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September 19, 2016

Aigoin wins French Buggy finale as Savoya takes title

The final round of the French 1/8th Nitro Off-road Championship was held this past weekend at the Saint Clement Sens track and it was Kyosho’s Rayan Medjoubi who set the early pace with his Reds Racing powered ride and who took the TQ from TLR/RC Concept’s Reno Savoya. Rayan would also take the pole position for the 45-minute main final but it was Yannick Aigoin (Xray/Ultimate) who came out fastest in the A-main thanks to a different fuel strategy while Rayan had to settle for fourth behind runner-up, Jerome Sartel (TLR/TOP) and newly-crowned French Champion, Reno Savoya whose third place was enough to win him the 2016 national title.

Image: Yannick Aigoin

September 19, 2016

Inaki Otero takes Spanish 1/8th on-road title

The fourth round of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro On-road Championship was hosted by the Automodelista Vigues club this past weekend. Carlos Peracho and Alberto Alonso battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Carlos but in the 45-minute main final it was Inaki Otero who came out successful roughly two seconds in front of Sergio Montesinos. With the win Inaki also secured himself the overall championship title while Nacho Lopez completed the day’s top 3 result one lap down.

Image: Inaki Otero

September 19, 2016

Naoto Matsukura crowned JMRCA Nitro Buggy Champ

The Futaba Buggy Track in the Japanese Chiba prefecture played host to last weekend’s JMRCA 1/8th Nitro Off-road National Championships. It was a mixed weekend in terms of weather with the final day holding occasional rain but the 1-hour main final would be held on a maintained track and in dry conditions. Multiple electric class World Champion, Naoto Matsukura (Kyosho/O.S.) excelled even at the wheel of a gas-powered vehicle and took the TQ honours. In the final he jumped into the lead instantly and never looked back to take the title in a very controlled manner. At the end he grabbed the national title one lap ahead of multiple national champion, Kazuya Tanaka (Kyosho/Reds Racing) while up and coming Yusuke Sugiura (Kyosho/O.S.), a rival Naoto’s in EP racing and in his maiden GP buggy racing year, completed the podium result in third.

Source: O.S. Engine [os-engines.co.jp]

September 19, 2016

Lucas Knutsson wins Swedish Cup finale

The final round of the Swedish On-road Cup was held this past weekend. Lucas Knutsson (Serpent) would take the TQ in the Electric Touring class from Andreas Johansson (Serpent) and Johan Elmefors (Xray). It would be a good fight between Lucas and Andreas in the final but at the end Lucas would prevail while Andreas and Johan had to settle for second and third respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 16, 2016

Lorenzo Crolla takes double French EP Buggy title

The recent final round of the French 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship saw Armand Lanthaume (Xray) and Lorenzo Crolla (Xray) battle it out for the title in both the 2WD and 4WD classes. Lorenzo was able to pull fast laps from the get go and despite being hampered by some setup issues in the final 2WD qualifiers he was able to take the overall TQs in both classes. In the 2WD finals Lorenzo’s task of the day was to finish in the top 3 in order to wrap up the title and the mission was accomplished as he scored two P2 and a P1 finish to end the day on the runner-up spot behind team mate Armand Lanthaume. Ludovic Valtier (Team Associated) completed the top 3 podium result.

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September 16, 2016

Max Götzl sweeps Off-road Party Cup Rd6

Round six of he Czech Off-road Party Cup was held in Kolin and the race saw Max Götzl taking the TQ in both the 1/8th nitro and E-buggy classes. Max dominated the nitro finals to take his first win of the weekend and he would also come out on top of the field in E-buggy although he had some problems in the opening A-main. Ultimately he would bring home A2 and A3 for the overall win and his second title of the day.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 16, 2016

Mike Gosvig doubles at Danish EP On-road finale

Mike Gosvig doubles & Danish EP On-road finale

The fifth and final round of the Danish Electric On-road National Championship was held at the fast Næstved track. With both the Touring Modified and Stock Championship already decided in favour of Xray’s Mike Gosvig, the race was on the for the remaining podium spots in the Superstock class. Mike wanted to end the year on a high and still competed in both categories and despite some problems with tyre preparation and a transponder he took the TQ in both classes.

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September 15, 2016

Austrian Electric On-road Nationals Rd6 – Report

Round six of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the RCR-Linz club in perfect weather conditions. Pretty uneven grip conditions on the track made things a bit difficult in terms of car setup but this did not keep the drivers from scoring fast laps and in Touring Modified the top 10 drivers all finished within two seconds in qualifying. Pre-event favourite, Patrick Gollner, had some bad luck with his tyres and only finished in P6 but with a new set of rubber he was able to take the overall second place in the finals behind Dominic Vogl which in turn also meant the Austrian National title for Patrick. The podium at round six was completed by Manuel Gremlica.

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