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November 28, 2017

Nicolas Floudas sweeps Astro Buggy Challenge

The Astro Buggy Challenge took place recently at the RC Brushless Park track in Greece. In the 2WD A-main the racing was intense, finding Nicolas Floudas 1st after driving his Team Associated to the top of the podium. Coming in 2nd was Dimitris Foteinos with his Kyosho and Sakis Papacharisis, after another great performance, claimed the 3rd spot on the podium with his Yokomo. Behind them Elias Routsolias (Kyosho) and Nikos Micahlodimitrakis (Yokomo) battled for the best-of-the rest positions with the newcomers to the class Nikos Kostroglou and Nicolas Karavanas as well as Dimitris Tatsakis and Kostas Bougalis all delivering good performances.

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November 28, 2017

Nico Schmid wins 2WD class at MRTO Challenge

Last weekend’s MRTO Challenge in Altnau, Switzerland saw Nico Schmid walking away with the win in the 2WD Buggy class. Nico would lead an Xray 1-2-3 as his brother, Florian Schmid and Philip Jeisy rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 28, 2017

Jason Nugroho TQs & wins Solo Year End Race

The HTS indoor track in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, played host to the Solo Year End Race last weekend. A total of 53 drivers from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Jogjakarta, Medan, Batam, Kendari, Makasar, Pontianak, Balikpapan as well as local drivers attended the event. Because the track is a semi-indoor facility the rainy weather on Sunday had little to no effect on the racing action and after the six qualifying rounds it was Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) who took the TQ honours and also the win from John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) 2nd and Adrian Sutanto (Kyosho/O.S.) 3rd.

View the final results here

November 28, 2017

Micha Widmaier successful at MRTO Challenge

The MRTO Challenge was held in Switzerland last weekend and in the 4WD Buggy class it was SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier with the TQ and win. Xray’s Nico Schmid came in 2nd from Xray driver Luca Rau 3rd.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

November 27, 2017

Elias Johansson wins 4WD class at WBC Rd1

The opening round of the Swedish WBC Cup was hosted by the Karlskrona MRK club and held at the HB/Orion Race Track in Kallinge. In the 4WD Buggy class Elias Johansson lined up 1st on the grid in front of Jesper Rasmussen, Oskar Levin, and Alexander Landen, who rounded out the top 4 after the qualifiers. In A1 and A2 it was pretty much smooth sailing for Team Associated driver Elias Johansson and after taking the day’s win early he would sit out the final A-main to make way for the other pilots who fought for the remaining podium spots. Alexander Landen (Xray) had a DNF in A1 and a 2nd place finish in A2 and so he needed a good result to finish on the podium. Therefore he started off a little bit on the safe side for the first few laps, by that Oskar and Jesper were able to get a gap of a couple of laps, and they had a battle of their own. When things had settled in and Alexander had a little bit of a gap to the 4th placed car he started to reel in on the leaders and close the gap. When he was just within striking distance, the leaders came together and Alexander could go through to take the lead and he was able to maintain it until the end and by that securing the 2nd spot overall in front of Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 27, 2017

Max Flurer wins at Turkey Lurkey Showdown

Beach RC of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina played host to the 2017 Turkey Lurkey Showdown this past weekend. In the Pro 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Max Flurer with the overall TQ from Griffin Hanna (Serpent) 2nd and James Heaton 3rd. In the 8-minute single A-main Max would be able to conserve his qualifying performance, bringing home the win by 1.8s in front of Griffin while Drew Heaton (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

November 27, 2017

Jorge Chacon wins Bolivian Nationals finale

The final round of the Bolivian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Cochabama over the weekend. The tight and technical track with many jumps and a very big double made for challenging conditions as did the lack of oxygen, 8000 ft. above sea level. JQRacing’s Joseph Quagrain, who is on a South America tour currently, took the overall TQ after winning the final three qualifiers and he was also leading the 30-minutes A-main final until, after having already lapped the field, he collided with a competitor’s car landing the big double which damaged the engine of JQ’s car, ultimately ending his race. This made way for young Jorge Chacon (JQRacing) who kept his cool and took the win in front of Wilson Cuellar (HB Racing) 2nd and Carlos Guerra (JQRacing) 3rd.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

November 24, 2017

Hot Race Tyres sign Fabrizio Teghesi

Italian company Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Italian frontrunner Fabrizio Teghesi. Fabrizio is well known in the industry for being a hard worker and for this reason Fabrizio will be not only be a new factory driver but was also appointed as Italian team manager. Fabrizio says: