Carlos Pineda takes the 2012 1/10 2wd Spanish Nats title!
Last weekend was the last Rnd of Spanish Nats for 2wd 1/10 buggy held in Barcelona and three drivers were on their way to the title, Zacarias Villalba, Carlos Pineda and Enrique Fuciños, all three needed the victory.
Pineda dominated all 8 rounds of practice but Villalba changed the situation winning the first two round of qualifying then Pineda react and won the third and fourth. They must fight for the TQ on last round, Carlos pushed very hard and made the best time of the weekend with the time of 5:02 11 laps. Zacarias was in the next heat and tried to push very hard but one mistake ended his options for the TQ. Third place went to David Escudero, Fuciños couldn’t pass the cut for the A-main and lost his chance for the title.
The final was a head to head between Zacarias and Carlos. In A1 we saw a hard fight for the first place when all seems that Villalba won the final his Ansman stopped on the last corner and Pineda took the victory. A2 was a similar history with a fight between the two drivers, but this time the Fasol-team Associated driver Pineda made no mistakes in the final winning it, the race and the championship by leg 3. In A3 Pineda was pushing very hard since the start until a mistake of Zacarias this put Pineda in the lead till the end.
Final Results:
1) Carlos Pineda Vidal-Associated
2) Zacarias Villalba-Ansman
3) Roger Sancho Gomez-Associated
4) Juanma Lerma Flores-Ansman
5) Josep Galiesto Matinez-Associated
6) Ramon Guasch Palma-Durango
7) David Escudero Sampera-Associated
8) Francesc Coy Sentis-Durango
9) David Bustos Flores-Yokomo
10) Carles Echarri-Durango
SOURCE: www.Rcinsider.com
