1/4 Finals Update

The big day has arrived at the IFMAR 1:8 Offroad World Championship in Spain with the 1/4 Finals marking the end of the road for two of the 2022 Finalists at RC-Redovan but also seeing other finalists taking a step closer to the 1-hour main show that will determined the No.1 driver in the World.  In the first of the two 30-minute encounters it was the Sworkz of Brandon Rose who took the win from 3rd on the grid. The American had a comfortable 9-second gap over the Tekno of Daniel Pariente.  Having started out the day in the 1/8 Finals, former 1:10 World Champion Spencer Rivkin continued his progress coming through for 3rd to book his spot in the Semi A Final where he joins Top Qualifier Juan Carlos Canas.  Italian Xray driver Alex Zanchettin would complete the Top 4 to secure the last bump up spot after denying Kyosho’s Ryan Lutz a place in the Semi by 0.718.

In the second 1/4 Final, it was Joona Haatanen who took his Team Associated to the win.  Starting out fourth, once the Finnish driver hit the front he was able to eek out a very a healthy 8.7-seconds lead over some big battles behind him.  It would be Oscar Navarro who took second behind 2022 Finalist Ryan Maifield.  Lining up 6th on the grid the Tekno driver managed to lead for a time before a mistake dropped him into the danger zone but the vastly experienced current ROAR National Champion got back down to business securing P3 just 8/10th off Navarro’s Xray.  The battle for the last bump up spot would be decided by the Race Referee.  Kyosho’s Reno Savoya held the spot coming into the last sequence of corners but he was hit by 1/8 Final bump up Josemi Sanchez.  The Spanish driver crossed the line fourth but was later penalised for the contact allowing Savoya to continue in the event.  Two casualties of the Semi B where 2022 finalist Cole Odgen, who finished 6th, and WIRC Racing’s Marco Baruffolo who crashed out but who was late disqualified for dangerous driving.

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