October 28, 2019

Renaud Savoya crowned French Nitro Buggy national champion

The final round of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship was held in Perthuis this past weekend with the overall Elite category title still being up for grabs. Eliot Marcon took the overall TQ, winning two of the five qualifying rounds and leaving behind Jerome Aigoin, who also scored two round TQs, in 2nd after the tie-breaker. Yannick Aigoin came in 3rd from Renaud Savoya , who came out with a single round TQ, in 4th. The 45-minute A-main event then had Renaud Savoya (TLR) taking his fourth win in a row this season, some four seconds in front of Xray’s Yannick Aigoin while Team Associated’s Tom Robin came in 3rd, a lap down. Some six seconds behind Tom, Jerome Aigoin (Xray) lead the best of the rest. With the win, Renaud also secured himself the French national title, his 7th overall.

Image: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

October 27, 2019

Pelle Culmsee TQs & wins at Fear Farm 2.0 race

The Fear Farm 2.0 race was held in Tonder, Denmark this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Pelle Culmsee (SWorkz/Picco/TPro) with the overall TQ and also the win in the 45-minute A-main event. Peter Harder (Xray/FX/Pro-Line) came in 2nd a lap down while Daniel Bubel came in 3rd (Xray/FX/Pro-Line) to round out the podium result from Magnus Frandsen 4th and Oliver Fischer 5th.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

October 25, 2019

Ciccarello wins at 1st Annual Night Of The Living Nitros

Beans RC in Sherrodsville, Ohio held the 1st Annual Night Of The Living Nitros recently. In 1/8th E-Buggy it was Xray’s Paul Ciccarello who would take the win by almost a lap with Tekno RC’s Joey Bourdon 2nd and Agama’s Ryan Lutz in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 25, 2019

Davide Ongaro takes Italian Nitro Buggy title

Round 4 of the 2019 Italian 1/8th Off-road Championship was hosted by the Miniautodromo Casa Mora track in Castiglione della Pescaia last weekend. Xray’s Marco Baruffolo would walk away with the overall TQ after the qualifiers, however in the 45-minute A-main event he had to settle for 3rd overall as Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro took the win and with it his 3rd overall championship title. The runner-up spot at round 4 would be obtained by Kyosho’s Marco Baruffolo.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

October 25, 2019

Kilic brothers team up with Mugen

Mugen Seiki Europe have announced the signing of Burak and Berkan Kilic to their international racing team. The 15 and 13-years old talents are already competing at the highest level with reigning German Champion Burak being able to achieve a podium finish at this year’s European Championship in Italy, while Berkan became Junior European Champion. The two brothers will use Mugen’s MBX8 off-road platform and Mugen Seiki products at all major national and international events with immediate effect.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

October 23, 2019

X-Factory UK Winter Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the X-Factory UK Winter Series took place last Saturday at the new venue in Aldenham. A fast, but technical track greeted the racers and after the four rounds of qualifying it was Ellis Stafford (Schumacher) who would take the TQ in the 2WD class, followed by William Venebles (Team Associated) in 2nd, Mark Lewis (Team Associated) in 3rd, Richard Miller (Yokomo) in 4th, Joe Renton (Team Associated) in 5th and Lee Hedges (Xray) in 6th, with the remaining A final spots would be filled from the bump ups via the lower finals. In 4WD, TQ went to Darren Boyle (LC Racing) from Sam Breton (Corally) in 2nd and Oliver Szymanksi (Corally) in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

October 23, 2019

2019 The Dirt Buggyland Challenge – Announcement

The 2019 The Dirt Buggyland Challenge will be held November 22nd to 24th at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California. The event brings together two icons of 1/8th off-road racing in the form of Joey Christensen’s The Dirt Racing and the Spanish Buggyland crew and it will see the running of Pro, Sportsman and Intermediate Nitro and Electric Buggy and Truggy classes as well as a single Short Course Truck category. There will be practice on Friday with racing on Saturday and Sunday. Included in the event are fun and challenging “racer games” such as a foot race, mechanics as drivers race along with a few more surprises. Many of USA’s top professionals will be in attendance including Jared Tebo, Cole Ogden, Joe Bornhorst, Adam Drake, Ryan Cavalieri and more. That all is happening on a brand new track designed and built by both The Dirt Racing and the Buggyland creator Miguel. More information and sign-up can be found here.

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