2013 North-West Championship Tour finale – Report

The 2013 North-West Championship Tour (NCT) finale was held this past weekend in Pasco, WA. This would be the 6th and final stop of this years series. Over the past 6 months, the NCT Series has hit six of the best outdoor tracks in The Great North-West. The race schedule saw controlled practice on Friday, three qualifying rounds on Saturday and lower bump-up mains and triple A-mains on Sunday. In 2WD Modified Buggy Kyosho’s Joe Pillars went on to TQ all three rounds of qualifying while Kyosho’s Austin Seim went onto take the wins in A-main number 1 and 2 to take the 2WD Modified Buggy overall win for the weekend. Pillars would finish 2nd in the first two A-mains after a great battle with Austin, and took a convincing win in the last A-main to finish 2nd overall. Roger Seim put in a strong showing during all three A-Mains and would tie for 3rd overall with AE’s Chris Nealeigh. After the tie breaker was calculated by each drivers 2 best finishes along with laps and times added together, it was Nealeigh just edging out Seim for 3rd overall.

2wd Modified Buggy Top 3
1. Austin Seim – RB6
2. Joe Pillars – Kyosho
3. Chris Nealeigh – AE

Joe Pillars also went on to TQ all 3 rounds of qualifying in the Modified Truck class. He went onto dominate the first two A-mains by leading every lap and taking the overall win for the weekend with his Team Orion powered Kyosho RT5.

Modified Truck Top 3
1. Joe Pillars – Kyosho
2. Dave Gullickson – AE
3. Mike Hudson – AE

Thanks to Joe Pillars for sending the report.