Without his support, it would have never come to be and for that I am sincerely grateful. Jack Riemer from JACO Products, it was Jack who believed in us and made the dream a reality. To my brother Boomer, The IIC brought us so much closer together working on this project that to this day, we are closer than we ever were because of the IIC. To my Dad and Step Mom, they also helped so much in the early years with all the logistics and driving the trailer all the way from Milwaukee each year. They helped so much in all the logistics each year and came to Vegas with us to sell T shirts and watch their sons put this all together. First my Mom and Step Dad who have since moved on in life. Pride in what we gave racers from around the World and how we changed the industry.Īs we say goodbye to these events, I cannot help but remember some of the people who made this all possible. Would I feel sad, disappointed, a sense of failure but honestly, I don’t feel any of those, I feel an incredible amount of pride. I always wondered how would I feel when I finally would have to stop producing the IIC and IOCC. Sadly, these days Vegas is more popular than ever and a small event like ours just cannot compete for space and price against all the big companies wanting space in Vegas. Throughout the years, so many great memories have been made, champions crowned but most importantly friendships have been made. Our sponsors loved the presentation and they now felt they were a major part of the event, not just some banners hung on the wall. It was the attention to detail we brought to the IIC that everyone enjoyed. I will never forget that moment for it was that day, that we changed our industry! We changed the way major events would forever be presented. When the curtain opened that first day at the IIC and everyone saw the massive 40’ banner we had on the stage, the racers all stood up and applauded. It was magical! To this day one of the proudest moments in my career as an event organizer. 2005 was the first IIC at the Stardust Hotel. I bounced the idea off of Josh Cyrul, Ralph Burch and a few others and from there it began. When I first had the idea of a major event in Las Vegas it was in 2003 at the Nitro Worlds in Ohio. all good things must come to an end and sadly that statement rings true today for the family of racers who have enjoyed the IIC and IOCC events over the past decade. I want to give a special thanks to Drew Ellis and his crew for a fantastic event.As they say in life. In the popular GTR-12 class, young Cody Burke triumphed with his X12'22 car, taking a dominant win from the TQ spot!Ĭody went on to finish on the podium in the super competitive 1/12 Stock category as well, once again proving his skills on the track, as well as the performance of the brand new X12'22 car! Drew eventually finished 3rd after some close racing in the main between the top 3 runners, putting in another solid result for the X4 chassis! In the TC SuperStock class, Drew Ellis put his car 2nd on the grid, after a small mistake in Q4 that possibly cost him the TQ spot in the class. In the prestigious TC modified class, I was able to convert my TQ into a win in the main final! Chris Adams and Drew Ellis also put in strong results with the X4 cars. 4 rounds of qualifying determined the starting positions for the finals, with the best round to count. Open practice started on Thursday, with plenty of practice for all the entrants. The race saw some 120 entries in 9 different classes. The 2022 edition of the HUDY Indoor Champs was held at the great permanent facilities of ProLevel RC in Chesterfield, near St. XRAY X4 & X12'22 wins at HUDY Indoor Champs