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May 22, 2018

Aaron Münster double TQs & wins Dirt Classics

The 2018 Dirt Classics were held at the Elektro Offroad Club in Dielsdorf, Switzerland over the weekend in several electric off-road classes. Aaron Münster would double TQ the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and he was able to convert the pole positions into wins also for a perfect sweep. Peter Forster and Philipp Huber in 2nd and 3rd respectively would complete the 2WD podium while Philip Jeisy and Fabian Widmer rounded out the 4WD top 3 results.

View the 4WD podium here

May 22, 2018

Bryan Baldo wins Levante Championship Rd5

Last weekend the fifth round of the Spanish Levante Championship was held at the Elda with some of the region’s fastest drivers in attendance. Kyosho’s Bryan Baldo took the win in the Nitro Buggy A category from Mugen’s Manuel Iniesta on the runner-up spot. Oscar Baldo (Kyosho) came in 3rd from Joan Espasa 4th and Luis Ignacio Candel 5th.

Image: Bryan & Oscar Baldo

May 22, 2018

Xray Racing Series South-East Asia – Announcement

Xray have announced the Xray Racing Series South-East Asia will be held at Urban PlaySpace in Singapore on the 2nd and 3rd of June. The event will see Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T Blinky and Formula 21.5T Blinky classes and it will be held at Urban PlaySpace’s iconic roof-top racetrack in down town Singapore. The race will see the attendance of World-class drivers such as Jan Ratheisky and Dominic Quek and more information and sign-up for the event are available here.

May 22, 2018

Kilic brothers sweep BIG Hamburg anniversary race

The BIG Hamburg club held their 35 years anniversary race this past weekend at their large outdoor dirt track. Classes run were 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy and the race attracted some of the country’s fastest off-road racers to compete under perfect weather and track conditions. In the Nitro class and at the start of the 40-minutes main final it was Burak Kilic (Agama) who lead the field from Maik Wiesweg (Mugen) and Berkan Kilic (Agama). The latter ran into trouble later and scored a DNF, making way for Jan Sievert (Mugen). This would then also be the top 3 result at the end of the 40 minutes.

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May 22, 2018

Armand Lantheaume wins at French EP Buggy Nats Rd3

For the third round of this year’s French 1/10th Electric Buggy National Championship racers travelled to the Bonneville dirt track last weekend. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class Xray’s Armand Lantheaume took the overall TQ and he also won the opening two A-main events for the overall as HB Racing’s Thomas Musso came in 2nd and Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski rounded out the top 3 results. Over in the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski with the win after the triple A-mains. TLR’s Renaud Savoya came in 2nd from young Team Associated driver, Clement Boda in 3rd.

View the 2WD podium here

May 22, 2018

Carsten Keller takes Hessencup win

Round 3 of the German Hessencup was held at the MSC Ober-Mörlen club last weekend. In the Expert Buggy class it was Carsten Keller with a dominant overall TQ from Lennart Wissel. In the 30-minute main final it was again Carsten who set the pace as he would bring home the win with a 2-laps margin from Tim Kunz 2nd and Lennart Wissel 3rd.

Image: Carsten Keller

May 22, 2018

Jan Nickels wins at NRW Cup

The opening round of the NRW Cup was held in Kürten, Germany this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was SWorkz driver, Jan Nickels with the win from Mugen’s Rene van Schaijk on the runner-up spot. Xray’s Sander van Genechten would round out the top 3 result.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at] | Image: Sander van Genechten

May 21, 2018

Bradley Baird doubles at Irish 1/8th Buggy opener

This past weekend saw Rd1 of the Irish National Off-road Series kick off at the popular Badmcc race track. Bradley Baird took his JQ Racing buggies to a double TQ and victory in both Nitro and Electric classes. Alan Scroggie (HB Racing) and Paul Myles (Kyosho) would round out the Nitro podium as David Telford in 2nd and Andrew Rennick clinching 3rd, completed a JQ Racing podium sweep in the E-Buggy class.

View the E-Buggy podium here