Kaerup locks up early TQ in Australia with 3 from 3
Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup has locked up an early overall TQ at the IFMAR 1:10 2WD Buggy World Championships in Sydney, the Dane taking a clean sweep of the opening 3 rounds of qualifying to secure his second WC Top Qualifier honours in the space of a month. Fresh from his 1:8 eBuggy World Championship win in Portugal, once the 17-year-old found his rhythm on the Hills RC Off Road track yesterday he has been pretty much untouchable topping seeding and today carrying that momentum into qualifying. While Davey Batta signalled he might give his team-mate a run for his money and keep the fight for the TQ going, it wasn’t to be as the American ran out of tyres in Q3. In the end it was a rejuvenated Spencer Rivkin who would end up Kaerup’s closest challenger, the pair the first to go 12-laps over the 5-minutes however running in the second fastest heat Rivkin, thinking his run was done, stopped on his last lap before realising him mistake but he lost almost 4-seconds – Kaerup beating his time by 3.5-seconds. The second fastest heat would again see some impressive times with Schumacher pairing Broc Champlin and Daniel Kobbevik again setting the 3rd and 4th fastest time respectively. Reigning British Champion Tommy Hall enjoyed a strong Q3 breaking into the Top 10 for the first time with a P5 ahead of Batta.
