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April 3, 2017

Meen V. wins at Mugen Asia Cup 2017

The Mugen Asia Cup was held this past weekend at New RC in Bangkok, Thailand. Organised by RC Addict the event attracted both national and international drivers and in the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main it was former 200mm Nitro On-road World Champion, Meen V. who took the win from another former World Champion, Atsushi Hara, while Mongkolphan Lomrose complete the top 3 podium result. In the Truggy class, Tanit Kachchapananda came out on top to grab the day’s win.

View the Truggy podium here

April 3, 2017

Joao Figueiredo wins at Portuguese Nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Portuguese 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held at the Avanca track over the weekend. In Nitro Buggy Joao Figueiredo took the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also bring home the win in the 45-minute A-main from Carlos Duraes in second and Joao Monteiro in third. Multi-time national champion, Miguel Matias, had a pretty depressing weekend with a DNF in the main final after breaking an A-arm of his buggy in a bad landing.

Image: Joao Figueiredo

April 3, 2017

Lee Martin wins BRCA 1/8th Buggy Nationals Rd1

Round one of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the NDOR astro turf track near Nottingham this past weekend. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots would take the overall TQ courtesy of three round TQs and a second place with Darren Bloomfield (Agama) placing himself on the 2 spot after the qualifiers. Elliott would start the 45-minute A-main from pole but in the end Infinity’s Lee Martin, who had a slow start into the weekend, would bring home the win at the season opener a narrow 5 seconds on front of Darren Bloomfield while Elliott had to settle for third, one lap short of Lee and Darren. Neil Cragg and Graham Alsop would round out the top 5 result another two laps down.

Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

April 3, 2017

Davide Ongaro wins Italian Nitro Buggy opener

The opening round of the Italian 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the Gil Archi track in Corigliano Calabro over the weekend. In the 45-minute Expert main final it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro that proved to be unbeatable, bringing home the win one lap in front of Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton while Alessandro Stocco (TLR) completed the top 3 podium result.

Image: Piero Cresta

April 3, 2017

Robert Batlle successful at Spanish E-Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held in Silla over the weekend. Mugen’s Robert Batlle took the TQ from Mugen team mate Jaume Figuls while the TLR duo of Oscar and Bryan Baldo completed the top 4 result. In the triple A-mains, Robert would secure the win in the opening leg from Jaume Figuls while Juan Carlos Canas came in third with the latter taking the win in A2, shifting the decision for the overall victory to the third and final A-main. Going into A3 four drivers were in the mix for the overall win and it looked like Jaume would bring it home but he would suffer from several issues that allowed Robert to cruise to the win with Juan Carlos Canas second and Oscar Baldo third overall.

View the final results here

April 3, 2017

Naoto Matsukura doubles at Buggy Asia Madness

The inaugural BAM Buggy Asia Madness electric off-road race kicked off at Shanghai’s SMP AstroTurf race track this past weekend. The Scotty Ernst Production event in cooperation with SMP and RCI aims to replicate the success of the AOC series and grow electric off-road racing in Asia and China. The 3-day pilot race attracted 60 drivers from all over China as well as several top world class drivers from abroad including current 2WD World Champion, Spencer Rivkin from Team Associated, Japanese drivers Shin Adachi and Young Kaito Kodera from Yokomo, Czech Xray driver Kaja Novotny, and multi-time World Champion Naoto Matsukura from Team Infinity. The local top drivers included Yokomo’s Wang Hai Feng and Serpent’s Lin Le Hua. The BAM was held in a total of five classes, 2WD Modified and Stock, 4WD Modified, 2WD Truck, and a Tamiy Lunch Box fun class. The race format five rounds of qualifying with the best two to count, followed by triple bump-up A-mains.

Continue reading the report here

April 3, 2017

Team Orion CRF .21 Factory RS V3 WC Edition engine

Coming from Team Orion is the new CRF .21 Factory RS V3 WC Edition 3-port nitro off-road engine. Used by David Ronnefalk to win the 2016 IFMAR 1/8th Buggy World Championships, the power plant is of a long stroke design and it comes with a balanced and DLC-coated crankshaft as well as modified crankcase and tuned sleeve for smoother response and improved mid-range power and top speed. In addition the mileage could also be improved. Also part of the package are a high-quality Swiss-made front and Ceramic rear ball bearing and the engine utilises an aluminium 2-needle carburettor for easy mixture adjustment.

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March 31, 2017

Maifield to make EOS debut at season finale

American offroad ace Ryan Maifield is to make his Euro Offroad Series debut with the confirmation he will travel to the season finale of the five round championship in Wels, Austria (21-23 April). Joining Yokomo’s 1:10 Offroad team for the 2017 season, the 4-times EOS Champion manufacturer will be hoping the input of their high profile signing will lead to the team’s first win of Season #6 since Marc Rheinard won the season opener. With both EOS buggy title’s having been decided at Arena 33 in Germany earlier this month, all drivers will be targeting the win to cap off the season with Maifield’s participation adding an extra dimension to winning at Austria’s largest Hobby Show. Featured on the Euro Touring Series calendar last year, the Modellbau Wels show attracted over 30,000 visitors. At last season’s finale, held at the Nurburgring, Maifield’s great rival Ryan Cavalieri became the first American to win a round of the indoor carpet track based championship but it wasn’t the Team Associated driver’s first EOS outing. Accompanying Maifield on the trip will be the Arizona driver’s longtime sponsor Jason Ruona whose JConcepts brand is an associated sponsor of this year’s Euro Offroad Series.

Source: Euro Offroad Series [eurooffroadseries.com]