The recent opening round of the Nitro Engine Championship saw Juan Jose Serna walking away with the TQ and win in the nitro buggy class. Juan Felipe Navarrete obtained the runner-up spot from third placed Luis Quintero who rounded out the podium.
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LRP have announced the signing of Alexandre Duchet to their factory team trough to 2019. The 2016 EFRA Touring Stock vice European Champion and 2016 French 1/8th E-Buggy National Champion will run the full line of LRP products in his 1/10th scale campaign that will see appearances at national and international touring car and off-road races. The former ETS Stock class A-main winner had the following to say:
I am very happy about the collaboration with LRP. It is a great chance for me and I have chosen LRP products because of their high quality and they give me a very good feeling. I am sure I can improve my racing and results even more and I thank the whole LRP team for their support and the trust in me.
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The Austrian WMW Fehring club, host of past EFRA 1/10th, 1/8th and 1/6th scale European Championships, has announced a 24h race for 1/8th scale buggies. A maximum of 16 teams, with a single car and up to six drivers, can enter the event that will be held on the 9th and 10th of September. Full details and sign up can be found on the club’s website and social media page.
The recent RC Oeste indoor race saw Fabio Ramos taking the day’s win in the 4WD Buggy class from Hugo Miguel in second and Pedro Gomes third. Marco Timoteo and Miguel Santos rounded out the top 5 result. Elsewhere in the 2WD class it was young Pedro Gomes who walked away with the TQ and overall win after taking three of the four qualifiers and sweeping the finals. Rodolfo Maia and Filipe Miranda came in second and third from Jose Fernandes and Rui Crespo in fourth and fifth respectively.
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The organisers of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League have announced the dates and details of this year’s Electric and Nitro Series. Now in its 14th season the SoCal based series will again have eight rounds each while also going out of state twice with the nitro events. The electric series will kick off at the 11th of March at Coyote Hobbies raceway in Victorville while the opening round of the nitro series will take place on the 22nd of April at the Pro-Line track in Banning. All details and dates can be found on series’ official website here.
The recent Saturday Night Carpet Series in Idaho saw Ben John taking the TQ position after the double qualifiers. From the tone he and the second place driver started to separate themselves from the field and they soon started to lap the field so they started to trade positions due to line choices. Both battled nearly all of the 5-minute main and at the end an issue of his competitor allowed Ben John to cruise to the win for the last three laps. Gary Orvit had to settle for second while Patchez rounded out the top 3.
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The recent T&T Speed Thursday night club race saw a decent turnout of entries and it was held in a two qualifiers and single 7-minute main format. Christopher Acosta (Xray) would TQ both the 4WD Modified and 2WD Modified Buggy classes and he would also come out on top of both A-mains. Garren Lindsey (HB Racing) and Greg StJohn (HB Racing) would round out the 4WD podium while the TLR duo of Tim Eaves and Chuck Hall made up the 2WD top 3.
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The final points race of the season was held at Debbie’s RC World in Chesapeake, Virginia. In 4WD Buggy Brennan Schimmel would take the TQ despite having issues in one run and he would also lead the A-main from start to finish to take the win from Dalton Hanbury in second and Jacob Hatala third. In 2WD Josh Knight brought home the win from Scott Thomas on the runner-up spot and Brennan Schimmel in third.
