Butterfield wins Summer Nitro Cup in Puerto Rico

Serpent’s Bryce Butterfield took the 1:8 Onroad win at the 2023 Summer Nitro Cup held at Barceloneta RC Speedway in Puerto Rico.  The American driver was one of a number of international drivers who travelled to the Caribbean Island for the event which attract close to 100 entries.  In qualifying it was Butterfield’s Nova Engines powered 990 that took the overall TQ after setting the fastest 4-minute run in the first of the four rounds of qualifying.  Germany’s Thilo Diekman would set the 2nd fastest time, the Capricorn driver also producing his best run in Q1 with the Top 3 completed by the Serpent of US racer Joaquin De Soto Jnr, the later going on to beat Diekman in the Super Pole shoot out.  In the 30-minute final Butterfield would lead from start to finish winning by over a lap from De Soto Jnr.  Setting the fastest lap of the race, Diekman would complete the podium with Jose Colon fourth.  In 1:8 GT  Jose Almonte took the TQ and win with his Serpent while in 1:10 200m Jerry Guerra took the win from 5th on the grid.

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