O.S. Engines have announced the signing of Silvio Hächler for the 2017 season. The Swiss frontrunner will use O.S. Speed power plants during his campaign that will include the national championship, major international races and also the IFMAR World Championships.
Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]
The Australian 1/8th Off-road Nationals were hosted by the South District Model Car Club down in Adelaide, South Australia. Kyle McBride would set the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and by the time for the semi final the track had gotten pretty difficult, along with loads of dust on the track. Still, Kyle had a very smooth and clean race and managed to lap the whole field by over 30 seconds to put him on pole for the A-Main final. By the end of the one-hour race Kyle had almost lapped the entire field up to second twice over to take his seventh Australian National Championship in a row. Aaron Stringer would come in second from Craig Laughton third.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Southside RC of Lake City, Florida recently held a club race and in the Nitro Buggy class it was Blake Raulerson (Xray) who took the TQ for the 20-minute A-main. He would then also sweep the final to take the day’s win from Mikey Griffin (Kyosho) who had to settle for second and Travis Adams (TLR) third. In the E-Buggy class Mikey Griffin (Kyosho) stroke back, taking the win from Blake Raulerson (Xray) second and Joe Barbara (TLR) third.
The 2017 Philippine Masters will be held from the 28th to 30th of April at the Circulo Verde race track in Quezon City, Philippines. The 3-day event will see Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy racing with drivers from all over the world attending including Pro drivers such as Adam Drake, David Ronnefalk, Ty Tessmann, Kyle McBride and Atsushi Hara. More information can be found on social media here.
The South American All-Terrain Championship was held at the La Candelaria RC in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. In the 45-minute Nitro Buggy main final Xray’s Nicolas Bregante came out fastest from Mugen driver Eduardo Rossi and Stefan Koblitz in third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2017 Australian 1/8th Off-road National Championships were held last weekend in Morphett Vale, South Australia with over 220 entries. In the 60-minute Nitro Truggy A-main top qualifier, Aaron Stringer and Kyle McBride would fight for the lead in the opening stages but a crash of McBride and following mechanical problems would give Stringer room to breathe. Behind him Andrew Foord, Alex Bernadzik and Josh Pain were in the mix for the remaining podium spots and while up front Aaron Stringer would bring home a maiden national title, Andrew Foord would snatch the runner-up spot from Josh Pain in third.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com] | Image: Aaron Stringer
O.S. Engines have announced the addition of Germany’s Merlin Depta to their factory team. The German frontrunner, multiple ENS finalist, EFRA vice-European Champion and long-time Picco driver will power his Serpent rides with O.S. Speed engines from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:
I want to use this opportunity to thank Picco for their support during the last years as they have been my very first engine sponsor. Changing the brand of probably the most important component of the car needs to be a good choice. When I came into contact with O.S. Engines I was very satisfied with power and even more important reliability during a run. The support is very professional and the contact with the engineers is at eye level. It’s a great honor for me to line up in this world class factory team! Thanks to Mr. Yukami, Mr. Shimazaki and also Mr. Arata who made it possible!
Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]
This past weekend the opening round of the Brazilian National On-road Championship was held at the Miniautodromo Internacional Zeca Elias in Sao Paulo, host of the 2015 IFMAR 1/8th World Championship. In the competitive 1/8th class Capricorn’s Flavio Elias TQ’d and won the meeting in pretty dominant fashion, crossing the finish line first ahead of the Mugen of Kazu Ohara and the Capricorn of Samuel Piatto. In the 1/10th 200mm open class Elias took another convincing TQ and win on his Capricorn ahead of the Shepherd of Eduardo Dulac and the Capricorn of Rafael Alves.
