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July 9, 2018

McBride & Stringer win at Queensland State Champs

The 2018 AARCMCC 1/8 OFF-ROAD Queensland State Titles were held this past weekend at Pine Hills Dirt Racing attracting 87 entries. In the premier Nitro Buggy class it was Kyle McBride with the TQ while in E-Buggy it was Mitch Steer with the pole position for the main finals. In the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main it was Kyle McBride who was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take the win a narrow 4.4 seconds in front of Aaron Stringer who was close to winning the main but an unfortunate hook up with a marshalled car took him out of contention. In 3rd Mitch Steer completed the podium results.

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July 9, 2018

Jessica Palsson crowned Swedish E-Buggy Champ

The Swedish 1/8th E-Buggy Championship was held on a purpose-built track in Helsingborg this past weekend. Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson was in control of things, bringing home the championship title in front of Serpent’s Micke Svensson. Marten Kjellgren would round out the top 3 podium result.

Image: Jessica Palsson

July 9, 2018

Mike Bellotti wins at Saturday Money Race

The Mills Pond RC Speedway Saturday Money Race was held this past weekend and after two quick qualifiers it was Mike Bellotti II in the TQ spot in Pro E-Buggy. The start of the main went very well for the pole sitter with Mike getting out to a slight lead at the start. Bellotti made a small bottle at one point and that allowed young Alex Mac to get in the mix. He stayed out front of Mike for a good while, the whole time Bellotti remained pretty close until unfortunately Alex had some bad luck in the mechanical department, causing him to finish the race a little early. At this point Mike Bellotti could basically turn the cruise control on and coast his way to the win. Jesus Diaz came in 2nd in Pro E-Buggy as Rob Romano rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

July 9, 2018

Alejandro Perez wins in Malaga

The Circuito de Alhaurín track in Malaga, Spain held an off-road race this past weekend and in the hotly contested 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was HB Racing driver, Alejandro Perez with the win. Fellow HB Racing driver Alberto Peláez would come in 2nd as JQRacing’s Miguel Angel Trillo would round out the podium result in 3rd.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

July 9, 2018

Embling & Tatlow win at Memorial Race

The South Coast RC Club in Clanfield held their Memorial Race Meeting this past weekend. In the 20-minute Nitro Buggy main final it was Jack Embling with the win from Jon Hazlewood, who had the pace to bring home the win, however a tricky final quarter of the race, due to backmarkers, meant he had to settle for 2nd overall. Behind the two it was Graham Alsop on the 3 spot, only four seconds down on Jon. Elsewhere in the Truck class it was James Tatlow with the win.

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July 9, 2018

T-Works large surface M4 wheel nuts

T-Works have introduced their new large surface M4 wheel nuts with serrated back section. The fasteners are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and their design with an increased diameter, that acts like an additional shim, ensures improved wheel fitment on the hub as the rims are less prone to wobble during hard cornering or when running on high-bite surfaces. The non-directional serration on the back side ensures the nuts stay on place and will not coming loose during normal operation. The wheels nuts come in packs of four, in the five colours of light blue, black, red, orange and gun metal and they are usable with a wide range of on-road and off-road rims.

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July 9, 2018

2018 Nitrocross Cup MAC Brombachsee – Announcement

The second edition of the Nitrocross Cup will be held on the MAC Brombachsee track on the 8th and 9th of September. Formerly planned to taking place at the RCC Coesfeld club the race had to look for a new home because of organisational reasons, with the Brombachsee club happy to step in. The race will be held in 1/8th Buggy and Truggy classes and more information can be found here.

July 9, 2018

Mattia Polito takes 1/8th Buggy Euro B title

The 2018 EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championships B were held at the Barcooff track in Barco, Italy over the weekend. Marco Ravaglia secured himself the overall TQ after the qualifiers with Mattia Polito taking 2nd. Behind the two Andrea Trevisan came in 3rd from Eliot Marcon, who also had the pace to snatch the overall TQ, having to settle for 4th. In the 45-minute main final however it was Mattia Polito who would score a popular win some 26 seconds in front ofGiuseppe Tescione on the runner-up spot. Patrick Auvinet Jr. lead a strong group of drivers that was only a lap behind the top 2 with Joachim Kallen, Niko Flamini, Marco Orlando and Eliot Marcon all scoring 72-laps runs. Alessandro Castoldi, Maxime Noble and Dario Gabrielli came in 8th to 10th respectively only two laps down on the leader. Gianmarco Franzolini and Giovanni Camamo rounded out the top 12 with 70 laps, highlighting the very high qualify of the field. In 13th, Alexander Schmitt scored the only DNF of the A-main.

Image: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]