TONY TRUMAN KEEPS A COOL HEAD TO TAKE ROUND 3 OF THE ASTROTURF MASTERS!

The weather may be getting a bit on the nippy side now that summer is a distant memory, but it takes more than the threat of wind, rain, snow, hail and fog to put off a true off-road racer…..especially when you have a quality all weather track like Kidderminster to call upon!

Some of the countries best ‘in the rough’ racers recently took to the track for the 3rd round of the Midland AstroTurf Masters four wheel drive class.

Despite strong competition and struggling a little in the first two rounds of qualifying, young Tony Truman showed that he was the class of the field by comfortably taking the last two rounds to put himself in pole position for the final.

Top ten after qualifying:
1 Tony Truman Losi XX4we
2 Chris Rowcliffe Yokomo MR4BX
3 Paul Robinson Predator X10
4 Andy Fraser J Concepts BJ4 Worlds
5 Craig Harris Atomic Carbon S4
6 Simon Reeves Losi XX4we
7 Alec Springer X-Factory X5
8 Brian Preddy Losi XX4we
9 Chris Dyke Losi XX4we
10 Ken Reith Atomic Carbon S4
A brilliant performance from Tony Truman driving his XX4 click here for his set-up.
Come the A-final, Tony piloted his Trinity powered XX-4 with great skill and maturity to show the others a clean pair of heels, leading from start to finish and crossing the finish line 9 seconds ahead of 2nd place, a fantastic result!
Final Results
1 Tony Truman 15-313.99
2 Paul Robinson 14-302.54
3 Simon Reeves 14-305.16
4 Craig Harris 14-313.70
5 Alec Springer 14-315.55
6 Andy Fraser 14-321.96
7 Chris Dyke 13-306.76
8 Ken Reith 13-309.10
9 Chris Rowcliffe 0-DNF
10 Brian Preddy 0-DNF

The XX-4s of Simon Reeves, Chris Dyke and Brian
Preddy also made it into the A final.

Our thanks to Brian Preddy for the results and pictures. The rest of the Astroturf Masters dates are below, for more details of the series and to enter click here.

Round 4 Coventry 26th November
Round 5 Kidderminster 14th January
Round 6 Coventry 28th January
Round 7 Kidderminster 11th February
Round 8 Coventry 25th February

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