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August 30, 2010

Yannick Aigoin wins Coupe de France

This year’s Coupe de France 1/8th buggy race was held in Viglain, south of Paris, close to Orléans. European Championship top qualifier Yannick Aigoin was to sit on the TQ spot following qualifying and he would carry forward that speed to the semi finals, to line up on pole position for the main final. In the 45 minute final Losi race Yannick would cruise to victory by 3 laps at the end from brother Jerome Aigoin with his Kyosho, with Julien Lattanzio driving a Mugen taking 3rd spot some seconds further back.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

August 29, 2010

Naoto Matsukura does Japanese EP buggy double

The other big electric buggy race being run this week was the JMRCA Japanese nationals, held at the Yatabe Arena indoor track. The race was open to both 2wd and 4wd and in the 2wd class it was Keisuke Enomoto that took the pole position ahead of multiple National buggy champion and 2-time World 1/12th scale Champion Naoto Matsukura. In the 4wd class it was Naoto up front with Hirosho Akimoto in 2nd spot. In the 2wd finals it was a close battle at the sharp end with Enomoto taking the win in the first main, but in leg 2 it was Naoto that took the win, setting up a show down in the final leg. This again went to Naoto, who took the overall title from Enomoto in 2nd and Hirosho Akimoto in 3rd spot. In the 4wd finals it was more straight forward with Naoto Matsukura winning the first 2 legs to clinch the 4wd title, while Hirosho Akimoto won the final leg to secure 2nd with Shin Sugiura finishing in 3rd spot.

Source: Yatabe Arena [ameblo.jp/yatabe-arena]

August 29, 2010

Lee Martin wins 4wd to take Euros double

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Having won the 2wd class at the EFRA European electric buggy championships in Vienna, Austria earlier in the week, the Tamiya Speed Passion driver carried that form through to the 4wd event. Winning all heats and finals, the current British National Champion stamped his authority on the event, winning ahead of Joern Neumann in 2nd and last year’s Champion Marc Rheinard in 3rd.

Source: EFRA [efra.ws]

August 26, 2010

Jared Tebo & Ryan Cavalieri win big at ROAR Nats

Team Orion are reporting from the 2010 ROAR Electric Modified Off-Road Nationals that were held last weekend in Joliet, IL. at Leisure Hours Raceway. This was the same facility and track where the 2009 ROAR Nitro Off-Road Nationals were held. The track was shorted by length and depth to better fit the 1/10 scale vehicles. The track layout was very technical with many hi-speed sections and challenging jumps. This years event brought over 300 total entries from the Nations best drivers. The race format went as follows: Wednesday and Thursday was practice. Friday and Saturday was 2 rounds of qualifying each day. Sunday would be only the Main Events with all the A-Mains running Triples.

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August 26, 2010

Drake makes it 4 from 4 at Monster Energy Series

This past weekend saw the final round of the Monster Energy Series run at Revelation Raceway. The series consisted of four rounds with three of them counting. Adam Drake set the TQ in both rounds of qualifying in the 1/8th buggy class with his Novarossi power Losi 8ight 2.0 buggy. Mugen racer Colby Poh was second on the grid, followed by Matt Schreffler also with a Novarossi powered Losi 8ight 2.0. In the final, Adam got a clean start and pulled away from the rest of the field winning the twenty-five minute final by almost two laps over Colby Poh and Drew Moller. Adam TQ’ed and won all four round of the series.

August 25, 2010

Drew Moller wins JBRL Rd5 1/8th Electric & Pro Buggy

Another round of JBRL in the books and another Tekno RC victory in the 1/8th Electric Buggy class. Drew Moller was unstoppable this round at the familiar Thunder Alley Raceway. He took the win in 1/8th Electric with his Tekno RC equipped Mugen MBX6 electric buggy. As usual, Castle Creations put down the power without a flinch. This put Drew back on top of the points race and he is now poised for a repeat of his overall victory from last year. Not only did Drew win in Electric this round, Drew also took his nitro Mugen MBX6 buggy and beat a group of world-class pros to take the victory in the hotly contested Pro 1/8th Nitro Buggy class.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com] / Image: Neo Buggy

August 19, 2010

Derek McCloskey joins Serpent off road team

Team Serpent Ireland are delighted to announce the signing of Derek McCloskey to head their efforts in the Irish 1:8 Off Road competition scene using the new Cobra S811. A multiple champion in electric 1:10 Off Road, the experienced off and onroad racer will debut the buggy this weekend at the penultimate round of the Irish National Championships at the BADMCC track in Northern Ireland as part of his preparations for a full 2011 season campaign. Having tested the buggy at the astro turf Navan Nitro track, which hosts the sixth & final round of this year’s Championship on September 5th, McCloskey was very complimentary of the new Serpent off road entry and is looking forward to getting up to full speed with the Billy Easton creation. Joining Serpent, McCloskey will run Mega engines and use Merlin fuel.

Source: Hobbies Ireland [hobbiesireland.ie]

August 17, 2010

Honigl crowned Champion with Rd4 win in Austria

The fourth round of the Austrian electric buggy Nationals was held in Litschau, another beautiful track in the north of the country. This time there was 75 entries, a little bit less then normal, but this could have been due to the very bad weather forecast, which in the end was wrong and the racers were treated to blue sky and about 28°C on Sunday. The track went from very slick to a blue groove high traction track which was very good fun to drive. Qualifying saw Roland Macho, driving a Durango, and Hupo Honigl battling most of the time for the win, but the last round was won by Rene Trauner, another fast Durango driver. Hupo took the TQ in front of 3 other DEX410s with 7 in the top 10.

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