Tournaments: Redline Derby Racing

by Christopher Kidder-Mostrom

Redline Derby Racing has enough of a history as one of the primary racing leagues, that I won’t be recapping all of their previous racing action in this first Tournaments Report. Instead, we’ll just jump right in and look at the season’s most recent events.

Currently there are two series that are ongoing. First is the RLD Racing League. That is a monthly floating drag race that is limited to 32 builders, one car per builder. Participating builders must submit a new build each month. No car is allowed to reprise its prior performance.

July’s races ended up postponed until August, and so the two month’s races were run as a double header at the Bayou City Diecast Raceplex in Houston, Texas. Michael Mathis (a.k.a. MDG) hosted both sets of races on his each of his tracks. July’s races were held on the Goodnight Trail (a scale quarter-mile track), and August’s were held on the eighth-mile Bayou City Blaster track.

In July’s race sixteen cars were entered, and the head-to-head tournament eventually came down to a final between Frank Kline of Red Pill Racing, and Jon Soffa of Voxxer Racing. These two are major players in the league, as you’ll see when we talk overall results shortly. For now, know that Red Pill Racing managed to take the day and win the July races.

August’s races had the same number of entrants but completely different results. Both of these names should be familiar to diecast fans, as well. Rivera Racing and Mattman213 went head-to-head in the final and took first and second, respectively, in the tournament.

Point standings for the year haven’t been released recently, as the league scorekeeper has been dealing with pandemicrelated family issues. We’ll report them in detail after the September races. In the meantime, we can look at the very top echelon of racers.

According to Redline Derby’s August Racer Report, Red Pill Racing is sitting pretty with four first place finishes. Voxxer and Mattman213 each have three wins, and Diecast 64 and 41-14 Racing are tied-up right behind them.

The marquee RLD event for the summer is Charger Summer, which is a 64 car tournament that travels from track to track. The same cars compete all summer long. They are packed up after each race and mailed to the next racing location.

The most recent iteration of the Charger Summer took place at Red Pill Hill in Georgia. Frank Kline hosted the tournament, the fifth of the year.

As of this writing, the race-in heats were run. There are more than 64 cars on the circuit, resulting in 8 cars facing off each tournament to get into the bracket action.

Also, both sides of the bracket’s first round have been run. The videos of the subsequent rounds have not been posted to YouTube.

The overall points for the summer to this point haven’t been posted recently, although we expect to be able to report the standings thus far in our next issue.

Like the RLD Racing League’s point totals, the Charger Summer standings are currently held up by family issues that will soon be rectified.

We look forward to covering each of these series as they move forward.

The September race dates have been announced, and a registration link can be found in our Mail-In Calendar here at Diecast Racing Report.

Also, the winter companion to the Charger Summer has been announced. The 2021 RLD Nationals will feature Datsun/Nissan Z cars. More information can be found at RedlineDerby.com.

Next issue we will have more complete results for you, as well the special charity race tournament: The Poppa Speed Invitational.