Rishpon RC race track recently held a round of the Israeli League and in the 2WD Buggy class it was Lior Maimon who took the TQ and also the day’s win after coming out fastest in all A-mains. Alon Shuali would grab the runner-up spot from third placed Amit Bublil. In the 4WD class Yossi Arbel brought home the hardware from second placed Amit Bubil and third placed Avitan Ofir.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Maritime Raceway held their Two Day World Cup over the weekend. The final race at this venue was again well accepted and it was Elliott Boots who took the TQ and win in the 2WD Buggy class run on Saturday, and Elliott would also come out fastest in Sunday’s 4WD Buggy race after qualifying second.
Source: Elliott Boots [facebook.com]
The 2017 Australian 1/8th Off-road National Championships were held last weekend in Morphett Vale, South Australia with over 220 entries. In the 60-minute Nitro Truggy A-main top qualifier, Aaron Stringer and Kyle McBride would fight for the lead in the opening stages but a crash of McBride and following mechanical problems would give Stringer room to breathe. Behind him Andrew Foord, Alex Bernadzik and Josh Pain were in the mix for the remaining podium spots and while up front Aaron Stringer would bring home a maiden national title, Andrew Foord would snatch the runner-up spot from Josh Pain in third.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com] | Image: Aaron Stringer
Mugen Seiki Europe have announced the addition of Germany’s Carsten Keller to their team. The multi national champion will campaign Mugen’s MBX7R nitro and electric buggies at all major national and international events.
Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]
Batley Buggy Club, in West Yorkshire, North of England hosted the concluding round of the Batley Winter Series at their indoor venue MB Raceway this past weekend. The race series saw 145 competitors race in five rounds across three 1/10th off road classes, 2WD, 4WD and Under 13 2WD Buggy, on the EOS carpet track. Batley club has a 25 year history of nurturing junior racing talent, and this series has proven to be one of the most successful in the region for young racers, with twenty five under 13’s entering the series in fierce competition for the top place trophies. 2WD Buggy was particular well contended with 15 year old Thomas Gill (Yokomo), taking the series win, from second place Ross Barras (Yokomo) and Jim Furniss (Team Associated) third.
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The MRCC Track in Medan, North Sumatera played host to the opening round of the Indonesia National Buggy Championship. A total of 49 drivers attended the event whose schedule saw six rounds of 10-minute qualifying with the four best rounds to count. Due to heavy rain after the second qualifier the race director decided to cut short the qualifying and make it four rounds with the best three to count. In the end Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) took the TQ honours but in the 60-minute main final he suffered several flameouts and only finished in 11th place while Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) took the win from Adrian Wicaksono (HB Racing/Reds Raicng) and Stanley W (HB Racing/O.S.) in second and third respectively.
The opening round of the French Buggy regionals was held at the Noeux Les Mines track over the weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Jean Pierrick Sartel (Xray) took the TQ after the three rounds of qualifying and he would also take the win in the main from tone to tone in front of TLR driver Theo Lemaire and Kyosho’s Cedric Nickell.
The Serpent Challenge was held at The Track in Gaitherburg, Maryland, home of the 2017 ROAR 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals. Griffin Hanna would take the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and he would also bring home the win in 2WD while suffering several issues with backmarkers in 4WD, eventually finishing in 3rd place behind the winner, Enzo Albertoni and runner-up, Jay Drakeford.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
