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May 28, 2018

Jarno Pijpers doubles at BuggyCup Rd2

The second round of the Dutch BuggyCup was held at the Mach One Helmond track this past weekend. In the Nitro Sportsman A-main TQ holder Jarno Pijpers (SWorkz/FX) started from the pit lane, however this did not stop him from bringing home a popular win despite a rain storm going down in the main final. Behind him, Rajco van der Sluijs (Tekno/Reds Racing) and Sander van Genechten (Xray/FX) came in 2nd and 3rd in the A-main final.

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May 28, 2018

Ari Heinonen wins Finnish Nitro Buggy Nats Rd1

Round 1 of 4 of this year’s Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Turku in the South Western part of the country. Max Mört looked like the driver to beat in the Nitro Buggy class after taking a pretty dominant TQ, however problems in the semifinal meant he would miss the main final with Ari Heinonen (Mugen/Bullitt/JConcepts) taking profit of the situation, eventually winning the A-main from Joseph Quagraine (JQRacing/Reds Racing/JConcepts) 2nd and August Poutiainen (JQRacing/O.S./AKA) 3rd. Pekko Iivonen (JQRacing/SMJ/JConcepts) and Joonas Hyvärinen (JQRacing/SMJ/Pro-Line) rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

May 28, 2018

Mirko Salemi wins at Italian Shepherd Trophy

The 2018 Shepherd Trophy was held at the Racing Mini Car Fiorano track this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Nitro class it was WRC Racing’s Mirko Salemi with the triple of pole position, fastest lap and win to round out a perfect weekend. Shepherd’s Marco Vanni ended the 30-minute main final a lap down while Serpent racer, Andrea Ciuriante rounded out the podium result in 3rd another two laps down. In the 1/10th class Alessandro Balboni took the win of the A-final in front of Michele Scaglioni and Alessandro Ciaccheri while in the 1/10th Formula category it was Alessandro Bianchi that came out fastest in front of Matteo Berlincioni and Daniel Conte.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com] & Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 28, 2018

Lars Hoppe wins North German IC Track regionals Rd2

The second round of the North German IC Track regionals was held at the MAC Hamburg track this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro class 1 competition was tough. With Lars Hoppe, Timo Schröder and Merlin Depta three internationally experienced drivers battling it out for the win. After qualification the two Shepherd drivers Lars and Timo put their cars on the 1 and 2 spot for the finals as Serpent’s Merlin Depta followed in 3rd. In the final Lars slowly pulled away while Timo was able to make a small gap too. After 30 minutes of racing Lars took the win three laps in front of Merlin and Timo, the later unfortunately struggling with several engine flame-outs. In the 1/10th Nitro class Lennart Skornia took the TQ and win in front of Bernd Hasselbring and Kai Bode.

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May 28, 2018

Jamie Clancy takes win at HNMC Memorial Race

The Herts Nitro Model Club held their annual Memorial charity race this past weekend to honour Pete Steven, Stephen Brunsden and Bernard Wija while raising money for the good cause. Kevin Brunsden took the overall TQ in the Nitro Buggy class from Jamie Clancy 2nd and Callum Niblett 3rd. Kevin would start from pole position into the A-main final, however a small bobble on lap 1 had him fall back to 3rd and eventually he would also drop to 4th following a crash. Up front Jamie Clancy held the lead while Kevin was able to recover after switching to risky 10-minute stints. In the end Jamie took the win a lap ahead of Kevin Brunsden as Callum Niblett ended the final in 3rd.

Image: Kevin Brunsden

May 28, 2018

Burak Kilic wins North German Buggy regionals Rd3

The third round of the North German 1/8th Off-road regionals, a qualifying race for the German Nationals, was held at the Kiel track this past weekend. Track conditions were pretty rough with drivers constantly searching for the best setup to manage the 30-minute A-main with as little mishaps as possible. Ultimately it was young Burak Kilic (Agama) who would bring home the win in front of Kyosho’s Marcel Paul. The race for the final podium spot was a very entertaining and hard-fought one with Timo Engelstätter bringing home the final podium spot after some tough but very fair fights with Berkan Kilic (Agama) in the final two laps.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

May 28, 2018

Reno Savoya TQs & wins French Elite Buggy Champs Rd3

The Boisset Saint Priest track played host to round 3 of the French 1/8th Elite Buggy Championship over the weekend. TLR’s Renaud Savoya would make the perfect sweep with the overall TQ, pole position after the semi finals and also the overall win, although the main final wasn’t run due to a massive thunderstorm. With the semi results taken to determine the final results it was Team Associated’s Tom Robin on the runner-up spot from HB Racing’s Thomas Musso in 3rd. Kyosho’s Rayan Medjoubi and Xray’s Jerome Aigoin would round out the top 5 results.

Image: Team Losi Racing [tlracing.com]

May 28, 2018

Davide Ongaro takes early Italian Nitro Buggy title

For round 3 of the Italian 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship racers travelled to the Balocco track over the weekend. In the Expert class Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro continued on his great 2018 form with a TQ and win, with the later also secured him the overall title after winning three out of three rounds so far. Davide ended the 45-minute A-main encounter some two laps in front of Xray’s Marco Baruffolo as Mugen Andrea Trevisan came in 3rd, another lap down. Tekno’s Alex Zanchettin lead the best of the rest in 4th.

Source: ModellismoRC [modellismorc.net]