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November 30, 2021

Alexander Landén dominates Rd3 & overall Swedish Cup

Last weekend it was time for the final round of the Swedish National Cup in tenth scale buggy. This year three rounds were run to crown the Champion and the third and final round was organised by Karlskrona MRK and was held at the great DR Racing arena in the small town of Kallinge. In 2wd qualifying it was straight away obvious that Alexander Landén (AE/Hobbywing) had the pace, in the first round he was the only one posting a 17 lap run. Behind Alexander his team-mate Nils Gustafsson (AE/Reedy) was battling it out with Hampus Berg (HB/Performa). In the end Alexander managed to TQ all four rounds of qualifying and Hampus edged out Nils to reach the runner up spot for the triple mains.

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November 15, 2021

Pelle Culmsee joins the Xray Racing Team

Xray have announced that Danish driver Pelle Culmsee is joining the Xray Racing Team to race the XB8 and XT8 platforms. The former SWorkz driver had the following to say ‘I am very grateful to be a part of the Xray Team. The cars and products have always been top quality and performed at a top level. I cant wait to hit the track with my new XRAY cars. I want to say big thank you to XRAY team and Claus Ryeskov for making this happened’.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 11, 2021

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd2 – Report

This past weekend was the second round of the fantastic Worksop series, as always there was a great entry of drivers present. All abilities are welcome at this series, so they had Pro’s in attendance all the way through to new starters and even some people coming back to the hobby after 20 years away. The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. The Worksop team had designed a fantastic track layout for this event, some great off road features were built including the wall of death. As always this is very popular with racers due to new features and jumps being built fresh for these events. In 2wd qualifying, it was Neil Cragg who dominated proceedings by taking TQ in all 4 rounds, therefore he would line up on pole. Tommy Hall would be 2nd and Edward Callan would line up 3rd.

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November 5, 2021

Stafford & Brown on top at EssexCarpetClash Rd2

Round 2 of EssexCarpetClash4 took place last weekend. A fun track greeted the drivers in the morning and with the ‘slippery section’ proving to be quite challenging. In 4wd, Stephen Brown dominated qualifying topping the sheets in all four qualifiers. John Painter took the two spot ready for the finals, with David Orbell behind. 2wd saw a tussle between Ellis Stafford and Kyle Moon in each heat, with Stafford just edging the runs. Stephen Brown was also in the battle, placing good round scores to line up 3rd on the grid ahead of Christopher Delves Delves.

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November 2, 2021

Marco Baruffolo joins Reds Racing

Reds Racing are very happy to announce that the Italian driver Marco Baruffolo has joined their team for the 2022 and 2023 racing season. The former Xray/FX driver will be exclusively using Reds Racing nitro engines and will be attending all major competitions in the next two seasons.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

October 26, 2021

Daniel Kobbevik sweeps Norwegian EP Offroad finals

It was time for the last 1/10 offroad race of the year in Norway, and the biggest event of all is the National Championship Race. This time it was held close to Trondheim City, and the surface was EOS carpet and control tyres for all drivers. No pre practise for the drivers, so same amount of time on track for everybody. First up was 2wd and this year also this class had the “Kings Pocal” as well. The highest mark you can achieve in Norway, and its switched around in different classes, so it sits pretty high to win that trophy. The amount of drivers was good, and the level as well, all the best drivers in 1/10 were gathered to fight for the titles.

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October 15, 2021

Eldridge dominates EssexCarpetClash season opener

Last weekend was the first round of the EssexCarpetClash, seeing it return for its fourth year. A neatly and fun to drive track greeted the drivers in the morning, who were all eager to get back racing indoors, after an absent season last year. Four rounds of qualifying took place, where it was clear that Yokomo factory driver Harley Eldridge meant business, securing TQ in 3 rounds, in both the 2wd and 4wd classes. In 4wd, Stephen Brown could only do second best and would line up second on the grid for the finals infront of a fast John Painter. 2wd saw the experienced Ellis Stafford fight his way to take the 2 spot for the finals, while it was a close fight for 3rd, 4th and 5th on the grid between, Luke Mills, Stuart Joyce and Kyle Moon.

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October 4, 2021

Redovan to host 2022 IFMAR Nitro Buggy Worlds

EFRA have announced on social media that following a late meeting with IFMAR this past weekend, they can confirm that the 2022 1/8th offroad World Championships will be held at the Redovan track in Spain. FAMAR was to be next in line to host the World Championships, in Brazil in 2020 but the worldwide pandemic prevented that from happening and now EFRA have stepped in to host the event next year after what will be a 4 year break. The Redovan track has previously host European Championships, the final Neo race, as well as countless National championship events and is known for its very long and technical layout, perfect to test the best drivers in the World.