The Carca track in Noeux-les-Mines played host to the French Cup this past weekend. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel took the overall TQ after the five qualifying round and he also came out successful in the both dry and wet A-main event to take the win from HB Racing’s Thomas Musso in 2nd and TLR’s Jerome Sartel in 3rd.
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The second round of the German Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the Osterhofen track over the weekend. With a win at the second and final round, and following a win at round 1, SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann secured himself another German National title. Agama’s Burak Kilic ended the season as overall runner-up as Mugen’s Carsten Keller rounded out the overall top 3 results.
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The third round of the Australian AARCMCC Nationals was held in Townsville last weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Truggy case it was Mugen’s Aaron Stringer with the TQ and win from young Mugen teammate, Caleb Noble. HB Racing driver, Shane Mangu would round out the podium result in 3rd.
Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]
The third round of the Norwegian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Hvervenbukta Raceway in Oslo. The weekend started out with heavy rain on Friday afternoon, so track was ready for a boat race, not cars. Thankfully the weather got better so limited practice was possible before the race start on Saturday morning. Saturday kicked off with Daniel Kobbevik taking a solid TQ in the opening Nitro qualifier, and he would carry on that way so take the overall TQ after the four qualifying rounds. The closest driver was Mugen driver Hans Magne Berg, who had a really good pace this weekend. One more qualifier was held on Sunday morning and Daniel won that one as well. This weekend was especially important for Daniel to get into the final in both classes to take the overall wins, since the last race is on the same date as the 1/8th Electric Euros and the start of the EOS.
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The organisers of the OneTen series presented by Infinity are delighted to announce our timetable for the 2018/19 season. With the series run at 4 different locations between October and March, each venue will play host to two rounds of the championship. Aiming to get away from the traditional race format played out over a weekend, we have introduced a new schedule that sees both the Saturday and Sunday rounds run to different formats. Saturday will see a focus on longer qualifiers of 6 minutes and short 4 minute triple finals while Sunday has shorter qualifiers, but more of them, and a single 8 minute main, incorporating bump ups. The organisers hope that this will encourage different approaches to each round in terms of setup and driving while the double header allows each racer two chances to get a good result. For the series, 5 of the 8 rounds count towards the final standings, however trophies will be presented to the top 20 in each class based on a driver’s combined result from both days. Entry for each event will be limited to 100 across both classes and is now open for round 1 at RCI V2 in Shanghai on October 6-7. You can submit your entry by clicking here or by contacting RCI V2 direct and you can find out more information about the OneTen Series here.
The national final of the HPI Challenge Germany was held at the World-famous Motodrom in Andernach last weekend. Over the season 82 regional races with 782 starters made for what is considered one of the biggest race series in Europe with 120 drivers attending the season finale. In the premier 13.5T blinky class, run as Pro class with open gear ratio and the new HPI 36A pre-mounted wheel, it was Patrick Gassauer with the win from Jill Bartsch (Awesomatix) while Manuel Wagner (Xray) completed the top 3.
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The 2018 edition of The Wicked Weekend was held in Gainesville, Georgia. The event was held in a multitude of classes and categories an in the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz with the TQ and win from Team Associated’s Evan Vail and AE teammate, Julien Oliveras. The Serpent duo of Billy Easton and Adam Johnson would round out the top 5 podium result.
The Townsville Model Off Road Club in Townsville, Australia played host to the Australian 1/8th Off-road Nationals last weekend. Team Associated’s Kyle McBride took the overall TQ in Nitro Buggy and he would also come out on top in the 60-minute main final. Young Caleb Noble (Mugen) secured the runner-up spot from Mugen teammate, Brady Pigott. Over in the Truggy class a 2nd place at the nationals for Caleb Noble won him the AARCMCC Truggy Championship and Buggy Junior title for 2018.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
