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October 19, 2015

Robert Batlle dominates final Spanish Buggy

The final round of the Spanish Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the Alhaurin de la Torre track in mixed weather conditions. In the shortened qualifiers Mugen’s Robert Batlle found himself in a battle with Bryan Baldo for the TQ but it was the former World Champion who ultimately came out fastest from his Mugen team mates Bryan and Oscar. The 45 minute main final on Sunday was run in dry weather and on a track prepped with sawdust and the race again had Robert coming out fastest although he again had to defend himself against the fast Baldo brothers with whom he swapped positions several times in the opening stages. Ultimately Robert took the win from Oscar with a 16 seconds margin while Bryan ended the main final one lap down, making it a Mugen/Ultimate 1-2-3 finish. Dani Vega (Agama/Reds Racing) ended the main in fourth place, Joan Carlos Canas (HoBao/O.S.) rounded out the top 5 result. As for the overall championship, Robert Batlle secured yet another one while Oscar Baldo grabbed the runner-up spot. Bryan Baldo in third and Javi Pombo in fourth completed the top 4 result for 2015.

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October 19, 2015

Borden wins at 20th Annual Northwest Gold Cup

The 20th Annual Northwest Gold Cup at Tacoma R/C Raceway hosted by Scott Brown had strong competition and epic battles in every class offered. In 17.5 Pro Stock Buggy, Shane Borden and another fast northwest driver Tyler Miller would both get two rounds of TQs but Tyler would get the tie breaker with the extra lap. With the grid set for the triple A-mains, in A1 Tyler would lead from tone to tone to prove his TQ was no joke with a 23/6:04.6 pace. Evan Overmars and Evan Margeson would round out the top 3. A2 was slightly different as Tyler would make a mistake in the first corner allowing Shane Borden to take the lead and control it for the first half of the race. Evan Overmars would eventually catch Shane and apply the pressure causing a small mistake on the infield triple. Evan was able to pass Shane and take the win narrowly by 0.5 seconds, Evan Margeson would finish third.

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October 19, 2015

Dylan Saunders dominates TORCH Winter Series Rd1

The opening round of the TORCH Winter Series was held this past weekend. In the Junior class A-main Serpent driver Dylan Saunders, with a 2WD buggy, came out successful with a 2 laps margin on the two Xray 4WD drivers Liam Catterall and Owen Moore. Alex Robertson (Schumacher) and Charlie Barker would round out the top 5 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 14, 2015

2015 JConcepts Fall Indoor Nationals – Report

The 2015 JConcepts Indoor National Series made its way to the popular RC Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Just outside of Boston, with the fall weather beginning to slowly creep in to cooler temperatures in the mornings, and the leaves beginning to change into the bright fall colors that are well known for the region. Inside the facility however, the racing was hot on the fast flowing layout. This year’s circuit had a good flow and feel, with elevation and enough jumps to keep even the experienced drivers on their toes. Todd Anderson and his staff had the track, pit area and shop ready for the weekend full of visitors.

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October 14, 2015

5th Annual JConcepts Fall Brawl – Announcement

AMain Performance Hobbies’ Outback Raceway presents the 5th Annual JConcepts “Fall Brawl” on November 7th to 8th. Run on an all-new layout and using an accurate event timetable the organisers are keeping the “Buggy Brawl” format, which provided for some great triple A-main racing following bump-up B-mains. The event will see Open 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes along Pro Stock, Stock and 40+ categories. More information can be found on the event’s Facebook page here and sign-up is available here.

October 13, 2015

Laszlo Kiss-Orban wins Hungarian E-Buggy title

The final round of the Hungarian Off-road National Championship was held at the RCOR track in Apaj. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class Laslo Kiss-Orban was the pre-event favourite going into the season finale and he would not disappoint as he grabbed another podium finish as he took the win from Zoltan Bognar and Janos Pakot in second and third respectively. With the win Laszlo also took the overall Hungarian National Championship.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 13, 2015

Adam Drake triples at JBRL Nitro Series Rd7

Round seven of the 2015 JBRL Nitro Series was held at Dialed In R/C Raceway in Victorville, California this past weekend. Run in the usual range of Expert, Intermediate and Sportsman classes the event again attracted a good amount of internationally experienced racers as well as local talent and in 1/8th Expert Buggy it was Adam Drake (Mugen) who took the win from Kyle Johnson (Kyosho) and Team Associated’s own Richard Saxton.

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October 12, 2015

Lorenzo Crolla doubles at RCmag Cup

The French RCmag Cup was held in Viglain in four different nitro and electric classes. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy category Xray’s Lorenzo Crolla and TLR driver Jerome Sartel battled for the TQ with the better end for Lorenzo who would take the overall TQ from Jerome while Valentin Lopez (Radiosistemi) rounding out the top 3. Lorenzo would then also dominate the semifinals, taking the pole position for the main final with Jerome Sartel in second and Romain Valter on the 3 spot. In the main Lorenzo again never looked back to take the overall win some 20 seconds clear of Jerome Sartel while Valentin Lopes completed the top 3 another two laps down. Elsewhere in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was again Jerome who came out successful after TQing all four rounds of qualifying and winning the first three out of four A-final legs.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]