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May 29, 2019

Inaugural JConcepts Spring Dirt Oval Nationals – Report

The inaugural JConcepts Spring Dirt Oval Nationals was held at the Hobbyplex track in Omaha, Nebraska last weekend. For this year, the Hobbyplex oval track was freshly built and a brand new pit lane was created for safe pull-offs and easy tuning. The fast track was grippy, smooth, and extremely fun to drive on, however the hot weather that came on Sunday actually started to dry the track more than anticipated, which resulted in a little higher tire wear. Completing a perfect weekend for him, Custom Works’s Max Flurer sealed the deal as he took the wire to wire win in the super competitive Outlaw Sprint class. Max was dialed from the 1st pack to the last and showed tremendous speed in the main setting the fastest lap of the weekend. Taking home 2nd was AFX’s Phil Beardshear, who fought hard all race and moved his way comfortably into 2nd behind Flurer. It was another impressive drive for Ed Gaines to move up from 5th and finished 3rd after 4 intense minutes of close racing. With this podium, Ed finished on the box in 3 of the 3 classes he entered.

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May 28, 2019

Aaron Dexter wins at Challenge Cup

The Western Australian Challenge Cup was held at the MORBC 1/8th Buggy Worlds track recently with Aaron Dexter taking the TQ and in in the Nitro Buggy class. 2nd place qualifier, Harry Simms came in 2nd while 4th place qualifiers, Fabio Silvi completed the top 3 podium result.

Image: Maxima Mx [facebook.com]

May 28, 2019

Jackson Andres TQs & wins at NCT Rd2

The second round of the 2019 NCT Series was held in Spokane, Washington this past weekend. Jackson Andres (Mugen) would take the TQ in the 1/8th Expert E-Buggy class and he also came out on top after the triple A-main finals by taking wins in A2 and A3. Tekno RC’s Tayler Wonders came in 2nd with A1 winner, Serpent’s Joe Cathey completing the top 3 result. Xray’s Robert Sorjonen finished in 4th, Tekno RC’s Derek Rasheed came in 5th overall.

Image: Jonathan Andres

May 28, 2019

Graham Alsop doubles at Nitro X Cross

This bank holiday weekend saw the popular Nitro X Cross series at East Shrewsbury BRC. On Sunday the top 3 in Nitro Buggy were Graham Alsop (HB Racing), Matt Lewis (Team Associated) and Mike Lewis (Team Associated) and Monday the top 3 were Graham Alsop, Mike Lewis and Lewis Jones (Team Associated). The series returns in a few weeks time at JC Raceway on the 29th and 30th of June.

View the Monday podium here

May 28, 2019

Mayo, Jelin & Westergaard win at JBRL Series Rd2

Round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California last weekend. The Expert Nitro Buggy class was TQ’d by Mugen’s Adam Drake, however in the 20-minute A-main final it was 9th place qualifier, Xray’s Jake Mayo who would excel, taking the win some 12 seconds in front of Adam while Tekno’s Steve Harris completed the top 3 podium result, another 5.6 seconds down.

Continue reading the report here

May 27, 2019

Andreas Mayr win at OÖ Cup Rd1

The opening round of the OÖ Cup was held in Lambrechten, Austria this past weekend in several 1/8th off-road classes. In the Nitro Buggy category it was Daniel Gumpoltsberger with the overall TQ, tie on points with Michael Langgruber. In the 30-minute main final however it was 7th place qualifier, Andreas Mayr (Kyosho) with the overall win, two laps in front of SWorkz driver, Michael Langgruber. HB Racing’s Daniel Gumpoltsberger came in 3rd, another lap down.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

May 27, 2019

Nathan Ralls wins at 2WD South East Regional Series

Round 2 of the 2WD South East Regional Series was held at the Barham track near Dover, UK this past weekend. The top 4 after the qualifiers would be Nathan Ralls, Kyle Moon, Ed Kerry, and David Poulter. In the triple A-mains it was Nathan Ralls who set the pace and by taking all three legs he would walk away with the overall win from Ed Kerry 2nd and David Poulter 3rd. Kyle Moon had to settle for 4th overall.

Image: David Poulter

May 27, 2019

Davide Ongaro wins Buggy Euros warm-up

In a weekend that saw many high-class (warm-up) races it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro who would take the win at the EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championship warm-up held at the Ongaro Ring in Sacile, Italy. Xray’s Marco Baruffolo also looked like he would be in the mix for the win in the main final, however he was hampered by flame-out issues. Up front and behind Ongaro it was the duo of Mugen’s Robert Batlle and HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk who fought for the runner-up spot with the better end for David who took benefit of a last-minute situation Robert had with a back marker. Ultimately David would come in 2nd a lap down on Davide as Robert had to settle for 3rd, some seven seconds behind on David. TLR’s Renaud Savoya and Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo would complete the top 5 results.

Image: Robert Batlle