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May 28, 2016

Atsushi Hara takes overall TQ at FEMCA championship

The 2016 FEMCA 1/8th Buggy Championship is currently being held at the Southern Alley Track in Johor Bahru, Malaysia with 74 drivers from around Asia and Australia in attendance. After the completion of the seven qualifying rounds Japan’s Atsushi Hara (Kyosho) is sitting on top with fellow country man Wataru Takashiro (Kyosh) coming in second, following some tight battles during the qualifiers. At the end a flameout of Wataru in Q7 lead to another TQ for Atsushi to grab the overall top qualifier position. The all-Kyosho top 3 is rounded out by South Korea’s Dani Choi while Tekno driver Kyle Francis (Australia) completed the top 4 result before the finals that are being held on Saturday.

View the qualifying results here

May 28, 2016

Carlos Guerra doubles at Bolivian Off-road Nats Rd2

The recent second round of the Bolivian Off-road Nationals saw Xray driver Carlos Guerra walking away with the win in both the Nitro and Electric Buggy classes. Alejandro Alvarez (Tekno) came in second in both categories while Fabian Egüez (Mugen) in Nitro and Edwin Mendoza (Mugen) in E-Buggy rounded out the respective podiums.

View the E-Buggy podium here

May 28, 2016

Irish 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The RCCAOI’s first national of the season took place at BADMCC in Northern Ireland and with a decent turn out of drivers. Before the weekend two days of rain made things uncertain for the race days but lucky enough Saturday that yellow dot in the sky came out. Nitro qualifying was a split between Alan Scroggie and Gary Baird both taking two rounds a piece with Alan having the slightest faster time taking the TQ. In E-Buggy Aaron Vance took the TQ followed by Barkley and Gary.

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May 26, 2016

Bruno Coelho is getting A-Paint treatment

Italy’s A-Paint has announced the cooperation with reigning IFMAR Electric 4WD Buggy World Champion and current ETS Championship leader Bruno Coelho. Having debuted with the new colours in Riccione at the fourth round of the ETS, where he took a TQ and a convincing win, Bruno will now race with A-Paint treated bodyshells in every class he attends.

May 25, 2016

Nikolaisen & Karlsen win at Norwegian Nationals Rd2

The astroturf track in Skien, Norway played host to the second round of the Norwegian 1/10th Electric Off–road National Series. The weather forecast wasn’t too promising for the weekend with cold temperatures and loads of rain in the air. In the 2WD Buggy class local driver Joakim Nicolaisen would take the TQ from fast girl Malin Karlsen. In time for the finals rain started to fall but this did not stop Joakim from being the fastest driver on the track and so he took pretty easy wins from Malin Karlsen and Thorbjorn Doler.

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May 25, 2016

Bayer brothers sweep Czech EP Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the clay track of Janovice. The 2WD qualifiers were a done deal for Martin Bayer who TQed all three rounds to take the overall TQ from Kaja Novotny and Zdenek Miksovsky. In the 4WD qualifiers the Bayer brothers of Martin and Ales showed great fights with Martin holder the upper hand as Ales put his car on the 2 spot. Kaja Novotny had to settle for third.

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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.

View the final results here