The second round of the Arrowmax Cup Singapore Series was held this past weekend. In the Modified class, which concurrently served as the second round of the Singapore National Series, Dominic Quek (Xray) battled it out with Nicholas Lee (Yokomo). Taking TQ after the four rounds of qualifying, Nicholas had the edge going into the triple finals. A1 went Nicholas’ way with a strong run despite early pressure from Dominic.
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The 10th running of the UK Dirt Masters was held at the Clanfield RC track recently. The drivers were treated to wonderful weather and the famous 3D track layout made for a lot of fun for everyone. In Nitro Buggy Agama’s Darren Bloomfield would take a convincing win, a lap up on 2nd placed Jack Embling (SWorkz). Kevin Brunsden (SWorkz) rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
The Banana RC Track of Batam, Riau Islands played host to the JQ The Race event his past weekend. A total of 24 drivers from Finland, Singapore, Jakarta, Bandung, Kendari, Medan as well local drivers attended the race that was held in mixed weather conditions. The weather was nice and hot in the morning but unfortunately after two qualifying rounds, a rain storm stopped the qualifying. Due to the heavy rain, that stayed for about three hours, the race director decided to take the best qualifier to determine the starting grid. JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine took the TQ honours and he also came out on top after the 45-minute main final, taking the win from Stanley Wangsanegara 2nd and Jason Nugroho 3rd.
The RC Land 23 track played host to the all-Japan 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championships this past weekend. In the Expert class Yusuke Sugiura and veteran racer, Atsushi Hara battled for the overall TQ with Yusuke ultimately holding the upper hand as Hara had to settle for 2nd after the qualifiers. Kenji Tsuruta would come in 3rd and as the organisers had to cancel the finals due to rain, the qualifying results would also determine the overall standings, handing Yusuke the 2017 championship title.
Image: Kenji Tsuruta
The opening round of the popular 2017/18 Mibosport Cup kicked off in Hrotovice with 225 entries for the eight on-road and off-road classes. New for this season are a 2WD Stock Buggy and the 1/10th Pan Car class to offer the drivers even more possibilities to show their potential. The weekend started off on Friday afternoon when drivers were able to set up their pit areas and later free and controlled practice was offered to seed the drivers for Saturday’s qualifiers. On Saturday morning a couple of runs were reserved for the drivers who did not made it to the track on Friday and soon after the event officially kicked off.
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A round of the Colombian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Pista Piamonti track recently. In the Nitro Truggy class it was Joan Jose Serna with the win. Elsewhere in the Nitro Buggy class it was Juan would take the TQ position after the qualifiers but two unfortunate flameouts in the main final meant he wasn’t able to compete for a podium spot.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The inaugural International Offroad Carpet Championship was held at Westgate Resort and Casino this week. This is the first carpet off-road race by Scotty Ernst in Las Vegas making it nearly two weeks of racing with its sibling event the IIC right before. Using CRC Fasttrak II black carpet, the racers were treated to a high-grip experience and flowing layout that challenged the drivers and provided close racing. In Modified 2WD Buggy, it was Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield who was in peak form, establishing TQ and going on to take the overall win in the first two mains in a dominant performance. Behind him, the battles raged for the remaining spots on the podium. Current IFMAR 2WD World Champion Spencer Rivkin (Team Associated), showed his signature speed but couldn’t close the gap to Maifield and was forced to go for the silver in main three. However, it wasn’t easy for Rivkin and he was hounded by Team Associated’s Broc Champlin for the first few minutes. As a battle unfolded, Champlin and Rivkin touched wheels with Champlin receiving the worst of it. Champlin had a chance to rally back, but made a few mistakes and was gapped by Rivkin. Champlin stayed in control for a very respectable third overall.
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The opening round of the 2017/18 Hungarian Electric Championship kicked off in Kartal, Hungary. The series will be held during Fall and Winter on several carpet tracks and in both off-road and on-road classes. In 2WD Buggy Zsolt Bajusz Junior, Balint Rajki and Zsolt Bajusz made up the top 3 positions after the qualifying. In the opening A-main Zsolt Jr. and Rajki had a nice run with Balint waiting for a mistake of Zsolt but the latter had a flawless run and so the two would come in 1-2 and separated by only 0.2s. The second main was a different affair though as Balint made an early mistake while the leader had a comfortable gap. The lead would change many times though and ultimately it was Balint with the win in A2. For A3 Zsolt Jr. tried different tyres but it did not went to plan for him and Balint was able to get into the lead and bring home the win and with it the overall victory from Zsolt Bajusz Jr. and Daniel Schweizer.
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