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The Meyers Autotech Championship Series Powered by Rattlesnake RC continued its 50th Anniversary Season by returning to Ellensburg for a doubleheader weekend. With a full race on Saturday, and a full race on Sunday, this was guaranteed to be a full weekend of action.

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Unfortunately for the racers, Saturday dawned windy. The famous Ellensburg gusts were back, and blew with a force throughout the day. It contributed to a rough day for the 50+ boats across the four classes, but there were still finals to race and winners to crown!

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1/10th Scale Electric Final

1st: 1983 American Speedy Printing, Lexy Brandt

2nd: 1966 Gale's Roostertail, David Newton

3rd (DNF): 1982 Oh Boy! Oberto, Brady Putich

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Lexy took her third victory of the year in the 1/10th scale class, holding off the Mini-Czar who was driving the roundnose boat.

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Gas Scale Consolation

1st: 1977 Charlie's Girl, Mike Henriksen

2nd: 1978 Miss Mark and Pak, Jim Whyte

3rd: 1983 Miss Houston, Henry Oord

DNS: 1969 Pride of Pay'n Pak, Ken Olson

DNS: 1985 Coor's Light, Jeff Griffin

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Mike bested a consolation that resembled some finals this year to advance to the final.

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Gas Scale Final

1st: 1983 KISW Miss Rock, Dave Brandt

2nd: 1986 Boat, Paxton Reunanen

3rd: 1994 Smokin' Joe's, Conner Henriksen

4th: 1964 Miss U.S. V, Derek Pierce

5th: 1962 Miss Bardahl, Ken Boyle

6th (DNF): 1977 Charlie's Girl, Mike Henriksen

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Dave Brandt collected his third victory in the gas scale class, taking the win over Paxton and Conner.

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1/8th Scale Electric (FE) Consolation

1st: 1972 Notre Dame, Lexy Brandt

2nd: 1982 Atlas Van Lines, Marc Connelly

3rd (DNS): 1989 Miss Circus Circus, Steve Roman

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Lexy came from the bottom of the table to take the victory and advance to the final.

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1/8th Scale Electric (FE) Final

1st: 1977 Miss Esquire Products, Dave Brandt

2nd: 1984 Atlas Van Lines, David Newton

3rd: 1984 Team Velocity, Mike Henriksen

4th: 1983 American Speedy Printing, Paxton Reunanen

5th: 2015 Miss Elam Plus, Fred Stock

6th (DNF): 1983 Miss Houston, Henry Oord

7th (DNF): 1972 Notre Dame, Lexy Brandt

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Dave Brandt was filling in for his dad, and took the boat to the front, with a last lap pass to collect the victory. It was his first FE victory in some years, as he typically does not drive in the electric class.

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1/8th Scale Nitro Consolation

1st: 1978 Squire Shop (U-65), Dave Brandt

2nd: 1971 Pride of Pay'n Pak, Brent Edinger

3rd: 1983 KISW Miss Rock, Gary Grembowski

4th (DNF): 2000 Miss Elam Plus, Mark Lee

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Dave Brandt found himself in an unfamiliar position, but was able to advance to the final as a trailer boat by winning the consolation.

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1/8th Scale Nitro Final

1st: 2007 Miss Beacon Plumbing, Adam Putich

2nd: 1974 Miss U.S., Steven Kinney

3rd (DNF): 1978 Squire Shop (U-65), Dave Brandt

4th (DNF): 2012 Matrix Auto Systems, Brian Anderson

5th (DNF): 2016 Oh Boy! Oberto, Jim Putich

6th (DNF):  1978 Squire Shop (U-64), Aidyn Brandt

7th (DNF): 1974 Lincoln Thrift, Paxton Reunanen

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Steven Kinney was on track to take his first ever victory in R/CU when the cowling fell off. R/CU rules dictate that a winning boat must have all the pieces attached, so he was demoted to last place finishing boat. Adam Putich was the beneficiary, as he took his second straight victory, with a different Beacon boat.