The Portuguese 1/8th buggy nationals round 5 were held at the Ortigosa track and with the championship being in its closing stages this was going to be an important race for some of the drivers. At the end of a challenging final it was TLR’s Miguel Matias who took the winning honours in front of teammate Ricardo Monteiro and Xray’s Bruno Coelho. Carlos Duraes came in fourth with Nuno Rebelo rounding out the top 5.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The annual 1/8th off-road Nordic Championships were held in sunny and hot Finland. This year the race was more international than normal with drivers from Finland and Sweden, but also Estonia, France, Italy and Germany. The race was incredibly close, with the fastest drivers being Joseph Quagraine, Ari Heinonen and Teemu Leino. In qualifying all but one round was decided with mere tenths of a second, often with all three drivers separated with less than 1 second after the 5 minute qualifying rounds. In the end Joseph Quagraine managed to TQ from Ari in 2nd and Teemu in 3rd. Throughout qualifying the top Swedish drivers, Christoffer Svensson and Andreas Edvinsson found their speed, and were looking stronger for the mains.
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Another round of JBRL is in the books, and it was a good weekend for Kyosho/Reds’ Cody King. He would get the critical TQ point in the buggy class, and win both truggy and buggy main events. The truggy class win allowed Cody to make up some ground on TLR/Novarossi’s Adam Drake in that class, and put more distance between himself and the rest of the field in the buggy class. Cody has won the expert buggy final in each of the four rounds he has attended, and also collected some TQ points. This gives him firm control of the buggy class after 5 of the 8 rounds have been completed.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
The fourth round of the Belgian SCT Cup took place in the city of Enghien as part of a modelling fair. The temporary track was build in front of the Enghien castle and made with the support of MCM Racing, MC-Events and the city of Enghien. The race, directed by Jean-Paul Voumard and Edouard-Benoît Michez, attracted a lot of visitors who enjoyed the show. Nearly 40 drivers attended in the 2WD and 4WD class with the rear wheel class especially attracting younger drivers. In 2WD qualification, Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT) TQ’ed all rounds followed by Philippe Hautecoeur, Martin Vierin and Cédric Vandeginste, all running AE SC10’s, and all of which ended up equal on points after qualification. Jean-François Renard (TLR 22SCT) rounded out the top 5, trying to find the speed on this track after his win in Merchtem.
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The Russian 1/8th off-road championships were held at the Raduga Raceway in 1/8th nitro and electric buggy. The track saw a major make-over in Spring and is considered to be one of the best locations in Russia today. In the 1/8th nitro buggy class the TQ went to Nikita Pomogayev who won the nationals in 2011 and 2012 but at the end it was Dmitry Gribov who profited of a last lap accident between current champion Nikita and Igor Waltsifer. The podium was completed by David Ishkhanyan.
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This past weekend the 2013 ROAR electric 1/8th Off-Road and Short Course nationals took place in Oakland Mills, Pennsylvania at the LCRC Raceway. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class Team Losi Racing’s Dakotah Phend took TQ with the new TLR 8ight 3.0 buggy and he also brought home the win after taking A-main number two and three. Leg one winner Ryan Lutz (Team Durango) took the runner-up spot with Austin Blair completing the podium.
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The fifth annual running of the Summer Showdown was at Clark RC Park just outside of Reeseville, WI. Running the show and on the microphone once again was the one and only Scotty Ernst, who ran a flawless program. The combination of a well groomed track and perfect weather all day made for great racing from qualifying to the A-Main. Qualifying was close and many TQ’s were set in the final round. 1/10 2wd Buggy saw Cole Tollard put on a display of amazing driving with his Associated buggy and take the TQ as the only driver to get a 9 lap run in the class. The main was not much different with Cole out pacing the field to take home the win. 2nd place would go to Michael Meister and 3rd place would be Ted Schmidt.
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JConcepts announce the 2013 Southwest Indoor Grand Prix for the weekend of the 20th of October. The 10th Annual event held at the famous Competition Hobbies track in Tucson, AZ, will feature the very best indoor off-road racing in the Southwest, drawing from a deep pool of Arizona, California and national drivers coming in to wage battle. Racers will compete on a freshly built layout at the direction of Richard “Zippy” Lake on the grippy, smooth indoor surface. The race will be held in several 1/10th 2WD, 4WD and Short Course classes and will see the attendance of World-class drivers like Ryan Maifield, Dustin Evans, Brian Kinwald and more. Find more information very soon on JConcept’s website and sign up for the race here.
