so we're out here at the 2018 Canadian Nationals out here at a Walton Raceway
we're at the Walton Raceway where they have the Canadian National Championship
for motocross this little piece of it is for fifth scale RC racing fifth scales
pretty big machines so wide lanes they also use it as a mini bike track when
we're not using it for our RC cars
the 2018 Canadian fifth scale nationals so it's the highest level competition of
one-fifth scale in Canada
built the track about five years ago and we run the Canadian Nationals here and
it's been growing ever since and you know we've got a lot of people
that are just finding out about us and and the competition just keeps getting
stiffer and stiffer which is really exciting
what they put on here you know it's absolutely a miracle I couldn't be more
stoked on this and hopefully it builds and continues
the entire facility is his top-notch it's definitely the best fifth scale track
and event I would say in North America it's becoming more of a
driver's track it's getting more technical every every year
difference of this year's track the lay out now it lets me water it all with
the water truck before it took a lot of help from from guys paul gilmore gus
has been really helpful but hand watering so you know and and as we're
getting old it's kind of killing us you know sluggin hoses around so now i can
do almost the entire track with the water truck and and you know save our
old bones if you notice you probably got some footage we're on the back end there
they don't have the bowl turn so this was more of a high-speed track there's a
couple different variations of lines which was nice
my truck you can see here's a landing of a huge double where you'd make up probably
a good half second to a second if you could make it so big power and good
shocks were were huge to have a really good suspension to be able to hit that
every time this year was a little bit tough because they had a jump in the
front that people were doing and i just chose not to do it I didn't think I
really needed to and to be honest in the main my car was still it was super fast
and it wasn't even making me lose any time
if you're driving the track for the first time basically it's not speed it's
not power it's all about technique and keeping your cool and on the track and
following their lines you know be smooth try and stay inside everywhere you go
but mainly just like don't try and punch it too much starting with a good
baseline setup drive within your limits don't drive over your head because on
something like this you can mess up very very fast and end up screwing up your
entire weekend it's basically your goal should be finishing the race not winning the race
and then I think if you follow that technique you'll gradually improve and
become a really good driver
Im Gerhard Umstädter from Germany well in germany we're used to going on astroturf
Because this kind of track makes a lot of work for the club. you know?
this is more precision driving, we don't have this big jumps but But i really love this track.
I love this area, they really did a good job It's really the ultimate test for each car.
and yeah I love it I really love it
competition you know the same thing as always you know always got to worry
about Matt over here battling out with Mark sousa he's always very quick
even Frank came from CRC so he's super fast
personally I did the best I've ever done I made it on the podium for the A main so
I'm pretty excited about that it's it's it's pretty tough to do this competition
is pretty tough around here
there's those neo the number 8 spot
mark Susa Wow you know he just wins and wins and wins we're really happy to have
him up here, Matt great guy helps everybody out in the pits
fantastic driver he always takes some hardware home - honestly it's not even
the racing it's the people you know love the people out here and the camaraderie
that goes on out here so it's not so much on the track but it's also what's in the pits.
this is my fourth year out here and I'll be back until til end of days or until
they stop
Are you going to be back next yer? hopefully, I get marrried next year, you know? i get a new boss.