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June 28, 2017

Broc Champlin doubles at JBRL Electric Series Rd4

Round 4 of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Series was held at OC/RC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California. The event again attracted some of California’s fastest electric drivers to compete in several Modified and Stock classes with young Broc Champlin (Team Associated) making the double in the 2WD Open and 4WD Open categories. The Team Associated duo of Ron Devoll and Tommy Hinz came in 2nd and 3rd respectively while in the 4WD Open class Broc was side lined by Jake Mayo (Team Associated) and Tommy Hinz (Team Associated) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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June 28, 2017

Swiss Electric On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Swiss Electric On-road Championship was held in Geneva in the usual classes of Touring Modified, Touring Pro Stock, Formula and Swiss GT. 45 drivers signed in to battle it out in the most south-west point of the country. In the Touring Modified class Michele Manzo swept qualifying to secure the pole position for the triple A-mains. A1 then also went to plan for Michele but in A2 he struggled with backmarkers and he had some bobbles in A3 but nevertheless he was able to bring home the win in front of teammate Fabian Widmer. Philipp Huber would round out the podium result.

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June 27, 2017

Sobue & Lee win at Asia Onroad Championship Rd2

Round 2 of the Asia Onroad Championship was held at the famous TRC circuit in Hong Kong. This time, for the sake of variety and the driver’s opinion, the organisers had decided to use the bigger GP track for the event. This was a much welcomed move, as it was very fun to drive as a result of its bigger size and high grip levels. Unfortunately, the event was struck by heavy rain showers throughout but the organisers were able to be flexible with the schedule, to allow drivers to get most of their runs in. The Touring Modified finals were rather eventful and ultimately it was Infinity’s Akio Sobue who walked away with the win from teammate Naoto Matsukura in 2nd and Xray’s Alexander Hagberg 3rd.

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June 27, 2017

Buggyland 4.0 – Announcement

The Buggyland 4.0 1/8th off-road race will be held from the 15th to 17th of September at the CARTT Fuencarral track in Madrid, Spain. The 3-day event, widely known as the country’s season highlight, will see 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy racing, attracting Spain’s fastest drivers as well as many entries from abroad. More information can be found here with registration being available here.

June 27, 2017

Roy Gjemble successful at Norwegian Buggy Nats Rd3

This past weekend the third round of the 2017 Norwegian 1/10th Off-Road Buggy Nationals was hosted by the Innherred RC-Bil Klubb at the IHRC Raceway astroturf track in Levanger, Norway. After the initial shake down and instalment free practice Friday evening, Saturday was 2WD race day. Three rounds of qualifying were ran and it was Schumacher driver Roy Gjemble who took his Schumacher KC to the overall TQ position. Øystein Døler (Team Associated) qualified 2nd, Thorbjørn Døler (Team Associated) came in 3rd, and the young and talented 11-years old Alexander Gjemble (Team Associated) claimed 4th on the grid for the A-finals.

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June 27, 2017

RC-Lemans Series Rd3 – Report

The Raco 2000 club in Utrecht, The Netherlands played host to round 3 of the RC-Lemans Series this past weekend. The weather forecast was pretty mixed with especially the practice on Saturday was washed away, so only a handful of drivers made use of their rain cars. Sunday started off very damp and with a mixture of rain cars or dry cars with very soft tyres the drivers tried to make maximum use of the opening qualifier. Peter Plümacher made the best out of the conditions as he took the win in the LMP1 opener from Tobias Weist and Reinder Wilms. The track though started to dry up soon and by the second qualifier it was Kai Altmann on top from Tobias and Reinder. Thanks to the points system both Peter and Kai already got their spots in the A-main and with the quickest run in Q3 Tobias would grab the pole position for the triple A-mains as he won the tie-breaker against Kai and Peter. Reinder’s P2 in the final qualifier secured him P4 on the grid followed by reigning LMP1 champ, Tim Altmann who suffered two DNFs while a P3 in the final qualifier won him the 5th overall position.

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June 26, 2017

Marius Kristensen wins at Norwegian EP Buggy Nats Rd3

The recent third round of the Norwegian 1/10th Buggy Nationals saw Øystein Døler walking away with the TQ in the 4WD class. Marius Kristensen and Thorbjørn Døler would line up in 2nd and 3rd on the grid. In the opening A-main, Øystein and Marius opened a small gap and drove away from the field. Ultimately Øystein took the win in the opening leg from Marius and Roy, only to make an early mistake in leg two which allowed Marius to take the lead and to bring home the win in A2 with a 1-lap margin. In the third and decisive main Øystein would again make an early mistake and with the pressure being much lower, Marius was able to take the win and with it the overall victory. Behind him, Øystein and Roy were in the fight for 2nd place and in the end Øystein would take the overall runner-up spot from Roy Gjemble 3rd.

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June 26, 2017

Novotny & Bayer win at Czech 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Dolni Bukovsko on a huge track and in hot weather conditions, making it a real challenge for man and machine. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was a 3-horse battle for the overall TQ with Kaja Novotny coming out on top from Martin Bayer 2nd and Jiri Mara 3rd. In 1/8th E-Buggy things were super close and thanks to TQs in Q3 and Q4 it was again Kaja who took the overall TQ honours from Jiri in 2nd and Martin 3rd.

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