ROAR 1/10th Offroad Canadian Nationals - Ottawa

This past weekend (October 26-28th) was the First ROAR Nationals in Canada since 2001! With over 10 years albescence the site for the event was held in Ottawa, Canada's capital at Sutton Aviation Speedway. This track is truly unique. The clay track is under a dome, and pitting is down in a airplane hanger. Located on the grounds of the Canadian Aerospace museum. The weekend started out warm and sunny, but with hurricane Sandy making her was closer the temperature and weather changed to cold and rainy. With the dome over the track conditions remained un-effected and racing continued on!

The 2WD and 4WD modified buggy classes were hotly contested! Canada's up and coming, mixed with veteran racers to make qualifying close and very exciting! After 4 rounds of qualifying Tamiya's John Catricala took the TQ honours in the 2wd mod buggy! The 4wd modified buggy had many of the same names fighting it out for top honours, but XRAY's 1/8th scale Ace Jerome Treignier took the pole! The mains were setting up to be legendary.

Overall Qualifying

1. Catricala, JB (Tamiya) – 6 – 1 – [1] – [1] – 0 points

2. L’Ecuyer, David (Team Associated) – 3 – [2] – 4 – [2] – 4 points

3. Schinzano, Leonard (Kyosho) – [2] – 35 – [2] – 3 – 4 points

4. Henry, Dave (Losi) – [1] – [4] – 5 – 6 – 4 points

5. DaSilva, Justin (Losi) – [4] – [3] – 28 – 4 – 7 points

6. Philie, Patrick (Durango) – [7] – 8 – [3] – 9 – 10 points

7. Bortolotti, Steve (Tamiya) – [5] – [6] – 40 – 11 – 11 points

8. Limlaw, Joe (Durango) – 8 – 9 – [8] – [7] – 15 points

9. Stacey, Matt (Schumacher) – 12 – 11 – [7] – [8] – 15 points

2wd Modified Buggy TQ John Catricala's Tamiya 201

4WD Overall Qualifying

1. Treignier, Jérôme (Durango) – 8 – 2 – [1] – [1] – 0 points

2. Catricala, JB (Tamiya) – 3 – [1] – 13 – [2] – 2 points

3. Henry, Dave (Losi) – [2] – 4 – [3] – 3 – 5 points

4. Rizzo, Franco (Durango) – [1] – 38 – [9] – 34 – 9 points

5. Bortolotti, Steve (Tamiya) – 9 – [7] – [4] – 7 – 11 points

6. Gutuescu, Mihai (Schumacher) – 39 – [9] – [2] – 13 – 11 points

7. Wright, Tom (Tamiya) – 13 – [5] – 6 – [6] – 11 points

8. Philie, Patrick (Durango) – [7] – 12 – [5] – 26 – 12 points

9. Houben, Gareth (Tamiya) – 15 – 13 – [8] – [4] – 12 points

TQ 4wd Modified Buggy Jérôme Treignier

The Main's

2wd Mod Buggy: As expected the 2wd mod Buggy A main was going to be action packed and the triple A mains didn't disappoint! Three men rose to the top of the group with Henry taking the win in A1, Catricala 2nd. A2 saw Schinzano winning with Henry in 2nd and Catricala 3rd. It was all down to the out come of A3. Early leader Catricala race ended badly when a crash with a dead car at the end of the straight ended his hopes. The battle raged on between Henry and Schinzano. At the conclusion of the main it was Schinzano taking the win and crowned 2012 2WD Modified Buggy ROAR Canadian National Champion!

2WD Modifed Buggy Results: : Triple A-Main

1. Schinzano, Leonard (Kyosho) – 5 – [1] – [1] = 200

2. Henry, Dave (Losi) – [1] – [2] – 2 = 199

3. Catricala, JB (Tamiya) – [2] – [3] – 8 = 197

4. L’Ecuyer, David (Team Associated) – [3] – [4] – 9 = 195

5. Philie, Patrick (Durango) – [4] – [5] – 10 = 193

6. Deschenes, Eric (Team Associated) – 7 – [6] – [3] = 193

7. Limlaw, Joe (Durango) – 8 – [8] – [4] = 190

8. Bortolotti, Steve (Tamiya) – 10 – [7] – [6] = 189

9. DaSilva, Justin (Losi) – [6] – 10 – [7] = 189

10. Stacey, Matt (Schumacher) – 9 – [9] – [5] = 188

ROAR 2wd Mod Buggy Canadian National Champion Leonard Schinzano's Kyosho RB6

4wd Mod Buggy: In A1 Catricala and Treignier spend the opening few laps running nose to tail, when Catricala made an inside pass to move into the lead and never looked back. Catricala taking the win in A1! The start of A2 looked much the same with Treignier and Catricala battling for the lead when a slight mistake from Catricala on lap 3, took him out of the race. Two laps later a mistake from Treignier saw his race end. This put losi Driver Dave Henry into the lead, with Tamiya driver Bortolotti in 2nd. Going into A3 Catricala knew he was in a 4-way battle for the championship. He wasted no time and put himself in the the lead with Henry not to far behind with Treignier running 3rd and Wright in 4th. As the race drew to a close Henry tried to pressure Catricala into a mistake, but to no avail. Catricala win's A3 and becomes the 2012 Modified 4WD buggy ROAR Canadian National Champion!

4wd Mod Buggy Results: Triple A-Main

1. Catricala, JB (Tamiya) – [1] – 10 – [1] = 200

2. Henry, Dave (Losi) – [2] – [1] – 2 = 199

3. Bortolotti, Steve (Tamiya) – [3] – [2] – 7 = 197

4. Treignier, Jérôme (Durango) – [4] – 9 – [3] = 195

5. L’Ecuyer, David (Team Associated) – 8 – [3] – [5] = 194

6. Wright, Tom (Tamiya) – 6 – [4] – [4] = 194

7. Gutuescu, Mihai (Schumacher) – 10 – [5] – [6] = 191

8. Philie, Patrick (Durango) – [7] – [6] – 8 = 189

9. Rizzo, Franco (Durango) – [5] – [8] – 10 = 189

10. Houben, Gareth (Tamiya) – 9 – [7] – [9] = 186

ROAR 4wd Mod Buggy Canadian National Champion John Catricala's Tamiya TRF502X

Source: T. Wright