Tampe wins Aussiemove Rd.2 at OCR

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Mike Garrison

0 May 15, 2012, 4:48 a.m.

Round 1 - Pro Buggy - Phil Ciccone - MBX6 straight onto the pace in Round 1 running out in front till the final lap making a mistake over the table top, giving the win to Nathan Tampe - MBX6, Phile recovering to finish 2.64 secs behind, Tony Knauth - MBX6R coming through to take third after getting caught in the early stages, Tim Nicol - Serpent and Oliver Oleta - MBX6 foruth and fifth.

Short Course Truck - Tampe - Hobao battling all race with Knauth - Hobao to take a 10.3 sec win, with Beau Harris - Hong Nor another 9.39 secs back in third, Hong Nor drivers Shane Ussher and Kevin Miller rounding out the Top 5.

Round 2 - Pro Buggy - Tampe taking the double, resetting the FTD the first driver to put down 15 laps, and taking a 1 lap win over Knauth, Sergio Manalvo, coming to terms with the new circuit to finish third, Nicol fourth, Marc Christianson - MBX6 home in fifth.

Short Course Truck - Tampe does it again taking another double, with another 1 lap win over the field, Beau harris up into second setting his PB to date, Knauth battling with Miller for third and young Karlo Dayap making good for a Top 5 finish, Dana Offord, Danny White, Steven Jackson, Shane Ussher and William Brown rounding out the Top10.

Round 3 - Pro Buggy - Knauth putting it all together in this round to take a 5.39 sec win over Nicol, Manalvo 13.16 secs back in third, ahead of Ciccone and Christianson, White, Tamp, Raafs, Oleta, Lockrey filling the Top 10 finishers.

Short Course Truck - Knauth pushing hard resetting the FTD record to take a 1 lap win over Tampe, Miller coming to terms with the circuit finishing just behind in third, White and Ussher fourth and fifth.

Round 4 - Pro Buggy - Everyone really pushing the limits this round with 4 nw records set, Tampe taking the win and resetting the FTD again with 15 laps in 504.279, Manalvo in second and setting a new lap record at 29.760 secs and Christianson in third, Knauth fourth having got out early to set the Holeshot at 48.05 secs, then making a some mistakes midway through, Ciccone coming through to finish fifth.

Short Course Truck - Knauth putting another win on the board over Miller and Harris, Miller setting the new lap record at 33.233 secs on lap 6, Ben Swan in fourth, Ussher a close fifth.

Round 5 - Pro Buggy - The Final round of the night saw Knauth get away early to set his PB only the second driver to put down 15 laps, Tampe struggling early after a first corner altercation with Knauth, coming back for a second ahead of the fast charging Manalvo, O'Connor and Oleta fourth and fifth.

Short Course Truck - A great battle between Miller, Harris and Knauth with the trio swapping positions almost every corner, Harris coming out on top by 2.40 secs over Knauth, Miller 14.54 secs back in third after getting caught up in lapped traffic on the final lap, Ussher and Swan swapping spots to finish fourth and fifth, Offord, Jackson, William Brown, Michael Evans and Travis Fotheringham rounding out the Top 10 finishers.