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April 30, 2018

Hofer & Kaufmann wins at Swiss Buggy Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Swiss 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place at the ORCM track in Montagny, France. In the Expert class it was Patrick Hofer with the TQ while in the Amateur category young Noah Kaufmann came out fastest after the qualifiers. The Expert class then held a breath-taking battle between Patrick Hofer and Jeremy Pittet. At the 30-minutes mark the two were separated by barely a car length but with coolness and excellent pit stops, Patrick was able to bring home the win after Pittet also suffered a flame-out during his final stop for fuel. In the end Jeremy would have to settle for 2nd in front of Joachim Kallen 3rd. In the 30-minutes Amateur class A-main it was Noah Kaufmann with the win, some 22 seconds in front of Gabriel Pinto as Gilles Devaud rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Team Associated Switzerland [facebook.com]

April 30, 2018

Jörn Neumann wins at International Warm-Up Race

The 12th annual International Warm-Up Race was held at the Rhein-Main-Circuit in Bischofsheim, Germany this past weekend. The event marks the season opener for the 1/8th Off-road classes in Germany and traditionally attracts many racers from Germany and the surrounding countries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann with the win in the rain-delayed 30-minute main final, only about a second in front of Agama’s Burak Kilic. RC gypsy Joseph Quagraine (JQ Racing) would round out the top 3 podium results from SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier 4th and Mugen’s Carsten Keller 5th.

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April 30, 2018

Elliott Boots TQs & wins at BRCA Rally X Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Rallycross National Championship was held at the Herts track this past weekend. Typical British weather made things a bit unpleasant and it was Kyosho’s Elliott Boots who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers. In the 45-minute main final, that lacked some of the big guns such as Lee Martin or Neil Cragg, it was again Elliott that excelled, as he took the win with a 1-lap margin from Team Associated’s Lewis Jones 2nd and Mugen’s Simon Willetts 3rd. Oliver Currie and Graham Alsop rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

April 30, 2018

Davide Ongaro gets the job done at The Italian Job

The annual The Italian Job Race was held this past weekend at ehe Tracciato Piemontese di Balocco track and it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the TQ and win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy Pro F1 and Electric classes. Davide swept qualifying in both categories with Xray’s Marco Baruffolo coming in 2nd in Nitro Buggy as Tekno’s Alex Zanchettin came in 2nd after the qualifiers on the E-Buggy class. The Nitro A-main was slightly affected by rain but this did not stop Davide from bringing home another popular win this season with Radiosistemi driver, Leonardo Valente, coming in 2nd as Alex Zanchettin (Tekno) rounded out the top 3 results. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Marco Baruffolo was able to chase Davide in the opening 30 minutes, however technical issues forced Marco to retire and he eventually finished 13th overall. The single 10-minute E-Buggy A-main at first saw Ongaro and Zanchettin fight for the lead but Davide held his nerves together as Alex had some mishaps as he tried to put the leader under pressure. Ultimately it was Davide with a second win this weekend, leaving behind SWorkz’s Martin Wollanka on a popular 2nd place as Marco Baruffolo ended up in 3rd overall.

Source: Modellismo RC [modellismorc.net]

April 30, 2018

Bowie Ginting wins East Touring Series Rd2

The second round of the East Touring Series was held at East RC Speedway, Jakarta this past weekend, attracting a total of 30 racers to compete in the Open Brushless 13.5 class. It was Bowie Ginting who secured the pole with a 1.5 seconds margin ahead of Christian Mamesah and Arya Seta, all of them scoring 18 laps. Muhammad Izzah and Ridhwan Suteja came in 4th and 5th respectively with 17 laps. Leg 1 was full of drama with both Bowie and Christian failing to finish due to mechanical issues, handing Ridhwan Suteja the win by quite a margin. With Bowie securing leg 2 and 3 of the A-mains it was the Yokomo driver with the overall win from two-times P2 finisher, Christian, as Ridhwan completed the podium result.

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April 30, 2018

Rene Kargl wins at Austrian 1/8 E-Buggy opener

The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th Electric Off-road Championship was held in Allhartsberg this past weekend. SWorkz’s Rene Kargl would take the win in front of Kyosho’s Andreas Mayr while defending champion, Jürgen Trieb (SWorkz) snatched the final podium spot. Over in the Junior championship it was young Marcel Trieb (SWorkz) with the win at round 1.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

April 27, 2018

Regalado & Apolaro win at Wallace Racing Challenge

The 1st Annual Wallace Racing Challenge was held at the World famous Full Throttle RC Raceway with over 65 drivers descended upon Kissimmee, Florida for four intense days of 1/8th, 1/8th GT and 1/10th scale Nitro R/C racing. 1/8th Open, also known as the F1 of R/C, was the premier class of the weekend. Gianni Giorgio would take the TQ and in the main Gianni would get off to a good start but would run into mechanical issues only 12 laps into the race. This would lead Roniel Regalado, Walo Walker and Paolo Morganti to battle it out for the lead. The race came down to pit strategy and fuel gun races. Big money was up for grabs and everyone was battling it out on the track for top honors. In the end Roniel Regalado would hold on to take the win with Walo Walker in 2nd and Paolo Morganti in 3rd.

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April 27, 2018

Dutch Electric On-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the opening round of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the popular Apeldoorn track. 42 driver signed in to race in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and a supporting 1/8th Electric class. In Touring Modified it was Sidney Blokker who set the pace followed by Rick v.d. Akker. Due to some incidents for Sidney he was only able to come in 3rd overall as Rick was able to climb the top step of the podium followed by Goof in 2nd place, the latter showing a steady race as he took profit of some issues of Sidney.

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