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:
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 |
OCR Nitro Champs Series Scoreboard
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OCR Nitro Champs Series Rnd #4
11th September
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