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May 23, 2016

Neil Cragg successful at BRCA Nitro Buggy Nats Rd2

Round two of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at Kent this past weekend. Qualifying on Saturday was dominated by Elliot Boots and his reds powered Kyosho. This being one of Elliot’s home tracks before his most recent move to Italy and you could see he felt at home straight away. The main event saw a great 3-way battle out front between Elliot Boots, Neil Cragg (Team Associated/LRP) and Jack Embling (Kyosho/Reds Racing), lasting nearly the full 45 minutes. Elliot would lead for the first part but a few mistakes would allow Neil through. Neil managed to hold the lead with Elliot in second swapping fast laps all the way until an issue would see Elliot have to make his way into the pits. This allowed Neil to hold the lead, promoted Jack up to 2nd and long time 4th place man Lee Martin (Mugen/RC Concepts) to snatch 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org] | Image: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

May 23, 2016

Cole Ogden triples at 2016 Summer Shootout

The 2016 Summer Shootout was held in Lake City, Florida this past weekend. Mugen’s Cole Ogden would TQ and win Pro Nitro Buggy and he ended tie on points with John Michael Mcginty in E-Buggy but in the end a better tie-breaker handed Cole his second title of the weekend. To finish off a successful day Cole then also won the Dash for Cash. Being the Pro Nitro Buggy TQ he had to start dead last from the 10th spot but he was able to work his way up for another win.

Image: Cole Ogden

May 22, 2016

Cuypers, Reiche and Diekmann leading at halftime

Steven Cuypers in 1:8 scale class 1, Thomas Reiche in 1:8 class 2 and Melvin Diekmann in 1:10 nitro category are leading in the Western German Championship at halftime after two rounds at Dormagen and Haltern. A total of 61 nitro racers joined the season opener at the challenging track of Dormagen which was hampered by rain on Saturday afternoon during practice as well as on Sunday morning and at the end of the event. At the first championship appearance at Haltern since 2003 only 39 attended a cold and partly wet race weekend at Pentecost. It was the lowest turnout for years in Western Germany caused mainly by a bad weather forecast.

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May 20, 2016

Hartson & Root win at JConcepts Stock Nationals

The 5th annual JConcepts Stock Nationals were once again hosted by the world famous OCRC Raceway. This unique race brings Stock and Modified racers from all over the country to compete against one another in the hottest segment of RC racing, Stock 17.5. This race offers a spot for everyone with 11 different classes covering all skill levels and vehicles, each one requiring a 17.5 stock motor (blinky mode). This year’s pre entries were limited to 200, which sold out in 5 hours, and then classes were filled in from there for a total of 250+ entries. With 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday, one final round and mains on Sunday, there was plenty of track time for everyone. After four rounds of IFMAR qualifying, the top eight drivers made the A-Main in each category to be joined by two bump-ups from the lower finals. The A-Mains ran for ten minutes, with 7-minute B-Mains and 6-minute lower mains.

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May 20, 2016

Basile Concialdi wins French 200mm Nationals Rd2

Basile Concialdi wins French 200mm Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the French 1/10th Nitro On-road Championship took place in city of Tours in the middle of France. Friday’s practice was affected by rain and also on Saturday some areas remained damp during qualifying. With a comfortable lead it was Basile Concialdi who secured himself the TQ spot with his Team Orion-powered Velox V10. Although Basile faced some problems in the semifinal he still managed to bump up to the final. With some excellent driving Basile soon took over the lead and from that moment on he never looked back. At the end of the 45 minute encounter Concialdi crossed the finishing line some 2 laps in front of Quentin Leroux (Capricorn/Team Orion) with Ahmed Kerfati (KM/Novarossi) completing the podium another lap down.

View the A-main results here

May 20, 2016

Hupo Hönigl doubles at Austrian EP Buggy Nats Rd2

Round two of the Austrian Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the GMAC Litschau track in the very North of the country. The weather forecast wasn’t very promising with rain and low temperatures predicted but at the end the race would be completed without any delays although wind and cold temperatures made things pretty unpleasant. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Hupo Hönigl made a clean sweep by taking the TQ and win from Marcel Rekettye (Yokomo) and Schumacher’s Peter Pinisch.

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May 19, 2016

Fabio Ferrero wins Chile National Championship

The international Chile On-road Championship recently took place at the CACH track near Santiago de Chile. Eduardo Giardino lead the qualifiers followed by Argentinian driver Fabio Ferrero and Alvaro Jara who secured themselves a direct spot in the main final. The final race began with a great battle between Fabio Ferrero and Eduardo Giardino. After 24 laps Fabio Ferrero moved to the front and led the race until the chequered flag.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 19, 2016

JR Mitch doubles at 4th annual JConcepts Judge race

The 4th annual JConcepts Judge race was hosted by GSHobby in the small town of Barling, Arkansas, just south-east of Fort Smith. The hobby shop has a club racing scene at the smaller indoor track which has collected a good number of local racers from around the general area. The JConcepts Judge brought all those racers back with a mix of people from out of town. In 2WD Mod Buggy the battle was between JR Mitch, Michael Twilling, Trevor Nault, Todd Sieler, and Bobby Woods. That’s how they qualified for the three A-mains on Sunday. A1 and A2 were taken by JR Mitch, leaving the battle for second between Michael Twilling and Bobby Woods. At the 3rd A main, it was Michael getting the edge over Bobby for the second overall position.

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