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July 24, 2018

The West Coast Buggy Nationals – Report

Last weekend San Diego RC Raceway set out to do something different in 1/10th scale electric RC racing. Racers were invited from around the country to attend the inaugural running of The West Coast Buggy Nationals which was hosted by SDRC Raceway. This event differed from others as there were no motor limits or minimum weights placed on any classes. It was separated simply by driver skill and which sponsors those drivers were representing. Three Divisions were offered at the West Coast Buggy Nationals; Sportsman, a Class for drivers who do not have any sponsors at all. Intermediate, a class for drivers who may be running for a tire or electronics company, and Expert, a class for those drivers representing a chassis sponsor or just wanting to run with the fast guys to see what they had to make it happen. Each Division was required to run both 2WD and 4WD buggy to be eligible to win the overall title for the Division they entered. SDRC also offered a beginner class where newer drivers could run a 2WD or 4WD buggy.

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July 23, 2018

Urban Community Park GP Buggy Series Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Urban Community Park GP Buggy Series was held at the UCP R/C track in Central Jakarta this past weekend. The event was organised by the Indonesia R/C Car Community IRCC, an association of eight track owners in Indonesia, in order to push RC racing in the area. The UCP track layout is pretty huge, with more than 60 seconds average lap time, while the remainder of the facility is also being world class. The race was attended by racers from several provinces in Indonesia including East Sumatra, South Sumatra, Jakarta, West Java, Middle Java, and East Java.

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July 23, 2018

Elliott Boots TQs & wins BRCA Rally X Rd3

JC Raceway played host to round 3 of the BRCA Rally X championship this past weekend. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots took the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the 45-minute A-main encounter from Infinity’s Lee Martin, who grabbed the runner-up spot a lap short of Elliott. Another ten seconds down it was Team Associated’s Neil Cragg who would round out the podium result in 3rd. Jonathan Skidmore and Graham Alsop completed the top 5 results.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

July 23, 2018

Micha Widmaier takes German E-Buggy title

The 2018 German 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals were held this past weekend at the popular Sand/Main track. SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann would take the overall TQ after the qualifiers from Agama’s Burak Kilic in 2nd and SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier 3rd. The triple A-mains then were a pretty exciting affair with all three drivers going into the final and decisive third A-main with four points each so everyone had a shot at the title. After the start Jörn would open a gap between him and Burak and Micha. After a close and fair fight Micha could pass Burak, as he made a slight mistake and in the last lap Jörn had a big moment that allowed Micha to pass and take the win and with it the overall title from Jörn 2nd and Burak 3rd.

View the top 3 results here

July 18, 2018

JConcepts Summer INS8 – Report

The 2018 JConcepts Summer INS8 was held at Action Hobby in Chandler, Arizona last weekend. Within a few short years, the facility has nestled itself as one of America’s beloved race track. It’s unique, it’s filled with people that genuinely care, and perhaps the biggest highlight is the facility and location can’t get much better. With races that sell out in minutes, Hobby Action has established itself among the world’s best and is well known for the Desert Classic and the JConcepts Summer Indoor National Series. However, this year, Hobby Action has stepped up and will soon play host to the 2018 1/10th Electric Nationals this August. This year’s track had a lot of elevation changes from dips to elevated turns, it kept racers constantly on their toes as the only thing that was flat was the straightaway (and rightfully so). The jumps weren’t large or monumental, but the tricky approaches to the jumps played a heavy role on the fast laps. Overall, the laps were easy to produce but fast laps were hard to come by as reaching the limit was greeted with traction roles and off-line spinouts.

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July 18, 2018

Slovakian 1/10 Buggy Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Slovakian 1/10th scale electric off-road nationals took place last weekend in Kosice. The technical track with a long straight offers a combination of different surfaces and the TQ in 4WD went to Lacko Toth while in 2WD it was local driver Adam Urban with the pole position for the finals. As the sunny day went on, the track dried out and all the finals were run on a dusty surface and in very low traction conditions. The winners were already decided in both classes after A1 and A2, but the remaining podium spots were still up for grabs and it was Adam Urban who took the runner-up spot in 4WD from Roman Pavlus 3rd as Lacko Toth brought home the overall.

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July 17, 2018

Micha Widmaier crowned BAWÜ Cup Champion

After winning the recent 4th round of the German BAWÜ Cup, SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier was crowned the overall champion with two rounds to spare. Micha came out successful at round 4, taking both the Nitro Buggy and E-Truggy wins with Aleander Obermeier (Mugen) and Lukas Schulling (Mugen) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Buggy class. In E-Truggy Micha was accompanied on the podium by Andreas Rüpp and Patrick Grübel (both SWorkz) while the E-Bugyg class was won by Kyosho pilot, Victor Gabriel. The SWorkz duo of Morris Voldenauer and Luis Schmid rounded out the top 3 results.

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July 17, 2018

Riccardo Berton successful at Sport Cup Race

The Jonny RC Modellismo and Agrimodel Pista Off-Road Pinerolo track in Pinerolo, Italy hosted the Sport Cup Race this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton with the win from Agama driver, Giovanni Camamo in 2nd. Radiosistemi pilot Diego Fuser would round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]