2008 Midwest 2.2 Indoor Challenge - Results & Pics

[Freq E Tag]

KCRC would like to thank everyone that came out to compete in the 2nd Annual 2.2 Midwest Indoor Challenge!!!!!

We had a great time meeting everyone and spending two fun-filled days crawling and competing.

Feel free to post your photos, videos and links here for all to see.

Thanks to all our sponsors:

Fastlane Raceway
Axial
HPI
Castle Creations
Novak
Hitec RCD
Trinity
RCCrawler.com
The Crawler Store
RC4WD
Bender Customs
Death Metal Garage
Dinky R/C
JP Customs
Holmes Hobbies
Montana Scale Designs
Eritex Inc.
MaxAmps
Xtreme RC
Visionary Fabrication/Billetworks

2008 Midwest 2.2 Challenge Results

Amateur Class

1st - Kevin Keene - 90
2nd - Matt Hawerlander - 97 - First Comp Ever!
3rd - John McComas - 111
4th - Steve Keesler - 112
5th - Greg Harper - 122
6th - Jud Zeigler - 130
7th - William Quist - 135
8th - Randy Littrell - 136
9th - Tony Bjerke - 138
10th - AJ Jobe - 142
11 - Chip Cross - 147
12 - Dustin Oelke - 158
13 - Billy Boes - 160
14 - Chris George - 163
15 - Brian Hubbs - 170
16 - Rick Crowe - 172
17 - Jeff Nichols - 177
18 - Evan Betzner - 180 - Our 7 year old competitor!
19 - Brian Warner - 187 - 10.39.72 - First Comp Ever!
20 - Emil Grimming - 187 - 14.03.06
21 - Brock Taylor - 187 - 14.09.72
22 - Mari Dankenbring - 191
23 - Steve Bell - 192
24 - Larry Supenbach - 207
25 - Roy Jackson - 208
26 - Ross Henshaw - 209
27 - RJ Dow - 213
28 - Aaron Betzner - 219 - 12.10.51
29 - Jay Barry - 219 - 13.02.69
30 - Jason Melville - 220
31 - Kelly O'neill - 240 - tie
32 - Glenn Hatchenberg - 240 -tie
33 - Jeff Weishaar - 240 - tie

Pro Class

Overall top 5 (includes shootout + final score)

1st - Austin Dunn - 49 - 40 final score + 9 shootout
2nd - Brad Dumont - 55 - 24 + 31
3rd - Jason Gainey - 91- 54 + 37
4th - Scott Cruz - 92 - 55 + 37
5th - Kevin Crews - 110 - 72 + 38

All the rest

6th - Tim Flemming - 73
7th - Jeremiah Bulfrog - 77
8th - Scott Hornby - 78
9th - Chris Dean - 80
10th - Jay Robinette - 82
11 - Jerry Justice - 85
12 - Chris Morgan - 86
13 - Jason Hensel - 88
14 - Lee thomas - 89
15 - Ryan Overbye - 90
16 - Jason McKinley - 93 - 13.34.87
17 - David Neal - 93 - 14.22.29
18 - Stacy Corbin - 97
19 - Tyler Dankenbring - 99 - 13.18.85
20 - Gerame Erickson - 99 - 13.43.75
21 - Matt Dankenbring - 99 - 14.34.75
22 - Neal Cahill - 99 - 14.59.00
23 - Jared McKinley - 100 - 12.42.22
24 - Patrick Hardesty - 100 - 14.30.60
25 - Ryan Harrington - 105
26 - Troy Glomski - 106
27 - Name Withheld - 108
28 - Josh Theide - 109 - 14.45.17
29 - Brian Byrd - 109 - 14.53.19
30 - Name Withheld - 114
31 - Brian Norton - 118
32 - John Rob Holmes - 120 - timeout
33 - Matt Higgins - 120 - timeout

Again, many thanks to everyone who came out. We look forward to seeing you all again soon!

The KCRC Crew

[redbaron]

Thanks Neal!

Had a blast, even if I was only 1 point out of the shoot-out!

[wrcfan29]

That was a great event!!!!! Thanks KC Crew!!!!

http://s262.photobucket.com/albums/i...7;20March%201/

here are pics of the "Magnum XL" scorpinon of mine. video will come soon

[JohnRobHolmes]

I should have had 118, I got through two gates

Had a helluva time, great event!

[H3RESQ]

I'm pretty sure I had 51 going into the final's....but I think everyone could argue what they had/thought they had.

In the end, I think the event came out even.

[Freq E Tag]

Ok guys, before this gets out of hand (this is NOT directed at you two)....

There were some issues with the scoring.

KCRC did the level best they could to judge the event as fairly as humanly possible. 3 or 4 of our guys have what I would refer to as "comp worthy" judging experience. The rest of our guys are new to the scene or fairly new.

We had a couple judges drop out on us last minute so some of our guys got "thrown in the fire" and were called upon to judge.

We didn't want to have to resort to having some of our guests act as judges so we opted to train these "new" guys as best we could over the 4-5 days leading up to the event.

As anyone (anyone who is reasonable) can see, this presents a potential problem. No one involved with our club had anything to gain or lose from the errors made (if they were in fact made).

I think its best to say "Whats done is done" and move along, be glad that it was good time on some challenging courses and look forward to the next event we host.

In the future, for ALL large KCRC events the issues will be resolved via the following:

1. NO ONE from KCRC that is judging will be running in the comp.
2. ALL scores will be totaled at the end of each course
3. ALL scores will be reviewed by the competitor and signed
4. ALL score disputes will be handled by the event director (his decision is final)
5. ALL results are final. NO complaints will be addressed after the comp.

That should resolve any issues from here forward.

Lastly, if we made a mistake, we are truly sorry for the error. We ALL hope regardless, that your trip was a good one and the fun events of the day made up for any issues you may have had.

KCRC is dedicated to providing a fun atmosphere for everyone who comes to one of our events and will always fly the flag of "Fun first, Competition second"

Thanks for listening.

Neal Cahill
KCRC

[JohnRobHolmes]

Well, I certainly had fun. You know those extra 2 points would have really helped me in the standings

[Gatekeeper]

Who has all of the good pics

[H3RESQ]

Originally Posted by Freq E Tag

Ok guys, before this gets out of hand (this is NOT directed at you two)....

There were some issues with the scoring.

KCRC did the level best they could to judge the event as fairly as humanly possible. 3 or 4 of our guys have what I would refer to as "comp worthy" judging experience. The rest of our guys are new to the scene or fairly new.

We had a couple judges drop out on us last minute so some of our guys got "thrown in the fire" and were called upon to judge.

We didn't want to have to resort to having some of our guests act as judges so we opted to train these "new" guys as best we could over the 4-5 days leading up to the event.

As anyone (anyone who is reasonable) can see, this presents a potential problem. No one involved with our club had anything to gain or lose from the errors made (if they were in fact made).

I think its best to say "Whats done is done" and move along, be glad that it was good time on some challenging courses and look forward to the next event we host.

In the future, for ALL large KCRC events the issues will be resolved via the following:

1. NO ONE from KCRC that is judging will be running in the comp.
2. ALL scores will be totaled at the end of each course
3. ALL scores will be reviewed by the competitor and signed
4. ALL score disputes will be handled by the event director (his decision is final)
5. ALL results are final. NO complaints will be addressed after the comp.

That should resolve any issues from here forward.

Lastly, if we made a mistake, we are truly sorry for the error. We ALL hope regardless, that your trip was a good one and the fun events of the day made up for any issues you may have had.

KCRC is dedicated to providing a fun atmosphere for everyone who comes to one of our events and will always fly the flag of "Fun first, Competition second"

Thanks for listening.

Neal Cahill
KCRC

Like I said before....I think everything worked out even. I've NEVER been to an event were everyone felt things were scored/judged perfect. I think you did great and handled any problems very professionally. I will be back next year.

I can't remember a pro football game I've ever watched that I didn't dis-agree with a ref's call....it's just part of competition.

Great job guys

[redbaron]

Originally Posted by Gatekeeper

Who has all of the good pics

Not me! All my pics either turned out blurry or was too dark!

I know H3RESQ posted some in another thread. Got any more?

TIM......

[H3RESQ]

Here's some posted by Jason on NitroKillers... http://www.nitrokillers.com/showthread.php?t=896

[Freq E Tag]

Originally Posted by H3RESQ

Like I said before....I think everything worked out even. I've NEVER been to an event were everyone felt things were scored/judged perfect. I think you did great and handled any problems very professionally. I will be back next year.

I can't remember a pro football game I've ever watched that I didn't dis-agree with a ref's call....it's just part of competition.

Great job guys

Spoken like a true professional.....

[H3RESQ]

Originally Posted by H3RESQ

Here's some posted by Jason on NitroKillers... http://www.nitrokillers.com/showthread.php?t=896

I'm getting ready to eat, then i'll repost my pics on this thread.

[H3RESQ]

Originally Posted by redbaron

Not me! All my pics either turned out blurry or was too dark!

I know H3RESQ posted some in another thread. Got any more?

TIM......

I'll repost those pics in this thread along with some more after I eat dinner.

[Nicklepimp]

I had a great time. Thanks to all the KC guys who put on this event. A lot of effort was put into it, and it showed. Also, a big thanks to all the vendors who made donations. A ton of great prizes were handed out. I'll post my pics and vids tomorrow...I'm still tired.

[FinishLineRC]

Congrats to gatekeeper!!!

COLORADO BOYS WHOOPED!!!!!! Nice job guys!! 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place!! WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!! Congrats to all the top placers!!

[billet works]

Congrats to everyone and hats off to those involved in putting it on! It was a great even, not much drama, a ton of crazy guys just flat out havin a great time, and man were those courses tough! We will definitely be back next year!

I believe I owe Kevin Keene a lil something. Contact me so we can get ya taken care of.

Don
VF

[BENDER]

Awesome comp guys!! I had a blast this weekend.

Congrats to Austin on the win, it was a great battle right to the end.

I'd like to thank the KC club for all their hard work. You guys did a excellent job building the courses, had a great mix of terrain. I'll be back next year.

I'd also like to thank my sponsors, I couldn't have pulled off 2nd place without their help.
Losi
RCP Crawlers
Montana Scale Designs

[H3RESQ]

Originally Posted by FinishLineRC

Congrats to gatekeeper!!!

COLORADO BOYS WHOOPED!!!!!! Nice job guys!! 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place!! WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!! Congrats to all the top placers!!

?? I'm from Washington...unless your talking novice class.

[H3RESQ]

Man, that sucks. I was messing around with my camera and erased all my pics and video.:-( The only one's I still have are the one's I already re-sized. Sorry guys, here's what I got.