Press Release From MSM:
www.msmvlog.com
RC Youtuber and Tekno/Proline/ProtekRC team driver Mark Santa Maria concluded his unique series race this past weekend at the Traxxas Headquarters in McKinney TX. The MSM Spec Slash Racing Series had a mission to grow the RC racing community with a low cost, highly competitive, and incredibly challenging series of races. The series consisted of 4 different tracks with 4 completely different surfaces and only 1 class (Spec Slash) divided in 3 different skill levels.
The finale was intended to level the playing field with grassroots racing in a parking lot with metal jumps and other unfamiliar obstacles. It resulted in 3 of the top 5 drivers posting a DNF in an extremely crucial finals race.
“It was great to see some of the nation’s top drivers supporting a class designed for new racers. My favorite part of the series was watching all the new racers being entered into the timing systems for the first time. About 50% of the racers were new to RC racing!” -Mark
With the support of Traxxas the MSMSSRS had 116 different racers, 20 of the fastest racers in the south central United States, and over $7000 in prizes given away!
“Although each race averaged about 80 entries per race, it was equivalent to a large regional race of around 200 entries since there is only 1 class. Everyone was able to experience great racing without dedicating an entire weekend. This makes it very intriguing for families to try rc racing and it worked!” -Mark
“We learned a lot with the series pilot. If there is one thing that is for sure, we will come back better” -Chase McCullough (Technical Director)
MSM Spec Slash Racing Series Champions
Spec 3
1st – Zachary Brennan
2nd – Jake Goodlett
3rd – Blake Rudd
4th – Andrew Trowbridge
5th – Brian Potter
Spec 2
1st – James Williams
2nd – Mark Duong
3rd – Jason Ramsey
4th – Evan Santa Maria
5th – Ethan Santa Maria
Spec 1
1st – Cody Cooper (Zero Energy)
2nd – Spencer Klein (Shaws RC)
3rd – Jared Wiggins (Tekno RC)
4th – Maurice Contoleon (Tekno RC)
5th – Mike Battaile (Nove Studios)
Spec 1 Teams
1st – Tekno RC
2nd – Nove Studios
3rd – Shaws RC
4th – MSM Vlog
5th – Zero Energy
6th – A#1 Air
7th – 405 Raceway
8th – Indy RC World
9th – QIK
10th – 4H Electric
Learn more about the MSMSSRS at https://bit.ly/msmssrs