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July 22, 2015

Lee Martin doubles at BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd5

Round five of the BRCA 1/18th Buggy National Championship was held at Titchfield Off Road Club Hampshire this past weekend. The new track layout was long and very fast and with the incorporated jump sections, certainly another different great test for the competitors. The weekend started off with 2WD on Saturday and it was Neil Cragg who put his Team Associated buggy on pole position for the triple A-finals. Yokomo’s Lee Martin and Tom Cockerill came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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July 22, 2015

Alex Schlatterer wins Nitro Fish Fun Race

The Nitro Fish Fun Race was held the multi surface track of the MAC Brombachsee in Germany. In the Nitro Buggy main final Alex Schlatterer (Xray) took the win from Xray teammate Andreas Heublein while Thorsten Geißler (Mugen) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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July 22, 2015

2015 Summer Scorcher – Report

Last weekend drivers from all over the Southeast headed down to Savannah, GA to one of the oldest tracks in the country, Phil Hurd Raceway, for the annual Summer Scorcher. With a little over 160 entries in several nitro and electric classes, it was shaping up to be a great event with a very fitting name. With the temperature reaching 97 degrees and a heat index of 103, it was hot.

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July 21, 2015

Jarno Pijpers successful at Dutch Buggy Cup Rd5

The recent fifth round of the Dutch Buggy Cup saw an early end due to heavy rain pouring down on race day. The weekend started off with nice weather on Saturday but rain on Sunday only allowed for two qualification rounds until the organisers had to call it a day. This meant the results of the qualifiers had to be taken to announce the winner and so the victory went to Jarno Pijpers (Xray/FX) form Anno Storm (JQ/O.S.) and Kevin Cornelis (Xray/FX).

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July 21, 2015

Ricardo Monteiro wins at Portuguese Buggy Nats Rd4

Round 4 of this year’s Portuguese 1/8th Buggy Nationals saw Ricardo Monteiro taking the win from Carlos Duraes. Goncalo Melo rounded out the top 3 result while Ricardo is currently leading the national series from Carlos with one round to go, taking the championship decision to the final race.

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July 20, 2015

Maifield & Cavalieri dominate HRH Shootout

The annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout was held in Saugus, California this past weekend. Qualifying was affected by rain and so only two out of two rounds would count, handing Jared Tebo the TQ in the premier class of 2WD Modified. Ryan Maifield took the pole position for the triple A-mains in the 4WD Modified Buggy class while Ryan Cavalieri dominated the 2WD Modified Truck classes by ending the qualifiers on top of the result sheets in 2WD Modified Truck and 2WD Modified Short Course. In the 2WD Mod Buggy A-mains Ryan Maifield (TLR) would come out successful winning A-main 1 and A-main 2 in style. TQ Jared Tebo (Kyosho) had a mixed mains and finished in 3rd overall while Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri grabbed the runner-up spot.

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July 15, 2015

Nico Risser doubles at French Electric Buggy Nats Rd5

The final round of the French Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the chalk track of La Ville Aux Dames near Tours. The race was a challenge for every driver as the French federation selected new hand out tyres only days before the event. In the 4WD class Team C’s Nico Risser took the TQ and the win from Floran Jadot (Team C) and Alex Bauguier (Team Durango). Nico then also went on to TQ and win the 2WD class although he had to defend the position against Ludovic Valtier (Team Associated) who ended the race in 2nd spot. In 3rd Alex Desbrosses (Team C) completed the podium result.

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July 15, 2015

King & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd4

Round four of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Series was hosted by Revelation Raceway with around 180 entries and the usual mixture of World-class drivers and local talent. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class Kyosho’s Cody King came out successful to take a back-to-back win. Team Associated’s Kody Numedahl finished on the runner-up spot while JQRacing’s Jeremy Kortz rounded out the top 3 result.

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