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June 3, 2019

Lewis & Taylor win at Paddy Piston race

The BADMCC track of Craigavon, UK held the annual Paddy Piston Race this past weekend, attracting a very competitive field of drivers. In Nitro Buggy and after the 60-minute main final event, it was Team Associated’s Matt Lewis with the win from HB Racing’s Graham Alsop on the runner-up spot. Agama’s Elliot Taylor came in 3rd to round out the podium. The Nitro Truggy A-main had Elliot Taylor (Agama) walking away with the win from JQRacing’s Bradley Baird in 2nd and Agama’s Jon Hazlewood in 3rd.

View the Nitro Truggy podium here

June 3, 2019

Nick Wautlet sweeps Manufacturers Cup Open classes

The 2019 AMain Hobbies Manufacturers Cup was held held at the Silver Dollar track in Chico, California this past weekend. Run in Pro and Open classes it was Nick Wautlet who took overall wins in the Open Nitro Buggy and Open Nitro Truggy classes. Nick would take the TQ in Open Buggy and came out on top of the 14-minute A-main event from Daniel Blalock in 2nd and Mccoy Starkey in 3rd. Over in the 14-minute Open Nitro Truggy A-main it was Jermaine Robinson with the overall TQ, however it was 5th place qualifier Nick with the win some 4.5 seconds in front of Jermaine as Bryce Beaver came in 3rd a lap down.

Image: Nick Wautlet

June 3, 2019

Toni Gruber takes EFRA GP Series 1/8th title

The third and final round of the EFRA GP Series was held in Türkheim, Germany this past weekend. Shepherd’s Toni Gruber was in control of things during qualifying, winning four of the five rounds to take the overall TQ from fellow Shepherd racer, Simin Kurzbuch on the 2 spot and Infinity’s Francesco Tironi in 3rd. The 45-minute main final then again saw Toni holding the upper hand, taking the win some two laps in front of Simon as Capricorn’s Robin D’hondt came in 3rd, another lap down. With the win, Toni also sealed the overall title, leaving behind Capricorn’s Mirko Salemi in 2nd and Infinity’s Teemu Leino in 3rd.

View the overall top 3 podium here

June 3, 2019

BRCA Truggy & E8 Buggy Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the BRCATruggy and E8 Buggy Nationals was held at the Northern Club North West Nitro just outside of Preston, Lancashire. With the forecast looking a little iffy to say the least only 37 drivers made the trip to the track. This gave the organisers a simple four heats per round – two Truggy heats and two E-Buggy heats. With the rain being on and off in the morning everyone knew it was going to make interesting conditions on the track. The racing started with two rounds of timed practice. During this stage of the meeting the drivers were finding the track difficult with the constant change in the conditions. After practice was over the race went into the three rounds of qualifying in the same heat order as the practice rounds. During the qualifying stage the weather was changing constantly. This made the track conditions changing constantly too with different levels of grip in every race. This were obviously shown in the lap times for the races. Jamie Clancy would take the TQ with his Team Associated Truggy, Jonathan Skidmore (Agama) took 2nd overall and Mitchell Booth (Tekno) took 3rd overall. In E-Buggy it was Jonathan Skidmore again take the TQ again with his Agama, Jonathan’s brother William who also drives for Agama took 2nd place overall and Simon Reeves took 3rd place overall.

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June 3, 2019

Renaud Savoya sweeps The Big Race

The ARCF 42 club of Saint Etienne, France played host to a round of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals. The event saw the running of the Elite and National category drivers in a single class, hence the name of the race: The Big One. TLR’s Renaud Savoya was the man to beat in qualifying, making a clean sweep in all qualifiers to take the overall TQ. In the main final it was again Renaud who would excel, taking the win with a 1-lap margin from Xray’s Yannick Aigoin while Team Associated’s Tom Robin came in 3rd to round out the podium. Kyosho’s Rayan Medjoubi and veteran racer Adrien Bertin (HB Racing) completed the top 5 results.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 1, 2019

Polish Off-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

Last weekend the second round of the Polish Off-road Nationals was held in Murowana Goslina, right next to the city of Poznan. Lots of rain before the week of the event meant the club’s track crew had to work hard to prepare a race-worthy surface and layout, but ultimately everything worked out very well with the track meeting the high demands of the racers. The slightly wet track grooved in nicely during Friday’s practice session and remained in perfectly dust-free, high traction and unbroken condition during the whole racing weekend, ensuring great competition without being too sensitive to car and tyre setups. Racing-wise and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Bartek Zalewski with the TQ and win from Donat Bula and Tomasz Gadnicki.

Continue reading the report here

May 30, 2019

Michael Derderian wins at French 200mm Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the French 1/10th 200mm Nationals was held at the Bonneville track last weekend. Michael Derderian would take the win in the main final after a nice battle with Brice Turco, the latter having to settle for 3rd overall in the end. Kevin Rasquin would end the A-main on the runner-up spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 29, 2019

King of the Mountain race – Report

The Toowoomba RC club hosted the annual King of the Mountain 2-day race meet this past weekend. This year the club partnered with the White Ribbon Event to raise awareness about domestic violence. With over 60 entries the event was as popular as always. After 3 rounds of qualifying Team Associated driver Alex Bernadzik took the TQ and after the 30-minute A-main Alex finished in 1st place, with Mugen driver Aaron Stringer taking 2nd, and rounding out the podium was Mugen driver Jackson Beale in 3rd.

Thanks to Ty Beale for the report.