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July 17, 2014

Robert Gustafsson wins 40+ buggy Euros

The EFRA 40+ Nitro Buggy European Championships took place at the WMW track in Fehring, Austria. The event was affected by rainy weather conditions right from the start of the first practice session. As the race went on it soon became clear that JQ Products’ Robert Gustafsson would be the man to beat this year. In the qualifiers Robert was in a fight with Costas Agrafiotis. Both TQ’d two qualifying rounds but in the end it was Gustav who grabbed the prestigious TQ spot.

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July 15, 2014

Clarification on fuel supply for 1/8th Buggy Worlds

In the wake of the forthcoming 2014 IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Championships in Italy speculations about the availability of nitro fuel for the event arose among the participants. Due to new European Community regulations kicking in at the beginning of September and some strict Italian regulations related to it, the organisers where forced to look after official fuel suppliers that are now found in the form of Tornado, Runnertime, Merlin Fuel and Maxima. This will ensure every driver is able to choose between these four fuel brands, the European governing body EFRA announced.

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July 15, 2014

Marios Christodoulou takes RCE championship Rd3

The 3rd round of this year’s RCE championship was halt at the Dirt Paradise track in Nicosia, Cyprus. Run in very hot weather conditions the day’s win went to Marios Christodoulou, who also posted the fastest laps of the day. Nicholas Zachariades in 2nd and Andreas Thrasyvoulou in 3rd completed the podium while George Eleftheriou and Savvas Savva rounded out the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 14, 2014

Ermen & Rausch take West German championships

John Ermen and Bernd Rausch are the 2014 Western German nitro on-road champions. Xray factory racer John Ermen from the Netherlands celebrated his second victory in the 4th and final round of the Western German Championship in the 1/8th scale class 1 at the Hamm track. In 1/10th scale a 2nd place finish behind team mate Benjamin Lehmann was enough for Shepherd team driver Bernd Rausch to capture the title and to get back the prestigious starting number “1” for the 2015 campaign. In 1/8 scale class 2 Mugen racer Reinhard Zick has caught the title while Serpent racer Thomas Reiche took the final win.

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July 14, 2014

Joseph Quagraine TQs and wins Finnish nationals Rd2

The 2nd Round of the Finnish 1/8th off-road national championship series was held last weekend in Turku. Joseph Quagrain (JQ/Reds) managed to TQ and win the event, and is now leading the series, after 2 races in the 4 race series. Ari Heinonen (Kyosho/Alpha) finished 2nd, and Tomi Salonen (Mugen/O.S.) 3rd, matching their current positions in the series.

Source: JQ Racing [jqracing.com]

July 14, 2014

Ty Tessmann doubles at Quebec Classic race

The Quebec Classic race was held at the Circuit RC International in St. Etienne, Quebec this past weekend. The race saw the attendance of some of the fastest 1/8th off-road drivers around, like Hot Bodies’ Ty Tessman, Xray’s Reno Savoya or TLR’s Adam Drake. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Canada’s Ty Tessmann who came out successful in front of Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated) and Renaud Savoya (Xray). In the Nitro Truggy class it was again Ty who excelled on home soil and who came out successful, this time in front of Adam Drake (TLR) and Mugen’s Derek Sousa.

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July 10, 2014

Tomasz Gadnicki wins Polish Oder-Pomerania Cup 2014

German and Polish racers recently gathered in the Polish town of Szczecin to attend at the first ever Oder-Pomerania Cup. Despite some health and tyre problems Tomasz Gadnicki was able to win the 45 minute final in front of Michal Pokora and Danuel Tadeusiak who completed the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 9, 2014

Ryan Maifield interview

We have seen him announce his departure from Team Associated, with whom he drove with for 13 years, and more recently he was confirmed at both TLR and Team Orion going forward. We sent over a few question to Ryan Maifield to get a bit more insight into his decision to move to a new team and what his expectations are for the seasons ahead.

Read the full interview here