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March 19, 2014

Alexander Hagberg continues with Orcan

Xray factory driver Alexander Hagberg has re-signed his contract with Orcan, the German company announces. Alexander will continue to use Orcan’s nitro engines, such as the newly designed .12 RS3-MH, fuel, mufflers and other accessories for this 2014 nitro on-road campaign. The 24 year old Swede is focused on the 200 I.C. World Championship in Bangkok this year and he will also compete at the European Championships and selected races of the Euro Nitro Series ENS as well as local races. This is what Alexander has to say about the deal:

For 2014, being a worlds year for the 200mm IC class, it will be more important than ever to have a good and reliable engine set-up. I will continue with my Orcan deal throughout this season, using engines, mufflers, fuel and accessories from the German brand at all my nitro races. I want to thank Bertram Kessler and SMI for this opportunity, and I am looking forward to EC, WC, ENS and Swedish Cup races together with this sponsor.

Source: Orcan [orcan.de]

March 18, 2014

John Michael doubles at March Madness race

The March Madness race at The RC Pit saw John Michael taking the win in Pro Buggy following an exciting first part of the race. While being in front he got hung up on a pipe where there was no marshal which allowed the 2nd and 3rd driver to catch up and John fell back to 2nd place. 4 laps later John regained the lead and he was able to take the win. Griffin Hanna finished 2nd. In E-buggy John Michael followed closely to the leader Griffin Hanna for the first 4 minutes of the race. Once the leader made a mistake John Michael got past and stretched out his lead over the next 6 minutes to take the win.

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March 18, 2014

Cristiano Sartor wins at F.V.S.S. Trophy

Sartor Cristiano wins at F.V.S.S. Trophy

The first F.V.S.S. Trophy took place last weekend at the historic track of Pista Verde Fener. A total of 44 attended in the 1/8th on-road, 1/10th on-road and 1/8th classic classes. In 1/8th on-road F.V.S.S. team driver, Sartor Cristiano (Shepherd/Novarossi) took the win in the final after using most of the qualifying to search for a good chassis balance and tyre consumption. Mattia Collavo (Capricorn, XRD) came in second while Lorenzo Cadamuro (Capricorn/Picco) completed the top 3 result.

Source: F.V.S.S. [fvssshop.it]

March 18, 2014

Darren Bloomfield wins at BRCA Truggy nats Rd1

The 1st round of the BRCA National Truggy Championships was held at Herts over the weekend. With the UK once again experiencing clear, sunny weather the competitors for the opening round of the Truggy and E-Buggy Nationals were in for a treat with the track having been rolled and prepared since the previous weekend. In Truggy qualifying Darren Bloomfield spent the time adjusting his car after the previous event in the US where servo issues had prevented a good result, but here he was thankfully able to concentrate on improving the set up and improving his lap times. He would eventually end up qualifying in 2nd place on the grid behind Mugen’s Jack Embling and in a good place to challenge for the main final. Darren’s Agama teammates Ollie Currie and Jon Hazlewood started directly behind Bloomfield in 3rd and 4th respectively on the grid.

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March 17, 2014

Robert Batlle wins IBR Champions League Rd3

Robert Batlle (Mugen) has taken the win at the Rd3 round of the IBR Champions League race in Italy. Alex Zanchettin (TLR) and Federico Ruggeri (Kyosho) completed the podium for a Novarossi 1-2-3. Fabrizio Teghesi (Kyosho) and Davide Ongaro (TLR) came in 4th and 5th respectively.

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March 13, 2014

Mario Miranda wins 200mm at Portuguese nats Rd1

Mario Miranda wins 200mm at Portuguese Nationals Rd1

The first race of the Portuguese nitro on-road nationals took place last weekend. At first it looked like Bruno Coelho would make a clean sweep in the qualifiers and semifinals but he ran into trouble allowing Mario Miranda to take the pole position for the final. In the main Mario and Bruno had a great battle for the lead and while Bruno looked like he would be the winner Mario was able to squeeze by in the final lap to take the win over his Xray teammate.

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March 12, 2014

Thornhill Racing Circuit hosts ROAR Offroad Fuel Nats

The 2014 ROAR 1/8 Offroad Fuel Nationals will be held on the weekend of the 22nd of June at the Thornhill Racing Circuit. Deep in the heart of Texas, the best that ROAR has to offer will descend onto a track designed and built by world-renowned Joey “The Dirt” Christensen to contest who will be the next U.S. national champions. Joey will also be hosting the nationals warm-up race, billed as “The Dirt Lonestar Nitro Challenge” which will be held on May 15th to 18th. Registration for the nationals is scheduled to open on ROAR’s website on March 21st, 2014. More information can be found here.

March 11, 2014

José Areias wins at Portuguese 1/8th on-road nats Rd1

The first round of the 2014 Portuguese nitro on-road nationals took place at the Sintra track near Lisbon. The weekend started with a low grip track on Saturday and cloudy, partly wet racing on Sunday but culminated in a dry semi and main final that was won by new Capricorn driver José Areias. The 1/8 class podium was completed by Mário Miranda in 2nd and Solange Araujo in 3rd place.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]