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June 15, 2016

Christopher Krapp joins Schumacher off-road team

Schumacher have announced the signing of German frontrunner, Christopher Krapp to their off-road race team. Although better known for touring cars, Christopher is also a World class off-road driver, having achieved podium finishes at the EOS and also German Nationals. Christopher will be competing in both 2WD and 4WD classes and he is sure to add great strength to the team and Schumacher looks forward to having him on board. Christopher had this to say:

I would like to thank Schumacher Racing and especially Muz and Robin for putting the trust in me and giving me the opportunity to restart my off road campaign again! Schumacher is well known for their dedication in doing competition racing cars and thats why I choose to use their off road cars! I am really excited to become a member of this great Team and I am looking forward to share my experience with them. See you at the racetracks!

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 15, 2016

Team Corally aluminium shock pliers

Team Corally have introduced their new shock pliers for the use with 1/12th, 1/10th and 1/8th scale shock absorbers. Made from aluminium and sporting the popular nutcracker design the tool is designed to securely hold shock shafts of different diameter while screwing the ball end on. The special design will not harm the shaft’s surface and it also allows for easy fastening and undoing of upper and lower shock caps while a third feature helps with popping the ball cup’s pivot ball in and out with ease.

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June 15, 2016

Kyle Holmberg unbeatable at 2016 Stock Wars

The 2016 Stock Wars race was hosted by Blue Groove Hobbies in West Des Moines, Iowa. This event used the unique Reedy Race style format with five rounds of heads up racing in each class, giving each driver one round to throw-out. In 2WD Stock Buggy Kyle Holmberg (Kyosho) would go onto take the overall win with a perfect score of four wins. Kyosho America’s Taylor Timmerman would finish a close second with 5 points while Drew Rubenking (Team Associated) completed the top 3.

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June 15, 2016

Jamie Grayek doubles at The Big One

LCRC Raceway in Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania played host to the The Big One race over the weekend. 1/8 Nitro Buggy and 1/8 Nitro Truggy qualifying was dominated by Jamie Grayek who took TQs in both classes. Grayek would then go onto dominate both 30-Minute A-mains to cap off a perfect weekend. On the Nitro Buggy podium Jamie would be sidelined by TLR’s Jason Schreffler and Team Associated driver Alex Miller while the Truggy top 3 was completed by Anthony Mazzara (TLR) and Cowboy Risser (Mugen).

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June 14, 2016

Spessart Cup 5-hour team race – Report

The Spessart Cup, a 5-hour 1/8th nitro buggy team race, was recently held at the Spessart Race Park in Germany. Practice was open on Saturday morning and the actual race would start at mid-day. Shortly before the take off it began to rain but nevertheless the organisers decided to start the race. Team Just-RC.DE of Vanessa and Marcus Wende, Sebastian Fenske, Christian Ackva, Andreas Heublein and Denis Schwarz would be in thrilling fights with team Semmelbrösel with both being separated by only four laps after the 5-hour encounter. Team Die Rodgauer would round out the podium result in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 14, 2016

Jeisy & Schmid score at Swiss 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd3

For the third round of the Swiss 1/10th Buggy Nationals racer travelled to the astro turf track of the Härkingen club. Wet weather made for an unpleasant race day and in the 2WD class it was Philip Jeisy (Yokomo) who made the best out of the conditions with Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) coming in second while Xray’s Nico Schmid completed the top 3 result.

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June 14, 2016

Ellis Stafford takes win at BRCA Buggy Nats Rd3

Round three of the BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nationals was held at Eden Park Raceway in mixed weather conditions. The 2WD race started out dry and everyone was running laydown cars but once the rain came out, drivers switched to stand up gearboxes for the last round of qualifier and the finals. Old dude Ellis Stafford (TLR) would make the best out of the conditions, beating young guns Neil Cragg (Team Associated) and Lee Martin (Yokomo).

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

June 14, 2016

Burak Kilic dominates Weser Ems Cup Rd3

The third round of the popular Weser Ems Cup was held at the Quakenbrück track in the North of Germany. Right from the start the Agama duo of Burak and Berkan Kilic dominated the proceedings, with Burak eventually taking the TQ after the three qualifiers from his brother Berkan. In the A-main Burak and Berkan battled for the lead until the 10 minute mark when Berkan made a mistake, allowing Burkan to open a gap and cruise to the win. Berkan would end the race on the runner-up spot from the Agama of Phillip Gabler, making it an Agama podium lock-out.

View the top 5 result here