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May 29, 2018

Kevin Zwahlen wins at Swiss E-Buggy Nats Rd1

Round 1 of the Swiss 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at the MNCJ Courgenay track last weekend. After the three qualifying rounds it was Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer with the overall TQ from Kevin Zwahlen (HB Racing) in 2nd, the latter scoring a single round TQ. In the finals Patrick was hampered by making too many mistakes which allowed local hero, Kevin Zwahlen to win A1 and A3 for the overall as Patrick had to settle for 2nd overall. Romeo Grass (Xray), who started from P3 into the triple A-mains, was able to conserve his qualifying position to round out the podium.

Thanks to Patrick Hofer for the report.

May 29, 2018

Sorjonen & Infanti win at WORS Tour Rd2

The second round of the WORS Tour was held at Kelowna RC in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. Robert Sorjonen would secure the TQ in both the 1/10 4WD Modified Buggy and 1/8 E-Buggy classes and he would went on to win the 6-minute 4WD Mod main some seven seconds in front of runner-up, Mike Wetmore as Tyrell Wilkinson rounded out the top 3 result. Over in 1/8 E-Buggy Sorjonen wasn’t able to match his qualifying performance as it was Richard Infanti with the win a lap ahead of Robert after the 10-minute A-main encounter. Jason Mardon would come in 3rd, some 8.5 seconds behind Robert.

View the E-Buggy podium here

May 29, 2018

Wesley van Helmond doubles at Belgian Buggy Nats

The ORRA track in Arendonk played host to round 3 of the Belgian 1/10th Buggy Nationals last weekend. Wesley van Helmond had a bit of a troublesome 2WD qualifiers that were rain-hit but he would come out on top after the A-mains to take the day’s win from Nick Vranckx and Wouter Wynen 3rd. In 4WD Wesley would start from pole and despite scoring a DNF in A2 he was able to bring home another win with Nick Vranckx 2nd and David Dafke 3rd.

View the 4WD podium here

May 29, 2018

Sunpadow International RC Car GP – Announcement

The organisers of the Sunpadow International RC Car Grand Prix, held at the ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China, have announced that the 2018 edition of the race now has been shifted a week back from its original date, now taking place from the 9th to the 11th of November. The premier classes will be 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th Electric Touring Car with additional categories being 1/8th Electric On-road, 1/8th Electric Moto and 1/5th Electric Moto. More information about the event can be found on ARC Raceway’s official website here.

May 28, 2018

Jarno Pijpers doubles at BuggyCup Rd2

The second round of the Dutch BuggyCup was held at the Mach One Helmond track this past weekend. In the Nitro Sportsman A-main TQ holder Jarno Pijpers (SWorkz/FX) started from the pit lane, however this did not stop him from bringing home a popular win despite a rain storm going down in the main final. Behind him, Rajco van der Sluijs (Tekno/Reds Racing) and Sander van Genechten (Xray/FX) came in 2nd and 3rd in the A-main final.

Continue reading the report here

May 28, 2018

Muchmore sign Surikarn Chaidajsuriya

Muchmore have announced the return of former IFMAR ISTC World Champion, Surikarn C. to their factory team. The Thai frontrunner leaves behind a rather fruitful stint with Hobbywing but starting immediately he will campaign Muchmore electronics to power his rides. Surikarn had the following to say about the deal:

I am so happy and thank you so much for give me an oportunity to be back on Team Much More again for 2018 and beyond. I’m already looking forward for the upcoming races and can’t wait to feel a Much More speed with a Team Much More equipment.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

May 28, 2018

Lucas Urbain takes win at French TC Nats Rd3

The Beaumont Monteux Voitures Radio Commandees club held a round of the French Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend and it was Awesomatix’s Lucas Urbain with the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class. Awesomatix teammate, Loic Jasmin would end the day on the 2 spot of the podium in front of Xray’s Jérémy Limoges.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

May 28, 2018

Volker & Sobue complete final Reedy Race podium at Tamiya Raceway

Ronald Volker and Akio Sobue completed the podium at the 21st running of the Reedy Race of Champions, both drivers registering wins in the 12th and final round of racing at the legendary race’s final farewell to the Tamiya Raceway track. With Marc Rheinard wrapping up his 7th Reedy Race title with a win in the penultimate round of racing, the final series of races was about deciding the podium with the first race up the important one in the fight for 3rd. Contenders Sobue, Viktor Wilck and Christopher Krapp lined up together with Wilck also having an outside chance of taking second overall from Volker but his main focus was on keeping the final podium position he had held all day. Starting on the front row, Sobue got the perfect start to take the lead and while Wilck tried to chase him down he couldn’t get by the Infinity driver. With Krapp having a rough race behind them, Akio would get the win snatching 3rd overall from Wilck on tiebreak. With that position settled, the final race would see Volker and Rheinard line-up on the same grid and having duelled it out for the win all weekend until Volker suffered a DNF this morning, it would be a fitting end to the event as the pair but on a world class duel that highlight exactly why the Tamiya track has been such a hit with drivers. Coming through the field, they battled over the win with Volker putting a great pass on Rheinard even complimenting his rival afterwards on his ‘nice move’ on him. While Rheinard will go down as the last driver to win the Reedy Race at the Tamiya track, Volker has the claim of winning the last ever race.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.