The opening round of the Italian IC Track Nationals was held in Giardini Naxos last weekend and in the 1/10th 200mm Touring Expert class it was BMT’s Mario Spiniello who would walk away with the win. Alessandro Occhipinti (Serpent) and Giliberto Salvatore (Capricorn) would round out the podium result in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
This past weekend the Ospy Team GP was held at the Gussago track in Italy. The event was the warm-up race for the AMSCI Italian Championships that will be held in mid-April and in the Nitro Buggy F1 class it was Leonardo Valente with the win from Mattia Polito and Marco Ravaglia in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
The opening round of the Indonesia National Buggy Championship was held at the HTS Track in Solo, Central Java this past weekend. The event, held on the country’s first permanent indoor track, attracted 44 drivers from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, Medan, Gorontalo as well as local drivers. After six rounds of qualifying, Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) took the TQ honours but unfortunately he suffered a flameout in the main final and had to settle for 3rd overall. Up front Stanley Wangsanegara (HB Racing/O.S.) took the win from John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) in 2nd.
The opening round of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship took place this past weekend at the dirt track in Cogolin. Team Associated’s Tom Robin would take the win in the main final with his RC Concept-propelled buggy from Yannick Aigoin (Xray/Ultimate) 2nd and TLR/RC Concept’s Renaud Savoya 3rd. Thomas Musso (HB Racing/Team Orion) came in 4th from Kyosho/Reds Racing pilot Rayan Medjoubi 5th.
The 2018 Australian 1/8th Off-road Titles were held this past weekend and it was Kyle McBride who secured himself an 8th National Championship title. The TQ holder would take the win in the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main some 22 seconds in front of Aaron Stringer while Mitchell Steer completed the podium two laps down. Over in the Truggy class it was again Kyle with the TQ and win, leaving behind Mitchell Steer and Craig Laughton in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Image: Kyle McBride
Team Orion have welcomed Chad Phillips as the new US team manager. Chad will support the company’s Electric and Nitro race teams both at the track and with day-to-day responsibilities. Chad has been involved in the RC industry for many years and has a great expertise in electric and nitro racing and he will continue building a successful team not only at international and national but also at regional level.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Xray have announced the signing of US off-road frontrunner, Tommy Hinz to their factory team. The Reedy Race runner-up and Summer Indoor Nationals Champion will be running Xray’s full line of 1/10th and 1/8th off-road kits at all major national and international events and he has the following to say:
I am very excited to announce that I will be running for Xray. The quality of the products is unmatched and the cars are so precise and nice to drive. Definitely can’t wait to get these cars all dialed in at the track. Thanks to Xray for the opportunity to run for such awesome company.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the Bolivian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in La Paz this past weekend. Due to the location of the track, high above sea level, engine tuning was very difficult for the nitro drivers as were the weather conditions with rain making for a muddy track at times. In the end it was Carlos Guerra who made the best out of the conditions to bring home the win in the Nitro Buggy class from Bryan Bohrt 2nd and Jorge Zamora 3rd, making it an all JQ Racing top 3. Over in E-Buggy it was again Carlos Guerra with the win as Jorge Zamora and Wilson Cuellar rounded out the top 3 results for another JQ Racing 1-2-3 finish.
Source: JQ Racing [jqracing.com]
