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October 9, 2018

Carsten Keller doubles at Messe Cup

The annual Messe Cup was held as part of a hobby fair in Leipzig, Germany last weekend. The race saw the running of several classes and it was Carsten Keller who took a double victory in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy categories. Carsten took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he also came out on top after the 20-minute A-main to take the day’s win from Sebastian Winterstein in 2nd and Laurin Czypulowski in 3rd. Over in the E-Buggy category it was again Carsten with the TQ and with a clean sweep in the semifinals and dual A-mains he took his second overall win of the weekend, leaving behind Aaron Rönick and Yanic Grieger in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

October 9, 2018

Vasilis Lykaris takes Greek National 200mm title

The sixth round of the Greek 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship took place at Fanatix Racing Track recently. After four rounds of qualifying, Vasilis Lykaris managed to take the overall TQ with Nikos Karabelas in 2nd and 14 years old George Lekkas, making its A-final debut, qualifying 8th on the grid. In the final Vasilis started pulling away from the field early on and from there he drove an error-free final and crossed the finish line first while George Lekkas managed to finish 6th. Nikos Karabelas had to battle for the runner-up position very hard throughout the whole race, but he managed to bring it home and scored important points to achieve a 2nd position in the championship behind Vasilis.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 9, 2018

Carlos Duraes takes Portuguese Nitro Buggy title

The fifth round of the Portuguese 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held at the Radiomodelismo de Freixedas club last weekend. Serpent’s Carlos Duraes took the overall TQ after the three qualifying rounds with Mugen’s Ricardo Monteiro and Team Associated’s Nuno Casal coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The 45-minute main final then again had Carlos controlling the field, taking the win a lap in front of Goncalo Melo (TLR) while Ricardo Monteiro rounded out the top 3 another lap down. With the win at round 5 Carlos Duraes also secured himself the overall championship title in the Nitro Buggy class.

Image: Carlos Duraes

October 9, 2018

2018/19 Rug Racers Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2018/19 Rug Racers series was held last weekend. The new series returned with a few changes made to the track in an effort to help with the racing and limit the number of car breakages. The 13.5 Blinky Touring win was taken by long serving Ashley Wiffen. Ashley was being pushed hard by Jamie Hickin but was able to hold him off for the overall A-final win from Jamie Hickin in 2nd and Shaun Batt in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

October 9, 2018

Max Gotzl doubles at Czech Open finale

The final round of 2018 Czech Open Series was held last weekend at the popular Horni Jeleni track. Max Gotzl showed a fast pace from the get to, taking a double TQ in the Nitro and Electric 1/8th Buggy classes. In Nitro Tomas Kapicka and Jiri Mara came in 2nd and 3rd respectively, in E-Buggy it was Vaclav Broz in 2nd and Petr Tomasek in 3rd. After a straight forward win in his semifinal Max Gotzl (Xray) would also take the pole position for the Nitro A-main and right from the start the young man opened a gap on the field that he would be able to manage until the end to take his first overall victory of the weekend. Jiri Benes (Xray) came in 2nd while Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) rounded out the top 3.

Continue reading the report here

October 9, 2018

Nicolas Bregante crowned Argentinean GT Champ

The Argentinean National GT Championship was held at the Hernan Matticoli track in Buenos Aires last weekend. The race format was 30 minute qualifiers for the Pro and Master classes with the three best consecutive laps counting towards the overall qualifying order. After the A-main it was off-road ace, Nicolas Bregante with the overall win from Gianni Lupacciolu and Hernan Jardon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 9, 2018

Daniel Carlsson wins at MSEC Indoor opener

The opening round of the Middle Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Örebro last weekend. In the Touring 13.5T class it was Daniel Carlsson who set the pace in the qualifiers. Local ace Rasmus Karlsson, who showed an incredibly fast on his home track, was 2nd on the grid and lining up 3rd was Per Lindqvist. In the finals Daniel Carlsson (Team Associated) took advantage of his TQ and would win all A-main legs to take the day’s win. Rasmus Karlsson (Schumacher), who had bad luck in the opening final, managed to keep his head down in the the remaining legs to secure the overall runner-up spot in front of the very talented buggy ace Elias Johansson (Team Associated), who had his touring car debut this weekend.

Thanks to Daniel Carlsson for the report.

October 8, 2018

Callum Niblett wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd1

The opening round of the HNMC Winter Series was held this past weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK. Lewis Jones (Team Associated) took the overall Nitro Buggy TQ in front of Kevin Brunsden (SWorkz) and Callum Niblett (Agama). The 20-minute main final then saw a change of events as it had Callum Niblett holding the upper hand who took the win a lap in front of Kevin Brundsen as Lewis Jones rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

Image: Lewis Jones