Nick Lefebvre wins Texas Biggie
The 34th annual Texas Biggie was held Memorial Day weekend in Rendon, Texas, just south of the Dallas/ Fort Worth Metroplex. This race has a long history of being the “race to attend” and draws drivers from all over the United States. Over the years, this race has been won by some of the world’s best, which includes the current IFMAR world champion, Team Xray driver, Ralph Burch. Team RC America/Xray was in full force and ready to represent during this three day event of six qualifiers and the mains.
In 1/10 touring sedan, it was an all Xray main! 12 cars total with ten qualifying directly into the main and two bump-ups from the “B”. The 2010 Texas Biggie champion, Team RC America/ Xray driver, Tommy Porfirio, was the early pace setter and on the pole after qualifying. Tommy was closely followed by Alex Cruz and Brad Toffelmire. As the 45 minute A main started, Tommy was off to an early lead with Alex close behind in second. Brad, having had a trouble lap, was knocked down to 8th. As the race went on, Team RC America/Xray driver, Nick Lefebvre, who struggled in qualifying and bumped from the “B” main, was moving thru the field quickly. By lap 32, he had moved into second place behind Tommy. The race continued with Tommy leading, Nick in second, and Brad making his way back up to third. At lap 97, Tommy ran into problems getting thru traffic and was forced to retire giving the lead to Nick. This also allowed Brad to move into second and Chris Metheny into third. The race would end in this order, with Nick taking the win by two laps, Brad and Chris finished on the same lap just 0.325 of a second apart!
Overall results:
1. Nick Lefebvre – Xray NT1
2. Chris Metheny – Xray NT1
3. Brad Toffelmire – Xray NT1
4. Alex Cruz – Xray NT1
5. David Heredia – Xray NT1
6. John Hodges – Xray NT1
7. Darin Thomason – Xray NT1
8. Tommy Porfirio – Xray NT1
9. Chris Kemper – Xray NT1
10. Jeff Parker – Xray NT1
11. Daniel Ayala – Xray NT1
12. Ethan Lefebvre – Xray NT1
Thanks to Nick Lefebvre for the report.
