What an incredible weekend at the 2021 Psycho Nitro Blast in White Pine, TN! Dave Leikam and the Racetime Entertainment crew never disappoint and they’re constantly stepping up their game! New to PNB this year was a giant two sided screen wall where Racetime staff and Pro drivers were featured. On each side of the Jumbotron were two 13 ft. skeleton creatures! Additionally, on Friday night there was a space just outside the track called the Racetime Party Zone! The party zone had lights, bubbles, a giant TV to play Rockband on, cornhole, and more. However, something missing from this year’s PNB were the traditional wooden jumps. That being said, the new track layout was different, fresh, and loved by all the drivers!
Qualifying (Best 2 of 3):
Pro Nitro Truggy: Spencer Rivkin (1), Dakotah Phend (2), Tyler Jones (5)
Pro Nitro Truggy: Spencer Rivkin (1), Dakotah Phend (2)
• It was a clean start for those front runners.
• Cavalieri used his Joker lap early on in order to take over the lead. Rivkin and Phend behind him in 2nd and 3rd.
• Several more drivers took a joker lap early on to move up in to the top 5.
• Phend took one of his Jokers and moved into 2nd.
• Rivkin the TQ was hanging out in the 6th spot as he still had all 3 of his Joker’s available to him. He had a game plan.
• He took his first joker moving up into 2nd.
• Cavalieri started out in 9th and was trying to create a big enough gap to hold on to the lead.
• Ogden, Bornhorst, Heckert, and Tessmann all were battling for 5th place.
• Phend was hanging on to the back of Rivkin in 3rd. Jones moved up into the situation and took over 3rd place.
• Cavalieri had a 3 second lead, something went wrong with his car as he flamed out. His mechanic was on it trying to save his car.
• All those top guys go in and out of the pits at the same time. It was now Rivkin, Jones, Heckert, Tessmann, and Phend as the top 5.
• Jones used another Joker lap and moved into 1st.
• Phend took his joker the lap after and moved out in front.
• Rivkin had used 2 Jokers as he was hunting down the field in 5th place.
• Hot lap from Rivkin with a 39.1
• The top 3 were Phend, Jones, and Rivkin with 17 minutes to go.
• Rivkin took another Joker lap and regained the lead. Phend took the inside line and got by Rivkin into 1st. These two were battling!
• New hot lap from Rivkin with a 38.9
• Both go into pit stops at the same time. Phend and Rivkin still stay one and two.
• Phend had a bobble, Rivkin took back the lead. But they were still running 1 and 2.
• Jones got up in the action and took 2nd place.
• 38.6 from Phend as he was closing the gap on Jones. They were battling, Phend took back 2nd.
• Rivkin was on cruise control in the last 5 minutes of the race.
• The race finished with Rivkin in the 1, Phend in 2, Heckert in 3, Tebo in 4, and Tessmann in the 5.
Overall, we had an awesome weekend at the track and celebrated the hard work of our drivers. A big thank you to Dave Leikam and the RaceTime crew for putting so much time and effort into the racing community by bringing us these big events! This coming weekend we’re switching things up as we go to Albany, Oregon for the JConcepts Northwest Carpet Nationals at Northwest Hobbies. As for 1:8 scale racing, we’ll see you in Las Vegas for Silver State!
Winning Products:
Reflex Tires
Bullet Wheels
Finnisher Body
F2I Wing
Dirt Tech Inserts
P1 Body
S15 Body