July 2, 2018

McNair & Lefebvre win at Souther Summer Payout Series

The Southern Summer Payout Series was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend with 72 entries for a multitude of classes. 2WD Modified saw Rhett McNair taking the overall after the double A-mains, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Rhett scored 2-3 finishes as A2 winner, Austin Jeffries had to settle for 2nd thanks to a 5th place in A1. A1 winner, Tyler Hooks however only managed a 3rd overall due to a DNF in A2.

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July 2, 2018

Oliver Mack wins at German IC Track regionals

The MSC Kirchhain club played host to a round of the German IC Track regionals, qualifying races for the German Nationals. In the 1/8th Nitro class 1 category Oliver Mack was able to secure the TQ from where he led the 30-minute final from start to finish. Despite being unable to attend Saturday due to work, and so missing practice and Q1, over his three qualifying runs Dennis Weihert was able to take 3rd on the grid. Winner of round 1 of the Regionals, in the final Dennis was able to come in 2nd, some four laps down as Olaf Engelmann completed the top 3 results.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

July 2, 2018

BRCA eBuggy & Nitro Truck Nats 3 – Report

The third round of the BRCA eBuggy and Nitro Truck National Championship was held at JC Raceway this past weekend. In the eBuggy class and after a TQ in qualifying, Jonathan Skidmore took home top step of the podium. Darren Bloomfield took second after a really nice race with his team mate leaving competition for championship tight between them, with two rounds left, as Mitchell Booth completed the top 3.

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July 2, 2018

Grainer & Hönigl win at Austrian EP Buggy Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the TSA-Krieglach track this past weekend. This race was the second one on a dirt surface this year and it was challenging all drivers a lot. The track started with good grip but it was getting slipperier from run to run. Lucas Grainer (Yomoko) dominated the 2WD qualifying and took the TQ ahead of Xray’s Hupo Hönigl. The first and third A-main final then went to Lucas Grainer, as Hupo came out fastest in A2. Overall it was Lucas with the win from Hupo 2nd and Team Associated’s Martin Kreil in 3rd.

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July 2, 2018

Carmine Raiola wins at AMSCI Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Italian AMSCI 1/8th On-road National Championship was held this past weekend at the iconic Fiorano track and in 1/8th Nitro Expert it was Infinity’s Carmine Raiola with the win in the 45-minute main final. Carmine brought home the win some two seconds in front of Infinity’s Lamberto Collari as WRC’s Mirko Salemi rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

July 2, 2018

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place last weekend in Dolni Bukovsko. The race kicked off on Friday with the usual free practice, but the track was still wet after rain the night before and only a few drivers decided to put their cars on the track, but then had tons of work to get them ready for the race. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw Max Götzl taking the overall TQ with wins in Q2 and Q3 as Kaja Novotny came out fastest in the opening qualifier and he would also take the pole position for the main final after the semis.

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July 2, 2018

Hofer & Widmer take Swiss 1/8th Buggy Champs Rd4

Last weekend saw the running of round 4 of the Swiss 1/8th off-road nationals. The demanding track of Gland made racing challenging and in the end it was experienced Patrick Hofer with the TQ in the 1/8th Expert Buggy class as Fabian Widmer TQ’s the Amateur category. After the Expert class semifinals it was again Patrick who hold the upper hand and he would start from pole into the A-main. For the first 20 minutes of the main, Jean-Marc Betticher was able to stay in Patrick’s slipstream, however soon after the had to let him go meaning Patrick would be able to score a comfortable 30+ seconds win from JMB 2nd and Valentin Bader 3rd.

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July 2, 2018

Burak Kilic crowned German Nitro Truck champion

The Meiningen track in Germany played host to the 2018 German 1/8th Truggy championships this past weekend. Practice started on Friday and it became instantly clear that the race would be a tough one as the gruelling track was in a hard-packed and rutted condition. Right from the get go the Kilic brothers showed an impressive speed and the two would also obtain the front row of the grid going into the 40-minute A-main event. In the end the two would also make up the top steps of the podium with Burak taking the 2018 Nitro Truggy championship title from Berkan with the vice-championship title. In 3rd, Johannes Klett would round out the podium.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

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