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August 31, 2017

Jamie Clancy wins at 2017 Herts GP

The annual Herts GP was held last weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Club. Jamie Clancy would sweep the Nitro Buggy qualifying and he also came out on top in the 45-minute A-main after some nice battles with Jonni Skidmore and Jack Embling. All three matched very closely in lap times but Jamie would have an advantage over the distance while Jonni and Jack battled for the overall runner-up spot. In the end one extra pit stop and some mistakes cost Jack a 2nd place finish and he eventually brought home a 3rd place.

Image: Jack Embling [facebook.com]

August 30, 2017

2017 TCS Finals – Report

The 2017 TCS Finals concluded at Tamiya America’s racing facility in Aliso Viejo, California after 13 regional races that ran across the country. The 2017 TCS season kicked off in January in Fresno, California and ended in August in Jackson, New Jersey. Other regional state race locations included, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Connecticut, and Washington. The final national event spanned two days from August 26th to 27th at Tamiya America’s R&D race track in Aliso Viejo, California. This year’s final celebrates 23 years of on-road Tamiya R/C car racing. There are eight new class champions, three of which will be representing the USA at the Tamiya World Championships in November; an event during the Tamiya Fair held in Shizuoka-City, Japan. Duy Khuong took the winning honours in GT-1, securing himself a ticket to Japan with Mat Allen and Solomon Figues Jr. coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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August 30, 2017

Kurzbuch TQs and wins at Swiss 1/8th IC track finale

The final round of the Swiss 1/8th IC track national championship was held in Sittersdorf recently. Newly-crowned national champion, Simon Kurzbuch (Shepherd) again laid down some exceptional runs to take the TQ after the qualifiers. In the main final the race for the win was on between Simon and Silvio Hächler (ARC) and the lead would change between these two with every pit stop until Silvio suffered an engine cut at the second stop for tyres and later on he also had a body tuck which made things even worse. Up front Simon would cross the finish line one lap in front of Silvio while Luca Martinelli (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result. Elsewhere in the B class there was again a Kurzbuch/Hächler fight going on with Simon’s father Christian and Silvio’s father Andreas being in the mix for the overall title in the slower B class. Ultimately and with a save and clean drive, Christian would secure the day’s win and with it the national title.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 30, 2017

Ogden & Drake win at 2017 Mugen Challenge

The 2017 Mugen Challenge was hosted by LCRC in Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania last weekend. In Pro Nitro Buggy and continuing his success from The Wicked Weekend, Cole Ogden (Mugen) was once again on fire at the Mugen Challenge. Feeling the flow early on, Cole was able to qualify himself in the top position where he led for the entire 45-minute A-final. Cole is definitely on a hot streak with some great finishes in the last few races proving he’s got the skills to get it done. Mugen’s Adam Drake also had a great weekend finishing 2nd with Team Associated’s Jamie Grayek in 3rd.

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August 29, 2017

Joe Hwee takes RCMC Nitro Buggy title

The final round of the Singapore RCMC 1/8 Nitro Buggy Nationals was held last weekend at Lap Paradise Raceway. When the dust had settled the 6-race championship was won by Joe Hwee (HB Racing/O.S./AKA) who took the title from young Danial Miswan (Kyosho/Reds Racing/AKA), who won round 6 to finish 2nd overall, while Ronnie Leow (Serpent/Novarossi/Sweep) had to fight off the Mugen duo of Aidi Amin (Mugen/Hope/AKA) and Leng (Mugen/O.S./AKA) in the final race to finished 3rd overall.

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August 29, 2017

Greiner & Hertong take German 1/8th on-road titles

The MCC Rhein-Ahr club played host for the 2017 German 1/8th IC Track Championships this past weekend. 73 drivers signed in for the event which was a 20 percent increased compared to 2016, showing that nitro on-road racing is alive and kicking. The 4-day event was held in Bad Breisig, located between Bonn and Koblenz next to the river Rhine in Western Germany and the one-event championship was using Matrix-based Arrowmax tyres as hand-out wheels.

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August 29, 2017

Widmaier crowned German 1/8th Nitro Buggy Champ

Round 2 of the German 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship was held this past weekend in Hamburg in the north of the country. With top notch performances at round 1 and 2 it was SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier who took the overall win with his SPower-propelled and TPro-shoed car after the combined two rounds of the championship. Aaron Münster (Kyosho/O.S./AKA) snatched the vice-championship in front of Alex Schmitt (HB Racing/Team Orion/AKA).

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

August 28, 2017

2017 Quebec Classic – Report

The 2017 Quebec Classic was held this weekend near Montréal, Canada. Nearly 230 entries for the event made for full days of racing in the 1/8th off-road and 1/10th SC classes. In the premier Nitro Buggy class special guest Richard Saxton took the TQ showing everyone he is still super fast. TLR’s Aaron Kothman and Jerome Treignier came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the main, Richard and Aaron battled for few laps but the King took the win at the end followed by Aaron Kothman, Sam Langer and Jerome Treignier.

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