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May 14, 2018

Adam Drake sweeps JBRL Nitro Series Rd2

Round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Palm Desert Raceway this past weekend. Adam Drake was the man to beat in the Expert Buggy, Open Truggy and Open E-Buggy as he TQ all three of them. The 20-minute Expert Buggy A-main then also went in Adam’s favour as he took the win with a 1-lap margin from Anthony Westergaard 2nd and Mason Eppley 3rd. The 20-minute Open Truggy A-main also had Adam taking the win, this time with a 2-lap margin from Carlos Arredondo on the runner-up spot and Dean Rock in 3rd. Finally in the single 10-minute Open E-Buggy main it was once again Adam Drake who excelled. Drake left behind Mason Eppley and Steve Harris in 2nd and 3rd respectively for a clean sweep.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

May 14, 2018

Leo Arnold wins at French 200mm Nats Rd3

The third round of this season’s French 1/10th 200mm National Championship was held at the popular Clermont-Ferrand track. The Elite class practice saw Basile Concialdi on top while the qualifiers had Quentin Leroux coming out fastest. In the 45-minute A-main final however it was Xray’s Leo Arnold who excelled as the took the win some five laps on front of Basile Concialdi (Shepherd) as Quentin Leroux (Capricorn) had to settle for 3rd, another two laps down.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com] | Image: Basile Concialdi

May 14, 2018

Koegler & Sartel successful at French BL Champs Rd3

Round 3 of the French 1/8th Brushless Championship was held at the TTRC90 track in Bermont this past weekend. On Saturday the practice rounds were held on a nicely prepared and technical track and under nice weather conditions, however things turned 180 degrees on Sunday when in the wet conditions the track got very slippery and the race was called a day after the 3rd rounds of finals. Ultimately it was TLR’s Felix Koegler with the TQ and win in the E-Buggy class from Jerome Sartel (TLR) on the 2 spot. Cyril Baldini (Team Associated) would round out the top 3. The E-Truggy class also saw Felix Koegler taking the pole position for the A-mains, however it was TLR teammate, Jerome Sartel with the overall win from Felix 2nd and Theo Lemaire (TLR) in 3rd.

View the E-Truggy podium here

May 14, 2018

Indonesia Buggy Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of this year’s Indonesia National Buggy Championship was held at the MRCC track in Medan, North Sumatera. A total of 45 drivers from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, Solo, Pontianak, Banjarmasin as well as local drivers attended this event that originally saw six rounds of 10-minutes qualifying, but due to heavy rain after round 3, the race director decided to take the best two of four rounds. After the fourth, pretty muddy, qualifying round on Sunday, Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) took the TQ honours and he also secured the win in the 45-minute main final followed by Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/O.S.) and Stanley Wangsanegara (HB Racing/O.S.) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the final results here

May 14, 2018

Elliott Boots doubles at Kyosho Masters France

The 20th Annual Kyosho Masters France was held this past weekend at the Sucy en Brie track, attracting many French Kyosho drivers as well as guest from oversea such as Jared Tebo or Yuichi Kanai. In the premier Elite Nitro Buggy class the fight for the win was on between UK’s Elliott Boots and American guest, Jared Tebo. The latter was able to snatch the pole position after the semifinals, however too many mistakes cost him the win in the entertaining 45-minutes main final that saw many lead changes and that was ultimately won by Elliott Boots. Rayan Medjoubi came in 3rd to round out the podium. In the 4-leg E-Buggy A-main Elliott made a clean sweep in the opening three mains to take another win this weekend from Jared Tebo 2nd and Rayan Medjoubi 3rd.

Image: Jared Tebo

May 14, 2018

Coelho extends ETS lead with Andernach win

Bruno Coelho has extended his points lead in the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the Xray driver today becoming the first double winner of Season #11. With the fourth round marking the ETS’ return to Motodrom Andernach in German, rain forecast for Sunday led to the decision to condense the event to run over two days. Initially it looked like Coelho’s first time to the tight technical track was going go give his rivals the opportunity to reduce his lead as he struggled to find a set-up for the layout. Come qualifying however things changed with him TQ’ing the opening qualifying on Saturday but it was Q2 in the evening that ultimately decided the event. On a TQ run, in what would be the rocket round, Naoto Matsukura touched the curbing on the last lap which was enough for the Infinity driver to hand Coelho the TQ by 5/100th of a second. This all but decided the TQ, Matsukura starting today’s action by topping Q3 the time that was no match to the Q2 pace of the night before while Viktor Wilck claimed the final qualifier. In the opening final, Matsukura clearly had the quicker car but he couldn’t find a way pass until a late mistake by Coelho made him open the door. With both drivers making mistakes in A2 they finished as they started, meaning A3 wold decide it. Again Matsukura pressured the reigning champion who jumped the curbing in the centre chicane which was his queue to take the lead but both cars touched, with Wilck coming out the main benefactor and taking the A3 win. For Coelho luck was again on his side as his A2 win was the faster, giving him the overall win ahead of Matsukura while Marc Rheinard completed the podium ahead of Wilck.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

May 14, 2018

Callum Niblett wins at Slough SRS round

The second round of the UK SRS Championship was held at the Slough track over the weekend. Sunny weather made for a nice day of racing and at the end of the 20-minutes Nitro Buggy final it was Callum Niblett with the win with his Agama. Kevin Brunsden came on a fine 2nd place with his SWorkz buggy and Mike Daniel finished in 3rd with his TLR.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

May 14, 2018

Burak Kilic wins Father’s Day race

The 2018 Father’s Day race was held at the MC Schwedt track this past weekend. The event kicked off on Thursday’s Ascension Day and the following Friday with practice while Saturday was used for four rounds of qualifying of which two counted. Sunday was finals day and in the 30-minute long Nitro Buggy A-main it was Agama’s Burak Kilic with the win from Berkan Kilic (Agama) in 2nd. Johannes Klett (Mugen) would round out the top 3 podium result.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.