The opening round of the Südcup 1/8th electric buggy series was held at the A-Team track in Graz, Austria this past weekend. Team Associated’s Jürgen Trieb was the man to beat all weekend and after taking the overall TQ in the qualifiers he would sweep the triple A-mains, taking the win in each leg for the overall from TLR’s Marc de Zwart in 2nd and SWorkz’s Marcel Trieb in 3rd.
Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]
Last weekend the second round of the Dutch IC Track Nationals took place at the Raco2000 track in Utrecht. Perfect weather conditions made for nice days of racing and in premier 1/8th NK class it was Joey Sorber with the overall TQ and a new 12.887s track record from Arie Manten and Michael Salven. The lineup for the final gave hope for some exciting racing action with Joey Sorber starting from pole, Salven in 2nd place and local hero Arie Manten in 3rd. From the start Joey was able to pull away slowly racing a flawless final with no big problems. In the end Joey (Shepherd) took the win with a three lap margin to 2nd placed Arie Manten (Infinity) with Serpent’s Michael Salven taking the final podium spot.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The Trofeo Grand Prix was held at the Italian Palermo RC Club this past weekend. Sergio Priolo (Shepherd), Mirko Cacicia (Shepherd) and Amorello Francesco battled for the overall TQ in the 200mm nitro touring class. In the 20-minute A-main final it was Sergio who would hold the upper hand, taking the win three laps ahead of his teammate Mirko. Capricorn’s Salvo Cinturino, who started from 4th on the grid, took the final podium spot another lap down.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The Sand am Main track played host to a round of the German 1/8th off-road regionals this past weekend. The regionals are qualifying races for the German nationals later this year and in the Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Carsten Keller with the overall win in the 40-minute main final, some twelve seconds in front of SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier, who started from the back of the field due to problems in his semifinal. Aaron Münster (Mugen) would round out the top 3 podium result in front of “best of the rest”, Alexander Schmitt. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy it was Micha Widmaier with a flawless TQ and win.
Image: Micha Widmaier
Round 2 of the Danish DRCMU 1/10th Off-road Nationals was hosted by the Heden RC club this past weekend. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen with the win from Yokomo’s Frederick Hovgaard on the runner-up spot. Young Marcus Kærup would round out the top 3 result. Over in 4WD Modified Buggy it was up and coming Marcus Kærup with clean sweep in the qualifiers and starting from pole position into the triple A-mains he would also walk away with the overall win from Jan Larsen on the 2 spot. Kim Nielsen would complete the podium result in 3rd. Over in the Racing Truck class it was Mads Koue with the TQ and win from Ulrich Rasmussen in 2nd and Per Eriksen in 3rd.
Image: Jesper Rasmussen
The 2019 Lonestar Challenge was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend. The event was organised by The Dirt Racing’s Joey Christensen and attracted most of the country’s 1/8th off-road stars with Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo making the double in the Pro Nitro Buggy and Pro Nitro Truggy classes. It was Agama’s Ryan Lutz who would take the TQ in the Pro Nitro Buggy class from Xray’s Ty Tessmann, however after the 45-minute main final it was Jared Tebo who would walk away with the silverware from HB Racing’s Cole Ogden on the runner-up spot. Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhost would come in 3rd while TQ Ryan Lutz had to settle for 8th overall. Over in the Pro Nitro Truggy class TQ holder Ryan Lutz had to settle for 2nd overall, a lap behind the eventual winner, Jared Tebo. Joe Bornhorst, 2nd after the qualifiers, came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Image: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
The fifth round of the FinTrack Tour took place at the Kuusankoski outdoor track this past weekend in perfect weather conditions. In the Touring Modified class it was Miko Teponoja with the overall TQ from Georgy Chmigal and Karri Salmela who also took a round each. In A1 and A2 Miko would come out on top, handing him the overall win early as Georgy Chmigal cemented his runner-up spot with a win in A3. Karri Salmela, who took the runner-up spots in all three A-mains, had to settle for 3rd overall.
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The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Rallycross Nationals was held at the Herz Nitro Model Club this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots, Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy and Xray’s Callum Niblett battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Elliott who scored three round wins while Jamie and Callum shared a round TQ each. In the 45-minute A-main final it then was Elliott who would hold the upper hand, taking the win a lap in front of Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore as Infinity’s Lee Martin took the final podium spot some nine seconds behind Joni. Team Associated’s Michael Lewis and SWorkz’s Kevin Brundsen would round out the overall top 5.
Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
