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Oct. 2, 2012, 6:12 a.m.
10/2/2012
By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com
The NOOB Singapore Open Buggy 2012 series drew to a close last weekend at the RaceWorks Arena as racers gathered to celebrate the completion of another great season of 1/10 electric buggy racing. This years nationals that started in February and spanned 8 months drew over 50 racers who competed in 6 rounds of racing where the best 4 results counted towards their final standings.
In the hotly contested 2WD class, the season began with Mark "BC" Lim, Kum Yew and Tein taking rounds 1, 2 and 3 respectively to keep the title race wide open. However, BC went on to win rounds 4, 5 and 6 with his Tamiya TRF201 to take the overall 2WD title for a third year running with the minimum 4 series points. Finishing a very close second with 8 points was Kum Yew and Tein completed the podium with 12 points.
2WD Results
1. Mark "BC" Lim (Tamiya) - 4pts
2. Kum Yew (Associated) - 8pts
3. Tein (X-Factory) - 12pts
4. Jericho (Associated) - 17pts
5. Adi (X-Factory) - 19pts
6. Png (Yokomo) - 28pts
7. Paul Martin (Losi) - 29pts
8. Soh E-Han (Losi) - 33pts
9. David Ong (Durango) - 33pts
10. Roger Toh (X-Factory) - 36pts
The popular 4WD class began in a similar fashion with 3 different winners for the first 3 rounds. Round 1 went to local onroad ace PY Tang with his Yokomo Bmax4-II, round 2 was won by 2011 4WD champ Tein with his Durango DEX410 and BC took round 3 also with a Durango. The second half of the season saw BC maintain his winning streak to win the remaining 3 races to close out the series and take the 4WD title for 2012 with 4 points. With 9 points, Tein was the first runner up and Danny Png finished 3rd with 19 points.
4WD Results
1. Mark "BC" Lim (Durango) - 4pts
2. Tein (Durango) - 9pts
3. Png (Schumacher) - 19pts
4. Soh E-Han (Associated) - 19pts
5. Pieter Van Zyl (Yokomo) - 19pts
6. Jericho (Durango) - 22pts
7. PY Tang (Yokomo) - 24pts
8. Joakim (Durango) - 26pts
9. David Ong (Durango) - 32pts
10. Frankie (Durango) - 34pts
The NOOB Singapore Open Buggy series, now in its third year, is officially sanctioned by Singapore's RC governing body - RCMC.
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