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September 11, 2017

Hupo Hönigl doubles at Austrian EP Buggy Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the track of the ERT Steyregg club. It was the first ever Nationals on a full astro turf track JConcepts Lockness tyres being chosen as the control tyre. The fast layout and super high traction made it difficult to manage error-free runs and in the 2WD qualifying it was a 2-way battle between local driver Philipp Märzinger and Hupo Hönigl. Both had two TQ runs each, but in the end Phillip could take the overall TQ with the fastest overall time. In the finals Phillip was way too nervous and crashed early in the first two mains, which Hupo could win in cruise mode. Phillip finished 2nd by taking A3 and up and coming young star Lucas Grainer would round up the podium with his consistent performance over the whole weekend.

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September 11, 2017

Davide Ongaro crowned double Italian champion

The final round of the Italian AMSCI 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend and it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro who walked away with the titles in the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes. Davide would start behind Marco Baruffolo (TLR) in the Nitro A-main but he found a way past in the opening stages and never looked back. Even when rain started to some 15 minutes before the end Davide kept his cool and he would bring home a maiden Nitro national title. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class Davide would take wins in the opening two A-mains to seal his third national E-Buggy title early.

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September 11, 2017

24h Nitro Buggy Race Austria – Report

The annual 24h Nitro Buggy Race was held at the huge and challenging track of the WMW Fehring club. 14 teams from Austria and Germany attended the race with each team consisting of up to six drivers and only a single car. With a perfect pit strategy and scheduled maintenance stops, replacing only a single driveshaft and a bent shock shaft following a crash as well as an engine due to a broken clutch bearing, Team Hoeco took the win with 1964 or nearly 700km from Team Losi Austria (1912 laps) in 2nd and Team Xray Austria (1856 laps) in 3rd.

Source: Hoeco [hoeco.at]

September 11, 2017

Zheyi Shen wins Chinese 4WD Buggy title

The Chinese Off-road Nationals were held recently in the town of Suzhou. In the 1/10th 4WD Buggy class it was 12-years old Yibo Zhang (Xray) with the overall TQ courtesy of two round TQs, however in the mains he suffered some bad luck and after mishaps in A1 and A2 he had to settle for 3rd overall behind Li Shen (Serpent) on the runner-up spot and new national champion Zheyi Shen (Serpent).

View the final results here

September 11, 2017

Jean-Pierrick Sartel wins French E-Buggy finale

The final round of the French 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held in Noeux les Mines this past weekend. TLR’s Jerome Sartel HB Racing’s Thomas Musso and Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel battled for the overall TQ with all three scoring round TQs and in the end it was Jerome who held the upper hand, taking the pole position for the A-mains tie on points with Thomas Musso while Jean-Pierrick ended a somewhat troubled qualifying in 3rd. Ultimately and after the four A-main encounters it was Jean-Pierrick with a clean sweep in the finals to take the day’s win from Thomas Musso on the runner-up spot while Jerome Sartel had to settle for 3rd overall.

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September 11, 2017

Hofer & Schmid win at Swiss EP Off-road Nationals Rd6

Round 6 of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals were hosted by the Elektro Offroad Club Dielsdorf over the weekend. After the Saturday was pretty much washed away due to rain the organisers jumped straight into qualifying on Sunday that saw Nico Schmid (Xray) take the TQ in the 2WD class from Florian Schmid (Xray) and it was also Nico who took the pole position for the triple 4WD A-mains thanks to a clean sweep in the qualifiers. The finals then were a done deal for Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) who scored three wins to take the overall victory from the Yokomo duo Peter Forster 2nd and Adrian Müller 3rd while TQ holder Nico Schmid had to settle for 6th overall.

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September 8, 2017

IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Onroad World Champs 2017 – Preview

The 1/8th Nitro Onroad World Championships has a certain special feel to it. As the oldest class in RC racing, the ‘formula one’ of our sport is a highly competitive class and the coveted title will be awarded for the twenty first time next week. After a slight lull in nitro on-road racing, the last few years have featured some exciting and close competition, with an interesting mix of drivers and manufacturers really bringing the class to life once again. I’ve had the opportunity to watch most of the teams throughout the last couple of years from my enviable position of overseeing the ENS championship, and that’s the experience I’ve drawn on to review the contenders and challengers for this year’s World title.

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September 8, 2017

Xray Racing Series Greek Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the Xray Racing Series Greek was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in hot weather conditions. Again a good amount of sign-ups, despite the perfect beach party weather, made for close racing and in the Modified Touring class it was Papachristos with the TQ and win in all finals. A surprise 2nd place went to Nikolakopoulos with Diamadis in 3rd, making it an all-Xray podium.

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