ERCU members post 1/10 scale & 1/7 scale wins at NW Scale Championship
Three ERCU members posted victories in the four 1/10 & 1/7 scale classes at the NW Scale Championship on Saturday, July 23.
Mike Hughes recorded perhaps the weirdest victory in the history of 1/10 scale racing, when he was declared winner of the three-boat modern final. Hughes missed a buoy and had a lap penalty, putting his 1991 Winston Eagle in third place behind Ron Daum's 2004 Llumar and David Heilbrunn's 2021 Goodman Real Estate. But as the Llumar and Winston came around to finish the second lap, just seconds after the Goodman was DQ'd, the Llumar moved to the right, forcing the Winston to take evasive action from which it flipped. According to the rules, the Llumar took the Winston out of the race, so it, too was DQ'd leaving Hughes and his Winston winner of the race that never finished.
Bill Smiley dominated vintage 1/7-scale posting a perfect day with his 1966 Savair's Mist and took home the NW Scale Championship. The entire 1/7 scale fleet at the race was made up of ERCU members. Joining Smiley in the 1/7 vintage was Dennis Caines with the Miss Eagle Electric and Terry Harmer with the 1986 Miss Bahia.
The modern/classic combined class included Nelson Holmberg's 2021 Graham Trucking, David Heilbrunn's 2021 Goodman Real Estate, Rob Edwards' 1982 Gilmore Special, Craig Mullen's 1975 Pay 'n Pak and Gary Hansen's 1972 Notre Dame (driven by Beau Rarig).
Mullen and Holmberg traded heat wins (Holmberg taking heat 1 and heat 3, Mullen winning heat 2) before the final heat. In the final, the Graham Trucking secured lane one, but bumped the apex buoy of turn two just before the start, picking up a lap penalty. Unlike ERCU rules, even touching a buoy resulted in a lap penalty at the NW Scale Championship. If that wasn't bad enough, Holmberg also picked up a lap penalty by touching the apex pin of the first turn after the start. Mullen's powerful Pak won the final, with Heilbrunn's Goodman Real Estate taking second.
Mike Hughes recorded perhaps the weirdest victory in the history of 1/10 scale racing, when he was declared winner of the three-boat modern final. Hughes missed a buoy and had a lap penalty, putting his 1991 Winston Eagle in third place behind Ron Daum's 2004 Llumar and David Heilbrunn's 2021 Goodman Real Estate. But as the Llumar and Winston came around to finish the second lap, just seconds after the Goodman was DQ'd, the Llumar moved to the right, forcing the Winston to take evasive action from which it flipped. According to the rules, the Llumar took the Winston out of the race, so it, too was DQ'd leaving Hughes and his Winston winner of the race that never finished.
Bill Smiley dominated vintage 1/7-scale posting a perfect day with his 1966 Savair's Mist and took home the NW Scale Championship. The entire 1/7 scale fleet at the race was made up of ERCU members. Joining Smiley in the 1/7 vintage was Dennis Caines with the Miss Eagle Electric and Terry Harmer with the 1986 Miss Bahia.
The modern/classic combined class included Nelson Holmberg's 2021 Graham Trucking, David Heilbrunn's 2021 Goodman Real Estate, Rob Edwards' 1982 Gilmore Special, Craig Mullen's 1975 Pay 'n Pak and Gary Hansen's 1972 Notre Dame (driven by Beau Rarig).
Mullen and Holmberg traded heat wins (Holmberg taking heat 1 and heat 3, Mullen winning heat 2) before the final heat. In the final, the Graham Trucking secured lane one, but bumped the apex buoy of turn two just before the start, picking up a lap penalty. Unlike ERCU rules, even touching a buoy resulted in a lap penalty at the NW Scale Championship. If that wasn't bad enough, Holmberg also picked up a lap penalty by touching the apex pin of the first turn after the start. Mullen's powerful Pak won the final, with Heilbrunn's Goodman Real Estate taking second.
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