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September 15, 2015

Jörn Neumann snatches another German Nats title

This year’s German 1/10th scale 4WD Electro Off-road Nationals were held at the iconic MAC Burgdorf track near Hanover. Saturday started off with good weather, three practice rounds and the first qualifiers and it was the triple of Björn Prümper, Jörn Neumann and Tom Maquel that battled for the TQ spot. Overnight rain made the astro turf track slippery and the drivers had to adjust their buggy’s setup for the remaining two qualifiers and the finals. At the end Björn took the pole position for the triple A-mains from Jörn who in turn made a clean sweep in the finals by winning A1 and A2 to take the overall title early. Tom Maquel came in second while Luca Rau rounded out the top 3 result in the 4WD Buggy class.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 15, 2015

Jason Nugroho wins at Bali Fun Race

The Bali Fun Race was held at the dusty and medium-grip Willson Track in Denpasar, Bali. After the triple qualifiers Jason Nugroho (Xray) took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he would start from the 1 spot into the main final. A bit of traffic let Jason fall back in the early stages of the A-main but he was able to get back into the lead around the 5 minute mark and he would be able to retain the top spot till the end to take the win in the 60-minute final from Dimas Soenarto (Kyosho) and track owner Willy Santana (Xray), who came from 9th on the grid.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 15, 2015

Jake Mayo doubles at JBRL Electric Series Rd7

Round 7 of this year’s JBRL Electric Series was held at Rainman’s Hobby & Raceway in Bakersfield, California. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Jake Mayo came out successful in front of runner-up Kevin Motter. Shawn Blackwell Sr. would round out the podium in third place.

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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.

Continue reading the report here

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