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August 30, 2016

Patrick Hofer takes back-to-back Swiss 1/8th Buggy title

This past weekend the sixth and final round of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Gland on a grass track with lots of smooth jumps. Right from the start Patrick Hofer (Team Associated/Reedy) laid down some very quick laps, ending the practice rounds with the fastest lap but come the qualifiers things changed a bit as the track started to get more bumpy with the grass breaking up, revealing more and more dirt. The fight for the TQ spot was on between Jeremy Pittet (HB Racing/Team Orion) and Patrick with the better end for Jeremy who took the TQ after the four rounds of qualifying. The two semifinals again were and all-Jeremy-and-Patrick affair with the better end for Jeremy who would start from the pole position into the 30-minute A-main. Patrick though would take maximum profit of an ultra-fast refuelling during his first pitstop that would promote him into the lead that Hofer would hold onto until the chequered flag. Jeremy would end the race on the 2 spot from third placed Joachim Kallen (Xray/FX). With the win at round six Patrick secured himself his second 1/8th national title in a row.

Thanks to Patrick Hofer for the report.

August 30, 2016

Ty Tessmann wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

Round five of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Off-road Series was held at R/C Tracks of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The race marked the second time the otherwise SoCal-based series headed to Nevada and the round would be one of the biggest of the year as many drivers tried to get some more laps under their belts in preparation for the forthcoming IFMAR World Championships. In the premier Expert Buggy class HB Racing’s Ty Tessmann came out fastest from Mugen’s Adam Drake and Kyosho factory driver Cody King.

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August 30, 2016

Fantom MaxV-Spec Pro Racing Series LiPo batteries

Fantom have introduced their new MaxV-Spec Pro Racing Series LiPo battery packs. Featuring a modified chemistry that increases the average voltage and lowers the internal resistance, the packs offer high performance in spec class racing from 13.5T through 25.5T. The standard-size packs are available as 6200mAh variant weighing in at 311g and utilising 5mm bullet-type connector, with 5mm/4mm reducer tubes included, and also as lightweight 5000mAh pack weighing in at 273g and featuring 4mm connectors. The 110C/160C rated packs are also available as pre-soldered batteries with genuine Deans T-type connectors and JST-XH balancer ports.

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August 30, 2016

STRC Arrma 1/10th 2WD chassis plates & shock parts

ST Racing Concepts have introduced new optional parts for Arrma’s line of Granite, Raider, Vorteks and Fury bash vehicles. First up are aluminium TVP chassis side plates that greatly improve durability and rigidity of the chassis assembly. They also add visual impact and they are available in stealth black, blue, red, and silver. Due to their specification the chassis plates do not work with the Fury or the longer wheelbase Raider XL.

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August 29, 2016

Lutz & Bornhorst sweep Pro-Line Shootout

Thornhill Racing Circuit played host to last weekend’s 2016 Pro-Line Shootout. Qualifying in Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy was dominated by the battle between the two teammates Ryan Lutz and Joe Bornhorst. In Nitro Buggy Joe swept all three round of the qualifying while in Nitro Truggy it was Ryan who won two rounds to take the overall TQ. Finally in 1/8th E-Buggy it was again Joe who made the triple after the qualifiers to take the overall TQ for the triple A-main events. Buggy was a battle between Joe and Ryan that were pacing each other, pretty much playing a game of chess waiting for the other one to make the first move. Joe made a couple mistakes at about the 25 minute mark allowing Ryan to get out to a comfortable lead. In the last fuel run, Joe tried to push hard to catch up but couldn’t quite do it allowing Ryan to grab the win and Joe came across about 10 seconds behind in second.

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August 29, 2016

Griffin Hanna doubles at Southern Off-road Series Rd3

Round three of the Southern Off-road Series was held at the Augusta RC Supercross track this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class, Griffin Hanna, coming from the 8 spot on the grid, would take over the lead on lap 3 and from that moment on he never looked back to take the win in the 20-minute encounter from Evan Vail in second and Grayson Thompson in third. In 1/8th E-Buggy Griffin would put his buggy on the TQ spot and he would finish the 10-minute race a lap ahead of runner-up, Dustin Loden while Coty Ingram completed the top 3.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 29, 2016

Ryan Cavalieri sweeps 2016 Surf City Classic

The annual Surf City Classic race was held at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California this past weekend. The premier 2WD Modified Buggy class saw Dakotah Phend (TLR) taking the top qualifying honours from Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri. The 4WD Modified Buggy qualifying was lead by Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri from Jared Tebo who put his Kyosho buggy on the 2 spot on the grid. The Modified Truck class had TLR’s Dustin Evans coming out fastest after the qualifiers while 2WD Modified Short Course again had Ryan Cavaleri putting his AE truck on the pole position for the single 10-minute A-main.

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August 29, 2016

Jörn Neumann wins German Nitro Buggy Championships

The MRC Meiningen club played host to the second round of the German Nitro Buggy National Championship this past weekend. The opening event was won by Serpent’s Jörn Neumann but round two was dominated by young Agama driver Burak Kilic who came out fastest in the 40 minute main final one lap ahead of Philipp Guschl (Mugen) while Jörn ended the race some 7 seconds down on Philipp in third. The final podium spot was still enough for Jörn to take the overall title from Burak Kilic while SWorkz’ Micha Widmaier rounded out the National’s top 3 in third.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]