Round 3 of the Andalusian Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the Chiclana track last weekend. Agustin Illanes would take the overall TQ from Jose Palma and he also came out successful in the 45-minute A-main final, a lap in front of Jose Miguel in 2nd. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Jose Palma ended the day in 3rd place to round out the podium.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
Serpent have announced the addition of multi-times Australian Champion, Jeff Hamon to their factory team. The IFMAR Worlds finalist will campaign Serpent’s Viper 988 and Matrix 750 platforms and he hopes to build on his TQ and 2nd place at the 2019 1/8 IC Track Pre-Worlds when he returns for the main event later this year. Jeff says:
I’m really excited to be working with such a great dynamic team, the innovation and development of Serpent is really impressive! I am looking forward to a successful future with the team.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The second round of the Turkey Onroad Championship 2019 was held at the Izmir Efmod track in the three classes of Electric Touring Modified, Electric Touring Stock and 1/10th GP. In Touring Modified it was Xray’s Mustafa Alp with the win from Ataha Yildiz and Mertcan Cakmak for an all-Xray top 3. Over in the Touring Stock class it was again Mustafa with the win but he was under pressure of up and coming Ali Kaya and Poyraz Serezlioglu. The three would also make for an all-Xray 1-2-3.
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Round 3 of the NDOR Summer Series was held last weekend. 17 drivers turned up as others having other commitments with nationals and regionals with a mixture of Nitro Buggy, Truggy and E-Buggy being run. The four rounds of qualifying were dominated by Freddie Thompson for Nitro Buggy, Lewis Marshall for E-Buggy and Robert Woodward for Truggy. Into the B final nice clean racing saw Kyle Ward-Taylor taking 1st place and a great tussle between Adrian Richmond and Andy Griff Griffiths very close together swapping places but finally ending with Adrian taking 2nd and Andy 3rd and all bumping into the 30-minute A-final. Freddie Thompson TQ’d to pole the final. After a hard fought final it was finally taken by Freddie 1st, Lee Maggs 2nd and Aaron Smith taking a much deserved 3rd overall. E-Buggy was mixed with the Nitro B-final for 18 minutes and ended with Lewis Marshall 1st, Paul Fyfe 2nd and John Yates taking 3rd. Great Truggy driving by Robert Woodward and Steve saw Rob taking 1st and Steve 2nd.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
The third Large Scale Onroad Grandprix was held at the MRC REAL80 club in Groningen, The Netherlands last weekend. 48 Touring and four Formula drivers signed in, making for some competitive racing. Friday saw controlled practice, however due to rain it wouldn’t take place but thanks to a drying track later that day the drivers were able to get at least some laps in. Qualifying on Saturday was topped by a nice BBQ and with the ever improving grip and the super-pole race, a first for the REAL80 club, things came along nicely for the highlights on Sunday. In the Touring A-final it was Bernard-Alain Arnaldi who did not give away the first place from start to finish. Arnaldi has been unstoppable this year, winning every race and having scored an extra point in Leipzig and Groningen for taking the top qualifier spot. Even with a 4th and last race to go in Zagreb, Arnaldi has crowned himself winner of the GP Series and this year also as the European Champion.
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The 2019 XRS Poland Procircuit race will be held on the weekend of the 14th of July at the Wlodawa track in Poland. Classes run will be Nitro Buggy, E-Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Truggy as well as an open class with Procircuit Sprinter soft compound tyres being the control tyre for the buggy classes. The race will be held on a smooth clay surface “US style” track and full information as well as sign-up can be found on social media here.
The MRSC Amberg track played host to round 2 of the South German IC Track regionals last weekend. Alex Dill would walk away with the win in the 1/10th 200mm class from John Knight on the 2 spot. Matthias Bareuther came in 3rd to round out the podium result.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Last weekend the 3rd round of the North German 1/10th 200mm Nitro regionals was hosted by the AMC Hildesheim e.V. last weekend. With two days of sunshine all drivers could enjoy plenty of track time on a well prepared track, however low traction and high tyre wear made it a challenge for everybody to find a good balance. In the 1/10th 200mm class it was Shepherd’s Rico Kröber who took TQ after four rounds of qualification in front of Tim Benson (Serpent) and Jakub Rozycki (Xray).
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