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June 25, 2019

Oscar Navarro TQs & wins Madrid Buggy Regionals Rd4

The fourth round of the Madrid 1/8th Buggy Regionals was held at the Automodelismo Tarancon track last weekend with nearly 30 drivers in attendance. Oscar Navarro and Juanma Guillen battled it out for the TQ with the better end for Oscar who also brought home the win in the 45-minute A-main final. Some 21 seconds behind it was Dani Vega on the runner-up spot while Miguel Reyes completed the top 3 podium result some four laps down on Oscar and Dani.

Image: Dani Vega

June 25, 2019

Danial Miswan sweeps Lap Paradise Off-Road League Rd4

The 4th round of the Lap Paradise Off-Road League was held at the Lap Paradise RC Raceway in Malaysia last weekend. Danial Miswan was in control of things all weekend, taking the overall Nitro Buggy TQ after the qualifiers and also bringing home the win in the 60-minute A-main event a lap in front of Adam Fikri on the runner-up spot. Kent Sung came in 3rd to round out the podium another two laps as as Terrence Lim and Faris Amir completed the top 5 results.

Source: SRT [srt-rc.com]

June 25, 2019

Picco & Tironi win at Italian ACI Sport IC Track Champs

Round 2 of the ACI Sport Italian IC Track Championship was held at the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano last weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Infinity’s Alberto Picco with the win from TQ holder, ARC’s Jonathan Gandin in 2nd. Shepherd’s Marco Vanni came in 3rd to round out the podium. In 1/10th 200mm Touring it was Infinity’s Francesco Tironi with the TQ and win from Francesco Pierella (Capricorn) in 2nd and Giuseppe Occhipinti (Serpent) in 3rd.

View the 200mm podium here

June 25, 2019

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd3 & Rd4 – Report

Round 3 and 4 of this year’s Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held in Zidlochovice recently with round 3 taking place on Saturday and round 4 being held on Sunday. On Saturday Max Götzl would start strong with TQ runs in both Nitro and Electric Buggy and he would be able to keep his pace for the second round of qualifiers too. For round 3 he tried different tyres, however he was still able to come away with the TQ for the overall TQ in both classes. Jiri Mara and Ales Bidovsky came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in Nitro Buggy while Marek Schiller and Ales rounded out the E-Buggy top 3.

Continue reading the report here

June 24, 2019

Leo Arnold TQs & wins at French 200mm Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the French 1/10th 200mm Nationals was held at the Model Club Thionvillois this past weekend. In the Elite category it was Xray’s Leo Arnold with the overall TQ and win as Capricorn’s Quentin Leroux came in 2nd, only two seconds behind Leo. Kevin Rasquin (Capricorn) would complete the top 3 result a lap down.

Image: Leo Arnold

June 24, 2019

Euro Contest X wins for Batlle & Ongaro

The 2019 Euro Contest X took place at the Ospyteam track in Gussago, Italy this weekend, attracting some of Europe’s fastest 1/8 off-road racers. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Robert Batlle with the overall TQ and also the win in the A-main final, leaving behind SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas in 2nd while Xray’s Marco Baruffolo completed the podium result in 3rd.

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June 24, 2019

Berkan Kilic wins at SH-Cup

A round of the SH-Cup was held at the BIG Hamburg track this past weekend. Mugen’s Carsten Keller took the overall TQ, however in the 35-minute A-main event it was Berkan Kilic with the win some 17 seconds in front of his brother Burak, making it an Agama 1-2. Carsten had to settle for 3rd, a lap short of the Kilic brothers.

Image: Abdullah Kilic

June 24, 2019

Elliott Boots wins BRCA Rally X Rd2

The second round of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Rally X Nationals was held at the NWN track in Blackpool over the weekend. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg took the overall TQ, however he would come up just short in the final after a nice battle with SWorkz’s Elliott Boots who would walk away with the win. Two laps down on the two it was Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy with the final podium spot.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]