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May 25, 2016

Bayer brothers sweep Czech EP Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the clay track of Janovice. The 2WD qualifiers were a done deal for Martin Bayer who TQed all three rounds to take the overall TQ from Kaja Novotny and Zdenek Miksovsky. In the 4WD qualifiers the Bayer brothers of Martin and Ales showed great fights with Martin holder the upper hand as Ales put his car on the 2 spot. Kaja Novotny had to settle for third.

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May 24, 2016

TopRC Track Masters Rd2 – Report

Round two of the TopRC Track Masters was held in Zagreb, Croatia at the technical yet fast Ayrton Senna track. In the premier 1/8th On-road class Nejc Mihelič, Jernej Vuga Štendler and Herfried Pucher battled for the overall TQ. The opening qualifier was won by Jernej who had to sit out Q2 due to being busy with race support, allowing Nejc to score a 20 laps TQ run, bettering Jernej’s previous time. For the final qualifiers the track had become slower so the top 3 qualifying positions would be Nejc from Jernej and Herfried.

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May 24, 2016

Mattia Collavo takes win at Tecnovi Trophy

The Pista Verde track in Fener di Belluno recently hold the 2016 Tecnovi Trophy race. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road F1 category Mattia Collavo came out successful in the A-main from Francesco Mionetto on the runner-up spot. Luca Conte in third rounded out the podium result in front of Alberto De Lotto and Edoardo Beria.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

May 24, 2016

Salemi & Redaelli win at Novarossi/Ielasi Tuned Trophy

The Novarossi/Ielasi Tuned Trophy was held in Italy at the Pista de Leno track with some of Italy’s fastest nitro on-road drivers in attendance. In the premier 1/8th class Dario Balestri would take the TQ but in the A-main final Walter Salemi held the upper hand with multi-time World Champion Lamberto Collari coming in second. TQ holder Dario Balestri had to settle for third. In the 1/10th 200mm Touring class Luca Redaelli made a clean sweep by taking the top qualifier position and also coming out fastest in the main final from Mattia Rinaldi in second and Angelo Brucculeri in third.

View the 200mm podium here

May 24, 2016

Joel Valander doubles at Finnish Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Finnish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Hyvinkää in pretty warm and sunny weather conditions. In the 2WD class Joel Valander would grab the TQ with two round wins from Joona Haatanen in second and Karri Salmela in third. The finals then were a 3-horse race for the win with Joel coming out successful after winning A1 and A3. Joona Haatanen in second and Karri Salmela in third would round out the top 3 result.

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May 24, 2016

WRC Contest 2016 – Announcement

The 2016 WRC Contest will be held on the 5th of June at the Pista RC Team track in Reggio Emilia. The event will be held in the three classes of Touring Modified, Stock 13.5T and Formula with last year’s race attracting over 70 entries to race on the high-grip asphalt track. This year again some of the fastest Italian drivers will make an appearance and more information about the event can be found here.

May 24, 2016

Xray Work.Shop Czech Republic – Announcement

Xray have announced another of their popular Work.Shops. The next one will be held this coming Saturday the 28th of May during the second round of the Czech Nitro On-road Nationals held in Slavkov. Team Xray driver Michal Abrahamek will be on hand to guide NT1 drivers through individual setup questions. More information can be found here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 24, 2016

Adrian Wicaksono wins Jakarta Buggy regionals Rd3

The third round of the Jakarta regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track, in Serpong, West Java with about 50 drivers attending the event. The race format was changed a bit this weekend as overnight rain made the track wet and muddy and so the triple qualifiers were cut short from ten minutes to seven minutes per run. After the qualifiers and with the two best to count it was Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) who took the TQ honours, but in the 45-minute A-main Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) stroke back to take the win from John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) and Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) in second and third respectively. TQ holder Rama had to settle for fourth overall.

View the final results here