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April 30, 2018

Hofer & Kaufmann wins at Swiss Buggy Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Swiss 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place at the ORCM track in Montagny, France. In the Expert class it was Patrick Hofer with the TQ while in the Amateur category young Noah Kaufmann came out fastest after the qualifiers. The Expert class then held a breath-taking battle between Patrick Hofer and Jeremy Pittet. At the 30-minutes mark the two were separated by barely a car length but with coolness and excellent pit stops, Patrick was able to bring home the win after Pittet also suffered a flame-out during his final stop for fuel. In the end Jeremy would have to settle for 2nd in front of Joachim Kallen 3rd. In the 30-minutes Amateur class A-main it was Noah Kaufmann with the win, some 22 seconds in front of Gabriel Pinto as Gilles Devaud rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Team Associated Switzerland [facebook.com]

April 30, 2018

Jörn Neumann wins at International Warm-Up Race

The 12th annual International Warm-Up Race was held at the Rhein-Main-Circuit in Bischofsheim, Germany this past weekend. The event marks the season opener for the 1/8th Off-road classes in Germany and traditionally attracts many racers from Germany and the surrounding countries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann with the win in the rain-delayed 30-minute main final, only about a second in front of Agama’s Burak Kilic. RC gypsy Joseph Quagraine (JQ Racing) would round out the top 3 podium results from SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier 4th and Mugen’s Carsten Keller 5th.

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April 30, 2018

Elliott Boots TQs & wins at BRCA Rally X Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Rallycross National Championship was held at the Herts track this past weekend. Typical British weather made things a bit unpleasant and it was Kyosho’s Elliott Boots who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers. In the 45-minute main final, that lacked some of the big guns such as Lee Martin or Neil Cragg, it was again Elliott that excelled, as he took the win with a 1-lap margin from Team Associated’s Lewis Jones 2nd and Mugen’s Simon Willetts 3rd. Oliver Currie and Graham Alsop rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

April 30, 2018

Davide Ongaro gets the job done at The Italian Job

The annual The Italian Job Race was held this past weekend at ehe Tracciato Piemontese di Balocco track and it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro with the TQ and win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy Pro F1 and Electric classes. Davide swept qualifying in both categories with Xray’s Marco Baruffolo coming in 2nd in Nitro Buggy as Tekno’s Alex Zanchettin came in 2nd after the qualifiers on the E-Buggy class. The Nitro A-main was slightly affected by rain but this did not stop Davide from bringing home another popular win this season with Radiosistemi driver, Leonardo Valente, coming in 2nd as Alex Zanchettin (Tekno) rounded out the top 3 results. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Marco Baruffolo was able to chase Davide in the opening 30 minutes, however technical issues forced Marco to retire and he eventually finished 13th overall. The single 10-minute E-Buggy A-main at first saw Ongaro and Zanchettin fight for the lead but Davide held his nerves together as Alex had some mishaps as he tried to put the leader under pressure. Ultimately it was Davide with a second win this weekend, leaving behind SWorkz’s Martin Wollanka on a popular 2nd place as Marco Baruffolo ended up in 3rd overall.

Source: Modellismo RC [modellismorc.net]

April 30, 2018

Rene Kargl wins at Austrian 1/8 E-Buggy opener

The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th Electric Off-road Championship was held in Allhartsberg this past weekend. SWorkz’s Rene Kargl would take the win in front of Kyosho’s Andreas Mayr while defending champion, Jürgen Trieb (SWorkz) snatched the final podium spot. Over in the Junior championship it was young Marcel Trieb (SWorkz) with the win at round 1.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

April 27, 2018

Bill Shepherd wins 40+ at R/C Pro Series Rd1

Round 1 of the R/C Pro Series was held at T&T R/C Hobbies in Shreveport, Louisiana last weekend. In the 40+ Nitro Buggy class Bill Shepherd would take the overall TQ after a clean sweep in all three qualifiers and he would also come out fastest in the A-main to take the day’s win.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

April 27, 2018

Xray Racing Series Offroad Germany – Report

The a round of the German Offroad Xray Racing Series was held as part of the Intermodellbau hobby fair last weekend. Six different classes attracted about 70 entries and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Yannic Wilcke who won the opening A-main over Joe Streff by a margin of 0.5 seconds. Yannic also won the second race and thus secured the overall victory as Joe finished 2nd overall. Olaf Grabaum finished 3rd to round out the top 3.

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April 26, 2018

Barron doubles at Apex Off-Road Points Series

After a long hard fought races in the Apex Off-road Points Series it all cam down to the final race that was held recently. John Barron made a poor tyre choice in the second qualifier of 17.5 2WD buggy and was less than 1 thousandths of a second from TQ after having to dodge lap traffic on the last lap. Going into the third qualifier John had everything on point and put in the run of the day. Ultimately he ended up putting in the run of the day, setting the fastest time across all classes and putting in the second fastest lap to Kemp Anderson’s 13.5 4WD buggy. Having secured TQ in both 17.5 2WD Buggy and 13.5 Stadium Truck John only needed to finish second to take the overall win for the points series in both classes. In the end John was able to put a run in with both classes and secure the overall win.

View the Stock Buggy & Stock Truck top 5 results here