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September 2, 2020

Rihard Lainemäe double at Estonian Nats Rd3

The third round of the 2020 Estonian Offroad Racing Series took place at LaitseRallipark, the one day event consisting of morning free practice, 4 qualification runs followed by a single 10-minute sprint final. After Qualifying it was Rainer Ressar in Nitro Buggy and Karl Martinson in eBuggy taking the top spot, with Rihard Lainmeäe taking a close 2nd in both classes. The finals saw the track evolve to very high grip but also very bumpy, which made the conditions even more difficult and made for very interesting racing. Rihard Lainemäe would win both finals followed in nitro buggy by Rainer Ressar in 2nd and Reimo Kosk 3rd and by Martinson and Marko Kivisild in eBuggy.

View the podium results here

August 26, 2020

Bartek Zambrzycki wins at Polish Off-road Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Wlodowa last weekend. The event took place on what is considered the country’s largest and most challenging off-road track with the weather – hot and dry on Friday and Saturday and cold and wet on Sunday – further adding to the mix. It was Bartek Zambrzycki (Agama) who showed maximum adaptability to the changing conditions, securing the TQ as well as the win after the shortened 22-minute A-main. Tomek Gadnicki (Xray) came in 2nd overall from Igor Goderski (Mugen) in 3rd.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

August 26, 2020

Flavio Elias wins at Brazilian GP On-road opener

The opening round of the Brazilian nitro on-road nationals took place in Americana recently. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was multi-time national champion, Flavio Elias with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the 40-minute A-main event. Eduardo Dulac came in 2nd overall, some 15 seconds behind Elias as Samuel Prato came in 3rd overall, already some eleven laps down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 24, 2020

Patrick Hofer wins at Swiss Buggy Championship

The second round of the Swiss 1/8th Buggy Championship was hosted by the MBLR Gland club last weekend. HB Racing’s Patrick Hofer and Jeremy Pittet battled it out for the overall TQ with Patrick ultimately holding the upper hand while Jeremy had to settle for 2nd after the tie-breaker. The 45-minute A-main event was a close battle up front with Patrick taking the win some 15 seconds in front of Xray’s Joachim Kallen. Jeremy Pittet came in 3rd overall, a lap down.

Image: Xray Switzerland [facebook.com]

August 24, 2020

Canas & Figueiredo win at International Buggy Challenge

The International Buggy Challenge was held in Barcelos, Portugal this past weekend, attracting some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers. The Nitro Buggy class it was SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas with the overall TQ from Mugen’s Robert Batlle on the runner-up spot. In the main final Juan Carlos would continue to excel as he took the win a lap in front of Robert while Mugen’s Berkan Kilic came in 3rd overall. Joao Figueiredo and Reno Savoya completed the top 5 result.

Continue reading the report here

August 24, 2020

Dominic Greiner takes German 200mm title

The MCC Rhein-Ahr club hosted the 2020 German 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Nationals this past weekend. Capricorn’s Melvin Diekmann took the overall TQ some 0.4 seconds in front of Dominic Greiner with Toni Gruber sitting in 3rd overall after the qualifiers. In the 45-minute main final, that started on a wet track, it was Dominic who would take the win some two laps in front of Shepherd’s Toni Gruber as Thilo Tödtmann (Capricorn) rounded out the top 3 result another three laps down.

Image: Thilo Tödtmann

August 24, 2020

Ryan Maifield sweeps 2020 Mugen Challenge

LCRC Raceway of Lost Creek Cycles, Pennsylvania hosted the 2020 Mugen Challenge this past weekend, attracting over 480 entries. Mugen’s own Ryan Maifield was the man to beat in Expert Nitro Buggy, Expert E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy as he took the TQs in all three classes and he also walked away with the titles, making a clean sweep. In Expert Nitro Buggy it was Cole Ogden (HB Racing) on the runner-up spot, some six seconds behind, as Spencer Heckert (HB Racing) came in 3rd overall, a lap behind. In the 10-minute E-Buggy A-main Ryan would lead from tone to tone, taking the win some 2.3 seconds in front of Ryan Lutz (Agama) as Cole Ogden (HB Racing) rounded out the top 3 another 8.5 seconds behind. Over in Nitro Truggy and behind winner Maifield, it was Joe Bornhorst (Tekno) with a 2nd place finish as Seth VanDalen (Tekno) finished in 3rd overall.

Image: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

August 24, 2020

Heat of America Series Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the Heart of America Series was held this past weekend in 1/8th Open, 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan, and 1/8th GT classes. 1/8th Open would see John Peck with the overall TQ, however it was Jason Reger (Capricorn) with the win in the A-main, some nine laps in front of fellow Capricorn racer, Chris Nichols. Bob Block (Mugen) came in 3rd overall, another three laps down.

Continue reading the report here