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June 25, 2018

Grainer doubles at Slovakian 1/10 Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Slovakian 1/10 Off-road Nationals was held at the totally rebuild RC-Comorra race track in Kamorno. The track now offers a very entertaining layout with some tight passages and corner but also some fast passages while the surface was slippery as you can expect to it from a dirt track. In 2WD Buggy Yokomo’s Lucas Grainer could take the TQ and he was leading in the finals to take the day’s win from Roman Pavlus and Michal Nagy (Xray).

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June 21, 2018

Jesper Rasmussen sweeps Danish EP Off-road Rd4

Round 4 of the Danish 1/10th Electric Off-road nationals was held at the Glostrup Racing Club in mixed weather conditions. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen took the TQ from Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard who also scored a round TQ. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was also Jesper with the TQ from Frederik, however Jesper was able to TQ all rounds for a clean sweep. In the triple 2WD A-mains Jesper brought home wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall win as Frederik Hovgaard came in 2nd from Lasse Bak (Yokomo) 3rd. After the 4WD finals it was again Jesper with the overall from Lasse Bak 2nd as Frederik Hovgaard had to settle for 3rd following some difficult A-main legs.

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June 21, 2018

Queensland State Titles – Report

The 2018 1/10 Off-Road Queensland State Titles were held at Sunshine Coast’s Valley Raceway in Queensland, Australia last weekend. The event titles saw drivers from the local clubs and some drivers from NSW come to race on the Valley Raceway track on a lovely Queensland winter weekend. The club had done some changes to their layout, adding some of the 1/8 track jumps to the 1/10 layout, providing some great racing over the weekend. With the slippery track 2WD Mod was always going to be about smooth driving, from early on it was going to be the battle between the Australian champ, Christopher Sturdy and the 2017 state champ Alex Bernadzik, Christopher Sturdy taking Q1, Q2 and Q4 to take out the TQ with Alex in 2nd and Mitchell Pratt in 3rd. A1 and A2 was all Christopher Sturdy taking the title over Alex Bernadzik with Mitchell Pratt in 3rd.

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June 19, 2018

Pontus Larsson TQs & wins Procircuit race

The Procircuit race was held in Sweden last weekend in several nitro and electric off-road classes. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy Pontus Larsson (Serpent) would sweep the qualifiers and he also dominated the main final, bringing home the win some three laps in front of local driver, Fredrick Cederberg (Mugen) as Micke Svensson (Serpent) rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 19, 2018

Valls & Martinez successful at Catalan Champs Rd3

The third round of this year’s Catalan Championship were held at the Montbrió track in Tarragona last weekend. The Nitro Buggy class saw Alex Valls walking away with the win some 15 seconds in front of Pol Hernando Ors on the runner-up spot. Dani Batlle completed the all-Mugen podium in 3rd. Over in the E-Buggy class it was Alex Martinez with the win from Jaume Figuls 2nd and Juanma Lerma in 3rd.

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June 19, 2018

2018 ROAR Fuel Off-road Nationals – Report

The 2018 ROAR Fuel Nationals was held at Southside R/C Raceway in Lake City, Florida last week. With over 10 inches of rain on the days set aside to build the track, the crew at Southside were up against Mother Nature and Father Time, but they never gave up and were able to complete the build literally hours before scheduled open practice. The weather was hot and humid. It rained every day, but thanks to the crew at Southside, everyone were racing shortly after the rain delays and the track stayed very similar to how it was before the rain.

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June 18, 2018

Jean-Pierrick Sartel wins at French IC Buggy regional

The French Mini Auto Club Saint Quentinois held a regional 1/8th buggy race this past weekend and it was Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel with the TQ after the qualifiers and the win in the 30-minute main final. TLR’s Jerome Sartel would end the day on the 2 spot from HB Racing’s Malcolm Roquet in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 18, 2018

Hofer & Kaufmann win at Swiss Buggy Nats Rd3

The third round of the Swiss Nitro Off-road Nationals was held at the MBCJ Courgenay track this past weekend. Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer would take the TQ in the Expert Nitro Buggy class and he also brought home the win in the 45-minute main final some ten seconds in front of HB Racing’s Jeremy Pittet as Kevin Zwahlen (HB Racing) ended the race two laps down in 3rd overall. Over in the hotly contested Amateur category it was Noah Kaufmann with the win in the half hour long A-main final a lap in front of Andi Siegrist and Sebastien Cuanoud in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]