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October 18, 2018

2018/19 Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd1 – Report

Last weekend was the first round of the very popular Worksop Series, with a huge entry of 167 drivers across the three classes of 2WD, 4WD and vintage buggy. The race was held using the new Schumacher Honeycomb control tyre and all competitors in both 2WD and 4WD buggy must now use a brand new pair of marked rear tyres at each event. Entered for this event were some World class drivers, Michal Orlowski, Neil Cragg and Lee Martin, so the racing was going to be brilliant to see. As always it was round by round qualifying as the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. Qualifying in 2WD saw Neil Cragg take pole position from Michal Orlowski and Lee Martin.

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October 17, 2018

Juan Carlos Canas wins at Andalusian Champs Rd4

The fourth round of the Andalusian Championships was hosted by the San Jose de la Rinconda club and held at the Fernando Robles track last weekend. Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas was on a high all weekend long, taking the overall TQ and win in the 45-minute A-main event. Francisco Hidalgo came in 2nd from Zacarias Villalba, who had a troubled A-main, starting from the 2 spot on the grid, but rewarded himself with the final podium spot.

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October 17, 2018

Jason Nugroho wins at Indonesian EP Off-road Series Rd4

Round 4 of the Indonesian Electric Off-road Series as held at the SDC track in Tangerang, West Java recently. The race format saw two rounds of 5-minute qualifiers followed by triple 5-minute A-mains. Jason Nugroho took the overall 4WD Modified Buggy TQ but in A1 he got a bad start any only finished in 2nd place. With wins in A2 and A3 however he locked the overall win from teammate Rizki Pradana 2nd and Yuri in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 17, 2018

Bakla & Stone win at NWS Pro-Line Challenge

The Australian ACT track recently played host to the NSW Pro-Line Challenge with the largest entry for the 2018 season. The event was held in several classes and using 10-minutes qualifiers and 45-minutes A-mains. Nitro Buggy was a 2-horse race, as Ari Bakla picked up TQ after winning all three Qualifiers, while local fast guy Shane Kelly had some super fast lap speed and was 2nd with Craig Laughton in 3rd. In the main Ari pulled a little gap but would be closed after the first pit stop, for the next 25 minutes Ari and Shane were never more than 2 to 3 seconds apart, switching the lead until Shane had a huge crash in one of the worst areas of the track for a marshal to get to. This gave Ari a large lead which he would protect and cross the line with the win from Shane Kelly 2nd and Craig Laughton 3rd.

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October 16, 2018

Jason Nugroho wins at C-Netic Year End Race

The C-Netic Year End Race was held at the C-Netic track in Surabaya, East Java with entries from Singapore, Jakarta, Bandung, Batam, Gresik, Banjarmasin as well as many local drivers. Jason Nugroho was on a high all weekend, taking the TQ after the qualifiers and pole position after the semis to start into the A-main from the 1 spot. The start then held some drama for Jason who flipped his buggy at the first corner which send him down to 18th. However due to a blistering pace he got back into the lead within ten minutes. From there he would be able to manage the gap on the field to bring home the win from Andre Irawan 2nd and Kenji Liono 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 16, 2018

CJ Jelin TQs & wins at Fall Brawl

The 2018 Fall Brawl was held at AMain’s Silver Dollar RC Raceway in Chico, California. The race had 77 entries and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s CJ Jelin who took the overall TQ courtesy of winning Q2 and Q3. Before the A-main CJ had to sit down and readjust his buggy’s engine as he was loosing mileage through the day. As the main was mixed with E-buggies the organisers decided to go with nine minutes runtime. CJ had the lead for the first couple of minutes until he had went wide and Mason Eppley (Tekno) passed him. Now Mason was in 1st and CJ had pit that lap to, so there was a big gap. Mason crashed on one of the back jumps and CJ was back on him and he still had to pit. From that moment on CJ drove clean for the rest of the race to take the win in Pro Nitro Buggy with Mason Eppley 2nd and Xray’s Evan Carton 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 16, 2018

Adam Drake doubles at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Round 7 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Central Valley R/C Raceway in Madera, California. As usual the event attracted both local talent and pro racers alike and in the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win from HB Racing’s Anthony Westergaard 2nd and HB Racing driver Marcus Garrett in 3rd.

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October 16, 2018

JConcepts Fall Super Cup Rd3 – Report

Race 3 of the Fall Super Cup Championship Series traveled to one of Florida’s best-kept secrets, Mills Pond R/C Raceway over the weekend. With origins dating back to the 1980’s, Mills Pond has been around for quite some time and after 30+ years of operation, has matured like fine wine and has to be considered one of Florida’s best tracks. The layout was fun. Mills Pond is more like a 1/8th track than it is 1/10th, but works both ways. The track was high speed and the jumps were definitely challenging as the grip level was always changing throughout the day. The huge triple in the middle required a perfect setup and a clean run to clear consistently. The switchbacks and off-cambers really tested racers’ timing and calculated car placement while carrying speed. By late afternoon on Saturday, the track was hooked up and the racing absolutely exceptional.

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