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August 17, 2019

Jessica Palsson teams up with Nemo Racing

Nemo Racing have announced the addition of Jessica Palsson to their factory team. After the final round of the Swedish cup Jessica will be using the newly released Agama A319 powered by Bullitt motors as well as running the upcoming A319e electric buggy – to add to her impressive list of race wins and championships. Her progress to towards the top of the sport has been rapid and Nemo Racing can’t wait to help contribute to her success. Jessica says:

I am really happy and excited to join the Agama Racing team for 1:8 buggy. I am very thankful for this great opportunity to work with Nemo Racing and my new team. I can`t wait to start race with Agama A319 and Bullitt B-223 next season! Specially a big thanks for all help to my new Team Boss – Jon!

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

August 16, 2019

HB Racing sign Jason Nugroho

HB Racing have announced the signing of Indonesian off-road star, Jason Nugroho to their team. Jason will use the D819 1/8th scale and D418 1/10th scale buggies at national Indonesian events as well as major events around the world. His vast racing experience will be a valuable addition to the team with Jason having already scored some high-class race results around Asia.

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]

August 15, 2019

Oliver Havranek crowned Hungarian National Champion

Last weekend saw the running of the 2019 Hungarian IC Track Championship that was held in Graz, Austria. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Oliver Havranek who would bring home the win in the main final following a short battle with Simon Ciudar in the opening stages of the race. Ultimately Simon had to settle for 2nd overall while Tamas Sagi came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 14, 2019

HNMC Summer Series Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the HNMC Summer Series was held last weekend. With weather warnings all over the UK not coming to fruition the Herts Nitro Model Club was blessed with good weather all day as 43 racers entered in the three classes offered. The top qualifier positions went to Jay Williams in Nitro Buggy, to Holger Lykke in E-Buggy and to Carl Chillingworh in Truggy. The 20-minute Buggy A-main then saw Wayne Buckhorne taking the win with a eleven seconds margin on Jeremey Irving while Jay Williams completed the top 3 another three seconds down. Over in E-Buggy it was Holger Lykke with the win from Lewis Ridgley while Carl Chillingworh took the win in Nitro Truggy.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

August 14, 2019

Mark Sousa trifecta at 6th Annual Quebec Classic

The 6th Annual Quebec Classic race was held at Bego Racing RC Raceway in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Canada last weekend. Mark Sousa was in control of things in the Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy classes, taking the overall TQs in all three categories. In Sunday’s Nitro Buggy A-main Mark was able to break away early and pull a comfortable lead. Unfortunately half way through the race Mark had a front clutch bell bearing go bad and he flamed out three times but he was able to get to the finish for the win some 6.3 seconds in front of Damien Lamy while Eric Deschenes cam win 3rd to round out the podium.

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August 13, 2019

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd4 & Rd5 – Report

The final two rounds of the 2019 Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place last weekend at the Horni Jeleni track. The weekend kicked off on Friday with practice on a very dusty track but overnight rain meant the track would be wet for Saturday morning. Max Götzl started the qualifying with TQ runs in both Nitro and Electric buggy, which was followed by another two double TQs in Q2 and Q3. In Nitro Ales Bidovsky lined up 2nd with Jiri Mara in 3rd, while the E-Buggy top 3 was completed by Ales in 2nd and Marek Schiller in 3rd.

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August 12, 2019

Wallace Motorsports Challenge – Report

Steel City RC Speedway of Fontana, California hosted the Wallace Motorsports Challenge this past weekend. The event attracted nearly 110 entries for the 1/8th, 1/10th and large scale on-road classes. 1/8th Open saw Xray’s Bryce Butterfield taking the overall TQ from Mugen’s JJ Wang in 2nd. The latter then held the upper hand in the 30-minute A-main event, taking the win some two laps in front of Capricorn racer Scott Kimbrow while Bryce Butterfield came out in 3rd another lap down.

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August 12, 2019

Markus Hellquist wins at Swedish On-road Nats

The Swedish On-road Nationals were held at the Wäxjö club recently in both nitro and electric classes. In 1/10th Nitro Touring it was Xray’s Markus Hellquist, in his first outing in this class for some years, with the overall TQ from Georg Elligsen (Infinity). In the 45-minute main final Markus would come out on top, leaving behind Georg in 2nd some eight laps down. Trygve Berntsen, piloting an Infinity, came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Image: Markus Hellquist