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September 3, 2015

Karl Jackson appointed TLR 1/8th UK team manager

Horizon Hobby have announced Karl Jackson as the new UK TLR 1/8 rallycross team manager. Karl’s new role makes him responsible for the TLR UK 1/8th team and in his new role, he will manage team communications, technical issues and team development. With over 20 years racing experience and a long relationship with TLR, Karl has been an important ambassador for Team Losi Racing within the R/C racing community. Karl will be instrumental in driving a new push to revitalise the 1/8th rallycross team within the UK, including actively pursuing new team drivers.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.co.uk]

September 3, 2015

Lars Erik Mo takes Norwegian 1/8th Buggy title

The 2015 Norwegian 1/8th Offroad Championship was hosted by the OMBK club in Oslo. 40 of Norway’s fastest drivers showed up to fight for the title and after the 45 minutes long final on a challenging track it was Lars Erik Mo who secured his second national title in front of TQ holder Björn Ivar Haug in second and Rune Karlsen in third.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

September 3, 2015

Christian Lehm takes Danish Formula title

The final round of the Danish Formula Championship was held at the Odense track. Originally designed for large scale cars the track proved to be pretty big for the small 1/10th scale cars and the layout made for high speeds and a lot of slipstream racing. The race also attracted some racers from abroad and so racing was tight and at the end Christian Lehm (Xray) was able to grab the TQ, the day’s win and the overall title. Johnni Lyng came in second while Henrik Rasmussen rounded out the all-Xray podium in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 2, 2015

DJ Apolaro wins 200mm class at Great Lakes Challenge

Last weekend’s Great Lakes Challenge saw Capricorn’s DJ Apolaro (Capricorn/Novarossi) walking away with the win in the 1/10th 200mm Sedan class. Already very consistent in qualifying DJ was able to pretty much control the main final thanks to a good pit strategy, swift refuelling and a tyre-saving drive to take the win in front of Paolo Morganti (Serpent/Picco) and Ralph Burch (Xray/Max Power).

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

September 2, 2015

Balestri & Redaelli win at Novarossi Trophy

The Miniautodromo Jody Scheckter in Fiorano, Italy played host for the 2015 Novarossi Onroad Trophy. The event attracted most of the fast Italian nitro on-road drivers and in the 1/8th class it was Dario Balestri who came out successful from Andrea Pirani and Mattia Collaveo in second and third respectively. In the 1/10th 200mm class Luca Redaelli brought home the win from Alessandro Balboni and Manuel Strano.

View the 200mm podium here

September 1, 2015

Craig Laughton doubles at ACT State Titles

Last weekend saw the ACT State Titles ran in Australia’s Capital territory. The track was technical and very high grip all weekend. In both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes Craig Laughton took the win to round out a perfect weekend. The Sportsman division had young Riley Searl taking the win from Mason Cameron.

View the Sportsman podium here

September 1, 2015

Marvin Fritschler joins Graupner/SOAR

Graupner have announced the signing of newly crowned German 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Champion Marvin Fritschler. Marvin will use the Graupner/SOAR 998 buggies and a package of products from the Graupner portfolio such as the Colt HoTT radio, O.S. engines and Titan fuel. Marvin’s first major outing for his new sponsors will be the forthcoming 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals in Bistensee.

Source: Graupner [graupner.de]

September 1, 2015

Xray Work.Shop Hong Kong – Announcement

The Xray Work.Shop Hong Kong will take place on the 25th of September at the Tom Racing Circuit in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. The workshop will focus on the Xray T4 touring car and it is run by newly crowned European Champion Alexander Hagberg who will give personal assistance and setup advise. Participation is for free and you can find more information here.