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March 16, 2020

Jason Nugroho wins Indonesia Buggy Nationals opener

The Banana RC Track in Batam City, Indonesia held round 1 of the Indonesia Buggy Nationals this past weekend. A total of 24 drivers from Jakarta, Medan, Banjarmasin as well as local drivers attended the event whose schedule saw six rounds of 10-minute qualifying with the best four to count. Ultimately it was Jason Nugroho (HB Racing/Ninja) with the TQ honours, but he suffered a flame out in his semifinal and finished in 2nd place only. This meant he had to start from P3 on the grid, however after the 60-minute main final encounter Jason found his way to the top again as he finished a lap in front of Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Ninja) while Rama Danindro (Kyosho/O.S.) ended the race in 3rd, another lap down. Rizki Pradana (Mugen) came in 4th and Andre S. rounded out the top 5 result, also driving a Mugen.

View the final result here

March 16, 2020

Lefebvre doubles at Thornhill Championship Series Rd3

Round 3 of the 2020 Thornhill Championship Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas last weekend, attracting over 100 entries. In Expert Nitro Buggy it was Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre with the overall TQ and he would also come out on top after the 25-minute A-main event, leaving behind Spencer Harrison (Xray) in 2nd, some 18 seconds behind. Dillon Caldwell (HB Racing) would end the race in 3rd, some two seconds behind Spencer as Chris Marrant (HB Racing) and Chris Allison (Tekno RC) completed the top 5 result.

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March 13, 2020

Bruno Coelho TQs & wins at Portuguese On-road opener

The city of Monsanto held the opening round of the Portuguese On-road Nationals last weekend. The good weather made for great racing conditions and in 1/10th Nitro Touring it was multi-time IFMAR World Champion, Bruno Coelho with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the A-main event, leaving behind Carlos Manuel in 2nd, some three laps behind. Fabian Ramos came in 3rd to round out the podium result.

View the top 3 podium here

March 12, 2020

Nicolas Bregante sweeps Uruguayan Buggy Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Uruguayan Off-road Championship was held at the fast and super technical San Jose de Mayo track recently. Due to the track being new it changed it nature throughout the day permanently and in the end it was Xray’s Nicolas Bregante who made the best out of it by taking the win in the Nitro Buggy class from Javier Biurrum (Xray) in 2nd and Nicolas Demicheri (Mugen) in 3rd.

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March 9, 2020

Alsop & Fyfe win at Deerdale Winter Series

The Deerdale Off-road Club in the UK held a round of their Winter Series this past weekend. The event was the penultimate round of the winter series and in Nitro Buggy it was HB Racing’s Graham Alsop with the win from the Team Associated duo of Neil Cragg in 2nd and Freddie Thompson in 3rd. Over in the E-Buggy class Paul Fyfe would walk away with thew in from Rob Beavers in 2nd and Chris Jeffery in 3rd.

View the E-Buggy top 3 here

March 9, 2020

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Grass Roots Racing Series Rd3

Palm Desert Raceway of Palm Desert, California hosted round 3 of the Grass Roots Racing Series this past weekend, attracting over 130 entries. In the Open Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the 20-minute A-main event from 10th place qualifier, TLR’s Anthony Westergaard in 2nd. Cole Jenson, also piloting a TLR buggy, came in 3rd overall a lap short of Adam and Anthony.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

March 9, 2020

Joni Skidmore sweeps HNMC Winter Series Rd10

Round 10 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK this past weekend. New Mugen signing, Jonathan Skidmore took the overall TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he also lead the 15-minute main final from tone to tone, bringing home the win some four seconds in front of Jamie Clancy (Team Associated) as William Skidmore (Mugen) came in 3rd overall, some 15 seconds behind Jamie. Lee Martin would end the day sitting in 4th from Kevin Brunsden in 5th.

Image: Jonathan Skidmore

March 9, 2020

Juan Carlos Canas wins Spanish Nitro Buggy opener

The opening round of the Spanish Nitro Buggy national championship was held at the San Jose track this past weekend. The event attracted over 80 entries and it was SWorkz driver, Juan Carlos Canas who would lead the way as he took the overall TQ from Mugen’s Robert Batlle. While the 45-minute main final was pretty much smooth sailing for Juan Carlos, Robert had troublesome first part of the final but he was able to settle down and establish himself in 2nd behind Juan Carlos. In the end JC Canas would bring home the win with a 1-lap margin from Robert in 2nd while Oscar Navarro (Mugen) ended the main final in 3rd, another lap down. Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo and Xray’s Joan Espasa completed the top 5 result in the same lap as Oscar.

Image: InfoRC [inforc.net]