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July 6, 2020

Berkan Kilic wins at Polish 1/8th Off-road Nats Rd1

The city of Szczecin played host to the opening round of the Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Burak Kilic with the overall TQ from Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy in 2nd and Berkan Kilic (Mugen) in 3rd. The 45-minute A-main event then saw Berkan holding the upper hand and bringing home the win with a 2-lap margin on 2nd placed Burak. Jamie Clancy came in 3rd overall another lap down as Bartosz Zalewski and Bartek Zambrzycki completed the top 5 result.

Image: Abdullah Kilic

July 6, 2020

Lewis Jones successful at HMNC club race

The Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK held their first race event following the Coronavirus pandemic shutdown this past weekend. To keep everyone safe the entries were capped at 40 drivers and it was Lewis Jones with the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class. In the 20-minute A-main event Lewis was able to convert his TQ in to a win a lap in front of Karl Jackson. Tommy Chung came in 3rd overall, another lap down.

Image: Lewis Jones

July 6, 2020

Lamberto Collari wins at Tropheo Shepherd

The Tropheo Shepherd race was held in Fiorano, Italy this past weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Infinity’s Lamberto Collari with the overall win on home soil, a lap in front of Alberto Picco. Shepherd’s Andrea Pirani came in 3rd overall to round out the podium result.

Image: Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter [minicarfiorano.it]

July 5, 2020

Nitro West Masters Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Nitro West Masters series took place in Bad Breisig, Germany with 65 drivers in attendance. Due to the current protection and hygiene measures due to the Corona virus pandemic, the number of drivers was limited and an entry cap was enforced. The requirements for the attending drivers and mechanics included wearing a mouth-nose protector, such as a mask for scarf, in the paddock, on the rostrum and in the pit lane. The number of mechanics per driver was limited to one person, even in the finals. “All drivers were happy to finally be able to race again. The conditions were implemented very well”, said Nitro West organiser Uwe Baldes at the end. Already on Friday, a number of drivers used the summer weather with over 30 degrees Celsius for intensive practice, on Saturday practice was carried out in groups of eight heats of six minutes each. Fortunately, the expected rain for Saturday did not show up, and the partly dark clouds over Bad Breisig remained shut on Sunday too.

Continue reading the report here

July 2, 2020

Daniel Lima wins at Trofeu Interpistas Onroad Rd2

The Radiomodelismo do Porto club held the second round of the Trofeu Interpistas Onroad Series last weekend. In 1/8th GT it was Adalberto Pinto with the overall TQ, however he was tie on points with Nuno Branco and Daniel Lima. The 30-minute main final then saw an entertaining fight for the win with Daniel and Nuno both being in the mix. Ultimately it was Daniel who would hold the upper hand by one about 1.1 seconds with Nuno Branco coming in 2nd overall. Nuno Pinto would round out the top 3 result some two laps down with TQ Adalberto being the best of the rest, another two laps behind.

Image: Trofeu Interpistas Onroad [facebook.com]

July 1, 2020

Joni Skidmore to run Procircuit tyres & Ultimate engines

Modelix Racing have announced that British off-road frontrunner, Joni Skidmore will be running Procircuit tyres as well as the Ultimate Racing engines and accessories from now on. The Mugen racer will use the products to equip his rides for the remainder of this shortened season and Modelix Racing is happy to have Joni on board.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

July 1, 2020

Cristiano Sartor wins at Pista Verde race

The Pista Verde track in Fener, Italy held a friendship race last weekend, the first event following the Corona virus shutdown in Italy. In the 1/8th On-road class it was Cristiano Sartor (ARC/Matrix/Extreme Energy/Hasi) with the win from Marco Bianchi (ARC/Matrix/Extreme Energy/XRD) in 2nd. Claudio Codazzi (ARC/Hot Race/Extreme Energy/Hasi) rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Source: FVSS [fvssshop.it]

June 30, 2020

Chris Boice TQs & wins at Border Wars Rd1

Round 1 of the Border Wars series was held at Amarillo RC Motocross in Amarillo, Texas last weekend, attracting nearly 130 entries. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Chris Boice with the overall TQ and win from 8th place qualifier, Scottie Brewer in 2nd. Graham Hill would end the day on the 3 spot from Jimmy Deprez, who bumped-up all the way from the D-main. Brian Beck would complete the top 5 results.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]