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April 20, 2016

Gray & Desoto Jr. win at Miami Grand Prix

Last weekend’s 2016 Miami Grand Prix attracted over 200 drivers to compete in the four classes of 1/8th Open and Masters, 1/8th GT and 1/10th 200mm Sedan. While Chris Tosolini grabbed the win in the 1/8th Open category it was Scotty Gray who came out fastest in the Sedan class from Paolo Morganti. Junior Castellanos rounded out the top 3 result. In the growing 1/8th GT class Joaquin Desoto Jr. took a comfortable win with a 4-lap margin over runner-up, Joachim Bruneau. Charles Parsons came in third another two laps down.

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April 20, 2016

Chris Tosolini wins at Miami Grand Prix

Last week the top US nitro drivers made there way to Homestead, Florida to compete in the 2016 Miami Grand Prix with the top drivers from almost every manufacturer set the stage for a shootout in nearly perfect South Florida weather. As practice began the fastest 1/8th drivers were getting down into the 15’s showing some ballistic pace. DJ Apolaro, Paolo Morganti, Chris Tosolini, and Joaquin Desoto Junior all looked to be a factor to contend for the win. On Friday qualifying got underway and DJ Apolaro set the bar putting down a 16 lap run followed by Paolo, Joaquin, and Tosolini.

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April 20, 2016

Sergi Franch teams up with Mugen Seiki

Former KM Racing driver, Spain’s Sergi Franch has made the switch to Mugen Seiki for the 2016 season. Sergi will be supported by Modelix Racing and his campaign includes the Spanish National Championship, the World Championships in Gubbio, Italy as well as selected national and international events. Sergi has to say the following about the deal:

I’m very proud to join team Mugen for 2016 season and I would like to thank Modelix Racing for this opportunity. Mugen is a great brand with high quality materials so I’m sure that we’ll be on the top level of performance on the track and hope to achieve the best possible results.

April 19, 2016

Agustin Cutini doubles at Argentinian Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Argentinian Buggy and Truggy National Championship was held at the Colonia Caroya track in Cordoba. In the Pro Buggy class Agustin Cutini would take the TQ and win from Nicolas Bregante and Sebastián Recio in second and third respectively. The three would also make up the Pro Truggy podium with Agustin taking the TQ and win from Nicolas and Sebastián.

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April 19, 2016

Cole Ogden wins Speed RC opening race

Speed RC Raceway, the all-new facility of TJ Bell and former Formula 1 and now Global RallyCross driver, Scott Speed held its opening race this past weekend in Mooresville, North Carolina. The TQ in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class went to Kyosho’s Jared Tebo with Mugen’s Cole Ogden qualifying for the 2 spot. At the tone Tebo jumped into the lead while Ogden dropped back to 5th. Later Cole would be able to catch up and to take the lead and after a couple of swaps up front due to wrecking, Cole would take the win with Jared in second. Tekno RC’s Barry Pettit completed the top 3 result.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

April 18, 2016

Bowie Ginting successful at Indonesian Nats Rd3

Bowie Gintig successful at Indonesian Nats Rd3

The third round of Indonesian 1/10th Nitro On-road National Championship was recently held at the SIS track. Bowie Ginting would dominate the 200mm class qualifying, scoring the only 25 laps run to leave Muhammad Izzah and Christian Mamesah in second and third respectively. Unfortunately just before the 30-minute main final heavy rain started to fall, leaving the organisers no choice but to cancel the main. Based on the qualifying results Bowie was then called the winner of the day from Muhammad and Christian. Haryo and Fayakhun Andriadi completed the top 5 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 18, 2016

Ofir Avitan scores Israeli League Rd9 win

Round nine of the popular Israeli League was held at the Speed Racing track at Near Moshe. After a rainy week the race started on a slightly wet track but the hot sun soon dried it out. Ofir Avitan would take the TQ spot after the qualifiers from Omer Assayag and Yaniv Sivan. At the start of the 40-minute main final Ofir Avitan jumped into the lead while Omer Assayag had to quit due to radio issues. Yaniv Sivan, coming from the 3 spot, managed to take the lead at some stage but a few mistakes and a fast pace of Ofir Avitan saw Yaniv dropping back to second. Meanwhile Aviv Mimon, coming from the 4th spot, had moved up to third place and a fuel flame out at the 35 min mark by Yaniv Sivan ultimately promoted Aviv into second place behind Ofir and in front of Yaniv.

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April 18, 2016

Jerome Aigoin TQs & wins at Mag Race 2016

The French Mag Race 2016 was held this past weekend in Les Pennes Mirabeaux near Marseille. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Jerome Aigoin would lay down a dominating performance by taking the TQ after the qualifiers and bringing home the win in the A-main one lap ahead of Julien Lattanzio. Baptiste Debrooux would round out the podium result in third.

Image: Jerome Aigoin