1/10th Scale Electric Final

1st: 1983 Miss Houston, Alex Barisic

2nd: 2024 Wiggins Racing, Jason Colean

3rd: 1955 Such Crust, Dray Newton

4th (DNS): 1974 Miss U.S., Brooklyn Kinney

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All day long the Miss U.S. and the Miss Houston battled for top honors, and in the final Barisic picked up his first victory of the year with the Miss Houston.

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Gas Scale Consolation

1st: 1969 Pride of Pay'n Pak, Ken Olson

2nd (DNF): 1977 Charlie's Girl, Mike Henriksen

3rd (DNF): 1977 Miss Tri-Cities, Neil Boyle

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The three boat consolation quickly became one as the nearly-identical boats both fell victim to the wind. Ken Olson was the smart recipient, as he advanced to the final with the Pay'n Pak.

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Gas Scale Final

1st: 1983 Miss Houston, Henry Oord

2nd (DNF): 1980 Candyman, Donn Lange

3rd (DNF): 1969 Pride of Pay'n Pak, Ken Olson

4th (DNF): 1978 Miss Mark and Pak, Jim Whyte

5th (DNF): 1983 American Speedy Printing, Mike Malloy

6th (DNS): 1984 Risley's Express, Derek Pierce

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Henry and the Miss Houston absolutely nailed the start and took the early lead, and he was able to use this advantage to chop up the waters behind. This, combined with the stiffening breeze, created chaos behind, and Henry emerged as the only finisher. Donn Lange took his career-best finish with the Candyman, with Ken Olson coming from the trailer to take third.

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1/8th Scale Electric (FE) Consolation

1st: 1983 Miss Houston, Henry Oord

2nd: 1984 Team Velocity, Mike Henriksen

3rd: 1976 Atlas Van Lines, Wayne Beeson

4th (DNF): 1982 Atlas Van Lines, Marc Connelly 

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Henry and the Houston took the victory over the hard-charging Team Velocity, with Wayne's new Atlas taking third in its first race.

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1/8th Scale Electric (FE) Final

1st: 1984 Atlas Van Lines, David Newton

2nd: 1987 Miller American, Don Mock

3rd: 1983 American Speedy Printing, Paxton Reunanen

4th: 1983 Miss Houston, Henry Oord

5th: 1973 Miss Budweiser, Bobby Colean

6th (DNF): 1975 Miss Technicolor, KC Andres

7th (DNF): 1982 Gilmore Special, Josh Culver

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Make it 2-for-2 in 2024, as the Mini Czar took the victory with the Atlas Van Lines! Don Mock was jokingly protesting as he finished in second behind the boat he owns, with Paxton rounding out the podium in an incredibly-hard fought battle for second. Despite the wind, there was remarkably little chaos, but this would certainly change for the nitro final.

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1/8th Scale Nitro Consolation

1st: 1983 American Speedy Printing, Mike Malloy

2nd (DNS): 1976 Olympia Beer, Steve Roman

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Unfortunately, the 2-boat dual never materialized, as the Oly Beer ended a rough day by failing to make it to the start of the heat. 

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1/8th Scale Nitro Final

1st: 1983 KISW Miss Rock, Geoffry Grembowski

2nd: 2016 Oh Boy! Oberto, Jim Putich

3rd (DNF): 1967 Miss Bardahl, Brent Edinger

4th (DNF): 1983 American Speedy Printing, Mike Malloy

5th (DNF): 1988 Miss Stroh's Light, Scott Meyers

6th (DNF): 2012 Matrix Auto Systems, Brian Anderson

7th (DNS): 1974 Miss U.S., Steven Kinney

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The nitro final was the return of peak Ellensburg chaos. The Miss U.S. caught a gust in the mill and flipped on the backstretch, becoming the first boat out. Next went the Matrix, as it stuffed going up the backstretch. The Stroh's Light and Oberto were battling for the lead in the first few laps before tangling in the right turn, with the Stroh's ending upside down in the right side and the Oberto with a damaged hull and wings. The wings discarded in the front stretch, which caught out the Speedy Printing and causing that boat's demise. That left two boats that were unbothered, with the Rock coming back from a poor start to pass the Bardahl and ending up in the lead. Geoffry picked around the debris to take the victory, his fifth career win in R/CU. Putich still finished 2nd, and is the current points leader in nitro.