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May 1, 2019

Performa Racing sign Ryan Maifield

Performa Racing has announced that multiple time World Champion racer Ryan Maifield has signed to campaign their new line of RC products. The Mugen factory driver will use Performa Racing’s line of competition 1/8th scale electronics and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m extremely impressed with the Performa line of products, the 1/8th electric speed control, motors and batteries are a game changer and have been a huge step forward for my race program, I’m excited to see what comes next from Performa. I will use everything at the Silver State for the first time.

Source: Performa Racing [performaracing.com]

May 1, 2019

Vincent Meertens wins French Buggy Nats Rd2 warm-up

The ARCF42 track near Lyon played host to the warm-up for round 2 of the French Buggy nationals last weekend. In the qualifiers it was Vincent Meertens with the overall TQ and he would also coming out fastest in the semifinals to start the 45-minute main final from pole position. When the dust had settled it was again Vincent on top after some close fights with Eliot Marcon on the 2 spot. Julien Surget would round out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]

May 1, 2019

West German EP Off-road regionals Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the outdoor season in Western Germany kicked off on the huge Astroturf track of the RCRT Duisburg club. The joint event of the NORC round 2 and the West German National Qualifier saw almost 120 entries in several electric off-road classes. The weekend started pretty wet with lots of rain on Saturday but things changed on Sunday when the rain stopped and the track dried off with every hour. After three rounds of qualifying Jens Becker was able to take the TQ in the 2WD Modified class and he was also able to bring home the overall win after the mains. It was a though but fair and fun fight with Marcel Schneider who finished 2nd, followed by Jorg Mampel in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

April 30, 2019

Max Götzl sweeps SMRC club race

The Austrian SMRC club held a club race last weekend. The event saw a somewhat different race format with only two qualifiers, 20 minutes long for the 2WD class while the 4WD and Truck qualifiers were held over ten minutes. The final grid was decided by the best three consecutive laps. Max Götzl took the TQ in all three classes with the 2WD top 3 being made up by Martin Fischer and Manfred Resch while Antonia Kovalzski and Roland Hauleitner came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 4WD class. The finals then were run over eight minutes in 2WD and six minutes in 4WD and Truck.

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April 29, 2019

Figueiredo & Duraes win at Portuguese Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Portuguese 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Guarda track this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo with the overall TQ from Serpent’s Carlos Duraes in 2nd and Mugen’s Ricardo Monteiro in 3rd. In the 45-minute the three would battle it out for the top 3 positions again and in the end the order would stay the same as in the qualifiers with Joao taking the win from Carlos 2nd and Ricardo 3rd.

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April 29, 2019

Borja Rodriguez wins at Levante E-Buggy champs Rd5

The Circuito de Sant Joan de Moró track in Spain hosted round 5 of the Levante E-Buggy Championship this past weekend. The event attracted 37 entries and it was Borja Rodriguez with the overall TQ from Oscar Tinoco Alvarez in 2nd. When the dust had settled after the three qualifiers it was again Borja on top of things with Oscar coming in 2nd. Behind the two, Javier Cuenca Moratalla rounded out the podium result from Carlos Serra Albert 4th and Sergio Ramos Rodriguez 5th.

Source: XTR Racing [xtr-rc.com]

April 29, 2019

Shin Adachi takes FEMCA Buggy Championship

Gimpo in South Korea played host to the 2019 FEMCA Nitro Buggy Championship this past weekend. Mugen’s Shin Adachi took home the title from top qualifier Paphon Chanyasak. Ryan Lee came in 3rd overall to round out the podium for SWorkz. Si Minsu and Atsushi Hara came in 4th and 5th respectively and in front of 6th placed Kevin Lee and 7th placed Adrian Wicaksono. Veteran racer Yuichi Kanai ended the 45-minute encounter on the 8th spot, Meen V. came in 9th, Wataru Takashiro finished on the 10th spot and Jeon Hanyeong and Jason Nugroho completed the A-main result.

Image: Paphon Chanyasak

April 29, 2019

Clancy & Jones win at BRCA Truggy & E8 Nats Rd1

The opening round of the 2019 BRCA Truck and E-Buggy Nationals was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. In the 30-minute Truggy final it was Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy with the win a lap in front of Agama’s Jon Hazlewood. Tekno RC driver Mitchell Booth came in 3rd some 15 seconds shy of Jon. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was AE’s Lewis Jones with the win from AE’s Mike Lewis in 2nd as HB Racing’s Simon Reeves rounded out the top 3 podium result.

View the E-Buggy podium here