The RCE Cyprus Championship concluded recently and it was Xray’s Savvas Savva who took the overall championship title. The series was held over five rounds at the Dirt Paradise track in Nicosia and Mugen’s Fotis Foti would obtain the overall runner-up spot. The top 3 podium was rounded out by HB Racing driver Marios Iordanou.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2018 Southern Indoor Championships were held in Autaugaville, Alabama last weekend with 516 entries making for a very competitive field. 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy saw HB Racing/’s Cole Ogden taking the TQ and win in a very fast field of drivers. Tekno’s Ryan Lutz would come out in 2nd, HB Racing’s Chandler Elliot put in a great drive to finish 3rd, Team Associated’s Blake Pickett 4th and Team Associated’s Evan Vail 5th.
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The 4th annual Québec Indoor Nationals will be held at the Dégelis Arena in Quebec, Canada from the 19th to 22nd of April. The track will be designed by JTQ and 70 trucks of clay will make for another awesome experience with indoor pitting available for everyone. Classes run are 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truck, 1/8th E-Buggy and E-Truck as well as 1/8th Nitro Buggy 35+ along 1/10th 2WD, 4WD and SCT 4×4 racing. Sign-up for the race is available here.
O.S. Engines have announced the addition of Italy’s Riccardo Berton to their factory team for the 2018 season. The former EFRA “B” European and National Champion will be using O.S. Speed engines in his Kyosho 1/8th nitro buggy rides while attending all major national and international races.
Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]
Kyosho Europe have announced the signing of Carlos Fonseca to their team. The Portuguese 1/8th off-road front-runner will campaign Kyosho’s 1/8th off-road platforms this coming season and this is what he has to say about the deal:
I’m very excited to announce that I officially joined Team Kyosho Europe for this coming season. I want to say thanks to Kyosho Europe for giving me this great opportunity to be part of the team that already knows the success worldwide.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]
The 2018 Southern Indoor Championships were held in Autaugaville, Alabama this past weekend. The 1/8th off-road event offered the usual array of Pro, Open, and Sportsman classes along an Open SCT category and taking home the TQ and win in the Open Nitro Buggy class would be Kyosho driver Mikey Griffin (Kyosho). The race had over 500 entries and Mike’s Open Buggy class was the second biggest of the event with more than 50 drivers. Peter Husser (Agama) would end the A-main some 15 seconds down on Mikey with privateer Matt Mehring (Kyosho) rounding out the podium in 3rd, another 3.7 seconds down.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
The annual OWL Messe Cup was held in Bad Salzuflen, Germany this past weekend. The event was run along a public fair which ensured a good exposure to possible newcomers. In the 1/10th 2WD Buggy class it was Schumacher’s Burak Kilic who took the TQ spot from his brother Berkan (Schumacher), despite the two not making it in time for Friday morning’s practice due to school obligations. In the triple 8-minute A-mains things were pretty close between the brothers as Burak took the win in A1 while Berkan came out on top in A2. In the third and final A-main it came to a rear showdown in the closing stages but it was the pole setter who held the upper hand to take the day’s win from Berkan in 2nd and Sophie Müller (Xray) in 3rd.
Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.
The opening round of the popular Urban Astro Buggy Championships in Singapore was held this past weekend at the downtown rooftop astro offroad track. Throwing down the gauntlet for the rest of the local racers was young Sean Lee, who kicked off his 2018 racing season in the best possible way with a double win in both the 2WD and 4WD classes. In the 2WD category, Sean blitzed the field by sewing up the TQ with wins in the first two of three rounds of qualifying. Sebastian Lee, who is Sean’s father, made it a family affair in the front row of the grid, by qualifying 2nd, while 2017 4WD Singapore National Champ, Fazly Ibrahim took 3rd.
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