Joaquin Desoto Jr. wins at Great Lakes Challenge

The 2018 Great Lakes Challenge was hosted by the Toledo One Eights Racers in Northwood, Ohio last weekend. In the 1/8th Open 4WD A-main it was Serpent’s Ralph Burch with the overall TQ, however in the 30-minutes A-main event it was Serpent teammate, Joaquin Desoto Jr. with the win, a lap in front of Xray’s Mike Swauger. Capricorn’s Paolo Morganti came in 3rd, some eights seconds down on Mike. Scott Kimbrow and Lon Burling made up the top 5 while top qualifiers, Ralph Burch had to settle for 6th overall. Over in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan class it was DJ Apolaro with the TQ and win. DJ brought home the win with a 7-seconds margin from Mike Swauger while Ralph Burch rounded out the top 3 results. Diatta Collymore and Jeremiah Ward followed in 4th and 5th respectively.

Image: Joaquin Desoto Jr.