July 10, 2017

Micha Midmaier crowned 1/8th Buggy B Euro Champ

Under slightly darker skies than seen for the rest of the weekend, winners of the two semi finals, Micha Widmaier and Thomas Musso led the field away from their respective P1 and P2 grid slots, with the battle for the European B Championship win around the very bumpy ABC Réding circuit quickly distilling into a battle between these two. Musso took an early lead and quickly established a four second gap, but as the leaders started encountering traffic Widmaier was able to reduce the gap and appeared to have the faster car.

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July 9, 2017

EFRA 1/8th Nitro Off-road B Euros – Qualifying report

Heat was the order of the day for the 1/8th Rallycross B Euros held at ABC Reding in eastern France. Temperatures reached 32 degrees Celsius as the action hotted up out on the circuit. Seeding practice on Friday had seen the drivers sorted by their fastest three consecutive laps, with Micha Widmaier taking the spoils and getting the number 1 on his car in the top heat. Into qualifying proper and Vincent Meertens took the round from Thomas Musso and Leonardo Valente, this being notable as Meertens set his time from heat 11 and Musso from heat 10.

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July 5, 2017

Daniel Kobbevik successful at Norwegian Buggy Nats

The third round of the Norwegian National 1/8th Nitro Buggy series was hosted by the KodalRC Club in hot weather conditions, making for a hard and dusty track. A total of 49 drivers signed in and in combination with a pretty easy track layout this would make for some close racing. During practice young Daniel Kobbevik (Xray) showed a great speed, setting the pace with the fastest run but as there was no reseeding, Daniel had some tough time in qualifying group six.

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July 4, 2017

David Ronnefalk sweeps Swedish 1/8th E-Buggy Nats

Hot on the heels of securing his sixth national Nitro Buggy title, HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk also came out successful at the recent 1/8th E-Buggy nationals. Held on a purpose-built track at the Boras Stadspark and in front of many spectators David took the overall TQ and also the win from Elias Johansson (Team Associated) in 2nd and David Hassel (HB Racing) 3rd.

Source: David Ronnefalk | Image: Elias Johanssen

July 4, 2017

Michal Orlowski joins Arrowmax

Arrowmax have announced the addition of Schumacher factory driver, Michal Orlowski to their works team. The reigning EOS 2WD champion will use Arrowmax tools and accessories to build, maintain and set-up his rides and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very pleased to join the Arrowmax racing team. It will be a pleasure for me to use their wide range of tools and setup accessories to prepare my cars. I am looking forward to working with them in the future!

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

July 3, 2017

Schiffner & Krause take 2017 German Truggy titles

The 2017 German Truggy Championship was held at the MRC Leipzig track over the weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class it was Agama driver Ronny Schiffer who took a maiden truck title from young Johannes Klatt (Mugen). TLR driver Sascha Nelson came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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July 3, 2017

Patrick Hofer sweeps Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held in Montagny this past weekend. Patrick Hofer would take the TQ position after the qualifiers and following a rain-interrupted Sunday morning he would claim the P2 spot for the 45-minute main final after the semis. In the main and shortly after the start Patrick was able to get into the lead and from there he never looked back to take a commanding win, leaving Jeremy Pittet and David Naldini behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

July 3, 2017

Tom Cockerill doubles at Kampenhout GP

The annual Belgium GP was held at the MBV Kampenhout track in changing weather conditions. Yokomo’s Tom Cockerill would sweep the event by taking the wins in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes to take a double victory. Ben Jemison (Schumacher) and Team Associated driver Jesper Rasmussen would round out the 4WD podium while Wesley van Helmond (Schumacher) and Wounter Wynen joined winner Cockerill on the 2WD podium.

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