Clansfield RC of Hambledon, UK held the 2019 Dirt Masters this past weekend. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Agama’s Kevin Brunsden with the overall win in the half-hour long A-main event. A lap behind it was Agama’s Jon Hazlewood on the runner-up spot as Chris McLoughlin came in 3rd for HB Racing.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
The final round of the BRCA 1/10th IC & GT8 Nationals was held at Brooklands Raceway in Kent last weekend. Despite a poor weather forecast many drivers made the trip with points and final championship places up for grabs. Saturday was wet and rainy all day with only a few drivers venturing on to the track but most preparing wet cars for race day. No rain at driver’s briefing but a damp track made qualifying interesting. Round 1 of 200mm Touring saw Mark Green take TQ with 15 laps, Matthew Cook came in 2nd and Stewart Mcleod in 3rd. In 220mm TQ Devendra Mahatme scored 14 laps with Phil Edwards and Jamie Paton behind. GT8 Q1 TQ was Christopher Slater from Gareth Bell and Craig Woods.
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SWorkz have announced the addition of multi-time Danish National Champion, Pelle Culmsee to their team. The former HB Racing pilot will campaign SWorkz’s 1/8th nitro and electric platforms at both national and international events while also relying on Picco engines and TPro tyres. This is what Pelle has to say:
I am really looking forward to working with my mechanic Michael Marcussen together with the SWORKz factory team and the big Danish SWorkz team! I appreciate this new experience and the new challenge!
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
The final rounds of the RCGP World Series were held last weekend at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California. Saturday saw round 7 of the series take place, the penultimate round of this year’s championship. In Friday’s Seeding Practice it was Davide Ongaro, the six-time winner and 2019 champion, who emerged on top – however, HB Racing star David Ronnefalk had an equally strong showing, leading the way for most of the day and displaying impressive one-lap pace. Seen for the first time in Q1 was the “drop” start system, which featured an evenly split grid across two rows, adding an extra challenge in the fight to the first corner. Come the race, it would be American Cole Ogden leading a 1-2 for HB Racing, with teammate Ronnefalk finishing 6.7 seconds down. Infinity’s Kyle McBride took the holeshot and gapped the field early on along with Ogden and Ronnefalk, but a small mistake would drop him to third, whilst Ronnefalk’s chances of closing down his teammate were dashed in a similar fashion. Davide Ongaro would take fifth, with Max Mört fifth and Juan Carlos Canas in sixth.
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The 15th annual Novarossi Trophy was held at the Automodellistico 5 Colli track in Gubbio, Italy last weekend. The event saw the running of 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring classes and in the 1/8th scale class it was Jonathan Gandin with the overall TQ, some 2.2 seconds in front of Dante Piersante. The 30-minute A-main final then had Robert De Cesare (Mugen) holding the upper hand as he took the win some four laps in front of Shepherd’s Mattia Collavo as Xray’s Alessandro Bracci came in 3rd to round out the podium result.
Image: Automodellistico 5 Colli [automodellismo5colli.com]
Thunder Alley Raceway held the 4th and final round of the 2019 RCGP series last weekend. In the RC2 class it was HB Racing’s Camden Lime with the overall TQ from Team Associated’s Ryan Pavidis and Richard Saxton. In the 45-minute A-main final Camden had a bit of a rough start but about 13 minutes into the race he took over the lead from TLR’s Anthony Westergaard and from there he never looked back to bring home the win some 25 seconds in front of Anthony. Team Associated’s Aaron Dexter would complete the top 3 results from Colin Herzig 4th and Kody Watson 5th.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
Round 4 of the Andalusian Regional Championship was held at the Circuito La Jara track in Spain last weekend, attracting 40 entries for the single Nitro Buggy class. Kyosho’s Alejandro Perez would set the pace in the qualifiers to take the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 45-minute A-main event, however the win didn’t come easy as the lead swapped a couple of times in the first half of the race until things had settled in. Some 25 minutes into the race Alejandro took over the lead from Agustin Illanes (Mugen) and from there he never looked back to take the win a lap in front of Agustin as Alberto Pelaez (HB Racing) came in 3rd to round out the podium result another lap down.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]
The 15th annual Novarossi Trophy was held at the iconic Automodellistico 5 Colli track in Gubbio, Italy, host of the 2016 IFMAR 200mm Nitro Touring Worlds. In 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring it was Manuel Strano with the overall TQ from Daniele Agostinelli in 2nd. After the 30-minute A-main final it was still Manuel Strano (Serpent) on top with Michele Scaglioni (Serpent) coming in 2nd, some two laps down. WRC Racing’s David Loppini would complete the top 3 podium result only 1.2 seconds behind Michele.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
