Michael Easton and Tripp Burd win F18 U.S. National Championship

Published on October 25th, 2014

Corpus Christi, TX (October 24, 2014) – Light winds prevailed on the fifth and final day of the F18 U.S. National Championship, with a final race fit in to complete a 14 race series. Michael Easton and Tripp Burd (USA) won the first race of the event, and stayed on top of the standings throughout to take the title. Three points back in second was Cruz Gonzalez Smith/Mariano Heuser (ARG) with John Casey/Colin Page (USA) finishing third.

Final Standings (Top 10 of 40; 14 races, 2 discards)
1. USA 11, Ronstan, Michael Easton/Tripp Burd, 1-1-3-4-3-3-[6]-3-1-2-2-2-2-[8]- ; 27
2. ARG1785, Tuluka, Cruz Gonzalez Smith/Mariano Heuser, [8]-5-2-2-2-2-2-[8]-6-1-1-4-1-2- ; 30
3. USA 80, Wet Yeti, John Casey/Colin Page, 2-4-4-1-[15]-6-1-2-4-[7]-6-1-6-4- ; 41
4. NED 1803, Nacra Infusion, Gunnar Larsen/Ferdinand VonWest, 3-[7]-6-3-5-5-4-5-3-3-[8]-3-3-1- ; 44
5. USA 7, C2 Red Gear Racing, Robbie Daniel/Karl Brogger, 9-[16]-[10]-6-4-7-3-4-2-4-7-6-7-5- ; 64
6. NED, Juan Faustin/Nicolas Aragones, 5-2-1-10-13-1-5-1-13-5-4-[17]-8/MEA*-[32]- ; 68T
7. USA 315, 2 Wire Sailing, John Tomko/Jonathan Atwood, 6-[10]-5-5-1-8-10-7-5-[11]-3-7-5-6- ; 68T
8. USA 111, Waveyheaven, Charles Tomeo/Dalton Tebo, [31]-3-9-[18]-6-4-7-9-10-6-10-9-17-9- ; 99
9. USA 192, ShackAttack, Ken Marshack/Eric Marshack, 4-11-8-8-7-[41/DNF]-8-10-19-9-14-[27]-19-7- ; 124
10. USA 753, Garbage Truck, Brooks Reed/Jeff Dusek, 11-18-13-16-[25]-17-17-17-[22]-10-9-5-4-10- ; 147T

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