The Austrian 1/8th Nitro On-road National Championship concluded recently at the SFMAV Nußdorfring track and it was Nejc Mihelic (ARC/Picco/UFRA/Runner Time) with the overall title win. Herfried Pucher (ARC, Picco, UFRA, Runner Time) took the vice-championship from 3rd placed Alain Levy (Shepard, O.S., Matrix, Orcan) while young Pascal Knöller (ARC) was crowned the Austrian Youth Champion.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
Dialed In Raceway played host to the California Cup and Cole Ogden was the top qualifier in Nitro Buggy while teammate Adam Drake TQ’d Nitro Truck and Electric Buggy. Adam went on to win the 30-minute Buggy final while Cole secured the top spot in Truck with the two having great battles in both finals. Elsewhere in Electric Buggy it was again Drake with the win from tone-to-tone.
The 10th running of the UK Dirt Masters was held at the Clanfield RC track recently. The drivers were treated to wonderful weather and the famous 3D track layout made for a lot of fun for everyone. In Nitro Buggy Agama’s Darren Bloomfield would take a convincing win, a lap up on 2nd placed Jack Embling (SWorkz). Kevin Brunsden (SWorkz) rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
The Banana RC Track of Batam, Riau Islands played host to the JQ The Race event his past weekend. A total of 24 drivers from Finland, Singapore, Jakarta, Bandung, Kendari, Medan as well local drivers attended the race that was held in mixed weather conditions. The weather was nice and hot in the morning but unfortunately after two qualifying rounds, a rain storm stopped the qualifying. Due to the heavy rain, that stayed for about three hours, the race director decided to take the best qualifier to determine the starting grid. JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine took the TQ honours and he also came out on top after the 45-minute main final, taking the win from Stanley Wangsanegara 2nd and Jason Nugroho 3rd.
The RC Land 23 track played host to the all-Japan 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championships this past weekend. In the Expert class Yusuke Sugiura and veteran racer, Atsushi Hara battled for the overall TQ with Yusuke ultimately holding the upper hand as Hara had to settle for 2nd after the qualifiers. Kenji Tsuruta would come in 3rd and as the organisers had to cancel the finals due to rain, the qualifying results would also determine the overall standings, handing Yusuke the 2017 championship title.
Image: Kenji Tsuruta
A round of the Colombian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Pista Piamonti track recently. In the Nitro Truggy class it was Joan Jose Serna with the win. Elsewhere in the Nitro Buggy class it was Juan would take the TQ position after the qualifiers but two unfortunate flameouts in the main final meant he wasn’t able to compete for a podium spot.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Former World Champion and veteran racer, Mark Pavidis has announced his split with tyre and accessory brand AKA. Along with Gil Losi Jr. and Joel Johnson, Mark was part of a World Champion trio whose developments for AKA lead to multiple National, International and World Championship titles. In a statement on social media Mark says:
I wanted to let everyone know that today I was let go from AKA Products. It was a very rewarding opportunity to start something from nothing. Along the way we won multiple National and World Championships all over the world. I want to thank all of the customers, racers and vendors I was able to work with along the way.
The third and final round of the Italian IC Track Nationals was held in Gubbio last weekend and in the 1/10th 200mm Touring Expert class it was Mario Spiniello (BMT) with the win from Dante Piersante (Xray) on the runner-up spot. Alessio Mazzeo (Xray) would round out the podium result in 3rd.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
