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August 14, 2018

Danish Electric Off-road Champs Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the Danish Electric Off-road Championship was held at the TiMo Tinglev Moedelklub track, close to the Danish-German border. The track is a small high-grip Astro tuft track with super low lap times of around 16 seconds. The 2WD race was a close affair right from start. With the weather forecast promising sun the whole day, it still started to rain just before the start of race but thankfully stopped again. In the dry Q1 it was Jesper Rasmussen who topped round 1 in front of Marcus Kærup, with Jesper scoring the only 19-lap run. Q2 was a tricky round with rain in heat 1 but it dried up for the top heat and the grip level was super high. Jesper Rasmussen traction-rolled his buggy a bit too much which let Marcus TQ Q2, meaning an open battle for round 3. Marcus and Jesper showed great pace again but the previous heat saw a short rain shower so Jesper was on wet tyres while Marcus and rest of the field was on dry tyres. Jesper was a little bit slower on the dry track, allowing the other drivers to catch up as Marcus topped the timing board but lost it after a crash, promoting Jesper into the lead to take the round TQ and with it the overall TQ in front of Marcus and Frederik Hovgaard.

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August 13, 2018

Caleb Stevens sweeps Extreme Summer Series Slam

Extreme R/C Raceway of Spring Hill, Tennessee held the final round of their Extreme Summer Slam points series recently. The event attracted over 80 entries and it was Caleb Stevens who swept the 2WD Mod Buggy, 4WD Mod Buggy and Stadium Truck classes with three TQs and wins. By winning the 2WD and 4WD categories Caleb also brought home the overalls in 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod after the final round of the points series.

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August 13, 2018

Jones doubles at Joe Buck Points Series Rd2

VCRC Raceway of Terre Haute, Indiana hosted round 2 of the Joe Buck Points Series this past weekend. Tyler Jones was in control of things in both the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes as he grabbed the overall TQ and wins in both categories. Brad Dewey would come in 2nd in the 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-main as Gary Studt rounded out the top 3 results. The 10-minute E-Buggy A-main was pretty much a blueprint of the Nitro main with Tyler taking the win from Brad and Gary.

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August 13, 2018

Gunther van Staey takes Belgian 1/8th On-road title

The final round of the Belgian 1/8th On-road Championship was held at the Model Race Genk track this past weekend. Racing conditions on Sunday were pretty challenging due to a lot of dust on the track. Robin D’hondt would take the overall TQ a lap in front of Gunther Van Staey and Yves Zoma. The main final then again saw Robin out in front, taking the win some five laps in front of Gunther Van Staey as Yves Zoma rounded out the top 3 another lap down. With the 2nd place however it was Gunther who secured himself the overall championship.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 13, 2018

Bradley Baird wins Irish National series Rd3

Round 3 of the Irish National off-road series held once again at BADMCC venue due to a closure from another track. Bradley Baird took his buggies to a double TQ and victory in both Nitro and electric classes. With only one round to go and a disastrous round two its all down to the final round one the all astro venue at the Navan Nitro Nuts circuit.

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August 13, 2018

Joona Haatanen takes doubles Finnish Buggy title

The third round of the Finnish 1/10th Buggy Nationals was held at the Joensuu astro turf track over the weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class Joona Haatanen took the overall TQ and he also secured himself the win after the triple A-mains from Karri Salmela 2nd and Jamiel Gabrielsson 3rd. Over in 4WD it was again Joona who excelled by taking the TQ an win from Karri Salmela. Konsta Saarinen would round out the top 3 result. With the win in 2WD and 4WD Joona also brought home the overall titles in both classes.

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August 13, 2018

Jörn Neumann wins German Nitro Buggy Nats Rd1

Round one of two of the German Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the ESV Bischofsheim track this past weekend. After five rounds of qualifying it was Agama’s Burak Kilic with the overall TQ from SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann on the 2 spot. After the 40-minute main final however it was Jörn who took he overall 1st place from Burak on the runner-up spot. Mugen’s Carsten Keller came in 3rd to round out the podium. Elsewhere in the Junior main final it was Burak who took the win.

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August 13, 2018

Johansson & Landen win at Swedish Cup finale

The Västeras MC club played host to the final round of the Swedish 1/10th Electric Buggy Cup this past weekend. The weather forecast for the weekend was pretty mixed and so the organisers decided to run the 2WD as well as the 4WD qualifiers on Saturday, making for a tough time for everyone. In 2WD Team Associated’s Elias Johansson took the TQ and he also came out on top after the triple A-mains as Alexander Landen (Xray) obtained the runner-up spot from Wilhelm Skjöldebrand (Team Associated) 3rd. Overall in the 2WD Buggy Championship it is Elias Johansson with the title from Alexander Landen 2nd and Wilhelm Skjöldebrand 3rd.

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