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March 26, 2015

McBride doubles at Australian 1/8 National Champs

The 2015 Australian 1/8 Fuel Off-Road National Championships were held at the Model Off-Road Buggy Club in Perth, Australia. As qualifying got underway, it was clear that Kyle McBride would be one of the drivers to beat for the title in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truggy classes. Comfortable from the first lap, the 18-year-old drove with the experience of a top veteran and put himself in great positions for the main events. First up was the Truggy main where McBride jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, lapping the field twice. In the Buggy class the results were similar, with McBride putting three laps on the competition getting him his fifth Buggy Championship in a row.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

March 26, 2015

Ty Tessmann fuelled by VP Powermaster

1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion Ty Tessmann has teamed up with VP Racing Fuels for the Silver State and Neo race. Ty will “officially” be using VP PowerMaster’s “Tessmann Edition” fuel at the 2015 Silver State in Las Vegas and at the 2015 NeoX race at Harper Adams University in Newport, Shropshire, England. After extensive on-track testing and racing, Tessman was convinced that the custom formulated VP Powermaster delivered the performance demanded at the highest levels of R/C Offroad racing. “Fuel mileage is very important to us without sacrificing power, with this blend we do not sacrifice anything”, said Gord Tessmann.

Source: VP [powermasterfuels.com]

March 26, 2015

Revert wins rainy Spanish nitro on-road season opener

The 1st round of the Spanish nitro on-road nationals was held at the Ronda track. The weekend was pretty much washed away by the weather and in the 45 minute main final it was Jorge Revert who made the best out of the situation as he came out successful in front of David Jonas Alonso and Alberto Alonso.

Thanks to David Cuesta for the report.

March 26, 2015

Robert Krens joins Shepherd Benelux

After years of close cooperation of Shepherd Benelux with Robert Krens as setup specialist and pit-crew for several Shepherd drivers, the company now welcomes him to their 1/10th scale nitro team. Robert will compete at the Dutch 1/10th nationals this season and he had the following to say:

After racing EC1:12 and EC1:10 for several years, I’ve always been looking for new challenges to improve my knowledge and skills. I’m very glad that Shepherd Benelux offered me to be part of the team and gives me this opportunity. I have seen the quality of their products from helping fellow IC1:8 racers during Nationals and was impressed by the quality and performance of Shepherd products. I’m feeling really confident and exited to start the new season.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.nl]

March 26, 2015

Helmi wins at Malaysia National Challenge Rd1

The opening round of the 2015 Malaysia National Challenge kicked off at the Kuala Terengganu RC Track. Run in 1/8th and 1/10th on-road classes the series always attracts local racers and guest from abroad alike and round 1 made no difference. In the 1/10th 200mm class Baha took the TQ but it was Helmi who came out successful in the A-main in front of the TQ holder. Kimie rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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March 25, 2015

Dennis Sting joins Xray

Xray have announced the signing of young and talented multiple German Junior Champion Dennis Sting to their team. Dennis is focused for nitro on-road racing and will race at all major events including the Euros, the ENS and the German Nationals in 2015 using Xray’s RX8 and NT1 kits. Dennis had the following to say:

I am very happy and excited for this great opportunity and want to thanks to Xray for their trust in me. To be part of World Championship winning team is a great honor for me and I will do my best to represent Xray in the best possible way. I will be racing all the major nitro on-road races as well the ENS series and will be available to anyone to help out.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 25, 2015

Ollie Currie wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd12

Round 12 of the HNMC Winter Series brought plenty of guys out to play at the recently re-vamped Herts track. With many new features put in and the layout having changed a fair bit, there was a challenge for all to get used to it, with the old layout having been in place for a long time. Qualifying saw Ollie Currie laying it down, and after a mistake in round 1 costing him that TQ he made no such mistakes in rounds 2 and 3 to take the overall TQ for the meeting in fine style.

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March 25, 2015

Cristian Artiles wins at Grand Canary Winter Series

The 2015 Winter Series was held this past weekend on the island of Grand Canary. The temperature of 25 degrees made for perfect racing conditions and after the qualifiers it was Cristian Artiles who took the TQ. The semifinals went well for Cristian too as he was able to take the pole position for the 30 minute main that he later won some three laps ahead of Leandro Romano.

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