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April 11, 2018

2018 Psycho Nitro Blast – Report

The 2018 edition of the Psycho Nitro Blast was held last weekend with the event now being in its 10th year. One of the most monumental events of the season, that mixes the lines of spectacle and competition, it is never an easy race. The organisers always create one of the most unique track layouts that provides a special experience for all that attend. The track is huge and feature-rich and filled with the signature wood jumps that create consistent jump faces and unimaginable flow. The massive straightaway requires monster horsepower and the large venue requires accuracy and technical precision. Combine with the near 24-hour racing format from Thursday on, the PNB is not just a race, but an RC experience unlike any other.

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April 10, 2018

Czech Open Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Czech Open Series took place this past Saturday at the Kolin club in 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. Through the whole day it was a fight between Jirka Mara and Max Gotzl for the nitro win. Jirka tested some setups in qualifying and because of that, he ended on P3 behind Jiri Benes and Max. In the semi-final run Jirka secured the 1st place on the grid for the main final. There he showed amazing performance and won the final one lap lead in front of Max.

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April 10, 2018

Cj Jelin triples at SoCal Nitro Shootout

The Pro-Line Raceway of Banning, California played host to the SoCal Nitro Shootout that attracted a total of 189 entires for the three-day race. The track had a sand section and an option lane with a metal jump on the inside or go to the outside without a jump. Practice was Friday and the track was really new. This made all the cars loose until later in the day. The more cars that ran on the track the better the grip was getting. Saturday saw three ten minute heads up races and the time was what really counted because at the end race control would add all three of the timed runs to put drivers into a main. There were also ping pong balls in a bucket that had numbers on it. Before every qualifying race drivers would pick a ball and that is were they would start. If a driver picked the number 1 ball he would start first on the track but go up to the driver stand last, or if a driver had the last number he would start last and go up on the driver stand first. Ultimately it was Colin Herzig with the overall TQ in Pro Buggy as Cj Jelin TQ’s Open Truck and Open E-Buggy.

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April 9, 2018

Brian Henn takes win at Thornhill Team Cup

The Thornhill Racing Circuit of Hutto, Texas saw the running of the Thornhill Team Cup this past weekend. In the 1/8th Expert E-Truggy it was Brian Henn with the overall TQ after the qualifiers and he would also hold onto the wins in both A-main legs to grab the overall title from Austin Bauer 2nd and Jason Hill 3rd, making it an all-Team-Associated top 3.

Source: Vision Racing Products [visionracingproducts.com]

April 9, 2018

Patrick Hofer wins at Swiss 1/8th GP Buggy opener

The opening round of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held this past weekend and in the Expert class it was HB Racing’s Jeremy Pittet with the TQ from Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) and Christoph Affolter. In the 45-minute A-main it was again the pairing of Jeremy and Patrick who made up the top 2 with the better end for Patrick who, despite an undercut from Jeremy, would bring home the win some five seconds in front of Pittet as HB Racing’s Kevin Zwahlen rounded out the top 3 results.

Image: Patrick Hofer

April 9, 2018

Tanner Day sweeps Northwest Indoor Series finale

The final round of the Northwest Indoor Series was held this past weekend and it was Yokomo’s Tanner Day who swept both the 2WD Mod and 4WD Mod Buggy finals. In the 2WD Mod class Yokomo’s Jackson Andres came in 2nd, tie on points with Team Associated’s Harley Yoshii, who rounded out the top 3 podium result. Over in 4WD it was Harley Yoshii on the runner-up spot as Yokomo team manager Joe Pillars completed the top 3 podium.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

April 9, 2018

Ty Tessmann sweeps Big Barn Shootout

The Big Barn Shootout was held in Chilliwack, BC this past weekend and it was Xray’s Ty Tessmann who dominated the 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy classes. Ty would secure the overall TQ in both categories and he also came out on top in the 30-minute Nitro Buggy main and the opening two E-Buggy A-mains legs to take a double win with Team Associated’s Peter Tozser and HB Racing’s Carson Phipps completing the Nitro Buggy podium as the Team Associated duo of Nick Wautlet and Mike Dana coming in 2nd and 3rd in the E-Buggy class.

View the E-Buggy podium here

April 9, 2018

Berkan Kilic wins Northern Germany Buggy opener

The opening round of the Northern Germany 1/8th Off-road regional championships, qualifying races for the German Nats, was held at the iconic Bistensee track in the very North of the country. Practice was held on Saturday with Sunday being race day. After the qualifiers and semifinals, Agama’s Burak and Berkan Kilic would lock-out P1 and P2 on the grid and after the 40-minutes A-main it was Berkan with the win from Burak as Kyosho’s Marcel Paul obtained the final podium spot.

Thanks for Abdullah Kilic for the report.