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November 21, 2018

HNMC Winter Series Rd2 – Report

Round 4 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend with almost 80 drivers in attendance, making for a long day of racing. The Nitro Buggy qualifying would be a fight between Lewis Jones and Graham Alsop with Graham taking TQ, E-Buggy would go to Simon Reeves and in Truggy George Miller took the TQ. In the A-final it was again Graham with the top spot from Simon Reeves 2nd and Lewis Jones 3rd. E-Buggy was won by Simon Reeves with Darren Hayden-Ball coming in 2nd and James Clifford in 3rd. Finally in the Truggy A-main it was George Miller with the victory from Warabe Tatekoji and Darren Roper. Round 5 of the series will be held on December 2nd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

November 21, 2018

Cerrato & Butterfield win at West Coast Classic

The West Coast Classic race was held at Steel City RC Speedway last weekend. The event was held in 1/10th and 1/8th Nitro as well as 1/5th scale gas classes and in 1/8th scale Open Christian Lopez would take the TQ spot after the qualifiers. Robbie Cerrato would take the win in the 30-minute A-main event from Scott Kimbrow 2nd and Bryce Butterfield 3rd.

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November 20, 2018

Adam Drake makes the triple at 2018 JBRL Nitro Series

The 8th and final round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita, California this past weekend. In the Expert Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the TQ and win from Team Associated’s Jake Mayo and HB Racing pilot Anthony Westergaard. With the win Drake also cemented the overall title from Westergaard on the runner-up spot. Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo would come in 3rd overall.

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November 19, 2018

Alessandro Balboni wins at Trofeo Capricorn

Last weekend the Trofeo Capricorn took place at the famous Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano, Italy. Alessandro Balboni showed a great performance, clocking the fastest lap in the 1/10th 200mm A-main and after 30 minutes of high-class racing he crossed the finish line in first position, some two laps in front of pole-setter Luca Manosperta with French driver David Simoes completing the podium in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 19, 2018

AWS 2019 Rd2 – Report

The second round of the AWS 2019 was held at North West Nitro in the UK this past weekend with 55 drivers in attendance. The day kicked off with a round of practice followed by three rounds of qualifying in the same order as the practice round. With the track starting to dry out and the lap time becoming faster and more consistent, the fight for the top spots in the meeting was really good. With three rounds of qualifying completed just after 1pm it was Jon Howells with the TQ from Wez Jolly while the third place was taken by Peter Jones. Buggy was different as after three rounds of qualifying it was Lloyd Pitt with the TQ from local driver Chris Sharpe-Simkiss and John Isherwood.

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November 15, 2018

Fernando Mendez wins at Pitlane Hobby GP

The Pitlane Hobby Grand Prix was held in Puerto Rico last weekend. Samuel Zayas took the TQ in the GT8 class, however it was Fernando Mendez who would walk away with the win as Samuel had to settle for 2nd overall. In 3rd Juan Chalas rounded out an all-IGT8 podium.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

November 13, 2018

Chris Sharpe-Simkiss wins at NXC Winter Series

This past weekend saw the latest round of the NXC Winter Series held at NWN near Blackpool. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Chris Sharpe-Simkiss with the win from 2nd placed Ben Billing. Alan Ward would round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

November 12, 2018

Mason Eppley doubles at Fallout RC Arenacross

The Fallout RC Arenacross race was held in Moses Lake, Washington this past weekend in several nitro and electric off-road classes. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was MasoN Eppley with the TQ and he would also come out on top in the A-main event, taking the win a lap in front of Tayler Wonders in 2nd. Nick Wautlet would come in 3rd as Carson Phipps and Jade Russell completed the top 5 results. In the Expert E-Buggy category it was again Mason Eppley who dominated, taking the TQ and win after the triple A-mains. Mason would win A1 and A2 by a clear margin for an early overall in front of Tayler Wonders and Nick Wautlet. Derek Rasheed and Matt Dortmund came in 4th and 5th respectively.

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