VIDEO From the 2008 **Allstar Shootout**  in .wmv format
Segment 1  |  Segment 2  |  Nastruck Race

These are not TOP quality videos, but you can see how intense this event is.

This race was billed "Born to be Wild" and it didn't fail to deliver.
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As FEATURED in RCWORLD Magazine"

The South-West Tour Series created the **Allstar-Shootout** in 2007 to be one of the most incredible, most extreme, fastest, thrill packed r/c oval races in the WORLD.  This year along with the help of NOVAK ELECTONICS, DBAnderson Machine Technologies, Team ORION and all the other fantastic event sponsors we were able to deliver the 2nd annual **Shootout**.

The **Shootout Weekend** is part of the South-West Tour Series regular points events, and Saturdays events serve as both a WARM UP for the big shootout, and a points day for the support classes.

Saturday's Race winners

21.5 - Jerry Purser
17.5 - Larry Ruby
10.5 - Richard Tompkins
NASTRUCK - Brad Muther

On Sunday, all drivers in all the classes had the opportunity to run single car, 4 lap qualifying (INDY style) with the 4 lap average setting up the heat race starting positions.  Last year this was only done for the 'pre-qualified' drivers in the **SHOOTOUT**

Eric Brust, for the 2nd year in a row took the TQ honor for the **SHOOTOUT** and locked into the pole for the races first segment.  Along with the POLE position, Brust received a $50.00 cash award for his efforts.

The **Allstar Shootout**  is a 2 segment race, but do to a computer issue the first segment was cut to just 15 laps.  Although the drivers had no idea it would be shortened, it was probably a good thing it happened due to  a whole lot of damage to many cars.

For the guys who got crashed out, this segment was UGLY, but those who were up front had a great battle and it was Larry Ruby just edging out last years Shootout Champion Eric Brust.

The Winner (Ruby) would receive $50.00 and a Gift Certificate for a brand new NOVAK 17.5 motor.

-- **ALLSTAR SHOOTOUT**  - Segment 1 -- 
Pos Car Laps    time     name                id    avg.mph
  1   3  15     2:29.32 Larry Ruby            2     56.16
  2   1  15     2:29.39 Eric Brust           18     56.14
  3   5  15     2:33.14 Erik Steenhoven      24     54.76
  4  14  15     2:38.53 Brett Patti          20     52.90
  5   4  15     2:38.77 Richard Tompkins      4     52.82
  6  15  15     2:52.79 Arnold Brittain      23     48.54
  7  11  13     2:16.30 Brian Bond           19     53.33
  8  10  13     2:33.32 Jason Hastings       17     47.41
  9  18  13     2:33.83 Mike Plant           29     47.25
 10  12  13     2:34.92 Dave Barber          22     46.92
 11   6  11     1:58.47 Nic Case             25     51.91
 12  19  11     2:34.11 Joe Blackburn        10     39.91
 13   2   9     2:33.06 Scot Petitclerc       3     32.88
 14  17   8     1:56.05 Kenji Masuda          9     38.54
 15  20   7     2:49.49 Toru Shidara         12     23.09
 16   7   6     1:08.35 Art Hernandez         5     49.08
 17   9   4     0:51.36 Brad Muther          26     43.54
 18   8   4     1:08.36 Tom Kendall           6     32.72
 19  16   3     0:38.28 Bryan Myers           1     43.81
 20  13   3     0:39.23 Gary Hamilton        21     42.76

After the 1st segment concluded the support classes got to run their main events while the ALLSTARS went back to their pits to thrash and get their cars ready for the "BIG ONE"

In the 21.5 class, Buck Van Patten shattered the track record in his qualifier, and in the main he destroyed that time again.  Van Patten would turn a 28/5:00.05 just missing the first ever 29 lap run in this class.  Buck's win would get him $50.00 and some prizes.

Up next was the NASTRUCK main where Kevin Kilber would be handed the victory when the leader Brad Muther and Bryan Myers who was trying to get back on the lead lap, collided on the front straight and both spun.  Muther was able to gather it up and still finish in the 3rd spot, Doug "Odie" Morrow would grab the 2nd spot the second day in a row.  Kilber also received Cash and Prizes for his win, including a NEW Orion 3200 Lipo battery.

We had some added excitement this year in the way of our 'INTERNATIONAL' guests who traveled all the way from Japan to join our event.  A special thanks goes to Yusuke - RCWorld Magazine.

Tomohiro Daido  - Chief Editor of RC World Magazine
Katsuki Nagata
Kenji Masuda
Toru Shidahara
Naomi Shidahara

 


Now onto the 'Big Show' - The starting grid is the finishing order from segment one, and that puts LARRY RUBY and ERIC BRUST on the front row.  On the tone the cars got a great start, and the race was on.  Brust would lead the 1st lap with Ruby in hot pursuit and Erik Steenhoven was just feet behind.  Arnold Brittain joined the freight train in the 4th spot and on the move from the back was Gary Hamilton who started shotgun on the field after being the 1st car out of segment one.

Ruby would grab the lead and stay there until he got together with a back marker, but he only fell back to 3rd spot and was still running strong.  Eric Brust would hold the point from there, but Ruby was still charging and closing on the front two (Brust and Steenhoven) . 

The laps were quickly counting down, there were some great battles in the pack and almost 1/2 the field was still on the lead lap.   Coming down to the final lap, Brust was leading when they came across the stripe, but Ruby was all over him, the two had a drag race down the back straight and into the final corners, coming to the FINISHLINE it was LARRY RUBY taking the win and becoming the NEW  **ALLSTAR SHOOTOUT CHAMPION**.

$300.00 CASH and a certificate for a NEW NOVAK GTB Speed Control, was the winner's share of the $1300.00 cash awards,  2nd place went to Brust who earned $150.00 in cash and a Advantage Avionics LIPO Charger from Team Orion, 3rd place went to Erik Steenhoven, which paid $100.00, 4th was Hamilton earning $75.00 and Scot Petitclerc rounded out the top 5, earning $50.00.

A Special story and Report by Charlie S. @ NOVAK can be found [HERE]

**ALLSTAR SHOOTOUT** Finale

Pos Car Laps    time     name                id    avg.mph
  1   1  30     5:01.54 Larry Ruby            2     55.62
  2   2  30     5:01.84 Eric Brust           18     55.57
  3   3  30     5:04.04 Erik Steenhoven      24     55.17
  4  20  30     5:05.12 Gary Hamilton        21     54.97
  5  13  30     5:08.27 Scot Petitclerc       3     54.41
  6   6  30     5:09.16 Arnold Brittain      23     54.25
  7  10  30     5:09.55 Dave Barber          22     54.18
  8   4  30     5:10.74 Brett Patti          20     53.98
  9   8  29     5:01.92 Jason Hastings       17     53.70
 10  19  29     5:11.36 Bryan Myers           1     52.07
 11  16  28     5:03.86 Art Hernandez         5     51.52
 12  14  27     5:03.93 Kenji Masuda          9     49.67
 13   7  27     5:05.62 Brian Bond           19     49.39
 14   5  26     4:31.02 Richard Tompkins      4     53.63
 15  12  22     3:54.56 Joe Blackburn        10     52.44
 16  18  19     3:40.61 Tom Kendall           6     48.15
 17  15   8     1:55.81 Toru Shidara         12     38.62
 --   9  --- DNS ---    Mike Plant           29
 --  17  --- DNS ---    Brad Muther          26
 --  11  --- DNS ---    Nic Case             25
                      Encino Velodrome - Allstar Weekend     05-18-2008
                          -- RACE #7 - SHOOTOUT 17.5 -
Car-> __1__  __2__  __3__  __4__  __5__  __6__  __7__  __8__  __9__  _10__
  1    11.2   11.1   11.5   12.7   18.4   12.0   36.2   26.0          13.7 
  2     9.5    9.5    9.7    9.7    9.5    9.7   10.0    9.4           9.8 
  3     9.6    9.6    9.6    9.8    9.6    9.8   10.4    9.5           9.7 
  4     9.6    9.8    9.7    9.9    9.6    9.8   10.1    9.7          10.1 
  5     9.6    9.6    9.7    9.8    9.7    9.8   10.1    9.5           9.8 
  6     9.5    9.7    9.8    9.8   10.1    9.9   10.5    9.5           9.8 
  7     9.6    9.7    9.8    9.9   10.0    9.9   10.3    9.8          10.1 
  8     9.7    9.7    9.8   10.0   10.2   10.0   10.5    9.6          10.0 
  9     9.6    9.9    9.9   10.2   10.0   10.0   10.4    9.6          10.1 
 10     9.8    9.8    9.9   10.2   10.0   10.2   10.3    9.6          10.1 
 11     9.7    9.9    9.9   10.2   10.1   10.1   10.1    9.6           9.9 
 12    10.0    9.9   10.0   10.3   10.0   10.0   10.2    9.9          10.2 
 13    13.6   10.1   10.0   10.2   10.0   10.5   10.1    9.7          10.1 
 14    10.0   10.0   10.0   10.1   10.1   10.4   10.2    9.9           9.9 
 15    10.0   10.0   10.0   10.2   10.0   10.2   10.5    9.8          10.1 
 16     9.8   10.0   10.1   10.2   10.0   10.4   10.8    9.8          10.0 
 17     9.8   10.0   10.1   10.5   10.1   10.2   10.3    9.8          10.1 
 18     9.9   10.0   10.1   10.3   10.0   10.2   10.1   10.1          10.1 
 19     9.9   10.1   10.1   10.4   10.2   10.3   10.1    9.9          10.2 
 20     9.9   10.0   10.1   10.3   10.2   10.2   10.4    9.8          10.1 
 21     9.9   10.1   10.2   10.3   10.1   10.3   10.3   10.0          10.7 
 22    10.1   10.2   10.2   10.4   10.2   10.3   10.4   10.1          10.5 
 23     9.9   10.1   10.4   10.5   10.1   10.3   10.3    9.9          10.2 
 24     9.9   10.1   10.1   10.4   10.2   10.5   10.5    9.9          10.2 
 25    10.0   10.2   10.2   10.5   10.7   10.5   10.5    9.9          10.3 
 26     9.9   10.1   10.3   10.5   10.6   10.4   10.3    9.9          10.3 
 27     9.9   10.3   10.3   10.5          10.4   10.3    9.9          10.5 
 28    10.0   10.2   10.2   10.6          10.4          10.1          10.9 
 29    10.1   10.3   10.4   10.4          10.4          10.3          10.3 
 30    10.0   10.3   10.3   10.6          10.4                        10.2 
      _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____
laps    30     30     30     30     26     30     27     29            30  
time  301.5  301.8  304.0  310.7  271.0  309.1  305.6  301.9         309.5
 Min    9.5    9.5    9.6    9.7    9.5    9.7   10.0    9.4           9.7 

Car-> _11__  _12__  _13__  _14__  _15__  _16__  _17__  _18__  _19__  _20__
  1           14.8   13.4   19.7   20.0   14.2          24.8   17.0   14.3 
  2           10.6    9.7   13.0   11.2   10.0          10.3   10.6   10.1 
  3           10.3    9.5   12.6   13.0   10.2          10.6   10.2    9.6 
  4           10.0   10.0   11.0   10.7   10.1          10.4   10.1    9.6 
  5           10.2    9.7   10.7   10.7   10.2          10.3   10.2    9.6 
  6           10.0    9.8   10.4   10.9   10.2          10.4   10.1    9.6 
  7           10.3    9.8   10.2   10.6   10.2          10.8   10.3    9.7 
  8           10.1    9.8   10.8   28.4   10.3          10.7   10.4    9.7 
  9           10.1    9.9   10.6          10.4          10.7   10.4    9.8 
 10           10.2   10.0   11.0          10.5          10.7   10.8    9.8 
 11           10.4   10.0   10.4          10.7          10.6   10.4    9.9 
 12           10.6    9.9   10.4          11.2          10.7   10.3    9.8 
 13           10.3   10.2   10.4          10.7          11.1   10.5   10.7 
 14           10.4   10.2   10.4          10.8          10.9   10.4   10.3 
 15           10.8   10.1   10.9          10.6          11.0   10.3    9.9 
 16           10.4   10.2   10.7          10.7          10.7   10.5   10.0 
 17           10.4   10.2   10.6          10.6          10.7   10.4   10.0 
 18           11.3   10.2   10.5          10.9          10.7   10.4   10.0 
 19           10.7   10.2   10.5          10.7          13.6   10.4   10.0 
 20           10.3   10.2   10.9          11.1                 10.8   10.0 
 21           10.5   10.2   10.9          11.0                 10.4   10.0 
 22           11.0   10.3   10.9          10.8                 10.6   10.1 
 23                  10.3   11.1          11.1                 10.5   10.1 
 24                  10.3   10.6          10.9                 10.5   10.0 
 25                  10.6   11.2          10.8                 10.5   10.2 
 26                  10.4   11.2          11.3                 10.5   10.1 
 27                  10.4   10.7          11.0                 10.6   10.1 
 28                  10.5                 10.9                 10.5   10.2 
 29                  10.4                                      11.3   10.2 
 30                  10.5                                             10.1 
      _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____  _____
laps           22     30     27      8     28            19     29     30  
time         234.5  308.2  303.9  115.8  303.8         220.6  311.3  305.1
 Min          10.0    9.5   10.2   10.6   10.0          10.3   10.1    9.6 

PHOTOS by Yusuke Makino(RCWorld)