Kilic wins Italian Nationals Round 3 from Polito

Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic became the third different winner in as many rounds of the highly competitive AMSCI 1:8 Nitro Buggy Italian National Championship, the Turkish driver winning Round 3 at the NitroBuggy track in Genzone just ahead of Round 2 winner Mattia Polito.  In qualifying it was Kilic who took the TQ honours, the championship regular topping two of the four rounds.  Fastest in Q3, Kyosho’s Marco Baruffolo would secure 2nd at his home track ahead of reigning Champion & Round 1 winner Davide Ongaro with Polito ending up 4th.  With wins for Baruffolo and Ongaro in the Semi Finals, it was Baruffolo with the fastest win.  In the 45-minute final after plenty of closing racing it was Kilic’s Nova Engines powered MBX-8R that came out the winner just 6/10ths of a second ahead of Polito who set the fastest lap of the race with his Sworkz.  Baruffolo completed the podium with Ongaro’s Team Associated finishing 4th on the same lap.  With one round remaining in the championship, it is Polito who leads the standings from Ongaro with Kilic moving up into 3rd.  The fourth & final round doesn’t take place until November.

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