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May 13, 2019

NRW Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the NRW Cup was held at the MACH-One track in Helmond, The Netherlands this past weekend. The event was held in good weather conditions and attracted some of the regions’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers. In the Nitro Top category Jarno Pijpers was the man to beat and after a nice battle with Jeffrey Halsema for the last ten laps of the half-hour long A-main final, he would eventually take the day’s win with Jeffrey coming on the 2 spot. Rene van Schaijk came in 3rd, already two laps down.

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May 13, 2019

Spencer Heckert sweeps Spring Break Out

Shay’s RC Park in Burghill, Ohio held their Spring Break Out race this past weekend with nearly 90 entries for the 1/8th off-road and 1/10th 4×4 Mod SCT classes. In the premiere Nitro Buggy category it was HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert with the TQ and win from Paul Ciccarello (Xray) on the 2 spot, a lap behind. A further lap down after the 20-minute A-main event was Serpent’s Adam Johnson in 3rd.

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May 13, 2019

Cyrille Baldini wins French E-Buggy Champs Rd3

The MARCV track in Vierzon, France played host to round 3 of the 1/8th E-Buggy Championship this past weekend. The overall TQ went to TLR’s Jerome Sartel, however after the A-mains it was Team Associated’s Cyrille Baldini with the overall win from Jerome on the 2 spot. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel would complete the top 3 podium result coming from 8th on the grid following a somewhat difficult qualifying.

Image: Jean-Pierrick Sartel

May 13, 2019

Yusuke Sugiura successful at O.S. Off-Road Challenge

The KRC Off-Road Circuit in Tokushima, Japan hosted the O.S. Off-Road Challenge this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest nitro off-road racers in attendance. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Yusuke Sugiura with he overall win from Kyosho’s Kazuya Tanaka in 2nd and Mugen’s Kenji Tsuruta in 3rd overall.

Image: Yusuke Sugiura

May 13, 2019

XRS Poland Nitro Off-road – Report

The Xray Racing Series Poland Nitro Off-road was held at the new track in Wlodawa recently. The track features a smooth US-style layout that was really challenging for man and machine as the big jumps and some of the corners make it difficult to pull consistent laps. The weekend kicked off with super dry conditions during Friday’s practice with the grip coming up on Saturday. Bartek Zalewski was the man to beat in 1/8th Buggy and E-Buggy with Seweryn Skowronski and Marek Cisek coming in 2nd and 3rd in the Nitro Buggy class as Sebastian Migal and Wojtek Rzepecki completed the qualifying top 3 in E-Buggy.

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May 13, 2019

Boda & Musso win at French 1/10th Off-road Rd3

The third round of this year’s French 1/10th electric off-road nationals was held at the Mini Bolide de Gonfreville l’Orcher club over the weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was TLR’s Renaud Savoya with the TQ from young Team Associated whizz kid, Clement Boda. After the finals the two had swapped their qualifying positions, handing Clement the win as Renaud came in 2nd overall from Thomas Anger in 3rd.

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May 13, 2019

Yardy & Cragg successful at BRCA EP Off-road Rd2

Round 2 of the BRCA 1/10th Off-road Nationals was held at the iconic Kidderminster track this past weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Yokomo’s Lee Martin with the overall TQ, however it was Schumacher’s Tom Yardy with the win after the A-mains as Lee had to settle for 2nd overall. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg came in 3rd to round out the podium. In 4WD Mod Buggy, run on Sunday, it was Team Associated’s Neil Cragg with the TQ and win from SWorkz’s Elliott Boots in 2nd and Yokomo’s Lee Martin in 3rd.

Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

May 13, 2019

Matt Lewis wins at Club Series opener

The opening round of the Club Series was held in East Shrewsbury this past weekend. Team Associated’s Matt Lewis would bring home the win in the Nitro Buggy A-main event from HB Racing’s Graham Alsop on the 2 spot. Team Associated’s Lewis Jones rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]