The monsters of the RCMTC headed outdoors for the first time in 2018 for Round #3, the RCMTC Penda Thunder Drags!! One of the more popular events from last year's tour returned as a new staple on the tour, as the trucks would race door to door on a long two jump penda style straight line drag race. This year's course was a little more tricky than the 2017 track was, a longer no-mans land mixed with loose dirt and a bumpy track had the driver's hands full all afternoon long, but what an excitingg day of racing it was. Kevin Adair was on it from the start with Nitemare, winning the majority of the qualifying rounds and earning the top quaifying spot. Nitemare looked to be unstoppable, untill some bad luck struck in the first round of the elliination bracket. Kevin crossed the center line and missed the racing ramp, reuslting in a DQ and handing the win over to Rammunition. Kevin wasn't out of the fight however, his Spiderman truck defeated a hard charing Pure Adrenailn and then defeated Derrick Algieri and Sudden Impact to get into the finals. On the other side of the bracket another big story was developing. During the later rounds of the elimination bracket, Kyle DeFalco's Equalizer woud face off against Derrick Algieri's Storm Damage. Equalizer got the win, but crashed hard after the finish line and suffered heavy damage. Equailzer would not be able to return, allowing Storm Damage to return. Derrick then raced his way into the finals to meet Chris Ciriello and Hell Raiser. Chris was having a record day himself, knocking out Dan DeFalco's Grave Digger in round 1 and racing all the way to the semi finals to face Storm Damage. Derrick would get the win, but Chris was able to come back and beat Sudden Impact in the third place race to earn his first ever podium finish. In a powerful final round matchup, Storm Damage would defeat Spiderman, earning the defending champion Derrick Algieri his first win of 2018 and tying Executioner for the series points lead. It was an incredible day of racing as the RCMTC Penda Thunder Drags proved yet again to be one of the most exciting rounds on the tour. With the points lead all tied up, Round 4 will be one to wath for sure Stay tuned!
