Race Report
NSW I.C. Off Road State titles
Event: NSW I.C. Off Road State titles
Location: NSW
Dates: February 20-24, 2008
AE TEAM DRIVER JASON DYCKHOFF reports:
Total number of buggy entrants: 71.
There were a variety of manufacturers in the top ten. I believe there were 7
or 8
different manufacturers fighting it out for the win. There were two RC8s in
the
top ten. Other racers ran RC8s in the semis, but they had some issues with
engines so they did not come through.
The track by finals time was bumpy and blue-grooved, and the car was working
extremely well. Wherever I wanted to put the car it would already be there
and
powering on. In the finals the car through in infield was extremely fast and
easy
to drive and was handling the bumps and blue-grooved surface extremely well.
A-main final was set at 45 minutes, with a brief warm up at the start. In
the
first few laps it took a little bit to settle my lead and so I dropped back
to
second. After 4 laps I was back in lead and was stretching the distance
between
myself and second place. I crossed the line in first place about 14secs
ahead of
second and extremely pleased.
It was a great state title debut win for the RC8 with Matt Griffin already
taking
out the Pro-Line Challenge last September.
I would like to thank Team Associated for the RC8 and the importer in
Australia for looking after me for the last two years.
Sponsors:
Kelletts Hobbies Australia
Team Associated Australia
Sirio Engines
LRP Electronics
VP-Pro Tires
AT-Racing Fuel
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