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September 5, 2017

2017 Vintage Off Road Elektro Meeting – Announcement

The AMC Langenfeld club in Germany will play host to the 2017 Vintage Off Road Elektro Meeting from the 30th of September to the 1st of October. The VOREM2017 will be held in a range of different classes including 1980’s 2WD and 4WD Buggies, 1990’s 2WD and 4WD Buggies, Youngtimer Buggy, Monster Truck, Wheelie Fun and Fighter Buggy. The club’s grippy astro turf track allows to use a wide range of tyres and more information including rules, sign-up and more can be found on the official event website here (in German language).

September 5, 2017

Frederic Santos takes back-to-back Portuguese TC title

The final round of the Portuguese 1/10th Touring National Championship was held at the fast Pista Das Travessas track in Sao Joao Da Maderia. The race was held in a single Stock 10.5T Blinky class and it was the title decider between Helder Silva, Jorge Simoes and Frederic Santos. Frederic would start from pole into the finals and he also won the opening A-main while Helder and Jorge fought for 2nd and 3rd. A2 was won by Jorge as Frederic wasn’t able to hold his position and things even got worse in the final main when Frederic had to retire with a broken car on lap 1 as Helder took the win. Overall Jorge Simoes would take the day’s win from Helder Silva and Frederic Santos, whose 3rd place was enough to take his second national title in a row.

View the final results here

September 5, 2017

David Ehrbar wins European F1 Masters

The popular Lostallo track in Switzerland played host to the European F1 Masters this past weekend with drivers from Germany, The Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland in attendance. David Ehrbar would take three round TQs to line up in 1st on the grid while Julian Borowski, with two round TQs, came in 2nd from Sidney Blokker 3rd. In the triple A-mains David made maximum use of his starting position and he would take wins in all three mains to snatch the title from 2nd placed Julian Borowski and 3rd placed Sidney Blokker.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 5, 2017

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals – Report

The fourth round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Skripov recently. The track was nicely prepared and watering meant the traction, that was low at the beginning, would come up soon. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Ales Bidovsky dominated Q1, while Jiri Mara took a super close TQ in Q2. The third round was won by Kaja Novotny by just few tenths in front of Ales Bidovsky and this meant the overall TQ went to Ales from Kaja and Jiri. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy Kaja Novotny was on fire, TQing all three rounds meant a clean sweep for the TQ while also setting a new track record. Behind him Max Gotzl and Ales Bidovsky would round out the top 3 for now.

Continue reading the report here

September 5, 2017

Ari Bakla wins at NSW State Championships

The NSW State Championships here held recently and in the Nitro Truggy class it was Xray’s Ari Bakla with the win. Ari qualified 2nd but in the 45-minute main final he battled it out with Jarred King (Agama) over the full race distance to finally bring home the silverware with the closest of margins from Jarred in 2nd. Shane O’Conner (HB Racing) would round out the podium results in 3rd.

View the final results here

September 5, 2017

Hollander, Hill & Truscott win at SA Off-road Champs Rd3

The third round of the SARDA South African Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the TRAP Raceway recently. The short yet fast carpet track made for some exiting racing action and in the 2WD and 4WD Modified buggy classes it was Charles Hollander with the wins while TQ holder Darryn Hill brought home the silverware in the 17.5T 2WD and 13.5T 4WD Stock Buggy classes. Finally in 17.5T Boosted Stadium Truck it was Riaan Truscott with the TQ and win.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 5, 2017

Turkish On-road National Championship Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Turkish On-road National Championship was held at the Bumod track in Bursa. This time the track was run anti-clockwise which made for about four to five seconds lower lap times in the 200mm Nitro Touring class compared to running clockwise. Alain Sarafyan made a clean sweep in the Nitro Touring class, taking the TQ and his first pole position in this category. In the main final Alain kept his cool and with swift laps and a flawless run he was able to open a gap on the field and control the other drivers to give him the win from Kagan Aydin 2nd and Halit Körpe 3rd.

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September 5, 2017

David Barcena takes Castilla y León regional title

Round 6 of the Castilla y León regional championship was held at the ATV Racing track in Valladoild, Spain this past weekend. David Barcena took the pole position in the Nitro Buggy class and ended the day on the 2 spot which was enough to take the overall championship title. Up front Daniel Vega came out on top at round 6 with Ruben Vela taking the 3rd and final podium spot.

Thanks to Dani Vega for the report.