Joona Haatanen crowned Finnish Nitro Buggy champ

The Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held in Vaasa this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class saw Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen taking the overall TQ after winning three of the five qualifying rounds while Joseph Quagraine (JQRacing) and Pekko Iivonen (Team Associated) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively, both taking a single qualifying round. In the 45-minute A-main final Joona holding the upper hand as he took the win with a lap margin from Mugen’s Ari Heinonen in 2nd while Pekko Iivonen rounded out the top 3 result only 1.1 seconds behind Ari.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]