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July 18, 2018

JConcepts Summer INS8 – Report

The 2018 JConcepts Summer INS8 was held at Action Hobby in Chandler, Arizona last weekend. Within a few short years, the facility has nestled itself as one of America’s beloved race track. It’s unique, it’s filled with people that genuinely care, and perhaps the biggest highlight is the facility and location can’t get much better. With races that sell out in minutes, Hobby Action has established itself among the world’s best and is well known for the Desert Classic and the JConcepts Summer Indoor National Series. However, this year, Hobby Action has stepped up and will soon play host to the 2018 1/10th Electric Nationals this August. This year’s track had a lot of elevation changes from dips to elevated turns, it kept racers constantly on their toes as the only thing that was flat was the straightaway (and rightfully so). The jumps weren’t large or monumental, but the tricky approaches to the jumps played a heavy role on the fast laps. Overall, the laps were easy to produce but fast laps were hard to come by as reaching the limit was greeted with traction roles and off-line spinouts.

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July 18, 2018

Slovakian 1/10 Buggy Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Slovakian 1/10th scale electric off-road nationals took place last weekend in Kosice. The technical track with a long straight offers a combination of different surfaces and the TQ in 4WD went to Lacko Toth while in 2WD it was local driver Adam Urban with the pole position for the finals. As the sunny day went on, the track dried out and all the finals were run on a dusty surface and in very low traction conditions. The winners were already decided in both classes after A1 and A2, but the remaining podium spots were still up for grabs and it was Adam Urban who took the runner-up spot in 4WD from Roman Pavlus 3rd as Lacko Toth brought home the overall.

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July 17, 2018

Micha Widmaier crowned BAWÜ Cup Champion

After winning the recent 4th round of the German BAWÜ Cup, SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier was crowned the overall champion with two rounds to spare. Micha came out successful at round 4, taking both the Nitro Buggy and E-Truggy wins with Aleander Obermeier (Mugen) and Lukas Schulling (Mugen) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Buggy class. In E-Truggy Micha was accompanied on the podium by Andreas Rüpp and Patrick Grübel (both SWorkz) while the E-Bugyg class was won by Kyosho pilot, Victor Gabriel. The SWorkz duo of Morris Voldenauer and Luis Schmid rounded out the top 3 results.

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July 17, 2018

Sam Issacs doubles at 8th Annual Charity Race

John’s Mobile R/C Raceway held its 8th Annual Charity Race this past weekend. The event attracted 94 entries and in the end it was Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs who won in both the Touring Modified and 13.5T Spec classes. Sam would win 13.5 from TQ and Modified from 2nd on the grid. Xray’s Robbie Dodge TQ’ed Mod but would come in 2nd in both categories and Awesomatix’s Mike Gee would complete both the TC Mod and 13.5T Spec podiums.

Image: Robbie Dodge

July 17, 2018

Adam Drake trifecta at JBRL Nitro Series Rd4

Round 4 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California last weekend. Veteran racer, Adam Drake (Mugen) was in control of things all day as he took the overall TQs in Expert Buggy and Open Truggy and he would also sweep the A-main encounters. In Expert Buggy Drake would take the win with a lap margin on HB Racing’s Colin Herzig in 2nd as TLR’s Dylan Nelson rounded out the top 3. In Open Truggy it was again Adam on top with Tekno’s Carlos Arredondo and A.J. Schumacher (Team Associated) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Finally in Open E-Buggy it was again Adam Drake with the win, coming from P3 on the grid, as Anthony Westergaard (HB Racing) and Dean Rock (Tekno) completed the top 3 results.

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July 17, 2018

Max Gotzl doubles at Czech Open Rd6

The sixth round of the Czech Open series took a place last weekend at the Horni Jeleni track. Slight rain on Friday made for perfect racing conditions on Saturday and it was local hero, Max Gotzl that made maximum use of it as he took the overall TQ in both the nitro and electric buggy class. Jiri Mara and Jiri Benes would come in 2nd and 3rd in the nitro class as Vaclav Broz and Michal Binder completed the electric top 3 after the qualifiers.

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July 17, 2018

Swedish EB Buggy Championship – Report

Last weekend the Swedish 1/10th Buggy Championship was held at the Orebro Radio Bil Club race track. The track is of a very 1990’s style dirt design which always produces exciting racing in a different style than is the common norm today. To this added a very high temperature of over 30°C, adding another factor the racers had to cope with. In the 4WD class there was a showdown going into the final qualifier as both Alexander Landen and Wilhelm Skjoldebrand were in the mix for the overall TQ. Both drivers produced more or less flawless runs, while setting the two fastest runs of the day. Wilhelm however managed to slightly edge out Alexander, so Wilhelm would take the TQ.

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July 16, 2018

CTS3 Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the CTS3 was held at Steel City RC Speedway in Fontana, California. The weather was a major factor reaching temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit making it more challenging for both drivers and cars. In the Modified division, Team Associated veteran Rick Hohwart set TQ for Q1 on Saturday. On Sunday Brandon Clements (Awesomatix) would better the TQ till Q3 as JJ Wang (Xray) ups it with a flawless run putting himself pole position for the A-main. Tone to tone Wang would separate the field early and take his car to victory as Hohwart would finish in 2nd and Randy Caster (Team Associated) in a respectable 3rd.

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