ROAR Racing - Region 11

‼️The bid window to host a 2027 ROAR Racing Regional Championship in Region 11 will open TOMORROW, and run through Oct. 31‼️

With TWO (2) ROAR Racing National Championships being held in Region 11 in 2027, we are opening the bid window for 2027 Regional Championships a little earlier than normal to give clubs and organizers ample time and windows to schedule around these major events.

🏷️ Tag your track in this post if you want them to host a ROAR Regional in 2027!

📣 Organizers and Track Owners 📣
Email: [email protected] with your bids.

With TWO (2) ROAR Racing National Championships being held in Region 11 in 2027, we are opening the bid window for 2027 Regional Championships a little earlier than normal to give clubs and organizers ample time and windows to schedule around these major events.

🏷️ Tag your track in this post if you want them to host a ROAR Regional in 2027!

📣 Organizers and Track Owners 📣
Email: [email protected] with your bids.

🏁 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗥 𝟭/𝟴 𝗢𝗙𝗙-𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟭𝟭!🏁

We’re excited to announce that 𝗥𝗖𝗖𝗖𝗦 and the historic 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗲, 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 will host the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 ROAR Racing 𝟭/𝟴 𝗢𝗳𝗳-𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟳 – 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳.

Est. in 1986 - the Hank Perry Raceway has a long history of RC racing in the Pacific Northwest, and in 2027 racers from across the country will be coming to Spokane to compete for a ROAR National Championship.

Want some laps at The Hank before Nats?

The annual Hank Perry 240 will serve as the Official Nats Warm-Up Race, May 28–30, 2027.

This will be the opportunity to race the facility, get familiar with Hank Perry dirt, and spend a weekend with the RCCCS crew ahead of Nationals.

📍 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 — 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗲, 𝗪𝗔
🔥 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟰𝟬 / 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗺-𝗨𝗽: 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟴–𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳
🏆 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗥 𝟭/𝟴 𝗢𝗳𝗳-𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟳–𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳

Region 11 — mark your calendars. 𝙒𝙚’𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙜 2027 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨.

More details on both events will be announced as we get closer. Please share this one around and help us welcome the rest of the country to the Pacific Northwest!

🏆𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗥 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟭 𝟭/𝟴 𝗢𝗳𝗳-𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 — 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽🏆

A huge thank you to the entire team at DieHard RC in Snohomish, WA for hosting the 2026 ROAR Racing Region 11 1/8 Off-Road Regional Championship, August 28–30.

With nearly 170 entries, a challenging weekend of weather, and some of the fastest 1/8-scale racers in the Northwest battling for Regional titles, DieHard delivered another championship weekend to remember.

And once again, ROAR Championship racing gave us plenty of stories that show why these events are so special.

🏆𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱

One of the most remarkable things about this year's championship was just how difficult it was for anyone to repeat.

Despite valiant efforts from several of the 2025 champions who returned to defend their titles, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣 in 2026.

Several of those new champions also showed exactly what it takes to win a ROAR Regional: converting a TQ into a Sunday victory in the long mains, while overcoming the adversity that inevitably comes with 45 minutes of 1/8-scale racing.

TQ'ing is one thing. Surviving the main, managing the pressure, and putting together the complete race is another. This year's champions proved they could do all three.

🏆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟭 𝗜𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲

The next generation of Region 11 racers continues to make its presence felt—and the 2026 1/8 Off-Road Regionals were another fantastic example.

12-year-old 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 captured the 1/8 Scale Junior Championship, while even younger racers were making their mark in the open classes.

𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 also drove to victory in Open E-Truggy, while 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗿𝗼 put together an incredible weekend by winning both the Sportsman E-Buggy and Sportsman Nitro Buggy classes.

It's especially exciting to see these young drivers not only participating, but 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 at the Regional Championship level. Their success is a great reminder that the future of Region 11 racing is in very good hands.

🏆 𝟰𝟱 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 "𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗜𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴?

The Nitro Buggy A-Main delivered exactly what you hope for from a ROAR Regional Championship.

For 45 minutes, the leaders battled within the same lap, with 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 and the outcome remaining in doubt right up to the finish.

At almost any point, it felt like the race could belong to any one of the drivers at the front. Fuel strategy, traffic, mistakes, pit stops, flame outs, and the brutal length of an 1/8-scale main all played their part.

In the end, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 emerged victorious and earned the prestigious 2026 Region 11 Nitro Buggy Championship.

And an absolutely incredible performance from 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱, who backed up his 40+ Nitro Buggy Championship with a 𝟮𝗻𝗱-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟭'𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝘂𝗻𝘀. That's an impressive result by any measure.

🏁 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗥 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴

Through rain delays, track work, long mains, mechanical adversity and intense competition, the weekend once again demonstrated what makes Regional Championship racing so special.

Congratulations to all of our 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗥 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟭 𝟭/𝟴 𝗢𝗳𝗳-𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, podium finishers and every racer who came out to compete.

And a final thank you to Brett Wilson & Brenda Wilson, the DieHard RC crew, race officials, dirt crew, volunteers, sponsors, families and everyone who helped make the weekend happen. Nearly 170 entries don't come together without an enormous amount of work behind the scenes.

The names of this year's champions are now permanently etched into the history of 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗥 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟭.

🏆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀!

Mains for tomorrow are provisionally posted. Race 1 and 2 happened tonight, so we will be starting with Race 3 (Sportsman Ebuggy C Main) at 0900.

Open track 0800-0830
Driver's meeting 0830
Race 3 0900

Link to Mains on LiveRC: https://diehardrcracing.liverc.com/results/?p=view_heat_sheet&id=10662317

Thank you all for a great qual day and we'll see you tomorrow morning at 0800!

- Brandon Dyche

☔️ We are in a rain delay for the start of the Regional Championship today. ☔️

The good news is the forecast looks great for later today and tomorrow, so we will no doubt be racing at some point.

7am update Racers the ROAR Regional Qualifier - Region 11 is under a rain delay
We will update you all soon.
Incoming weather looks promising so get those cars ready.
Please stay off the racing surface during the delay.