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2004 ROAR Carpet Nationals

INTRODUCTION & COVERAGE >>> Another carpet racing season has come and gone here in the 'States, as warmer weather has reached most of the country and people have begun pulling out their nitro engines for the summer season. But before that happens, the best drivers in the country gathered for the ROAR Carpet National Championships, held this year from March 24th-28th at NORCAR in Cleveland, Ohio. After six months of indoor racing with constant innovation, new cars, new equipment, and everything in between, it's time to crown a new set of national champions!

The annual championships include stock and modified divisions for touring cars and 1/12th scale, as well as a 1/12th scale masters (stock) class. Close to 200 racers showed up for this year's event, with nearly 300 overall entries. NORCAR is currently located in a nice, roomy facility with plenty of track and pit space, giving everybody plenty of space to stretch out and wrench on their cars (often times a rarity at these large events).

Be sure to check out our official 2004 ROAR Carpet Nationals discussion thread in the forums, as well as the pages of pictures and results contained here.

THE TRACK >>> Click the thumbnail below for a wide-angle view of the track from this year's Carpet Nationals. It will open in a new window.

2004 Trinity/Car Action Snowbirds Track Layout

FINAL RESULTS >>> The final results are in! The ROAR Nationals format includes Triple-A mains, meaning that the A mains are run 3 times and the best two out of three finishes are used to compute the final order; the two finishes that were used for each driver are listed in bold.

Touring Car Stock A Main

Finished  Qualified          Driver         A1    A2    A3
    1         3      Chuck Lonergan          2     3     1
    2         1      Alex Lopez              1     4     3
    3         8      Raymond Darroch         4     1     8
    4         6      Paul Ciccarello         5     2     6
    5         5      Kyle Gannon             9     7     2
    6         4      Travis Schreven         3     6    10
    7         2      Steve Weiss            10     5     5
    8         7      Jeff Switzer            8     9     4
    9        10      Jeff Cuffs              7     8     7
   10         9      Bobby Flack             6    10     9

Driver Details - Touring Car Stock
Driver Chassis Motor Battery ESC Radio Tires Body
Chuck Lonergan Associated TC3 Handout Novak Novak GT7 KO Helios Jaco Protoform Alfa
Alex Lopez Xray Evo 2 FT Handout Trinity KO VFS2000 KO Helios TRC Protoform Alfa
Raymond Darroch Losi XXX-S G+ Handout Trinity Novak GT7 JR R1 TRC Parma Alfa
Paul Ciccarello Associated TC3 Handout Novak Novak GT7 Futaba 3PK Jaco Parma Alfa
Kyle Gannon Associated TC3 Handout Racer Hobbies KO VFS2000 KO Helios CRC Parma Alfa
Travis Schreven Xray Evo 2 FT Handout Novak Novak GT7 KO Helios Jaco Parma Alfa
Steve Weiss Losi XXX-S G+ Handout Novak Novak GT7 Airtronics M8 TRC Parma Alfa
Jeff Switzer Associated TC3 Handout O'Tec GM Airtronics M8 Jaco Losi Alfa
Jeff Cuffs Xray Evo 2 FT Handout Trinity LRP KO Helios TRC Protoform Alfa
Bobby Flack Losi XXX-S G+ Handout SMC Novak GT7 Airtronics M8 Jaco Losi Alfa

Touring Car Modified A Main

Finished  Qualified          Driver         A1    A2    A3
    1         1      Josh Cyrul              1     1     -
    2         3      Mike Blackstock         2     2     2
    3         4      Matt Francis            4     4     1
    4         2      Paul Lemieux           10     3     3
    5        10      Mike Lufaso             3     6     7
    6         7      Chris Tosolini          6     7     5
    7         6      Barry Baker             8     9     4
    8         8      Andrew Gray             9     5     8
    9         5      Ralph Burch Jr.         5     8     9
   10         9      Todd Hodge              7    10     6

Driver Details - Touring Car Modified
Driver Chassis Motor Battery ESC Radio Tires Body
Josh Cyrul Xray Evo 2 FT Fantom SMC LRP KO Helios Jaco Parma Alfa
Mike Blackstock Associated TC3 Reedy Kr Reedy Novak KO Helios Jaco Parma Alfa
Matt Francis Losi XXX-S G+ Trinity D6 Trinity LRP Airtronics M8 TRC Losi Alfa
Paul Lemieux Losi XXX-S G+ Trinity D6 Trinity Novak GT7 Airtronics M8 TRC Losi Alfa
Mike Lufaso Associated TC3 Reedy Kr Reedy LRP Quantum 2 - Jaco Parma Alfa
Chris Tosolini Yokomo SD CGM Fukuyama Fukuyama Novak Airtronics M8 Jaco Parma Alfa
Barry Baker Associated TC3 Reedy Kr Reedy LRP Quantum 2 Airtronics M8 Jaco Parma/Protoform Alfa
Andrew Gray Losi XXX-S G+ Peak Vantage Peak Novak GT7 KO Helios Jaco Protoform Alfa
Ralph Burch Jr. Xray Evo 2 FT Fantom SMC Novak KO Helios Jaco Protoform Alfa
Todd Hodge Losi XXX-S G+ Trinity D6 Trinity Novak GT7 Airtronics M8 TRC Losi Alfa

1/12th Scale Masters A Main

Finished  Qualified          Driver         A1    A2    A3
    1         1      Chuck Lonergan          1     1     -
    2         2      Eli Ezrow               2     4     1
    3         4      Frank Calandra Jr.      3     6     2
    4         3      Bill Jeric              4     3     3
    5         6      Mark Sweeney            5     2     5
    6         5      David Lee               7     8     4
    7        10      Rick Worth             10     5     7
    8         7      Michael Thomas          9     7     6
    9         9      Ted Flack               6     9     8
   10         8      Dave Morrow             8    10     9

Driver Details - 1/12th Scale Masters
Driver Chassis Motor Battery ESC Radio Tires Body
Chuck Lonergan Associated 12L3 Handout Novak Novak KO Helios Jaco Protoform Speed 12
Eli Ezrow CRC T-Fource Handout SMC GM 5X12 JR R1 Jaco Protoform Speed 12
Frank Calandra Jr. CRC Carpet Knife 3.2 Handout Pro Match Novak GT7 JR R1 CRC Parma Speed 8
Bill Jeric CRC Carpet Knife 3.2 Handout Epic GM 5X12 JR R1 BSR Parma Speed 8
Mark Sweeney Speed Merchant Rev. 4 Handout Power Push KO VFS2000 KO Helios Jaco Parma Speed 8
David Lee IRS Rugrat Handout SMC LRP Quantum 2 Airtronics M8 BSR Parma Speed 8
Rick Worth Speed Merchant Handout Fukuyama Novak GT7 Futaba 3PK Jaco Parma Speed 8
Michael Thomas CRC Bloody Knife Handout Trinity GM 5X9 Airtronics M8 CRC Parma Speed 8
Ted Flack CEFX 12 Handout SMC Novak Futaba 3PK Jaco Protoform Speed 12
Dave Morrow Associated 12L3 Handout Power Push LRP Futaba 3PK TRC Parma Speed 8

1/12th Scale Stock A Main

Finished  Qualified          Driver         A1    A2    A3
    1         2      Wayne Gerber Jr.        1     1     -
    2        10      Mike Pulfer             6     3     1
    3         1      Mark Smyka              2     2     9
    4         4      Jeff Cuffs              3     4     3
    5         9      Jeff Dayger             4     5     5
    6         5      Chris Mazzola           7     9     2
    7         7      Dana Bailes             5     8     7
    8         6      Kyle Gannon            10     6     6
    9         3      T.J. Bradley            8    10     4
   10         8      Aaron Buran             9     7     8

Driver Details - 1/12th Scale Stock
Driver Chassis Motor Battery ESC Radio Tires Body
Wayne Gerber Jr. BRP/Associated Handout Power Push Novak Airtronics M8 CRC Parma Speed 8
Mike Pulfer CRC T-Fource Handout O'Tec Novak GT7 KO Mars R CRC Parma Speed 8
Mark Smyka Trinity Reflex 12 Handout Novak Novak Airtronics M8 TRC Parma Speed 8
Jeff Cuffs Trinity Reflex 12 Handout Trinity Novak GT7 KO Helios TRC Trinity Reference
Jeff Dayger CRC Carpet Knife 3.2 Handout SMC Novak Futaba 3PK CRC Parma Speed 8
Chris Mazzola Associated 12L3 Handout Power Push Novak GT7 KO Helios Jaco Protoform Speed 12
Dana Bailes CRC Bloody Knife Handout Power Push Novak JR R1 CRC Parma Speed 8
Kyle Gannon Associated 12L3 Handout Racer Hobbies KO VFS2000 KO Helios CRC Parma Speed 8
T.J. Bradley Speed Merchant Rev. 4 Handout SMC Novak Airtronics M8 Jaco Protoform Speed 12
Aaron Buran IRS Rugrat Handout Hurricane Novak GT7 JR R1 Jaco Parma Speed 8

1/12th Scale Modified A Main

Finished  Qualified          Driver         A1    A2    A3
    1         1      Mike Blackstock         1     1     -
    2         5      Mike McMahon            5     4     1
    3         2      Barry Baker             3     2     7
    4         6      Jon Orr                 4     3     6
    5         3      Jake Pritchard          2     8     5
    6         4      Mike Lufaso             7     5     3
    7         7      Chris Doseck            9     7     2
    8         8      Walter Henderson        6     6     4
    9         9      David Chester           8     9     9
   10        10      Brian Jucha            10    10     8

Driver Details - 1/12th Scale Modified
Driver Chassis Motor Battery ESC Radio Tires Body
Mike Blackstock Associated 12L3 Reedy Pt Reedy Novak KO Helios Jaco Protoform Speed 12
Mike McMahon CRC T-Fource Orion V2 Orion Novak KO Helios Jaco Protoform Speed 12
Barry Baker Associated 12L3 Reedy Pt Reedy LRP Quantum 2 Airtronics M8 Jaco Parma Speed 8
Jon Orr Associated 12L3 Reedy Pt Reedy LRP Quantum 2 KO Helios Jaco Protoform Speed 12
Jake Pritchard Speed Merchant Rev. 4 Fantom SMC Novak GT7 KO Helios Jaco Protoform Speed 12
Mike Lufaso Associated 12L3 Reedy Pt Reedy LRP Quantum 2 - Jaco Parma Speed 8
Chris Doseck Trinity Trinity Trinity KO VFS2000 KO Helios TRC Protoform Speed 12
Walter Henderson Associated 12L3 Reedy Pt Reedy LRP Quantum 2 KO Helios Jaco Parma Speed 8
David Chester Trinity Reflex 12 Trinity Trinity LRP Quantum 2 Futaba 3PK TRC Protoform Speed 12
Brian Jucha Speed Merchant Rev. 4 Paradigm Hurricane Novak GT7 KO Helios BSR Parma Speed 8

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