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September 21, 2016

Peter Tozser doubles at Oil City Dash

The Oil City Dash is one of the premiere Off-Road events in western Canada put on by the RCRE club in Edmonton, Alberta and held on a DNC-style track with a great layout, elevation changes, and big air. Starting from the TQ spot in Nitro Buggy, Peter Tozser had some ground to make up after a first-lap incident, as Cory Drachenberg checked out from the get go with his buggy. Throughout the long main, Peter worked his way up the field and battled with Cory for the win in the closing minutes of the race to bring home his second victory of the event following his win in the hour-long and chilly Truggy A-main that Peter went on to win from Eric Hardy.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

September 21, 2016

Swedish 1/10th Buggy National Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Swedish 1/10th Buggy National Cup series was held at Green Hill race track in Stockholm. The weather was great all weekend and in 4WD Alexander Landén started off quick by TQing the first three rounds and in the process putting in the only 12-lap qualifying round of the event. The first final was at long times a very tight affair between Alexander, local driver Niclas Månsson and Elias Johansson. In the end Alexander stood victorious in front of Niclas.

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September 21, 2016

Claus Ryeskov takes Danish 200mm title

The final round of the Danish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Championship was held in Greve. With the championship title already decided some drivers opted not to attend but veteran racer, Thomas Mortensen decided to participate and he instantly was in a fight with Claus Ryeskov for the overall TQ. Thomas pulled some very swift laps but ultimately the TQ went to Claus who was more consistent in terms of lap times.

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September 21, 2016

Maxim Laverychev crowned Moscow 1/8th Buggy Champ

Maxim Laverychev crowned Moscow 1/8th Buggy Champ
The Moscow 1/8th Buggy Championship was held at the RCRacer track this past weekend. The open championship attracted racers from all over the country and due to the weather conditions a lot of track maintenance was needed. This meant the race would finish under floodlights with TQ holder Maxim Laverychev (Xray), who started from the 2 spot into the finals, would take the win after getting into the lead at about the 20-minute mark. Dmitry Gribov (Team Associated) came in second, Nikita Pomogaev (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 21, 2016

Urban Touring Series Rd9 – Report

Singapore’s Urban Touring Series returned this past weekend with round 9, which was concurrently a national championship points scoring round. In Touring Open only a small grid registered and it was decided that a Reedy Race format would be run over five legs. Both Esmail Apandi and Dominic Quek had two wins and one second place but it was Esmail who would secure the top step of the podium by virtue of a faster winning time in the last leg, which was run in much cooler conditions. Hasron Robana would round out the podium in third.

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September 21, 2016

Salemi & Canton take 2016 Italian 1/8th on-road titles

The Italian 1/8th Nitro On-road Championships were held over the weekend at the Pista Miniautodromo di Leno a Leno track and in the Expert class it was 2005 Worlds finalist, Walter Salemi who walked away with the win in the main final. Claudio Codazzi took the runner-up spot while Marco Vanni completed the top 3 podium result in third. Elsewhere in the F1 class it was Michele Canton who snatched the 2016 title from vice-champion, Cristiano Sartor.

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September 21, 2016

Jan Rettke teams up with VBC Racing

VBC Racing have announced the signing of Germany’s Jan Rettke to their team. A Stock class expert, the 2015 1/12th 10.5T German National Champion will use the company’s products from now on and he has the following to say:

I am very happy and want to thank Victor L and VBC Racing for giving me the opportunity to use their products. I can’t wait to work together with my new team and looking forward to next season.

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

September 21, 2016

Grainer, Toth & Brandstatter win at Slovakian Nats Rd5

Round five of the Slovakian Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the RC-Comorra track in Komarno. It was again a hot and dusty race and in 2WD buggy it was Lucas Grainer who took the TQ after an awesome qualification. In the finals Lucas was able to stay on top to win the race from Michal Nagy and Milos Svihran.

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