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June 24, 2014

International Romanian Nitro Cup – Date change

As the summer nitro season is in full swing, the organisers of the International Romanian Nitro Cup wanted to notify everyone that the date has been changed for the annual event to fit within the many national events being run throughout Europe. The new date for the IRNC will be September 19th to 21th. The race will be held at the beautiful Hobby Arena track near Bucharest in 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm in-road classes with the chance to win some big money for those making the A final. More information can be found here.

June 24, 2014

Wicaksono wins at Jakarta regional buggy champs

The 3rd round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track in Serpong, West Java. A total of 33 drivers attended the event that saw Adrian Wicaksono taking TQ. At the end of the 45 minute final Adrian maintained the lead and came in 1st followed by John Agus and Jason Nugroho. Faisal Ali and Darmadi Kurniawan completed the top 5 result.

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June 23, 2014

Griffin & Colin Hanna win at East Coast Off-Road Series

Cape Fear Raceway in Holly Springs, NC recently hosted a round of the East Coast Off Road Series. In the Nitro Buggy class Will McIver took TQ but a few bobbles in the 20 minute final meant Griffin Hanna (Serpent) would be able to take the lead and the win in the A-main. Brandon Melton (Team Associated) came in 2nd while Will McIver completed the podium in 3rd. The E-Buggy class saw a battle for the TQ spot between Michael Webb and Collin Hanna. Webb (Hot Bodies) and Hanna (Serpent) each scored a round TQ in the opening qualifiers with Hanna taking another round win in the final qualifier handing him the overall TQ for the finals.

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June 23, 2014

Tessmann wins epic US Nationals Buggy Final

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Having earlier lost his Truggy title to Dakotah Phend in a thrilling race, Ty Tessmann would come out the better of an epic Buggy battle with Ryan Maifield to claim his second US National Championship in nitro offroad’s premiere class. Starting 3rd on the grid, the HB driver mixed it with the Associated of Maifield for 55-minutes of the 1-hour, after Top Qualifier and early leader Phend suffered a massively costly off. In the end the race would be decided on the last lap. With Maifield leading, Tessmann made a move down the inside coming up to the Thornhill Racing Circuit’s large step-up, a move the 2006 Champion would try to block resulting in the two coming together. With both buggies needing to be marshalled, Tessmann got away first setting the stage for a final dash to the flag but two corners later a mistake by Maifield would leave his buggy on its roof allowing Tessmann to win by 4.8 seconds. Behind the intense battle, Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz completed a successful day as he claimed his second podium of the day with a repeat of his Truggy 3rd place finish.

Continue reading this report here or our complete event coverage here.

June 23, 2014

Phend claims first nitro title in thrilling Truggy final

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After 45-minutes of intense racing Dakotah Phend is the new US National Truggy Champion. The TLR driver claimed his first nitro title from the defending champion Ty Tessmann after a thrilling race in Hutto, Texas, where they shadowed one another the entire race. In a completely different league to the other 13 finalists, the race came down to the final corner with the pair tangling as Tessmann, who was chasing a third consecutive title, made a last attempt to deny the Top Qualifier his first win. After marshalling it was Phend who would get the win on the dash to the line by 3/10ths of a second. Over a lap down Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz completed the podium at Thornhill Racing Circuit.

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June 23, 2014

Martin Bayer doubles at Czech nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Czech nationals was held at the Dolni Bukovsko track. In both the 1/8th nitro and E-buggy classes Martin Bayer took the TQ for the finals both of which he won quite easily. In the nitro class Martin was sidelined on the podium by Jan Zamis and David Kukla while Kaja Novotny and Jan Domansky completed the podium in the E-buggy class.

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June 23, 2014

Juanma Guillen wins inaugural ARCEA club race

The ARCEA club in Madrid, Spain held their inaugural Club race at the del Alamo track and in the final Mugen driver Juanma Guillen came out successful with his Alpha-powered ride in front of Jose Carlos Ibarra (Kyosho/Alpha) and Miguel Izquierdo (Mugen/Alpha).

Source: Alpha [alpha-rc.com]

June 23, 2014

Martin Wollanka wins Xray Offroad GP Italy

The recent Xray Offroad GP Italy was run in mixed weather conditions with the Saturday being washed away by rain. To overcome the waiting time the Xray team held a tech meeting and later had a go at a nearby karting track with the race being won by Martin Bayer in front of Miguel Matias and Martin Wollanka. Come Sunday the track was still muddy but the race started nevertheless with 1/8th E-buggy qualifying. The round was won by Martin Wollanka who suffered from a mistake mid-race but electrical problems by the then-leading Miguel Matias handed Martin back the win in the qualifier.

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