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August 23, 2016

Cole Ogden wins Pro Nitro Buggy at Wicked Weekend

Racers from all over the US gathered at the Chicopee Wood Agricultural Center in Gainesville, Georgia, for one of the fastest growing events, The Wicked Weekend. With an unexpected entry count of 643 total entries this race would definitely live up to its name and be a wicked long race. Because of the large entry count the race organizers decided to change up the race format from three 5 minute qualifiers to two 7 minute qualifiers to save on time. With many racers unsure about the sudden change it would prove to be a very wise decision in the end. In Pro Nitro Buggy, the most competitive class at the event, Cole Ogden came out on top with one of the closes races of the event. Blake Pickett finished second and Blake Boggs would continue to show his presence rounding out the top three.

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August 23, 2016

Takashiro wins Chunchoen Worldleisure Champs

The recent Chunchoen Worldleisure 1/8th Offroad Championships were held in Korea with high temperatures making for a tough day for both men and machine. Kyosho driver Wattaru Takashiro would make the best out of the conditions by taking the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy main from Agama pilot Si Minsu and Jang Wonseok (Serpent). Dani Choi (Kyosho) and Jeon Hanyoung (Serpent) completed the top 5 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 23, 2016

Ben Smith takes BRCA U13 Junior 4WD Buggy title

The damp and bumpy astroturf track at Bury Metro in the north of England saw Ben Smith taking the BRCA 4WD Buggy Junior under 13’s title. Ben drove a very mature race to win the first two legs of the A-final to take the title and elsewhere in the 2WD class he would finish 2nd to round out a great weekend.

Source: Schumacher [racing-carc.com]

August 23, 2016

Bornhorst & Lutz win at Wicked Weekend

The Wicked Weekend was held in Gainesville, Georgia with a record amount of 640 entries. This made for long days but the program moved along quickly thanks to the race directing by Lance McDonald. The track layout put in by Bobby Moore was relatively easy and had good flow which provided close racing. For qualifying, Ryan Lutz seemed to be unbeatable by TQ’ing both rounds of all three classes. In Nitro Truggy Ryan set sail early and left the pack. Joe Bornhorst had some early mistakes but came back to 2nd place late in the race, leaving Blake Boggs behind in third.

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August 22, 2016

Adrian Wicaksono TQs & wins at Jakarta Regional Rd4

This past weekend round four of the Jakarta regional Buggy Championship was hosted by the Graha Raya track, in Serpong, West Java. A total of 53 drivers attended this event with the race format being three rounds of ten minutes qualifying of which the best two would count. For the finals the best five drivers would bump up and after the three rounds of qualifying it was Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) who took the TQ honours. In the 45-minute main final it was again Adrian who came out fastest with John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) taking the runner-up spot some 10 seconds down. In third Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) completed the podium result.

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August 22, 2016

Neumann takes German 4WD Buggy & Racing Truck title

The 4WD and Stadium Truck portion of this year’s German 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held this past weekend at the MSV Hürtgenwald club. After winning the 2WD Modified event some two weeks ago, Jörn Neumann was again the driver to beat and he would TQ and win the 4WD Modified class in style while taking the Racing Truck title also. On the 4WD podium Jörn was sidelined by Luca Rau and Michael Lepuschuitz while Björn Prümper and Marcel Schneider rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

August 21, 2016

Come Drive With Us – The Texas ROAR Nats

With the 2016 IFMAR Worlds coming back to the USA for the first time since 2008, professional R/C Racers are trying to win as many events as they possibly can to send a message to the competition. Ty Tessmann, looking to repeat as IFMAR world champion, is again having a less than stellar season leading up to the ROAR Nationals. Last year, he dominated this event, and with him winning the ROAR Warm-up will he walk away from this race with a win? The impressive, covered, Thornhill Racing Circuit once again hosts the ROAR Nationals. Would we see another thrilling finish as we did in 2014 or would it once more be nothing more than a race for 2nd?

August 19, 2016

Malin Karlsen sweeps Grenland Champs Rd5

Round five of the Grenland 2WD Championship was held in Skien, Norway. Despite arriving late for qualifying due to a last minute decision to participate in the race, Malin Karlsen took the pole position for the triple A-mains and she would continue to dominate as she won the opening two A-main finals and also put in the only 14-laps run of the day. In the third and final A-main Malin had to stop with a dumped battery on lap 9 while holding a 15 seconds lead but with wins in A1 and A2 she had already grabbed the overall win. Team Associated driver Mathias Fink would come in second that day while Petter Strand (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]