October 14, 2019

Indonesia Buggy Nationals finale – Report

The final round of the Indonesia Buggy Nationals was held at the C-Netic RC Track in Surabaya, East Java last weekend. A total of 46 drivers from Jakarta, Medan, Padang, Batam, Banjarmasin, Pontianak, Makasar as well as local racers attended this event whose schedule saw six rounds of 10-minute qualifying followed by bump-up finals. After the six rounds of qualifying it was Jason Nugroho (HB Racing/Ninja) with the overall TQ honours, unfortunately in the A-main final he suffered from two flame-outs because of flywheel problems and finished in 2nd place. Up front it was Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Ninja) who would walk away with the win as Rama Tribudiman (Kyosho/O.S.) came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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October 14, 2019

Jesse Keller takes Dutch 1/8th NK class title

The final round of the Dutch IC Track Nationals was held at the EVMC Velp track last weekend. Due to unstable weather conditions practice was difficult and also the start of the race was still troublesome due to some small rain showers. In the 1/8th NK class qualifying Robbin Hertong managed to set the fastest time on a drying track with 14 laps. Joey Sorber showed a strong performance as well and took the 2nd place in front of Jesse Keller in 3rd place.

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October 11, 2019

Tomas Liptak wins at Austrian IC Track Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Austrian IC Track Nationals was held at the MORAC track in Graz recently. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Branislav Panak with the overall TQ, from Tamas Sagi 2nd and Bjan Miklozic in 3rd position. Tomas Liptak would round out the top 4 after the qualifiers. Later Branislav had to take a ten minutes timeout because of some problems with his car so he started from the back of the grid in the opening 20-minute A-main event. The win would went to Tomas after a clean run with Tamas Sagi 2nd and Branislav Panak 3rd. The second of the dual A-mains saw Tomas taking the lead some three laps onto the race and from there he never looked back to take the win with Branislav in 2nd and Tamas in 3rd place. Overall it was Tomas with the win from Tamas 2nd and Branislav in 3rd place.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


October 11, 2019

KARS On-Road Championship – Report

The KARS On-Road Championship was recently held at the Icheon track in Korea with about 50 drivers in attendance. The 1/8th nitro main final was a close affair between Germany’s Andreas Giesa, 3-times Korean champion Kiyong Hong and Jaekook Yoo with the top 3 finishing within one lap. After 40 minutes Andreas saw the checkered in first position about five seconds in front of Kiyong. Jaekook completed the podium another two seconds down.

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October 10, 2019

Transylvania Off-Road Cup finale – Report

The fifth racing season of the Transylvania Off-Road Cup TOC concluded recently with the final round being held at the dusty Piccolo Dallas Tg-Lapus dirt track. Five classes were run including 13.5 Stock Buggy, Short Course 2WD, Short Course 4WD, Nitro and Junior classes. Drivers from all over Romania took part at the final round of what is considered to be the biggest event for off-road racing in Romania. After an intense round of qualifying in Buggy 13.5T Stock, the first three positions were occupied by Team Associated drivers with Jakab Laszlo taking the TQ from Gheteu Ciprian, and Valentin Lupoaie. Ultimately Jakab Laszlo would also bring hime the win.

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October 8, 2019

Estonian 1/8th Off-road Nationals finale – Report

The Polgaste RC Track hosted the last leg of the 2019 Estonian Nationals on their brand new astroturf circuit recently. In qualifying it would be Hendrik Lainemae taking the TQ in both Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy. In Nitro Buggy Rainer Ressar would take the pole after a technical 10 by Hendrik, but Hendrik would soon take back the lead after an amazing first stint. Rainer seemed to have the pace to keep up with Hendrik, but lapped traffic would be the deciding factor this time around. In the end Hendrik would win the race and seal the championship followed closely by Rainer Ressar and Arco Aria.

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October 8, 2019

Paolo Morganti wins at FNS season opener

Last weekend’s opening round of the Florida Nitro Series held at the Homestead RC Raceway in Homestead, Florida saw IGT8’s Paolo Morganti taking the win in the 30-minute 1/8th GT A-main event. Top qualifier Paolo left behind Avery Pierce (IGT8) in 2nd, two laps down as PJ Dietz (Serpent) came in 3rd, another three laps down.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]


October 8, 2019

Drake, Westergaard & Saxton win at JBRL NS Rd7

Round 7 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California last weekend. While Ryan Maifield walked away with the win in the Expert Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with with win in Open Truggy, leaving behind TLR’s Anthony Westergaard in 2nd and Kyosho driver, Stephen Bess in 3rd.

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