Race report , Memorial Shootout

Denny Andrewshere, the dust finally settled after last race weekend and I’m finally able to post up a report… First and foremost, we have absolutely the best racers out here with Qsac West, hands down!!! Track opened Friday at noon, many racers took advantage of a full day of practice with some good music playing all day, but we started the weekend with a major threat of rain on Sunday, pretty much eliminating our chances of doing our ‘now norm’ 2 day/2 race schedule… So early Saturday morning the idea was tossed out there, “Hey, let’s run both shows today!?!” We talked to all the racers and BAM we’re going to do 2 full race programs in 1 day, get it done so everyone can enjoy the rest of their Memorial Day Weekend with their families! And I must say, it went off without a hitch… thanks to all of you racers for making the schedule work, being ready for your races, and most importantly having BIG smiles throughout the whole day with some awesome racing! So from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU to all you racers for making my job easy this past Saturday!!!

The racing was outstanding all day, the track was in perfect shape was real close to breaking that 4 second lap time barrier again. We had 23 entries participate in both race schedules, spread out fairly even across the 5 classes we run, with our premier class Grand National having 7 and putting on an awesome race! I believe the fast lap in GN was a 5.01, the fourth fastest lap in that class was a 5.08, that’s 7 thousandths of a second separating the top 4, and the final 3 were within a 10th of a second of that, so very fast and close racing in that class. We had a new driver join us this week in the Truck class, John Barnett, coming from the 10th Scale Dirt Oval world and did an outstanding job jumping right into a fast class. Always great to see new faces, which usually brings more new faces… Listed below are the final results per race and I also added the updated points here on the page as well…

Again, THANK YOU to each and every one of my QSAC West family for making the trip and putting up with me for the day. I had a great time watching all of you having a great time! Until the next one!!!

DAY 1 – RACE # 7

LIMITED SPORTSMAN
1 – Ryan Heinle
2 – Larry Wormsbecker
3- Peter Hauer
4 – Johnny Houston

OPEN WHEEL
1 – Rudy Flores
2 – Jeff Spruitenberg
3 – Mike Lubanovich

SUPER TRUCK
1 – Mike Wright
2 – Mike Sheehan
3 – Tito Torres
4 – Josh Charette
5 – John Barnett

SPORTSMAN
1 – Jason Herring
2 – Maggie Turner
3 – Mike Wright
4 – Todd Understiller

GRAND NATIONAL
1 – Mike Lubanovich
2 – Alan Lay
3 – Robert Kennedy
4 – Jeff Spruitenberg
5 – Rudy Flores
6 – Jim Turner
7 – Jason Herring

DAY 2 (Same Day) – RACE # 8

LIMITED SPORTSMAN
1- Peter Hauer
2 – Larry Wormsbecker
3 – Ryan Heinle
4 – Johnny Houston

OPEN WHEEL
1 – Rudy Flores
2 – Jeff Spruitenberg
3 – Mike Lubanovich

SUPER TRUCK
1 – Mike Wright
2 – Mike Sheehan
3 – John Barnett
4 – Tito Torres
5 – Josh Charette

SPORTSMAN
1 – Todd Understiller
2 – Maggie Turner
3 – Jason Herring
4 – Mike Wright

GRAND NATIONAL
1 – Jim Turner
2 – Mike Lubanovich
3 – Robert Kennedy
4 – Alan Lay
5 – Jeff Spruitenberg
6 – Rudy Flores
7 – Jason Herring

Two weeks out for Orange Show Racing

Sportsman class Quarter Scale Racing QSAC West Orange Show Raceway , San Bernardino CA 2018


Get those race cars ready for some exciting door to door racing at Orange Show Raceway , San Bernardino ,CA May 24-25 2019

The points series is really heating up , with single digit points spreads in super truck, sportsman , grand national and sprint classes its a fight you can’t miss.

Race #5 and #6 coming to Tucson April 13th -14th

TQMA Raceway in Marana AZ

Quarter Scale Racers and fans , QSAC West will be hosting 2019 seasons race # 5 and # 6 double header weekend at Tucson Quarter Midget Association ( TQMA ) raceway in Marana AZ on Sat-Sun April 13-14 , with open track practice on the preceding Friday . Plan to join us for some fun and excitement . Spectators are always welcome and free, come check us out . for more info contact us on this link

Race results for race #3 and race #4


What a great weekend of racing!!! We had perfect weather both Saturday and Sunday out at Boulder City R/C Raceway. The wind picked up a bit like usual on Saturday, but Sunday was absolutely PERFECT!!! All the racers had a great time as I was seeing smiles all weekend long, the racing on the track was a blast to watch as I was announcing and running the show. (Yes, this is Denny Andrews) I can’t thank the board enough for asking me to be R/D for the weekend, I might not have a ride anymore to race, but I love hanging out with my Qsac West family, and maybe have a little fun and giving some of them a hard time while announcing. As for the racing, the track was perfect! The new barriers and tires put up around the corners are great! No lies, I counted a minimum of 5 cars that would have been hung up on a wall and never be used before if it weren’t for them!

In Limited Sportsman we had 3 drivers for the weekend, 2 of which were brand new, Johnny Houston and Larry Wormsbecker, the 3rd made his debut last month at Tucson, Peter Hauer. On Saturday Peter with the extra experience was showing the other 2 how its done at the get go, Johnny was still trying to get a hang of the truck and would finish 3rd for the day, but Larry was doing great and staying on the track throughout the race. Well that would prove to be the winning combination as the faster/better truck would have an issue and need to pull off early, allowing Larry to take the win in his very first race out! Awesome job Larry! That unfortunate luck for Peter would not come back and bite him again on Sunday though as he would lead the race wire to wire! This time Larry found himself with the bad luck and collecting the wall in turn 3 taking him out a bit early.

Open Wheel was a small class as well, with 3 showing up. But these 3 cars were as close as you could get to be equal out there. It just came down to who made the least mistakes! Saturday that was Dave Hart! Showing Jeff Spruitenberg and Rudy Flores how to get it done who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. Sunday it was Rudy showing off with Dave getting 2nd, and unfortunately Jeff finding out where the softer barrier wasn’t at on the back straightaway and had to pull it off…

The Super Trucks had 3 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday. Our web-master / resident photographer Jose “Tito” Torres stepped up from the Limited Sportsman ranks this weekend and decided to be a Truck driver now! He showed he belonged there by qualifying 2nd on day 1 right out of the box! Still has a little ways to go, but he will be a force to be reckoned with before this season is over for sure! Mike Wright was the star of the class this weekend though as he TQ’d and won the main both Saturday and Sunday! Awesome racing Mike! Mike “Animal” Fenicchia was the 3rd entry on Saturday, had some issues his truck all day taking 3rd. On Sunday Mr Mike Sheehan decided to join the fun, qualified 2nd for the main and him and Animal had a great race, with Tito keeping pace with them, just went a lap down early, but with about 25 laps left in the 150 lapper, Sheehan got too wide coming out of 4 and snagged the pit entrance with his right rear, and lets just say, the pit entrance wall won! That left Animal to take 2nd, and Tito 3rd… As stated Mike Wright was in a diffent time zone and won by multiple laps both days…

Sportsman had a good 5 car field this weekend, with a couple “Winter Time Only” regulars Randy Brown and John Pipchok making the trip. It was great racing all weekend in this class, with Maggie Turner, Tony Evans, and Todd Understiller rounding out the class. John and Randy split the TQs for each day, but at the end we saw Randy hold on to the win both days, as that makes it 4 in a row for him this season so far. Saturday had Maggie 2nd, followed by Evans, Pipchok, and Understiller… Only difference on Sunday was Maggie and Evans swapping positions… Sundays highlight was the last lap dive into turn 3 of Evans on Randy, which ended up with Evans being a turtle in turn 4 and Randy taking the checkered flag!

Then it was Grand National! We had 6, super fast cars over the weekend. Great racing as well in this class! Again it was who made the least amount of mistakes throughout the mains. Jim Turner would TQ for both days, but Saturday did not work out for him, he definitely was the one to beat, but had motor/fuel issues the first segment that took him out of the running. But what we did see was Jeff Spruitenberg (who stepped up to GN this year) staying out of trouble and taking his first GN win! I’m sure we will see more from him in the future, and no one can deny he was the “King of Sending It In to Turn 3!!!” Robert Kennedy was fast all weekend as well finished 2nd on Saturday, followed by Alan LayMike Lubanovich, Jim Turner, and Rudy Flores… Sunday we thought the same issues were going to take Turner out of it, he would find himself down 2 laps in the first of 4 50 lap segments, but that didn’t deter him, knowing he had more yellows coming, he put down some fast laps and found himself on the lead lap by the final segment. Thats where he would go on to pass the field and end up with the win on Sunday! Followed by Mike L, Jeff S, Alan L, Rudy F, and Robert K…

So all in all I had a blast announcing these races. Again it was great seeing my racing family again and especially awesome to see all the smiles ALL weekend! Thank you all for having me, and I will see you all again at the OrangeShow race for Memorial Weekend! Good luck to all at the next race in Tucson in April!!! Dennis Andrews


Grand National Alan Lay Jim Turner Rudy Flores Robert Kennedy Jeff Spruitenburg Mike Lubanovich