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September 11, 2017

Ofir Avitan wins Israeli League Rd1

The opening round of the 2017/18 Israeli League was held the Omer Ring track in hot weather conditions. After the four qualifying rounds it was Yaniv Sivan with the TQ and he would start into the A-main from pole position with a hard-charging Ofir Avitan behind. Both were changing positions and meanwhile Ido Carmon, Gil Harush, Aviv Maymon and Tal Siles were battling for 3rd position. Tal Siles had a damper issue but kept going as Gil Harush ran into mechanical issues, causing him to finish the race early. Up front Yaniv Sivan had engine troubles but he was able to finish the race on the 2 spot while Ofir Avitan, after some flawless driving, brought home the win as Ido Carmon secured the final podium spot. Also 9-years old Harel Senderov in 5th and 11-years old Ofik David in 8th place really excelled in the final.

View the final results here

September 11, 2017

Kaja Novotny trifecta at Czech 1/10th Off-road Nats

The final round of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Usti nad Labem. The organisers had created a new layout for the huge astro turf track and in the 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy classes it was Xray’s Kaja Novotny who managed to TQ all round of qualifying to take the pole positions in the respective classes. In the opening 2WD A-main Kaja suffered bad luck as a piece of astro turf caused havoc to his car which allowed Ales Bidovsky to take the win. A2 then was a done deal for Kaja which meant the final A-main would decide over the race win and also the overall title. For three minutes Kaja and Ales would have a great fight until the latter made a mistake and so Kaja would cruise to the win and the overall championship. Another fight was on for the overall 3rd place between Marek Schiller and Milan Mudra. Ultimately Milan would prevail to take the final podium spot.

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September 11, 2017

Carlos Duraes wins at Portuguese Buggy Nats Rd4

The fourth round of the Portuguese Buggy nationals was held at the Freixedas track, home of the 2018 Euros, this past weekend. Serpent’s Carlos Duraes took the TQ and win in the Nitro Buggy class some two laps in front of Joao Figueiredo (Kyosho) 2nd and Goncalo Melo (TLR) 3rd. The final round of the championship will be held next month with the event will also see who’s crowned the 2017 national champion.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 11, 2017

Jason Nugroho wins Indonesia Buggy Championship Rd5

The fifth and final round of the 2017 Indonesia National Buggy Championship was held at the Cnetic RC Track in Surabaya, East Java this past weekend. A total of 63 drivers attended this event that was held in nice and hot weather conditions. The race format were six rounds of 10-minutes qualifying with the four best rounds to count. Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) took the TQ honours after the qualifiers and he also came out fastest in the main final from Adrian Sutanto (Kyosho/O.S.) and Hariadi Lie (Kyosho/O.S.) in 3rd place.

View the final results here

September 11, 2017

Hupo Hönigl doubles at Austrian EP Buggy Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the track of the ERT Steyregg club. It was the first ever Nationals on a full astro turf track JConcepts Lockness tyres being chosen as the control tyre. The fast layout and super high traction made it difficult to manage error-free runs and in the 2WD qualifying it was a 2-way battle between local driver Philipp Märzinger and Hupo Hönigl. Both had two TQ runs each, but in the end Phillip could take the overall TQ with the fastest overall time. In the finals Phillip was way too nervous and crashed early in the first two mains, which Hupo could win in cruise mode. Phillip finished 2nd by taking A3 and up and coming young star Lucas Grainer would round up the podium with his consistent performance over the whole weekend.

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September 11, 2017

Davide Ongaro crowned double Italian champion

The final round of the Italian AMSCI 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend and it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro who walked away with the titles in the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes. Davide would start behind Marco Baruffolo (TLR) in the Nitro A-main but he found a way past in the opening stages and never looked back. Even when rain started to some 15 minutes before the end Davide kept his cool and he would bring home a maiden Nitro national title. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class Davide would take wins in the opening two A-mains to seal his third national E-Buggy title early.

View the E-Buggy podium here

September 11, 2017

24h Nitro Buggy Race Austria – Report

The annual 24h Nitro Buggy Race was held at the huge and challenging track of the WMW Fehring club. 14 teams from Austria and Germany attended the race with each team consisting of up to six drivers and only a single car. With a perfect pit strategy and scheduled maintenance stops, replacing only a single driveshaft and a bent shock shaft following a crash as well as an engine due to a broken clutch bearing, Team Hoeco took the win with 1964 or nearly 700km from Team Losi Austria (1912 laps) in 2nd and Team Xray Austria (1856 laps) in 3rd.

Source: Hoeco [hoeco.at]

September 11, 2017

Zheyi Shen wins Chinese 4WD Buggy title

The Chinese Off-road Nationals were held recently in the town of Suzhou. In the 1/10th 4WD Buggy class it was 12-years old Yibo Zhang (Xray) with the overall TQ courtesy of two round TQs, however in the mains he suffered some bad luck and after mishaps in A1 and A2 he had to settle for 3rd overall behind Li Shen (Serpent) on the runner-up spot and new national champion Zheyi Shen (Serpent).

View the final results here