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November 6, 2017

Riccardo Berton wins at World Indoor Buggy Cup

mopoKyosho’s Riccardo Berton would snatch the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he also came out fastest in the 45-minute A-main despite a mishap in the closing stages, that allowed TLR’s Renaud Savoya to catch up. Ultimately Riccardo would bring home the win from Renaud on the runner-up spot and 3rd placed Alex Zanchettin (Tekno). UK’s Elliott Boots (Kyosho) and fellow countryman, Darren Bloomfield (Agama) would lead the best of the rest in 4th and 5th respectively.

Image: Renaud Savoya

November 6, 2017

XRS Austria Off-Road – Announcement

The XRS Austria Off-road event will take place on the weekend of the 3rd of December in Leopoldsdorf im Marchfelde. The event will see 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified and 2WD Modified Truck racing and more information as well as sign-up is available here.

November 6, 2017

Kayla Espinel wins at River Rat Raceway

River Rat Raceway in Palatka, Florida recently held an 1/8th Buggy race and in the E-Buggy class it was Kayla Espinel with the win in the A-main. Blake Raulerson, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, came in 2nd as Earl Bersamin finished the day in 3rd place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 6, 2017

Alexander Landen takes Swedish National Cup

The 3-race Swedish National 1/10th Off-road Cup concluded recently and it was Xray’s Alexander Landen who walked away with the overall win in the 4WD class. With the fourth and final round had to be cancelled due to the weather, Alex had wrapped up a back-to-back championship already after round two as the series saw one drop-out round. Team Associated’s Elias Johansson ended the series on the 2 spot from Wilhelm Skjöldebrand (Team Associated) 3rd.

View the top 10 results here

November 6, 2017

2018 HotRace Buggy Cup – Announcement

HotRace Tyres have announced the inaugural HotRace Buggy Cup for the 1st to 3rd of June 2018. The race will be held at the Balocco track and it goes in the tradition of the famous HotRace on-road event, thus offering a lot to do and make besides just racing. The race will be held in Nitro Buggy Invitational, Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes and it kicks off on Friday with free practice and a happy hour on Friday evening and it concludes on Sunday with the final qualifiers and finals. More information can be found of the official event website here.

November 5, 2017

Keith Hadley takes double NCT title

The 2017 edition of the Northwest Championship Tour NCT proved that outdoor off-road racing is alive and well in the Pacific NW. The six race series visited six different tracks all across the region and drew an average of 296 entries per event. The NCT utilizes a best four out of six format and in Nitro Buggy Keith Hadley had a great season by taking three class wins and finishing on the podium in each of the six rounds.

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November 4, 2017

Cole Ogden teams up with HB Racing

Following his split with Mugen, Cole Ogden has announced a deal with HB Racing to race the company’s off-road kits for the remainder of 2017 and into 2018. Beside attending races for his new chassis sponsor, Cole will also help with research and development of future products and he had the following to say:

I’m glad to announce that for the rest of 2017 and into 2018, I will be racing and helping develop future vehicles for HB Racing! The way the team operates on and off track is what weighed on me the most. I am super excited for this venture into the future, and I look forward to working with everyone at HB for the remainder of the year, and into the future!

Read Cole’s full statement here

November 4, 2017

Jake Thayer teams up with Yokomo

Yokomo have announced the signing of Jake Thayer to their US team. Store manager at OC RC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California, Jake is known as an extremely hard worker and also wicked fast on the track, taking countless club race wins while also bringing a great knowledge of set-up and racing experience to Yokomo’s growing USA race team.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]