
ninth Jackson Reichenbacher
tenth Bruce Harris
eleventh Riley Hosfeld