RC MONSTER TRUCK CHALLENGE POINTS SERIES ROUND ONE COVERAGE

Derrick Algieri's fleet ready to defend his points championship from a year agothe former Wicked Twisted truck running as Ragin Steeldefending series champion ExcaliberEl Diablo coming off a win at Winter Wars 2 in February looks to be a contender in this year's points seriesChad Cataldo debuting the awesome new BulldozerRock StarGhost RyderKyle DeFalco's Air Force AfterburnerKevin McDaniel makes his RCMTC debut with 2 awesome trucks. This one is Team New Wave cellsKevin's second entry, Blade BrownDan DeFalco's CPE Amosil Shock Therapy looking to get back to 2009 championship formSpare Parts driven by Matt HigginsDan DeFalco's CPE Grave DiggerDemon Child axial monster truck driven by Matt Higgins of RC Truck StopTony Scorzafava's awesome new Nitemare makes its debutKyle DeFalco's Hulkster carried an onboard video go pro camera for today's race.Abdul Rascoe debuts a new body and scheme called BlitzBig Red back in action here at the Crawford Peformance Points SeriesThumper2010 Crawford Performance Points Series Champion Maximum Destruction driven by Kyle DeFalcoPaul Ferrara's BigfootPaul's second entry Midnight PumpkinTraxxas DTS-1 finish line beams at the the end of the trackDTS-1 starting tree at the starting lightDomenic Moccia driving Toxic made his RCMTC debut todayracing off the starting line and over the first jumpNitemare and Midnight Pumpkin off the lineThe DTS-1 lights green and the trucks are off!side by side action here with Ragin Steel and El DiabloMaximum Destruction and El Diablo dragging it out to the crush carsGrave Digger and El Diablo off the lineMidnight Pumpkin vs. Rock StarRagin Steel over the cars, with another consistently strong passGrave Digger and Ghost Ryder door to door heading to what was one of the closest finishes of the dayMatt Higgins finds himself in a tricky spot in the corner with Demon Child, but was able to pull it back down and continue his runBulldozer gets the holeshot over Spare Parts off the lineAir Force Afterburner vs. Blade BrownBig Red leading Rock STtarusing the DTS-1 was a huge addition to today's race. Take a look at what the results of a race between Demon Child and Maximum Destruction look likeRaces were close all day long, check out the difference of time here in this race!!an example of a completed bracket with the DTS-1 system. Here's how Round #2 of the day broke downa shot from the on board camera on Hulkster with the body off shows the track aheadthis awesome screen capture shows what it's like to be airborn as Hulkster hits the second jump in a racing passtight race here as Hulkster is through the tight corners and Ragin Steel is visible through the windshile as the trucks turn back toward each other and head for the final 2 jumps!!
After 2 awesome indoor season opening races with the Winter Wars mini series, we are finally ready to head outside on the big tracks. Gone are freezing snowy days of Winter as we head into spring and onto the dirt at RC Madness in Enfield CT for Round #1 of the 2013 RC Monster Truck Challenge Crawford Performance Points Series. 22 monsters were on hand to take part in some of the best side by side racing action we've had here. The track design is a new unique layout, inspiried by what the real monster trucks ran in Bloomsburg PA in 2012. The trucks head off the start line side by side and oter a jump right away, then diagonally split from each other to hit second jump. After that there's a hard turn inward towards each other, and then another sharp corner to set up a drag race over 2 sets of cars to the finish. For the first time ever for RC Monster Truck Racing, the RCMTC utilized a Traxxas DTS-1 timing system which was run by an Iphone connected to a TQI transmitter. Racing brackets were organized and ran by the timing system and the drivers loved having their reaction time and elapsed time being recorded. The system would tell us just how close some of the races were. During a race between Maximum Destruction and Excaliber, Max-D ran a quicker time than Excaliber and lost, the DTS-1 timeslip broke it down and it showed us that Excaliber's quicker reaction time on the light is what won the race. Despite 2 minor app crashes, the DTS-1 was a huge help and a fun part to the race.

During racing 6 total rounds were run, with the early Crawford Performance Points lead up for grabs, everyone was going for it. Kyle DeFalco's CPE Maximum Destruction got off to the quick start by defeating newcomer Team New Wave in the round 1 finals. In round #2 it was Dan DeFalco's CPE Grave Digger was dialed in on this course and was able to take the final round win there. Derrick Algieri got going with a new truck Ragin Steel and was able to grab the round #3 final. Racing was close all day long and only getting better as the day went on. Kyle's Hulkster truck was able to grab the round #4 final win, with Grave Digger repeating in Round #5. Digger's 2 final round wins looked promising, but the loss of rear drive in round 6 put the black and green wrecking machine in its Grave. El Diablo rallied late in the day and the round #6 win would go to Derrick in the finals. With no clear cut dominator in today's action, consistency would be the key and our winner did just that. Derrick's new Ragin Steel truck had the most semi final round apperances coupled with a Round #3 Victory would earn him the overall event win, with his rally in El Diablo also grabbing second place. 20 points behind in 3rd place would be Grave Digger, with Max-D and Thumper rounding out the top 5. Check out some pictures and video of all the great action from today.
So it looks like right off the bat we have a really awesome year of outdoor points racing coming our way. Derrick Algieri is off to a fast start by winning first and second place, but with Grave Digger, Maximum Destruction closely behind and season just getting underway for the rest of our field it is anybody's game!! Thanks for being with us for another great day of RC Monster Truck Challenge racing and thanks to the RC Madness staff and all competitors. If you thought we had some tight racing in this round, then get ready because the reaction times and finish line margins will be as close as ever as we go straight line racing in round 2. Don't miss it!!!
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