Day Two of Neo12 is currently underway. This morning everyone woke up to dark grey clouds with a slight drizzle of rain and reported highs of 54deg. For the most part the weather doesn’t have much effect on the racing because everyone is pitting under the enormous barn that’s protecting them from the elements. The big question for today is, can former NEO Champion Jared Tebo carry his practice pace into the first round of qualifying?
Quick English (UK) to English (USA) translations. Everyday I’ll be posting some common English (UK) terms translated into English (USA). Up for today is:
Beetle Crushers = Heavy Boots
Bog = Toilet
Codswallop = Nonsense
Davenport = Writing desk, bureau
Drawing pin = Thumbtack
Gangway = Aisle
Hoarding = Billboard
New Kyosho MP9 Radio Tray.
FDL/Kyosho UK’s Mick Cradock walks through the key features to the updated MP9 radio tray which team drivers Jared Tebo, Cody King, Elliot Boots, and a few other are running for this event.
Compartments Closed
Compartments Opened
New Pro-Line Tire, Square Fuzzie for 1/8 Buggy
Pro-Line’s Daniel Adams walks us through the brand new Square Fuzzie 1/8 buggy tire designed for indoor truck surfaces just like NEO12. The Square Fuzzie comes from a long background in 1/10-scale electric buggy and truck. Up until recently the tread pattern had been discontinued for unknown reasons and now it makes its racing debut for 1/8 buggy.
Square Fuzzie seen here on Chad Bradley's MBX6R
ROUND ONE TQ, HB RACING’S TY TESSMAN
It seems that Ty Tessman is carrying his momentum from Nitro Challenge (just a few weeks ago) into NEO12. If you’ve seen pictures of Ty’s current Hot Bodies D8 you’ll see that carries very little resemblance to the current production buggy. Teammate Atsushi Hara’s vehicle features some one off parts as well. What’s interesting is that of the six Hot Bodies vehicles in attendance, only on is the plastic chassis CR8 which has yet to be released. This begs the question… Will the CR8 ever see the light of production or will it merely serve as an engineering exercise never to be sold?
Ty Interviewing with Scotty Earnest after his Round One TQ
Standings after Round One
1 Ty Tessmann 13/7’25.558
2 Jared Tebo 13/7’31.569
3 Robert Batlle 13/7’31.625
4 Jesse Robbers 13/7’33.407
5 Ryan Cavalieri 13/7’34.756
6 Ryan Maifield 12/7’0.214
7 David Ronnefalk 12/7’0.258
8 Adam Drake 12/7’1.189
9 Neil Cragg 12/7’2.507
10 Ryan Lutz 12/7’3.223
11 Elliott Boots 12/7’5.052
12 Josh Wheeler 12/7’5.535
13 Miguel Matias 12/7’5.983
14 Jerome Aigoin 12/7’7.971
15 Simon Willetts 12/7’8.284
ROUND TWO TQ, Kyosho’s Jared Tebo
1 Jared Tebo 13/7’22.339
2 Ty Tessmann 13/7’23.638
3 Cody King 13/7’24.694
4 Ryan Maifield 13/7’25.948
5 Ryan Cavalieri 13/7’26.931
6 Jesse Robbers 13/7’30.023
7 Jerome Aigoin 13/7’30.771
8 Darren Bloomfield 13/7’31.749
9 Ryan Lutz 13/7’32.183
10 Reno Savoya 13/7’32.509
11 Adam Drake 13/7’33.432
12 Yannick Aigoin 13/7’33.771
13 Billy Easton 13/7’34.935
14 Neil Cragg 13/7’37.208
15 David Ronnefalk 13/7’38.197
ROUND THREE TQ/OVERALL TQ FOR DAY ONE, TY TESSMAN
It seems that the Hot Bodies test is working for Ty and his 3sec lead over the field is sufficient evidence to their continual development of the D8. Lets not forget about Kyosho’s Cody King and Ryan Maifield. Both drivers have had two very good rounds, so expect to see them in the main event. Going into round four tomorrow, there’s been rumor that race officials are a little bummed out over that fact that drivers has not been using the whoops option lane section. Instead they’ve been using the double just to the left of it. There’s talk that track work tonight might include trimming down the whoops section in order to entice drivers into using that lane.
1 Ty Tessmann 13/7’20.907
2 Cody King 13/7’23.285
3 Ryan Maifield 13/7’23.401
4 Robert Batlle 13/7’27.775
5 Jesse Robbers 13/7’28.840
6 Billy Easton 13/7’29.789
7 Darren Bloomfield 13/7’29.791
8 David Ronnefalk 13/7’29.869
9 Jared Tebo 13/7’30.607
10 Jerome Aigoin 13/7’31.927
11 Reno Savoya 13/7’31.936
12 Ryan Lutz 13/7’32.244
13 Ryan Cavalieri 13/7’32.547
14 Yannick Aigoin 13/7’33.412
15 Martin Bayer 13/7’33.947
Interview with Ty Tessman
Over 35 Race Winners
OVER 35 Race Winners
1 Bertin, Adrien 5 25 15:15.835 34.977 0
2 Drescher, Craig 1 25 15:16.387 33.533 0.552 0
3 Crompton, David 6 25 15:22.743 34.231 6.356 0
4 Taylor, Sam 10 24 15:20.763 35.614 0
5 Chung, Tommy 3 24 15:27.693 35.259 6.930 0
6 Kaerup, Jonas 11 24 15:32.220 35.735 4.527 0
7 Martins, Ricardo12 24 15:35.538 35.095 3.318 0
8 Thompson, Bruce 8 24 15:36.259 35.521 0.721 0
9 Long, Tim 13 23 14:53.921 35.424 0
10 Ralls, Brennan 4 23 15:04.453 35.879 10.532 0
11 Howells, Jon 9 23 15:05.284 35.430 0.831 0
12 Tsigos, Dimitris14 23 15:09.870 36.354 4.586 0
13 Barton, Richard 2 23 15:33.373 35.115 23.503 0
14 Cederberg, Fredrick 15 22 15:13.368 36.682 0
15 Gustafsson, Robert 7 15 9:27.435 35.884 0
Junior Race Winners
Junior Race Winners
1 Door, Curtis 3 25 15:10.264 34.692 0
2 Bauer, Dominic 5 25 15:10.995 34.161 0.731 0
3 Ekenstierna, Kennie 4 25 15:13.758 33.961 2.763 0
4 Cecilia, Oscar Baldo 2 25 15:23.879 34.748 10.121 0
5 Medjoubi, Ryan 7 25 15:34.111 35.162 10.232 0
6 Taylor, Elliot 6 24 15:13.203 34.474 0
7 Hassel, David 14 24 15:31.896 35.268 18.693 0
8 Figueiredo, Joao C 10 23 15:03.685 34.392 0
9 Skidmore, Jonathan 9 23 15:12.203 35.577 8.518 0
10 Gustafsson, Anton 13 23 15:14.886 36.295 2.683 0
11 Banks, Jordan 15 23 15:22.080 36.211 7.194 0
12 Goode, Leon 8 23 15:26.867 35.694 4.787 0
13 Hardt, Alex 12 22 15:07.137 34.928 0
14 Niblett, Callum 11 15 9:51.274 35.940 0
15 Ronnefalk, David 1 0 0.000 0
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