Schumacher have announced the addition of top UK driver, Phil Sleigh to their team. Phil is joining up with the team to race Schumacher 1/10th buggies and also LC Racing micro buggies. Phil will bring a depth of experience to the team being multiple BRCA Micro Champion and BRCA 1/10th buggy National winner. He will be competing at all 1/10th UK Nationals, Mid West Regionals and all Micro Nationals.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The fourth and final round of the Finnish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Vantaa track. In the 2WD qualifying Joel Valander TQed two rounds to take the overall TQ from Karri Salmela and Joona Haatanen. In the finals Joel was struggling on the drying track which allowed Karri to win the race and the National title. Joona Haatanen came in second thanks to winning the third A-main.
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The 2WD portion of this year’s German 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held at the AMC Langenfeld track this past weekend. Serpent’s Jörn Neumann took the overall TQ in 2WD Modified Buggy from Yokomo’s Marc Rheinard and Björn Prümper. The triple A-main events brought a similar result with Jörn making a clean sweep to take the overall title while Marc came out fastest in A2 and A3 to grab the runner-up and vice-championship spot from Björn. Christopher Krapp came in fourth from Oliver Speith in fifth.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Midrand Offroad RC club in Johannesburg recently played host to the second round of the South African 1/8th Off-road National Championship. With the 2016 season being a 2-rounds affair and both counting towards the overall result the pressure was on for the top drivers. Friday saw the start of open practice before qualifying would start on Saturday. In Electric Buggy the championship would more than likely be contested by the top 4 drivers with Deon Gove leading over Aksay Patel due to a tie break at the first round at APN in Durban. Unfortunately Thomas Schmuck had to withdraw his entry and would not be able to defend his 2015 title at the final event. Quintis Van der Merwe would have an outside chance to take the overall championship as two new comers to E-Buggy would join for the final round. Both Dean Steenmans and Tiaan Oelofse, top nitro contenders, could split the tight field and rearrange the final points standing.
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Tested RC, the new brand of Ryan Lee, have introduced three new carbon fibre setup boards. The design with a Nomex honeycomb core and laminated outer carbon fibre plates makes for high precision, a completely flat surface and a very light weight, making these boards ideal especially for travelling and also weekly racing. The boards are available in three sizes, a large 455x570mm board that weighs in at 830g, a slightly smaller 475x380mm board weighing in at 830g an a small 425x310mm board weighing in at 630g. The latter is ideal for 1/10th touring cars with the larger ones are best suited for 1/8th buggies, truggies and on-road cars. All offer a low-profile 10mm height and they are available now.
Source: Tested RC Products [testedrc.co.kr]
Round 5 of the SOR Championship was held at the Barceloneta Speedway off-road track in Puerto Rico. José A. Martinez would take the TQ in the Nitro Truggy class and he would also walk away with the win in the 40-minute A-main encounter, ending the race some eight laps in front of Omar Lopez in second and Choto Mendez in third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The seventh and final round of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals was recently held and in the 4WD class the championship was already decided with Xray’s Mike Gosvig having taken the title going into the final round. Mike wanted to end the season on a high though and by taking five of the five qualifiers he grabbed the TQ spot for the A-main events. Sunday mains day and Mike wasn’t able to take over his qualifying performance as the weather was changing all of the time, making the race a gamble. At the end Team C driver Jan Larsen would walk away with the day’s win from Frederik Hovgaard (Yokomo) in second and Mike Gosvig in third.
The fourth and final round of the Norwegian National 1/10th was held this past weekend and hosted by the Trondheim RC Car Club at the astroturf track in Skogn. Unfortunately the weather, that was warm and sunny during the 2WD portion of the event, changed over night and turned into heavy rain so the 4WD race was definitely a wet race event as it rained throughout all four qualifiers. Malin Karlsen was unbeatable in qualifying and took the TQ honours after winning the two first rounds. Her buggy looked really good in the wet and in what was a switch of roles from from the 2WD event, Roy Gjemble and his Schumacher took the second spot on the A-main grid while another Schumacher driver, talented Steffen Hjortshøj, completed the top 3.
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