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July 4, 2016

Lucas Grainer doubles at Slovakian Nationals Rd3

Round three of the Slovakian 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held at the RC-Comorra Raceway in Komarno. Hot weather made for dusty track conditions and it was Team Associated driver Lucas Greiner who took a double TQ to start both the 2WD and 4WD A-mains from the pole position. At the end of the day he would also bring home the wins in both classes, although it took him some time to find the rhythm and pace in each leg. Michal Nagy would come in second in the 2WD class while Adam Urban rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 2, 2016

HNMC Grand Prix – Announcement

The Herts Nitro Model Club have announced the HNMC Grand Prix for the weekend of the 29th of August. The open tyre event is run to BRCA rules and it will be held on the club’s popular multi-surface track, running 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy as well as E-Buggy classes. The event starts off on Saturday with controlled practice, Sunday is reserved for five rounds of qualifying with christmas tree mains held on Monday. Sign-up for the event is available here here.

July 1, 2016

Carsten Keller teams up with Team Associated

German Team Associated distributors LRP have announced the signing of Carsten Keller to run the RC8B3 and RC8B3e at all major races across Germany and Europe. The former SWorkz driver and national frontrunner will also use LRP, AKA, JConcepts and Sanwa equipment, with the campaign for his new chassis sponsors starting at the forthcoming EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championship A in Spain. Carsten has the following to say about the deal:

I want to thank Jürgen Lautenbach, Andy Krämer and the whole LRP team as well as Team Associated for making it possible for me to run a full “Blue package” from now on. I am very proud of all the faith LRP is having in me and I am sure their efforts will pay off. I will do my best to represent all brands as good as possible.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

July 1, 2016

Malin Karlsen takes win at Norwegian Nationals Rd3

Round three of the Norwegian 1/10th Electric Off-road National Series was recently held at the Oslo-based Hverven Raceway. In the 4WD Buggy class, Xray’s Malin Karlsen would bring home the day’s win with victories in A1 and A3, coming from the 3 spot on the grid. Yokomo team mates Eirik Andreassen and Daniel Kobbevik rounded out the podium in second and third respectively.

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July 1, 2016

Will Brinton wins at AE Summer Series Rd4

Round four of The Team Associated Summer Series at the Hobbyplex was last weekend, and the competition was stacked with heavy hitters from all over the mid-west with the race having a nice turnout with 194 entries. Will Brinton was an unstoppable force in Modified Racing Truck, taking the TQ in both rounds of qualifying, and a wire-to-wire win in the 8-minute single A-main with a near-flawless run.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 30, 2016

Thrasyvoulou wins at Cyprus International Buggy race

Last weekend the Cyprus International 1/8 Nitro Buggy Race was held in Nicosia with drivers from Cyprus, Greece and Israel in attendance. The weather was extremely hot and the new track layout with high jumps and a lot of bumps made for challenging racing conditions. In the A-main Andreas Thrasyvoulou (Xray) brought home the win from Rafail Panayi (Xray) and Marios Christodoulou (Mugen).

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June 30, 2016

Bart Mullink wins BL Cup Rd3

The third round of the Dutch BL Cup was held at the MACH One club in Helmond. Agama’s Bart Mullink would take the win in the A-main from Xray’s Jarno Pijpers, who suffered problems early in the final but he was able to recover grab the runner-up spot on the podium. Sander van Genechten (Xray) rounded out the podium in third.

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June 29, 2016

Kukla & Novotny win rained out Czech Nats Rd2

The second round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Dolni Bukovsko track. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, Xray’s Kaja Novotny took the win in the opening qualifier but technical issues for Kaja in Q2 and Q3 made way for David Kukla (Xray) who left Jiri Mara (Serpent) and Max Gotzl (Xray) behind in second and third.

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