4WD Buggy Q4 Update – Hartson tops final qualifier

With Tyler Vik dominating yesterday’s three rounds of 4WD Buggy Qualifying securing the overall TQ with his Xray, Q4 was about deciding the order of the rest of the grid behind the RC America team driver.  Having recorded two 2nd and a 3rd fastest time yesterday, World Champion Steven Hartson finally pulled off a TQ run with the fastest 5-minute time of the weekend.  The result sees the Associated driver start the triple a-Main from second on the grid ahead of JR Mitch, the Team Losi Racing driver also completing qualifying with his best run of the weekend with second in Q4 ahead of Vik.

With the local’s dominating proceedings in 2WD buggy, locking out the Top 4 spots on the A-Main grid, in 4WD JC Johnson will head up the local challenge as he lines up fourth with his TLR22-4.  Local Associated driver John Walentia completes the top half of the grid ahead of Associated team-manager Brent Thielke while team driver Tanner Denney just scrapes it through as a direct qualifier in 10th position behind top 2WD Mod contender Luke Smith who DNF’d the final qualifier.

4WD Buggy A-Main Grid (B-main winner bumps up)
1. Tyler Vik – Xray – 0 pts
2. Steven Hartson – Associated – 2
3. JR Mitch – TLR – 5
4. JC Johnson – TLR – 5
5. John Walentia – Associated – 8
6. Brent Thielke – Associated – 11
7. Chris Gould – X-Factory – 11
8. Anthony Honstain – Associated – 11
9. Luke Smith – Associated – 12
10.Tanner Denney – Associated – 16

4WD Buggy Qualifying Round 4
1. Steven Hartson – Associated – 21/5:08.207
2. JR Mitch – TLR – 21/5:14.568
3. Tyler Vik – Xray – 20/5:01.259
4. John Walentia – Associated – 20/5:02.289
5. JC Johnson – TLR – 20/5:03.093
6. Anthony Honstain – Associated – 20/5:06.451
7. Brent Thielke – Associated – 20/5:06.957
8. Chris Gould – X-Factory – 20/5:09.669
9. Thomas Tran – Kyosho – 20/5:12.741
10.Nathan Lovelace – Associated – 19/5:05.663

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