Last weekend the MNRC Series finals headed to the Motodome race facility in Browerville, Minnesota. The event had some 160 entries and in the Nitro Buggy class, Adam Drake took the TQ honors and he would also win the 30 minute main final. Elsewhere in the Nitro Truck final Adam again controlled the race and to take the day’s win.
Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong played host to the Team C Open. Up and coming Lai Chan Hay (Mugen) took the TQ in the 1/8th Nitro class in what was his first ever race in this class and Lai would also set a new lap record with 13.9 seconds. In the 45 minute main final the TQ holder would ran into unexpected issues promoting Luk Chi Hung (HB) into the lead which he would maintain until the end to take the win some eight laps in front of Ng Chui Man (HB) who was in an exciting fight with Simon Tung (HB) in the closing stages. Ultimately both were only separated by one second.
Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]
Last weekend’s Mugen Cup at the MRCC Track in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia not only saw Jason Nugroho taking the win in the Pro Buggy class but also Deslina (Kyosho) coming out successful in the Semi Pro category. Jhonny placed his Xray buggy on the TQ in the class but he got into traffic in the 45 minute main final and only finished in 4th place. Up front Awi (Xray) would end the race on the runner-up spot while Bun Bun (Mugen) rounded out the top 3 result.
The Turkish On-road Championship recently concluded with the fourth and final round held at the Bumod track. A total of 105 racers attended the series that hosts the four classes of Touring Modified and Touring Stock as well as 1/10th and 1/8th Nitro with the final round also offering a supporting 1/10th Formula class. After the four races, held both at the Izmir Efmod and Bumod tracks, the Touring Modified category had Kayhan Ketenci (Xray) taking the title, but he was tie on points with Xray team mate Fatih Kaya who had to settle for second. Erol Uçar (Xray) rounded out the podium two points short with a total of 604 points.
The 2015 Mugen Cup was held at MRCC Track in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia with a total of 42 drivers attending. The event saw a Pro and Semi Pro class and in the Pro class it was Jason Nugroho (Xray) who took the TQ after the six rounds of qualifying. Jason would be able to conserve his qualifying performance to take the win in the 60 minute main final from Mugen racer Stanley Wangsanegara and John Agus (Kyosho) in second and third respectively.
The 1/8th Australian IC On-Road Titles were recently held at the Lilydale track, just outside of Melbourne in Victoria. Jesse Davis set the fastest time in the opening of the six rounds of 10 minute qualifying with a 41/10:04.273, from Jeff Hamon and Steven Jovanovic, both with 40 laps. No one was able to match Davis’ in Q2 but Jovanovic came close with a 41/10:10.075 in Q3 and then Hamon even closer with a 41/10:05.277 in Q4. In the final round of qualifying, Davis improved his time with 41/10:00.496 to cement the TQ position into the 45 minute main final. Unfortunately, the rain started to fall before the race commenced and with no end in sight, the decision was made to abandon the race and base the final results off qualifying, therefore giving Jesse Davis his first ever 1/8th Australian IC On-Road Title and some added confidence leading up to the World Championships in Brazil. Hamon had to settle for second with Jovanovic third.
Thanks to Leigh Dytor for the report.
ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2016. Prolevel RC of St. Louis, MO will play host to the Carpet On-Road Nationals from the 3rd to 6th of March. The 1/8th Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 9th to the 12th of June at the Thornhill Racing Circuit, Hutto, TX, while the 1/8th Electric and 4WD SCT Off-Road Nationals will be run at Stateline RC, Raceway, Fremont, IN from July 21st through to the 24th. HobbyTown USA Hobbyplex in Omaha, NE will play host to the 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals from August 11th to 14th while the Electric Paved On-road Nationals will be held at Valkaria RC in Valkaria, FL. Last but not least come the Fuel On-road Nationals on October 20th to 23rd at Homestead RC Raceway in Miami, FL.
The Alpe Adria Masters 2015 recently concluded with the third and final round held at the LAMAC track in Austria. The very technical but smooth track layout attracted some 60 drivers despite a less-than-pleasant weather forecast for Saturday. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road class local driver Herfried Pucher (ARC/Picco) took the win from Nejc Mihelic (ARC/Picco) and Jernej Vuga Stendler (Xray/Reds Racing). As for the overall result, the third place at the final round of the three race series handed Jernej the win from Nejc on the runner-up spot. Roland Riegler (Capricorn/Picco) would round out the top 3 result.
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