Osacar Baldo wins Spanish Nitro Buggy opener

The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro Off-Road Nationals was held this past weekend and to the surprise of many the race marked the end of an era. After 9 years of dominating the championship, except for two races were he was hampered by technical issues, Robert Batlle did not win a round of the Spanish 1/8th nationals. Instead round one saw a legit win of Oscar Baldo with whom Robert had some very nice battles until the very last lap. Oscar’s race for the win seemed to be in doubt early in the main when he crashed and dropped to 12th place and even stalled the engine but with a great recovery he managed to get to the top of the field again to fight with Robert and to take the win. Behind Oscar and Robert, Bryan Baldo, who started from the pole position, rounded out the all-Mugen podium in 3rd.

A-main result:
1. Oscar Baldo – 66L 45:18.6
2. Robert Batlle – 66L 45:19.3
3. Bryan Baldo – 66L 45:33.3
4. Javier Pombo – 64L 45:07.8
5. Borja Hernandez – 64L 45:11.2
6. Alberto Garcia – 64L 45:13.3
7. Alejandro Baras – 64L 45:16.3
8. Jorge Soler – 63L 45:04.2
9. Joan Espasa – 63L 45:23.3
10.Juanma Vera – 62L 45:28.5
11.Daniel Vega – 55L 45:24.6
12.Joao Figueredo – 38L 31:59.8

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]