The Danish 1/8th buggy nationals took place at the RC Center track in Greeve. After a strong showing at the recent EFRA GP Martin Hansen (Kyosho/Team Orion/AKA) once again excelled as took the win in the nitro buggy and also the E-buggy class. The nitro podium was completed by Oliver Fischer (Kyosho/Team Orion/AKA) and Silas Høgholt (Kyosho/OS/AKA).
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de] | Photo: Oliver Fischer
After winning the 2013 BRCA 4WD buggy national championship early during the penultimate round of the BRCA electric off-road nats Team Associated’s Neil Cragg also brought home this year’s 2WD buggy title. Leading the points coming into the final round in Oswestry Neil had the best chances to make the double and even a TQ and win of TLR’s Darren Bloomfield did not stop the former World Champion from taking home the 2WD honours. In the 4WD class it was Lee Martin who grabbed the TQ and win but as the title was already decided it was only a win for the books.
Photo: RC-Area [rc-area.co.uk]
The first of two races for the German nitro buggy nationals was run at the Oberhausen track in Western Germany. RB’s Daniel Reckward took TQ for the finals with Martin Bayer (Xray) and Carsten Keller (Kyosho) in tow. Marcel Guske (TLR) and Jörn Neumann (Team Durango) completed the top 5. The 40 minute final race was a very close affair for the top 4 drivers who all finished on the same lap. At the end it was Martin Bayer who took the first round of the 2013 German championships 20 seconds in front of Marcel Guske and Daniel Reckward who crossed the finish line some three seconds behind Marcel. Jörn Neumann only was down another six seconds. Hannes Käufler and Tom Wiesner finished one lap down of the top four in fifth and sixth position respectively.
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The 2013 Summer Scorcher was hosted by the legendary Phil Hurd Raceway, the race had about 86 entries and as usual the Score crew put on a great event with tremendous hospitality. The race format for the Summer Scorcher would be three rocket rounds of qualifying and 10 minute A-mains which meant a long day in the Georgia sun and a race that would possibly go into the night. Qualifying in SCT 4×4 and 1/8th E-Buggy was dominated by John Bernard and Travis Dupree and so it was no surprise that John lead the short course A final from start to finish with his Tekno SCT410 with fellow JConcepts driver, Jonathan Paulk finishing second. Travis and John also battled it out in the E-Buggy final and when the leg started Travis checked out and never looked back taking the win from John. In 1/10th Stadium Truck Tim Smith TQ’d and won while Travis Dupree TQ’d and won the 1/8 Pro Nitro Buggy class with Kevin Bullock in 2nd.
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The 2013 East of England BRCA championship climaxed with an epic battle in 4WD last weekend. Both champion and vice champion spots were up for grabs, and John Myall was defending one and vying for the other. A tight qualifying saw a joint TQ from Ben Hubbard and John Myall with both achieving two 1st in rounds. John, a new addition to the X-Factory team, had a choice of 4WD chassis and opted for the Durango DEX410. Going to count back, it was the faster time John set that gave him pole and secured a minimum of vice champion spot. Now it was just between John and Rob York for top spot on the day and subsequently the championship. After three legs of hard fought battles between an evenly matched A-Final group, it was John who took the win and the championship. With over 83 drivers competing in the East of England series, it is now recognised as a championship worth contending.
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Last weekend the Swedish 1/10th electric off-road championships took place in Falun. At first it looked like the race had to be cancelled due to the weather but the rain soon stopped and the club did a very good job to dry and prepare the track for racing. Due to the delay there was no time for practice anymore and qualifying started right away. In the 4WD class Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk scored the only 16 lap run handing him the TQ in this round using Kyosho’s new 4WD prototype buggy. Some three or four heats into the second round the rain started again and brought racing to a halt but it soon cleared up and the race resumed with round number three and four with the latter being again won by David who suffered time keeping problems in round three so TQ’ing the final qualifier was vital for a good starting position.
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The 2013 ROAR 1/10 Electric Off-Road Nationals visited Silver Dollar Raceway in Chico, California to determine the top drivers in North America. Seven classes were scheduled to compete on the hard-packed Silver Dollar surface with a newly installed track configuration designed specifically for this event. Track guru Kevin Jelich designed the layout, which incorporated challenging obstacles and jumps, including several elevation changes, off-camber turns, and varying track widths. It became clear early on that driving skill, setup, tire choice, motor/battery choice, and ESC setup would all play important roles in the final outcome.
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The 3rd round of the popular Victorian Drivers Series was held at the Keilor Club in Melbourne on the 11th August. The Keilor track crew worked hard to get the track ready after a week of heavy rain and come race day, the track was perfect with a groove forming. Over 150 entries were received for this 1 day event making for a long day with full fields in all classes. The modified fields in particular were stacked with 30 entries in both 2WD and 4WD open. With no less than six previous national champions in the field, just making an A-main was going to be tough. JConcepts were well represented headed by Factory driver Ray Munday (JC/AE/Novak/Reedy), Glen Bonetti (JC/AE) Ash Peeler (JC/Kyosho), Glen Bonetti (JC/AE), Leigh Cheeseman (JC/Schumacher), John Watkins (JC/Xray) and Scott Giles (JC/Schumacher) ready to take it to the rest of the field. This included multi-time national champ Matt Griffin (Yokomo), Ben Sterling (Kyosho), touring car ace Ryan Maker (Kyosho), Welsh star Jody Denner (Yokomo), Mark ‘Paris’ Rodgers (AE), Tasmanian Sam Wells and Scott ‘The Hot One’ Rawlings (Yokomo).
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