2WD Qualifying

Mildura driver Logan Symes driving a B4 top qualified by winning rounds 2 and 5 and also has a 2nd in round 3.Right on his tail though were Chargers drivers David Lawrance and Alan Stonz both driving B4’s. Jeff Primmer driving a Losi CR came out of the blocks firing and won round 1 and qualified 4th.Others making the A Final were Chris Marshall, Matt Lawrance, Brendon C, Glenn Chivers, John Watkins and David Patrick.

Pre race favourite Scott Kirchner driving a B4 jumped out of the blocks and won round one in a very fast time and laid down the challenge to his rivals. Scott would also be fastest in rounds 3 and 5 which gave him pole position for the Finals. Matt Primmer who has hardly raced electric since last years nationals at Canberra qualified second with consistent driving through the rounds and even managed to go fastest in round 2.Third fastest was Team Losi driver Matthew Iverach followed by the ever improving Ryan Clarke, Leigh Cheeseman, Ryan Mc Coll, Paul Shannon, Ryan Andrews, Peter Scott and Daniel Watt.

Scott Kirchner's B4		Logan Symes B4
John Watkins's concourse winner		Jeff Primmer's Losi CR
David Lawrence		John with car
John Watkins on stand		Logan Symes on stand

2WD Finals

Leg 1.It was Logan Symes who converted his TQ into victory. For the entire race he was followed by David Lawrance but by race end Logan had a comfortable 7 second lead.Chris Marshall avoided the carnage on lap one and had a steady drive for third. Alan Stonz drove back through the field after being well down to take fourth.

Leg 2. This was a race Logan Symes would rather forget as he had more crashes than a test dummy. Capitalising on this was Alan Stonz who drove a consistent race to take the win. David Lawrance was second again followed by another Chargers RC driver Matt Lawrance who moved up from 6th on the grid.

Leg 3. Logan Symes did not start well and let David Lawrance into the lead with Alan Stonz right on their hammer. On lap 6 the two leaders came together and Logan was able to capitalise and take the win. David Lawrance slipped down to fourth but drove strongly to finish second and Stonz was third.

So it was young Logan Symes who took the title with two wins and David Lawrance was second after a count back with Alan Stonz. They were followed by Chris Marshall, Brendon C, Matt Lawrance, Jeff Primmer, John Watkins, Glenn Chivers and David Patrick. The B Final was won by Gavin Thompson from Roystan Ford, Rodney Mann, Darrin Davis, James and Anthony Angell.

Leg 1. Scott Kirchner lead from the start but crashed on lap 9 giving the lead to Matt Primmer, but Primmer only did a few more laps before his car suddenly stopped with a dead motor. This allowed Matt Iverach back into second after a bad start and Ryan Mc Coll finished third with a great drive from Leigh Cheeseman.

Leg 2. This was all Scott Kirchner who lead from start to finish and won his first title of the weekend. Leigh Cheeseman driving a Team C passed Matt Primmer on the last lap through the jump section on the last lap for second. Fourth was Daniel Watt who moved up from 10th on the grid driving a RB5.

Leg 3. Matt Iverach pushed Scott Kirchner all the way in this final but Scott dug deep and won by just over 1 second from Iverach.Ryan Clarke finished third from Matt Primmer.

So overall it was Scott Kirchner, Matt Iverach, Leigh Cheeseman, Matt Primmer, Ryan Clarke, Ryan McColl, Daniel Watt, Paul Shannon, Ryan Andrews and Peter Scott. The B Final was won by Reece Christiansen from Glen Flewers, Stephen Bailey, Brad Wallace and Andrew Prigg.

Jeff Primmer and Logan Symes		Matt Iva wrenching
Stock winner Logan Symes		Mod winner Scotty K
Matt Iva wrenching		Matt Iva with trophy

4WD Qualifying

New 2wd National Champion Logan Symes was looking for a double this weekend and he top qualified with two round wins and a second driving a B44.Veteran Chris Marshall was second only point behind Logan with a win in round 5 and two second placings. Chris was driving a B44 as well with a specially modified chassis that moved the batteries in and angled them slightly upwards. Alan Stonz was third with his Tamiya and also making the A was Brendon C, David Lawrance, Jeff Primmer, Damien Partridge, Matt Lawrance, Gavin Thompson and Warren Short.

This was a ding dong battle between Scott Kirchner driving a Yokomo B Max and Team Losi driver Matthew Iverach. Going into the last round both had 2 first placings and a second but Iverach broke his XXX4 in the last round giving the top qualifying spot to Kirchner. Third on the grid was Team C driver Leigh Cheeseman followed by Matt Primmer, Ryan McColl, Daniel Watt, Paul Shannon, Peter Scott and Reece Christiansen.

Scotty K's Yokomo		Scotty K's Yokomo
Scotty K's Yokomo		Chris Marshall's modified B44

4WD Finals

Leg 1. Top qualifier Logan Symes had a shocker and finished last in this race which meant the door was open for someone to stake their claim on the title. Well that was 6th qualifier Jeff Primmer driving a XXX4 who took full advance of the situation and won leg 1.Less than half a second back was Chris Marshall followed by Brendon C and Alan Stonz.

Leg 2. Logan had another bad run this time finishing 6th and blowing his chances of doing the double. This race had 5 different leaders but it was Alan Stonz who put it together when needed and he won Leg 2.Chris Marshall was second again with Jeff Primmer third and David Lawrance 4th.

Leg 3. Going into this leg we had Jeff Primmer and Chris Marshall tied on points with Alan Stonz just behind. Logan Symes finally put it all together for a win but he had a few nervous laps when Chris Marshall took over the lead on lap 4 but Logan regained it on lap 10 and powered on for the win. Chris Marshall took his third second placing and third was Stonz.

The top three tied on 18 points but on the dropped round Chris Marshall was the 2010 National Champion. Alan Stonz was second and Jeffery Primmer third. 4th was Brendon C followed by Logan Symes, David Lawrance, Matt Lawrance, Damien Partridge, Gavin Thompson and Warren Short. The B Final was won by David Patrick followed by Kym Nuske, Anthony Angell, Roystan Ford, Rodney Mann, Glenn Chivers, Brendon Grinham, Brad Burns, Aaron Sperling and Tyson Evans.

Leg 1- Scott Kirchner lead from the start to the finish and won by 2 seconds to Matthew Iverach and Leigh Cheeseman third.

Leg 2- Scott Kirchner tore the track apart and won his second title of the weekend. Ryan Clarke finished second and Leigh Cheeseman third again. Iverach finishing fourth.

Leg 3- Keeping his perfect finals record in tack Scott Kirchner won by over 9 seconds from Peter Scott who moved up from 9th on the grid but held out Matt Primmer by just 0.1 of a second. Fourth was Ryan Clarke with his B44. Leigh Cheeseman broke on lap 5 and Iverach crossed in 8th place also with a broken car.

When the points were added together Scott Kirchner won with Matt Iverach, Ryan Clarke and Leigh Cheeseman tying on points. On the count back Iverach was second and Clarke third. 4th was Leigh Cheeseman followed by Matt Primmer, Peter Scott, Ryan Mc Coll, Paul Shannon, Daniel Watt and Reece Christiansen. The B Finbal was won by Keith Williams then, Brad Wallace, Stephen Bailey, Glen Flewers, Daniel Lucas, Yarni Cambetis, Martin Lawlor, Andrew Prigg, Ryan Andrews and Shaun Kettels.

Mod winner Scotty K		2nd place Matty Iva
Stock 2nd place Alan Stonz		Scotty K wrenching

Truck Qualifying

Only a small field of 11 drivers and Alan Stonz had the top qualifying position wrapped up after the first three rounds. David Lawrance won the remaining 2 rounds to sit in second followed by new Keilor driver John Watkins. Others making the final were Glenn Chivers, Christopher Sticklen, Matt Lawrance, David Patrick, Anthony Angell, Roystan Ford and Darrin Davis.

Some drivers had some massive hangovers from the previous night so driving may not have been as sharp as usual in the early rounds. Scott Kirchner had a slow start with his Losi truck but then won the last four rounds giving him his third top qualifying spot of the weekend. Matthew Iverach was second again and Daniel Watt was third driving a borrowed Scott Jones truck making it a Losi 1,2,3 on the grid. Fourth was Leigh Cheeseman followed by Brad Wallace and Wayne Quinn.

This was a two way tussle between Keith Williams and Nathan Mullins. Both won two rounds but Keith took the top qualifying spot with a second in round three compared to Nathan’s third in round 4. Others in the finals were Shaun Kettels, Troy Reke, Brendon Grinham, Tyson Evans, Kev Rooney and Russell Noble.

Truck Finals

Leg 1. Alan Stonz checked out and won by a comfortable margin. Second was David Lawrance then Glenn Chivers making it a 1,2,3 for Chargers RC.

Leg 2. Alan Stonz lead until lap 10 where the pressure must have got to him as he had a massive lead but fell back through the field but this allowed Glenn Chivers to greet the chequered flag. Stonz regaining his composure fought back for second place and young gun Chistopher Sticklen was third making it another Chargers 1,2,3.

Leg 3. Alan Stonz had a shocker from the start and dropped to 5th on the first lap and David Lawrance took over the lead until lap 10. Stonz fighting his way back through the field again took over the lead and went onto win the race and the title. Chris Sticklen finished second in a great drive holding out David Lawrance who finished third.

A very happy Alan Stonz was the winner of the stock truck title and another happy camper in Glenn Chivers was second. On a count back and a wonderful result young Chris Sticklen was third followed by David Lawrance, David Patrick, Matt Lawrance, Athony Angell, Royston Ford, Darrin Davis and the luckless John Watkins who had three D.N.F’s.

Leg 1. Going for a clean sweep of all the modified classes Scott Kirchner lead from start to finish proving he was the fastest driver of the meet. Leigh Cheeseman put in a stella drive for second and Matt Iverach was third.

Leg 2. In a repeat of the first race Scott Kirchner was first, Leigh Cheeseman second and Matthew Iverach Third.

Leg 3. Clean sweep completed,it was Scott Kirchner, Leigh Cheeseman and Brad Wallace jumping into third. Matthew Iverach breaking on lap 9.

Another class and another win by Scott Kirchner with Leigh Cheeseman second and Matthew Iverach third. Fourth was Brad Wallace then Wayne Quinn and Daniel Watt.

As this was demo class it only had one final and Keith Williams converted his top qualifying spot into a win. Nathan Mullins followed him all the way and the last spot on the podium was taken by Troy Reke. Fourth was Brendon Grinham then Shaun Kettels, Russell Noble and Tyson Evans.

Mod truck top three		Top three again
Stock truck top three		Stock truck winner Stonzy
SC truck 1st place Keith Willams		SC truck 2nd place Nathan Mullins
SC truck 3rd place Tony Reke		Young gun John Watkins
Happy as Larry		Glen Chivers

Wrap Up

So that concluded the 2010 Electric Off Road Titles, congratulations to all the winners and to the club who hosted an awesome event and provided us with a sensational track. For those who did not make the effort to attend this meeting you missed a spectacular event with the most amazing weather and the kindest of hosts. The 2011 Nationals will be in Western Australia next year in January so start saving now.

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