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May 29, 2017

Juan Carlos Canas wins Spanish Nitro Buggy Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Spanish Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the Fuencarral track near Madrid. Young Juan Carlos Canas (Mugen) would sweep the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Ignacio Candel (HB Racing) and Oscar Navarro (Mugen). Jose T. Escurdero (Team Associated) came in 4th while record national champion, Robert Batlle (Mugen) suffered a troubled qualifying due to engine problems, meaning he would finish the qualifiers only in 5th place. The main final then was mainly an affair between the Mugen team mates Juan Carlos and Robert but the race was ultimately decided by a controversial referee call that left Robert Batlle with a penalty after what is understood to be some sort of unsafe behaviour in the pit lane. The somewhat confusing situation promoted Juan Carlos Canas into the 1st place with Robert on the runner-up spot. Bryan Baldo (TLR) secured the final podium spot in front of his brother Oscar Baldo (TLR) who had to settle for 4th.

View the final results here

May 28, 2017

Alberto Picco wins 1/8th World Championship warm-up

The warm-up race for this year’s IFMAR 1/8th IC Track World Championship was held in Monteux, France this weekend and it was Mugen’s Robert Pietsch who dominated the qualifying, winning three of the four rounds to grab the overall TQ. On the final day it would be Italy’s veteran racer, Infinity’s Alberto Picco, who would bump-up from his semifinal, allowing him to take a well deserved win some three laps ahead of his long time rival Lamberto Collari (Infinity), with Jerome Papaconstantinos in 3rd and John Ermen (ARC) in 4th.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

May 26, 2017

10th Anniversary HNMC British GP – Announcement

The Herts Nitro Model Club has announced the 10th Anniversary British GP for the 26th to 28th of August. The event is open to all drivers and it will see Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy classes with entries being capped at 110 Nitro Buggy, 15 E-Buggy and 15 Nitro Truggy entries. More information can be found here and sign-up is available here.

May 25, 2017

Jarno Pijpers wins Dutch 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Dutch 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the tight and technical RMCA Almelo astro turf track. The main final saw Bart Mullink lead the way until an electronic failure put things to a halt for him. This made way for Sander van Genechten, Jordy Velder and Jarno Pijers who made up the top 3 at that time. Later Sander made a mistake that promoted Jarno into the lead while behind him Sander and Jordy were in a fight for the runner-up spot. This allowed Jarno to open a gap that he would hold onto until the chequered flag. Jordy would ultimately come in 2nd from Sander in 3rd.

View the final results here

May 25, 2017

Baha & Lim win at Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix

The 2017 Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix was held recently with about 50 drivers signing up for the 1/8th and 1/10th on-road classes. In the 1/10th Nitro Touring class it was Serpent driver Baha who took the win in the main final from the Xray duo of Miwan in 2nd and SL Wong in 3rd.

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May 25, 2017

Martin Bayer sweeps Czech 1/8th Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held in Kolin. Right from the start Xray’s Martin Bayer looked like the man to beat as he set fast laps right from the practice sessions on. Saturday ad the weather was much colder which resulted in near zero traction but this did not stop Martin from being a league of his own, taking the TQs in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. Xray team mate Kaja Novotny would line up in 2nd in both classes.

Continue reading the report here

May 24, 2017

Carsten Keller doubles at German Nats warm-up

The MSC Ober-Mörlen club held their German Nationals warm-up race last weekend and it was Mugen’s Carsten Keller who brought home the TQs and wins in both the 1/8th Nitro and Electric classes. Carsten’s Mugen team mates Jan Sievert and Sebastian Winterstein completed the podium in the Nitro Buggy class.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

May 24, 2017

Hwang Sunyoung doubles at DCRC Championship

The DCRD 1/8th Off-road Championship was held recently in South Korea with about 150 drivers signing up for the event. Hwang Sunyoung made a clean sweep in the 1/8th E-Buggy and Pro Nitro Buggy classes by bringing home the win in both categories. Jeon Hanyoung and Jin Sunghyun would come in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the E-Buggy class while Jeon Hanyoung and Shin Dongcheol completed the podium result in the Pro Nitro Buggy category.

Source: Serpent [teamserpent.com]