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August 24, 2017

Rune Karlsen wins Norwegian 1/8th Buggy Champs

The Norwegian 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championships were held at the Hof MBK track last weekend. The biggest track in Norway offered a multi-surface layout with mostly dirt but an astro and a wooden corner, and also a paved stones section with made tyre choice critical. Nearly 50 drivers signed in and the weekend would kick off on Friday with the first practice sessions. During Saturday’s qualifiers Rune Karlsen took the overnight TQ from Bjorn Ivar and Yngve Brække Ulfset. Going into the main final a total of six drivers looked to be able to take the win, making it the strongest field in many years. From the tone, Rune would be in the lead followed by Daniel and Yngve. Some nine laps into the race Yngve made a mistake and let Rune and Daniel play a little before Rune started to push a little harder. His strategy worked out as Daniel made a mistake. Now Rune was on fire and just getting a bigger lead. 40 minutes in the final Rune had lapped everybody while Daniel was in 2nd place at that time, but Bjorn Ivar was faster and took over the 2 spot. In the closing stages Yngve got past as well as Daniel made a big mistake. Ultimately Rune Karlsen (Kyosho) would take the win from Bjorn Ivar Haug (Kyosho) 2nd and Yngve Brække Ulfset (Mugen) 3rd.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

August 23, 2017

Jared Phair wins at RC Madness Off-Road Nationals

The RC Madness Off-road Nationals were recently held at RC Madness in Enfield, Connecticut. Sunny and warm weather left the outdoor dirt track with a medium level of grip and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class Jared Phair would walk away with the win from Matt McCready 2nd and Caleb Jennings 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 23, 2017

The Wicked Weekend – Report

Last weekend The Wicked Weekend was held in Gainsville, Georgia. This year, the organisers came up with a new practice schedule highlighted by splitting the practice into two groups that made the overall racing experience more enjoyable for all competitors in attendance. Dave Leikam took a gamble and delivered a better, more efficient race program that allowed drivers more practice time with an A and B group. With over 600 entries, this split program was crucial in making practice more beneficial for everyone.

Continue reading the report here

August 23, 2017

Jörn Neumann takes German Stadium Truck title

During last weekend’s German 4WD Off-road Nationals not only 4WD Modified and Stock classes were run but also a 2WD Stadium Truck category. Jörn Neumann, who ran a Team Durango truck, would take the overall win, following 1st place finishes in A1 and A2, from the Xray duo of Jens Becker and Kim Sitensky. Kai Dittes (Xray) and Stefan Mößner (Team Associated) rounded out the podium result.

View the final results here

August 23, 2017

19th Annual The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The 19th Annual The Dirt Nitro Challenge will be held from February 21st to 25th at the Fear Farm in Arizona. The organisers offer an early entry summer sale on the entry fee that is $70 per entry, which is a $20 per entry discount and it is available for a limited number of entries. To enter, please PayPal your entry fee to thedirtracing@aol.com and put your racer information in the notes class. There are 50 discount spots available on a first come, first serve basis. If you have any questions, please call or text to 951-902-9319 or E-mail Joey Christensen to thedirtracing@aol.com.

Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]

August 22, 2017

Swedish National Cup Rd3 – Report

This past weekend the third round of the Swedish National Cup was held at in Västerås at the Västerås Motorsällskap club. The astro turf track offered high traction that, in combination with the bumpy surface, made for challenging conditions for the drivers. The 2WD portion of the event was held on Saturday but massive rain falls meant the start had to be postponed. As the track dried up slowly the opening qualifiers were held on a wet track. Elias Johansson made the best out of the conditions and he took the overall TQ following wins in the opening three qualifiers. Alexander Landen came in 2nd with a strong performance from Wilhelm Skjöldebrand in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

August 22, 2017

Vaclav Broz wins at rain-shortened NEOS Rd4

The fourth round of the Nitro & Electric Offroad Series was held at the Zidlochovice track in the Czech Republic. The event started off wet and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Vaclav Broz who dominated the qualifiers, taking wins in all three rounds. Sadly for the drivers and organisers more rain would flood the track and so the race director called it a day and by using the qualifying results to determine the winner it was Vaclav Broz with the E-Buggy victory.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 22, 2017

Per Calsson wins MSC Rd5 as Pontus Larsson takes title

The fifth and final round of the Middle Swedish 1/8th Off-road Cup was held at MSK Kvarnvingarna club this past weekend. Overnight rain meant the start of the race would be delayed and even one round of qualifiers was dropped and ultimately it was Jessica Palsson who took the TQ tie on points with Pontus Larsson. The start of the 30-minute A-main then saw Pontus taking the lead, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, and he would hold onto this position until about five minutes before the end when he flipped his car which promoted Per Carlsson into the lead. With consistent laps Per was able to defend the lead from Pontus who would come in 2nd, some three seconds short of Per. Mikael Svensson came in 3rd while Jessica had to settle for 4th overall. In the championship the 2nd place was enough for Pontus to win the overall title as Jessica, who also had a shot at the championship, only finished in 4th place.

View the championship podium here