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October 27, 2016

Bart Mullink takes 2016 BL-Cup title

The final round of this year’s BL-Cup was held on the unique indoor astro turf track of the city of Grou. Pre-event favourite, Bart Mullink swept the qualifiers, scoring the only 16-laps run of the weekend. Albert Croesen and Anne Strom came in second and third, being tie on points. The semifinal then did not went to plan for the TQ holder as a mistake when charging one of his car’s LiPo batteries meant Bart wasn’t able to finish the final. Anne Strom took profit of the situation to win the race while the other semi was won by Albert. Thankfully for Bart the BL-Cup has a last change final that allows the two fastest drivers to bump up into the main final and ultimately Bart and also Wesley Wiertz were able to snatch the last minute tickets for the main.

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October 26, 2016

2016 Race for Your Lives – Report

This past weekend Track Time Hobbies of Reno, Nevada held their annual Race for Your Lives event. Racers from as far as Arizona made the trek to Track Time Hobbies to race on the latest layout made with some of the most consistent dirt on the West Coast. Nearly 80 entries meant there would be some additional time and this would also allow for an additional 4th round of Ifmar qualifying for the racers who attended along with double A-main formats for the more heavily entered classes. Lower B-Mains were run first allowing the two bump up drivers to bump into their respective A-mains.

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October 25, 2016

Laszlo Kiss-Orban retains Hungarian E-Buggy title

The final round of the Hungarian 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was recently held in Apaj. Pre-event favorite and reigning champion, Laszlo Kiss-Orban already had a massive 20 points lead over his closest competitor before the event but this did not stop him from taking another round win to wrap up the 2016 title and with it his second title in a row.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 25, 2016

Micha Widmaier gets Nosram power

Austrian Nosram distributors MW RC-Cars have announced that German frontrunner Micha Widmaier will use Nosram electronic products from now on. A long-time CS Electronics supporter, Micha will campaign Nosram products such as brushless motors, speed controllers and also chargers with immediate effect and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy with the products from Nosram. They have very good performance and work perfectly together with my SWorkz cars. With MW RC Cars as Nosram distributor I have a perfect support. I also want to thank CS-Electronic for the last years.

Source: MW RC-Cars [mwrccars.at]

October 25, 2016

Denney wins Expert Buggy at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Round seven of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. Usually situated in Southern California the 2016 series also makes two guest appearances abroad with round five being held at R/C Tracks of Las Vegas back in August and the recent penultimate round taking place in Arizona. As usual the race attracted both local talent and internationally experienced racers and so the Expert Buggy class was filled with some big guns. Ultimately it was TLR’s Tanner Denney who walked away with the day’s win from Billy Fischer (Tekno RC) and Mugen’s Mike Truhe in third.

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October 25, 2016

Micha Widmaier wins at Leonberg Indoor Race

The Leonberg Indoor Race was held this past weekend and in the competitive 1/10th 4WD buggy class it was Micha Widmaier who took the day’s win from Max Hesse in second. Veteran racer, Marcus Lübke would round out the podium result in third.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

October 25, 2016

Alan Scoggie takes Irish 1/8th Nitro Buggy title

The last round of the Irish Nationals took place the past weekend but wet weather spoiled the fun. A number of rounds have been run in the year but Monaghan has been subject to unfortunate weather conditions consistently. The second round there was rained off mid way and unfortunately the rerun was also. Most of the guys where sad as the track team had made the place more comfortable and consistent, the track would have made for a great race final. So the championship fall back to 2/3 scoring rounds and as ever was tight at the top. Ultimately Alan Scoggie took the title of Irish national champion from Gary Baird on the second place and young Andrew McClean (all Agama/Bullitt) third. In Electric Buggy Gary Baird (Agama) took the title with Barkley (Agama) second.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

October 24, 2016

Robert Batlle takes 11th national title in a row

The final round of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro Buggy championship was held this past weekend in Montjuic. Rainy weather made for challenging conditions but this did not keep 2016 vice World Champion, Robert Batlle from taking the TQ after the qualifiers from his brother Dani while Bryan Baldo completed an all-Mugen top 3. In the main final and after some battles with Juan Carlos Canas it was again Robert who came on top, taking the day’s win and with it his 11th consecutive national title. Juan Carlos Canas ended the day on the 2 spot from Joan Espasa in third.

View the final results here