Round 5 of the OEOSS Series was held at Jax Trax in Union City, Indiana this past weekend. The event attracted over 80 entries and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was TLR’s Tyler Jones with the overall TQ and win from Mugen’s Collin Weatherholt on the 2 spot, the latter ending the 20-minute A-main event some 40 second behind the winner. Team Associated’s Matt Cline came in 3rd, another 6.6 seconds down.
The 2019 German 2WD Buggy Nationals were held at the Arena33 in Andernach over the weekend. The event saw 43 entries for the 2WD Modified Buggy class that was top qualified by Marcel Schneider with Jörn Neumann coming in 2nd after the tie-breaker. Tom Maquel ended the qualifiers on the 3 spot from Moritz Lautenbach in 4th. The opening of the three A-main event then again saw Marcel and Jörn on the top 2 spots but it was Jörn who sealed the bag with wins in A2 and A3, leaving behind Marcel Schneider in 2nd while 5th place qualifier, Luca Rau came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Image: Jörn Neumann
Round 3 of the Italian ACI 1/8th Buggy Championship was held at the Ongaro Ring this past weekend. The event was cut short a day due to the weather forecast and in the end it was Team Associated’s 1/8th Buggy World Champion, Davide Ongaro with the TQ and win in the Expert class, leaving behind Xray’s Marco Baruffolo in 2nd. Kyosho’s Mattia Polito came in 3rd to round out the Expert class podium result.
Image: Davide Ongaro
The fifth and final round of the BRCA 1/8th Rally X Nationals was held at the Slough track this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots was in control of things all weekend, taking the TQ, win and with it the overall championship in style. Infinity’s Lee Martin came in 2nd at the season finale from Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy in 3rd. Overall in the championship and behind Elliott it was Jamie Clancy with the vice-championship from Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore, who suffered clutch issues in the A-main final but with an 11th place he still was able to secure an overall top 3 result.
Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
The fifth and final round of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was hosted by the TIT club last weekend. The bumpy and unpredictable track was a rear challenge for the drivers and in the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Kay Frehner with the overall TQ but tyre problems in A1 meant he scored a DNF which allowed Philip Jeisy to take the win in the opening A-main. A2 then was a much easier affair for the TQ holder as Kay walked away with the win. A3 then was a 3-horse battle between Kay, Philip and Florian Schmid but ultimately it was Kay with the win and the overall from Philip Jeisy in 2nd and Florian Schmid in 3rd, making it an Xray top 3 finish. However it was Nico Schmid who was able to bring home the overall title in 4WD Modified Buggy.
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Round 5 of the French 1/10th Electric Off-road Championship was held at the CARCA track in Noeux Les Mines last weekend. While Thomas Musso walked away with the win, and the overall championship, in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was TLR’s Renaud Savoya who dominated the 2WD Mod Buggy category by taking the overall TQ, coming out on top in all three A-mains and also clocking the fastest lap of the weekend. Behind him, it was the Xray duo of Thomas Anger and Mathieu Briere who would snatch the final two podium spots.
Image: Renaud Savoya
Clark RC Park of Reeseville, Wisconsin hosted the Labor Day Challenge last weekend, attracting over 90 entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. In the Nitro Buggy category it was Jared Wiggins with the overall TQ, however in the 15-minute A-main event it was Collin Weatherholt with the win a lap in front of 3rd place qualifier, Alex Vaughn. Jared Wiggins had to settle for 3rd overall, another eleven seconds behind Alex.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
OCRC Raceway of Huntington Beach, California hosted the 12th Annual Surf City Classic race last weekend with over 310 entries for the Modified and Stock 1/10th off-road classes. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Broc Champlin with the overall TQ but in the single 10-minutes A-main event it was 3rd place qualifier, Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who would hold the upper hand, taking the win 5.6 seconds in front of Kyosho’s CJ Jelin as Team Associated’s Rob Gillespie came in 3rd, another two seconds down.
