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November 9, 2015

Berton & Boots successful at Kyosho Masters

The 2015 Kyosho Masters USA were held this past weekend at RC Tracks of Las Vegas, home of the 2016 IFMAR 1/8th Buggy World Championships. The event saw the attendance not only of U.S. Kyosho drivers but also some swift guests from abroad such as Riccardo Berton, Elliott Boots and Kyosho’s own Yuichi Kanai. In the premier Nitro Buggy class 2015 Italian Nitro Buggy Champion Riccardo Berton made a clean sweep by TQing three of the five qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Elliott Boots and Cody King who came out fastest in the remaining rounds. Jared Tebo and Kyle Johnson completed the top 5 after the qualifiers.

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November 8, 2015

Yannick Aigoin TQs and wins at Pierrefeu GP

The French Grand Prix Pierrefeu was held this weekend with some of the country’s fastest drivers in attendance. Xray’s Yannick Aigoin would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he also grabbed the overall win in the 45 minute main final some 25 seconds in front of Rayan Medjoubi (JQRacing). Jerome Sartel (TLR) would round out the podium another four seconds down while Jerome Aigoin (Kyosho) and Jeremy Pittet (HB) completed the top 5 result.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

November 6, 2015

Margaritis Sourdos wins North Greece Cup

The North Greece Cup was recently held at the Hobbytech RC track. Margaritis Sourdos (Xray) was the man to beat in the 1/8th nitro class as he easily TQ’d round 1 and 2 to take the overall TQ from Biritzikis (Mugen) and Markos (Agama). In the main final it was again Margaritis who dominated the field by taking the win some two laps ahead of Zois Margaritis (Agama) and Markos who rounded out the podium in second and third respectively.

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November 6, 2015

Tasos Paparegas wins at Greek Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Greek 1/10th Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the Zorri RC track. In the 4WD class the Paparegas brother (both Xray) soon made their intentions clear by coming out fastest in the qualifiers with Tasos grabbing the runner up spot from John in second. Argi (Kyosho) would round out the top 3 after the qualifiers. In the finals it was again Tasos who came out fastest from John with Nicolas Floudas (TLR) completing the podium, coming from the 6 spot on the grid.

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November 5, 2015

Belgian SCT Cup Rd7 – Report

The final round of the Belgian SCT Cup was hosted by the BRCC, the only indoor clay track of the country. Once again the club provided a flawless organisation with a great track, large pits and nice catering. The event attracted a good amount of racers, keeping the yearly trend high. In Pro2 the qualification, Martin Vierin (Team Associated) TQ’d the opening qualifier while Nicolas Evens (TLR) came out fastest in rounds 2 and 3 to take the overall TQ. Philippe Hautecoeur (Team Associated) completed the top 3 ahead of Laurent Halluin (Team Associated) and Patrick Tytgat (Team Associated). In Pro4, Nicolas Evens (TLR) swept all qualification rounds to take the TQ to leave Frank Devos (Tekno) and Frédéric Fontaine (TeamC) battling for the places behind him.

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November 4, 2015

Mike Gosvig wins Danish 1/8th Buggy title

The final round of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Championship was held on the famous “horse hall” track in Bramming. The event attracted not only the fastest Danish drivers but also guests from Germany although these weren’t able to score points for the championship. In the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Mike Gosvig, Peter Harder and Jan D. Jansen had all chances to grab the overall title and despite some receiver battery problems in the opening qualifier, Mike Gosvig took the overall TQ by coming out fastest in the following rounds. Pelle Culmsee would end the qualifiers on the 2 spot followed by Magnus Frandsen. Peter Harder and Jan D. Jansen would end the qualifiers in 4th and 8th place respectively.

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November 4, 2015

Jake Mayo takes double JBRL Electric Series title

The 2015 JBRL Electric Series finale was hosted by Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, CA. The JBRL series runs throughout Southern California and averages about 150-200 entries all year long. Qualifying showed the rest of the racers that Jake Mayo was the one to beat. In the 2WD Modified class, Mayo put his local knowledge of wet-track racing to good use as he TQ’d by being the only driver to go the extra lap. Elsewhere in the Truck Modified class, Mayo had no problem setting the pace for the rest of the field.

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November 4, 2015

Adam Drake TQs & wins at Halloween Fun Race

Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA recently held their Helloween Fun Race and in the 1/8th Expert Nitro Buggy class Mugen’s Adam Drake would take the TQ and win with his Novarossi-powered buggy. One lap down Brian Givens (HB/Novarossi) would come in second in the 20 minute final while Ronda Drake (Mugen/Rex) rounded out the podium in third.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]