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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.

April 8, 2018

Power HD sign Marc Rheinard

Power HD have announced the signing of 4-times IFMAR World Champion, Marc Rheinard to their team. The 6-times Reedy Race Champion and multi-time European and German Champion will be using Power HD’s high end servos Storm-7, Storm-5, R12 and B7-Revolution at events such as the IFMAR 1/10th ISTC and 1/12th World Championships, the ETS and EOS races and also at major international events such as the TITC, Reedy Race, and others. Rheinard will also assist Power HD with research and development and the German has the following to say:

I would like to thank Power HD to give me the opportunity to race for them. I tried the servos and i´m really happy with the performance and quality of all the servos they have. My brother, ToniSport is selling them in Europe which was another factor for me.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

April 5, 2018

Fotinos wins Xray Racing Series Greece Rd3

The third round of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in a sole 2WD Buggy class. In qualifying it was Greek champion Fotinos who took the overall TQ in front of Papagiannakopoulos and Ioannidis. In leg 1, it was again Fotinos who took the top spot with another Greek champion, Amaxas, taking 2nd and Papagiannakopoulos coming in 3rd. In leg 2, Papagiannakopoulos took the win after a mistake from Fotinos as Ioannidis took 2nd. In the deciding leg 3 the fight was on between Fotinos and young Ioannidis and in the heat of the battle Fotinis eventually took the win for the overall as Papagiannakopoulos grabbed the overall runner-up spot from Ioannidis 3rd.

View the top 5 results here

April 4, 2018

The Neo Race 2018 – Report

The 2018 NeoBuggy Race consisted of the same special soul with a new face as the prestigious event was hosted in a new country, at a new track, and couldn’t have been any more different than the old venue at Harper Adams in England. From a tricky clay indoor surface track that was scheduled directly in the heart of Britain’s cold and wet spring, the new venue was twice as big, on a huge permanent outdoor track, under the hot sun in Southern Spain at Redovan Raceway. The old event will be sorely missed, but the new venue was definitely worthy and tested the best drivers from all across Europe. Sure, this year’s Neo didn’t feature any of the top US drivers, but in time, they will most certainly attend as they’ll want to race at one of the best tracks in Europe. Great job by Neobuggy’s Philip Mortstedt on his vision and another successful NeoBuggy race.

Continue reading here

April 3, 2018

Cavalieri & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd1

This past weekend Thunder Alley Raceway hosted round 1 of the JBRL Nitro Series. The event had nearly 300 entries with some of the top drivers in attendance included Adam Drake, Ryan Cavalieri, Cody King, Steve Harris, Colin Herzig, Jeremy Kortz, Anthony Westergaard, and Richard Saxton. Mugen’s Adam Drake took the top qualifying honours in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck while Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri was the top qualifier for Electric Buggy. Due to the large turnout the main event times were reduced. In the Nitro Buggy A-main Drake and Cavalieri had a great battle, finishing only 0.221 apart with Cavalieri on the top spot followed by Adam Drake and Serpent’s Cody King.

Continue reading the report here