Saturday 18th

After a fantastic night of racing Friday all the drivers were back again to do battle for the richest prizemoney event in Australia, with Wayne Walker coming into the second stage of the event with a very slim margin of 1 point over second placed Josh Pain, with Ashleigh Frensham in third. Round 6 of the event was underway by 7.00pm after a short warm up session, on a circuit that was holding up beautifully with a nice race line showing up after friday night. After a great battle between Pain and Walker it was Walker coming out on top with the win putting a lap on Pain, with Ian Haley coming home in third. Round 7 was a race to behold between the front runners with Pain and Walker going over the line 1.27 seconds apart, with David Simms taking the number 3 spot Frensham relegated to fourth, Haley, Andrew Dun - MBX6, Knauth making it back into the top group after a battery issue on friday, Gavin Newman - 808, Nathan Tampe and Skip Jackson - MBX6 rounding out the Top Ten. Round 8 was a big upset for a couple of the front runners with both Walker and Frensham having battery issues, both drivers piling on some big points, both drivers having done enough earlier though to still be in contention but now the game was on with the lower podium positions very open between a number of drivers, Pain taking the win Dun second Haley third which put him in position now to take 5 Nitro Challenge podiums in a row, and in an all rounds count format speaks volumes about that drivers level of commitment and talent, David Simms pushing hard for fourth Knauth hanging on for fifth in this star studded field, Trevor Lockie making an appearence in the top ten in sixth place, Kyle Hodges - X1CR showing a big lump of talent in seventh, junior buggy driver Jesse Newman - 808 putting on an awesome show in 8th, Skip Jackson - MBX6 getting hooked up to finish 9th and Tam Bui 808 taking the final Top Ten position. Round 9 saw Walker redeem himself and take the win from Pain, Walker resetting the Holeshot Hero benchmark now at 42.00, but it was Pain who set the fastest lap of the event with a blistering 26.866 seconds, Frensham also getting back up in third, Simms fourth and Dun fifth. After 9 rounds Pain has the overall lead on 14 points still not safe in that position as Walker found out in round 8, it only takes a small issue to blow it all, Haley in a position to pressure Walker with only a 2 point split between second and third. Round 10 the final round of this gruelling event was underway by 11.30pm, Walker again taking the round win a lap ahead of the field, Pain second, Simms third, Frensham fourth, Gavin and Jesse Newman fifth and sixth, Haley, Dun, Christianson, Trevor Lockie round out the Top Ten.

After 2 hard and fast nights of Nitro Buggy Action it was Josh Pain taking the overall win ahead of Wayne Walker and Ian Haley in third.

Pro Buggy:

1. Josh Pain - RC8 - Ninja

2. Wayne Walker - MBX6 - Ninja

3. Ian Haley - 808 - Ninja

FTD:

Wayne Walker - 17 laps - 8m23.221

Holeshot Hero:

Wayne Walker - 42.00 secs

Sport Buggy:

1. Leigh Jefferies - 808 - RB

2. Paul Snowball - 808 - RB

3. Michael Gayford - Lightning 2 - Redline

Junior Buggy:

1. Jesse Newman - 808 - OS

2. Henry Bui - 808 - RB

3. Samantha Coffee - MBX5 - OS

 

Overall Positions

Pos -Name	-Points	-Laps		-Time	-Round Points .....
1 Josh Pain	16		16	471.440	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2
2 Wayne Walker	41		17	503.221	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	29	1	1
3 Ian Haley	49		15	484.955	5	5	5	4	6	3	5	3	6	7
4 Ashleigh Frensham	57		16	500.915	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	26	3	4
5 David Simms	57		15	474.619	7	8	3	5	15	5	3	4	4	3
6 Andrew Dun	63		15	485.391	10	7	6	9	4	6	6	2	5	8
7 Tony Knauth	89		15	490.685	4	4	9	23	11	8	7	5	7	11
8 Anthony Jackson	115		14	481.958	13	18	11	12	8	9	10	9	11	14
9 Marc Christianson	123		15	508.656	6	11	8	8	12	12	14	13	30	9
10 Gavin Newman	127		15	489.356	25	10	18	6	5	20	8	20	10	5
11 Jesse Newman	139		15	498.325	20	12	15	25	20	14	11	8	8	6
12 Kyle Hodges	139		15	512.693	28	13	14	11	13	15	13	7	13	12
13 Phillip Ciccone	144		14	481.794	8	9	7	13	9	27	23	18	14	16
14 Trevor Lockie	146		15	502.619	9	19	28	10	29	10	16	6	9	10
15 Nathan Tampe	150		15	502.756	17	6	26	31	7	7	9	11	23	13
16 Tim Nicol	152		14	490.369	11	15	10	7	14	19	24	21	12	19
17 Neil Ingram	156		14	501. 04l	18	14	12	14	10	16	17	12	16	27
18 Tam Bui	161		14	495.491	16	20	16	16	22	13	15	10	18	15
19 Henry Bui	181		14	505.214	12	22	13	20	16	11	21	19	20	27
20 Shaun Rawlings	185		14	513.335	15	17	20	30	17	17	12	15	21	21

21 Gary Puttock	189	13	487.659	19	16	17	15	18	26	20	14	22	22
22 Leigh Jefferies	199	13	501.013	14	25	19	21	21	23	18	16	19	23
23 John Chau	206	13	486.705	24	24	23	17	19	22	25	17	17	18
24 Dave Grech	209	14	500.819	23	27	21	19	25	18	19	25	15	17
25 Will Haines	230	12	473.540	21	21	22	18	27	21	22	27	31	20
26 Paul Snowball	262	12	505.377	22	23	25	22	23	29	30	29	32	27
27 Samantha Coffee	265	11	495.032	26	32	27	27	24	30	26	22	26	25
28 Micheal Gayford	269	11	511.820	30	28	29	28	30	24	28	24	24	24
29 Brad Knauth	269	10	481.460	31	29	30	26	26	25	27	23	25	27
30 Peter Hutton	279	11	460.631	29	26	24	24	31	31	31	29	27	27
31 Matthew D'Arnay	290	9	484.196	27	30	31	32	28	28	29	29	29	27
32 Luke D'Arnay	302	7	399.132	32	31	32	29	32	32	32	28	28	26

Race Results

Round 1: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 2: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 3: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 4: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 5: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 6: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 7: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 8: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 9: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 10: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

FTD (Fastest Race Time)

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Check out the Fantastic Picture Galleries thanks to A.Teague

Gallery 1

Gallery 2

 Gallery 3

And thanks to Mick Kelley

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We all need to say a big thank you to the event sponsors

Aussiemove International Movers

Homewrap Boxes and Packaging

OCR Pitshop

Top Dog Hot Dogs

and of course all the people behind the scenes

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Friday 17th

The 5th annual Aussiemove International Nitro Challenge is underway with a fantastic first night of action on the newly built and designed circuit, which was very well received by all the drivers both visting and local, the very fast design giving up some hard and fast racing, with some technical sections that were giving all the drivers a challenge. After the event opening announcements by Micheal Jones, of Aussiemove the events long standing major sponsor and supporter, Round 1 got underway at 7.00pm with dual Australian Champion Wayne Walker - MBX6 taking the round win ahead of Josh Pain - RC8, Ashleigh Frensham - Hyper 9 third, Tony Knauth - X2CR and Ian Haley - 808 filling the Top five places. Round 2 run in the opposite direction again saw Walker take the win a lap ahead of Pain with Frensham a further 24 seconds down with Knauth 10 seconds behind him, Haley 5th, Tampe - Hyper 9, Andrew Dun - MBX6, David Simms - D8, Phillip Ciccone - MBX6 and Gavin Newman - 808, rounds out the Top Ten. Round 3 sees Walker again take the win this time with a blistering 17 laps in 8m23.221 taking the FTD, and also setting the Holeshot Hero benchmark with a 45.00 second first lap also setting the fastest lap at 27.788 secs, Walker again putting a lap on the field, Josh Pain finishing on 16 laps in 8m26.886 David Simms - D8 pushing through for a third. Round 4 finally sees Walker under pressure with Pain taking the win 14.32 secs ahead, Frensham third , Haley 4th, Simms 5th with the top placed local driver Gavin Newman coming home in 6th, Tim Nicol 7th, Marc Christianson - Losi 8, Dun and Trevor Lockie - MBX6 filling out the Top Ten. Round 5 the final round for Night 1 again saw Pain take it to Walker putting a lap on the Australian Champion, although Walker resetting the fastest lap at 27.361 secs, Frensham a very close third Andrew Dun 2.3 seconds behind in fourth, Newman finally getting a good run to stick his 808 into 5th, Haley 6th, Nathan Tampe, and Skip Jackson - MBX6  making a showing in the top ten in 8th, Ciccone 9th, and Neil Ingram - MBX6 10th. With another 5 rounds of Nitro Sprint action to come tonight, we can expect to see some awesome racing in this anything can happen all rounds count format.

Pro Buggy:

1. Wayne Walker - MBX6 - Ninja

2. Josh Pain - RC8 - Ninja

3. Ashleigh Frensham - Hyper 9 - OS

Sport Buggy:

1. Leigh Jefferies - 808 - RB

2. Paul Snowball - 808 - RB

3. Peter Hutton - 808 -Werks

Junior Buggy:

1. Henry Bui - 808 - RB

2. Jesse Newman - 808 - Axe Rossi

3. Samantha Coffee - MBX5 - OS

 

 

Stay Tuned and dont forget you can watch the action live as it happens right here!!!

Overall Positions

Race Results

Round 1: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 1: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 1: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 1: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

Round 1: Heat 1 - Heat 2 - Heat 3 - Heat 4

FTD (Fastest Race Time)

Check out the Fantastic Picture Galleries thanks to A.Teague

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$5000.00

in Cash and Prizes

$3000.00 First Place

Proudly Brought to you by

 

Prize Payouts

Pro Buggy: Aussiemove International Movers

First: $3000.00

Second: $750.00

Third: $250.00

Holeshot Hero: OCR Pitshop

$250.00

FTD: Top Dog Hot Dogs

$250.00

Sport Buggy: Homewrap Boxes and Packaging

First: $250.00

Second: $100.00

Third: $50.00

Junior Buggy: OCR Pitshop

First: $250.00

Second: $100.00

Third: $50.00

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Total Prize payout $5300.00