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April 30, 2019

BRCA 1/10th IC Circuit Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the British 1/10th IC Circuit nationals took place this past weekend at the Adur circuit in the south of England. Dry but windy qualifying conditions would see the usual contenders battling for overall TQ. In 200mm it would be Joe Kerry with his Capricorn taking top spot some 4 seconds in front of Serpent’s John Zottl, with James Connolly rounding out the top 3 driving a Mugen. In 220mm GT, returning to the class, Serpent driver Mark Green dominated qualifying to claim pole position in front of the Capricorn of Glyn Beal and Richard Kozakiewicz also driving a Serpent. The GT8 support class would see Serpent’s Paul Bellinger taking overall TQ in front of the IGT8s of Glyn Beal and Rob Scott.

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April 29, 2019

Figueiredo & Duraes win at Portuguese Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Portuguese 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Guarda track this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo with the overall TQ from Serpent’s Carlos Duraes in 2nd and Mugen’s Ricardo Monteiro in 3rd. In the 45-minute the three would battle it out for the top 3 positions again and in the end the order would stay the same as in the qualifiers with Joao taking the win from Carlos 2nd and Ricardo 3rd.

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April 29, 2019

Tyler & Albano win at Tom Meyers memorial race

Speedworld Raceway of Roseville, California hosted the 1st annual Tom Meyers race over the weekend. Awesomatix driver, Eric Albano would take the overall TQ in the Touring Modified class, however after the triple A-mains it was Xray’s Lex Tyler with the win, despite some mixed 1-7-2 finishes. Eric, who scored 2-2-1 finished had to settle for 2nd after the tie-breaker with Team Associated’s David Jun coming in 3rd overall.

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April 29, 2019

Borja Rodriguez wins at Levante E-Buggy champs Rd5

The Circuito de Sant Joan de Moró track in Spain hosted round 5 of the Levante E-Buggy Championship this past weekend. The event attracted 37 entries and it was Borja Rodriguez with the overall TQ from Oscar Tinoco Alvarez in 2nd. When the dust had settled after the three qualifiers it was again Borja on top of things with Oscar coming in 2nd. Behind the two, Javier Cuenca Moratalla rounded out the podium result from Carlos Serra Albert 4th and Sergio Ramos Rodriguez 5th.

Source: XTR Racing [xtr-rc.com]

April 29, 2019

Shin Adachi takes FEMCA Buggy Championship

Gimpo in South Korea played host to the 2019 FEMCA Nitro Buggy Championship this past weekend. Mugen’s Shin Adachi took home the title from top qualifier Paphon Chanyasak. Ryan Lee came in 3rd overall to round out the podium for SWorkz. Si Minsu and Atsushi Hara came in 4th and 5th respectively and in front of 6th placed Kevin Lee and 7th placed Adrian Wicaksono. Veteran racer Yuichi Kanai ended the 45-minute encounter on the 8th spot, Meen V. came in 9th, Wataru Takashiro finished on the 10th spot and Jeon Hanyeong and Jason Nugroho completed the A-main result.

Image: Paphon Chanyasak

April 29, 2019

Clancy & Jones win at BRCA Truggy & E8 Nats Rd1

The opening round of the 2019 BRCA Truck and E-Buggy Nationals was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. In the 30-minute Truggy final it was Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy with the win a lap in front of Agama’s Jon Hazlewood. Tekno RC driver Mitchell Booth came in 3rd some 15 seconds shy of Jon. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was AE’s Lewis Jones with the win from AE’s Mike Lewis in 2nd as HB Racing’s Simon Reeves rounded out the top 3 podium result.

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April 29, 2019

Greiner takes exciting maiden 1/8th victory

Dominic Greiner has taken a hard fought win in the opening round of the ENS this afternoon in Italy. Better known for his 1/10th exploits, the Serpent driver pulled off a major upset, utilising a well executed tire and fuel strategy to get the better of multiple ENS Champion Simon Kurzbuch. A late flameout by Dario Balestri took the Infinity driver out of contention while mixing it at the front, ending up in 5th, allowing veteran racer Alberto Picco to pick up the pieces and claim 3rd. Coming home 4th, Lamberto Collari looked set early on to throw a curveball to his competitors by going 5 minutes between fuel stops, only to come short on the in lap of his 2nd stop. Having been stuck behind Carmine Raiola early in the 30 minute main, once passed Greiner had to set about catching the leading pair of Kurzbuch and Balestri, and was helped by doing 4 minutes between stops, his OS engine not as thirsty as the Novarossi based power units of those ahead. With all those up front on the same basic tire strategy, changing just the outside tires first and then all four, by the end of the race Greiner’s tires were done and with Kurzbuch catching him fast he said ‘I had to remain calm as I knew I had only one minute to go’. His first podium in the 1/8th class at ENS, the German praised the improvements made to his Serpent 988 over the winter and is looking forward to a competitive season.

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April 29, 2019

Teemu Leino wins ENS season opener in Italy

Teemu Leino has taken the win today in the 1/10th scale class at the opening round of the Euro Nitro Series in Bologna after rain caused a long delay in the day’s proceedings. The Finn took the victory from a hard charging Alessio Mazzeo, with pole man Leo Arnold having to settle for the final podium spot in 3rd after the he ran out of tires at the very end of the race. Thilo Todtmann would take 4th for Shepherd with Jilles Groskamp finishing up in 5th. Asked about his race win the Infinity driver simply said ‘the race was good’, noting that they changed their planned tire strategy during the race, going from an outside only tire stop to a full tire stop, after he felt that the track was more abrasive following the morning rain. Very pleased with the performance of his IF15, Leino was also quick to credit the very fast fuel and tire stops by his pitman Felix for him being able to take the lead in the 30 minute final. Running in 3rd for a very long time, his tire strategy played out in the final 5 minutes as he was able to pass both Mazzeo and Arnold within 1 lap of each other and go onto win the race even though he too began to run out of tires at the very end.

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