Tanner Day

6th Annual North-West Invitational - Hubbard

Kyosho & Tanner Day Win @ 6th Annual North-West Invitational!

The 6th Annual North-West Invitational was held August 21st -
August 23rd at Dave's R/C Tracks in Hubbard, Oregon. This would be the 2nd
straight year in a row that the Invitational has been held at Dave's. This is
also the home trackofKyosho AmericaTeam Manager Joe Pillars.
JP first started this annual event in 2010and every year has gained more
momentum by attracting many top level drivers. This is also the home
trackofKyosho America'syounggun Tanner Day, who has
been making a name for himself over the past year. Justa few weeks
ago,Tanner was able toadd 2 ROAR Stock National Championships to
his racing resume!

Race Schedule:

Friday, August 21st: Open Practice

Saturday, August 22nd: 5 Rounds of Invitational Racing / 4 Rounds of Qualifying

Sunday, August 23rd: 3 Rounds of Invitational Racing / Triple A-Main Events

4wd Modified Buggy

Kyosho America's Tanner Day went onto TQ 2 rounds of qualifying while setting the fastest times to and the overall TQ!

Tanner then went onto Win A-Main #1 & A-Main #3 to take the 4wd Modified Buggy Championship!

Kyosho America's Roger Seim put in a great drive during the A-Main Events to finish on the podium in 3rd!

4wd Modified Buggy Top 3 Overall Finishing Order:

Driver Car Manufacturer

Tanner Day (TQ) Kyosho ZX6
Mikey Brown Schumacher
Roger Seim Kyosho ZX6

Winning Equipment Used By Tanner Day:

30046B Lazer ZX6 Race Kit

ORI65128 Team Orion Vortex R10.1 Pro ESC

ORI28258Team Orion VST2 6.5 Brushless Motor

ORI14066 Team Orion Carbon Pro 4500 100C Shorty Li-Po Battery

Geared: 19/78

Invitational 2wd Modified Buggy

The highly contested
Invitational 2wd Modified Buggy class would have its largestentry
countin the history of theevent with 28 drivers competing. 7 rounds
of completely random heads-up racing would be ranin 4 heats of 7 drivers.
Then the final round would resort the drivers based on there 5
bestfinishes to group the heatswith the fastest drivers all racing
each other in the last race of the day.

After the dust had
settled on Sunday, Team Associated's Ryan Cavalieri & Kyosho America's
Tanner Day both finished with a perfect score of 6 wins. The tie-breaker would
then go to each drivers 2 best combined laps and times where Cavalieri would
just edge out Day for the overall win. Tanner Day would finish an impressive
2nd overall for the 2nd year in a row, showing great speed all
weekend.Kyosho America'sTeam Manager Joe Pillars would finish only
2 points back from the tie for 1st to take 3rd overall also for the 2nd straight
year.

Kyosho would have a very
strong showingin the Invitationalclassby finishing 2nd, 3rd,
4th, 5th, &6th overall, having5 RB6'sinside the Top 10!

Invitational
2wd Modified Buggy Top 10 Overall Finishing Order:

Driver Overall Points Car Manufacturer