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May 30, 2017

Ogden & Hanna win at Summer Shootout 2.0

The Summer Shootout 2.0 was held at SouthSide Raceway in Florida over the weekend with over 340 entries for the several 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes. In the 35-minute Expert Nitro Buggy A-main TQ holder Cole Ogden (Mugen) would bring home the win with a 1-lap margin over runner-up, Evan Vail (Team Associated). In 3rd Griffin Hanna (Serpent), who struggled in qualifying but was able to work his way up through the field, would round out the podium result.

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May 29, 2017

Tom Robin wins at French 1/8th Buggy Nationals Rd3

Round 3 of the French Nitro Buggy National Championship as held at the CAV de Viglain track this past weekend. In the premier Elite class Team Associated’s Tom Robin took a popular TQ in front of some of the country’s fastest drivers and in the 45-minute main final Tom was able to conserve his performance, bringing home the win some ten seconds in from of TLR’s Renaud Savoya while Xray driver Yannick Aigoin snatched the final podium spot some two laps down.

Image: Renaud Savoya

May 29, 2017

Rheinard claimed sixth Reedy Race title

Marc Rheinard has claimed a sixth Reedy Race of Champions title, the race’s most celebrated champion wrapping up victory at the 20th edition of the legendary event in style with his 7th win of the weekend in the penultimate round of the heads up racing format. First crowned Reedy Race Champion in 2006, that win also at the historic Tamiya Raceway, Rheinard’s latest victory sees him extend his record tally of wins having surpassed 4-time Champion Barry Baker as the races most successful driver with his last win in 2015. The German’s win also marked the first major international title for touring car newcomers Infinity for whom the 4-time World Champion only signed for earlier this year after his unprecedented professional stint with Tamiya came to an end at the end of 2016.

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May 29, 2017

2017 NRW Cup Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2017 NRW Cup was held at the high-grip astro turf track of the M.A.C.H.-One Helmond track in the Netherlands with over 90 entries from Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. During Saturday’s practice and first qualifier everybody was struggling with the high temperatures of over 30 degree Celsius which made for high traction. On Sunday morning though the drivers were greeted by a wet track and the following two qualifiers would be run in wet conditions. For the finals the track had dried up again and in the premier OR8T “Top” Nitro Buggy class it was Agama’s Bart Mullink who made the best out of the changing conditions as he took the win from the Xray duo of Sander van Genechten and Jarno Pijpers in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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May 29, 2017

Ty Tessmann wins at Rocky Mountain Meltdown Race

The recent Rocky Mountain Meltdown Race was held in Calgary, AB in great weather conditions. In Nitro Buggy Xray’s Ty Tessmann made a clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking all three rounds of qualifying for the overall TQ. Starting from pole position into the main, Ty would never look back to take the win from the Team Associated duo of Eric Hardy and Peter Tozser.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 29, 2017

Xray Racing Series Czech Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Czech Xray Racing Series was held at the Celakovice track this past weekend. In the premier Electric Touring Open class it was Jirka Vysin who took the overall win from Marcel Dostal in 2nd and Jan Kanina 3rd. Miroslav Cerv and Miroslav Loupy would round out the top 5 result.

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May 29, 2017

Kurt Hubeny wins at Austrian Nitro On-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the Austrian Nitro On-road Nationals was hosted by the Mistelbacher Model Car Club over the weekend. In the 200mm Nitro Touring class Leonardo Varga and Kurt Hubeny ended the qualifiers tie on points with the better tie-breaker handing Leonardo the overall TQ position. In the 30-minute long main final though it was Kurt Hubeny (Serpent) who would come out successful, some two laps in front of Shepherd’s Gerhard Kandelhart while Franz Engel (Shepherd) ended the race another three laps down in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 29, 2017

Ryan Maifield sweeps JBRL Nitro Series Rd2

The second round of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at Fear Farm R/C Raceway over the weekend. Mugen Seiki’s Ryan Maifield would take a double overall TQ after coming out on top of the Expert Buggy and Open Truggy qualifying. In the 20-minute Expert Buggy A-main Ryan would lay down a pretty dominating performance by winning the race one lap in front of Mugen teammate Adam Drake while Mike Truhe in 3rd made for an all-Mugen podium lock-out. In the Open Truggy main final it was again Ryan Maifield (Mugen) who brought home the silverware by taking the win from TLR’s Tanner Denney 2nd and Tekno pilot Carlos Arredondo 3rd.

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