The track was the best many have raced on in Victoria this year, out door clay with great traction and the temps where going to be high all weekend 27 to 34c. Perfect for a State title race!
Tekin factory driver Ash Peeler would take the overall Tq position in the ST Truck class which features 10.5 motors only. Starting from his P1 position Ash would take the first two rounds handily by over 10 seconds each to take the overall title. Ash would use the Tekin RSX Redline Gen2 10.5 motor to win his State Title.
Ash had a good showing in 4wd Mod buggy with his Tekin powered TLR 22-4 starting from P3 for the Triple A-mains. Ash recaps: “4wd first final saw me in third for most of the race after a bobble two laps to go, dropped me to 5th where I would finish. In the A-2 I had a good start and made it up to 2nd with 6 laps to go. The leader National Champion Mr Josh Pain was 6 seconds in front of me. My Tekin RSX Redline Gen2 6.5 powered TLR 22-4 and I would push hard making a second a lap on him! With a lap to go I just could not get past and finished half a second behind him. With Josh winning the first two mains it was a battle for second and the race was going well until a super hard hit from the side would snap my front belt and end my race, which would see me finish 4th overall.”
“As Always I would like to thank my sponsors, that help make it all possible. Tekin for the great support keeping all my cars going fast and smooth, TLR Australia for the great vehicles and support, JConcepts for the tires, wheel, body, and wing support, Savox for the servos and Stickit 1 graphics for the skins and Decals, James at PMS paint for the sweet paint jobs. I would also like to thank the club Knox Offroad car club for the awesome track and all the other racers for the good times, which is always as important as the racing.” Ash Peeler