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August 22, 2018

Urban Community Park GP Buggy Series Rd2 – Report

In celebration of the Indonesian Independence Day, the Indonesian R/C Car Community IRCC together with the Urban Community Park held the UCP GP Buggy Series Rd2 this past weekend. The Indonesia Independence Race, like the opening round, was attended by racers from all over Indonesia that were greeted by a challenging yet fun track layout. The format of the race was four qualifying rounds followed by bump-up finals. Stanley Wangsanegara took two TQs out of four rounds but young and talented Kenji Liono snatched the overall TQ position due to being more consistent over the four rounds.

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August 22, 2018

2018 ROAR 1/10th Off-road Nationals – Report

Each year, RC racers from all over the country patiently wait for the most prestigious race of the year, the 1/10th ROAR Off-Road Nationals. This year’s host to the ROAR Nats was none other than the popular Hobby Action R/C Raceway in Chandler, AZ. While the temperature outside was a scorching 100F+, inside the spacious track facility was a cool and comfortable 74F thanks to the luxury of having air conditioning in a huge facility. One of the challenging aspects of racing is the track. This time, however, it wasn’t about the difficulty of the layout, but more so the track’s evolution. From early on, the track required some treads to make laps happen, but as the track transitioned from low, med, to high bite, it required less tread and eventually slick tires. Naturally, this also required drivers to adapt to a more precision style of driving that not many were able to master over the weekend.

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August 21, 2018

Jackson Andres wins at NCT Series Rd5

Round 5 of the Northwest Championship Tour was held at The Westside Challenge in Burlington, Washington. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Jesse Munn with the TQ, however after the triple A-mains to was Yokomo’s Jackson Andres with the overall, courtesy of winning A1 and A2 as Jesse came out on top in A3 to seal the overall runner-up spot. In 3rd Derek Rasheed completed the podium result for Tekno RC.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

August 20, 2018

Schumacher Dart Cup Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the Schumacher Dart Cup was held this past weekend at the RC Track facility, about 50km outside of Warsaw. The track offered a very smooth surface and a fast layout with a few technical jumps and the same cool bridge as in round 4. After a great fight between Bartek Kramza, Iwo Czarnecki and Bartek Gogacz, Bartek took the overall TQ in 2WD and 4WD. Unfortunately before the main finals it started to rain and the grip dropped to zero making the race even more exciting. In the opening 2WD final Bartek Kramza was able to fend off the constant attacks of Iwa Czarnecki and Wojtek Rzepecki for the win. In the second final Iwo Czarnecki dominated the race while in the final leg and after a hard fight with Iwo it was Bartek Kramza with the win and the overall from Iwo in 2nd.

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August 20, 2018

Czech 1/10th Off-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals took place last weekend at the bumpy Usti nad Labem astro track. Saturday morning started out wet, however dry weather with temperatures of up to 40 Degrees Celsius was announced. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Kaja Novotny TQ’d all three rounds of qualifying for the overall and he would also take tone-to-tone wins in the opening two A-mains to take the day’s win from the Team Associated duo of Marek Schiller and Ales Bidovsky.

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August 20, 2018

Neumann crowned German 1/10 4WD & Truck champ

This past weekend the 2018 German 1/10th 4WD and Racing Truck Nationals were held at the Arena33 astroturf outdoor track in Andernach. In the 4WD Modified class it was Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann who took the 2018 4WD Modified title by sweeping the class, taking the top qualifying honours and also bringing home the wins in all three A-mains. Yokomo’s Luca Rau came in 2nd from Marcel Schneider (HB Racing) in 3rd. In the Racing Truck class it was again Jörn with the TQ and win as Jens Becker and veteran racer, Guido Kraft, completed the top 3 results.

Image: Jörn Neumann

August 20, 2018

Darren Boyle takes double UK Short Course titles

Round 6 of the UK Short Course Nationals was hosted by the A1 Racing Club near Grantham this past weekend. The final round of the championship saw Darren Boyle managing to take the TQ and the win in both the 2WD and 4WD classes. This capped a great season for him, sealing both the 2WD and 4WD National Championships.

Source: X-Factory UK [xfactoryrc.co.uk]

August 20, 2018

Neil Cragg takes double BRCA Buggy titles

The sixth and final round of the BRCA 1/10th Off-road National Championship was held at the Boughton track this past weekend. In the 2WD class Team Associated’s Neil Cragg secured his 22nd national championship title by bringing home the win from Yokomo’s Lee Martin 2nd and Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski 3rd. Overall in the Championship Lee Martin and Tom Yardy would round out the top 3 results. Over in the 4WD class, run on Sunday, it was Lee Martin with the win from Michal Orlowski 2nd and Neil Cragg in 3rd. The final podium spot however was enough for Neil to bring home national championship number 23 as Lee Martin and Tom Cockerill came in 2nd and 3rd overall.

Image: RacewayOne