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Round 3 of the Endless Summer Series is almost here!

If you are thinking this is a bit early to start reminding folks about Round 3, well it’s because we have some news that couldn’t wait.

First… Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 12th as we kick off the third round of heated racing action at SDRC Raceway.

> Doors Open: 8:00 AM
> Racing Starts: 10:00 AM sharp

Now the Big News: Weekend Food Trucks Are Locked In at SDRC! We’ve officially secured our very own food truck lineup for weekend events!

Starting with ESS Round 3, ‘Surf Me a Taco’ truck will be parked right in front of the building serving up lunch from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Grab your fresh tacos trackside without missing a single heat.

Bonus: The same awesome crew also runs Daddy’s Patties burger truck! We’ll be rotating between tacos and smash burgers for subsequent weekend events, so come hungry and help us give them a proper SDRC welcome.

Tag your racing crew, prep your rides, and let’s make Round 3 the best one yet! See you on the stand!

https://www.surfmeataco.com

2026 SDRC Endless Summer Series (Round 2) 2WD A-Main Podiums:

Open 2WD Buggy
1st: Zach Noia
2nd: Josh Odmark
3rd: Connor Esbeck

Expert 17.5 2WD Buggy
1st: Murray Webb
2nd: Connor Esbeck
3rd: Dillon Wasser

Intermediate 17.5 2WD Buggy
1st: Drew Zeller
2nd: Chris Nunes
3rd: Tommy Gerow

Sportsman 17.5 2WD Buggy
1st: Bruce McDermott
2nd: Holly ‘Hot Wheels’ Ayles
3rd: Owen Hixon

21.5 2WD Buggy
1st: Brian Long
2nd: Dillon Wasser
3rd: Brad Ambrose

40+ 2WD Buggy
1st: Murray Webb
2nd: John Ayles
3rd: n/a

13.5 2WD Stadium Truck
1st: Connor Esbeck
2nd: Kevin Kritz
3rd: Brad Ambrose

Series points will be posted after round 3.

2026 SDRC Endless Summer Series (Round 2) 4WD A-Main Podiums:

Expert 13.5 4WD Buggy
1st: Connor Esbeck
2nd: Josh Odmark
3rd: Dillon Wasser

Intermediate 13.5 4WD Buggy
1st: Tommy Gerow
2nd: Taylor Jacks
3rd: Jose Valdes

Sportsman 13.5 4WD Buggy
1st: Bruce McDermott
2nd: Brandon Judd
3rd: Wes Dean

Open 4WD Short Course Truck
1st: Chris Nunes
2nd: Jose Valdes
3rd: Henrik The Hun

Series points will be posted after round 3.

SDRC Raceway — August 2026
This is the first SDRC newsletter. We’ll do one a month. It lives on Facebook and Instagram. Not an email blast, not a printed flyer. Home racing, the shop, what’s coming, and when our people go on the road.

INTRODUCING THE SDRC AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

If you have ever wanted a real hour on the stand with someone who can look at your car and your lines, that is now a thing you can book.

The SDRC Ambassador Program is one-on-one time for new racers and regulars. First session is about getting the car race-ready: how it operates, steering, radio and ESC calibration, diffs, tire prep. After that it is driving. Lines, jumps, consistency, passing, defending, traffic, and how you actually race a main.

Tyler Hicks is the first ambassador. Sessions run around his work and personal schedule, so availability is limited. About 60 minutes. $40 per appointment.

Want on the list? Contact SDRC and we will get you lined up with Tyler.

This does not replace Ryan Cavalieri Driver Clinics. Those stay the special event (four-time World Champ, and Ryan sets the dates 100%). Ambassador is the one-on-one training between those clinics.

AUGUST AT THE TRACK

Wednesday Night Worlds, Aug 12 — 21.5 2WD Buggy A-Main

Five minutes. Sixteen laps. The top three covered by 0.672.

Jay Neill (TQ) led every lap and won it 16/5:17.042. Brian Long sat second the whole way, 16/5:17.509, 0.467 back, and he was the most consistent car in the main (98.52%). Brad Ambrose finished third, 16/5:17.714, 0.204 behind Long.

That close third did not come from sitting there. Marty Edmonds had P3 from lap 3 through lap 11. Ambrose took it back on lap 12 and held it. Then he put in the fastest lap of the race on the last lap: 18.782. Nobody else in the main broke 19.3.

21.5 2WD A-Main results: https://sdrc.liverc.com/results/?p=view_race_result&id=6976034

Wednesday Night Worlds, Aug 19 — 17.5 Expert 2WD Buggy A-Main

Same series, different class, different kind of main. Six lead changes. Four different leaders. The win decided on lap 16 by 0.006.

Austin Riley started on pole. Antonio Caputo led lap 3. Teucer Carrera led laps 4–7 and again on 14. Riley had it for most of the middle and again on 15. Donny Vinkemulder, fourth on the grid, sat P4 from lap 4 through 14, moved to P3 on 15, and took P1 on the last lap.

Final: Vinkemulder 16/5:08.342, Riley 16/5:08.348, Carrera 16/5:08.406. Carrera had the race-fast lap, 17.473 on lap 10. Riley and Carrera both had a 24-second-plus lap 15 (24.483 and 25.057). Vinkemulder never went 20 after lap 2. He did not have the purple lap. He had the last one that counted.

17.5 Expert A-Main results: https://sdrc.liverc.com/results/?p=view_race_result&id=6992335

On-Road Racing

As many of you know, we have been working toward an On-Road Racing program at SDRC. About two months ago it looked close. Then we hit a setback with the paving contractor Property Management approved. Bummer.

Kyle Christy will run the program for us. He is working personal contacts to get things moving again. We will keep you posted here.

On the road: Levi Raymond wins at Stock Nationals

Levi Raymond won Invitational 17.5 2WD Buggy at the JConcepts Stock Nationals last weekend at Coyote Hobbies. That is the one to hang on the wall.

Ed Garcia took two: Independent 21.5 2WD Buggy and Independent 17.5 4WD Buggy, TQ in both.

Tyler Hicks won 17.5 Stadium Truck and finished third in Open 13.5 4WD.

Chase Raymond was second in Invitational 4WD and third in the Invitational Overall, with Levi second overall behind Davey Batta.

Shout out to everyone else from SDRC who made the trip.

2026 Stock Nationals results: https://www.liverc.com/news/2026-coyote-hobbies-jconcepts-stock-nationals-results/

COMING UP

Saturday 8/29 — Endless Summer Rd 2. Doors 8am, racing 10am. No Friday club on 8/28 (the night before a Trophy Saturday).

Same day, 1/10th: JBRL 1/10 Rd 5 at Freedom Park, and SoCal Track Series Rd 2 (Apple Bashing).

Regular club racing is back Wednesday and Friday at 7pm after that.

Saturday 9/12 — Endless Summer Rd 3. No Friday club 9/11.

Monday 9/14 — mini-whoop drone racing, 5–9pm. Social the week before, around 9/7.

Saturday–Monday 9/19–21 — track rebuild.

Saturday 10/3 — Endless Summer Rd 4. Same day, 1/10th: SoCal Track Series Rd 4 at SpeedLot.

Monday 10/12 — mini-whoop, 5–9pm.

Saturday 10/17 — Endless Summer Rd 5.

Saturday 11/7 — Endless Summer Rd 6.

Saturday–Monday 12/5–7 — track rebuild.

December 11–13 — 15th Annual Top Gun Shootout presented by Team Associated. Practice Friday 12/11, quals Saturday 12/12, mains Sunday 12/13. Friday club that week is cancelled.

IN THE SHOP

Limited quantity of Hobbywing G5 motors just showed up, including the 21.5 Torque a lot of people have been waiting on.

If you are used to us stocking Protek and SMC LiPos, those have been anywhere from incredibly hard to get to gone. We have R1 Wurks and Cayote LiPos and LiHVs on the shelf if you need a pack. They are working great.

Ask at the counter. The website is not a parts store.

See you at the track.

SDRC Raceway
8575 Production Ave, San Diego, CA 92121
858-831-0477
https://sdrc.liverc.com/

Saturday racers: there’s a food truck just down the driveway.

Endless Summer Series Round 2. Doors at 8, racing at 10. Grab a bite between heats.

THIS WEEK AT SDRC RACEWAY:

This week’s got two reasons to be at the track.

Wednesday is Club Racing:
Doors open at 2PM. Come practice, wrench, and get some heat in those tires before the Mains.
Racing starts at 7PM. Come run.

Saturday: Endless Summer Series - Round 2.
Doors at 8AM.
Racing at 10AM.

Not racing JBRL this weekend?
This is your shot to stack series points.
Don’t leave those on the table.

This week’s got two reasons to be at the track.

Wednesday is Club Racing. Doors open at 2 — come practice, wrench, and get some heat in before the mains. Racing starts at 7. Come run.

Saturday is the big one: Endless Summer Series Round 2. Doors at 8, racing at 10.

Not racing JBRL this weekend? This is your shot to stack series points. Don’t leave those on the table.

ATTENTION SDRC RACEWAY PRACTICE FOLKS

Schedule Update for Monday, August 17th!
• RC Track Practice: 2PM to 5PM
• Drone Racing Program: 5PM to 9PM

RC practice on the track will wrap up at 5PM to make way for the drone fliers, but you are welcome to stay until our regular closing time at 9PM!

Feel free to hang out in the pit area, cycle your batteries, rebuild that grinding diff, glue up some fresh tires, order some dinner, and watch the amazing drone racing action.

See you next Monday!