2011 Season Opener

 

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Ciccone Draws First Blood for 2011

 

Round 1Pro Buggy - Phillip Ciccone driving a Nova Rossi powered MBX6, takes the first round win of the year ahead of some tough competition, Tony Knauth driving his RB powered Hyper 9, chasing him from the start to finish in second, with Sergio Manalvo MBX6 OS taking the number 3.

Round 1 Short Course Truck - Knauth - Hyper straight onto the pace in this awesome class of racing, setting a 37 sec lap on a very rain ravaged surface, Marc Christianson Hyper with 42 sec lap finishing in second Gary Clark Hyper with a 44 sec lap home in third, Danny White Hong Nor, Beau Harris Hong Nor fourth and fifth.

Round 2 Pro Buggy - Ciccone getting the Holeshot, with Knauth and Manalvo right on his tail, Ciccone and Knauth getting away from Manalvo in the early stages to run away from the field, the pair pushing hard, going head to head onto the back straight for the final time entering the final corner side by side only to encounter a crashed car, Knauth coming out the better to cross the line 4.46 secs ahead of Ciccone, Manlvo taking the number 3, Christianson - Durango and Nicol Serpent filling the Top 5.

Round 2 Short Course Truck - Danny White getting up to take a win in the very competitive Short Truck Class, Christianson 3.63 secs back in second, Knauth 12.15 sec back in third, Raafs and Clark fourth and fifth, Dave White, Shane Ussher, Stuart Lack, Brad Stott, Steven Jackson rounding out the Top Ten.

Round 3 Pro Buggy - Knauth getting the Holeshot to run away with it from the start to put a lap on Skip Jackson MBX6 in second, Manalvo finishing in third under 1 sec behind, Ciccone fourth, Nicol fifth, Christianson, Raafs, O'Connor, Mansell and Ingram rounding out the Top Ten.

Round 3 Short Course Truck - Knauth at it again putting down some fast consistent laps the only driver under the 40 sec bracket with a 38.4, next quickest lap Danny White with a 41.2, but it was Marc Christianson who battled through the pack to take second ahead of a well deserved third from Brad Stott, Stuart Lack and Danny White fourth and fifth.

Round 4 Pro Buggy - Three in a row for Knauth, again putting a lap on the field to finish in front of Skip Jackson, Ciccone pushing hard to get into third 0.41 behind Jackson, manalvo fourth, Nicol Fifth, Christianson, O'Connor, Mansell, Ingram and Barton filling the Top Ten spots.

Round 4 Short Course Truck - Knauth with a big Holeshot, ahead of Danny White and Marc Christianson, an awesome race with a 13 truck field, Knauth getting away in the end to finish 29.16 sec ahead of a hard charging Dave White, 4.1 secs back to Danny White in third, Christianson, 5.2 back in fourth, Brad Stott fifth.

Round 5 Pro Buggy - Nicol, Manalvo and Knauth gettng out in front early on to get away, Nicol dropping off midway through letting Manalvo and Knauth to battle it out, Knauth holding out Manalvo until the closing stages, Knauth getting caught up with a lapped car, letting Manalvo through to finish in front by 5.41 sec, Nicol hung onto third, with Jackson and Christianson fighting it out for fourth and fifth.

Round 5 Short Course Truck - The final round of the night sees Knauth take another win over Danny White , with Christianson third, Lack fourth, Clark fifth, Shane Ussher, Bradley Jackson, Steven Jackson, Dana Offord, Brendan Lys and Brad Stott, rounding out the field.

Well what a fantastic night of racing, track surface grooved up very very well, a great crowd of spectators, 2011 is looking good!!!!!!

 

Next Event - 11th March - Round 1 2011 Homewrap Summer Series

Class: Pro Buggy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pos -Name

 

 

 

 

Points

Laps

Time

Round Points

1 Tony Knauth

 

 

 

 

5

13

447.564

2

1

1

1

2

2 Phillip Ciccone

 

 

10

13

506.140

1

2

4

3

6

3 Sergio Manalvo

 

 

10

13

508.595

3

3

3

4

1

4 Tim Nicol

 

 

 

 

18

12

488.986

10

5

5

5

3

5 Anthony Jackson

 

 

19

12

486.515

11

11

2

2

4

6 Marc Christianson

 

19

12

499.502

4

4

6

6

5

7 Rory O,Connor

 

 

27

11

513.583

7

6

8

7

7

8 Henri Raafs

 

 

 

30

11

492.628

6

7

7

11

10

9 Gary Clark

 

 

 

34

11

509.013

5

8

11

11

10

10 Paul Mansell

 

 

35

10

489.555

12

9

9

8

9

11 Neil Ingram

 

 

 

 

36

7

363.767

8

10

10

9

9

12 Andrew Barton

 

 

39

7

412.911

9

12

12

10

8

13 Daniel White

 

 

46

0

0.000

13

12

13

11

10

 

Class: Short Course Truck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pos -Name

 

 

 

 

Points

Laps

Time

Round Points

 

1 Tony Knauth

 

 

 

 

4

7

298.859

1

3

1

1

1

2 Marc Christianson

 

9

7

327.421

2

2

2

4

3

3 Daniel White

 

 

10

7

324.414

4

1

5

3

2

4 Gary Clark

 

 

 

19

6

295.128

3

5

13

6

5

5 Brad Stott

 

 

 

23

6

301.343

6

9

3

5

11

6 Stuart Lack

 

 

 

24

6

304.941

8

8

4

11

4

7 Dave White

 

 

 

29

7

328.020

11

6

10

2

12

8 Henri Raafs

 

 

 

30

6

318.248

7

4

6

14

13

9 Shane Ussher

 

 

30

5

282.028

13

7

8

9

6

10 Brendan Lys

 

 

 

36

6

327.182

14

12

7

7

10

11 Steven Jackson

 

 

37

5

287.464

9

10

11

10

8

12 Bradley Jackson

 

38

5

303.833

15

14

9

8

7

13 Dana Offord

 

 

 

42

5

320.057

10

11

12

12

9

14 Beau Harris

 

 

 

 

43

6

301.461

5

13

13

13

12

15 Paul Mansell

 

 

52

4

224.959

12

14

13

14

13

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