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May 24, 2016

Joel Valander doubles at Finnish Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Finnish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Hyvinkää in pretty warm and sunny weather conditions. In the 2WD class Joel Valander would grab the TQ with two round wins from Joona Haatanen in second and Karri Salmela in third. The finals then were a 3-horse race for the win with Joel coming out successful after winning A1 and A3. Joona Haatanen in second and Karri Salmela in third would round out the top 3 result.

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May 24, 2016

Adrian Wicaksono wins Jakarta Buggy regionals Rd3

The third round of the Jakarta regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track, in Serpong, West Java with about 50 drivers attending the event. The race format was changed a bit this weekend as overnight rain made the track wet and muddy and so the triple qualifiers were cut short from ten minutes to seven minutes per run. After the qualifiers and with the two best to count it was Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) who took the TQ honours, but in the 45-minute A-main Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) stroke back to take the win from John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) and Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) in second and third respectively. TQ holder Rama had to settle for fourth overall.

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May 24, 2016

Colin Herzig takes Nevada State Championships title

The 2016 Nevada State Championships were held this past weekend at RC Tracks of Las Vegas, just one mile off the World Famous Las Vegas Strip. Kyosho America’s Colin Herzig who has been on a tear all year long would add another impressive win to his resume. With only a few minutes left in the 30-minute Nitro Buggy A-main event, it was Herzig, Dylan Rodriguez from Hot Bodies, and Yuichi Kanai, Kyosho’s lead buggy engineer, all battling it out for the top spot. As the checkered flag waived, it was Herzig crossing the finish line 1st to take the win, just one second ahead of Rodriquez who finished 2nd, and Kanai just one second back from Rodriquez for 3rd.

Thanks to Joe Pillars for the report.

May 23, 2016

Monteiro successful at Portuguese Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Portuguese 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held this past weekend in Guarda following a rained out and cancelled round one. Serpent driver Carlos Duares (Serpent) set the TQ in the qualifiers by winning all three rounds with Miguel Matias (HB) coming in second. In the 45 minute A-main the TQ holder suffered a flame-out which cost him dearly as Ricardo Monteiro (TLR) was able to take the win one lap ahead of Carlos. Miguel Matias took the third spot some 6 seconds short of the runner-up.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 23, 2016

Rinderknecht & Vanderbeek win at AE Summer Series

Round 2 of the Team Associated Summer Series at the Hobby Plex in Omaha, NE had another good turnout, with 177 entrants competing on a fast and technical layout. Racers from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota were on hand to battle it out for the top steps of the podium, and a chance to advance in the points standings. Alex Vanderbeek and Tom Rinderknecht took victories in all three of the premier Modified classes. Tom set the TQ in Mod 4WD, and took a commanding win over the field, “throwing big whips along the way,” in his words.

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May 23, 2016

Canas takes surprise win at Spanish Buggy Nationals Rd2

Round two of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in El Alamo, Madrid over the weekend. Mugen’s up and coming Juan Carlos Canas would take a popular overall TQ from team mate Bryan Baldo and SWorkz’ Albert Garcia. Multi-time national champion, Robert Batlle (Mugen) had to settle for fourth but he put things straight for the A-main when he placed his Ultimate-powered buggy on the pole position in front of Oscar Baldo, Juan Carlos and Bryan Baldo. The 45 minute main final held some nice battles for the front runner and the mid-pack and with pole position holder Robert running into trouble at some point it was Juan Carlos who took maximum profit of the situation, taking a great win over Robert Batlle with Bryan Baldo rounding out the podium result.

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May 23, 2016

Neil Cragg successful at BRCA Nitro Buggy Nats Rd2

Round two of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at Kent this past weekend. Qualifying on Saturday was dominated by Elliot Boots and his reds powered Kyosho. This being one of Elliot’s home tracks before his most recent move to Italy and you could see he felt at home straight away. The main event saw a great 3-way battle out front between Elliot Boots, Neil Cragg (Team Associated/LRP) and Jack Embling (Kyosho/Reds Racing), lasting nearly the full 45 minutes. Elliot would lead for the first part but a few mistakes would allow Neil through. Neil managed to hold the lead with Elliot in second swapping fast laps all the way until an issue would see Elliot have to make his way into the pits. This allowed Neil to hold the lead, promoted Jack up to 2nd and long time 4th place man Lee Martin (Mugen/RC Concepts) to snatch 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org] | Image: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

May 23, 2016

Cole Ogden triples at 2016 Summer Shootout

The 2016 Summer Shootout was held in Lake City, Florida this past weekend. Mugen’s Cole Ogden would TQ and win Pro Nitro Buggy and he ended tie on points with John Michael Mcginty in E-Buggy but in the end a better tie-breaker handed Cole his second title of the weekend. To finish off a successful day Cole then also won the Dash for Cash. Being the Pro Nitro Buggy TQ he had to start dead last from the 10th spot but he was able to work his way up for another win.

Image: Cole Ogden