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November 1, 2018

Tasos Paparegas crowned Greek National Champion

The STR track played host to the final round of the Greek 1/8th Buggy National Championship last weekend. It was the deciding round of the championship and it was multi-time National Champion, Tasos Paparegas who was the man to beat all weekend. After taking the pole position he also took the win in the main final, scoring the fastest lap in the process. With the victory Tasos also took his seventh consecutive title. Giannis Perogiannis came in 2nd at the final round as Thanos Makropoylos rounded out the top 3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 31, 2018

Francisco Lara wins at Chilean IC Track Nats

The Chilean IC Track Nationals were hosted by the CACH club last weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro class it was Matias Otaegui with the overall TQ but in the half hour long main final it was Francisco Lara with the win some three laps in front of Alvaro Jara, who suffered problems in the final, on the 2 spot. Top qualifier Matias had to settle for 3rd overall another lap down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 31, 2018

Jason Nugroho wins at Urban Community Park Rd4

The 4th round of the Urban Community Park series was held last weekend at the UCP Track in Cisauk, West Java. The track is located about 50km from Jakarta city and a total of 55 drivers from Jakarta, Medan, Bandung, Batam, Padang, Banjarmasin as well as local drivers attended the race. The schedule consisted of four rounds of 5-minutes qualifiers with the three best to count. Jason Nugroho didn’t had the best of starts as he missed the practice sessions going into the weekend, however he was able to bump-up from the B-main into the A-main and from the 11th position on the grid he soon took over the lead, after some ten minutes into the race, to bring home the win from Stanley Wangsanegara 2nd and Richard Suryo 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 30, 2018

Wesley van Helmond wins at Winter Is Coming race

The Winter Is Coming race was held at the Dutch Mach One track last weekend. The event was held in 1/8th Nitro and Electric classes and it saw SWorkz’s Jarno Pijpers taking the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class. In the 30-minute main final however it was SWorkz’s Wesley van Helmond who would hold the upper hand, taking the win a lap in front of Jeffrey Halsema (Serpent) as Colin Meijer (Serpent) rounded out the top 3 another lap down.

Source: Triton RC [tritonrc.com]

October 29, 2018

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Pro-Line Nitro Explosion

Thunder Alley R/C Raceway played host to the 15th Annual Pro-Line Nitro Explosion this past weekend. The event had 165 entries and in Expert Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ. Adam then also came out fastest in the 25-minute A-main event, leaving behind Team Associated’s Ryan Pavidis in 2nd and HB Racing’s Anthony Westergaard, who qualified 8th, in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

October 29, 2018

Matsukura adds first nitro title to World Championship tally

Multiple Electric Onroad World Champion Naoto Matsukura has added a Nitro Touring Car World title to his tally with a very convincing performance at the 1:10 200mm World Championships in Florida. After a messy start which saw Top Qualifier Dario Balestri, Super Pole winner Robert Pietsch and reigning champion Dominic Greiner receive penalties, the Infinity driver quickly stamped his authority on the 1-hour final. By the first round of fuel stops the 200mm rookie, who stopped early at 4:30, had already pulled out over a 6-second lead and such was his lead at the mid race tyre change his crew was able to switch to 4:00 stops ensuring his massive lead was never at risk. At the end the Japanese driver becomes the 8th different World Champion of the class by almost 2-laps. Battling with Tadahiko Sahashi for second place before the Infinity driver suffered a flame out in the final minutes of the race Capricorn’s Kyle Branson would finish second with Team Shepherd’s very quick Eduardo Escandon coming through from the back of the grid to complete the podium at Homestead RC Raceway. Half a lap back Pietsch would recover from his penalty and a bad tyre stop to finish fourth ahead of Mugen team-mate Jeff Hamon, with Greiner, who got a second penalty completing the Top 6. Ending up 9-laps off the lead after running out of fuel, Balestri ended up 7th but his biggest frustration was the length the cars were held on the starting grid. He said his penalty was a result of him trying to make sure his engine didn’t cut.

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October 27, 2018

Greiner to defend title from 4th in Miami

Dominic Greiner will defend his 1:10 200mm World title from 4th on the grid in Miami later this evening. Starting second in the Semi finals, the Serpent driver maintained that position behind pole man Naoto Matsukura to progress to the 1-hour main event at Homestead RC Raceway. In the first of the two Semi finals, it was Tadahiko Sahashi who took the win ahead of Jilles Groskamp and Kyle Branson. Starting from pole and holding an early lead, Andy Moore’s impressive campaign came undone when he lost the brakes on his car. After his demise, No.2 starter Shoki Takahata took control but after building up a lead the Mugen driver’s race faltered when he had the first of a number of flame outs. Flame outs also ended Vice-Champion Alessio Mazzeo’s event while former Champion Meen Vrejrak’s attempt at a second title ended when he had issues with wheels coming off his car. In the second of the 30-minute encounters, Matsukura led home Greiner by a comfortable gap of 4.7 seconds with Teemu Leino completing the Top 3. With their fourth & fifth place times the next fastest two times outside the Top 3 of both Semis, Jeff Hamon and Eduardo Escandon, both having bumped up from the 1/4 finals, complete the Top 10 that will battle to become the 1:10 200mm’s 8th World Champion. Unfortunately for former 1:8 World Champion Simon Kurzbuch there will be no repeat of the result as he came the second 2016 podium finisher to fall by the wayside in the Semis after suffering a number of flame outs.

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October 27, 2018

Ronald Volker to start from pole at ETS Rd1

Ronald Volker is the top qualifier for the opening round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series having taken the final round of Qualifying. Set to start on pole position, Marc Rheinard will set off directly behind him while Alexander Hagberg, Bruno Coelho and Freddy Sudhoff complete the top 5. The German Yokomo driver commented, ‘Im very happy to get the overall TQ, it was tough going into Q4 as we all had similar speed’. Having made an adjustment on the rear diff for the final run he said the car felt the best it had done all day, ‘the balance was great so the car was quite easy to drive’. Volker also took the first points on offer, securing the bonus point for TQ, saying ‘we have the extra point and with that feeling going into tomorrow I’m very confident for the finals.’

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