August 15, 2017

Daniel Kobbevik wins Norwegian E-Buggy Nats Rd3

The third round of the Norwegian 1/8th Electric Nationals was hosted by the Oslo Model Car Club this past weekend. The race did not start well for pre-event favourite Daniel Kobbevik who suffered a corrupt speed controller that had no brakes but he was able to get a P2 in the opening qualifier despite having to drive really smoothly. With a new controller installed for the remaining qualifiers, Daniel was able to snatch the overall TQ thanks to coming out fastest in Q2 and Q3. A1 then was smooth sailing for the young man but in A2 he suffered a dying battery in the opening stages meaning he had to hold everything in A3 in which Daniel was able to bring home the win and with the the overall victory from Kai Ronning 2nd and Mathias Fink 3rd.

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August 14, 2017

Jason Nugroho wins Jakarta Regional Buggy Champs Rd4

The 4th round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track, Serpong, West Java last weekend. A total of 40 drivers attended this event and the race format originally saw three rounds of 10-minutes qualifying with the best two to count but due to rain during the third and final qualifying round the race director decided to count all fully run rounds. This meant Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) took the TQ honours when two rounds here completed but in the final he unfortunately got into traffic and only finished in 3rd while up front Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) took the first place followed by Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) in 2nd.

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August 14, 2017

Micha Widmaier wins German Nitro Buggy Nats Rd1

Round 1 of the German Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the Ober Mörlen track this past weekend. Rain on Friday and Saturday was followed by a perfect day of racing on Sunday that was dominated by SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier who would take the win by almost a lap from Kyosho’s Aaron Münster 2nd and Alex Schmitt (HB Racing) 3rd. The second and final round of the championship will be held in two weeks time up north in Hamburg.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]


August 14, 2017

Ryan Cavalieri takes 2WD Mod SCT win at ROAR Nats

Last weekend’s 2017 ROAR 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals saw Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri taking the TQ in the 2WD Modified SCT class. Alex Kosciuszek and Spencer Rivkin (both Team Associated) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively and after the triple A-mains the top 3 would remain the same, with Ryan leading an AE top 3 with Alex and Spencer coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. TLR’s Dakotah Phend would be the best of the rest, matching his qualifying performance with a 4th place overall.

Image: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]


August 14, 2017

Elliott Boots wins BRCA Nitro Buggy Nationals Rd4

Swansea And District Model Car Club held round 4 of the BRCA Rally Cross Nationals this past weekend. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots took the overall TQ on Saturday courtesy of three round TQs. Despite being late for his semi-final Elliott was able to win his semi with nine seconds over the leader and the main final then was again highlighted by some issues for Elliott with the fuel tank causing inconsistent fuel pressure at times. Nevertheless the Kyosho driver was able to bring home the win, scoring valuable points for the championship. Infinity’s Lee Martin came in 2nd from TLR’s Michael Lewis in 3rd. Going into the final round next month Lee Martin now leads the championship by just one point from Elliott Boots.

Image: BRCA [brca.org]


August 14, 2017

Ty Tessmann sweeps ROAR 1/10th Off-road Nationals

The 2017 ROAR 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals were held at The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland last weekend. 270 entries made for competitive racing in the eight Modified and Stock classes. The traditional off-road classes of 2WD Mod Buggy, 4WD Mod Buggy and Mod Racing Truck were swept by Xray’s Ty Tessmann who won all but three qualifiers to take dominant TQs.

Continue reading the report here


August 9, 2017

Belgian SCT Cup Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Belgian SCT Cup was held in the middle of a park in Enghien as part of the biggest RC exhibition of the country. The Buggy Tournai Racing Club laid out a nice temporary tack but due to the weather, practice on Saturday would be limited. On Sunday it took the first two qualification rounds for the track to dry up completely, making car setup and tyre choice a bit complex and spicing up the race. In the Pro2 class, Nicolas Evens (TLR) dominated and won all rounds. In the first round, Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) followed in 2nd in some distance, struggling with car setup. Tom Vercarre (TLR) was in full swing again and took a nice 3rd spot, a result he would only improve in the second and third round by taking 2nd places, securing himself the P2 spot on the grid. Géry’s struggles continued in the second round where he finished 3rd while he broke his truck in the final qualifier, however he still took P3 for the finals.

Continue reading the report here


August 8, 2017

Ari Bakla wins Pro-Line Challenge Rd1

Re-scheduled due to rain, the opening round of the Australian Pro-Line Challenge was recently held in perfect weather conditions. About 80 entries made for a full day and in the end it was Xray’s Ari Bakla with the win in the Nitro Buggy A-main from Kyosho’s Kev Lewis and TLR driver Ronan Thomson. Darren Prior (Agama) and Scott Jones (TLR) rounded out the top 5 result.

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