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September 18, 2018

2018 Cow Patty Classic – Report

Nuggets Ranch Raceway of Arcadia, Florida, home of the 2018 ROAR On-road Fuel Nationals, held the 2018 Cow Patty Classic race this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Open class it was Joaquin Desoto Jr. with the TQ, however in the 30-minute A-main event it was George Martinez with the win some two laps in front of Chuck Moon. Gianni Giorgio came in 3rd another lap down while TQ holder Desoto Jr. had to settle for 5th overall, a lap down on 4th placed Rob Crawford.

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September 17, 2018

Nuno Duraes takes Portuguese 200mm title

The ARMAIA track played host to round 5 of the Portuguese IC Track Nationals this past weekend. In the 200mm class it was Carlos Manuel Rodrigues who set the pace as he took the overall TQ after winning the second, third and fourth qualifying round from Q1 winner, Nuno Duraes. After the semifinals however it was Nuno with the pole position for the 30-minutes long A-main, but due to clutch issues Duraes had to ask for a time out, meaning he had to start dead last. By the first round of pitstops Nuno had already recovered to 2nd thanks to a brilliant start and he started to chase Carlos Manuel for the lead. In the closing stages Nuno ran out of tyres and it looked like Carlos would bring home the win but a mistake of Carlos during the final fuel stop meant Nuno would be able to take the win with a narrow 1-lap margin from Tomas Andrade while Carlos Manuel had to settle for 3rd overall. Thanks to the win, Nuno was awarded with the 2018 National Champion title.

Thanks to Nuno Duraes for the report.

September 17, 2018

Drake & Bornhorst win at Southern Indoor Nationals

The 2018 Southern Indoor Nationals were held in West Monroe, Luisiana this past weekend. The event was held in several 1/8th Nitro and Electric as well as a single 1/10th Open SCT class and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Cole Ogden with the TQ from Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz. Pro Nitro Truggy was TQ’s by Tekno’s Ryan Lutz with teammate, Joe Bornhorst in 2nd. Over in Pro Electric Buggy the top 2 again were taken by Ryan Lutz and Joe Bornhorst. Onto the finals and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win in the 45-minute main final, some 5.6s in front of Joe Bornhorst while TQ Cole Ogden had to settle for 3rd overall, a lap down.

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September 17, 2018

Sebastian Winterstein wins at Bavarian Champs

The Bavarian Championship was held at the Buggy Club Mitterkreith this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Sebastian Winterstein with the win from SWorkz driver Tim Kraus in 2nd and HB Racing’s Guido Erler in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

September 17, 2018

Hoppe & Kröger win at German 1/8th IC Track Nats

This past weekend the German 1/8th IC Track Nationals were held at the Minidrom Ettlingen track in the South of the country. The crowd saw an exciting Class 1 final as it was a close battle for the victory between Lars Hoppe and Oliver Mack from the beginning of the race. Due to different fuel and tyre strategies the lead swapped numerous time during the final. Lars opted to change only the outside tyres at the third pitstop while Oliver changed all four tyres about mid-race. Before the final round of pitstops Oliver took over the lead with fresher tyres but Lars stayed behind closely. Lars entered the pits for his last stop first and a super fast pitstop of Thilo Tödtmann put some pressure on team Mack. A few laps later Oliver had his last pitstop and he returned to the track just behind Lars. For the final laps the distance was only a few meters but Lars put his head down and crossed the finishing line in first position to take his maiden German Championship title with Oliver Mack coming in 2nd and Merlin Depta rounding out the podium. In the Class 2 it was young David Kröger with a great drive in the final after winning the semi-final with a gap of four laps over the rest of the field. A small mistake in the first lap of the main final dropped him to the last position but for the rest of the race he showed a flawless performance. A few minutes before the end of the race David took over the lead and never looked back to take the German Championship title Class 2 as well as the Junior Champion title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 13, 2018

Mikael Fransson takes 1/8th Rd4 in Sweden

Last weekend round 4 of the Swedish Nitro On-road Championships were held at Staffanstorps Raceway. In the 1/8th class it was Mikael Fransson who set the pace and took the top qualifier spot, while Oliver Olsson lined up 2nd and Stefan Andersson 3rd. At the start of the 45-minute final Serpent racer Mikael Fransson jumped straight into the lead and held that position to the end of the race. Oliver Olsson, driving a Mugen, missed the start having called a 10 minute time delay managed to work his way back from last position to finish in 2nd place 3 laps behind the winner with Shepherd driver Stefan Andersson finishing in 3rd place.

Thanks to Mikael Olsson for the update.

September 11, 2018

Jason Nugroho claims Indonesian Buggy Nats title

The 3rd round of the Indonesian National Buggy Championships were held last weekend at the famous C-Netic Track in Surabaya, East Java. It was the final round of the National series and a total of 39 drivers attended this event from Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Batam, Gresik, Madiun, Banjarmasin, Bali, Kendari and local drivers. The race comprised of 6 rounds of 10 minutes qualifying, with the best 4 counting. After 6 rounds of qualifying it was Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) who the TQ honours. In the 60 minute final the top qualifier also took the win followed by Stanley Wangsanegara (HB/OS) in 2nd and Ery Setiawan (Mugen/OS) in 3rd.

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September 11, 2018

Shanghai’s N8 Club – Race Report

This past weekend, the N8 Nitro Racing Club in Shanghai saw 20 drivers come out to compete. N8 is promoting nitro on road racing in China and getting great support from manufacturers all over the world such as Matrix Tires, VP Fuel and Sunpadow Batteries. With a growing interest for nitro racing in Shanghai, N8 has become the premier Nitro RC racing Club in China. Club qualifying and race format promotes interaction and participation between members. Qualifying is an hour long where drivers decide when to set their 3 consecutive fast laps to determine final heats. 2 car bump ups in each mains give drivers a chance to make the A-Main, all mains are 30 minutes. You don’t need to bring your own pitman because mechanics are assigned thru lottery where different members get to teams up with other members every month. The club meets every 6-8 weeks.

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