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September 15, 2015

Nico Risser doubles at French National Cup

The French National Cup was held this past weekend at the very technical Gargenville track near Paris. The weather, with some heavy rain on Sunday, was not great at all but thanks to the tremendous work done by the club Sunday’s finals would go ahead despite a delay to dry and clean the track. In the finals of the 2WD Buggy class Nico Risser (Team C) took the win from Olivier de Montfumat (Schumacher) in second and Ludovic Valtier (Team Associated) in third. Nico then also swept the 4WD finals by coming out successful again from Olivier de Montfumat (Schumacher) in second. Julian Ferrandis (Xray) would round out the top 3 result.

View the 4WD podium here

September 14, 2015

Hupo Hönigl sweeps Austrian 1/10th Buggy Nationals

The final round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held at the MRC Oberaich track over the weekend. The track also played host for a round of the 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals so both the track and the jumps were a bit bigger than usual although this did not create huge problems for the drivers. In the 2WD class Serpent’s Hupo Hönigl came out fastest after the qualifiers to take the fourth TQ in a row in this class. In the finals Hupo again made a clean sweep to grab the overall win early and with it the championship title. Peter Pinisch (Schumacher) came in second, Stefan Pfeifhofer rounded out the top 3 result.

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September 11, 2015

Jörn Neumann returns to Power Save Racing

Power Save Racing from Germany have announced the signing of Serpent’s Jörn Neumann to their team. Jörn was supported by P-S-R in the earlier stages of his career and he now returned to the company to run their line of accessories such as air filters, ball bearings and Revolution fluids in his 1/8th and 1/10th rides.

Source: P-S-R [power-save-racing.de]

September 10, 2015

Jost wins Rd6 as Mullink takes Dutch BL-Cup title

Jost wins Rd6 as Mullik takes Dutch BL-Cup title

The 6th and final round of the Dutch BL-Cup was again held at the Euregio circuit in Hengelo, this time as a combined event with the German BL-Cup, raising the number of entries and making for good competition. The Euregio track pleased the drivers with a new feature called the Carrera twister which was a nice addition. After the qualifiers Bart grabbed the TQ followed by runner-up Lucas Jost. In the semifinals it was again Bart who came out fastest to put his buggy on the pole position for the main final. Right from the start Bart was leading the pack but he wasn’t able to pull away and so he was closely followed by Lucas who in turn had to defend himself. On lap 3 the leader made a mistake and he fell back to 5th place and Bart managed to get back into the 3 spot only to retire later due to a problem on his buggy. Up front Lucas managed to retain the lead and to take the win from Sascha Gehring and Anne Strom in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Overall and despite the DNF Bart Mullink took the 2015 Dutch BL-Cup title.

Thanks to Oscar Koot for the report.

September 10, 2015

Jiri Mara wins Czech Open Masters Rd8

Round 8 of the Czech Open Masters was held in Mladá Boleslav at the PTS Tabornik club’s nicely prepared and partly refurbished track. In the main final Jiri Mara (Serpent) came out successful from Max Götzel (Xray) and Team Durango driver Karel Novotny.

View the final result here

September 9, 2015

McBride & Tessmann win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd6

Round six of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Series was held at RC Tracks of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Australia’s Kyle McBride (Team Associated) would take the win in the Expert Buggy class from Kyle Johnson (Mugen) in second and Ty Tessmann (HB) in third. Kyle would then also come out successful in the Expert Truggy main, beating Kyosho’s Cody King and Mugen’s Adam Drake. Elsewhere in the 1/8th Electric class Ty Tessmann grabbed the day’s win from the Mugen duo of Adam Drake and Steve Harris.

View the Truggy and E-Buggy podium here

September 9, 2015

Gary Baird doubles at Irish Nationals Rd3

Due to weather conditions early on in the year round 3 of the Irish 1/8th Off-road Nationals had been washed out so the rerun filled the reserve date. The weather was quiet a different story this time with 20 degree Celsius and the sun blazing over the CRCCC’s very fast and flowing European style track where any small mistakes punish big time. Qualification was nip and tuck with four drivers swapping places, Gary Baird, Alan Scroggie, Barkley Abernethy and Andrew McClean. Ultimately Scroggie was to take TQ on a tie by 1 second on the final run.

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September 9, 2015

Belgian SCT Cup Rd5 – Report

Belgian SCT Cup Rd5 - Report

The MBV Kampenhout played host for the fifth round of the Belgian SCT Cup on their fun yet selective astro turf track. The day started off wet and slippery and the track would stay like this until the fourth qualifying round. In the Pro2 class, Laurent Halluin (Team Associated) would take three of the four qualifiers to grab the overall TQ with the only 12 laps run. Runner-up Nicolas Evens (TLR) scored one round TQ and two second places to obtain the 2 spot on the grid in front of Tom Pierard (TLR) who completed the top 3 result.

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