March 29, 2017

Adrian Santeiro wins Spanish 1/8th on-road opener

The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals Championship was held at the Paco Lobo track in Sevilla in the South of the country. Mixed weather made things challenging for the competitors with Ruben Olivares making the best out of the conditions, taking the TQ and pole position for Sunday’s main final. After winning the Superpole race, Victor Gonzalez (Infinity) placed himself on the 2 spot on the grid. After the semifinals, held in damp conditions, Adrian Santeiro, Carlos Peracho, Alvaro Fernández, Sergio Montesinos, Iñaki Otero, Victor Pelaez, Alberto Alonso and Manuel Cendán proceeded to the 45-minute main final that was ultimately won by Adrian Santeiro (Infinity) with Sergio Montesinos (Shepherd) coming in second and Victor Gonzalez ending the day on the 3 spot.

Source: Bumpers Modelismo [bumpersonline.es]

March 29, 2017

Noah Dickerson wins Pro Buggy at Ice Breaker

The 2017 Ice Breaker was held in Garland, Texas and in the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Noah Dickerson who walked away with the win. Coming from the 2 spot on the grid, Noah lead from lap 13 to lap 90 but two flamouts of Noah’s buggy in the pits would promote Tyler Hooks into the lead that he would hold onto until the final lap when Noah was able to strike back and to take the win from Tyler in second and Jake Dellinger third.
View the top 5 results here

March 29, 2017

Derek McCloskey takes double Winter Champs title

The Irish Navan Nitro Club Winter Championship recently concluded and it was Derek McCloskey who took the overall win in the Nitro and E-Buggy classes. The title in E-Buggy was secured earlier in the Championship after taking victory in six of the first eight rounds but it took till the final round for Derek to secure the Nitro championship, after an epic race seeing three racers fight it out in the last final of the season with the winner taking the race win and the top spot in the championship.

View the E-Buggy podium here

March 29, 2017

Adam Drake sweeps 2017 Ice Breaker

The 2017 Ice Breaker was held at Indy RC World In Garland, Texas with the event being sold out with 250 entries. Adam Drake was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy and on the second lap of the 45 minute truck final he took the lead and never looked back taking the victory by nearly one lap. Adam also won the electric 1/8th buggy class, bringing home two titles.

View the E-Buggy podium here

March 28, 2017

Swauger, Burch & De Soto win at Hudy GP

The Hudy GP was held at the GLARC track in Los Angeles over the weekend. The 1/8th class final saw a close battle between Mike Swauger and JJ Wang until a costly mistake by the Chinese-American driver gave some breathing room to Mike, who capitalised and started working to keep the lead until the checkered flag.

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March 28, 2017

Victorian Drivers Series Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the Victorian Drivers Series was held in the regional town of Wodonga, three hours north of Melbourne with over 90 entries for the event that was held on a red clay track which had been prepared by the small but enthusiastic club. Rain during practice and hot weather during race day meant that the track grooved up perfectly, giving the racers good grip with minimal tyre wear. In 2WD Modified  Ray Munday (Team Associated) took TQ from Simon Heally (Yokomo) and Matt Griffin (Team Associated). The finals were a 3-way battle with Ray, Matt and Q4 Mark Rogers (Team Associated). It came down to a last lap battle and Mark Rogers came through to take a popular win, with Matt 2nd and Ray 3rd overall.

Continue reading the report here

March 28, 2017

Burak Kilic wins West German E-Buggy regionals Rd1

The famous Czypu-Drom indoor dirt track in Bad Oeynhausen played host to the opening round of the West German division 1/8th E-Buggy regionals this past weekend. About 80 drivers signed in for the German nationals qualifier that also saw the running of a friendship race and at the end of the day Agama’s Burak Kilic would bring home the win from Laurin Czypulowski (Mugen) in second while Berkan Kilic (Agama) had to settle for third after the two A-final legs. The three would also bring home the respective Junior class titles.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

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