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August 29, 2013

David Kukla wins at Czech Buggy championship Rd3

The 3rd round of the Czech national buggy championship was held close to the city of Most. With the absence of Martin Bayer and Jiri Mára everyone was up to grab some valuable points. The track was well prepared with a flat surface and good grip but come the afternoon heaven opened its gates and heavy rain forced the race control to cancel the meeting. This meant the qualifiers were counted handing Xray’s David Kukla the win in front of Tomáš Kapička. Karel Hájek rounded out the podium. The top 5 is completed by Jan Zámiš and Lukáš Zeman.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 29, 2013

HNMC 2013 GP – Report

Last weekend the HNMC 2013 GP took place at the Herts Nitro Model Club track. Planed building on last year’s Proline event but with The Neo race on the same weekend it was going to be more club driver friendly. The track, that is considered to be one of UK’s best, was nicely prepped by the club members and a lot of effort went into the meeting by the club’s members and committee and the staff at Westmill farm. The first day of the GP was literally washed away due to rain, rain and more rain. Sunday started with the attempt to remove 2000 litres of water from the track and finally practice could start at 10:40.

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August 28, 2013

RC Pro Canada Atlantic series title for Yannick LeBlanc

The last round of the RC Pro Canada Atlantic division series was held at the Red Clay R/C Clubs track in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The points contention were open to a few drivers based on the final results of round 4. Yannick LeBlanc ended up TQ-ing the 1/8 Nitro class but at the start of the 30 minute final A main, 20 seconds from the start a sudden flame out on Yannick’s car forced a panic rush back to the start box by the pit crew. The starting grid pack ended up leaving on the horn and Yannick got to the track within 7 to 10 seconds of the start. With determined patience and clean driving, within 7 laps, Yannick was back at position 1 where he had to battle to hold the lead. There was a fierce battle for second which ended up allowing Yannick to extend his lead and claim the victory with a 2 lap safety net in front of Shane Foote and Laurie Cormier. This win also secured Yannick the overall championship title.

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August 28, 2013

Video – FEMCA 1/8th Offroad Main Final

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Watch the full 1 hour A-main from the 2013 FEMCA 1/8th Offroad Championships that took place in Beijing, China last weekend, the country’s first international sanctioned race. It was Dani Choi from Korea who claimed the TQ spot but following the semi finals it was 2-time World Champion Atsushi Hara from Japan in his first race since leaving HPI, driving a Mugen, who would take the pole position. Watch to see how the whole race unfolds with commentary from Scotty Ernst.

August 27, 2013

Norwegian 1/10 200mm nationals – Report

The Norwegian 1/10th 200mm nationals was held at the Klepp RC clubs track in Kleppe near Stavanger in the South-West of Norway. The weather for the two day event was good with lots of sun and little wind, quite uncommon conditions for this part of the country. The race format saw five rounds of qualifying with the best result to count for the semifinals and the 45 minute main final. In qualifying Helge Johansen, driving a Serpent early set the pace. In the end he took TQ three seconds in front of fellow Serpent driver Werner Ersland and Xray driver Øyvind Stusdal.

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August 27, 2013

Jared Tebo & Elliott Boots win at Neo13

Tebo & Booth win at Neo13

The 8th running of the iconic Neo Race took place at the Harper Adams college in Shropshire last weekend. The now Summer event saw some changes compared to the previous years and the bank holiday weekend allowed for five full days of racing and loads of track time for the drivers. Run in Nitro Buggy and an Electric Buggy class the race attracted many international drivers including 4-times winner Jared Tebo, Kyosho’s Cody King, Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz, as well as virtually every of Europe’s top drivers. In the prestigious Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Jared Tebo who took TQ honours after winning three out of six qualifying rounds with team mate Cody King and Mugen’s Robert Battle lining up in second and third. Elliott Boots (Kyosho) completed the top 4.

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August 26, 2013

Jérôme Aigoin wins Coup de France

The Coup de France for 1/8th nitro buggies was run at the Loudun track and it was Kyosho’s Jérôme Aigoin who took the race win in the 45 minute final one lap ahead of his Brother Yannick (Team Associated) and Edouardo Hugon (SWorkz) who was down another lap. The top 5 are completed by Agama driver Jérôme Sartel and Jonathan Bacro (Serpent).

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August 26, 2013

Merlin Depta wins at RCCM Cup Rd2

The second round of the RCCM Cup took place at the Northern German Hollmoorring in Munster. The race was won by Serpent’s Merlin Depta who started from third position. Right after the start he quickly moved up in the running order eventually finishing the final four laps in front of Thomas Einbeck and Olaf Koch.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]