Apex Challenge

Thursday, Feb 24, 2022 at 12:00am UTC

Apex Raceway and Hobbies hosted the 14th annual APEX challenge race February 20, 2022. This event always draws entries to compete for bragging rights and some nice hardware for besting the tough competition in several classes.

Team Associated was well represented this year as team drivers Myron "Battman" Kinnard and the young shoe Logan "The Kidd" Pilcher were set to compete in the head-to-head battles together in USGT with Logan also entered in the tough VTA class and Myron stepping into the shark tank of GT12 against some of the best in the business.

First to go into battle was Logan with his Team Associated TC7.2. Logan qualified P2 for the A Main event. In the main he was able to dive under the TQ to take the win in the A Main and the title of APEC Challenge Champion for VTA.

The next race for the Team Associated duo was Myron Kinnard in the GT12 class. This is a newer class for Myron. He was able to take his Team Associated RC12R5.2 into battle against some experienced 1:12 scale racers. He dialed it in to qualify solidly in the A Main, starting in P3 for the main. After a hard-fought 6-minute battle, he came away with fifth place in the A Main, showing that Associated's Area 51 designs have endured for years and are still competitive today.

Next up was the USGT class. Multi-time champion and long-time Team Associated driver Myron Kinnard wasted no time setting the pace in the first qualifier. In the final qualifier of the day, he secured the TQ award by upping his best time by a lap over some hard-charging competition. Logan had some tough luck as he ran his first race in USGT in the first qualifier; but he was able to iron out the issues and come back strong in the last two qualifiers to put himself in P3 for the A Main event.

When it was time to grind out the door-to-door action in the mains, Myron wasted no time jumping out to the early lead with his TC7.2. Logan was able to navigate traffic and battle to P3 in the A Main as both drivers took the top, fully trusting the competitive and adaptability of the Associated platform for the entire race.

It was a great day for the Team Associated drivers at Apex Raceway and Hobbies. The two team drivers were each able to be 2-for-2 in bringing home some hardware and showing the durability and speed of the AE and Reedy platforms.

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Reedy products used, VTA and USGT
#27119 Reedy RT1705A Digital HV Aluminum Brushless Servo
#27360 Zappers SG46000mAh 115C 7.6V LP Battery
#27004 Blackbox 510R 2S Competition ESC
#27203 Reedy 1416-C2L Dual AC/DC Charger

Reedy products used, GT12
#27368 Zappers 8200mAh 85C 3.8V Battery
#27009 Blackbox 510R 1S Competition ESC
#27203 Reedy 1416-C2L Dual AC/DC Charger

Photos courtesy of Scott and Logan Pilcher

Thanks to Scott and Logan Pilcher for this report.

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