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.
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]
The Xray Racing Series Poland was held in Piaseczno on a technical track with a lot of jumps and a loose surface. The race was held in several classes and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Burak Kilic (Agama) with the overall TQ from an unlucky Kaja Novotny (Xray) who missed the TQ in Q3 due to a late start and issues in Q4. After the semis it was the Kilic brothers in front with Kaja in 3rd after more issues in the semi-final.
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The 4th round of Swiss 1/10th Buggy Electric Nationals was held at the Kaiju Team astroturf track in Härkingen. In the 4WD class, Nico Schmid took the TQ in front of his Brother Florian and newcomer Kay Frehner. In the finals Florian had the better pace than Nico and won the 1st and the 3rd leg to take the overall win.
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The 2018 HB Challenge race was held last weekend at the Forluck RC Raceway Track in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. A total of 39 drivers from Singapore, Malaysia, Jakarta, Bandung, Solo, Gresik, Batam, Medan, Makasar, Banjarmasin as well as local drivers attended the event whose schedule saw three rounds of 10-minutes qualifying with the best two counting towards the qualifying results. In the end it was Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) who took the TQ honours and he also secured himself the 1st place overall after the 45-minutes A-main encounter. Jason was followed by Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/O.S.) and Stanley Wangsanegara (HB Racing/O.S.) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Round 3 of the Schumacher Dart Cup was held this past weekend at the RC Track, about 50km from Warsaw. For the third round the double jumps had been changed, creating a very difficult section. The first day of the competition was sunny and hot with the weather allowing to make maximum use the high grip of the astroturf surface. In the evening a lot of rain fell, so on the second day, racers with dirt racing experience had an advantage due to the grip being a lot lower. It was a great pleasure to watch the 4WD vehicles powerslide through the morning practice, however the track dried up completely until the finals. Bartek Kramza TQ’ed and won both the 2WD and 4WD classes with Iwo Czarnecki coming in 2nd in 2WD and David Krizak rounded out the top 3.
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The 2018 AARCMCC 1/8 OFF-ROAD Queensland State Titles were held this past weekend at Pine Hills Dirt Racing attracting 87 entries. In the premier Nitro Buggy class it was Kyle McBride with the TQ while in E-Buggy it was Mitch Steer with the pole position for the main finals. In the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main it was Kyle McBride who was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take the win a narrow 4.4 seconds in front of Aaron Stringer who was close to winning the main but an unfortunate hook up with a marshalled car took him out of contention. In 3rd Mitch Steer completed the podium results.
The Swedish 1/8th E-Buggy Championship was held on a purpose-built track in Helsingborg this past weekend. Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson was in control of things, bringing home the championship title in front of Serpent’s Micke Svensson. Marten Kjellgren would round out the top 3 podium result.
Image: Jessica Palsson
