Round two of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the HVBRS indoor track in Islikon. The qualifiers would be won by Nico Schmid in the 4WD class while Fabian Widmer grabbed the 2WD TQ honours. The 4WD A-mains then saw Patrick Hofer taking advantage of a mistake of Nico in A1 but the latter stroke back in A2 and A3 to take the overall win from Patrick Hofer and Romeo Grass in second and third respectively.
Continue reading the report here
Round 2 of the French 1/10th electric off-road nationals was held over the weekend at the Xtreme race dirt track. Especially in Saturday morning the track proved to be very dusty and slippery, making it touch to tame especially for the 2WD drivers. In the 4WD class Armand Lanthaume would take the win from teammates Lorenzo Crolla and Nicolas Rodriguez in second and third respectively.
The ninth annual Psycho Nitro Blast, called “The Nitrozity”, drew over 800 entries to the Walters State Community College Expo Center in Morristown, Tennessee to compete in eleven different classes. In typical PNB fashion, the fast and difficult track layout included large wooden jumps and evolved throughout the weekend, challenging even the best racers in the world to stay clean for long main events. In Pro Nitro Buggy, the race kicked off with a relatively clean start with the Ryan triple of Maifield, Lutz, and Cavalieri leading the pack. Cavalieri and Tebo would tangle a bit early on, allowing Maifield and Lutz to spread their lead out. Cole Ogden would take advantage of the Tebo/Cav collision by working his way into third. At the 10-minute mark, Ryan Maifield (TLR) had a commanding 10-second lead over Ryan Lutz (Tekno), while Cole Ogden (Mugen) lingered in third. Moments later, Jared Tebo (Kyosho) was in the pits for mechanical troubles. He re-entered the track, but only to make a few turns before returning to pit lane for a considerable amount of time, dashing his hopes of a PNB win.
The 2016 Psycho Nitro Blast was held this past weekend at the Walters State Expo Center in White Pine, Tennessee. This would be the first time the PNB would be held at this new location and was very well received by all racers. Every year the PNB has grown in popularity because of the great race organization along with the always impressive tracks designed with big air. This year would be the most stacked PNB to date, along with the biggest turnout that reached an incredible 830 total race entries. In the 1/8 Pro Electric Buggy class, it was Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri who dominated qualifying to secure the overall TQ.
Continue reading the report here
Round 1 of the popular Czech Open series was held this past weekend in Radotin. The weather forecast was everything but promising with rain expected for Friday and Saturday but at the end it stayed dry although it was pretty cold. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would dominate the proceedings by winning all three qualifying rounds to grab the overall TQ after the qualifiers. The semis then again were a done deal for young Kaja who secured himself the pole position for the main final in which he then again showed a flawless performance to take the win at round one of the championship. Behind him, Max Gotzel and Lukas Zeman (both Xray) would complete the podium result.
The Italian UISP Championships were held at the Barco track this past weekend. In the F1 class main final TLR’s Mattia Polito came out successful from team mate Walter Floris. Mugen driver Davide Tortorici rounded out the top 3 result while Leonardo Valente and Riccardo Rabitti came in fourth and fifth respectively.
View the F1 class main final result here
Round two of the Bali Regional Buggy Championships was recently held at the Wilson track in Bali. In the 60 minute main final Willy Santana would take the overall win from Damar in second and Yoko Soemarto in third. Agung and Yulis would round out the top 5 result.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
The opening round of the Jakarta Regional series was held in Graha Bintaro over the weekend. Xray’s Jason Nugroho took the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also bring home the win in the main final with his Novarossi-powered ride. John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) came in second while Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) completed the top 3 podium result. Behind the three Chopin Yusuf (TLR/Novarossi) and Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) rounded out the top 5.
Source: Jason Nugroho
