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May 2, 2017

Solberg & Kristensen win at Norwegian Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Norwegian 1/10th Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend. In the 2WD class Marius Kristensen took the TQ after winning all three qualifying rounds, lining up in 1st on the grid in front of Daniel Solberg and Vidar Oen in 3rd. After the mains and when the dust had settled it was Daniel Solberg (Team Associated) who took the win after coming out successful in A1 and A3 while Marius took the win in A2 to grab the overall runner-up spot from Filip Uglehus (Kyosho) in 3rd.

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May 2, 2017

Rob Janssen wins at Dutch EP On-road Nationals Rd1

Round 1 of the Dutch Electric On-road National Championship was held at the HFCC Racing Club in Den Haag. The tight low-grip track was a bit of a challenge for most drivers but come Sunday the grip level raised, making for some good racing. The fight for the win in A1 was on between Robert Krens and Rob Janssen. In the final stages of the leg Robert, who was in the lead, made a small mistake, allowing Rob to pass and to bring home the win.

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May 2, 2017

Patrick Hofer wins Swiss 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swiss 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend. In the Expert class Patrick Hofer would bring home the win in the 45-minute main final one lap ahead of Team Associated teammate Robby Lüber while Jeremy Pitted (HB Racing) ended the race in 3rd, some eight seconds short of Ronny’s time.

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May 2, 2017

Apandi doubles at Singapore Astro Buggy Champs Rd4

The fourth round of Singapore’s Urban Astro Buggy Championships was held this past weekend, and once again the race was concurrently a Singapore national series points scoring event. With the weather being sunny, the dry high traction astro surface at the Urban PlaySpace Raceway in downtown Singapore proved to be a challenge for the racers to master. In the 2WD Buggy Class, Esmail Apandi (Xray) took the TQ honours by winning rounds 1 and 2 of the three rounds of qualifying. It was the same story in the finals, with Esmail securing an early overall win by taking legs 1 and 2 of the A-Main. Dennis Chiang (Xray), who started 4th on the grid, secured the win in leg 3 to finish 2nd overall, while Kamen Koh (Serpent) took the final podium spot in 3rd.

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May 1, 2017

Adrian Sutanto wins Indonesia Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Indonesia 1/8th Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the Maxspin track in Maribaya, West Java, Indonesia. A total of 74 drivers from Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Bali, Kendari, Batam as well as local drivers attended the event whose schedule would see six rounds of 10-minutes qualifying although at the end only three rounds of 5-minutes qualifying would be held due to heavy rain. Ultimately Stanley Wangsanegara (HB Racing/O.S.) took the TQ honours and he would end the 45-minute main final on the runner-up spot while Adrian Sutanto (Kyosho/O.S.) came out successful. John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) ended the day on the 3 spot.

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May 1, 2017

RC-Lemans Series Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the 2017 RC-Lemans Series was held at the AMC Hildesheim track near Hanover in the north of Germany. The race kicked off the 12th season of the series and it also marked the warm-up for the German Nationals that will be held in Hildesheim in September. The weather was pretty cold and windy for a “warm-up” but at least it stayed dry all days. With the track offering good grip it was Timo Schad who set the early pace in the Modified class, beating the fastest lap of the 2013 Nationals by about three seconds and only missing the 23rd lap by about 0.9 seconds. Round two saw Kai Altmann scoring the fastest run from Tobias Weist and German and RC-Lemans Champion, Tim Altmann. In round three it was Tim Altmann who came out on top, although with a slower time due to wind influences and a couple of mishaps. Overall it was Timo Schad who took the TQ in the tie-breaker by 0.1s from Kai Altmann and Tim Altmann. With three 2nd place finishes Tobias had to settle for P4 while Dutchman Reinder Wilms rounded out the top 5.

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May 1, 2017

Neijc Mihelic wins Austrian 1/8 On-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th On-road National Championship was held at the Sollenau track over the weekend. Right from the start of the free practice it became clear that both Neijc Mihelic and team mate Herfried Pucher would be in the mix for the overall win. Come qualifying Pucher would walk away with the TQ in round one some 0.5 seconds in front of Mihelic. In round two the young Slovenian fought back and won in front of Pucher by 0.4 seconds and ultimately Mihelic would take the TQ honours in front of Pucher, who set a new track record in 16.876 seconds, being the only driver to score a sub-17 seconds lap. Pucher, Levy, Vignjevic and Dokter would be the drivers to attend in the Super Pole race with Pucher ultimately proceeding directly to the main final while the others had to go through their respective semi finals.

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May 1, 2017

Davide Ongaro wins at Italian Buggy Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Italian Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the Ongaroring over the weekend. The event started out with a rain-soaked track on Friday but the weather and track conditions would better throughout the weekend. Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro would sweep the Expert class by winning all qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ from Riccardo Berton (Kyosho) and Alex Zanchettin (Tekno). In the 45-minute main final it was again Davide who took control of things, ending the race one lap ahead of Riccardo Berton while Marco Baruffolo (TLR) completed the podium result another lap down in 3rd.

Image: Davide Ongaro