Super fun and successful weekend had for Tekno drivers across the country!
First up, the 1st round of the highly competitive Northern Regional series held at the excellent Ndor track. Attracting some of the best drivers from the North of England with nearly 100 entries for the day, (Nitro buggy 70, Truggy 20, E Buggy 10).
The day started with one round of timed practice for all drivers and early signs were good as the Tekno’s took the fastest time in all 3 classes. Next up, 3 rounds of qualifying which also went went well.
In truggy Matt Bridge TQ’d round 1 and 2 of qualifying giving him the overall TQ with the NT48.3. In E Buggy, Micheal Lightfoot, Neil Bent and Richard Metcalfe dominated qualifying with there EB48.3s taking 1,2,3 in every round of qualifying and secured the top 3 spots for the final. In Nitro Buggy, Carlo De Marco had an excellent TQ in round 1 and backed it up with a 2nd in round 2 lining him up 2nd on the grid straight into the A main and Daniel Austin also managed to qualify his NB48.3 straight into the A main in 9th position.
Finals time! All Nitro finals would be 22 minutes and electric final would be 15mins. First up was the Truggy B Final which was won by Tekno driver Martin Connolly with his ET48.3bumping him up into the A Main.
In the Truggy A Main, Matt Bridge lined up on pole with his NT48.3 and never looked back! A dominating performance from Matt lapping the entire field and an easy victory. The truggy and Matt’s’ driving were faultless and the performance of the Truggy was on another level to anything else out there.
In the E Buggy final, Mike Lightfoot once again put on a show with ridiculous quick laptimes and faultless drive to give him the win. Neil Bent took an excellent 2nd and also set the new lap record for the track during qualifying which won him a free set of tyres! Richard Metcalfe took 3rd with another great performance making it a podium lockout for Tekno.
In Nitro Buggy class, a disappointing start for Carlo from 2nd on the grid (loosing a wheel!) ended any chances of a podium for him but managed to pull back some time during the 22 minute final and finish a very respectable 8th still and Daniel Austin managed to take a superb 6th place from 9th on the grid. Great results for the NB48.3 in a talent stacked field.
A superb day had by all and great to be outside in the sunshine. Happy birthday to Tekno’s Simon Mitchell who also had a great day qualifying into the C Main.
Elsewhere in the country, Nene Valley Raceway hosted the 1st round of there summer series and Tekno drivers Ben and Gerry Doyle were in attendance to rep the Teknos. Gerry had some electrical gremlins all day but Ben managed to qualify 2nd overall and take the victory in the A main with his EB48.3 . Nice job guys.
At Herts, Chris Long, Martin Offer and Nigel Morris were in attendance. Chris Long had a superb day and had his best ever finishing result. Since switching to the Tekno from a long term affair with a Kyosho, his quickest laptimes have dropped by a second and his results have just got better and better!
Nigel Morris got a great result and podium finish in the E Buggy class finishing 2nd with his EB48.3 and Martin Offer also had a great day just missing a bump up spot in his final by 1.5 seconds. Great job guys.
Thanks to all our drivers around the country for the support. Lets do it all again next weekend!
Peace out.”
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