The recent second round of the Italian AMSCI IC Track Nationals saw Serpent’s Matteo Passetti walking away with the win in the 1/10th scale 200mm Nitro Touring F1 class. The BMT duo of Matteo Menichetti and Alessio Agostinelli could round out the top 3 podium result in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
After a thrilling first half to the season that produced a different winner each round, the 2018 Infinity Euro Nitro Series travels to Aigen in Austria this weekend (6-8 July) for the continuation of the hotly contested battle for Season #5 title honours. The third & penultimate round of the championship, this will be the fifth visit to the picturesque track located high up in the Austrian hills with it a make or break event for a number of potential title contenders. Despite having won on the last three visits to the Aigen track, Simon Kurzbuch’s 2018 season is void of a victory and that is something the Shepherd driver needs to put right if he is to have any chance of going into the season finale to retain his 1:8 title. Winner of Round 2 in Germany last month, it is Dario Balestri who leads the points standings and the World Champion will be determined to make the trip to Aigen worth his while by registering his first win there having finished second to Kurzbuch there in 2016. Last year the Infinity driver opted not to contest the Austrian round and with the track having been resurfaced just ahead of the 2017 visit this will be the Italian’s first time on the transformed surface which was previously very hard on tyre wear.
Hiro Seiko have announced the addition of Germany’s Jörn Neumann to their team. The multi-time national and international champion will be using Hiro Seiko’s lightweight screws to lower the weight of his Schumacher and SWorkz cars and he has the following to say:
I am very happy to join the Hiro Seiko team, I already started to use their titanium screws in my cars. If you want to lighten your cars and have a great look, Hiro Seiko screw kits is what you need.
Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]
Power HD have announced the addition of Australian frontrunner, Simon Nicholson to their factory team. Being multiple National and State champions, TITC Modified and AOC A-Main finalist, ETS, Reedy Race familiar, Simon will use Power HD’s B7-Revolution servo in his upcoming campaign. Simon says:
I would like to thank Power HD to give me the opportunity to race for them, their servo lineup is great and showing high performance.
Source: Power HD [chd.hk]
Mills Pond RC Speedway of Fort Lauderdale, Florida held their Independence Day club race yesterday. In the 1/8th scale E-Buggy class it was Daniel Chavez who set the pace in qualifying to take the overall TQ for the class. At the start of the A-main Daniel got the holeshot while P2 after the qualifiers, Mike Bellotti got cleaned out pretty good, although luck was on his side and still allowed him to get through un-marshaled. Mike was in P2 behind Daniel and Mike buckled down and turned clean laps waiting in the strike zone to make a move. Dan had a bobble allowing Mike to get around him and basically go unchallenged to the end of the main. Daniel would come in 2nd a lap down after the 10-minute main as Alex Maclellan rounded out the top 3 results.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
Last weekend was the first leg of the Border Wars series, an U.S. Southwest 5-race series which hosts races in Colorado, West Texas, and New Mexico. The race was held in several nitro and electric classes and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Sean Guthrie with the TQ from Braxton Morgan on P2. The 30-minute main final then saw Jimmy Deprez, who got a bit beat up at the beginning of the race, taking the win. After qualifying on the 8th spot, Jimmy kept his head down and had some really good middle stints, making up time to bring home the victory with a 1-lap margin from Roman Gastelum 2nd and Scott Brewer 3rd.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
The third round of the middle Swedish Cup was held at the Skövde track last weekend. Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson made a clean sweep in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class by bringing home the TQ, win and best junior title. Serpent’s Pontus Larsson came in 2nd some eight seconds back as Per Carlsson (Serpent) completed the top 3 results.
Image: Jessica Palsson
The 2018 Alabama Manufacturer Shootout is always a highly anticipated race known for its awesome reddish clay surface, technical track layouts, and fun atmosphere. Located in Cullman, Alabama, the AMS is now in its 9th year and organized by RaceTime Entertainment, who hosts some of the biggest nitro races on US soil like PNB and Wicked Weekend. The layout was extremely fun. There was a lot of challenging elements including a cross-over to quad jump that was extremely difficult with a capital E. The step-up jumps were perfect and required precision throttle control to not overshoot. The double drop downs to chicane added fitness and accuracy that made for a wonderful challenge. Overall, the layout was unique and definitely fun. For those who like challenge and difficult tracks, this one was definitely for you.
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