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Sarafyan wins Buggyburn 2012

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Mike Garrison

0 May 4, 2012, 5:02 a.m.

5/4/2012

By Mike Garrison

LiveRC.com

Buggyburn 2012 Race Report:

Team Losi Turkey Driver Alain Sarafyan has won Buggyburn 2012. Turkish rc car enthusiasts met in Snappy Raceway, Istanbul on Sunday,29th April 2012 for the first Buggyburn race.

Race was organized by Ciddi Amator (Serious Amateur) in 1/8th Scale Nitro Buggy Class. There were 17 drivers in the race. Serpent Turkey, HPI Racing Turkey, Losi Turkey participated with 6 pilots in total and the other 11 pilots were amateurs. Race results was published online during the race.

Practice Heats
Race day was started with practice heats. Two groups first run free practices and then controlled practice. Qualification groups and starting position were determined by the best times in practice heats.

Qualification Heats
Each group run 3 qualification heats. According to the qualification points, drivers raced in A Main and B Main.

Final Ranking list After Qualification
RANK
DRIVER
NAT
RND
ENDTIME
HEAT
1
Alain Sarafyan
TR
46
30:05.362
A
2
Mustafa Alp
TR
44
30:35.367
A
3
Cengiz Gökbulut
TR
43
30:25.207
A
4
Bora Deniz Aksüt
TR
43
30:31.362
A
5
Serdar Aytemiz
TR
41
30:13.535
A
6
Tolga Yýlmaz
TR
40
29:26.095
A
7
Kartal Kama
TR
40
30:17.936
A
8
Orkun Bagatur
TR
32
29:51.165
A
9
Ahmet Tekelioðlu
TR
26
30:29.665
A
10
Berkay Besler
TR
13
13:42.138
A
11
Serhat Yalman
TR
41
30:22.714
B
12
Hüseyin Erkuþ
TR
36
30:47.751
B
13
Suat Bayrakal
TR
31
30:35.918
B
14
Emre Arda
TR
24
30:24.201
B
15
Umur Alem
TR
24
30:44.530
B
16
Tom How
UK
20
20:21.386
B
17
Þafak Balcý
TR
7
7:14.325
B

Mains
First B Main was held. Drivers closely contested during 30 minutes and Serhat Yalman has won B Main, followed by Hüseyin Erkus and Suat Bayrakal.

B Main Result

RANK

DR.NO

DRIVER

RND

ABSOLUTTIME

BESTTIME

MEDIUMTIME

Serhat Yalman

30:22.714

39.952

44.456