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September 2, 2013

Martin Bayer wins 2013 German Nitro Buggy nats

The second and final round of the German 1/8th Nitro Buggy national championship was held in Bischofsheim near Frankfurt this past weekend. The track will be the host of next year’s European Championship A so the race not only was important for the national championship but also used as preparation for the 2014 Euro. After the rain affected qualifiers Xray’s Martin Bayer took the overall TQ for Sunday’s finals. From the tone Martin was fighting for the lead with Jörn Neumann, Carsten Keller and Daniel Reckward and around the 15 minute mark he was able to build a gap on the field that Martin was able to hold until the finish line. By winning the second and final round the Xray driver also took the overall win. The podium of the Bischofsheim round was completed by Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann and Carsten Keller (Kyosho). The runner-up spot also secured Jörn the second place overall with TLR’s Marcel Guske rounding out the 2013 Top 3.

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September 2, 2013

Robert Batlle wins 2013 Italian Job race

Robert Battle wins 2013 Italian Job race

For the second year in a row the Maugrafix’s Italian Job Outdoor race was held at the D&R track in Asti. The race had a strong attendance with World Champion Robert Batlle, European Champion David Ronnefalk, French Champion Jerome Aigoin and many other top drivers. After the four rounds of qualifying it was Novarossi team driver Robert Batlle who took the top qualifier position, followed by Berton and Ronnefalk. The 60 minute F1 final was dominated by RobertBatlle and his Mugen. He started from P1 on the grid and never looked back taking the win one lap ahead of Alex Zanchettin (TLR) and Kyosho’s Christoffer Svensson.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

September 2, 2013

Pettit wins E-Buggy & Truggy at Wicked Weekend

The second annual Wicked Weekend took place in Gainesville, Georgia at the Chicopee Agriculture Center. The very nice venue is starting to draw all of the regional talent to the guaranteed no rain out race. A total of 387 entries made their way to central Georgia for a weekend of racing. The format for the event was Friday practice, Saturday Qualifiers, and the Mains on Sunday. After a long day of Qualifying was over, the mains began on Sunday morning. Triple A mains were run in the E-Buggy class. TQ went to JConcepts Driver Barry Pettit with his new Mugen MBX-7 who went on to win in front of Max Fluer and John Michael McGinty. The Nitro Truggy A Main had Barry Pettit in the P1 on the grid. At the tone Pettit hooked up and ran at the front of the field for the first 10 minutes. As fuel stops played out, Barry continued to lead the field all of the way to the finish and wrap up his second class victory of the weekend.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

September 2, 2013

Ben Panic wins Malaysian Southern Super League 2013

Ben Panic has won the fifth round of the Malaysian Southern Super League and he also took the overall win of the championship. BH Gan (Hong Nor) and Lai Kok Heng (Agama) completed the podium. Didier Perrin took TQ for the final round and secured himself the runner-up spot in the championship.

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September 2, 2013

Mon-Tech Racing Stratos 190mm body shell

Italian company Mon-Tech Racing introduce their new Stratos 190mm electric touring car body shell. Designed to achieve a maximum of steering precision combined with exceptional corner speed the body features a hood with two V-shaped grooves and a pronounced front splitter while the trunk sports two hollowed sections in order to reduce drag to maximise straight line speed. The body comes clear including window mask, decal sheet and wing mounting hardware.

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September 2, 2013

Faversham Triple Crown – Announcement

Faversham Off Road Car Club announce the dates for their upcoming Winter series; the Triple Crown in association with TLR and Horizon Hobby UK. Held at the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Faversham Kent, the Triple Crown gives racers the chance to test their mettle against some of the South East’s finest RC Racers in 4WD and 2WD 1/10 electric Off Road and 2WD Off Road Trucks. With the same venue as before, the club will again be laying challenging, multi dimensional and multi surface tracks that make the most of the large gym hall and the promise of a 30metre long straight. Pitting is in a separate hall with live timing being relayed and power is available although pitting tables and chairs need to be provided by the racers. On-line booking in for the races that will take place between the 13th of October and 9th of March is available here.

September 2, 2013

Matsukura & Sugiura win at JMRCA off-road nats

The 2013 JMRCA electric off-road championship took place at the World renown Yatabe Arena and it was Yokomo driver and 2012 double national Buggy champion Naoto Matsukura who took the win in the 4WD class using the recently announced B-Max4 III buggy. Kyosho’s Yusuke Sugiura took the runner-up sport followed by Keisuke Enomoto (Yokomo).

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September 2, 2013

Jacques Libar wins Luxembourg nationals Rd4

Round 4 of the Luxembourg 1/8th scale on-road nationals was held this weekend on the LMCC track in Luxembourg. On Sunday drivers faced dry and good weather, and it was Dirk Richard who took the pole position in front of Jacques Libar and Patrick Beltrallo. The 30 minute main final saw the Xray driver Jacques Libar cross the finishing line in first position, followed by Alexey Yaramishyan with Capricorn in 2nd and Dirk Richard with Serpent in 3rd.

Thanks to Raymond Libar for sending the report.