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Kyosho Dominates NEO 2011

The 2011 NeoBuggy Race was once again held at Harper Adams in the UK during the week of April 22nd - 25th.  The NeoBuggy Race is known as the biggest race of the year in Europe along with the 1/8 Euros later in the year. Kyosho had one of the largest teams at the event consisting of 2-Time Winner Jared Tebo, Current 1/8 World Champion Cody King, Jerome Aigion, Shin Adachi, and young talent David Ronnefalk.

After the 3rd round of qualifying was ran, the prestigious NeoBuggy 2011 Juniors A-Main Event was ran. This is always a big event for the up and coming kids of R/C. This years winner was Kyosho/Team Orion/AKA's David Ronnefalk who would go onto take the win over some very tough competition with his Kyosho MP9 TKI2 WC. In 2nd place was World's Finalist Kyle McBride for Durango with Micke Johansson rounding out the podium with his Kyosho MP9 TKI2 WC!

After qualifying was complete, it was Kyosho/Team Orion/AKA's Jared Tebo that would TQ the event with his Kyosho MP9 TKI WC. This would put Jared into the odd Semi where he would start first. Tebo would then go onto win the Semi Final in convincing fashion to guarantee him the first starting position for the 45-minute A-Main Event. Also making the A-Main for Kyosho was Cody King, Jerome Aigoin, and Shin Adachi making it 4 Kyosho buggies in the A-Main! Kyosho would have the most cars in the A-Main by any manufacturer!

As the tone went off to start the 45-minute A-Main, Tebo started out with a fast and consistant pace to pull away from the field each lap. After the first round of pit stops, it was still Tebo out front and stretching out his lead. Now approaching the halfway point of the A-Main, Tebo had built up a 17 second lead on 2nd place. As the race ended, it was Tebo crossing the finish line first being the only driver to made it by for the 76th lap! This would also be Tebo's 3rd time attending the NeoBuggy Race and for the 3rd time he has left as the Champion!

1/8 Pro Buggy Overall Finishing Order
1. Jared Tebo (TQ)  Kyosho MP9 TKI2 WC
2. Robert Battle         Mugen
3. Ryan Cavalieri        Associated
4. Darren Bloomfield   TLR
5. Neil Cragg             Associated
6. Ryan Maifield        Associated
7. Cody King           Kyosho MP9 TKI2 WC
8. Martin Bayer         TLR
9. Adam Drake         TLR
10. Jerome Aigoin  Kyosho MP9 TKI2 WC
11. Atsushi Hara       Hot Bodies
12. Simon Willetts    Mugen
13. Jorn Neumann    Durango
14. Shin Adachi     Kyosho MP9 TKI2 WC
15. Ryan Lutz           Durango

 
Thanks to neobuggy.net and liverc.com for race coverage pictures