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April 26, 2016

Tanner Day doubles at Kyosho 3 Lap Challenge

The 2nd running of the Kyosho 3 Lap Challenge took place at Nor-Cal Hobbies in San Jose, California this past weekend. In a break from the traditional qualifying format, the fastest three consecutive laps comprised the contestants’ times. To add even more challenges, dirt engineer Anton Aaroe designed a track layout specifically for this event, complete with a wicked challenging large quad jump that tripped up many drivers and shone a spotlight on those that conquered it. It was an accomplishment for drivers to complete one fast lap, let alone three, making for an exciting and unpredictable race. In Modified 2WD Buggy, Tanner Day held TQ over fellow team mate Charlie Cavalier by 1.9 seconds. In the main event, a mistake by Tanner in the quad jump put Charlie in the lead, but only for a minute. The 17-year old regained the lead and won with Charlie 2nd, and Antonio Counsil 3rd.

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April 25, 2016

Thomas Mayr takes Austrian E-Buggy Nats Rd1 win

Jürgen Trieb takes Austrian E-Buggy Nats Rd1 win

The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th E-Buggy national championship was held at the famous and European Championship approved Fehring multi-surface track. The qualifiers saw Christian Landl (Mugen) taking the TQ honours by TQing two of the five rounds to leave Thomas Mayr (SWorkz) and Hupo Hönigl (Xray) behind in second and third. After the triple A-mains Thomas would then come out successful thanks to wins in A2 and A3, leaving Jürgen Trieb (SWorkz) behind in second place. TQ Christian Landl had to settle for third overall.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

April 25, 2016

Reza R. wins Indonesia National Buggy Champs Rd2

For the second round of the Indonesia National Buggy Championship the racers travelled to Maribaya, Lembang to compete at the Maxspin track. TLR driver Reza Rakasiwi would take his Maxmia-powered buggy to TQ honours and he would also come out fastest in the hour long A-main final that he would win with a 2-lap margin from Mugen/O.S. driver Stanley Wangsanegara on the runner-up spot. Adrian (TLR/O.S.) came in third another lap down while Ivan B. (Kyosho/Maxima) and Chopin Y. (TLR/Novarossi) rounded out the top 5 result.

Image: Jason Nugroho

April 25, 2016

Jiri Mara successful at Czech Open series Rd2

Round two of the popular Czech Open series for 1/8th nitro buggies was held at the Horni Jeleni track over the weekend. The qualifying was a very tight affair with local star Max Götzl, Jiri Mara, Tomkas Kapicka and Kaja Novotny all being in the mix for the overall TQ. Eventually Jiri would come out fastest after the qualifiers from Max and Kaja in second and third respectively. After a couple of changes for the semifinal Kaja, who struggled a bit with overall grip, managed to take the pole position for the A-main that saw the top 4 drivers quickly pulling away from the field. Around the 15 minute mark Jiri and Kaja had opened a gap on the chasing pack with both swapping positions several times. Some 26 minutes into the race Kaja had to let Jiri go as the Xray driver encountered a small drivetrain problem with a stone in the clutch bell hindering his car’s performance. This meant Jiri Mara (Serpent) would be able to cruise to the win with Kaja taking the runner-up spot from Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho).

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April 25, 2016

Alex Zanchettin wins Italian Nitro Buggy opener

The opening round of the Italian Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the Pista Le Pescine track in Rosignano. TLR’s Alex Zanchettin was on a mission all weekend, taking the TQ after the three rounds of qualifying and grabbing the win in the main final, ending a long winning drought. The runner-up spot was snatched by Riccardo Berton (Kyosho) who ended the A-main only 3 seconds shy of Alex. The final podium spot was obtained by TLR’s Marco Baruffolo who recovered back to third after a troubled start.

Image: Marco Petella

April 25, 2016

Reno Savoya dominates French 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd2

Round two of the French 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held in Auxerre and the event saw TLR’s Reno Savoya dominating the proceedings by taking the TQ after the qualifiers and by coming out successful in the 45-minute A-main. Right from the start of the main Reno jumped into the lead to control the gap on the field. At the end the TLR would end the race two laps in front of team mate Jerome Sartel while Guillaume Hebert (Xray) rounded out the top 3 result.

Image: Circus RC [circusrc.com]

April 25, 2016

Tessmann & Maifield win at Lonestar Challenge

The 3rd annual The Dirt Lonestar Challenge was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas over the weekend. Host of the 2016 ROAR Offroad Fuel Nationals, the track recently received a cover to make it one of the, if not the largest off-road indoor facility and for the race The Dirt’s Joey Christensen also shaped a challenging new track layout. The Top Qualifier honours in the premier class of 1/8th Pro Buggy went to TLR’s Ryan Maifield but it was HB’s Ty Tessmann who came out fastest in the main final, leaving Ryan Mailfield and Ryan Lutz (Tekno) in second and third respectively.

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April 21, 2016

Hupo Hönigl double TQs & wins Austrian Buggy opener

The opening round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the MRC Oberaich track, attracting a record entry of drivers. The track is unique in a way that it can be run with both 1/10th and 1/8th scale vehicles without appearing to big or too small for each of them and in recent years it also offered loads of traction but this year the sugaring did not work out, leaving the track glazed and polished yet still very abrasive. Xray’s Hupo Hönigl was able to TQ both the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes and at the end of the day he went home with a double victory although it took him some time in each final to find his rhythm and pace. Behind Hupo, Schumacher’s Peter Pinisch would grab the runner-up spots in 2WD and 4WD with Marcel Rekettye (Yokomo) coming in third in 2WD while Team Associated factory driver Stefan Pfeifhofer rounded out the 4WD podium.

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