Evans gives his rivals a Dustin in Dallas

Dustin Evans is stamping his authority on the fourth & final event of the 2011 Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour having dominated proceedings in qualifying today at Mikes Hobby Shop in Dallas, Texas, to hold the provisional overnight TQ honours in both 2WD & 4WD Modified classes.  A racer who over the last 12-months has established himself as a World class talent, the factory Losi driver topped the time sheets for all six of his qualifiers and with just one more round of heats in the morning looks very much on target to start both A-Mains on pole.  One of the friendliest and most approachable team drivers in the sport, the 25-year-old said he was ‘super happy’ with both his trucks and in particular with the progress he has made this weekend with his 2WD which he took to a new TQ time in the third qualifier.

In 2WD the closest challenge for Evans came from one of the great legends of off road racing as Brian Kinwald came close to becoming the only other driver to make 16-laps as he also put in his fastest run of the day in Q3.  Sitting top of 4WD thanks to his Q1 time, Evans looks even more in control of proceedings of the premiere class with fellow Losi driver and local track ace Quincy Hughes the nearest challenger among the 98 truck field. Hughes looked like he was on a fast run in the final race of the day until he lost a wheel on lap 11.

In the other classes Garrett Tokuno, the owner of 702 Raceway in Las Vegas, holds the provisional TQ in the 2WD Stock class with his Thunder Power powered Associated SC10, while fastest times in Q3 from Kent Everett and Marc McGurren see them on target to carry No.1 on their trucks in the Novice Short Course and Traxxas Slash spec classes respectively.

Drivers have one last chance to improve on their qualifying times with Top 8 the main target as the finals will see the top two finishes bump up to the back of the grid of the proceeding final.

Provisional top 10 after 3 of 4 qualifiers
4WD Short Course
1. Dustin Evans – Losi – 17/5:10.858 (R1)
2. Quincy Hughes – Losi – 16/5:04.798 (R2)
3. Josh Glancy – Losi – 16/5:06.420 (R1)
4. Chris Allison – Losi – 16/5:11.086 (R2)
5. Brian Kinwald – Associated – 16/5:11.452 (R2)
6. Aaron Reynolds – Losi – 16/5:12.410 (R2)
7. Mike Dumas – Losi – 16/5:12.538 (R1)
8. Hunter La Flower – Losi – 16/5:15.574 (R1)
9. Courtney Tate – Losi – 16/5:19.213 (R2)
10.Nathan Dean – Losi – 16/5:20.363 (R3)

Modified Short Course
1. Dustin Evans – Losi – 16/5:12.305 (R3)
2. Brian Kinwald – Associated – 15/5:00.777 (R3)
3. Cody Hollis – Kyosho – 15/5:05.218 (R2)
4. Quincy Hughes – Losi – 15/5:07.966 (R3)
5. Randy Pike – Losi – 15/5:17.645 (R3)
6. Clayton Easley – X-Factory – 15/5:18.528 (R2)
7. Paul Wynn – Associated – 15/5:18.963 (R2)
8. Trevor Nault – Kyosho – 15/5:19.497 (R2)
9. Gary O’Brien – X-Factory – 15/5:19.829 (R2)
10.Mike Stoll – Associated – 14/5:01.678 (R1)

Stock Short Course
1. Garrett Tokuno – 14/5:01.278 (R3)
2. Brent Burns – 14/5:01.778 (R3)
3. Richard Trujillo – 14/5:03.228 (R3)
4. Charlie Martin – 14/5:07.608 (R2)
5. Kevin McCoy – 14/5:08.728 (R1)
6. Bill Jeric – 14/5:10.841 (R2)
7. Brian Butts – 14/5:12.002 (R3)
8. Gary O’Brien – 14/5:13.254 (R2)
9. Sonny Brown – 14/5:15.891 (R3)
10.James Green – 14/5:16.903 (R3)

Novice Short Course
1. Kent Everett – 12/5:01.934 (R3)
2. Joel Irvine – 12/5:02.879 (R3)
3. Cole Copley – 12/5:22.769 (R3)
4. David Walker – 11/5:04.238 (R3)
5. Josh Prior – 11/5:06.007 (R2)
6. Clinton Majors – 11/5:10.634 (R3)
7. Richard Terry – 11/5:18.091 (R2)
8. Paul Forgey – 11/5:19.007 (R3)
9. Ron Topping – 10/5:05.956 (R3)
10.Dizodrick Darners – 10/5:06.468 (R2)

Traxxas Slash
1. Marc McGurren – 13/5:06.237 (R3)
2. Justin Johnson – 13/5:07.245 (R3)
3. Joel Merritt – 13/5:10.985 (R3)
4. Andrew Doherty – 13/5:16.766 (R3)
5. Ron Simpson – 13/5:20.601 (R1)
6. Keith Moore – 13/5:23.322 (R1)
7. Bill Darnell – 13/5:23.370 (R3)
8. Dan Prior – 12/5:04.831 (R3)
9. Robert Reaves – 12/5:06.997 (R2)
10.Jeremiah Carter – 12/5:09.411 (R3)

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