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September 21, 2015

Cole Ogden wins at Southern Nationals

The Southern Nationals were held over the weekend in Louisiana. In the Pro Buggy class Cole Ogden (TLR) took the TQ in the first two rounds of qualifying. The start of the main final then was a toss up; people were switching spots and wrecking everywhere. Cole cased the back double and lost the lead to Ryan Lutz (Tekno) on the first lap, only to regain it after dodging a wreck on the front straight. Cole continued to stretch his lead and lapped the field at about 20 minutes. Around that time, he made small mistake and flipped upside down, the marshall slipped and almost fell on Ogden’s car but stuffed his pipe in the process. Cole flamed out, got refired and got back on the track right in front of the epic second place battle between J.R. Mitch (TLR) and Joe Bornhorst (Tekno). Ultimately Cole maintained a good lead till the finish to take the win from Ryan Lutz in second and Joe Bornhorst in third.

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September 21, 2015

Nacho Lopez takes Spanish 200mm title

The fourth and final round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nationals was held at the tight and technical Carsol track in Elche. Going into the final round four drivers, Nacho Lopez, Victor Pelaez, Jonnhy Pastor, and Carlos Ferrando had the chance to grab the overall championship title. The weekend started out with free practice on Friday on a very slippery track due to heavy rain the week before the race. From the start of the controlled practice on it became clear that the fight for the TQ would be between Nacho Lopez and Sergi Franch. After the qualifiers Sergi and Nacho were tie on points but with the better end for Sergi in the tie-breaker. Also directly qualified for the final were Carlos Ferrando and Jonnhy Pastor in third and fourth respectively. Victor Pelaez had a tough qualifying and ended in 6th place so far so he had to go through the semifinals to maintain his chance to grab the title.

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September 21, 2015

Jack Holger Sørensen wins at Danish On-road Champs

A round of the Danish On-road Nationals was recently held at the Hillerod RC Racing club. In the 200mm Nitro class Rasmus B. Nielsen showed some good speed during Saturday’s dry practice. Sunday started out wet but this did not kept the driver from fighting for valuable points in the championship. Rasmus already had a 9 point lead over runner-up Claus Ryeskov in the championship and there was no reason for him to start but other drivers wanted to tackle the wet track to keep their positions in the championship so at the end the drivers decided to do one qualifier followed by the finals.

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September 21, 2015

Cody King wins at 1st annual Easy Money Race

The 1st annual Easy Money race was held at Thunder Alley RC Raceway. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy main final was a battle between Kody Neumedahl (Team Associated), Richard Saxton (Team Associated) and Cody King (Kyosho) at first. Cody chased them down and got around them but crashed and dropped back to 4th. Due to the hot weather a lot of cars had issues and after a quick pit stop to having his engine adjusted Cody was on a mission again. Richard was surprisingly tough to get around, but eventually Cody would lap the field on his way to the win. At the end results behind the leader mixed up a bit and it would be local fast guy Steve Harris (Mugen) in 2nd and Chad Panek (Tekno) in 3rd who rounded out the podium.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

September 21, 2015

Robert Batlle takes 10th Spanish National title in a row

The final round of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the multi-surface Valladolid track this past weekend. 9-time National Champion Robert Batlle (Mugen) was the pre-event favourite going into the final round as he was in the position to snatch his 10th title in this class, but it was Ricardo Monteiro (TLR) who came out fastest after the qualifiers in front of Oscar Baldo (Mugen). Robert ended the qualifiers on the third place, Bryan Baldo (Mugen) rounded out the top 4. The semi finals then saw Robert coming out fastest from Ricardo with both being the only drivers to score 36 laps runs and in the main final Robert would use all of his experience to take the day’s win and with it his 10th consecutive 1/8th Nitro Buggy title. TQ Ricardo Monteiro ended the race on the runner-up spot, Oscar Baldo rounded out the podium result in third.

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September 17, 2015

Glenn Smith teams up with TLR

Horizon Hobby UK welcome Glenn Smith as the newest edition to the TLR UK team. Recent results have seen a real turn of speed from Glenn and his sponsors now hope to see him further his development with the support and experience of his new team mates.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.co.uk]

September 17, 2015

Marnix Bul takes Dutch Buggy Cup Hobby class title

The seventh round of the Dutch National Championship recently took place at the beautiful track in Hengelo. After three rounds of qualifying Marnix Bul took the TQ in the Hobby Class but he would encounter some difficulties in the semifinal when he had a flame-out at the start. Nevertheless Marnix was able to catch up quickly and bumped up to the main final coming in second after 20 minutes. Starting the main final from 5th position he climbed up the order constantly and after 25 minutes he crossed the finishing line in first position. With this result his current points in the overall ranking can’t be equalled by anyone, meaning Marnix will take the championship title at the last race.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 17, 2015

Munn & Wonders take NCT titles

The 2015 North-West Championship Tour (NCT) Series began earlier this year in April and just recently finished this past weekend. This 6-race series would hit some of the best outdoor tracks in the beautiful Pacific North-West. After the dust had settled, Jesse Munn would take the 4WD Modified Buggy, 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th Nitro Truggy championship while Tayler Wonder grabbed the 2WD Modified Buggy title.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]