McBride Wins 2020 Australian Buggy and Truggy Nats
Reds Racing would like to congratulate with Kyle McBride for winning 2020 Australian 1/8 Buggy and Truggy Nationals.
Kyle was using the following setup:
- 721 Scuderia engine
- 2143 X-One Pipe
- Tetra Clutch System
- TS3 Glow Plug
Race Report by Kyle McBride
This past weekend I attended the 2020 Australian Off-Road Nationals at the beautiful MORBC RC club down in Mebourne, Victoria. This national I would be aiming to secure my 10th consecutive win in row to add to my resume!
We arrived Wednesday in preparation for the following day where we would begin practice, closely followed by the start of qualifying. The track started off a little loose as expected but within a few rounds of practice the blue groove had began to show. Normally the track gets very grooved and not much dust but with dry conditions before the race the dust was quite high around the track (especially off the line). I got both my Truggy and Buggy’s dialled in, testing different tires in practice to get comfortable for the changing track conditions.
Qualifying I had some good and bad luck, with 4 rounds to be run I managed to get 2nd place after running into a bit of bad luck in some of my qualifiers. I had extremely good pace and was feeling confident regardless going into the finals with both my vehicles! By the end of qualifying I had decided on Proline’s S3 Slidelock to head into the semi and final with my buggy and S3 Electroshot in my truck!.
Due to the situation in the world and in Australia, the club were forced to finish the event early, so they cut out the time