Round two of the Bali Regional Buggy Championships was recently held at the Wilson track in Bali. In the 60 minute main final Willy Santana would take the overall win from Damar in second and Yoko Soemarto in third. Agung and Yulis would round out the top 5 result.
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The opening round of the Jakarta Regional series was held in Graha Bintaro over the weekend. Xray’s Jason Nugroho took the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also bring home the win in the main final with his Novarossi-powered ride. John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) came in second while Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) completed the top 3 podium result. Behind the three Chopin Yusuf (TLR/Novarossi) and Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) rounded out the top 5.
Source: Jason Nugroho
The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the Deerdale track. The main final saw a close fight between Kyosho’s Elliott Boots, Agama’s Darren Bloomfield and Mugen driver Lee Martin. Neil Cragg (Team Associated) at first broke away from the three but he suffered issues early in the race, allowing Elliott to grab the day’s win in difficult track and weather conditions with high winds from Bloomfield and Martin.
Source: Elliott Boots
The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro Buggy championship was held this past weekend at the Silla track in Valencia. 10-times national champion, Robert Batlle (Mugen) would take the TQ but hot on his heals was young Juan Carlos Canas (Mugen) who would take the 2 spot after the qualifiers from Mugen team mate Oscar Baldo. After the semis, Robert would still be on top to go from pole position into the A-main with the Mugen duo of Oscar and Bryan Baldo claiming the positions behind the Spanish record champion. The final then was a lively affair for Robert who at first lost a couple of positions due to a flame out but he reclaimed the lead to take the day’s win from Bryan Baldo while Portugal’s Ricardo Monteiro (TLR) grabbed the final podium spot.
The second round of the Indonesian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the SIS track in North Jakarta with a total of 50 racers attending in the three classes of Touring Open, FWD and Mini. The sugarwatered track offered a highspeed layout but the overall grip was described as complicated by some. In the Touring Open class Bowie Ginting took the overall TQ by securing round 2 and 3 but he would struggle in the mains as he only had one of the two allowed tyres sets at hand due to one set being unusable. Anyway Bowie was able to bring home the win in the opening A-main due to his closest competitor, Muhammad Izzah, making a series of mistakes despite being around 0.3 seconds faster per lap on fresh tyres.
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Ronald Volker finally got the defence of his Yokomo Euro Touring Series title on track with the first win of the season at Round 3 in Austria. After fending off an intense challenge from ETS Germany winner Bruno Coelho in A1, the Yokomo driver took a relatively easy A2 win finishing more than a second clear of his Xray rival. A race that would see the Top 5 finish as they started, ETS Czech winner Marc Rheinard finished the leg third a further 1.3 seconds back followed by Alexander Hagberg and Viljami Kutvonen. Wrapping up his first win in almost a year, which he incidentally was also claimed in Austria, Volker becomes the third different winner of the season as the championship now prepares to move outdoors onto asphalt for the second half of the season.
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Ronald Volker saw off intense pressure from Bruno Coelho to win the opening A-Main at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria this morning. Top Qualifier for the race, the only let up for Volker came when Coelho’s car tapped the boards but he quickly recovered with his Xray again all over the rear bumper of the Yokomo. Despite laying down the fastest lap of the final on his penultimate lap, a slow final lap meant Volker would hold on to win by 3/10th of a second. Behind them Viljami Kutvonen would complete the Top 3 almost 4-seconds back, the Awesomatix driver benefiting from Alexander Hagberg making contact with Marc Rheinard in the 2nd minute of the race. Rheinard would end the race 4th, 9/10th back from Viljami followed by Hagberg and Team Associated’s Juho Levanen.
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Reigning Yokomo Euro Touring Series Champion Ronald Volker has claimed his first overall TQ of Season #9. The Yokomo driver, who holds the record for the most pole position starts in the championship’s history, claimed his 19th Top Qualifier honours by making it three from three in the penultimate round of qualifying in Austria. Taking the first two qualifiers after mistakes from Bruno Coelho, Volker would again benefit from problems for Coelho, the Xray driver clearly irate with the driving of Marc Rheinard with whom he shares the points lead in overall championship standings. Holding the top spot on the time sheets for almost 2-minutes, a great drive from Awesomatix’s Viljami Kutvonen would see him post the third fastest time behind Volker and Coelho, the Top 3 separated by 8/10ths of a second.
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