The recent round of the Austrian Team Carpet Brothers 2.0 racing series attracted drivers from Austria and Hungary and it was Ádám Izsay who set the pace in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. After the four rounds of qualifying Ádám took the TQ in both categories and he also went on to win all A-mains to take the 2WD win from Werner Spannbrückner and Zsolt Bajusz Jr, while the 4WD top 3 was completed by Zsolt Bajusz Jr. and Martin Fischer.
Round 3 of the Florida Nitro Series was hosted by Homestead RC Raceway. The 1/10th 200mm Sedan class was the one with more participants, since the drivers are using any chance they have to practice and setup their cars for the upcoming Worlds in October. Capricorn’s DJ Apolaro took the TQ from Paolo Morganti 2nd and Lazaro Alonso 3rd, making it an all-Capricorn top 3. The final was super close and exciting. At the beginning it looked like DJ had the advantage with a pit stop less and with a couple of mistakes from Paolo. But then disaster struck. The second gear on DJ’s failed and he had to race the last part of the race only in first gear. The race was super exciting to watch and was decided actually in the last minute. But was not a walk in the park for Paolo, since he was running out of tyres and had a massive understeer, making the car super slow on the right turns. When all was set and done Paolo was able to cross the finish line in first, just 0.2 tenth of a second front of DJ. Eduardo Cabal (Serpent) came in 3rd, a lap down on DJ as Lazaro finished in 4th from Rafael Angulo 5th.
The opening round of the French 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship was held at the Monaco-based La Turbie track. The track is well know for its long left sweeper going onto the straight and the 180 degrees view of the sea and a part of Monaco. The weather conditions were mixed, with a partially dry track on the Friday afternoon that offered both parts that were dry while the long left corner being humid. Saturday morning heavy rain didn’t allow drivers to practice and the organisers decided to jump directly into the first qualifiers in the afternoon. As this was the first dry run many were left unsure what setups to use and it was Leo Arnold who made the best out of the conditions, scoring the best time after the three 4-minutes qualifiers from Frédéric La Spesa and Kévin Rasquin with the first two drivers being directly qualified in the main final. Right in time for the main final rain started to fall and it was decided to cut the final short to 20 minutes. In the main, Léo laid down an impressive performance and by being around one second faster per lap he was able to bring home the win despite the final minutes being pretty chaotic due to heavy rain. Behind the Xray driver, Aurélien Gouriau (Mugen) and Jean-Baptiste Geneau (Capricorn) would make up the top 3 results.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2018 International Dutch F1 Masters will be held from the 30th of March to the 1st of April at the MACH track in Heemstede, The Netherlands. The organisers expect about 60 to 70 entries from as far as Australia and New Zealand with 3-times winner, Jitse Miedema, trying to defend his titles using Infinity’s forthcoming F11 formula car. Sign-up for the event is available here and more information can be found on social media here.
Last weekend the Danish DRCMU Series concluded and it was multiple Danish national champion, Mike Gosvig, who wrapped up another championship title. With four wins out of seven rounds, Mike sealed yet another Touring Modified title to add to his already impressive achievements.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Quito in Ecuador recently held a nitro on-road race and it was Serpent’s Pipo Bastidas who snatched the top podium spots in both the 1/8th GP and 1/10th 200mm Sedan classes. Martín Campaña (Serpent) was hot on the heels of Pipo, however in the end Bastidas would prevail, taking the win from Pipo 2nd and Capricorn driver Damián Proaño 3rd. Over in 200mm Sedan Pipo kept it clean the whole race to secure the win from Hermann Saa (Capricorn) 2nd and Tito Jativa (Serpent) 3rd.
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The annual Swiss Bütschwil GP was held last weekend and it was HoBao driver Max Hesse who scored wins in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. In the 45-minute main final Max was able to take the win in front of Alex Schmitt 2nd and Aaron Münster (HB Racing) 3rd, the latter two ended the race a lap short of Max. Over in E-Buggy it was again Max with a dominant drive as he ended the 10-minute encounter a lap in front of his competitors.
Source: Graupner [graupner.de]
The 2nd Annual Cactus Classic hosted by Hobby Action was a spectacular show, selling out 300 entries in just 38 minutes after opening registration. This year’s track build was built by track master Levi Jackson, who constructed a simple, yet racey layout that made for some great main event action. The layout was on the more traditional side that featured elevation in almost every corner and also a very difficult triple in the middle of the track that was the “X factor”. Line it up right and you were rewarded with traction and faster lap times than your competitors. Get it wrong and you would spin out or wreck out. The high-speed layout was a true test of intensity and precision that required an ironic mixture of patience and shear speed. While the Modified Buggy and Mod Truck classes were won Spencer Rivkin, Ty Tessmann and Dustin Evans, it was Jake Thayer with impressive wins in the Stock Buggy classes. TLR’s Dakotah Phend showed great speed in the Mod SCT class TQ’ing three of four rounds and took the win in the 5-minute A-main. With a few small mistakes at the beginning of the race, Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri, fell back and wasn’t able to close the gap, but finished 2nd overall. After five minutes, Team Associated’s Kyle Layton put in a great run and was only 4.5 seconds back from Cavalieri to take the last spot on the podium.
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