Traxxas' Mike Jenkins Wins Pro 4x4 Round 16 In Vegas!

[PeterV]

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Everyone here at Traxxas is STOKED because our fearless leader, Mike Jenkins, scored his first TORC series win at the season finale in Las Vegas! Based on the blow-by-blow from TORC (below), this race was epic! Greaves rolled, Douglas caught on fire...be sure to catch the TV coverage (Nov. 8, 1:30pm EST on ABC) so you can see what they mean by, "Adrian Cenni can't see and is wreaking havoc on the track"! Sounds like Mike had to race through one helluva warzone to reach that podium--I'm setting my TiVo! Check it out:

LAP BY LAP: KUMHO TIRES PRO 4X4 (14 Laps)
Starting Order:
Barlow, Steve (2)
LeDuc, Curt (43)
Greaves, Johnny (22)
Douglas, Scott (7)
LeDuc, Kyle (99)
Huseman, Rick (36)
Cenni, Adrian (11)
Jenkins, Mike (47)

Lap 1: Steve Barlow takes the hole shot.

Lap 2:
Johnny Greaves
Kyle LeDuc
Curt LeDuc
Steve Barlow
Adrian Cenni

Lap 3:
Johnny Greaves
Kyle LeDuc
Curt LeDuc
Steve Barlow
Adrian Cenni

Lap 4: Johnny Greaves flips the yellow is out.
Kyle LeDuc
Curt LeDuc
Steve Barlow
Adrian Cenni
Scott Douglas

Lap 5: Cenni passes the entire pack
Adrian Cenni
Curt LeDuc
Kyle LeDuc
Steve Barlow
Scott Douglas

Lap 7: The competition yellow is out.
Adrian Cenni
Kyle LeDuc
Steve Barlow
Scott Douglas
Curt LeDuc

Lap 8: They come back to green. Huseman pulls into the hot pit. Barlow gets into LeDuc.
Adrian Cenni
Kyle LeDuc
Steve Barlow
Scott Douglas

Lap 9: Adrian Cenni and Kyle LeDuc are in a passing war.
Kyle LeDuc
Adrian Cenni
Scott Douglas

Lap 10: Adrian Cenni can't see and is wreaking havoc on the track. Rick Huseman is out of the race. The yellow is out.
Kyle LeDuc
Scott Douglas
Steve Barlow
Mike Jenkins

Lap 11: Curt LeDuc got into the rear of Cenni. Curt LeDuc gets the black flag. LeDuc has a left front flat but is in the lead. LeDuc crashes and is out of the race.
Kyle LeDuc
Mike Jenkins
Scott Douglas
Steve Barlow
Adrian Cenni

Lap 13: Scott Douglas has a major fire full course yellow. This was a huge fire. The trucks left are Mike Jenkins, Steve Barlow, Adrian Cenni, and Curt LeDuc. They will restart on the order scored before the yellow.
Mike Jenkins
Steve Barlow
Adrian Cenni
Curt LeDuc

Lap 14: All trucks get into eachother in the first turn but they are all ok. They finish:
Mike Jenkins
Steve Barlow
Curt LeDuc
Adrian Cenni

[Cubic]

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[Tiernan85]

Congrats to our faithful leader! ;)

[jolynsbass]

There's something to the whole "play it safe" technique. The other guys obviously got too aggressive for the track and that took them out. Mike was intelligent and a good enough driver to pull off a great finish. And yes, sometimes luck plays into it :)

[lumberjack007]

Congrats to Mike on a season well raced. That was one season. Enjoy the time off while you guys can, i imagine that everyone will be gunning for ya next year:fear:.

By the way, when is that full scale comin' out???:D would love to "chase" my neighbors Savage hehe.

[ldivinag]

congrats to the traxxas team!!!!

just finished watching it on ABC and it was attrition to the end...

nice muddy field...

[Carbonrevo33]

Congrats to Mike and the other drivers for doing so well!!