Bernadzik reigns down under at Asian Buggy C/ships

Alex Bernadzik reigned at Asian Buggy Championships in Australia, the Team Associated driver carrying his qualifying form into the finals to win both Nitro and Electric Buggy.  Top Qualifier for both categories, Bernadzik’s first win at the Pine Hills Dirt Racing circuit came in eBuggy.  In the first of the triple A-Mains he would win from the Tekno of Caleb Noble with another win in A2 from Christopher Sturdy locking in victory for the second round of the Scotty Ernst run championship.  With Sturdy winning A3 it was to be an AE 1-2 on the podium which was completed by Noble.  The 45-minute Nitro final saw early mistakes from Bernadzik dropping him into the mid pack while Noble led the way until he was delayed by a fuel gun issue at the first fuel stop.  As the race reached the half way mark Bernadzik was back in the lead from were he controlled the race to complete the perfect weekend.  Noble would get second for his efforts ahead of Zac Ryan, a key figure in get the Asian Buggy Championships to Brisbane, finishing third with his HB Racing.  Aaron Dexter would finish fourth ahead of an impressive performance from 11-year Zac Foster in fifth.

In Truggy it was a nitro win for Noble who starting from the TQ was the class of the field.  Having attended the opening round at the Philippine Masters and now racing at his home track Jackson Beale was second with Jordan Van, also a finalist in Manila, making it an all Tekno podium.  In eTruggy, Nathan Healy had the perfect weekend topping all four qualifiers and wrapping up victory with wins in A1 & 2.  Mark Turner and Corey Tate joined the youngster on the podium.

Images: Asian Buggy Championships [asianbuggychamps.com]