The Arizona State Championships were held last weekend and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class TLR/Reds Racing’s Ryan Maifield would take the win. Mugen’s Mike Truhe would take his OS-powered buggy the runner-up spot just ahead of Mugen team mate Adam Drake in 3rd.
Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]
The Cotswolds outdoor racetrack will play host to the first ever X-Race UK on the 11th and 12th of June. The event will see the running of Electric Touring Modified and 13.5T Pro Stock boosted classes as well as a Formula and a Nitro Touring Car class. The entries are limited to 30 Modified, 50 Pro Stock, 20 Formula and 10 Nitro Touring drivers. More information and sign-up can be found here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
BMT have announced the signing of Dutch frontrunner Rick Vrielijnck to their team for the 2016 season. The 9-times Dutch national champion and multiple EC-A, World Championship and ENS finalist plans to attend at all major 1/8th on-road events, such as the national champion, the ENS and the Euros. Rick had the following to say about the deal:
I am very Happy to join BMT and would like to thank Pasquale Iuliucci for this opportunity. Together we will focus on getting the most out of the current 984 chassis and develop it further during the season. I also would like to thank team Shepherd for their support last year.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
The Mini Autodromo AAC in Coimbra, Portugal played host to a local 1/8th scale off-road club race. The event attracted some of the fastest drivers of the Portuguese nationals and it was Serpent’s Carlos Duraes who was able to TQ the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class by winning all three qualifiers. In the 45 minute main final Carlos then converted the TQ in to a win some two laps in front of Ricardo Monteiro (TLR) and Gonzalo Meilo (TLR) in second and third respectively.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The recent Southern Indoor Championships saw Ryan Lutz (Tekno) walking away with a triple win. In the 30 minute Nitro Buggy A-main Lutz and teammate Joe Bornhorst (Tekno) would battle over the top spot and they were within a few seconds the whole race. It came down to the last few laps for the deciding pass and the win from Ryan Lutz. Joe Bornhorst came in second, Evan Vail (Mugen) rounded out the top 3 result.
Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of Brian Poliseno for the 2016 season. A round winner at the Italian 1/8th national championships, Brian will use Ielasi Tuned’s new 9CL WC Edition engine to power his ARC R8.0 this coming season.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
The Radio Control Car Club of Kuwait played host to the 2016 Kuwait Camel Classic 1/8th nitro off-road race this past week. The event attracted both local talent as well as special guests from abroad and it was Spain’s Robert Batlle (Mugen) who would grab the pole position for the 45 minute main final that he would win from Japan’s Atsushi Hara (Kyosho) and Kenji Tsuruta (Mugen) in second and third respectively.
Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenseiki.com]
Japanese company GForce have announced the addition of 2015 IFMAR 4WD Buggy World Champion, Bruno Coelho to their team. The signing comes hot on the heels of Bruno’s new tie-up with Hobbywing and it is understood that his GForce deal will include the supply of electronics and accessories such as chargers, tyres warmers and the like. Bruno says:
I’m super happy to announce that I’ll be joining GForce for the 2016 season. Looking forward to start strong this new season. See you in the next race.
Source: GForce [gforce-hobby.jp]
