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May 26, 2015

Malin Karlsen wins at Grenland Cup Rd2

The second round of the Norwegian Grenland Cup was held in Skien over the weekend. Different from round 1 the race saw the introduction of a control tyre and everyone was keep to get some laps under their belts in practice to get used to the new tyres. In the qualifiers it was again Marlin Karlsen (Xray) who came out fastest by winning the first two rounds to take the overall TQ for the triple 12-minute A-mains. The finals then saw Malin taking comfortable wins with the only 21-lap runs of the day. Erik Fink (Mugen) came in 2nd while Petter Strand (Mugen) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 25, 2015

Rakasiwi wins Indonesian National Buggy Champs Rd2

The WillSon Track in Bali played host for the 2nd round of the Indonesian National Buggy Championship that attracted drivers from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Jogjakarta, Medan, Balikpapan, Kendari and Bali. The race format was 6 rounds of 7 minutes qualifiers with the 4 best rounds to count followed by bump-up finals. Jason Nugroho took the TQ after the qualifiers and he then won the semifinal A to take the pole position for the 60 minute main final in which he could maintain the lead thanks to a good start. Around the 20 minute mark Jason noticed that both rear tyres on his buggy started to unglue from the wheel and he had to decide to change the tyres and to loose time in the pits or to take the risk and to drive to the end with a somewhat unpredictable car. At the end he decided to stay on the damaged tyres and thanks to a clever drive he still finished in 2nd place some 0.5 seconds behind winner Reza Rakasiwi. Indra Liono finished the race in 3rd to complete the podium.

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May 25, 2015

Robert Batlle wins Spanish Nitro Buggy Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend in Ripoll. Mugen’s Robert Batlle took the TQ during Saturday’s qualifiers from Borja Hernandez (Mugen) who was some 6 seconds behind in 2nd place. Oscar Baldo (Mugen) rounded out the top 3 result after the qualifiers. In Saturday’s main final Robert again showed a World-class performance by winning the 45 minute encounter by 2 laps. Behind him, the race was on for the runner-up spot with the 2nd to 7th placed drivers all finishing on the same lap. Ultimately the runner-up spot went to Jaume Figuls (Mugen) who secured the 2nd place only 0.5 seconds in front of Daniel Bernabe (SOAR). Another 1.3 seconds down Juan Carlos Canas (HoBao) completed the top 4 result.

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May 25, 2015

Martin Bayer doubles at Czech 1/8th Off-road Nats Rd1

The first round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held this past weekend at the track of Horni Jeleni. The weather forecast did not look too promising but fortunately the race would take place in dry conditions. New for this year is an updated race format with the Nationals being 1-day events and with the best two drivers after qualifying would directly proceed into the main finals. In the 30 minute main final of the Nitro Buggy class Martin Bayer took the win from Jiri Mara and Jan Zamis.

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May 24, 2015

Yannick Aigoin takes French Nitro Buggy Champs Rd3

The third round of the French Nitro Buggy Championship was held this weekend at the track of Belfort. The 45 minute main final saw a terrific battle between Yannick Aigoin (Xray) and Renaud Savoya (HB) for pretty much the whole time with the better end for Yannick who won the main one lap ahead of Renaud. Jerome Sartel (TLR) rounded out the podium another lap down.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

May 22, 2015

Danny Bartholomew doubles at Midwest RC Tour Rd2

Round 2 of the Midwest RC Tour was held at Thunder Road Hobbies in E. Moline, IL. A pretty bleak forecast hurt the entry count a little but still had 90 entries spread across Nitro Truggy, E-Buggy and Nitro Buggy. The layout was pretty straight forward with a couple of critical timing jumps. Qualifying was really close but as the 2nd round of qualifying came around the Sun broke thru and the track started changing drastically.

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May 21, 2015

Bart Mullink wins at Dutch Buggy Cup

Round two of the Dutch Buggy Cup saw Bart Mullink (Agama) walking away with the day’s win from Jordi Velder. 3rd placed Jarno Pijpers (Xray) had a nice fight with team mate Sander van Genechten whom he was able to pass with only a couple of minutes to go. Behind Sander, Jasper van Duppen (Serpent) rounded out the top 5 result.

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May 21, 2015

Slovakia Cup Rd5 – Report

The 5th round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the World-renown Hudy Racing Arena in six different electric on-road and off-road classes. In the Touring Car Modified category Martin Hudy set the pace in front of David Nemcek who fought with Oliver Havranek for the 2nd place. The A-mains then were a pretty easy affair for Martin who brought home the win on his home track in front of David and Oliver.

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