2009 OCR Nitro Champs Series Rnd #3

2009 OCR Nitro Champs Series Rnd #3

Bui's back on top of the Series !!!!

Gary Bui - Xray 808 and Tony Knauth - Hyper 9 both on equal points at the top of the leader board with Bui holding the outright lead by countback, Rawlings - Xray XB8EC dropping to third outright.

Round 1 looked like another promising night for the existing series leader Rawlings, taking the win after Knauth ran out of fuel on the last lap, dropping down to 8th, Gary Bui home in second just 1.25 seconds behind, both Knauth and Bui the only drivers in the 31 second bracket with a 31.408 and 31.633 respectively, Gavin Newman - Xray 808 finishing in third, Skip Jackson - MBX6 and Tom Jones filling the Top five.

Round 2 saw Bui take a big win finishing a lap ahead of the field, with Knauth in second after again running out of fuel on the last corner, Gavin Newman third, Skip Jackson fourth, Marc Christianson - Losi 8 fifth, Tom Jones, Phillip Ciccone - MBX6, Sergio Manalvo - MBX6, Shaun Rawlings and Henri Raafs - Hyper 8.5 rounding out the Top Ten.

Round 3 saw Manalvo take a hard fought 5.83 sec win ahead of the always fast Skip Jackson, with Henry Bui - Xray 808 with a well deserved third, Gary Bui fourth, Tam Bui fifth, Marc Christianson breaking into the 31 sec bracket this round with 31.992, Gary 31.474 and Knauth 31.234.

Round 4 saw Knauth finally getting his fuel consumption issues sorted after running out of fuel 3 races in a row, to finish ahead of Gary Bui by 11.841 sec both drivers quickest lap just .07 second apart, Skip Jackson in third just under 3 seconds behind, Ciccone putting on the pace to come home fourth a further couple of seconds down, Jones showing a great deal of talent to run towards the front all night to finish in fifth.

Round 5 saw Knauth and Gary Bui both get a big holeshot off the start with both drivers breaking the existing Holeshot Hero of 48.02 seconds with Bui 47.88 and Knauth setting the Holeshot benchmark at 46.81 seconds, both drivers battling it out for 14 laps to finish 7.48 seconds apart at the end, with Rawlings up for third Newman fourth, Jackson fifth, Manalvo, Jones, Christianson, Henry Bui and Raafs filling the Top Ten spots.

Round 4 as recorded on OCR Live!!!

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Final Placings:

Pro Buggy:

1. Gary Bui - Xray 808

2. Skip Jackson - MBX6

3. Tony Knauth - Hyper 9

Sport Buggy:

1. Henri Raafs - Hyper 8.5

2. Mark Sinclair - Xray 808

3. Grant Larven - HB D8

Junior Buggy:

1. Tom Jones - Xray 808

2. Henry Bui - Xray 808

Race Results:

Round 1 - Heat 1 - Heat 2

Round 2 - Heat 1 - Heat 2

Round 3 - Heat 1 - Heat 2

Round 4 - Heat 1 - Heat 2

Round 5 - Heat 1 - Heat 2

FTD

Race results directory

Pos -Name	-Points	-Laps	-Time	-Round Points .....
1 Gary Bui	11	14	499.568	2	1	4	2	2
2 Anthony Jackson	20	14	509.064	6	4	2	3	5
3 Tony Knauth	21	14	494.411	8	2	9	1	1
4 Gavin Newman	27	13	481.358	3	3	7	10	4
5 Tom Jones	29	13	484.554	5	6	6	5	7
6 Marc Christianson	34	13	482.246	4	5	11	6	8
7 Sergio Manalvo	35	13	482.160	11	8	1	9	6
8 Shaun Rawlings	40	14	512.413	1	9	12	15	3
9 Henry Bui	42	13	496.393	10	12	3	8	9
10 Phillip Ciccone	43	14	521.124	9	7	8	4	15
11 Tam Bui	46	13	494.388	7	16	5	7	11
12 Henri Raafs	58	12	498.103	13	10	14	11	10
13 Mark Sinclair	61	11	473.515	16	11	10	12	12
14 Grant Larven	68	10	515.124	14	13	13	14	14
15 Paul Snowball	71	10	499.087	15	15	15	13	13
16 Leigh Jefferies	74	8	328.847	12	14	16	16	16
17 Ken Gilchrist	82	2	112.079	l7	l7	16	16	16