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May 27, 2019

Wurst & Goebel win at West German IC Track regionals

The AMC Hamm club held round 2 of the West German Nitro On-road regionals this past weekend. The qualifiers of the faster 1/8th IC Track class 1 were dominated by Mugen’s Christian Wurst who took the overall TQ with a lap margin from Karl-Heinz Meister in the 2 spot. In the main final Christian lead the field from the start until the end and took the win a lap in front of Emil Kostadinov and Daniel Toennessen in 2nd and 3rd respectively, making it an all-Mugen podium.

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May 27, 2019

Mauritian RLMC/MMC Championships Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Mauritian RLMC/MMC Championships was held this past weekend in several on-road classes. In 1/10th 10.5T Boosted it was Jovanni Appasamy with the win from Christophe Cazin in 2nd and Clarel Lacour on the 3 spot. The 1/8th Brushless Open class would see Clarel Lacour taking the win from Jovanni Appasamy on the runner-up spot while Mosheen Casseem rounded out the top 3 results. Finally in 1/8th Brushless Promo Vansh Anjaheb came out on top as Matteo Maka and Vishal Anjaheb came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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May 27, 2019

Davide Ongaro wins Buggy Euros warm-up

In a weekend that saw many high-class (warm-up) races it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro who would take the win at the EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championship warm-up held at the Ongaro Ring in Sacile, Italy. Xray’s Marco Baruffolo also looked like he would be in the mix for the win in the main final, however he was hampered by flame-out issues. Up front and behind Ongaro it was the duo of Mugen’s Robert Batlle and HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk who fought for the runner-up spot with the better end for David who took benefit of a last-minute situation Robert had with a back marker. Ultimately David would come in 2nd a lap down on Davide as Robert had to settle for 3rd, some seven seconds behind on David. TLR’s Renaud Savoya and Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo would complete the top 5 results.

Image: Robert Batlle

May 27, 2019

Martin Bayer successful at IFMAR Buggy Worlds Warm-up

Last weekend’s warm-up race to the 2019 IFMAR 1/10th Off-road World Championships, held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia, saw Xray’s Martin Bayer taking the win in the 4WD class. The 4WD action started on Saturday right after the 2WD finals. Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen was setting the early pace in free practice, however in the timed practice, three drivers – Bayer, Haatanen, and Rivkin – were able to place times below the magical 1:10 minutes barrier with Martin Bayer being the fastest of the three. Joona Haatanen started strong again into the qualifiers by taking Q1. Q2 and Q3 then went to Martin Bayer. Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski took Q4 and Xray’s Daniel Kobbevik set the pace in Q5. So when the dust had settled it was Martin Bayer ahead of Joona Haatanen and Bruno Coelho. Things then gained further traction in the finals with a lot of track action going on. In A1 it was Martin Bayer who took the win. In A2 it was great battle between Xray’s Bruno Coelho and Martin Bayer for the win but Bruno would hold the upper hand. This meant three drivers would be going into A3 who could possibly take the overall – Bayer, Coelho, Kobbevik. Ultimately Martin Bayer laid down a great run and claimed the overall win on home soil followed by Coelho and Kobbevik.

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May 27, 2019

Jorge Revert wins at Spanish GT Championship Rd1

The recent opening round of the Spanish GT Championship saw Jorge Revert (SWorkz/Picco/PMT) walking away with the win in the Nitro class. Jose Dehesa (Serpent/Novarossi/PMT) came in 2nd from Xray/Reds/PMT’s Toni Santana in 3rd.

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May 26, 2019

Volker & Wilck eliminate one another in penultimate Reedy Race encounter

It was a dramatic start to the final day of action at the 22nd running of the Reedy Race of Champions as title rivals Ronald Volker and Viktor Wilck went head to head from the front row because a clash while battling over the lead eliminated both drivers on the spot. With the expected overnight rain staying at bay, drivers arrived to a dry but cold and windy track making for difficult conditions with traction at an all time low. Winning each of their final encounters yesterday meaning they would be gridded in the same heat, it was Volker on pole with Wilck alongside. Initially it was Volker who had the better start, Wilck making a number of mistakes over the opening laps but soon he was in his groove and quickly back on the rear bumper of Volker. With 5-laps to go it looked like Wilck had found a way through in the front chicane but a slide saw Volker’s Yokomo shoot across into the side of the Infinity driver with both cars spinning off into the barriers before Volker’s car was collected by Akio Sobue. Both cars broken, they were both out and with one race remaining it is all to play for in Round 12 as Volker holds onto a 1-point lead over his rival. With the two drivers out Meen Vejrak took the win while the other encounter saw outgoing champion Marc Rheinard cement his podium finish with his 3rd win of the event.

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May 26, 2019

Coelho wins 2WD at 1/10th Off-road Worlds Warm-up

The warm-up race for the 2019 IFMAR 1/10th Off-road World Championships was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. Held on the facility’s tricky dirt indoor track the race saw the running of the 2WD Buggy class first, with practice, timed practice and the qualifiers scheduled for Friday. Xray’s Martin Bayer took the timed practice, however in the qualifiers it was Xray’s Bruno Coelho who was able to take the overall TQ in front of Martin Bayer and Daniel Kobbevik (Xray). Team Associated’s young gun, Joona Haatanen was showing a good pace during qualifications and was able to take Q3. Going into the finals on Saturday, Bruno was the man to beat but Bruno held his starting position and after taking A1 and A2 he secured the overall win early. Martin Bayer finished 2nd and Joona Haatanen came in 3rd. Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin and Dustin Evens were able to move up a bit and finished 4th and 5th respectively.

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May 26, 2019

Volker & Wilck match each other with 10th round wins

The tenth round of racing at the Reedy Race of Champion saw title rivals Ronald Volker and Viktor Wilck match each other as they both came through the field of their respective heats to add another race win. Separated by 1-point going into the final round of Day 2’s action at Steel City RC Speedway that is how the gap remains in the overnight standings with 2 rounds to go but whether they go ahead is in the hands of mother nature. With the general conscious from various weather apps being that no racing will happen tomorrow due to forecast overnight rain, should that be the case Volker will be crowned Reedy Race Champion for a fourth time but if racers wake up to dry conditions in Fontana tomorrow morning its all to play for for Wilck. While Volker is sure to be doing his best rain dance and Wilck wishing for a dry day, for defending champion Marc Rheinard which ever way it swings he is set to give up his title with 3rd place on the podium.

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