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June 19, 2014

Drake & Tessmann set early pace at ROAR Nationals

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Defending ROAR 1:8 Offroad Champions Adam Drake and Ty Tessmann got proceedings at the 2014 National Championships in Texas underway by setting the fastest time of their respective title classes. In Buggy Drake had the fastest 5-lap average of the first timed run with a 46.147 with Serpent’s Mike Truhe closest on a 46.183 pace with Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield third. In Truggy Tessman’s HB had a distinct advantage over the Mugen of Carson Wernimont and the TLR of Josh Glancy around the beautifully presented Thornhill Racing Circuit.

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June 18, 2014

Jeremy Potter wins E-Buggy at NW Buggy champs

This past weekend Tri-Cities RC held the Northwest Buggy Championships in Pasco, Washington. In the 1/8 Electric Buggy class, Tekin team mates Jeremy Potter and Nick Buechler would fight hard in the 3 rounds of qualifying to start 2nd, Potter, and 3rd, Buechler, on the grid for the triple A-Mains. In A1 Potter and Nick would engage in a 3-way battle for the lead, halfway thru the main Potter would pull away from the rest for the A1 win, with Buechler locking down 2nd. In A2, once again Potter and Buechler would jump out front early on where Potter would never look back. Buechler would have a couple rough laps to finish out in 8th. In A3 with Potter on the sidelines already wrapping up the overall, Buechler would jump to the lead by the 2nd corner, but a mechanical issue would end his run where he would have to settle for a 6th overall. Team Associated’s Chris Nealeigh would take the win in A3 and 2nd overall with Brian Munn rounding out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

June 18, 2014

Luopajärvi & Ström win at Finnish off-road champs Rd1

The first round of the Finnish 1/10 offroad championship series was held in Vaasa, at the Worlds 2011 track. In the 2WD class it was Jussi Luopajärvi who beat young talent Joona Haatanen for the win while multiple Finnish champion Petri Ström came in 3rd to complete the all-Associated podium.

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June 18, 2014

RB Challenge Norway 2014 – Video

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The RB Challenge Norway, the biggest racing series during the Summer season in the Scandinavian country, is currently in full swing. Attracting the best Norwegian drivers the series see the running of six events on five different tracks. Started at the Mustit Raceway in Moss back in April, currently four rounds are completed with the fight for the top spots being on between Bjorn Ivar Haug (Xray/Bullit), Oyvind “Fast” Olsen (Mugen/RB), Daniel Kobbevik (Team Associated/Reedy), Lars Erik Moe (Mugen/RB) and Rune Karlsen (Xray/FX). The 5th round of the series will be run on the 31th of August in Grenland.

Video: Eskil Hoddø

June 18, 2014

Bruno Coelho doubles at Portuguese on-road nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Portuguese nitro on-road nationals was held at the city of Coimbra in sizzling hot weather. Bruno Coelho was able to take the wins in both the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm class despite a strong program in practice and qualifying with breaking in new engines and running a brand-new car in the 1/8th class. Behind Bruno, Jose Pequito and Jose Felix finished 2nd and 3rd in the 1/8th class while Franco Vilarinho and Nuno Silva completed the podium in the 200mm class.

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June 18, 2014

JBRL Electric Series Rd5 – Report

The 5th round of this year’s JBRL Electric Series was run at the Controlled Chaos Raceway in Palmdale, CA. While Rudy Rico scored a double win in the 1/8th E-Buggy and Pro4 SC class, Jimmy Barnett was successful in the 4WD Modified Buggy category. David Jenson came in 2nd while Shawn Blackwell Sr. completed the podium in 3rd. The 2WD Modified Buggy class the win went to Jake Mayo who left Jimmy Barnett and Chad Nelson behind. Jake then also scored the win in 2WD Modified Truck in front of Matt Gilbert and Wayne Wyrick while the victory in Pro2 Short Course went to Eddie Armijo. Chad Nelson and Carlos Arredondo completed the podium.

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June 18, 2014

HPI Challenge & Bash Party – Announcement

The Notts & Derby Off-Road club will host the HPI Challenge & Bash Party on Saturday, 2nd of August. Meant to be a fun and laid-back “run what you brung” meeting for HPI vehicle owners, the race will see Baja, Buggy, Truggy, 2WD Truck, Monster Truck and WR8 racing. The rules are simply and all needed information can be found in HPI’s event flyer that you can download here (PDF file).

June 18, 2014

Scheuenpflug wins at South German regionals Rd2

The 2nd round of the South German 1/8th off-road regionals, as part of the qualification towards the nationals later this Summer, was run at the MSC Osterhofen in Bavaria. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class SWorkz’ Stefan Scheuenplug took the win in the final while Serpent’s young Micha Widmeier grabbed the runner-up spot. Kyosho driver Tobias Weinmann completed the podium in 3rd position.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]