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March 26, 2018

Coelho grabs victory at EOS Austria

Bruno Coelho has grabbed a somewhat unexpected victory at the penultimate round of the Euro Offroad Series in Austria. Having had to concede to the impressive performance of the Schumacher team in qualifying, the reigning 4WD Champion would capitalize on errors by his rivals in the finals, capping off the weekend with a win in A3 in front of Michal Orlowski to claim an important second win of the season given he was absent from the third round. Behind, Joern Neumann would finish second overall, the German unable to hold onto the second he needed in A3 to claim the overall win. Adding to Orlowski’s frustrating run in the finals, the weekend’s 2WD winner would not even make the podium, some smart driving by Daniel Kobbevik in A1 & 2 rewarded with 3rd overall.

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March 26, 2018

Wangsanegara wins Indonesia Buggy Nats opener

The opening round of the Indonesia National Buggy Championship was held at the HTS Track in Solo, Central Java this past weekend. The event, held on the country’s first permanent indoor track, attracted 44 drivers from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, Medan, Gorontalo as well as local drivers. After six rounds of qualifying, Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) took the TQ honours but unfortunately he suffered a flameout in the main final and had to settle for 3rd overall. Up front Stanley Wangsanegara (HB Racing/O.S.) took the win from John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) in 2nd.

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March 26, 2018

Tom Robin wins French Nitro Buggy opener

The opening round of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship took place this past weekend at the dirt track in Cogolin. Team Associated’s Tom Robin would take the win in the main final with his RC Concept-propelled buggy from Yannick Aigoin (Xray/Ultimate) 2nd and TLR/RC Concept’s Renaud Savoya 3rd. Thomas Musso (HB Racing/Team Orion) came in 4th from Kyosho/Reds Racing pilot Rayan Medjoubi 5th.

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March 26, 2018

Kyle McBride takes 8th Australian Nats title

The 2018 Australian 1/8th Off-road Titles were held this past weekend and it was Kyle McBride who secured himself an 8th National Championship title. The TQ holder would take the win in the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main some 22 seconds in front of Aaron Stringer while Mitchell Steer completed the podium two laps down. Over in the Truggy class it was again Kyle with the TQ and win, leaving behind Mitchell Steer and Craig Laughton in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Kyle McBride

March 26, 2018

Stafford & Hunt win X-Factory UK Winter Series

The final round of the X-Factory UK Winter Series was held this past weekend and it was Ellis Stafford and Kevin Hunt who sealed the overall championship in the 2WD and 4WD class respectively. Ellis steered the new Carisma Racing 2WD prototype to the overall title with TLR’s Kevin Hunt and Team Associated’s Joe Renton rounding out the 2WD podium. Over in 4WD it was Ashley Wiffen and Darren Boyle who completed a Carisma Racing podium sweep.

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March 26, 2018

Bowie Ginting sweeps East Touring Series Rd1

The opening round of the East Touring Series was held at East RC Speedway, east Jakarta this past weekend. The 3-race series is supporting the primary Open Brushless 13.5 class and the top 2 drivers of the overall standings will receive a free trip to Thailand’s 2018 BIRC race in Bangkok. Racing-wise it was Bowie Ginting who secured the pole, almost two seconds ahead of Arya Seta while Peter Anthonijsz lined up in 3rd. The opening two mains were won by Bowie for an early overall victory while the race for the remaining two podium spots was on between several drivers as Christian Mamesah and Teddy Syach, who lined up 4th and 5th respectively, joined the podium battle. In the end, Syach took 2nd and Mamesah snatched the 3rd spot.

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March 25, 2018

Neumann wins A2, all to play for in A3

Joern Neumann has won the second A-Main of 4WD at the Euro Offroad Series in Austria, the Schumacher driver managing to prevent A1 winner Bruno Coelho from snatching an early win at the penultimate round of the championship. Top Qualifier Michal Orlowski, who had issues in A1, led away the field but on the first run through the triple landed his car on its roof. Afterwards it turned out Orlowski’s view of his car had been blocked for a second time today by a marshal attending a car causing his bad landing. This moved Neumann to the front but he was under pressure from Coelho. Holding the Xray driver at bay for 6-laps, Coelho would manage a mistake in his quest to get by, allowing the German to then control the race and win ahead of Daniel Kobbevik who actually leads the points going into A3 with a pair of second places. Also benefiting from the mistakes up front Martin Wollanka completed the Top 3 ahead of Orlowski and Coelho, leaving the race wide open in terms of who can take the overall win.

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March 25, 2018

Coelho leads unexpected Xray 1-2 in A1

Bruno Coelho led a somewhat unexpected Xray 1-2 in the opening A-Main of 4WD at the penultimate round of the Euro Offroad Series. Starting behind the Schumachers of Michal Orlowski and Joern Neumann, the pair gifted Coelho the win with both drivers making early mistakes. While Orlowski would come back at the reigning champion, contact in the air between them would see Orlowski damage his car with the Pole limping home in third, his car down to three wheels as a result of a broken hub. Behind Coelho a clean drive from Daniel Kobbevik would see him get second, it looking like an Xray 1-2-3 at one point until Martin Bayer made a late mistake allowing Orlowski to slip back through for third.

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