Blair Top Qualifier in 1:8 e-Buggy

Austin Blair is the Top Qualifier in the 1:8 e-Buggy class at this year’s Dirt Nitro Challenge, the 18-year-old A-Main Hobbies team driver taking the honour ahead of TLR team drivers Billy Fischer, Mike Truhe, Adam Drake and Jacob Haas. The three rounds of qualifying saw Truhe set the pace in Q1 ahead of Blair who in turned up the pace in Q2 to TQ the round from Drake. In the final & deciding qualifier, which was run in the small hours of Friday morning, Fischer set a new fastest time becoming the only driver to run 12 laps of Joey ‘The Dirt’ Christensen’s track creation at the Fear Farm ahead of Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz. Setting the 3rd fastest time in Q3 with Truhe and Drake only 10th & 4th respectively, this was enough to give Blair pole position for the single 8 minute A-Main by a single point from Fischer.

Overall 1:8 e-Buggy Qualifying Result
A-Main Grid (Top 3 in B Final to bump up)
1. Austin Blair – Tekno/Tekin – 2 pts
2. Billy Fischer – TLR/Novak – 3
3. Mike Truhe – TLR/Thunder Power – 4
4. Adam Drake – TLR/Tekin – 6
5. Jacob Haas – TLR/Tekin – 10
6. Ryan Lutz – Durango/Tekin – 13
7. Curtis Door – Tekno/Tekin – 14
8. Martin Bayer – Xray/LRP – 15
9. Elliot Boots – Kyosho/LRP – 15
10.Dylan Rodriguez – Kyosho/Tekin – 18
11.Cody Smith – Kyosho/Orion – 20
12.Tyler Vik – HB/Tekin – 21

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