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June 19, 2017

Darren Bloomfield takes Paddy Piston Race 2017

The BADMCC club recently held their popular Paddy Piston Race. A favourite for many, with the great track to race on, the fair challenge of a control tyre and the good humoured nature of the entire event this year’s edition was no exception. With the busy run up of the event complete, the Friday afternoon practise session was underway and the track was in fantastic shape, the track work undertaken by the team at BADMCC is truly unmatched and this is shown in the presentation and standard upheld by the race circuit. Milan Dragojlovic (HB Racing) would take the overall TQ from Agama’s Darren Bloomfield 2nd and Gary Baird 3rd. After being called onto the rostrum one by one, the countdown for the 1-hour main final soon started and they were off. Darren soon took the lead and started to develop a very large lead of the 2nd place driver. Towards the end of the final, lower position switched around and Andrew McClean (Agama) snatched the 3rd place podium spot from Jon Hazelwood (Agama) in 4th. This all stuck true till the flag dropped, with Darren taking a convincing win from Milan in 2nd and Andrew 3rd.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

June 19, 2017

Kaja Novotny TQs & wins Czech Open Rd5

The fifth round of the Czech Open was held in Usti nad Labem. It was the series’ maiden race on astro turf with the very bumpy track conditions making it a challenging race for everyone. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would quickly adapt to the conditions and he would sweep the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Stepan Silhavy (Xray). The semi A at first didn’t went to plan for Kaja who struggled in the opening stages but once he got into the groove he was able to build a gap and take the win by more than a lap on the 2nd place driver with a time fast enough to get him the pole position for the main final. The A-main than was a smooth sailing for Kaja after an unfortunate Stepan had to retire some minutes in to the race. Ultimately Kaja would bring home the win with Ivo Viktorin (Serpent) 2nd and Martin Zicha (Mugen) 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 19, 2017

Adam Drake wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at Dialed In R/C Raceway in Victorville, California this past weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who would take the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 15-minute main final, leaving Team Associated’s Richard Saxton behind in 2nd place, some 19 seconds down. In 3rd 6th place qualifier, Colin Herzig (Kyosho) would round out the top 3 some eight seconds short of Richard. Elsewhere in Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy it was again Adam who excelled by TQing the classes and bringing home wire to wire wins.

View the other podiums here

June 15, 2017

Nuno Duraes wins Portuguese 1/8th On-road Nats Rd3

The third round of the Portuguese 1/8th On-road National Championship was hosted by the popular Coimbra track last weekend. After the qualifying José Félix took the overall TQ, but in the main final it was Nuno Durães (Mugen Seiki/Team Orion/Nitrolux/HotRace) who laid down a strong performance from tone to tone, winning with a 4-lap margin on Carlos Rodrigues (Xray/Picco/RunnerTime/HotRace) and Solange Araújo (Mugen Seiki/Novarossi/Nitrolux/HotRace) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Thanks to Nuno Durães for the report.

June 14, 2017

2017 Alabama Manufacturer Shootout – Report

Last year, the Alabama Manufacturer Shootout made headlines with the news of the AMS having new ownership. As much as there was excitement, there was a bit of skepticism, but after the recent AMS 8.0, all doubts were laid to rest as the event was well planned, amazingly fun, and still has the AMS magic. Fortunately the drivers were blessed with perfect weather that added to the atmosphere and making the event more enjoyable overall. The track layout this year was fun and had a terrific flow that reminded of a toned down Psycho Nitro Blast in a smaller arena with dirt jumps instead of wood ramps. Many commented that the track looked “awesome”, “rad”, and “wished I was there”, claiming high praise from racers and internet viewers.

Continue reading the report here

June 14, 2017

JJ & Rick Wang bring home KO Grand Prix wins

The Greater L.A. Radio Control Racing Club recently hosted the 2017 KO Grand Prix with the event attracting over 100 entries. Mugen Seiki Racing’s JJ Wang was the top qualifier in the premier 1/8th Open class and JJ would also bring home the victory in the very close 30-minute A-main that was decided mainly by the tyre strategy as JJ stayed on the same set of tyres while runner-up, Xray’s Mike Swauger, opted to change tyres. Behind the two, Mugen’s Robbie Cerrato and Tony Clark would round out the overall top 4 result. Elsewhere in the 1/8th Sportsman class Rick Wang would bring home the win while Dana Smeltzer came out fastest in the 1/8th Masters main.

View the Sportsman and Masters podiums here

June 13, 2017

Kurzbuch & Lüscher win Rd3 of Swiss Nats

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Swiss nationals took place under summer conditions at the AMCS track in Schaffhausen. Already in practise the drivers noticed the high tyre wear and that the right strategy would be important for the finals. In the 1/8th scale class it was Simon Kurzbuch (Shepherd/Novarossi) winning 3 out of 4 qualifying rounds to take the TQ for the main final. Silvio Hächler (ARC/OS) won the super pole to join his friend and rival at the front of the starting grid by outpacing Jürg Nydegger (Shepherd/OS) by fractions of a second. In the main final Simon showed another great performance. Only during the tyre changes Silvio could take over the lead for some laps. In the closing stage Silvio suffered a flame-out so Simon took it easy for the final laps and crossed the finishing line in first position followed by Silvio Hächler with Luca Martinelli taking the final podium spot.

Continue reading the report here

June 13, 2017

Willert dominates Class 2 at Mid-German Nats Rd2

The second round of the Mid-German nationals was held at the MSC Kirchheim track. Shepherd driver Christian Willert was the man to beat in the 1/8 class 2 group which was the biggest class with 26 participants. In qualifying he was fastest to take the TQ lining up at the front of the grid for the main final. As in qualifying the first 4 drivers directly advance to the main final also his Shepherd colleague Markus Friedrich claimed a spot for the final in 4th position.
The main final was a clearr-cut affair for Christian as he was leading unchallenged from the start to the checkered flag. He crossed the finishing line 5 laps in front of Sven Lienhop with Markus Friedrich completing the podium another lap down, both also running a Velox V8 making it a full Shepherd podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]