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October 8, 2018

Callum Niblett wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd1

The opening round of the HNMC Winter Series was held this past weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK. Lewis Jones (Team Associated) took the overall Nitro Buggy TQ in front of Kevin Brunsden (SWorkz) and Callum Niblett (Agama). The 20-minute main final then saw a change of events as it had Callum Niblett holding the upper hand who took the win a lap in front of Kevin Brundsen as Lewis Jones rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

Image: Lewis Jones

October 8, 2018

Tom Robin wins rain-affected Pierrefeu GP

The annual Grand Prix de Pierrefeu was held this past weekend and it was Team Associated’s Tom Robin with the top qualifier position after the qualifiers with his RC-Concept-powered ride. However due to heavy rain the finals had to be cancelled, meaning the overall ranking was based on the qualifying results meaning Tom would take the win from Xray/Ultimate’s Yannick Aigoin in 2nd and Team Associated/Ultimate’s Maxime Noble on the 3 spot.

Source: RC Concept [rconcept.com]

October 8, 2018

Australian 1/10th EP Off-road Titles – Report

The 2018 Australian Nationals was held at the Adelaide Raceway in South Australia, with over 150 entries racing on the beautifully prepared outdoor clay track in perfect sunny weather conditions. Racers came from all around the country to the first national title in Adelaide for over 20 years. Seven official classes were offered including 2WD and 4WD Modified, 2WD and 4WD 17.5, 2WD Junior 17.5, Stadium Truck and SCT. For 2018 a demo class of 13.5T 4WD was run, which will replace 4WD 17.5 in 2019. In 2WD Modified Chris Sturdy was the defending champ and he was too good for the rest of the field, taking out all four qualifiers for TQ and then winning A1 and A2 with his AE buggy to take his 6th National Title. Ray Munday (Team Associated) qualified 2nd and took A3 for 2nd overall, with Adelaide privateer (Team Associated) Jack McMillan driving impressively for 3rd overall after pushing Sturdy very hard in A1 and A2. Notably in this final, three drivers under 14 years old made the A-main – Lachlan Donnelly, Lachlan Munday and Jordan Isergin – with Donnelly finishing 4th, showing the junior racer program in Australia is paying dividends.

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October 8, 2018

Stephane Deroch wins at RCMag Tour Rd6

The sixth round of the RCMag Tour 2018 was held at the French Robot Club 94 track this past weekend. The race was held in four different 1/8th off-road classes and using a somewhat different format compared to other races with triple 15 minute main finals for everyone. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Stephane Deroch with the overall TQ after winning Q2 and Q3 as Q1 winner, Thomas Carandi came in 2nd after the qualifiers. The triple A-mains saw Stephane Deroch making a clean sweep to take the overall with the remaining podium spots being hardly fought for. Ultimately it was Pierre Raboulin with the overall runner-up spot, tie on points with UK’s Jon Hazlewood.

Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

October 8, 2018

Valls & Figuls win at Catalan Champs Rd4

The fourth round of the Catalan Championships was held this past weekend at the RC Santa Perpetua track. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Alex Valls with the overall TQ from Pol Hernandez in 2nd and Dani Batlle on the 3rd spot. After the 45-minute A-main it was again Alex Valls on the top spot, leaving behind Aleix Montero in 2nd and Alex Fernandez in 3rd.

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October 8, 2018

Ronnefalk & Canas successful at Buggyland 5.0

The Buggyland 5.0 race was held in Madrid, Spain over the weekend, attracting most of Europe’s front-running 1/8th off-road racers. In the Nitro Buggy class it was HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk with the overall TQ while the E-Buggy class was lead by Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas. After the nitro semifinals it was Juan Carlos with the pole position for the 60-minute nitro buggy A-main and he would also lead for a good part of the race as he seemed able to counter any attacks of the hard charging David Ronnefalk. However Juan Carlos suffered a flameout and bad luck in the later stages of the main, meaning David was able to bring home the win a lap in front of Kyosho’s Elliott Boots while SWorkz’s Martin Wollanka took the final podium spot. Ricardo Berton and Joao Figueredo came in 4th and 5th and in front of Jörn Neumann and Juan Carlos Canas, who had to settle for 7th, some three laps short of the winner.

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October 8, 2018

Craig Collinson joining Xray factory team

Xray have announced the addition of UK 1/10th electric off-road frontrunner, Craig Collinson to their factory team. The former BRCA nationals winner will use the company’s XB2 and XB4 platforms at events such as the BRCA nationals and regionals, the Schumacher Masters and Bury Winter series. Craig says:

I’m absolutely thrilled at this opportunity to be joining the Xray Factory Team. It’s no secret Xray are an extremely professional company who take pride in manufacturing the fastest cars out there, matched with quality second to none. I can’t wait to get started running the latest XB2 and XB4, both of which have already proved themselves at the highest level of competition. I look forward to working with the rest of the UK team and showcasing the cars to the best of my abilities at the BRCA Nationals and all other UK events. Huge thanks to Greg Hill at RC Disco, the guys at the Xray factory and the UK team for their warm welcome. Despite the nickname ‘Hulk’ I’m actually quite an approachable person, so if anyone is interested in the cars or has any questions then don’t hesitate to come speak with me and the Xray team trackside.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 8, 2018

Kaja Novotny doubles at Czech Open Challenge Rd1

The opening round of the Czech Open Challenge electric indoor series was held in Ruzyne. The purpose-built track features a fairly easy layout that promised closes racing, however the pretty old carpet only offered low traction, making for a completely different feeling compared to today’s form of indoor racing. The 2WD class was quite a challenge for everyone due to the low traction, the linoleum parts, high speed corners and huge jumps. Marcel Dostal (Xray) was on point in Q1, but eventually Kaja Novotny (Xray) managed to snatch the TQ in that run. Optimising his buggy’s setup Kaja would also take the remaining rounds and also in the finals Kaja would pull away to take the overall while Marcel Dostal and Michal Blahovsky (Xray) battled it out for the overall with the better end for Marcel while Michal had to settle for 3rd.

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