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September 24, 2019

SBS 1/10 EP Malaysian Major League Rd5 – Report

The final round of the 2019 SBS 1/10 EP Malaysian Major League was held last weekend at the SBS Speedway in Sg Buloh, Malaysia. Albeit a lower turnout than usual, competition remained stiff as ever with the country’s fastest drivers making their appearance this round, including 1/8 GT IFMAR World Champion, Jade Lim. In 2WD Modified Buggy, Bashir (Team Associated) did not show any signs of slowing down knowing that he already had more than enough lead in the points to be crowned the overall champion. It was a strong fight between him and Jade (Team Associated) in all three finals but Jade managed to win the first two mains to take the win. Bashir finished 2nd and Aaron (Xray) sealed a 3rd place overall.

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September 24, 2019

Naoto Matsukura wins at International Nitro Grand Prix

The RCMC Singapore club held the Infinity International Nitro Grand Prix last weekend, attracting some of the World’s fastest nitro on-road drivers. The event was held in 1/8th and 1/5th scale classes and saw Infinity’s Jesse Davis taking the overall TQ from Infinity teammate, Naoto Matsukura in 2nd. The 45-minute main final then was a pretty close affair with Naoto taking the win by less than a second from veteran racer, Infinity’s Alberto Picco while Rick Vrielijnck (Infinity) came in 3rd, some nine laps down, to round out the podium result in 3rd.

Image: Alberto Picco

September 24, 2019

Hächler & Scherer win at Swiss IC Track Nats Rd5

The fifth and final round of the Swiss IC Track Nationals was held at the challenging MRC Langenthal track last weekend. In the premier 1/8th IC Track class it was Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch with a clean sweep after the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from ARC’s Silvio Hächler. In the 45-minute A-main however it was Silvio who turned the page, taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Simon Kurzbuch while Xray’s Mattia Pesenti came in 3rd to round out the podium. Overall in the Championship his 2nd place finish was enough for Simon Kurzbuch to bring home the overall title from Xray’s Luca Martinelli in 2nd and Mattia Pesenti, who attended only four races, in 3rd.

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September 24, 2019

2019 BuggyCup Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the BuggyCup was held at the Raco2000 track in Utrecht, The Netherlands last weekend. In the Nitro Sportsman class it was Jeffrey Halsema (Team Associated/Maxima) with the win from Colin Meijer (Serpent/Reds Racing) in 2nd and Anne Storm (JQRacing/Bullitt) who would round out the podium in 3rd.

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September 24, 2019

Joe Bornhorst doubles at East Coast Race Against Cancer

LCRC Raceway of Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania held the 2019 East Coast Race Against Cancer last weekend, attracting over 400 entries. The Expert Nitro Buggy class was TQ’d by HB Racing’s Jason Schreffler, however in the 25-minute A-main event it was 2nd place qualifier, Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the win a lap in front of Tekno RC’s Jared Wiggins while Team Associated’s Jamie Greyek came in 3rd to round out the podium another eleven seconds behind. TQ Jason Schreffler had to settle for 4th overall.

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September 24, 2019

Adam Drake wins at Revelation Raceway Club race

Revelation Raceway held their September Club race last weekend, attracting nearly 60 entries. In Open Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Xray’s Tommy Montague in 2nd, a lap down. Only 5.6 seconds behind, it was Mugen’s Ronda Drake with a 3rd place finish to round out the podium result.

Source: Flash Point [flashpointrc.com]

September 24, 2019

DJ Apolaro takes ROAR 1/8th IC Track National title

Last weekend’s 2019 ROAR Nitro On-road Nationals, held at the Toledo One Eighth Racers, saw Capricorn’s DJ Apolaro walking away with the win in the 1/8th Open class. DJ snatched the overall TQ after the qualifiers and he also came out on top in the ultra-close 30-minute A-main event that had Paolo Morganti (Capricorn) finish in 2nd, only 6.6 seconds behind DJ while Serpent’s Joaquin Desoto came in 3rd to round out the top 3 just 0.052 seconds behind Paolo.

Image: Bryce Butterfield

September 23, 2019

Luke Lee grabs BRCA Formula title

The seventh round of the BRCA Clubmans series was held at the Bedworth track in the usual Touring Stock and Formula classes. Despite missing Saturday’s practice, it was Luke Lee who made a clean sweep in qualifying to take the overall TQ in the Formula class. Onto the finals and on pole with a clear track ahead of him, Luke didn’t look back in leg 1, as he managed to create a gap and keep it for the whole race. Leg 2 however was not so straight forward. A mistake on the opening laps dropped Luke down the field and he tried to work his way though, but a few cars were beginning to struggle with rear grip under braking so on a couple of occasions they touched resulting in Luke waiting for them to regain track position ahead of him. Eventually Luke worked his way through the field and with just a minute to go there was a big gap to the lead car but he pushed hard and on the penultimate lap he was nose to tail, and he made a hard move to get passed but pushed the leader into a slide so he conceded the place back. With just one lap to go Luke tried a few places to get passed but eventually just a couple of corners from the end he managed to find a way past and took the win by just 0.17 seconds. Behind him it was Michal Lee on the runner-up from Lee Owen in 3rd, completing an all-Xray top 3. With the win Luke also took the overall championship with the maximum points score.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]