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November 24, 2015

Keung wins Chinese Alpha Plus Cup

‪Keung‬ wins Chinese Alpha Plus Cup

The first ever Alpha Plus Cup was held at the KRC track in ‪Shenzhen‬, China with local racers and also guests from Taiwan and Hong Kong in attendance. Entries were limited at 70 for the one day event that was run with mandatory Alpha Dragon III engines and Alpha’s own 2130 exhaust. In the 8 minute qualifiers Taiwanese driver Chen took the TQ for the 45 minute main final but he had to retire early in the race due to a servo failure. Ultimately Keung from Hong Kong would take the day’s win from Taiwanese driver Siu on the runner-up spot. Yeung, also from Taiwan, would grab the final podium spot to round out the top 3.

Thanks to John Ho for the report.

November 24, 2015

Adam Drake wins at Revelation Raceway Turkey Race

The recent Turkey Race at Revelation Raceway saw Mugen’s Adam Drake walking away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. HB driver Victor Guerrero came in second while Ricky Rodriguez rounded out the podium in third place.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

November 23, 2015

New Sweep 1/8th buggy tyre coming soon

Sweep have released a first image of their forthcoming yet unnamed 1/8th buggy tyre. Offering a fine to medium-sized and closely spaced square pin tread the tyre is meant to be larger in diameter and also wider compared to Sweep’s other 1/8th tyres. More details will become available soon.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

November 23, 2015

Slovakia Cup Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena with 85 drivers in attendance including the likes of Martin and Ales Bayer as well as Austria’s Martin Wollanka all of which looked for some last minute practice before last weekend’s second round of the 2015/16 EOS. Beside the 1/10th Buggy classes the event also offered a variety of electric on-road categories with the fastest of them, Touring Modified, attracted a total of 13 drivers. Xray’s Martin Hudy would bring home the win in front of David Nemcek (Xray) and Zdenko Kunak (Capricorn) with the letter two showing some entertaining fights during the finals.

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November 23, 2015

Coelho wins in Slovakia to share EOS lead with Martin

World Champion Bruno Coelho kept Xray’s unbeaten record at the Hudy Arena intact by claiming his first Euro Offroad Series victory today with a dominant and important win in A3. Going into the closing race of the Slovakian event, three drivers stood a chance of the Round 2 victory with Coelho needing to do the most to deny A1 winner Martin Wollanka and A2 winner Lee Martin the win. Top Qualifier for his team’s home event, the Portuguese ace would put in a stunning drive to not just win the leg but set the all important fastest race time. Running 14 laps over the 5-minutes, the only driver to do so over the 3 legs, this would give him the tie break, all three drivers ending up on the same points with a win and 2nd each. While Martin would finish second to Coelho in the deciding race, Wollanka’s A2 winning time would secure the Austrian second with third meaning both the reigning champion and Coelho are now tied at the top of the points standings.

Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here.

November 23, 2015

US Open Fuel Championship title for Maifield

The first ever US Open Fuel Championships were held this past weekend at the iconic Fear Farm with Levi Jackson making for a fun track layout. In the Nitro Buggy class TLR’s Ryan Maifield would convert his TQ into a win in the hour long final from Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz, who ended the main event one lap down. HB’s Reno Savoya completed the podium in third place some 20 seconds short of Reno. The top 5 result was completed by the like of Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated) and Joe Bornhorst (Tekno). In the supporting 1/8th E-Buggy category it was again TQ holder Ryan Maifield (TLR) who would end A-main in the first place. The Tekno duo of Joe Bornhorst and Ryan Lutz would end the 10 minute A-main in second and third place respectively.

Source: HB Europe [hbeurope.com]

November 23, 2015

Robert Batlle takes double Buggyland title

This past weekend the Buggyland 2.0 race was hosted by Madrid’s CARTT club with some of the fastest Spanish drivers and guests from abroad in attendance. In the Nitro Buggy class Mugen’s Robert Batlle would take the overall TQ from Cody King and Elliott Boots while Davide Ongaro rounded out the top 4 qualifying result. In the 45 minute Nitro Buggy A-main former World Champion Robert Batlle (Mugen/Ultimate) would then grab the title from reigning European Champion Elliott Boots (Kyosho/Reds Racing) who ended the race one lap down. Only 5 seconds short on Elliott, Davide Ongaro (Mugen/LRP) came in third.

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November 23, 2015

Dustin Evans dominates NW Astro Invitational

Dustin Evans dominates North-West Astro Invitational

The 2015 North-West Astro Invitational was hosted by NW Hobbies in Albany, Oregon this past weekend. Run in several classes including Invitational 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy the event attracted both local talent and internationally experienced drivers. In the Invitational class, run in a Reedy format, TLR’s Dustin Evans would make a clean sweep to take the win from Tanner Day (Kyosho) and Robert Bakoczy (Schumacher). Casey Vitale (Schumacher) and Andy DiBrino (Kyosho) would round out the top 5 result.

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