The 4th round of this year’s Southern Regional Series took place last weekend at the KMRC track in Kent. Mugen’s Lee Martin was in control of things and ultimately took the win in the Nitro Buggy class ahead of Elliott Boots (Kyosho) and Tony Truman (Agama). Jon Hazlewood and Taro Cradock rounded out the top 5 result.
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Last weekend the Argentine 1/10th touring championships took place in Cordoba. Juan Pablo Golobic took the TQ and the overall win with his Novarossi-powered ride, followed by Novarossi team mate Guillermo San Martino.
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The HNMC Beta GP 2014 was held at Herts Nitro Model Club. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Darren Bloomfield took the TQ and win from Graham Alsop and Tony Truman, who completed the podium in 3rd. The Nitro Truggy class saw Tony Truman taking the TQ and win from Felix Koegler and Michael Shoery. In the 1/8th E-buggy class Callum Niblett came out successful in front of Jerome and Jean-Pierrick Sartel in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The Beta Junior race saw Callum Niblett walking away with the win from Oliver Currie and Lewis Beach.
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Beside the 1/10th nitro touring class the recent race meeting at the Finnish KYPAK club also saw the running of an 1/8th nitro on-road class. After four rounds of qualifying Tomi, Tony and Sakke were fighting of the TQ, but it was Tony who managed to take the TQ spot in the last round in front of Tomi, Sakke and Risto.
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The first out of two rounds for this year’s German 1/8th nitro buggy championship was held at the LA Speedway in Landshut in the South of Germany. Nearly 130 drivers battled for the win on a bumpy, challenging track. The cold weather made things unpleasant and at the end of the 40 minute final Xray/LRP’s Martin Bayer took the win one lap ahead of Carsten Keller (Kyosho/Bullitt) and Jörn Neumann (Team Durango/FX). The second and decisive round of the championship will take place this coming weekend on a track close to the Munich airport.
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The KYPAK club in Kouvola hosted the 4th round of the Finnish nitro on-road championships. Unlike in the previous races the weather was cold and drivers were expecting rain showers, but at the end only a few minutes of light rain during the day caused slippery conditions in 2nd round of qualifying, with the remainder of the day being dry. In the 3 rounds of qualifying Panu, Matias and Teemu were fighting of the TQ, but it was Matias who managed to take the overall TQ spot in 3 round in front of Teemu, Panu and Alexander.
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The 3rd round of this year’s Austrian 1/8th off-road championship was held on the low-grip Jaidhof track. In the main final Martin Wollanka, coming from the 2nd position on the grid, was able to overtake Rene Kargl in the opening stages. Martin then faced a shock situation around the 15 minute mark when he clipped a track barrier pipe at full speed but he was able to recover and to take the win a lap ahead of 2nd place driver Marin Karner, making it three national wins in a row for Martin Wollanka. Rene Kargl completed the podium in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2014 Novarossi Nitro Challenge took place at MRRC Raceway in New York this past weekend. Saturday kicked off with four rounds of qualifying with qual points were used to set the starting grid for the 30 minute truck final and the 45 minute buggy final. Adam Drake was on fire during qualifying and took the TQ honors in truck and buggy by setting the fastest time in 3 out of the 4 rounds.
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