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Tuesday July 19th 2011 - 2wd Qualifying.

Last Practice Round

1

Ryan Maifield

12/5:07.392

24.829

2

Ryan Cavalieri

12/5:08.304

24.947

3

Jared Tebo

12/5:11.140

25.246

4

Dustin Evans

12/5:12.947

25.310

5

Kohta Akimoto

12/5:14.150

25.513

6

Dakotah Phend

12/5:17.839

25.361

7

Lee Martin

12/5:18.558

25.288

8

Peter Pinisch

12/5:20.117

25.242

9

Mike Truhe

12/5:20.278

25.534

10

Steven Hartson

12/5:21.018

24.986

Overnight rain had been mostly prevented from soaking the track - however the cover caused condensation and the track ended up moist anyway.

A single round of practice kicked things off early to get the drivers ready for qualfying which started at 10am with heat 1. A full 14 heats were to run - with 4 qualifying runs today and one on finals day.
Some re-seeding changes had been made yesterday where drivers were obviously too fast (or slow) for their heat.

The moisture had left the track juicy and much of yesterdays grip had been lost. Still the lap times from yesterday were almost maintained, with small selection of the 24-second best laps coming from Maifield, Cavalieri, and Steven Hartson.

Martin Achter - defending IFMAR double world champion got 37th in round number one. Martin commented that he's holding back for now but will bring the fury soon and surprise many. We have high hopes for Martins chances at the 2015 Worlds in Afghanistan.

Cavalieri stuffed it and held up Tebo

Lee Martin took up the lead

The fans were getting very excited

Lee Martin crashes on the last lap - and drops down

Brian Kinwald just missed out on a top 10 position in rd1 - 11th overall.

Jared Tebo went 2 seconds clear of anyone else for the win in round 1.

Qualifying Round 1 - Top 10

  
 

position

name

result

1

Jared Tebo

5:04.863

2

Ryan Cavalieri

5:06.123

3

Ryan Maifield

5:06.381

4

Dakotah Phend

5:06.972

5

Lee Martin

5:08.316

6

Naoto Matsukura

5:08.690

7

Mike Truhe

5:09.032

8

Keisuke Enomoto

5:09.063

9

Marc Rheinard

5:09.083

10

Peter Pinisch

5:09.148
   
   


Dragster Tyres!!!!!!! - Dustin Evans over the 'woop woops'

Qualifying Round Two
Naoto Matsukura put in a new fastest lap, the best of anyone by far at this meeting with 23.925 - showing he's at least the quickest driver here - but had bad luck with a broken ball cup on his Associated B4 that put him out after 9 laps.

Ryan Cavalieri almost went through for 13 laps for the first time in round two as he took the round a whole 4 seconds ahead of Maifield in second. Jared Tebo was down a little in this round, back in 8th overall and around 8 seconds down on Cavalieri after a crash. BQ man for this round was Team AE boss-man Brent Thielke.

Jason Ruona gets ready to watch his boys race

Top lads

Hupo Honigl

Qualifying Round 2 - Top 10

  
 

position

name

result

1

Ryan Cavalieri

5:00.992

2

Ryan Maifield

5:04.138

3

Neil Cragg

5:04.829

4

Joern Neumann

5:05.660

5

Dakotah Phend

5:06.349

6

Dustin Evans

5:07.756

7

Lee Martin

5:07.759

8

Jared Tebo

5:08.467

9

David Ronnefalk

5:09.708

10

Mike Truhe

5:10.457
   
   

 

John Spencer was NOT happy about his dinner.

Achter + Monkey

Tebo gets some help wrenching
 

Mike Truhe interview
 

Mike Truhe interview with Monkey from oOple.
2 x 2WD ROAR champion 2010/2005, 2008 ROAR national champion 1/8th buggy. 2008 IFMAR Worlds TQ in 1/8th.

How long have you been racing R/C cars and what first drew your interest to the hobby?
I’ve been racing 11 years, I used to fly r/c aeroplanes and I worked in a hobby shop, so I got a car from the guy there.

What do you like most about racing r/c cars?
I like to meet new people, the travelling, and obviously the competition.

During the warm-up here a few weeks ago you finished 7th in 2WD, but were down in the C-Final 4wd - what happened?
We had a lot of problems in 4wd with the high winds and big jumps, I went through a lot of shock towers. This has improved now though so there shouldn’t be so many problems here.

What will you be aiming for this week, and what about future ambitions?
Obviously I’m aiming for the win, but my ultimate goal is to see the team succeed.

A huge amount of organisation has gone into making this the coolest race ever, what do you like most about the track, and what do you feel could be improved?
The track is great, it’s kinda a change from the warmup race  - it’s a lot more high speed.

And what about the venue?
Everything about the facility and pit area is amazing, I don’t think they could improve anything, they seem to have it all covered.

What would you say your favourite pie is?
Chicken pie with gravy.

Have you needed to make any setup changes to your car since arriving here?
Only very minor changes, nothing major.

Truhe dances and rides through the whoopy section

Do you feel well supported by the team?
Yes. We tell each other all our secrets.

Is it true that to change a wishbone on the 22 you have to remove the motor (or chassis?)
That’s an arm, right? Technically no! You can change an arm in a few minutes.

Have you broken anything yet?
No.

What are your thoughts about Finland, have you seen any Reindeer?
Finland is nice, very clean and welcoming. Haven’t seen any reindeer though.

Where would you like to see the next World Championships held?
Torrance in California. So I can sleep in my own bed. We don’t have a track yet.

Do you have any messages you’d like us to pass to team-bud Darren Bloomfield?
Keep practicing on the Wii, Stick-e
 
 

Round three and Naoto had fixed his car and was ready to do battle. He set off last so had a lot of traffic due to his retirement in the prevous round but it didn't matter than the young warrior was at it like a maniac - smoothly lapping whilst the guys at the front of the heat (Maifield & Cavalieri) battled it out.

Naoto took the lead in the heat early and held onto it all the way to the line as he put in the first 13 lap run of the meeting and took the win. Lots of people came over to take interest in what Naoto was doing after this run!

Nathan Ralls - rocking the Schumacher Cougar SV dirt-spec car

Rheinard gets some final adjustments

Victor Wilck talks to team mechanic Tamiya-man

 

Naoto hovers over the jumps

Naoto gives a thumbs up

4:35pm Some dude from liverc told me off for trying to make Naoto laugh whilst being interviewed! Bad Jimmy

Qualifying Round 3 - Top 10

  
 

position

name

result

time

1

Naoto Matsukura

13

5:24.596

2

Ryan Maifield

12

5:00.468

3

Dustin Evans

12

5:02.188

4

Peter Pinisch

12

5:02.247

5

Ryan Cavalieri

12

5:02.879

6

Mike Truhe

12

5:03.233

7

Neil Cragg

12

5:04.600

8

Lee Martin

12

5:06.777

9

Brian Kinwald

12

5:07.258

10

Paul Bradby

12

5:07.369

   
   

Nathan Ralls - rocking the Schumacher Cougar SV dirt-spec car.................. But who's that in the drivers seat?!

Qualifying Round 4 - Top 10

  
 

position

name

result

time

1

Jared Tebo

13

5:21.834

2

Neil Cragg

13

5:22.546

3

Ryan Maifield

13

5:24.162

4

Lee Martin

12

5:02.142

5

Dakota Phend

12

5:02.475

6

Ryan Cavalieri

12

5:02.895

7

Peter Pinisch

12

5:04.160

8

Jorn Neumann

12

5:05.671

9

Steven Hartson

12

5:06.031

10

Dustin Evans

12

5:06.073
   
   


OVERALL QUALIFYING -DAY 2 - 4 rounds, 3 counting, 1 left to run.

  
 

position

name

Pts.

rd1

rd2

rd3

rd4

81

Ryan Cavalieri

7

2

0

5

6

2

Ryan Maifield

7

3

2

2

3

3

Jared Tebo

8

0

8

35

0

4

Neil Cragg

12

18

3

7

2

5

Dakotah Phend

14

4

5

17

5

6

Lee Martin

16

5

7

8

4

7

Dustin Evans

19

13

6

3

10

8

Peter Pinisch

21

10

14

4

7

9

Mike Truhe

23

7

10

6

11

10

Joern Neumann

25

24

4

13

8
   
   

Naoto our Japanese friend who we've followed since he showed he was very - VERY fast - currently sits only 11th and won't make the A final with this score of course. two good rounds of 6th and 1st are backed up with much lower scores of 29th, 23rd and 124th! He'll be looking to get a good round score tomorrow in the final qualifier - but with some other drivers still to drop low scores it'll be close.

There are much more consistent drivers, with Cavalieri and Maifield both being consistent top 10 - indeed, these two have never scored lower than 6th in round. Maifield has consistently been 2nd or 3rd and is the most consistent of anyone- getting the win however has so far been elusive.

Jimmy hopes Bloomfield won't be pissed off about all the Bloomfield comedy in this report. Much love Daz.