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September 7, 2016

Mara & Novotny win at Czech Nitro Buggy nats Rd3

The third round of the Czech Nitro Buggy Nationals were held at the Horni Jeleni track. The qualifiers of the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class were a pretty mixed affair with every round having different winners but Kaja Novotny’s Q1 time would be fast enough to win him the overall TQ from Max Gotzl and Jiri Mara in second and third respectively. In 1/8th E-buggy it was again Kaja who came out fastest after the qualifiers despite having some bobbles in the opening two qualifiers. Max Gotzl would follow in second from Ales Bidovsky in third.

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September 7, 2016

Belgian SCT Cup Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Belgian SCT Cup was hosted by the MBV Kampenhout club on a slightly modified layout that made the superb astroturf track even better. Once again rain affected the race but thanks to the well-drained track the surfaces dried up quickly, allowing to carry on with the event but some of the qualifiers were mixed up a bit due to the same rounds being held both under wet and dry conditions. This was in particular the case in the opening round of the Pro2 qualification with the last heat running under rainy conditions. Frederic De Conchy (TLR), Martin Vierin (Team Associated) and Stéphane Lecomte (Team Associated) scored the best times in Q1 while the second round saw Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) taking the TQ with a big margin on Laurent Halluin (TeamC) and Tom Pierard (TLR). In the final round, Géry confirmed his overall TQ with another TQ run, ahead of Laurent Halluin and Martin Vierin.

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September 6, 2016

Rob Janssen takes win at Dutch Nationals Rd5

The MRM track in Lelystad, The Netherlands played host to round five of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals. In the Touring Stock class it was Rob Janssen who walked away with the day’s win after scoring wins in A1 and A2. With the win Rob also secured himself his second national title in a row. Behind Rob, teammate Richard Arts ended the day on the 2 spot while Fons Stabel completed the top 3 result.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

September 6, 2016

Jason Nugroho wins Indonesia Buggy Champs Rd4

Round four of the 2016 Indonesia National Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Track, Tangerang, West Java, Indonesia. A total of 83 drivers attended from Jakarta, Bandung, Jogjakarta, Surabaya, Batam, Bali, Palembang, Aceh, Kendari, Kupang, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Palangkaraya and Medan. The race format was six rounds of ten minutes qualifying with the four best rounds to count. The weather was hot on qualifying day and all rounds hold a tight battle between Jason Nugroho and Adrian Wicaksono. At the end Jason took four round TQs to take the overall top qualifier position. In time for the semifinal practice it started to rain heavily and the race organisers no choice but to call it a day, meaning the overall result would be determined by the qualifying results, handing Jason the win from Adrian and John.

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September 6, 2016

Mike Gosvig takes Danish 4WD Buggy National Champs

Round six of the Danish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the new RC Royal track. The opening 4WD qualifier went to Mike Gosvig in front of Frederik Hovgaard while the latter would come out fastest in front of Mike in Q2. The third and final qualifier was again won by Frederik while Mike suffered electronic problems, only allowing him to take the P2 on the grid. With revised electronics Mike started into the opening A-main and right from the start he was able to put a lot of pressure on the leader who made a mistake in lap 7, allowing Mike to pass and to ultimately take the win from Frederik Hovgaard and Kim Nielsen.

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September 5, 2016

Darren Bloomfield takes 2016 BRCA Nitro Buggy title

The final round of the 2016 BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the Slough track over the weekend. Agama’s Darren Bloomfield headed into the race leading the championship and as soon as he hit the track he made his intentions clear to bring home the title in style. Giving the opening qualifier to Team Associated’s Neil Cragg, Darren swept the remainder of the qualifying to take the overall TQ from Lee Martin (Mugen) with Neil Cragg and Elliott Boots (Kyosho) completing the top 4 result. In the semis Darren continued to excel, taking the pole position for the A-main that he would then win from Neil Cragg in second and Elliott Boots in third to take the 2016 national title.

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September 5, 2016

Kurzbuch regains ENS title with 3-in-a-row

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Inaugural Euro Nitro Series Champion Simon Kurzbuch has regained his crown over the four round onroad nitro championship. The Shepherd driver secured the 2016 1:8 title with a perfect score of three wins, the latest of which came at the Austrian round in Aigen today with another great display of driving from the World Champion. Top Qualifier for the third visit to the high altitude track, Kurzbuch would come under a stronger than expected challenge from the reigning champion Dario Balestri, the Capricorn driver leading a number of time throughout the 45-minute encounter. In the end however as drivers strategies played out it was Kurzbuch that took an expected win 4-seconds up from Balestri, with Robert Pietsch completing the podium as the top five finished in the same order they started.

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September 5, 2016

Leino wins ENS Austria to give Infinity first win

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Having been in a class of his own all weekend, Teemu Leino has capped off a perfect performance at the third round of the Euro Nitro Series with victory in Austria. A repeat of his 2015 result at the Aigen track, this time round the win was more convincing and one which will go down in his team’s history as it mark’s nitro onroad newcomers Team Infinity’s first win as a manufacturer. Starting from the TQ, Leino came under the attention of Serpent’s Dominic Greiner early on as the pair pulled clear of the 12-car field. However having just made his first tyre stop, Greiner’s race would come to an abrupt end as the rear right axle bearing assembly parted company with the car as he chased Leino. That left Leino to drive a calculated race to claim his second consecutive win of the season and put himself into serious contention for the title that is currently held by his absent from Austria team-mate Jilles Groskamp. Behind Leino, Erik Dankel would keep him honest eventually finishing 10-seconds back to make a much welcomed return to the podium for the former champion, that podium being completed by Thilo Tödtmann.

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