2008 Reedy Race of Champions

The 2008 Reedy Race of Champions was held at the weekend at the Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California, the first time the race has been held at this venue following the closing of the previous facility. As usual there were 3 classes at this years event, the blue ribboned Invitational class that uses the now famous Reedy Race system consisting of races for points, and the 13.5 Turn class and Open class, both of which consisted of the usual qualifying rounds and triple A-mains. Qualifying for the 13.5T class saw TOP racer Kyle Bergstrom take the pole position from Losi driver Larry Fairtrace in 2nd and Jason Ertracter in 3rd, while in the Open class it was again a TOP on top, with Kevin Jelich taking top spot in front of Associated driver Christer Andersson in 2nd and Randy Caster 3rd. The 13.5 Turn finals saw Losi driver Larry Fairtrace take the overall win from pole man Bergstrom who ended up in 2nd, with EJ Evans putting another TOP on the podium in 3rd. In the Open finals Kevin Jelich managed to maintain his top spot from qualifying and take the overall ahead of Christer Andersson in 2nd and Jimmy Jacobson rounding off the podium for Tamiya in 3rd. In the Invitational class it was a close battle between a number of drivers but in the end Hot Bodies racer Atsushi Hara had the most victories to just beat out Masami Hirosaka by 1 point to take the overall crown. Hirosaka, who was racing the new prototype Yokomo was himself only just ahead of last years winner Marc Rheinard who took the final step of the podium for Tamiya in 3rd spot.

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Invitational Class results
1. Hara, Atsushi – 7pts
2. Hirosaka, Masami – 8pts
3. Rheinard, Marc – 9pts
4. Wilck, Viktor – 10pts
5. Volker, Ronald – 11pts
6. Groskamp, Jilles – 11pts
7. Burch, Ralph – 12pts
8. Moore, Andy – 13pts
9. LeMieux, Paul – 15pts
10. Hohwart, Rick – 16pts

Open Class results
1. Kevin Jelich + TQ
2. Christer Andersson
3. Jimmy Jacobson

13.5T Class results
1. Larry Fairtrace
2. Kyle Bergstrom + TQ
3. E.J. Evans

Photos by Boomer