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March 31, 2018

Philippine Masters – Announcement

The 2018 Philippine Masters will be held from May 4th to 6th, with the race being set to attract racers from all over the World. The event, that in its early stages was just a local event attracting racers from throughout the Philippines, is now in its 7th year and it has grown to be one of the major 1/8th Buggy races in all of Asia attracting racers from throughout the region and reaching out to Australia, Europe and the United States. This year’s line-up includes World Champions David Ronnefalk, Robert Batlle, Atsushi Hara and Regional and National Champions Kyle McBride, Davide Ongaro, Wataru Takashiro, Joseph Quagraine, Aaron Stringer, Aaron Gomez and many other of the regions best drivers. Known for some of the best beaches in all of the World, the Philippines is the perfect place to come for a race and stay for some fun. More information can be found on the official event website here as well as on social media here. A video from last year with David Ronnefalk showing some of the splendour in the Philippines can be found after the break.

View the video here

March 28, 2018

Adam Drake doubles at 2018 Ice Breaker

Indy R/C World of Garland, Texas held the 2018 Ice Breaker last weekend. Adam Drake was in control of things in the Pro Nitro Truggy and Pro E-Buggy classes that he would both top qualify. In the 45-minute Pro Truggy A-main Drake would then also take the win some two laps in front of Tyler Hook as Hunter LaFlower rounded out the top 3 result. Over in the Pro E-Buggy mains it was again Adam Drake with the overall, however he had a slight bobble A2 where he only finished 4th. Behind Drake it was Jake Dellinger with the runner-up spot from Brandon Rose 3rd.

View the Pro E-Buggy podium here

March 28, 2018

Sebastian Beltran doubles at Colombian Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Colombian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Parque Metropolitano del Café race track in Pereira. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Sebastian Beltran who took the win in the 40-minute main final, coming from the 4th spot on the grid. He would get into the lead in the opening stages and never looked back to take the win from Felipe Salazar 2nd and Luis Quintero 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

March 28, 2018

Dario Balestri wins 200mm Pre-Worlds

Last week the IFMAR Pre-Worlds took place at the Homestead RC Raceway. The level of competition was really high because beside the usual fast guys from the U.S., many drivers from across the pond came to get ready for the upcoming Worlds in October. The format of this race was similar to the actual Worlds, with the difference that there was plenty of open practice in between rounds, before and after the official program, in order to allow people to test as much as they wanted to. After the seeding rounds and the qualifiers, Paolo Morganti (Capricorn) took the TQ from Teemu Leino (Infinity) 2nd. The final was a long hour of great racing, lots of drama, change of leaders etc. Paolo feel asleep at the start and was collected by the other drivers finding himself in last position. More drama came at the second turn with a pile of cars but Paolo was able to regain positions. Paolo was able to recover up until 2nd and ran most of the race in that position. Up front things mixed up and in lap 144, Paolo was able to take the lead until 15 laps later he ran out of fuel. In the end he was able to recover to 2nd again, finishing only 3.6s behind the winner, Infinity’s Dario Balestri. Infinity driver Carmine Raiola would round out the top 3 results from Teemu Leino 4th and Andrew Duperrouzel 5th.

Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]

March 27, 2018

Nicolas Bregante wins at Metropolitan Champs Rd1

Round 1 of the Metropolitan Championship was held at the new Speed Paradise track in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was attended by 55 drivers in the five different categories of Buggy Open, Master and Pro, Truggy and Brushless. In the Pro Buggy class the TQ and victory went to Nicolas Bregante who came out fastest in the final from Ale Calens and Sebastian Recio.

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March 27, 2018

Brian Poliseno wins AMSCI On-road opener

Last weekend saw the running of round 1 of the Italian AMSCI Nitro On-road Nationals with the event being held at the Giardini Naxos area in Sicily. The race organisers decided to hold the entire race on Saturday due to a bad weather forecast for Sunday. This meant lots of stress for the drivers to get their gear dialled and in the end it was Brian Poliseno who made the best out of the conditions, taking the win in the 1/8th class at the opening round of the series.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.org]

March 27, 2018

Mario Spiniello wins at Italian IC Track opener

The opening round of the Italian IC Track Nationals was held in Giardini Naxos last weekend and in the 1/10th 200mm Touring Expert class it was BMT’s Mario Spiniello who would walk away with the win. Alessandro Occhipinti (Serpent) and Giliberto Salvatore (Capricorn) would round out the podium result in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

March 26, 2018

Leonardo Valente wins Ospy Team GP

This past weekend the Ospy Team GP was held at the Gussago track in Italy. The event was the warm-up race for the AMSCI Italian Championships that will be held in mid-April and in the Nitro Buggy F1 class it was Leonardo Valente with the win from Mattia Polito and Marco Ravaglia in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]