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November 5, 2018

Phend tops 1st Controlled Practice in Perth

With things finally getting official at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships after 6 free practice runs over 4 days, it was Dakotah Phend who topped the opening round of controlled practice in Perth, Australia. The TLR driver posted a best time of 1:39.697 for his fastest 3-consecutive laps to set the pace ahead of Xray’s Bruno Coelho. Running in the heat just before Phend, Coelho managed a time of 1:39.957 around the MORBC track with both drivers having an almost identical fastest lap. Running in Heat 13 of 18, Davide Ongaro would complete the Top 3 followed by Jared Tebo, Naoto Matsukura and Australia’s own Aaron Stringer. For reigning champion David Ronnefalk, who topped the final free practice yesterday, the first of the 2 seeding rounds would see him with the 7th fastest time, a full second down on Phend.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

November 1, 2018

Tasos Paparegas crowned Greek National Champion

The STR track played host to the final round of the Greek 1/8th Buggy National Championship last weekend. It was the deciding round of the championship and it was multi-time National Champion, Tasos Paparegas who was the man to beat all weekend. After taking the pole position he also took the win in the main final, scoring the fastest lap in the process. With the victory Tasos also took his seventh consecutive title. Giannis Perogiannis came in 2nd at the final round as Thanos Makropoylos rounded out the top 3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 31, 2018

Jason Nugroho wins at Urban Community Park Rd4

The 4th round of the Urban Community Park series was held last weekend at the UCP Track in Cisauk, West Java. The track is located about 50km from Jakarta city and a total of 55 drivers from Jakarta, Medan, Bandung, Batam, Padang, Banjarmasin as well as local drivers attended the race. The schedule consisted of four rounds of 5-minutes qualifiers with the three best to count. Jason Nugroho didn’t had the best of starts as he missed the practice sessions going into the weekend, however he was able to bump-up from the B-main into the A-main and from the 11th position on the grid he soon took over the lead, after some ten minutes into the race, to bring home the win from Stanley Wangsanegara 2nd and Richard Suryo 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 30, 2018

Wesley van Helmond wins at Winter Is Coming race

The Winter Is Coming race was held at the Dutch Mach One track last weekend. The event was held in 1/8th Nitro and Electric classes and it saw SWorkz’s Jarno Pijpers taking the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class. In the 30-minute main final however it was SWorkz’s Wesley van Helmond who would hold the upper hand, taking the win a lap in front of Jeffrey Halsema (Serpent) as Colin Meijer (Serpent) rounded out the top 3 another lap down.

Source: Triton RC [tritonrc.com]

October 30, 2018

Kaja Novotny doubles at Lestr Cup opener

The opening round of the Lestr Cup series was held this past weekend. The race was held on a technical track with old school jumps and it was well accepted by the drivers. Kaja Novotny was the man to beat all weekend, taking Q1 and Q2 of 4WD for the overall TQ in front of Jiri Mara. Vaclav Broz completed the top 3 in the wheeler class. In 2WD Kaja was in a different league, taking a pretty easy TQ followed by Vaclav Broz who was in a 3-horse battle with Marcel Dostal and Jiri Mara for the runner-up spot. In 4WD and in preparation for the EOS, Kaja tried different setups in the finals with A1 being a bit difficult for Kaja. In the end it was a 5-minute sprint race with Jiri, however Kaja would hold the upper hand. For A2 and A3 Kaja was able to improve his Xray buggy which allowed him to take quite easy wins for the overall in front of Jiri Mara’s SWorkz and Vaclav Broz’s Xray.

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October 29, 2018

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Pro-Line Nitro Explosion

Thunder Alley R/C Raceway played host to the 15th Annual Pro-Line Nitro Explosion this past weekend. The event had 165 entries and in Expert Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ. Adam then also came out fastest in the 25-minute A-main event, leaving behind Team Associated’s Ryan Pavidis in 2nd and HB Racing’s Anthony Westergaard, who qualified 8th, in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

October 29, 2018

Dustin Evans sweeps Masters of Dirt Champs

The 2018 Masters of Dirt Championships were held at Beach Hobbies in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina over the weekend. Team Associated’s Dustin Evans was the man to beat in the Modified classes as he took the TQ and win Pro 2WD Mod Buggy, 4WD Mod Buggy and Mod Stadium Truck. Yokomo’s JP Richards came in 2nd in Pro 2WD Mod Buggy from TLR’s Tyler Jones on the 3 spot. The 4WD Mod Buggy top 3 was completed by Yokomo’s Max Flurer and TLR’s Tyler Jones while Dustin was accompanied by Yokomo’s Max Flurer and TLR driver Aaron Kothman in Mod Truck.

View the 4WD Mod Buggy and Mod Stadium Truck podiums here

October 29, 2018

Charlie Maiorana wins at RC Clubhouse Halloween Race

The RC Clubhouse held their Halloween Race last weekend with over 160 entries for the 1/10th and 1/8th electric off-road classes. In 4WD Modified Buggy it was Mark Sousa with the TQ, however in the single 5-minute A-main it was Charlie Maiorana with the win as Mark, who lead a good part of the race, made a mistake in the closing stages that allowed Charlie to pass Mark for the win. A lap down on the two it was George Wickenden Jr. who rounded out the top 3 results as Joey Bourdon and Keith Ives completed the top 5.

Image: Mark Sousa