October 24, 2018

Cragg & Austin win at EMAS Series Rd2

The second round of the EMAS series was held at NDOR in the East Midlands. This series is a joint venture between the Deerdale Off Road and NDOR club and is local series for local drivers. The day’s racing consisted of a round of practice and then three rounds of qualifying. The Nitro Buggy A-final was an intense race with battles going on throughout the whole race. However after 15 minutes Neil Cragg took the win with an impressive time of 24/15m 26.33. Kieran Cox took 2nd place with an equally impressive time of 24/15m 40.51, Dave Bailey took 3rd place with a time of 22/15m 0.93. In the E-Buggy A-main Dan Austin took the win a entire lap in front of the rest of field. David Corden took 2nd place and Matt Bridge took 3rd place overall. The third round will be at Deerdale Off Road on the 25th November.

View the E-Buggy podium here

October 24, 2018

Collari is top seed at 1:10 200mm Worlds

Lamberto Collari is the top seed for qualifying at the 1:10 200mm World Championships in Miami, Florida.  Making his Worlds debut in the nitro touring car class the legend of 1:8 Onroad secured the top seeding after both he and Infinity team-mate Naoto Matsukura, another class rookie, set identical times in the today’s fourth & final round of controlled practice. With Collari’s CP2 topping time quicker than that of Matsukura’s fastest time from CP1, it was the Italian who got the tie break over the Japanese driver.  Behind, Tadahiko Sahashi made it an Infinity 1-2-3 in seeding with another Top 3 run in CP4 while Robert Pietch also matched his best run of the day, a 4th, in the cooler evening conditions of the final round to be seeded 4th. Former champion Meen Vejrak ended the day 5th overall in front of reigning champion Dominic Greiner who after CP4 seemed a lot happier than he was earlier in the day.

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October 24, 2018

Takahata sets CP3 pace at Homestead

Shoki Takahata has put his Mugen at the top of the time sheets in the 3rd round of controlled practice at the 1:10 200mm World Championships in Homestead, Florida.  The Japanese driver posted the 2nd fastest time of the day over 3-consecutive laps to top the round from fellow countryman Naoto Matsukura by 7/100th of a second.  Behind, Simon Kurzbuch made a big improvement to set the third quickest time ahead of Teemu Leino who also made a big step forward in terms of pace.  With his CP2 time still standing as the fastest of the day with one round of controlled practice remaining, Lamberto Collari would end the third round 17th fastest with a body change causing his Infinity to become unstable in the rear.  It would also be a difficult round for reigning World Champion Dominic Greiner who was only marginally quicker in P15.

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October 23, 2018

Collari fastest in CP2 at World Championship

The second round of controlled practice at the 1:10 200mm World Championships at Homestead RC Raceway saw Lamberto Collari go quickest.  The Infinity driver bettered the CP1 pace of team-mate Naoto Matsukura, to top the Japanese driver with Tadahiko Sahashi making it a 1-2-3 for the reigning 1:8 Onroad World Champion manufacturer. For reigning champion Dominic Greiner it was a frustrating round as he struggled with the balance of his car ending up P5 for the round behind Robert Pietsch.  After struggling with traction conditions reigning 1:8 World Champion Dario Balestri would manage his first Top 6 run ahead of Leo Arnold who is the best of the Xray challengers in Florida so far.

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October 23, 2018

Matsukura tops first controlled practice in Florida

Naoto Matsukura has topped the first round of controlled practice at the 1:10 200mm World Championships in Florida.  Making his 200mm race debut at the event, the Infinity drivers was quickest over 3-consecutive laps by almost 2/10ths of a second from former World Champion Meen Vejrak and the reigning champion Dominic Greiner.  Despite yesterday evening’s rain, that forced the final practice to be cut short Matsukura was able to match his pace from yesterday which was the fastest of the day.  The first of four seeding rounds on today’s schedule, behind the Top 3 Tadahiko Sahashi would set the fourth fastest time ahead of Lamberto Collari and a much improved Toni Gruber.

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October 23, 2018

Adam Drake doubles at Hal’s Hobby Fall Brawl

The 1st annual Fall Brawl was held at Hal’s Hobby Warehouse Raceway in El Paso, Texas over the weekend. Mugen’s Adam Drake went on to TQ and win both the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes with Casey Peck and Ronda Drake rounding out the Nitro Buggy podium for a full Mugen sweep.

Thanks to Adam Drake for the update.

October 23, 2018

Mauritian Championship & Mauritian Cup – Report

Mauritius recently saw the running the of the joint 2018 Mauritian Championship and Mauritian Cup. Both were held in EP and GP classes such as Electric Touring 10.5T, 1/8th Buggy/Rallygame and 1/8th Brushless Buggy/Rallygame. As for the Championship race it was Jovanni Appasamy (Xray) with the win in the Touring 10.5T category from Danen Conjamalay (Spec-R) in 2nd and Adrien Philippe (Xray) in 3rd. In 1/8th Brushless it was Mosheem Caseem (Xray) with the win from Danen Conjamalay (HoBao) 2nd and Akheale Chinnayya (HoBao) on the 3 spot. The Mauritius Cup was held in three classes with the Touring 10.5T win being snatched by Jovanni Appasamy (Xray) from Serpent driver, Kevin Robert in 2nd and Damien Dardenne (Xray) in 3rd. The 1/8th Buggy/Rallygame class was won by William Tonti (Serpent) from Christophe Cazin (Kyosho) in 2nd and Yannick Mascareigne (Kyosho) in 3rd. Finally in the 1/8th Brushless Buggy/Rallygame class it was William Tonti (Serpent) with the win from Christophe Cazin (Kyosho) 2nd and Mosheem Casseem (Xray) in 3rd.

Thanks to Jovanni Appasamy for the report.

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