Calandra Racing Concepts

Sweeps the 2009 Halloween Classic Race

winning all Pan Car Classes!

Train keeps a rollin...

Aaron Buran wins Pro-12 and World GT with CRC chassis, tires and the Advanced Speed Control.

CRC driver Aaron Buran took his Gen-X 10 and Gen-XL to a double A-main victory.

The Halloween Classic has traditionally been known as the "official" warm-up for the Indoor Champs that follow in November. Over the 20 plus years of the Classic, many great battles and races have occurred. Over the years, the names have changed but one thing remains; the winner of the Halloween Classic leaves with a good level of confidence that his race equipment and driving are up to the task. At the 2009 version, the crew at the Gate put the race in a Holiday Inn with 190 entries taking on the 96 x 40 CRC Fasttrak road circuit.

Pro 12 division - 10.5

As part of the Northeast Grand Slam series, the Pro classes would be limited to 10.5 brushless motors. In the Pro-12 division, CRC cars, tires and the new Advanced speed control were up to the task as Max Kuenning used his Gen-XL car to T.Q. the division. Max also used CRC Pro-Cut tires and the Black Art R8C body.

2009 ROAR National Champion, Max Kuenning T.Q.'s the 2009 Halloween Classic in Pro-12

The T.Q. ride of Kuenning

The CRC/Black Art/Advanced Combo takes the pole!

In the A-main, Aaron, Max and Associated's Kevin Hebert battled for the win. The 3 drivers were quite close with Max slightly quicker. Unfortunately for Max, he had an early race board meeting dropping him to 3rd position trying to find a way around Hebert in 2nd. All the while, Buran driving steady and cool under pressure was able to keep enough distance between the battling duo to take the win. Max made a couple moves on both Kevin and Aaron but couldn't hold on and ended up 3rd. A great result for both drivers. Joining Aaron and Max were CRC teammates; Mike Pulfur, Chuck Lonergan, Wayne Gerber, Jari Taskila and Frank Jr.

2009 Halloween Classic Pro-12 Champion CRC Gen-XL of Aaron Buran

CRC Gen-XL, Advanced Speedo, Pro-Cuts. The winning train keeps a rollin'!

Stock 1:12th scale - 17.5

In the 17.5 turn 1:12th class, Andrew Knapp was T.Q. and winner with his Gen-XL and CRC Pro-Cut tires. Andrew, along with Max Kuenning, are young members of CRC's Michigan Mafia, a group of road course drivers coming out of the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. This talented group is led by Terry Rott, with additional tutelage from Chuck Lonergan and Jody Flipsie. A great group of racers from Michigan.

Andrew was on a mission all weekend with some flawless driving. Andrew and young gun Tyler Gerber had a good battle at the beginning of the main with Andrew sneaking by and opening up for a big win. Driving his way to second was part time announcer, part time R/C car driver and full time luggage rack pilot, Ian Ruggles. The man with the golden pipes, announcer extraordinaire,  put the microphone down and parked the luggage rack long enough to drive a solid race and take second. Joining the top 2 were CRC Gen-XL pilots; Jim Piersol, Blake Bell, Phil Zimmerman, Tyler Gerber, Robert "Nashracer" Dirla and Ken Miller (with a borrowed Gen-XL). Eight out of 10 in the new CRC Gen-XL.
 

2009 Halloween Classic 1-2 Stock 1:12th Ian (left) 2nd, Andrew (right)  T.Q. + 1st

Super Stock WGT - 13.5

In the World GT class, Aaron Buran continued to have a great event. Buran was T.Q. and winner of the A-main with his Gen-X 10 rolling on CRC World GT Spec tires. Joining Aaron on the podium was Mike Pulfur. Again, 7 out of 10 cars were the Gen-X 10 with Piersol, Mark Sweeney, Myles "Skeeter" Hale, Frank Jr. and Kyle Inman making the A-main. With the Advanced controller not being available to the public, the units were not allowed in the stock and super stock classes. Buran used an available controller, proving the CRC chassis platform wins with any powerplant behind it.

Buran's very stock Gen-X 10. Stock links + body mount. Aaron used the CRC WGT spec tires and the centered speedo mount plate.

Summary

Another Halloween Classic in the books and another CRC win. In the Pro class, the Advanced Speedo again blew everyone away setting new levels in speed control performance. The Gen-XL, undefeated in 2009, continues to out perform the competition, even with the super-low price. CRC Pro Cuts also continue their winning ways from Las Vegas with a sweep of all 12th classes.

The Cleveland Carpet racers put on another excellent event. Great announcing, lots of pit space, high grip, good lighting and they stayed on schedule. Over 20 years of Classic racing. Be there next year.