30/07/2010 - 2010 OCR Champs Series Rnd #1

Nitro-X Masters Series Rnd #3

Knauth cleans up!!!!!

Tony Knauth driving an RB / Hyper 9 combo takes a hard fought win in Pro buggy and the round win in the Hyper Truck control class, against some stiff competition.

This is the first of 7 rounds in the 2010 OCR Champs Series for the Nitro Buggy classes and the Hyper Truck control class, the Hyper Trucks really gaining momentum with new drivers joining in almost on a daily basis!!! This event also incorporates Rnd #3 of the National Nitro-X Masters Series.

On to the Racing !!!!

Round 1 Pro Buggy - saw Knauth Hyper 9 - RB, do a runner on the field early on with Jones Xray - RB close behind, Knauth getting away in the end to put a lap on the field, Jones finishing strong in second ahead of Steven Peckham, RC8E - Mamba third. Hyper Truck - had Dave White, Knauth, Baker, Newhouse and Christianson swapping paint throughout the race, Knauth coming to grief in the closing stages with a motor failure, with Dave White, pushing hard to finish 8.42 seconds ahead of Newhouse and Dean Baker getting the better of Danny White to finish third.

Round 2 Pro Buggy -Knauth took another win to finish a lap ahead of Dean Baker, with Tom Jones right on his tail just over a second behind, Peckham and Skip Jackson filling out the Top 5. Hyper Truck - was a fantastic battle between Christianson, Dave White and Knauth, again the drivers putting on a great show, Knauth getting the better of them to finish 12.74 ahead of White, Christianson 2.90 behind in third, Baker and Logan Wolfe rounding out the Top 5.

Round 3 Pro Buggy - had Jones out in front early on and staying there till the end Knauth getting caught up off the start chased him down to get within 2.76 at the end with the electric RC8 of Peckham finishing strong in third. Hyper Truck -again had the Top 3 drivers pushing hard, with Newhouse getting up into the mix pressuring the front runners, in the end though Christianson and Knauth racing so close at the end with Knauth taking it on the line with a 0.56 margin, White just missing the buzzer to finish a lap down, Newhouse and Baker fourth and fifth.

Round 4 Pro Buggy - again saw Jones do a runner, Knauth pushing hard to stay in touch with the leader, getting right up to him only to make a small mistake in the closing stages to finish nearly 20 seconds behind Jones, with Baker a lap down in third, Peckham fourth Henri Raafs - Hyper 9 - RB fifth, Gary Clark - Hyper 9 - Alpha sixth. Hyper Truck - Danny White and Dave White getting an almost identical Holeshot got away early, Danny coming to grief at about halfway, Baker and Knauth coming back through the field after getting caught up early on, the pair going past Dave White, on the second last lap to finish, with Knauth first, Baker second, Dave again just missing the buzzer to finish a lap down in third, Russell King coming through in fourth, Newhouse dropping to fifth with an electrical fault, Sean Stieber and Logan Wolfe fifth and sixth, Danny White, Gary Clark, Shannon Ward and Brad Jackson all battling hard to round out the field.

Round 5 Pro Buggy - The final round of the night has Tom Jones and Knauth on equal points at the top of the scoreboard, with under 4 seconds seperating them, the night was still anyone's, but as happens the smallest things can let you down, with Jones succumbing to a failed clutch bearing on the grid, effectively handing the win to Knauth, who led from start to finish, with Peckham pushing hard to stay in contention, Baker pushing peckham all the way to the end, Gary Clark making good with a fourth place, ahead of Danny White. Hyper Truck - Knauth making a clean sweep of things takes the win in the final for the night 13.41 ahead of Baker, Dave White third, Logan Wolfe fourth, Brad Jackson working hard to pull his best time for the night.

Its early days for the OCR Champs Series, but with only 2 rounds left to run in the Nitro-X Masters series, things are really starting to hot up, with a different winner at each round, it's getting very close at the top, with Knauth now moving into the lead, 3 points ahead of Sergio Manalvo, and Tom Jones moving up into third. "Click here for al the series scoreboards"

Pro Buggy

Tony Knauth - -

Tom Jones - -

Steven Peckham - - EP

Sport Buggy

Tom Jones - -

Steven Peckham - - EP

Danny White - - Caster Grenade

Hyper Truck

Tony Knauth - - Hobbywing

Dave White - - Hobbywing

Dean Baker - - Hobbywing

"Full Race Results"

Class: Pro Buggy
Pos -Name			-Points	-Laps		-Time	-Round Points .....
1 Tony Knauth			5	14		493.286	1	1	2	2	1
2 Tom Jones			7	14		489.544	2	3	1	1	7
3 Steven Peckham			12	13		484.066	3	4	3	4	2
4 Dean Baker			12	13		488.793	9	2	4	3	3
5 Daniel White			22	12		468.619	4	9	5	8	5
6 Gary Clark			22	12		493.286	5	7	7	6	4
7 Henri Raafs			24	12		484.521	7	6	6	5	7
8 Anthony Jackson			24	11		476.276	6	5	8	7	6
9 Ken Gilchrist			31	8		456.479	8	8	9	8	7
10 Rory O,Connor			33	0		0.000	9	10	9	8	7
Class: Hyper Truck
Pos -Name			-Points	-Laps		-Time	-Round Points .....
1 Tony Knauth			4	8		306.172	7	1	1	1	1
2 Dave White			9	8		314.039	1	2	3	3	3
3 Dean Baker			11	8		326.861	3	4	5	2	2
4 Scott Newhouse			18	8		322.461	2	9	4	5	7
5 Marc Christianson			20	8		318.646	5	3	2	12	10
6 Logan Wolfe			22	6		291.013	6	5	9	7	4
7 Sean Stieber			30	6		324.170	10	10	6	6	8
8 Daniel White			31	7		328.493	4	8	11	8	11
9 Russell King			33	7		326.043	8	11	10	4	11
10 Gary Clark			33	6		337.039	12	11	7	9	6
11 Shannon Ward			33	5		282.692	9	7	8	10	9
12 Bradley Jackson			34	6		316.201	13	6	12	11	5
13 Andrew Barton			45	3		277.433	11	11	12	13	11

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Next Event

Round # 2 - 2010 OCR Champs Series - August 13th

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