HPI Sponsored event....G2R takes em all...

Hey all,
Its been a blast here on Okinawa with my G2R....Last month there was an HPI sponsored Monster Truck event held here...There were 4 events, each event was scored by points and in the end the most points won...Sorta like an olympics....
Events were as follows:
1- Concourse & Customization (best looking and most customized 1st through 5th place points awarded)
2- Monster Drag ( 2 runs in each heat....A down and back format...1st through 5th points awarded for each run)
3- Obstacle Course ( 2 runs each heat....Down and back over various obstacles, 1st through 5th points awarded for each run)
4- Extreme Jump Competition ( 2 runs to anyone who had the balls to do it, 3 judge panel scoring max 20 points from each judge held up by a sign)

What made this unique was that for event number 2 and 3 we had to drive our trucks into a box at the finish line, each box was numbered 1 through 5...
Whichever box you made it into was what place you got for your run...If we did not make it all the way into a box our trucks were reset and we had to try and get in again....If somebody snuck in on you, you had to find another box....it made it interesting to say the least....

3 Japanese R/C magz covered the event...R/C Sports, R/C Magazine, and R/C World.....
Here are some scans from R/C Sports Magazine....
Heres a link to the 2nd Run of The monster drag event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kxQUrNjEMg
Heres a link to the 1st Run of The monster obstacle course event, run #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGngpL6I5Iw
And Run #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns_Z1Jzen0Q
Here a link to my Triple Back Flip I did in the Xtreme Jump Comp ( I got a perfect score of 60 for this try)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMV085V3JOI
I got second place In the Concourse, And First Place in the rest of the events....BUT much to the surprise of the crowd and the other racers......I got 3rd overall...... :mad:1
Alot of wierd looks on that one....But oh well...What can I do...:002:

Thats my daughter and I in the last photo....We got a nice full page photo in the mag....

[jnev]

Congrats on 3rd place. I too think you should have placed higher, but what can you do... it was an HPI event, lol. (They're racist :005: )

That triple backflip was just insane. Did anything break on that jump?

Some Blowups from the Mag

Thanks man.... The rear diff shreaded when it landed....It was a robinson hardened steel diff.....:002:
Oh and thats a pic of my Kyosho Mini Inferno ST that was on display at the event....

[BrianG]

Sounds like you had a good time! Did you win some type of prize because you're holding a box of something in one of your pics?

Now that you've blown your diff, you can get a set of Mike's hybrid Revo diffs. :)

Funny you mention that....The hybrid Truggy diffs are on the way as we speak....
Also....The actual first prize that was Supposed to be given out was a new Savage X RTR package....They had it on display for the 2 days of the event and even had a sign saying that it was first prize....Well they decided to change the prizes at the last minute....I think it had something to do with a total domination by me and my buddy who got first place....
In the end all he got was a savage race suspension kit and i got a work stand....:031:

[squeeforever]

Sounds like bull$h!t to me...How do you get 1st in all but one, and second in the other, yet you get 3rd? :032: Personally, its stuff like that that gives a company a bad name...Great job though man! Wish I coulda been there for that one.

[BP-Revo]

Typical...HPI holds an event and when Traxxas comes and destroys everyone the event goes down in scale.

Congrats - you and your friend are both #1 in my book.

As for the dude that one first place in concourse...all I haev to say is... OVERKILL.

Oh its kinda a wierd layout....The pic with five of us is the concourse winners...but its 1st, 2nd, 3rd...ect from right to left....so It was my buddy who got 1st in the concourse ....then me second....

Congrats man. Very well done. I'm sure that everyone watching knew who should have gotten what and why.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

How do you get 1st in all but one, and second in the other, yet you get 3rd?...

Must be plain math: 1 + 2 = 3. :)

This is just my opinion....but I think it went something like this....

"OMG look at that truck....It is SOOOOOOO Awesome.....Look....He just blew the pants off a .28 modded savage thats being driven by an HPI Pro Driver....
WHAT.....It's ELECTRIC.....NOT FAIR, HE BROKE THE RULES....HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO WIN....DAMN FOREIGNER...."

Hey, I get that at my local track.

[Serum]

LOL, it's hilarious they changed the price-pool all of a sudden.. :)

But hey; you got your article on the e-revo in that mag! (and a pic of you and your daughter covering an entire page.. )

Not bad at all.. Too bad these events are not held in my area..

What setup did you used on your bl monster?

Yeah man, I am very pleased with the coverage....I was also in 2 other magazines(working on scanning them now)....So I'll take all the publicity over the win anyday....cause in the end I did win....
The setup you see there is a 6XL powered my 18.5v maxamps Li-Po on a schulze 18.97KWF.....
VERY FAST....

I am waiting for my new parts to get in from Mike.....
A Quark 125B
The Truggy Hybrid Diffs
And some other things....

The Schulze just can't handle the 6XL at low speeds....It heats up too fast....


SkI