April 30, 2019

Max Götzl sweeps SMRC club race

The Austrian SMRC club held a club race last weekend. The event saw a somewhat different race format with only two qualifiers, 20 minutes long for the 2WD class while the 4WD and Truck qualifiers were held over ten minutes. The final grid was decided by the best three consecutive laps. Max Götzl took the TQ in all three classes with the 2WD top 3 being made up by Martin Fischer and Manfred Resch while Antonia Kovalzski and Roland Hauleitner came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 4WD class. The finals then were run over eight minutes in 2WD and six minutes in 4WD and Truck.

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April 29, 2019

Figueiredo & Duraes win at Portuguese Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Portuguese 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Guarda track this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo with the overall TQ from Serpent’s Carlos Duraes in 2nd and Mugen’s Ricardo Monteiro in 3rd. In the 45-minute the three would battle it out for the top 3 positions again and in the end the order would stay the same as in the qualifiers with Joao taking the win from Carlos 2nd and Ricardo 3rd.

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April 29, 2019

Borja Rodriguez wins at Levante E-Buggy champs Rd5

The Circuito de Sant Joan de Moró track in Spain hosted round 5 of the Levante E-Buggy Championship this past weekend. The event attracted 37 entries and it was Borja Rodriguez with the overall TQ from Oscar Tinoco Alvarez in 2nd. When the dust had settled after the three qualifiers it was again Borja on top of things with Oscar coming in 2nd. Behind the two, Javier Cuenca Moratalla rounded out the podium result from Carlos Serra Albert 4th and Sergio Ramos Rodriguez 5th.

Source: XTR Racing [xtr-rc.com]

April 29, 2019

Shin Adachi takes FEMCA Buggy Championship

Gimpo in South Korea played host to the 2019 FEMCA Nitro Buggy Championship this past weekend. Mugen’s Shin Adachi took home the title from top qualifier Paphon Chanyasak. Ryan Lee came in 3rd overall to round out the podium for SWorkz. Si Minsu and Atsushi Hara came in 4th and 5th respectively and in front of 6th placed Kevin Lee and 7th placed Adrian Wicaksono. Veteran racer Yuichi Kanai ended the 45-minute encounter on the 8th spot, Meen V. came in 9th, Wataru Takashiro finished on the 10th spot and Jeon Hanyeong and Jason Nugroho completed the A-main result.

Image: Paphon Chanyasak

April 29, 2019

Clancy & Jones win at BRCA Truggy & E8 Nats Rd1

The opening round of the 2019 BRCA Truck and E-Buggy Nationals was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. In the 30-minute Truggy final it was Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy with the win a lap in front of Agama’s Jon Hazlewood. Tekno RC driver Mitchell Booth came in 3rd some 15 seconds shy of Jon. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was AE’s Lewis Jones with the win from AE’s Mike Lewis in 2nd as HB Racing’s Simon Reeves rounded out the top 3 podium result.

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April 29, 2019

Lapmonitor Challenge 2019 – Report

The Lapmonitor Challenge was held at the Mauritian RLMC RC Track this past weekend. In the 1/8th Promo class it was Nickehale Chinnayya with the win from Matteo Maka on the 2 spot and Neale Chinnayya on the 3 spot.

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April 29, 2019

Saxton & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd1

The opening round of the 2019 JBRL Nitro Series was held at SoCal Nitro Raceway in Victorville, California this past weekend. The event attracted over 165 entries and in the competitive Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ after the qualifiers. In the 20-minute A-main the race for the win was on between Adam and Team Associated’s Richard Saxton with the latter taking a narrow win some 1.5 seconds in front of Adam. HB Racing’s Cole Jenson would round out the top 3 podium result.

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April 29, 2019

Jörn Neumann sweeps International Warm-up Race

The popular Rhein–Main-Circuit in Bischofsheim, Germany held the annual International Warm-up Race this past weekend. The event started off wet but in the end things would turn out nicely. As usual the race attracted some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers and it was SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann who would make the sweep to win both the Nitro and Electric classes from the TQ spot. In Nitro it was Mugen’s Carsten Keller on the runner-up spot while SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier completed the top 3 podium result. Over in the E-Buggy class and behind winner Neumann, it was Micha Widmaier on the runner-up spot as Carsten Keller came in 3rd overall.

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