May 25, 2017
Round 2 of the Dutch 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the tight and technical RMCA Almelo astro turf track. The main final saw Bart Mullink lead the way until an electronic failure put things to a halt for him. This made way for Sander van Genechten, Jordy Velder and Jarno Pijers who made up the top 3 at that time. Later Sander made a mistake that promoted Jarno into the lead while behind him Sander and Jordy were in a fight for the runner-up spot. This allowed Jarno to open a gap that he would hold onto…
May 25, 2017
The opening round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held in Kolin. Right from the start Xray’s Martin Bayer looked like the man to beat as he set fast laps right from the practice sessions on. Saturday ad the weather was much colder which resulted in near zero traction but this did not stop Martin from being a league of his own, taking the TQs in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. Xray team mate Kaja Novotny would line up in 2nd in both classes. The semi-finals would further cement the performance of Martin and Kaja with…
May 3, 2017
…36 nitro cars and 21 electric cars and by the end of the practice day Mark Green was the quickest with his XRD-powered Serpent in the nitro class while Alex Thurston with his Arrowmax-powered Serpent, was the quickest electric class driver. The two would also come out on top after Sunday’s qualifiers and they would again excel in the finals, with Mark Green taking the nitro win from Andrew Hastings (Shepard/O.S./Matrix) in 2nd and Richard Hicklin (Serpent/O.S./Contact) 3rd. In the electric class Alex Thurston was sidelined on the podium by Adam Catchpole (ARC) and Joe Hawnt (Serpent). Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
April 13, 2017
The second round of the French 1/8th On-road Nationals was held at the Vichi track in central France. Romain Picard would take the TQ on the very technical track in front of Anthony Abisset and Benjamin Brasset. In the opening stages of the 45-minute final Adrien Bertin took over the lead with Romain Picard in second but the latter was later forced into a DNF later due to mishap at the end of the straight. Meanwhile Leo Arnold was able to take the 3rd place at the 20 minute mark but a mistake just before the tyres pit stop cost…
April 5, 2017
The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Track National Championship was held at the Cotswolds circuit situated on Kemble airfield. Saturday was rained out mainly and on Sunday morning the track had the odd damp patch on it due to a sprinkle of rain during the night. Once qualifying got underway it was Alex Thurston who was the man to beat, taking the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also bring home the win from teammate Joe Hawnt in second and Franck Dambrine in third. Final results: 1. Alex Thurston 2. Joe Hawnt 3. Franck Dambrine 4. David Gerrard…
September 26, 2016
…and precision. Juan Carlos Canas, winner of the second round of the Nationals and reigning 1/8th Buggy Euro B champion, was the only driver that could almost-match Robert’s rhythm and consistency, although finishing 3 to 5 seconds off Batlle’s pace. The semifinals were also dominated by Robert with him being the only driver to score a 28-laps run meaning he would have the speed to lap everyone once or twice in the 45 minute main final. Juan again was the only driver to come “close” to Robert. At the start of the main, Robert took things slow as recovering from…
September 7, 2016
The third round of the Czech Nitro Buggy Nationals were held at the Horni Jeleni track. The qualifiers of the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class were a pretty mixed affair with every round having different winners but Kaja Novotny’s Q1 time would be fast enough to win him the overall TQ from Max Gotzl and Jiri Mara in second and third respectively. In 1/8th E-buggy it was again Kaja who came out fastest after the qualifiers despite having some bobbles in the opening two qualifiers. Max Gotzl would follow in second from Ales Bidovsky in third. In the Nitro Buggy final…
September 5, 2016
The Barcooff track in Barco, Emilia-Romagna, Italy held round four of the Italian 1/8th Off-road National Championship over the weekend. In the 45-minute F1 class A-main it was Mattia Menabue who came out successful by taking the win with a 2-lap margin on Adriano Fabianelli in second and Alessio Marini in third. Mirko Belli and Matteo Poletti would round out the top 5 result. Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
