Round 4 of the French 1/10th Buggy National Championship was held in Mutzig near Strasbourg. Mathieu Briere was the man to beat in the 2WD qualifying as he took four of the six rounds to secure the overall TQ. In the finals things went different though as Mathieu suffered from several mishaps, allowing Armand Lantheaume to take the overall win from Ludovoic Valtier 2nd and Jean Pierrick Sartel 3rd.
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Last year, the Alabama Manufacturer Shootout made headlines with the news of the AMS having new ownership. As much as there was excitement, there was a bit of skepticism, but after the recent AMS 8.0, all doubts were laid to rest as the event was well planned, amazingly fun, and still has the AMS magic. Fortunately the drivers were blessed with perfect weather that added to the atmosphere and making the event more enjoyable overall. The track layout this year was fun and had a terrific flow that reminded of a toned down Psycho Nitro Blast in a smaller arena with dirt jumps instead of wood ramps. Many commented that the track looked “awesome”, “rad”, and “wished I was there”, claiming high praise from racers and internet viewers.
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AMain Performance Hobbies hosted the Inaugural Manufacturers’ Cup presented by Tekin at Silver Dollar RC Raceway last weekend. The race pitted the top pros against one another in four heads-up 14-minute races. Many of the elite drivers were in attendance including: Ryan Maifield, Adam Drake, Ryan Cavalieri, Ty Tessmann, Ryan Lutz, CJ Jelin, Austin Blair, Joe Bornhorst and Jared Tebo.
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Schumacher Racing would like to welcome Stu Wood to their team. Stu is extremely experienced, great with car set up and has had many great results in the UK. Having raced at a high level Stu knows how to compete amongst the UK’s best and will be found competing at many racers throughout the UK and especially in the North West region. He had this to say:
A massive thank you to Mark Musgrove and Robin Schumacher for this opportunity. After 2 years out of 1/10th Off Road I am excited to get back to my roots and joining team like Schumacher. Exciting times ahead for sure.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Last Saturday saw the first race of the Slovakian Electric 1/10 Nationals, which was held at the XXL Bratislava Buggy Club under very hot and dusty conditions. In 2WD it was Rössler Thomas (Associated) who took the TQ spot in front of local Nagy Michal (Xray) and Javorcik Pavel (Associated) while in 4WD it was again Rössler Thomas who took the top spot but followed closely by Toth Lacko (Xray) and Svihran Milos (Xray). The 2WD finals saw an easy win for Rössler who took all three finals with Nagy (2nd) and Javorcik (3rd) joining him on the podium.
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Last weekend MAC Vlijmen in the Netherlands hosted the event ‘Race real dirt!’, a three-day event opening with a day of open practice followed by a day of 2wd buggys and a day of 4wd buggys. As the event name suggests it was driven on dirt and the track crew did an amazing job by laying down an awesome clay track. The layout was a good mix of fast and tight corners and jumps, which made for good and close racing. Saturday there was a possibility for free practice to get the right setup and get a feel for the track. During the day the track grooved up, so the grip was right on point for the actual race. On Sunday in 2wd, after 4 rounds of qualifying Wesley van Helmond from the Netherlands took the TQ spot by taking 3 of 4 rounds, followed by Bruno Heremans from Belgium and Paul Dijkstra also from the Netherlands. During the first final, it was immediately clear that the battle for the win would be between Wesley and Bruno. Although Bruno took over the lead a couple of times during the finals, it was Wesley finishing first in all three finals that took the win. Bruno took second place with the best of the rest Tom van Drunen, who was able to squeeze himself between Wesley and Bruno in the last final securing the third spot.
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Round 2 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Skanderborg with the Truggy class run on Saturday and Buggy on Sunday. Pelle Culmsee would TQ three of the four Truggy qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ and by winning the semifinals he also put himself on pole position for the main final. Just before the main rain began to fall that would endure the whole race but this did not stop Pelle Culmsee from taking the win after having to recover from a bad start. Maguns Frandsen came in 2nd while Jan D. Hansen had to settle for 3rd.
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The warm-up race for the 1/10th Electric Buggy EFRA European Championships was held this past weekend in Italy. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday while on Saturday more practice rounds and the first three qualifiers were held. Sunday saw more qualifiers and extremely closed stacked finals with only 15-minute breaks between the mains meaning a stressful time for the A-main drivers. In 4WD Buggy it was Xray’s Martin Bayer who made a clean sweep to bring home the win from Yokomo’s Lee Martin in 2nd and Hupo Hönigl (Xray) 3rd.
