Southern Utah Hot Wheels Holiday Rip 'n' Race

The Southern Utah Hot Wheels Holiday Rip 'n' Race was raced on an 18 foot 4 lane track.  Twenty-four cars were put into 6 groups of 4. Each group will race each other 4 times, once in each lane.  Points are awarded for place in each race. A 1st place finish receives 4 points.  A 2nd place finish receives 3 points. A 3rd place finish receives 2 points.  And 1 point is awarded for a 4th place finish. The top two cars in each group move on to the next round.

Round 1

Group 1

G-Force Racing (Calin)

Pineapple Racing (Becca)

SS Racing (Seedar)

JS Racing (Jaron)

Group 2

CC's Riders

BC Racing (Brad)

CS2 Racing (Canyon)

Gigantor (Dawson)

Group 3

9.81 Racing (Robby)

TS Racing (Terry)

HS Racing (Hemi)

Raptor Racing (Gracie)

Group 4

Red Rock Racing (Liesl

DC Racing (Devin)

CS Racing (Crystal)

Fast Cash (Cash)

 Group 5

Rhino Racing (Austin)

TS2 Racing (Talon)

The BOM (Bethann)

H&J Racing (Hollie)

 Group 6

T-UH The Brave (Tracee)

DS Racing (Dakota)

The Undertaker (Randy)

USA Bull Crushers (Preston)

Round 1 provided some great racing! I especially enjoyed DS Racing’s come from behind victory in race 1 of group 6. Group 6 had 3 different cars with a first place finish with The Undertaker finishing first twice.  Group 2 had some great racing with Team Gigantor pulling off a big win in race 3, but CC’s Riders’ Corvette looked very strong throughout.  Groups 1, 3, 4, and 5 saw undefeated champions with G-Force Racing’s Invader, TS Racing’s Bullet Proof, DC Racing’s Clear Speeder, and Rhino Racing’s Nissan Skyline Redline.  Groups 2 and 4 needed a tie-breaker race to determine the #2 car to advance from those groups. When the dust all settled the following teams advanced.

From Group 1
G-Force Racing
Pineapple Racing
From Group 2
CC’s Riders
Gigantor
From Group 3
TS Racing
9.81 Racing
From Group 4
DC Racing
Fast Cash
From Group 5
Rhino Racing
The BOM
From Group 6 
The Undertaker
T-UH The Brave

Four wild card cars were also selected to move on to round 2.  The wild card cars were the next highest point scorers that hadn’t already made it in. These cars were

DC Racing’s Lamborghini with 10 points
Red Rock Racing’s Hi-Roller with 10 points
DS Racing’s X-Steam with 10 points

H&J Racing’s Winning Formula and SS Racing’s Hi-Tech Missile  were the next highest scorers tied with 8 Points a piece.  A tie-breaker was run to see who would be the last car into round 2




H&J Racing’s Winning Formula came out victorious and became the last car to make round 2.
So the groups are set.

Round 2

Group 1

G-Force Racing

T-UH the Brave

Fast Cash

BC Racing

 

Group 2

Rhino Racing

The Undertaker

Gigantor

DS Racing

 

Group 3

CC’s Riders

TS Racing

9.81 Racing

H&J Racing

 

Group 4

DC Racing

The BOM

Pineapple Racing

Red Rock Racing

Round 2 saw some more great action.  G-Force Racing, Rhino Racing, and DC Racing still remain undefeated.  TS Racing and CC’s Riders traded wins in Group 3 with the best race of the night coming in Race 4.  When all was said and done, the following cars advanced to the Semi-Finals.

From Group 1
G-Force Racing
BC Racing

From Group 2
Rhino Racing
Gigantor

From Group 3
CC’s Riders
TS Racing

From Group 4
DC Racing
Pineapple Racing

Here are the match-ups for the Semi-Finals

The Semi-Finals

Group 1

G-Force Racing

CC’s Riders

BC Racing

DC Racing

Group 2

Pineapple Racing

Gigantor

TS Racing

Rhino Racing

G-Force Racing and Rhino Racing continued to show their dominance in the Semi-finals, each sweeping their groups.  DC Racing has had a strong showing and Gigantor just seems to get faster and  faster as the rounds go on.  This is shaping up to be a great final.

Final

G-Force Racing

Gigantor

DC Racing

Rhino Racing