The Snorer in Sonoma

By Keith Ott

That was it?  This was your event where going left and right turns boy drivers into men?  Tell me y’all were just kidding and that the real race is tonight.  Please, please, please, please, please, tell me that.  I won’t be mad. I promise.  Because, whatever it was that I watched on TV yesterday, it had nothing to do with racing.  I can, however, now define the term “strategy” as it relates to RC racing.

Strat-e-gy (n) – used to describe a racing event characterized by an extreme lack of competition predictably culminating in a fuel mileage finish; see boring, dull, lame.

Race Notes:

The COT seems to have equalized the RC racing skills.  No-one, including the ringers, seemed to be able to do anything with it.  Of the few lead changes I saw, most were the result of pit work and timing.

Hamlin’s shifter mysteriously breaks off.  Team officials question Almirola.

Has Montoya worn out his welcome yet?  For a perfect score he should have hit the pace truck.  He hit everything else on the track.

How about that TV coverage during the last 40 laps?  Let’s just follow 3 cars to see if they run out of fuel.  I guess the other 40 cars weren’t racing hard enough to put on TV.  And, did anyone ever actually see the 55 car on TV?

So, in no way shape or form did this change my opinion of RC racing.  Maybe, you’ll have better luck at Watkins Glen.