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August 14, 2013

Bayer & Mara win at Czech buggy nationals

The first round of the 2013 Czech 1/10th electric off-road nationals took place at the MK Svitavy club on an 100 percent astro turf track. In the 2WD class Jiri took Xray’s XB2 prototype to TQ honours and went on to win the first round of the nationals by winning two out of three A finals. Radek Flek took the second spot and Martin Bayer completed the podium. In the 4WD class Xray’s Martin Bayer took the pole position and cruised to the overall win by taking the first two A mains. His team mate Jiri Mara came in second while Team Durango’s Kaja Novotny completed the podium.

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August 14, 2013

Scottie Brewer wins at King of the Hill

The 2013 King of the Hill race in White Rock, NM saw FTW’s Scottie Brewer TQ’ing both Nitro Buggy and Truggy and he also qualified 2nd in both 4×4 SCT and E-Buggy. Come the finals he went on to win the Nitro Buggy class in front of Scott Harrell and Carter Altman. In 4×4 SCT Tony Hinojosa won the race followed by Scottie Brewer and Jason Kennedy while in the Truggy class Scottie had a bit of bad luck as he suffered a flame out following a crash when leading most of the race. He still managed to come in third place behind winner Jose Carillo and second placed Mike Cisneros.

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August 12, 2013

ROAR electric off-road nationals – Report

The 2013 ROAR 1/10th electric off-road nationals took place in Chico, California at the Silver Dollar Raceway, the host of this year’s World Championships in a couple of weeks time. The organisers opted to sugar-treat the track’s surface as they did at the Worlds warm-up race earlier this year making it a mid-motor friendly affair. The important 2WD buggy class saw Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Maifield, TLR’s Dakotah Phend and Ty Tessmann, running a Kyosho RB6, battling out the top 4 positions in qualifying. All four scored a TQ but at the end it was Cavalieri who took the pole position from AE team mate Maifield with Phend and Tessmann in tow. In the triple A mains Dakotah, coming from the third spot in the grid shifted to second gear and stole the win in the first two final legs from Ryan Cavalieri handing him the national championship early. With a win in the third A main Ryan C. secured himself the runner-up spot with TLR’s Dustin Evans completing the podium.

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August 12, 2013

BRCA Truggy and E8 nationals Rd5 – Report

Deerdale situated in the heart of the country near Mansfield played host for round 5 of the BRCA Truggy and E8 Buggy championship. The track is reckoned by some to be the best 1/8th scale astro-turf track in the country. It is big, but can catch one out with its technical sections. Normal format resumed with the drivers brief and qualifying starting at 9 o’clock. E8 buggies were first, followed by the truggies. Although the attendance was low the weather turned up for the enjoyable days racing. Some of the top buggy drivers and truggy drivers found out first hand in there first run how the track can bite back at you if you don’t respect it.

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August 11, 2013

TA 5th Annual Gas Championships – Announcement

TA 5th Annual Gas Championships - Announcement

Thunder Alley have announced their 5th Annual Gas Championships held from September 21st to 22nd. With a unique format, which features heads up qualifying, and an all new layout built by SiK Track Design / Levi Jackson, racers can expect lots of track time thanks to the capped 180 racer entry. Open to a multitude of 1/8th offroad classes, sign up is now open with more details here.

August 8, 2013

Carsten Keller wins German 8th E-Buggy nats warm-up

The dirt track of the RCRT Duisburg in the western part of Germany saw a busy weekend with the 4th round of the western division regionals, the 6th round of the Brushless Cup and the German nationals warm-up all being held at one race. Nearly 70 drivers attended to tackle the hard-packed and abrasive high-traction track. Saturday saw an early free practice followed by the first qualifiers that had Mugen driver Chris Kammann dominating the field with Carsten Keller and Chris Hahlen in tow. The finals were run according the to the national rules with a runtime of 15 minutes. The semifinal B went to Carsten Keller while Chris Kammann successfully ended the semifinal A who also took pole for the 15 minute A-final. Unfortunately Chris had to retire some minutes into the final leg with a broken bearing. This made way for Kyosho’s Carsten Keller who controlled the proceedings and eventually won the race in front of Chris Hahlen (Mugen) and Oeter Schulte-Batenbrock (Mugen).

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August 8, 2013

Super Cup Championship Series Rd1 – Report

The Fall session of the JConcepts Super Cup started off with a bang on Saturday August 3rd at Space Coast RC in Cocoa FL. Shiverville Raceway was the original scheduled host for this race but with three weeks of rain taking a toll on the track, SCRC was asked to help out with a quick location change and only one week to prepare. SCRC Track owner, Angel Echevarri accepted the race and had the track ready for the 195 entries that began to arrive on Friday afternoon.

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August 8, 2013

Neil Cragg secures 2013 BRCA 4WD buggy title

A win at the recent BRCA 1/10th off-road nationals in Stotfold secures Team Associated’s Neil Cragg the early win of the 2013 BRCA 4WD buggy title with one round remaining. Neil has scored maximum points in three rounds so far and can complete his 17th BRCA National Championship with a perfect score at Oswestry in the final round. Leading the points in the 2WD category entering the final round, Neil is in the driver’s seat to capture his second title this year.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]