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March 27, 2018

BRCA LMP12 National Rd6 – Report

Last weekend saw the final two rounds of the BRCA LMP12 national series take place at the Chesterfield track in the north of England. Coming into the last national of the season only one of the three titles had been sewn up, with David Spashett having claimed the 13.5 title with a perfect score at the fourth round in Poole. The Modified championship would see the Roche duo of Spashett and Ollie Payne fighting for the title, and in the Sports Modified class it would be a four way battle for the title between Ben Vincent and Mark Jewitt (Schumacher), Mick Farrell (CRC) and Matt Rice (Associated). Chesterfield are a long established venue for LMP racing and rather unusually laid out a track that was an exact copy of the track raced last year. This meant that from the first heat of qualifying to the last final the track maintained a very equal level of speed. The carpet used was the traditional GT style rug and most drivers seemed very comfortable from the off, with an unlucky few picking up grip-roll as the track evolved.

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March 27, 2018

2018 Canadian Nationals – Report

The 2018 Canadian Carpet Nationals were held at the Seaway Mall in Welland, Ontario last week. With over 500 entries from around the world, it was one of the largest races ever. In the Touring Car Modified Yugo Nagashima, fresh off of his last trip to North America, would do it again. The 2018 Snowbirds champion would end up on top again. He would go to reset his TQ a couple of times during the event and was the man to beat when it was all said and done. Cruising to a comfortable A1 and A2 win over some of the best drivers in North America, it was a display of perfection as he was over 99% consistency through the runs.

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March 27, 2018

Mario Spiniello wins at Italian IC Track opener

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]

March 26, 2018

Leonardo Valente wins Ospy Team GP

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]

March 26, 2018

Wangsanegara wins Indonesia Buggy Nats opener

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.

View the final results here

March 26, 2018

Tom Robin wins French Nitro Buggy opener

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.

View the final results here

March 26, 2018

Kyle McBride takes 8th Australian Nats title

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

March 26, 2018

Stafford & Hunt win X-Factory UK Winter Series

The final round of the X-Factory UK Winter Series was held this past weekend and it was Ellis Stafford and Kevin Hunt who sealed the overall championship in the 2WD and 4WD class respectively. Ellis steered the new Carisma Racing 2WD prototype to the overall title with TLR’s Kevin Hunt and Team Associated’s Joe Renton rounding out the 2WD podium. Over in 4WD it was Ashley Wiffen and Darren Boyle who completed a Carisma Racing podium sweep.

View the 4WD podium here