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September 9, 2016

Swedish National Cup Rd3 – Report

Round three of the Swedish National Cup for 1/10th scale electric buggies was held at the new astro turf track in Karlskrona. The track was an open, flowing layout with some interesting jumps and a fairly low-grip surface. In 2WD local racer David Ronnefalk laid down an exhibition of great driving skills when he swept all qualification rounds as well as the two first A-mains to take the overall win. What was left for the others was to fight for the remaining podium spots. Alexander Landén qualified in third behind “Fredde” Mathiesen.

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September 9, 2016

Malin Karlsen wins Grenland Championship Series Rd6

The sixth and final round of the Grenland 2WD Championship Series was recently held in Skien, Norway. Xray’s Malin Karlsen again made one of her last-minute entries but this would not stop her from dominating the field as she came out fastest after the qualifiers to line up on the 1 spot for the triple A-mains. The opening two A-mains then were a done deal for the swift girl who laid down the only 14-lap runs of the event, taking the overall win from the hard-chasing Team Associated duo of Mathias Fink and Oystein Doler.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 7, 2016

Davide Ongaro takes Italian E-Buggy title

The final round of the Italian 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the Barcooff track last weekend and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Davide Ongaro to walk away with the day’s win and the overall championship title. In a 3-horse battle for the win Davide left Riccardo Berton and Alex Zanchettin behind in second and third respectively but the decision had to be brought by the tie-breaker as Davide and Riccardo were tie on points after the triple A-mains.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

September 7, 2016

Kyle McBride takes Dragon Stone title

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The 2016 Dragon Stone Asian Nitro Buggy Championships took place in Liaoyang, in north eastern China last weekend. Organised by Scotty Ernst, and with a lot of top international racers attending, joining the regional and national racers, there was a great turnout for this first annual event. The track was located in a beautiful park and all attending racers were bussed in everyday from the official hotel with a police escort. Unfortunately the weather decided to throw a curve ball, with the outer edge of a typhoon providing plenty of rain throughout the week.

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September 7, 2016

Mara & Novotny win at Czech Nitro Buggy nats Rd3

The third round of the Czech Nitro Buggy Nationals were held at the Horni Jeleni track. The qualifiers of the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class were a pretty mixed affair with every round having different winners but Kaja Novotny’s Q1 time would be fast enough to win him the overall TQ from Max Gotzl and Jiri Mara in second and third respectively. In 1/8th E-buggy it was again Kaja who came out fastest after the qualifiers despite having some bobbles in the opening two qualifiers. Max Gotzl would follow in second from Ales Bidovsky in third.

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September 7, 2016

Belgian SCT Cup Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Belgian SCT Cup was hosted by the MBV Kampenhout club on a slightly modified layout that made the superb astroturf track even better. Once again rain affected the race but thanks to the well-drained track the surfaces dried up quickly, allowing to carry on with the event but some of the qualifiers were mixed up a bit due to the same rounds being held both under wet and dry conditions. This was in particular the case in the opening round of the Pro2 qualification with the last heat running under rainy conditions. Frederic De Conchy (TLR), Martin Vierin (Team Associated) and Stéphane Lecomte (Team Associated) scored the best times in Q1 while the second round saw Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) taking the TQ with a big margin on Laurent Halluin (TeamC) and Tom Pierard (TLR). In the final round, Géry confirmed his overall TQ with another TQ run, ahead of Laurent Halluin and Martin Vierin.

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September 6, 2016

Jason Nugroho wins Indonesia Buggy Champs Rd4

Round four of the 2016 Indonesia National Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Track, Tangerang, West Java, Indonesia. A total of 83 drivers attended from Jakarta, Bandung, Jogjakarta, Surabaya, Batam, Bali, Palembang, Aceh, Kendari, Kupang, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Palangkaraya and Medan. The race format was six rounds of ten minutes qualifying with the four best rounds to count. The weather was hot on qualifying day and all rounds hold a tight battle between Jason Nugroho and Adrian Wicaksono. At the end Jason took four round TQs to take the overall top qualifier position. In time for the semifinal practice it started to rain heavily and the race organisers no choice but to call it a day, meaning the overall result would be determined by the qualifying results, handing Jason the win from Adrian and John.

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September 6, 2016

Mike Gosvig takes Danish 4WD Buggy National Champs

Round six of the Danish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the new RC Royal track. The opening 4WD qualifier went to Mike Gosvig in front of Frederik Hovgaard while the latter would come out fastest in front of Mike in Q2. The third and final qualifier was again won by Frederik while Mike suffered electronic problems, only allowing him to take the P2 on the grid. With revised electronics Mike started into the opening A-main and right from the start he was able to put a lot of pressure on the leader who made a mistake in lap 7, allowing Mike to pass and to ultimately take the win from Frederik Hovgaard and Kim Nielsen.

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