2024 Asian Buggy Championships R3 Results

Press Release From Asian Buggy Championships:
www.asianbuggychamps.com

It’s been a big afternoon for Australia’s Caleb Noble – but we’ll come back to that in a moment.

EP BUGGY 45+
First up this afternoon we got to our third round of EP mains. Paul Ciccarello had already sealed the deal in 45+ EP Buggy, that left an A3 for Darren Cains, Darren Perry and Simon Healy to wrap up the series – Cains and Perry doing enough to join Ciccarello on the podium.

EP TRUGGY
Likewise, EP Truggy had already been decided, Nathan Healy sitting out A3 to let Mark Turner, Greg Lander and Dean Ross duke it out – Turner getting the win over Lander, the two tied on points but Turner the quicker so took second over Lander overall.

EP BUGGY A3
EP Buggy A3 was the big one. Coming into the third leg, Caleb Noble, Alex Bernadzik and Walker Spinrad all had the chance to win overall, with another 2 or 3 drivers an outside podium chance. As had been the case in A2, Noble’s Tekno looked amazing early, getting around Bernadzik to lead. A mid-race error from Caleb kicked off a huge battle between he and Alex, the two duking it out, trading fast times, and eventually trading paint. The ever present Kyle McBride swooped, going to the lead and the win, Noble’s second enough to wrap up his first Asian Buggy Championship EP win. Kyle’s A3 win put him second overall with TQ man Bernadzik ending up third.

NITRO BUGGY
So then to Nitro Buggy – unashamedly the main event. Before we even got to the 45-minute A final Ryan Pavidis took a slashing win in the B final, Andrew Foord and an impressive Paul Ciccarello joining him to transfer. Narrowly missing out was young Australian racer TJ Craperi. Aussie legend Craig Laughton’s bump-up run ended.

Come the 45-minute A final and expectations were high. Bernadzik had been quickest all week, Noble had come alive today and the likes of Wolhuter, McBride and even Pavidis from right back in 12th were expected to be a factor late.

From the off Caleb Noble looked like a man determined to add to his winning tally, getting by McBride on the opening lap and the pressuring Bernadzik until an inevitable pass a short time later. Noble’s tyre warmup seemed to give him that early race edge. Through the middle part of the race he stretched out, the gap ebbing and flowing before Alex found his feet and start to close in – getting to 1.8 seconds at one point. Wolhuter had seen off all challengers to be comfortable in third while Ryan Pavidis was ripping through the field to find resistance in the form of Jayden Edmunds. In the end, Noble’s pace was just too much, Bernadzik fading over the last ten minutes as he ran out of rubber – so much so that Wolhuter closed down from 15 seconds to a few tenths at the line. Pavidis march continued, hot-lapping the race but running out of time to catch Wolhuter, fourth at the flag from Edmunds.

Caleb Noble cuts a fascinating figure, relentless in his search for pace and determined to build the capacity to compete at an international level. This sweep of EP Buggy, Nitro Truggy and Nitro Buggy marks a high point in his career – one we’ll follow with interest in the months and years ahead. This weekend might just be the making of him as an elite driver.