With Beach RC’s track location needing to be moved for the time being, they reached out to Hobby Action and moved the annual Masters of Dirt event to the popular Phoenix, Arizona track. The crew at Hobby Action didn’t disappoint with an epic layout and a weekend full of the always present fun you would expect at the old Beach RC facility.
Sammy Moran and Spencer Rivkin led the JConcepts team to multiple wins and podium finishes on the high flying layout.
The event started with one round of seeding going well for the team in the following classes:
Mod 2wd: 1st Spencer Rivkin, 3rd Harley Yoshii
Mod 2wd: 1st Spencer Rivkin
Mod ST: 2nd Spencer Rivkin
17.5 2wd: 1st Kadin Meeks, 2nd Sammy Moran, 3rd Chase Boyd
13.5 4wd: 1st Kadin Meeks, 2nd Sammy Moran
13.5 ST: 2nd Kadin Meeks, 3rd Chase Boyd
13.5 SC: 2nd Dave McEwen, 3rd Ryan Caudle
40+ 2wd: 2nd Dave McEwen
40+ 4wd: 1st Dave McEwen, 2nd Dawn Bordeaux
4wd Truggy: 2nd Ryan Caudle
Moving into qualifying the event would use a best 2/4 qual-points format. The team positioned themselves well on the starting grid for the main events!
Mod 2wd: 2nd Spencer Rivkin, 3rd Harley Yoshii
Mod 4wd: 2nd Spencer Rivkin
Mod ST: 2nd Spencer Rivkin
Mod SC: 1st Ryan Caudle, 2nd Dave McEwen
17.5 2wd: 1st Kadin Meeks, 2nd Ryan Prince, 3rd Chase Boyd
13.5 4wd: 1st Kadin Meeks, 3rd Chase Boyd
13.5 ST: 1st Sammy Moran, 2nd Kadin Meeks, 3rd Chase Boyd
13.5 SC: 1st Sammy Moran, 3rd Diego Betancur
40+ 2wd: 1st Dave McEwen
40+ 4wd: 1st Dave McEwen
4wd Truggy: 1st Ryan Caudle
Open 2wd: 3rd Ryan Caudle
For the main events, what makes Masters of Dirt unique is the single 10 minute main events really testing durability and electronics with the extra 4 to 5 minutes added on to the end of the main events.
Mod 2wd: 1st Aydin Horne, 2nd Spencer Rivkin (JC), 3rd Jorn Neumann, 4th Micha Widmaier, 5th Zach Noia (JC)
Mod 4wd: 1st Aydin Horne, 2nd Spencer Rivkin (JC), 3rd Harley Yoshii (JC), 4th Micha Widmaier, 5th Jorn Neumann
Mod Truck: 1st Aydin Horne, 2nd Spencer Rivkin (JC), 3rd Jorn Neumann, 4th Micha Widmaier
17.5 2wd: 1st Kaden Meeks (JC), 2nd Chase Boyd (JC), 3rd Sammy Moran (JC), 4th Caden Seay, 5th Diego Betancur (JC)
13.5 4wd: 1st Sammy Moran (JC), 2nd Chase Boyd (JC), 3rd Keaton Grant, 4th Kaden Seay, 5th Diego Betancur (JC)
13.5 SC: 1st Sammy Moran (JC), 2nd Kyle Ash, 3rd Diego Betancur (JC), 4th Garrett Passmore, 5th Brooks Canfield
13.5 ST: 1st Sammy Moran (JC), 2nd Kaden Meeks (JC), 3rd Chase Boyd (JC), 4th Ryan Prince (JC), 5th Kyle Ash
Mod 2wd SC: 1st Ryan Caudle (JC), 2nd Dave McEwen (JC), 3rd Haywood, 4th Dawn Bordeaux (JC)
Open 2wd: 1st Alex Krieg, 2nd Ryan Caudle (JC), 3rd Aaron Brown, 4th Jim Silvay, 5th Hiro Nakaya
40+ 2wd: 1st Dave McEwen (JC), 2nd Jim Silvay, 3rd Brad Crone, 4th Gary Hamilton, 5th Haywood
40+ 4wd: 1st Dave McEwen (JC), 2nd Brad Crone, 3rd Eric Irvin, 4th Byron McDermott, 5th Scott Mayer
4wd Truggy: 1st Ryan Caudle (JC), 2nd Chris Grant, 3rd James Maxwell, 4th Eric Irvin, 5th Scott Banta