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July 5, 2018

Mike Bellotti wins at Independence Day club race

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]

July 4, 2018

Jimmy Deprez wins at Border Wars Rd1

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]

July 4, 2018

Jessica Palsson wins at Middle Swedish Cup Rd3

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

July 4, 2018

2018 Alabama Manufacturer Shootout – Report

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.

Continue reading the report here

July 3, 2018

David Loppini wins Italian 200mm Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of Italian Championship was held at the Mini Autodromo Fiorano track last weekend. In the 200mm Nitro Touring class it was David Loppini (Xray) with the TQ. For the final David went for a super aggressive strategy as he was the only one to go for a full tyre change, starting with qualfying tyres. After a few minutes a little touch with Francesco Tironi resulted in a stop & go penalty but after few laps David was back in the lead again. Running in qualifying mode with a super fast pace David was confident to recover after the tyre change and after a super tight battle in the final minutes he finally saw the chequered flag in the 1st position as Francesco Tironi (Infinity) came in 2nd and Salvatore Gilberto (Capricorn) ended the race on the 3 spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 3, 2018

Neumann & Orlowski successful at Belgium GP

This last weekend saw the prestigious annual Belgium GP at Kampenhout. In 2WD Michal Orlowski took TQ from Jörn Neumann, but it was reversed in the finals with Jörn taking the overall win from Michal and an excellent 3rd for Wesley Van Helmond, rounding out an all Schumacher podium. In 4WD Michal and Jörn were battling out for TQ once again, this time Michal came out on top TQ’ing and winning the finals. Tom Cockerill for Yokomo in 3rd spoilt the Schumacher podium lockout.

View the 4WD podium here

July 3, 2018

Johansson doubles at Swedish National Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish National Cup was held at K-raceway and hosted by the Karlskrona MRK club. The event marked the start of the outdoor season for many as the opening round was cancelled. In the 4WD Buggy class Alexander Landen set the pace in qualifying to line up on the 1 spot in front of Elias Johansson in 2nd and 1/8th scale Buggy specialist, Hampus Berg 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

July 3, 2018

Degani wins Expert Buggy at Cali Summer Classic

The California Summer Classic was held at Channel Islands Raceway this past weekend and in the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was veteran racer and former IFMAR World Champion, Greg Degani (JQRacing) with the win in the 30-minute A-main. Cole Jenson (HB Racing) came in 2nd, some four seconds down as TQ holder Don Vinkemulder (TLR) rounded out the top 3 another 14 seconds down.

Source: Top Notch Series [topnotchseries.com]