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July 17, 2018

Adam Drake trifecta at JBRL Nitro Series Rd4

Round 4 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California last weekend. Veteran racer, Adam Drake (Mugen) was in control of things all day as he took the overall TQs in Expert Buggy and Open Truggy and he would also sweep the A-main encounters. In Expert Buggy Drake would take the win with a lap margin on HB Racing’s Colin Herzig in 2nd as TLR’s Dylan Nelson rounded out the top 3. In Open Truggy it was again Adam on top with Tekno’s Carlos Arredondo and A.J. Schumacher (Team Associated) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Finally in Open E-Buggy it was again Adam Drake with the win, coming from P3 on the grid, as Anthony Westergaard (HB Racing) and Dean Rock (Tekno) completed the top 3 results.

View the other podiums here

July 17, 2018

Max Gotzl doubles at Czech Open Rd6

The sixth round of the Czech Open series took a place last weekend at the Horni Jeleni track. Slight rain on Friday made for perfect racing conditions on Saturday and it was local hero, Max Gotzl that made maximum use of it as he took the overall TQ in both the nitro and electric buggy class. Jiri Mara and Jiri Benes would come in 2nd and 3rd in the nitro class as Vaclav Broz and Michal Binder completed the electric top 3 after the qualifiers.

Continue reading the report here

July 16, 2018

Sousa wins at rain-shortened OS Speed Challenge

The Big Apple OS Speed Challenge was held at Barnstormers Raceway in New York this past weekend. The track was blown out and dusty but after a heavy rain shower the track was flooded, forcing the organisers to call it a day meaning the finishing order would be based on qualifying, handing the 1/8 Nitro Buggy win to top qualifier, Mark Sousa (Xray). HB Racing’s Cole Ogden came in 2nd from Serpent racer, Adam Johnson in 3rd.

Image: Adam Johnsen

July 16, 2018

Rodrigues wins at Portuguese 200mm Nats Rd4

The fourth round of this year’s Portuguese IC Track Nationals was held at the Vila Real track this past weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Eduardo Escandon with the TQ from Carlos Manuel Rodrigues. In the 30-minute A-main event however it was Carlos who would hold the upper hand, bringing home the win some twelve seconds in front of Juan Hidalgo Garrido in 2nd. Nuno Duraes had to settle for 3rd overall, some four laps down following a difficult A-main and loosing about one and a half minutes in an unplanned pit stop.

Image: Nuno Duraes

July 16, 2018

Graham Alsop wins at Nitro X Cross Rd9

Round 9 of the Nitro X Cross series was geld at the East Shrewsbury club this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was HB Racing’s Graham Alsop with the win a lap in front of runner-up, Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore. Mike Lewis (Team Associated) in 3rd would round out the podium result as Matt Lewis and Jon Howells completed the top 5 result.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

July 16, 2018

Feldmann & Stegmuller take EFRA Large scale titles

The Tourlaville club in Northern France hosted the EFRA On-road Large Scale European Championships last week. The championships would be decided in a Touring Car and the Formula class. In the Touring Car final the result was never in doubt as “Mighty” Markus Feldman took his 7th European title – but more significantly his first since 2010 with a lights to flag victory. Behind him the podium places were always in doubt as a battle royale between 2017 Euro Champ Bernard Arnaldi, up and coming star Patrick Folmann and 2016 Champ Giovanni Verbrugghe entertained the huge crowd for over half the 30 minutes of the final. In the end the Dane Folmann tangled with Arnaldi allowing Verbrugghe to slip past for 2nd. Folmann picked up 3rd when Arnaldi had to retire towards the end much to the disappointment of his fellow countrymen lining the track. This left a jubilant Feldmann to take the trophy, which he described as “Easy” thanks to “The fantastic set up and work from my mechanic”.

Continue reading the report here

July 16, 2018

Tim Wood wins at BRCA 1/8th Track Nats Rd6

The BRCA 1/8th Track Nationals took place at the popular Halifax track this past weekend. Shepherd’s Andy Hastings took the TQ honours and was pretty much on pace with eventual race winner, Tim Wood (Shepherd), however Andrew unfortunately scored a DNF, allowing Mark Green (Serpent) to take the runner-up spot as Serpent’s Richard Hicklin rounded out the top 3 results.

View the final results here

July 16, 2018

Cameron Zammit wins at Nitro Drivers Series Rd3

The Melbourne Off Road Radio Car Club held round 3 of their drivers series this past weekend. In the 1/8th Pro Nitro and 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Cameron Zammit who would take the wins coming from the 2 spot on the grid. In the 30-minute Pro Buggy A-main Cameron would bring home a dominant win some three laps in front of Gavin White, who qualified in 7th and John Watkins rounded out the top 3 another lap down. In the E-Buggy class things didn’t went that flawless as after coming in 1st in A1, Cameron had to retire in A2, allowing Ben Sterling to take the leg win. A3 then again saw Cameron Zammit coming out on top for the overall win from Ben Sterling 2nd and Sam Papas 3rd.

Thanks to Cameron Zammit for the report.