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August 19, 2013

Martin Bayer wins German nitro buggy nats Rd1

The first of two races for the German nitro buggy nationals was run at the Oberhausen track in Western Germany. RB’s Daniel Reckward took TQ for the finals with Martin Bayer (Xray) and Carsten Keller (Kyosho) in tow. Marcel Guske (TLR) and Jörn Neumann (Team Durango) completed the top 5. The 40 minute final race was a very close affair for the top 4 drivers who all finished on the same lap. At the end it was Martin Bayer who took the first round of the 2013 German championships 20 seconds in front of Marcel Guske and Daniel Reckward who crossed the finish line some three seconds behind Marcel. Jörn Neumann only was down another six seconds. Hannes Käufler and Tom Wiesner finished one lap down of the top four in fifth and sixth position respectively.

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August 18, 2013

Alessio Mazzeo is 1/10th European Champion

The 1/10th 200mm ‘A’ Euros were held this weekend at the Stohr Ring near Kirchberg in Austria with 89 drivers in attendance. Practice would take place under changeable weather conditions with heavy rain stopping running a number of times but qualifying and the finals were all run under sunny dry conditions. Qualifying would go the way of newly crowned 1/8th European Champion Jilles Groskamp with his Shepherd, narrowly beating out Eric Dankel (Capricorn) with Dominic Greiner (Serpent), Toni Gruber (Serpent), Dario Balestri (KM) and Alessio Mazzeo (Serpent) completing the top 6, separated by only 1 second.

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August 16, 2013

Summer Scorcher 2013 – Report

The 2013 Summer Scorcher was hosted by the legendary Phil Hurd Raceway, the race had about 86 entries and as usual the Score crew put on a great event with tremendous hospitality. The race format for the Summer Scorcher would be three rocket rounds of qualifying and 10 minute A-mains which meant a long day in the Georgia sun and a race that would possibly go into the night. Qualifying in SCT 4×4 and 1/8th E-Buggy was dominated by John Bernard and Travis Dupree and so it was no surprise that John lead the short course A final from start to finish with his Tekno SCT410 with fellow JConcepts driver, Jonathan Paulk finishing second. Travis and John also battled it out in the E-Buggy final and when the leg started Travis checked out and never looked back taking the win from John. In 1/10th Stadium Truck Tim Smith TQ’d and won while Travis Dupree TQ’d and won the 1/8 Pro Nitro Buggy class with Kevin Bullock in 2nd.

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August 16, 2013

Atsushi Hara leaves HPI/HB Racing

Atsushi Hara leaves HB/HPI Racing

Two-time World Champion Atsushi Hara has announced that he has left long time main sponsor HPI/HB Racing following 13 years with the team. Widely regarded by many as the best all round driver in the history of the sport, the 2 world titles in both touring car (2000) and 1/8th offroad (2008) are just the highlights of a very successful career which has included countless podiums in all the major classes both onroad & offroad at World, International and National level. The decision to part company with HPI was mutual and for now the Japanese ace has yet to make any decision on a replacement chassis sponsor. We chatted with Atsushi some weeks back, when he flew to Slovakia for the ETS Finale, and he hinted back then that something was about to change.

Read Hara’s full statement here (in English & Japanese)

August 15, 2013

Silver Dollar RC Raceway’s Annual Labor Day Shootout

Silver Dollar RC Raceway's Annual Labor Day Shootout

A Main Hobbies announce the 1/8th off-road Labor Day Shootout at the Silver Dollar Raceway on the weekend of the 1st of September. Although the track has been run specifically for 1/10-scale the past few weeks for the ROAR Nationals, A Main Hobbies’ director of race events, Kevin Jelich, plans to put in an 1/8-scale layout with huge rhythm sections and flow nitro racers have come to expect. The massive Silver Dollar track will be completely utilised giving racers plenty of space to “stretch out” their racecars and sky over large jumps. The race will be run in nitro buggy and truggy as well as E-buggy and E-truggy classes along a supporting 4WD SCT class. You can sign up for the race here.

August 14, 2013

Scottie Brewer wins at King of the Hill

The 2013 King of the Hill race in White Rock, NM saw FTW’s Scottie Brewer TQ’ing both Nitro Buggy and Truggy and he also qualified 2nd in both 4×4 SCT and E-Buggy. Come the finals he went on to win the Nitro Buggy class in front of Scott Harrell and Carter Altman. In 4×4 SCT Tony Hinojosa won the race followed by Scottie Brewer and Jason Kennedy while in the Truggy class Scottie had a bit of bad luck as he suffered a flame out following a crash when leading most of the race. He still managed to come in third place behind winner Jose Carillo and second placed Mike Cisneros.

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August 12, 2013

BRCA Truggy and E8 nationals Rd5 – Report

Deerdale situated in the heart of the country near Mansfield played host for round 5 of the BRCA Truggy and E8 Buggy championship. The track is reckoned by some to be the best 1/8th scale astro-turf track in the country. It is big, but can catch one out with its technical sections. Normal format resumed with the drivers brief and qualifying starting at 9 o’clock. E8 buggies were first, followed by the truggies. Although the attendance was low the weather turned up for the enjoyable days racing. Some of the top buggy drivers and truggy drivers found out first hand in there first run how the track can bite back at you if you don’t respect it.

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August 11, 2013

TA 5th Annual Gas Championships – Announcement

TA 5th Annual Gas Championships - Announcement

Thunder Alley have announced their 5th Annual Gas Championships held from September 21st to 22nd. With a unique format, which features heads up qualifying, and an all new layout built by SiK Track Design / Levi Jackson, racers can expect lots of track time thanks to the capped 180 racer entry. Open to a multitude of 1/8th offroad classes, sign up is now open with more details here.