Drivers from Germany, Sweden, Korea, UK, Finland, Norway, Australia, Japan, Indonesia attended this event. Many big names of RC drivers attended this race like Jorn Neumann, Teemu Leino, Jiles Groskamp, Andy Moore and Robert Gustafsson.
The race format was 5 rounds of 10 minutes with 3 best rounds and the finals were run in 5 groups A-E with 5 drivers bump up. The weather was very hot and no rain during the race event. The track was hardpack, dusty and bumpy.
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During the qualifying times, I tried some car setup and tires since the track was bumpy and dusty. After 5 qualifying times took 3 best rounds, I got overall position at 8th and I started at 8th at main final A.
At the main final, during the first 30 minutes of race, I made some mistakes. The first 10 minutes, I need to chase better position from 14th position. I got better and better position after 40 minutes of racing I got 3rd position until the end of race.
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The race was tough and I was lucky because my car never flamed out even though the track was very dusty. My team mate, Indra Liono bumped up from 30 min of final B, he started at 15th and finished at 8th position on final A.
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1/8 Nitro Buggy
1. Jorn Neumann
2. Zac Ryan 3. Jason Nugroho - XRAY XB8
4. Wichpoorn Ruamlarp
5. Chavit Sirigupta
6. Paphon
7. Ben Panic 8. Indra Liono - XRAY XB8
9. Napatrapee Kaewjunun
10. Teemu Leino
11. Mongkolphan Game
12. Meen Verak
13. Witsarut Ruamlarp
14. Robert Gustafsson
15. Adrian Wicaksono
