Round 1 of the R/C Pro Series was held at T&T R/C Hobbies in Shreveport, Louisiana last weekend. In the 40+ Nitro Buggy class Bill Shepherd would take the overall TQ after a clean sweep in all three qualifiers and he would also come out fastest in the A-main to take the day’s win.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
The recent Portuguese IC Track Nationals were held at the Travessas track in S. João da Madeira, Portugal. In the 1/8th Nitro class it was Joaquim Rego who took the TQ honours but in the main final it was Vasco Sousa who held his nerves together to bring home the win in front of teammate José Félix in 2nd and Raul Prata in 3rd place.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
A round of the Portuguese 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Nationals was held recently and it was Carlos Manual who would walk away with the win after starting from P2 on the grid. Carlos would stay in touch with the leader for most of the race and when the 1st place driver got into trouble at the 15-minute mark, Carlos was able to get into the lead and from there he would manage his race to bring home the win with his Xray ride from 2nd placed Nuno Duraes (Mugen) as Tomás Andrade (Xray) rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Last weekend the second round of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Championship took place at the Adur circuit on the South Coast. Perhaps the most technical circuit on the calendar, it offers its own unique challenge. Saturday saw a dry day for practice with glorious weather and grip increasing nicely through the day. Sunday saw a round of practice followed by four rounds of qualifying and then finals. Qualifying saw numerous close races, between Tim Wood, Alex Thurston, David Spashett and Neil King. After round 4 it was Tim that took TQ with a new track record, followed by Alex and David. The A-final blasted away, with all ten cars getting away off the line. With the grid being very close on pace, a number of incidents occurred in the first few laps. Tim Wood (Shepherd) led the field from lap one, with close battles all down the field. Neil King (Capricorn) emerged in 2nd after a handful of laps which he never lost, and after a close race John Carr (Shepherd) claimed the final podium position from Jason Frost at the end of the 30 minutes.
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The Antas track in Almeria, Spain played host to the second round of the Andalusian Championship last weekend. Juan Carlos Canas was in control of things and he brought home the win in the 45-minute main final one lap ahead of Zacarias Villalba 2nd while Albert Pelaez rounded out the top 3 result another lap down.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
Last weekend the Trofeo Shepherd was held at Ca De Mandorli track in Bologna, Italy. A total of 32 Shepherd drivers attended the event that was held under perfect Italian spring weather. In the 1/8th class Alberto Tedeschi was first beaten by Michele Romagnoli starting from pole. In the main final Alberto took over the lead after Michaele lost an entire lap in an incident. In the end, Alberto was able bring home the win as Michele saved a 2nd place and Jonathan Gandin completed the podium in 3rd.
UK Alpha distributors X-Factory UK have that UK frontrunner, Neil Cragg will be using the Asian engines for the 2018 season. The long-time LRP driver, who only recently announced the end of his collaboration with the German brand, will be using the new Alpha Dragon 4 engine, combined with Alpha 2134 exhaust and P range of glow plugs to power his 1/8th scale nitro rides and he has the following to say:
I would like to let you guys know that I will be using Alpha Engines in my nitro cars for the 2018 season! I would like to thank Jon Dell and the whole team for giving me this opportunity. Having tested the engines I am super pleased with the performance so far. I look forward to racing for Alpha, starting at Westmill for the 1st round of the BRCA Nationals this coming weekend.
Source: X-Factory UK [xfactoryrc.co.uk]
A round of the Greek 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the Serres track in Northern Greece last weekend. Tasos Paparegas would be in control of things in the main final, bringing home the win some two and a half laps in front of runner-up, Nikos Grigoriadis. In 3rd Makis Mistakopoylos rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
