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July 16, 2018

Cameron Zammit wins at Nitro Drivers Series Rd3

The Melbourne Off Road Radio Car Club held round 3 of their drivers series this past weekend. In the 1/8th Pro Nitro and 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Cameron Zammit who would take the wins coming from the 2 spot on the grid. In the 30-minute Pro Buggy A-main Cameron would bring home a dominant win some three laps in front of Gavin White, who qualified in 7th and John Watkins rounded out the top 3 another lap down. In the E-Buggy class things didn’t went that flawless as after coming in 1st in A1, Cameron had to retire in A2, allowing Ben Sterling to take the leg win. A3 then again saw Cameron Zammit coming out on top for the overall win from Ben Sterling 2nd and Sam Papas 3rd.

Thanks to Cameron Zammit for the report.

July 16, 2018

Yaniv Sivan crowned Israeli 1/8 E-buggy champion

The sixth and final round of the 2017/18 Israeli 1/8th E-Buggy Championship was held at the Omer Ring racing track this past weekend. After four rounds of qualifying it was Yaniv Sivan who took the TQ honours and the pole position for the triple A-mains events. A1 started and Yaniv took the lead, at first followed by Aviv Maymon who had early technical issues and had to retire, meanwhile Edan Asraf was promoted into 2nd as Asaf Gurevich, coming from 6th position, battled with Liron Bizer for 3rd position. Up front Yaniv Sivan crossed the line in 1st place followed by Edan Asraf in 2nd and Asaf Gurevich 3rd.

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July 13, 2018

Pyle doubles at Beat The Hype Trophy Race Rd2

The 2nd round of Annual Beat the Hype Trophy Race took place last at PCRC Raceway in Bolivar, Missouri. Matthew Pyle swept all three rounds of qualifying in both the 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy classes, though TQ was determined via Rocket Round. In the finals Matthew continued to dominate and he was able to bring home the wins in both categories with Scott Neeman coming in 2nd as Nick Cummins rounded out the 2WD podium.

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July 11, 2018

Cyril Baldini wins at French E-Buggy Champs Rd5

The Longvic track played host to the fifth round of the French recently and it was Cyril Baldini who walked away with the overall win after the five A-main finals. Kevin Michaudet made a clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking all five rounds for the overall TQ with Cyril coming in 2nd. However with three wins, a 2nd and a 3rd place finish it was Cyril who lead the way in the finals with Kevin having to settle for 2nd. In 3rd Arthur Brule rounded out the podium results.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.fr]

July 11, 2018

Papanikolaou successful at Buggy Masters Rd1

The opening round of the 2018 Buggy Masters was held at the STR track in Athens, Greece. In the 1/8 Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho driver Papanikolaou with the win in the main final from Xray’s Bornovas who showed a very stable performance in the main. Takas (Xray) had a moment at the start of the A-main, however the was able to recover from the huge marshal mistake and eventually finished on the 3 spot to round out the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 11, 2018

Juan Jose Serna sweeps Colombian Championships

The recent Colombian 1/8th Off-road Nationals saw Juan Jose Serna making the double in the Nitro Truggy and Nitro Buggy classes. Juan would take the double TQ in both categories and right from the start of the Truggy A-main he would open a gap on the field to bring home the win with a lap margin on Sebastian Beltran and Eduardo Jaramillo who rounded out an all-Xray podium. In the Buggy class things weren’t so clear at first as Juan Jose Serna (Xray) was in a battle with the 2nd place driver for the first eight minutes, however Juan’s pace got better and he was able to win this race also with a lap margin on the runner-up, Sebastian Beltran (Xray) as Mugen driver, Juan Pablo Torres rounded out the top 3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 10, 2018

Joona Haatanen doubles at Finnish EP Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Finnish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Fullspeed RC track last weekend. In the 2WD class it was Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen with the TQ from Xray’s Joel Valander and Team Associated’s Karri Salmela. The triple A-mains then again saw Joona shine and with three straight wins he took the overall from Karri 2nd and Joel 3rd.

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July 10, 2018

Sebastian Lucchini takes Chilean National title

The Chilean Off-road National Championship race was held at the RC Vina track in Vina Del Mar, Chile recently. With a brand new layout for everyone the challenge was set. JQRacing’s Gastón Zegard Latrach would take over all TQ starting in pole position with Sebastian Azocar Lucchini (JQRacing) in 2nd. The two would battle it out in the 40-minute A-main as Sebastian would edge out Gaston for the win and crowning him National Champ. Kyosho’s Felipe Lyon would round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]