The Mugen Days Eisenach 2015 were held at the RC Racing Club Eisenach track in central Germany over the weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Daniel Reckward took the win in the 30 minute final from Sebastian Winterstein in 2nd. Nicolai Oswald in 3rd rounded out the podium.
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Round five of the Alpencup was held at the Dielsdorf track. In the 4WD Short Course class Intech’s Tamar Schäfer took the win in front of team mate Christoph Schefer while Manni Guhl (Team Durango) rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Intech [intechracing.com]
Round four of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club this past weekend. Unfortunately the British weather played havoc this weekend with over 80mm of rain on Friday into Saturday. The HNMC cleared the track at 6am Saturday morning and the first round of qualifying was damp and it even turned into a dry track by round 2. At the end rounds 1 and 2 were TQed by Boots, round 3 was a tie between Boots and Cragg, round 4 went to Darren Bloomfield and round 5 to Kevin Brunsden. There was uncertainty about the weather on Sunday morning and rain set in at about 10:30 am but as it became heavier the event was stopped and after a delay the event was taken on qualifying handing Elliot Boots the win from 2nd placed Darren Bloomfield and Jack Embling in 3rd.
Thanks to James Thompson for the report.
Round 2 of the Swedish National 1/10th Buggy Series was held at the Skarpnäck astroturf track just outside of Stockholm. The 2WD class was run on Saturday and just in time for the practice heats rain started to fall. The organisers decided to postpone the start and thus only two 7-minute heats of practice would be held on a still wet track. After the four qualifiers local driver Niclas Mansson (Team Associated) took the TQ from young Malin Karlsen (Xray). In the triple A-mains Niclas would win A1 and A2 to grab the overall win early while Malin took the win in A3 to snatch the runner-up spot. Wilhelm Skjoldebrand (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3 result.
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The Reedy Outdoor Off-Road Championships will be held from the 20th to 22nd of November at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. Featuring a watered track surface, this event brings back major off-road racing as it began with roost and pin tires. With classes for every skill level, racers are assured a unique experience and professionally run event from the JBRL and Reedy Race staff. Contact details and the entry form can be found here.
The opening round of the Greek Xray Off-road Challenge was held at the Fanatix racing track. The schedule was pretty unusual for a nitro race with four qualifier and triple mains and at the end it was Geogre Vasiliadis (Xray) who took the win from George Abdel (Xray) and Dokos Panos (Xray) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
JConcepts has announced that Malin Karlsen has joined their world-wide race team. Malin, a Norway native who just celebrated her 10th birthday, specializes in 1/10th and 1/8th off-road but really enjoys the fast paced circuits of astro-Turf and carpet. The recent winner of the 2015 Swedish 1/10 4WD National Series has already received high praise and accolades in Sweden where she routinely takes the top step on the podium in her favorite racing class. While attending the 1/8th European Championships in Sacile, Italy, Malin received an award from EFRA acknowledging achievement. JConcepts looks forward to working with Malin and father/mechanic Bent toward future racing goals while representing a host of proud sponsors. Malin and Bent state:
We are extremely happy to be given this opportunity to represent the JConcepts world-wide race team. We are confident that the support provided from such an accomplished manufacturer as JConcepts will be invaluable in Malin reaching her goals. We look forward to be working with the JConcepts racing team and would like to thank Jason and Allison for this opportunity.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Revolution Design Racing Products have announced the signing of Germany’s Kim Einert to their factory team. The 18-years old girl is a steady performer both nationally and internationally and she will be attending various 1/8th Nitro Buggy, 1/8th E-Buggy and 1/10th Buggy races this year using RDRP tools and accessories to prepare her rides.
Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]
