Evans stays in control in Dallas
The second round of 4WD qualifying at the Short Course Showdown Nationwide Tour in Dallas saw Dustin Evans’ domination continue as the factory Losi driver once again topped the time sheets but like in 2WD it is his Q1 run that remains the provisional outright TQ time.
Evans said after the run that he knew his morning time was good and that bettering it was going to be difficult. Pushing hard in an attempt to see if he could go faster he over drove, something he said is easy to do in 4WD, which resulted in two bad laps. Even without the two crashes, which cost him around 5 seconds, the winner of the second date on the Scotty Ernst run tour said a new TQ run wasn’t on the cards.
Second fastest in Q2, improving on his morning time to move to move up to second overall, Quincy Hughes was much happier with his lowered Losi. Deciding against adjusting the droop, the local ace said the lower ride height worked perfectly and he was very happy to be sitting second behind a driver of Evans’ caliber.
Setting the third fastest time for the second of the four scheduled qualifiers was Chris Allison. The owner of Speedster Hobbies in Austin, he said his Losi TEN-SCTE is set-up the same as Evans’ example and feels ‘fantastic’ but his driving has not matched the capabilities of truck. Running in the same heat as Brian Kinwald, who he said it was a real pleasure to race against, Allison felt while he drove much better in Q2 but there is still room to clean it up a little more. The time leaves him fourth overall just ahead of Kinwald who enjoyed his best run in Q2 to move up one spot to fifth.
Two drivers that failed to improve their Q1 times were Josh Glancy and Mike Dumas who dropped to 3rd & 7th respectively. 14-year-old Glancy put his lack of pace down to bad driving but found afterwards that his motor may have contributed to the below par performance. With a new motor fitted for Q3, the Losi driver is hopeful he can better his Q1 time in the final run of the day.
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