Canas wins Buggyland 12

The twelfth edition of Buggyland took place in Madrid, Spain, over the weekend where it was Sworkz’s Juan Carlos Canas who took the win in both Nitro and Electric Buggy.  Racing at the CARTT Fuencarral track, the signature event of track builder Miguelo Izquierdo Rodriguez would be missing its 2024 double Champion Davide Ongaro who was racing in Australia at the 1:10 Offroad World Championships.  In qualifying it was 2024 1:8 Buggy Top Qualifier Canas who topped all three rounds to secure the TQ ahead of Mugen Seiki’s Berkan Kilic who had engines issue in Q2 & 3, Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton, and Sworkz’s Mattia Polito.  In the 1-hour final, 16 buggies making up the starting grid, Canas would take the win ahead the Tekno of fifth place qualifier Daniel Pariente and Polito with Kilic one of a number retirements.  Sworkz’s Elliot Boots would finish fourth having qualified 11th with FEMCA Champion Phi-Long Nguyen completing the Top 5 with his Kyosho setting the fastest lap of the race.  In eBuggy qualifying it was also Canas who was the benchmark with the Spaniard taking the TQ ahead of Pariente, Kilic, and Boots.  Winning the first two 10-minute encounters Canas wrapped up the overall with Pariente taking A3 to secure second ahead of Boots.

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