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September 'Battle Zone' Invasion Comes to War On I4

by Josh Paufler

While Luthrell Church has been running primarily stock car races on YouTube for months, this September the modifieds are getting their shot at the wicked and wild Harrison Speedway in Central Florida in what will be Church’s first mail-in tournament.

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He’s calling it “Battle Zone”. His fully custom coroplast track is the home of War on I4 Diecast Racing and has proven to be an unforgiving road course with its flat turns, elevation changes and, debuting in this tournament, the chicane section.

“For Battle Zone, the thing I'm looking forward to the most is seeing how the other drivers’ custom vehicles preform at Harrison Speedway”, says Church about his upcoming tournament. “The new chicane will prove to be challenging for some vehicles.”

At the 175g limit, I’m looking forward to seeing some crazy custom builds. With the flat turns at Harrison Speedway, any top weight will force the car right over the edge of the track, rather than roll it over like on a banked turn.

All in all, this should be an awesome first mail-in tournament for Luthrell Church. The first video is scheduled to post the week of September 21.

HARRISON SPEEDWAY -- The uniquely wide lanes and flat turns make for dynamic racing unlike the action at any other track.

HARRISON SPEEDWAY -- The uniquely wide lanes and flat turns make for dynamic racing unlike the action at any other track.

So, what’s next for Harrison Speedway?

On the horizon is a super car mail-in tournament featuring Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Maclarens and other hyper style racing cars.

But, what I’m most excited about is the upcoming Stadium Truck Series. For the first time, jumps will be added to the speedway so that’s got chaos written all over it.

Coverage of War on I4’s custom races will be found in future issues of Diecast Racing Report in the On The Track section starting in the Oct. 1 issue.