The Plymouth RC track in the south west of the UK played host to the Nemo Racing Roadshow race this past weekend. Held on their astro turf track the race saw Agama’s Jon Hazlewood taking the win in front of his Agama teammates Josh Graham in 2nd and Allan Bridgeman in 3rd.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
The 8th and final round of the 2018 JBRL Nitro Series was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California last weekend. In the Sportsman Truggy class it was Jack Rock with the TQ, however it was young Buddy Christian, coming from 4th on the grid, with the win in the 15-minutes A-main event, leaving Jack in 2nd some 2.8 seconds down. Dienna Eichenberger would score a popular 3rd place to round out the podium.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
Round 4 of the Force Series was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was veteran racer, Billy Easton with the TQ and win as Lee Setser took the runner-up spot in the 25-minute A-main event. Justin Fales, who qualified 5th, would round out the podium with all three ended the race in the same lap.
The Annual Sunpadow On-Road Grand Prix held in Xiamen, China recently saw over 220 drivers competing in electric and nitro classes. The prize money race has become the premier event in Asia, attracting some of the top drivers from around the world. This year’s turnout was the largest in the race’s three year history, organisers expect next year to be even bigger. Serpent’s Viktor Wilck dominated the Electric Modified Sedan class with Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp and Akio Sobue completing the podium.
Round 4 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend with almost 80 drivers in attendance, making for a long day of racing. The Nitro Buggy qualifying would be a fight between Lewis Jones and Graham Alsop with Graham taking TQ, E-Buggy would go to Simon Reeves and in Truggy George Miller took the TQ. In the A-final it was again Graham with the top spot from Simon Reeves 2nd and Lewis Jones 3rd. E-Buggy was won by Simon Reeves with Darren Hayden-Ball coming in 2nd and James Clifford in 3rd. Finally in the Truggy A-main it was George Miller with the victory from Warabe Tatekoji and Darren Roper. Round 5 of the series will be held on December 2nd.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
The West Coast Classic race was held at Steel City RC Speedway last weekend. The event was held in 1/10th and 1/8th Nitro as well as 1/5th scale gas classes and in 1/8th scale Open Christian Lopez would take the TQ spot after the qualifiers. Robbie Cerrato would take the win in the 30-minute A-main event from Scott Kimbrow 2nd and Bryce Butterfield 3rd.
The 8th and final round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita, California this past weekend. In the Expert Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the TQ and win from Team Associated’s Jake Mayo and HB Racing pilot Anthony Westergaard. With the win Drake also cemented the overall title from Westergaard on the runner-up spot. Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo would come in 3rd overall.
Last weekend the Trofeo Capricorn took place at the famous Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano, Italy. Alessandro Balboni showed a great performance, clocking the fastest lap in the 1/10th 200mm A-main and after 30 minutes of high-class racing he crossed the finish line in first position, some two laps in front of pole-setter Luca Manosperta with French driver David Simoes completing the podium in 3rd.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
