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September 28, 2015

Jiri Mara crowned Czech National Nitro Buggy Champ

The final round of the Czech National 1/8th Off-road Championship was held this past weekend at the Horni Jeleni tack. In the Nitro Buggy class Serpent’s Jiri Mara made a clean sweep by taking the TQ after the qualifiers and winning the 30 minute main final in front of Max Gotzl (Xray) in second and Kaja Novotny (Team Durango) in third. The win also handed Jiri the overall championship title from Kaja on the runner-up spot and Max, who rounded out the podium in third place.

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September 25, 2015

Patrick Hofer takes Swiss 1/8th Buggy title

The final round of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Courgenay Jura, Switzerland with 120 drivers in attendance. The multi surface track made for some spectacular racing with the championship being still open until the final round. Both Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) and Jeremy Pittet (HB) had a change to grab the title and the fight was on right from the first qualifier. Beside Jeremy and Patrick also Ronny Lüber (Team Associated) was in the mix for the day’s win. At the end Patrick put his car on the pole position for the finals followed by Ronny and Jeremy. At the start of the 45-minute A-main Patrick jumped into the lead followed by Jeremy and Ronny. In the closing stages Jeremy attacked Patrick who decided to bring home a secure second place which was enough to win him the overall title from Jeremy. Behind Jeremy and Patrick David Naldini (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result. In the overall championship Ronny Lüber came in third behind Patrick and Jeremy.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

September 25, 2015

Alex Kosciuszek & Jason Ruona win at 2015 VONATS

With a little Bon Jovi playing in the background, racers gathered at Wolcott Hobbies in Waterbury, CT, for the annual Vintage Off-Road Nationals. Organized by enthusiast Erich Reichert, the event draws racers from as far as Sweden each year to battle the 2-day event with a favorite car from years past or that freshly built unique retro build. Wolcott Hobbies built a friendly layout and allowed the surface to dry in order to level the playing field and create an experience that included a little sliding where the drivers could push the limits of the older models. A wide range of vehicles makes and models were in attendance and included but not limited to Tamiya, Kyosho, Team Associated, Traxxas and Team Losi. While everyone had their favorite, it seemed the 2WD buggy, truck and 4WD classes were among the most popular.

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September 25, 2015

2015/16 Mibosport Cup Winter Series – Announcement

The 2015/16 season of the popular Mibosport Cup Winter Series will kick off on the weekend of the 31st of October in Hrotovice, host of the opening round of the 2015/16 ETS. Attracting 400 drivers in total including the likes of Ronald Völker, Marc Rheinard, Tom Cockerill, Yannic Prümper, Michal Orlowski, Martin Bayer and Hupo Hönigl last year’s series was great success. This year the series is run in the six classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock LRP, Formula, 1/12th scale as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy and the rules will see some modifications as the Modified Touring class will now use mandatory Volante tyres while the off-road drivers have to use Schumacher tyres. Also new for the season is the carpet, with the on-road races will be run on black ETS carpet while the off-road track is laid out with the same carpet as used at the opening round of the 2015/16 EOS. More information can be found here.

September 24, 2015

Gary Baird takes 2015 Irish 1/8th Off-road Champs

The final round of the Irish 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held on the astro turf track in Navan. The usual weather playing games had the drivers need sun cream for the Saturday and a wet suit for the Sunday. Qualifying was mixed for a lot of drivers. The new astro they laid in Navan had plenty of gaps in it that randomly spun your car, but also rubber balls instead of sand, so it smelt delightfully of melting rubber. The man on a mission Alan Scroggie took TQ with pretty impressive runs. Andrew McClean would line up 2nd looking very controlled and starting to give the older drivers a lot to think about while Gary Baird would line up 4th and Barkley 6th. Three of these drivers were separated only by 2 points in the overall championship.

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September 24, 2015

Jarred King takes NSW 4WD Buggy State Title

The 2015 NSW Electric Off-road State Championships were held in the usually hot and sunny Maitland although the weather was very different this time around. Saturday started off with a dry and slippery track but overnight downpour mixed things up for Sunday’s race day. Racing didn’t got underway till lunchtime but then another healthy downpour stopped racing until around 2 pm. The organisers decided to reduce qualifying to three rounds and the finals to two legs meaning the fastest time would win the title. Q1 of the 1/10th 4WD class saw Mitchell Steer coming out fastest from Jarred King, and also Q2 would see Mitchell coming out fastest meaning an early overall TQ for him. Behind Steer, the race was on for the 2 spot on the grid between Jarred King and multi-national champion Josh Pain. At the end Josh grabbed the round TQ in Q3 to take the runner-up spot after the qualifiers from Jarred.

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September 24, 2015

Italian 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The Italian AMSCI 1/8th off-road national championship recently concluded with the running of the fourth and final round. Held at the Rome Cross Village track, more than 80 drivers competed on the three nitro categories of Expert, F1 and F2 and the event also saw the single round Electric Brushless Championship to be held. In the Expert category Davide Ongaro took the win from tone to tone in the 45 minute final. Behind him Marco Natale, Davide Tortoricci, Alessandro Stocco and Fabrizio Teghesi battled for the remaining podium spots with the positions changing constantly. At the end Marco held the upper hand by taking the runner up spot one lap down on Davide Ongaro, leaving Davide Tortoricci behind by only around 0.5 seconds. Alessandro ended the final some 3.5 seconds short of Davide in fourth, Fabrizo rounded out the top 5 in the same lap as the second to fourth placed drivers, making for an entertaining season finale.

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September 23, 2015

Hinz wraps up double PL Indoor Champs victory

The Pro-Line Indoor Championships race was recently held at Warehouse3. Friday started out as all-day practice, with everyone trying to find the hot setup. On Saturday the track opened for three rounds of qualifying with rocket round times. About halfway through the 18-heat program was Mod 4WD Buggy. Tommy Hinz set the TQ time to beat by over 15 seconds. Up next was 2WD. Hinz again had the TQ run by 4 seconds over teammate Ashe Deering. In the second round, Hinz again TQd 4WD. However, 2WD racing got a bit closer. Deering was in the first heat and had a good run going the extra lap. Hinz followed him to go the extra lap and take TQ back over by half a second. Sunday was the triple A-mains and Hinz would win A1 and A2, wrapping up the win for both 2WD and 4WD classes.

View the 4WD podium here