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September 20, 2018

Mark Sousa wins at O-Town RC Raceway Series finale

O-Town RC Raceway recently held their series finale and in the NitroBuggy A-main it was TLR’s Dakota Phend and Xray’s Mark Sousa who started to break away from the rest of the field early in the race. Eventually Mark was able to make a move while both were going through traffic. After that the two battled for a bit and then Dakota would have a few mistakes which would allow Sousa to pull away and open up a good lead. After some swift pitstops Mark was able to take the win with Dakota Phend 2nd and Mugen’s Sam Langer 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 19, 2018

Eytard & Ripoll crowned French 1/8 IC Track champs

The final round of the French 1/8th IC Track Championship took place at the Bourg-en-Bress track. In the Elite class it was Thomas Eytard who would take the overall title with Romain Delaunay and Christophe Louis completing the podium. In the National class young Maxime Ripoll was crowned national champion while Gabriel Maufroy and David Loglisci came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the National podium here

September 19, 2018

Ryan Maifield takes Expert Buggy win at The Dual 2018

The 2018 edition of the The Dual race, that was held in its traditional 2-day back-to-back format at the Thunder Alley and the Pro-Line raceways, saw Mugen’s Ryan Maifield walking away with the overall win in the Expert Nitro Buggy class. Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri and Spencer Rivkin would round out the overall podium result in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

September 19, 2018

Patrick Fankhauser takes Swiss 200mm title

The fifth and final round of the Swiss IC Track Championship was held in Herblingen recently. In the 1/10th Nitro Touring class the championship was still open between Raphael Wicki and Patrick Fankhauser while the 1/8th Championship was already sealed by Simon Kurzbuch. To keep his title hopes alive, Patrick had to finish in the top 3 and at least two spots in front of Raphael. During the qualifiers, Patrick struggled a but with his car’s setup, however this was sorted out for the finals and he could win his semi with a 2-laps margin. Due to the high tyre wear, Patrick opted for a high-pace strategy with a full stop for tyres in the finals that were at first lead by Thilo Tödtmann until he ran into radio issues that would cost him the win. After the mid-race tyre change, Patrick found himself on P6 while Raphael was on P3. With fresh tyres however Patrick was able to go a higher pace and he soon closed in on the top drivers. At the 25-minute mark, Patrick was already in P4 and while Raphael was on a different tyre strategy, Patrick was able to get past while Wicki ran out of tyres that would also cost him another position to Niclas Scherrer. In the end it was Marco Rizzo with the win from Simon Kurzbuch as Patrick Fankhauser took the 3rd place and with it the overall championship title in front of Raphael Wicki, Marco Rizzo and Traugott Schär.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 19, 2018

Justin Fales doubles at FORCE Series

A round of the FORCE Series was held at Strickland RC in Daytona Beach, Florida, attracting some of the region’s fastest off-road drivers. In the Pro Nitro Buggy main it was Justin Fales, coming from 5th on the grid, who battled it out with Billy Easton for the win. It was a super close affair for a great deal of the race with Justin eventually taking the win from Billy Easton 2nd and Kyle Phillipps 3rd, all running Serpent buggies. And to round out a perfect weekend, Just also took the win in the Expert E-Buggy class.

View the Expert E-Buggy podium here

September 18, 2018

2018 5th Scale World Challenge – Report

This past weekend Steel City Speedway hosted its first 5th Scale World Challenge. Steel City is located at the world famous California Speedway home of Nascar and Indy Car events. Located on the main road in its right at the gateway to the Infield, GoCart Track and Drag Strip bringing the sights and sound of racing to this incredible facility. The track itself is 250×125 and up to 16ft wide lanes making it the perfect size to stretch out the power of the 5th scale cars. Many drivers flew in from all over the world representing the Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, and the United States. Attendance was low from the US as other 5th scale events conflicted but many still traveled from Northern California and Texas.

Continue reading the report here

September 18, 2018

2018 Cow Patty Classic – Report

Nuggets Ranch Raceway of Arcadia, Florida, home of the 2018 ROAR On-road Fuel Nationals, held the 2018 Cow Patty Classic race this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Open class it was Joaquin Desoto Jr. with the TQ, however in the 30-minute A-main event it was George Martinez with the win some two laps in front of Chuck Moon. Gianni Giorgio came in 3rd another lap down while TQ holder Desoto Jr. had to settle for 5th overall, a lap down on 4th placed Rob Crawford.

Continue reading the report here

September 17, 2018

Nuno Duraes takes Portuguese 200mm title

The ARMAIA track played host to round 5 of the Portuguese IC Track Nationals this past weekend. In the 200mm class it was Carlos Manuel Rodrigues who set the pace as he took the overall TQ after winning the second, third and fourth qualifying round from Q1 winner, Nuno Duraes. After the semifinals however it was Nuno with the pole position for the 30-minutes long A-main, but due to clutch issues Duraes had to ask for a time out, meaning he had to start dead last. By the first round of pitstops Nuno had already recovered to 2nd thanks to a brilliant start and he started to chase Carlos Manuel for the lead. In the closing stages Nuno ran out of tyres and it looked like Carlos would bring home the win but a mistake of Carlos during the final fuel stop meant Nuno would be able to take the win with a narrow 1-lap margin from Tomas Andrade while Carlos Manuel had to settle for 3rd overall. Thanks to the win, Nuno was awarded with the 2018 National Champion title.

Thanks to Nuno Duraes for the report.