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March 20, 2017

Jason Nugroho wins Indonesia Buggy Championship Rd1

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.

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March 20, 2017

Jean Pierrick Sartel wins French Buggy regionals opener

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.

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March 20, 2017

Griffin Hanna brings home Serpent Challenge 2WD win

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]

March 20, 2017

Coelho retains EOS title with Arena33 win

Bruno Coelho has successfully defended his Euro Offroad Series title with a masterful 4WD win this evening at the penultimate round of the championship in Germany. Starting the weekend by claiming his first ever 2WD win of the EOS, when the action switched over to 4WD at Arena33, the reigning champion was in a league of his own. Top Qualifier, taking all four rounds of qualifying, the Xray driver would cruise to a completely unchallenged A1 win. The second encounter would see the World Champion kept on his toes by Yokomo’s Lee Martin getting to within a second of the leader but with three laps to go a mistake from the former champion left Coelho to cruise to the win to notch up his third victory of the season and lock down the Season #6 title. With Coelho able to pack is bags early, his absence from the A3 grid would allow Martin to take the win to finish second overall with the podium being completed by star of the weekend Joona Haatanen.

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March 20, 2017

Ryan Maifield doubles at 2017 Silver State

The 2017 Silver State race was held this past weekend at RC Tracks of Las Vegas, home of last year’s IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Championship. As usual the event attracted most of the country’s top drivers and also guest from abroad. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class the race for the overall TQ was on between Dakotah Phend (TLR) , Ty Tessmann (Xray) and Ryan Maifield (Mugen) with all three scoring round TQs. Ultimately Dakotah would prevail, taking the TQ from Ty and Ryan. After an eventful 45-minute main, that saw Phend out in the lead in the opening stages but mistakes throughout the field would mix things up, Maifield would bring home the win by one lap from Ty Tessmann and two laps in front of HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk while pole sitter Phend suffered from parts failure in the closing stages.

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March 19, 2017

Coelho eases to A1 win

Bruno Coelho eased his way to a completely dominant win in the opening 4WD A-Main at Round 4 of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany. Having pulled off a clean sweep of the four qualifiers to claim his third TQ of the season, the Xray driver made light work of the opposition to win by 10-seconds even after sitting behind traffic for the final few laps of the race. Martin Wollanka would make it an Xray 1-2, getting by 2nd place starter Lee Martin after the Yokomo driver made a mistake on the opening lap. Despite a 3-second crash, which dropped him to 6th, Joona Haatanen would work his way back up the order to complete the Top 3. Running behind battling Xray team-mates Martin Bayer and Hupo Honigl this would eventually play into the hands of both Haatanen and Lee Martin, who would salvage fourth after his earlier mistake, as the pair got together on the penultimate lap. Bayer & Honigl would go at it again on the final lap clashing somewhat spectacularly on the final dash down the main straight with Bayer somehow getting 5th.

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March 19, 2017

No surprises in Germany as Coelho claims TQ

With the final day of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany opening with the penultimate round of qualifying, there were no surprises as Bruno Coelho again set the pace to claimed his third TQ of the season. Having taken both of yesterday’s 4WD qualifiers, the Xray driver became the Top Qualifier by again setting the pace over team-mate Martin Wollanka with over 4-seconds in hand. Behind them, again it was Lee Martin who was best of the rest, the Yokomo driver having at one stage been at the top of the timing screens but ended up third with two mistakes over the 5-minutes.

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March 18, 2017

Coelho in a different class in Q1

Bruno Coelho was in a different class to his rivals in the opening round of 4WD qualifying at the Euro Offroad Series, the reigning champion topping the times by almost 6-seconds. Having set the pace in practice, the Xray driver lead away the field putting in a perfect run setting the fastest lap in the process. Behind Coelho, who is looking to successfully defend his EOS title this weekend at Arena33, Yokomo’s Lee Martin would post the second fastest time, splitting the Xray’s as Martin Bayer completed the Top 3 ahead of Hupo Honigl.

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