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August 28, 2017

Jason Nugroho wins Indonesia Buggy Champ Rd4

Round 4 of the Indonesia National Buggy Championship was held this past weekend at the Banana RC Track in Batam, Indonesia. A total of 43 drivers from Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Banjarmasin, Kendari, as well as local drivers signed in for the event that originally saw six rounds of 10-minute qualifying with the best four to count. Unfortunately and due to rain on qualifying day, the race director had to cut qualifying short that now only consisted of four rounds with the best two to count. Ultimately it was Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) with the TQ for the main final that also had to cut short due to weather and available day light. In end it was again Jason who excelled in the 45-minute main with Stanley Wangsanegara (HB Racing/O.S.) in 2nd and Adrian Sutanto (Kyosho/O.S.) rounding out the podium in 3rd.

View the final results here

August 28, 2017

Herfried Pucher wins at XRS Alpe Adria finale

The final round of the Xray Race Series Alpe Adria was held at the LAMAC track in Austria this past weekend. ARC’s Herfried Pucher would take the win with his Picco-powered ride from Jernej Vuga (Xray/Reds Racing) 2nd and Hans Jörg Röschen (ARC/Picco) 3rd. In the overall championship it was again Herfried who took the winning honours, tie on points with Vernej, while Neijc Mihelic (ARC/Picco) completed the overall top 3 result.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

August 25, 2017

Joel Valander crowned Finnish 1/10th 4WD champion

The Finnish 1/10th Off-road Nationals recently concluded and it was Joel Valander who came out on top after the five round championship. Run on a single astroturf and four dirt tracks, Joel scored a 1-2-2-2 finish which was enough to win him the 4WD title. Karri Salmela came in 2nd while Konsta Saarinen rounded out the overall top 3 result.

View the overall top 10 results here

August 25, 2017

Alexandre Duchet teams up with SRT

SRT have announced the signing of 2016/17 ETS Pro Stock champion, Alexandre Duchet to their team. Formerly using Highest servos, Alexandre now made the switch to SRT to campaign their low-profile servos such as the BH8015 HV brushless servo. Alex says:

SRT servos are of high quality and flexibility. I am very happy to join in the SRT team and get the support.

Source: SRT [srt-rc.com]

August 25, 2017

Steven Olsen takes Danish Touring outdoor title

The final round of the Danish DRCMU On-road Nationals was held at the ORCM track just outside of Odense. Saturday’s practice was pretty much washed away although in the morning some runs could be completed. Sunday race day and the weather was much better and in the Touring 13.5T class the race for the title was on between Steven Olsen and local driver Niklas Engholm. Ultimately Steven would hold the upper hand, taking the P2 spot on the grid behind local driver Jesper Rasmussen and in front of Niklas. While Jesper checked out in every A-main leg Steven concentrated on bringing home the runner-up spot which would be enough to win the championship and ultimately he was able to do so. The final results would see Jesper in front of Steven and Ole Villumsen while Niklas had to settle for 4th overall. As for the championship, Steven Olsen (Xray) would take the Super Stock title from Niklas Engholm (Team Associated) and Jesper Rasmussen (Team Associated). Ole Villumsen (Xray) and Peter Strandskov (Xray) rounded out the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 24, 2017

British Off-road Grand Prix – Announcement

The British Off-Road Grand Prix will take place January 12th to 14th 2018 at The Centre:MK in central Milton Keynes. Classes run will be 2WD and 4WD Buggy and 2WD Short Course. Full entry details will soon be available over at Schumacher.

August 24, 2017

Sidney Blokker wins Touring Modified at Dutch Nats Rd5

Round 5 of the Dutch Electric On-road Nationals was held at the technical track of Deventer. The small track offers plenty of grip but also high kerbs which would play a major role in the race. The premier Touring Modified class is run according to EFRA rules and only a single set of Volante 36R tyres is allowed for the entire race. In Q1 and on new tyres, Mitchell Van Es (Awesomatix) took P1 in front of Florian Joos (Tamiya) and Sidney Blokker (Yokomo). Then Florian managed to win Q2 thanks to an error from Mitchell in the last lap but Mitchell stroke back and won Q3 in front of Sidney and Florian. This meant Mitchell would take P1 on the grid in front of Florian, Sidney, Rick van den Akker (Xray) and Niek Middelkoop (Xray).

Continue reading the report here

August 24, 2017

Rune Karlsen wins Norwegian 1/8th Buggy Champs

The Norwegian 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championships were held at the Hof MBK track last weekend. The biggest track in Norway offered a multi-surface layout with mostly dirt but an astro and a wooden corner, and also a paved stones section with made tyre choice critical. Nearly 50 drivers signed in and the weekend would kick off on Friday with the first practice sessions. During Saturday’s qualifiers Rune Karlsen took the overnight TQ from Bjorn Ivar and Yngve Brække Ulfset. Going into the main final a total of six drivers looked to be able to take the win, making it the strongest field in many years. From the tone, Rune would be in the lead followed by Daniel and Yngve. Some nine laps into the race Yngve made a mistake and let Rune and Daniel play a little before Rune started to push a little harder. His strategy worked out as Daniel made a mistake. Now Rune was on fire and just getting a bigger lead. 40 minutes in the final Rune had lapped everybody while Daniel was in 2nd place at that time, but Bjorn Ivar was faster and took over the 2 spot. In the closing stages Yngve got past as well as Daniel made a big mistake. Ultimately Rune Karlsen (Kyosho) would take the win from Bjorn Ivar Haug (Kyosho) 2nd and Yngve Brække Ulfset (Mugen) 3rd.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]