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June 16, 2015

Joseph Quagraine doubles at Finnish 1/8th Nats Rd1

The first round of the Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Jyrkkälä track in Turku in the two categories of nitro and electric. Before the start of the 45 minute Nitro Buggy main final Joseph Quagraine broke his buggy’s engine due to radio problems and a servo that jammed at full throttle. Having called for a 10 minute delay to fix the problem Joseph and his mechanics rushed into the pits, changed the radio tray and engine, made it back on time, tuned the engine and started the race from the last position. With 7 minutes to go Joseph grabbed the lead and he kept it until the end of the race, handing him the win.

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June 16, 2015

French 1/10th Buggy Nationals Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the French 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held on the astroturf track of Gonfreville l’Orcher next to Le Havre. The finals of the 2WD class were dominated by the three way battle of Ludovic Valtier, Nicolas Risser and Mathieu Briere with the better end for Nicolas Risser (Team C) who grabbed the win from Ludovic Valtier (Team Associated/Red Workshop) and Mathieu Briere (Xray).

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June 15, 2015

Jason Nugroho wins Batam RC Speedway opening race

The Batam RC Speedway grand opening race was held this past weekend with racers from Singapore, Batam Jakarta, Semarang, Kendari and Medan attended the event that was held in the two classes of Pro and Semi Pro Nitro Buggy. The Pro class main final had Jason Nugroho, who only flew in at the morning of the main day, taking the win coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Jason took over the lead around the 25 minute mark and never looked back from that moment on. TQ holder Adrian Wicaksono finished the 45 minute main race in 2nd, John Agus rounded out the top 3 result.

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June 15, 2015

Yardy & Cragg win at BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd4

Eden Park Raceway played host of round 4 of this year’s BRCA 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals this past weekend. In the 2WD class Tom Yardy took the TQ position from Richard Lowe and Simon Moss. Ellis Stafford and Neil Cragg rounded out the top 5 result. The 4WD category saw Ellis Stafford coming on the top spot with Lee Martin and Neil Cragg in tow. Tom Yardy in 4th and Kevin Lee in 5th rounded out the top 5 qualifying result.

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June 15, 2015

Christoffer Svensson takes Swedish 4WD Buggy title

Following Oskar Levin’s 2WD Buggy title Christoffer Svensson has taken the 4WD title during last weekend’s Swedish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals. Hosted by the Höörs RC Klub the 4WD race saw Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk taking the TQ but it was Yokomo driver Christoffer who grabbed the winning honours from David while TLR’s Otto Ausfelt rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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June 14, 2015

Oskar Levin takes Swedish 2WD Buggy title

Oskar Lewin takes Swedish 2WD Buggy title

The Swedish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals were held at the Höörs RC Klubb’ multi-surface track this weekend. In the 2WD class Team C’s Oskar Levin came out successful from Yokomo’s Christoffer Svensson. Otto Ausfelt (TLR) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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June 14, 2015

Cody King doubles at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at the Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, AZ. In the 1/8th Nitro Expert Buggy class Kyosho’s Cody King came out successful from Adam Drake (Mugen) and Mike Truhe (Serpent) and Cody also went on to win the Expert Nitro Truggy main, this time in front of Tekno RC’s Billy Fischer and Team Associated driver Tanner Denney. The 1/8th E-Buggy class saw Mugen’s Adam Drake taking the day’s win from Billy Fischer (Tekno RC) in 2nd and Danny Trevino (Serpent) in 3rd.

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June 13, 2015

Jake Mayo sweeps Pro-Line Mid Summer Shootout

The 5th annual Pro-Line Mid Summer Shootout was held at Coyote Hobbies with the one day event having more than 260 entries. In the Expert Stock 2WD qualifying it was a dogfight for the TQ honors between Brendan Wheatley and Kamryn Ayers. They went back and forth throughout qualifying as Brendan got the TQ in round one only to have it taken by a dominating run by Kamryn in round two. Brendan went on to the Expert Stock Truck class to take the TQ overall with his round one time. In the Modified 2WD division, Cody Turner took the TQ and last but not least was rising star Jake Mayo. He nearly had the TQ in 2WD but was edged out by Turner in the final round of qualifying. That wasn’t the case in the Modified Truck and 4WD divisions though, as he dominated Modified Truck qualifying and went to take the top spot in 4WD Modified with a perfect run in round two.

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