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June 27, 2018

Schumacher US GP 2018 – Announcement

The 2018 Schumacher US GP will be held on the weekend of the 12th of August at RC Madness in Enfield, Connecticut. The event sees the running of a variety of classes including 2WD Mod Buggy, 4WD Mod Buggy, Open Stadium Truck, 4WD 13.5T Buggy, 2WD 17.5T Expert and more. Schumacher spec tyres will be used in all classes and Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski already made his entry, giving the race an international touch. More information can be found on social media here.

June 27, 2018

Kevin Zwahlen doubles at Swiss E-Buggy Nats

Round 3 and 4 of the Swiss 1/8th scale E-Buggy National Championship was held at the Neuchatel Mini Buggy Club last weekend. HB Racing’s Kevin Zwahlen was in control of things all weekend long as he not only took the TQs for Saturday’s round 3 and Sunday’s round 4 but he also came out on top on both days, taking wins in front of the Xray duo of Robin Frischkopf and Romeo Grass who rounded out the Rd3 and Rd4 podium.

Image: Neuchatel Mini Buggy Club [nmbc.ch]

June 27, 2018

Tim Wood wins BRCA 1/8th Track Nats Rd5

Round 5 of the BRCA 1/8th Track National Championship was held at the Mendip track last weekend. In 1/8th Nitro On-road and after the finals had to be restarted due to an accident involving personal injury, Tim Wood carefully started into the main final. Since no tyre change was planned on his Shepherd car, but his opponent, Serpent’s Alex Thurston went for a tyre change, the outcome of the race should be decided in the late stage of the race. But due to a gearbox damage Alex lost valuable time so Tim was able to drive home a safe victory. The second place went to Alex, the final podium spot went to Clive Connolly. Neal King (Shepherd) just missed the podium crossing the finishing line in 4th position.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 27, 2018

Nejc Mihelič TQs & wins Slovenian 1/8 On-road champs

The Slovenian 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Tolmin track last weekend. Perfect weather conditions made for some nice days of racing. Nejc Mihelič took the TQ after the qualifiers followed by Dobnikar Aleš and Šetina Anže. Due to huge tyre wear the final was divided into two 15-minutes legs and a points system was used to determine the overall positions with both legs counting. Ultimately it was Nejc Mihelič (ARC) won both of the finals in front of Valentin Mis (ARC) and Dobnikar Aleš (ARC).

Thanks to Nejc Mihelič for the report.

June 26, 2018

Nicolas Bregante doubles at Argentinian Nats opener

The opening round of the Argentinian National 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the Speed Paradise track recently. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class Agustin Cutini would take the TQ honours, however it was Nicolas Bregante with the win in the main final from Lucas Pons 2nd and Sebastian Recio 3rd. Over in the Pro Nitro Truggy class Nicolas took the TQ and win for a clean sweep in front of Agustin Cutini and Ramiro Davico in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the Pro Nitro Truggy podium here

June 26, 2018

Pelle Culmsee trifecta at Danish 1/8th Nats Rd3

The third round of this year’s Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Skive track recently. The weekend started off sunny and warm which made for dusty and bumpy track conditions. In the E-Buggy class it was Pelle Culmsee who TQ’d three of the four rounds for the overall TQ in front of Jan Larsen. In the opening two mains Pelle was able to build a gap on the field and he would take wins with a lap margin for the overall win from Jan Larsen 2nd and Aske Repute 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

June 26, 2018

North German Championship Rd3 – Report

The AMC Hildesheim club played host to the third round of the North German IC Track Championships this past weekend. In the 1/8 class Shepherd’s Timo Schröder brought home the victory on his home track, which he generously calls his backyard. Suffering engine shutdowns at several pit stops things got dramatic for Timo as Shepherd boss Patrick Schäfer was hunting him down, closing the gap in big steps. In the end though Timo was able to bring home the victory on home soil ahead of Patrick and Merlin Depta (Serpent).

Continue reading the report here

June 26, 2018

Devoll & Mayo win at JBRL Electric Series Rd4

OC/RC Raceway of Huntington Beach, California played host for round 4 of this year’s JBRL Electric Series this past weekend. The event offered the usual array of Modified and Stock classes and in 2WD Open Buggy it was young Ron Devoll (Team Associated) with the win from AE teammate, Jake Mayo in 2nd and Mason Eppley who would end the day on the 3rd spot. The win in 4WD Open Buggy went to Team Associated’s Jake Mayo from Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo on the runner-up spot. Dylan Nelson would round out the top 3 podium result for TLR.

View the 4WD Open Buggy podium here