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August 18, 2020

Joona Haatanen crowned Finnish Nitro Buggy champ

The Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held in Vaasa this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class saw Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen taking the overall TQ after winning three of the five qualifying rounds while Joseph Quagraine (JQRacing) and Pekko Iivonen (Team Associated) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively, both taking a single qualifying round. In the 45-minute A-main final Joona holding the upper hand as he took the win with a lap margin from Mugen’s Ari Heinonen in 2nd while Pekko Iivonen rounded out the top 3 result only 1.1 seconds behind Ari.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

August 17, 2020

Max Götzl double at Czech Open Rd4

The 4th round of Czech Open series was held last weekend at the RC AUTA LCM club in Terezin. With rain on Friday there was no possibility for free practice, but the club did a good job to get the track ready and everyone could race in the morning on Saturday. Qualifying for Nitro Buggy go to Xray driver Max Götzl with Jiri Mara taking 2nd and Tomas Kapicka 3rd. In the eBuggy class it was again Götzl that came out on top, this time with Jiri Benes 2nd and Jan Petr in 3rd.

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August 16, 2020

Kurzbuch, Greiner & Salven win at ENS opener

The first round of the 2020 Euro Nitro Series took place this weekend at the popular MAV Aigen-Schlagl track in the Austrian countryside. In the 1:8 Scale Class, Simon Kurzbuch secured pole position for Shepherd after the organisers were able to conduct the fifth qualifying round on Saturday morning, beating Infinity’s Dario Balestri in the shootout. In the Main Final, Balestri pressured Kurzbuch over the first few laps, as third place starter Carmine Raiola dropped back and allowed Robert Pietsch into third. However, an early tyre stop didn’t work out for Balestri as taking just two tyres made his car unbalanced and hard to drive. This allowed not only Kurzbuch to pull a big advantage, but also Pietsch and Raiola to pass Balestri and move into second and third respectively. However, following a later four tyre stop, Balestri was back on pace and moved up to second once again – however too far back to challenge Kurzbuch for the win. Pietsch and Raiola battled hard for third, with the positions switching during pit stops. Raiola eventually made up for his bad start, and secured third at the finish line to make it two Infinity cars in the top three.

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August 15, 2020

Balestri & Greiner lead at ENS Austria

With the weather improving significantly throughout Friday, the ENS organisers made use of the unexpected good conditions to conduct as much of the planned five qualifying rounds as possible for the opening round of the series. As Saturday currently forecasts rain for most of the day, the 1:8 Scale and +40 Masters Classes were able to complete four rounds of heats, with 1:10 Scale finishing three rounds at the MAV Aigen-Schlagl circuit.

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August 12, 2020

Meen V. wins at Huge Challenge Rd6

Round 6 of the popular Huge Challenge was held at the Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand last weekend. The race saw the running of both nitro and electric 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes and in 1/8th IC Track it was former IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring World Champion, Meen Vejrak with the win from Attitat Inmitin on the runner-up spot. Best Tanat Inmitin came in 3rd overall from Sivawat Wat and Chatkul Kob who completed the top 5 podium result.

Source: Huge RC Circuit [facebook.com]

August 12, 2020

Sergio Suarez wins at TTPRC Championship opener

The opening round of the TTPRC Championship was held in Lima, Peru after racing came to a halt for about five month due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Sergio Suarez, who started from 3rd on the grid, who took over the lead already after the first corner and from there he never looked back to take the win from Walter Donaire in 2nd. Sergio’s teammate, Fernando de los Ríos came in 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 11, 2020

David Todd wins Spanish Nitro Buggy Champs B Rd2

Round 2 of the Spanish Nitro Buggy Championship B was hosted by the Circuito de El Estrecho track in Cadiz last weekend, attracting over 30 entries. David Todd Nieto (Mugen) took the overall TQ from Mario Diaz Montero (SWorkz) and young David would also take home the win in the 45-minute A-main event despite falling back to 4th about mid-race. In the end he took the win with a lap margin on Joaquin Moreno (Mugen) with Mario Diaz Montero coming in 3rd overall, some 4.4 seconds behind.

Image: Mugen [mugen.eu]

August 10, 2020

Ty Tessmann sweeps 2020 Quebec Classic

The 2020 Quebec Classic race was hosted by Bego Racing RC Raceway this past weekend, attracting over 240 entries. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw Xray’s Ty Tessmann taking the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 30-minute A-main event. leaving behind Xray teammate, Mark Sousa in 2nd. Sam Langer (Mugen) would end the race in 3rd, some two laps behind as Abiye Birku (Serpent) and Olivier Raposo (Team Associated) ended the race in 4th and 5th respectively.

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