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June 4, 2019

Dutch Buggy Cup Rd2 win for Jeffrey Halsema

The second round of the Dutch Buggy Cup was held at the Fivelcrossers track in Appingedam this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Wesley van Helmond with the overall TQ in front of Jarno Pijpers and Jordy Felder. The 30-minute main final then saw Jeffrey Halsema (Team Associated) taking the win a lap in front of JQRacing driver Oane Storm. Top qualifier Wesley van Helmond (SWorkz) had to settle for 3rd, some eight seconds behind Oane.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

June 3, 2019

Nacho Sanchez TQs & wins at Spanish Buggy “B” Nats

Round 3 of the Spanish Nitro Buggy B National was held at the Azuqueca de Henares track this past weekend. Young Nacho Sanchez walked away with the TQ and win, leaving behind Manuel Corredor in 2nd and Miguel Reyes in 3rd.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

June 3, 2019

2019 VRC Spec Class Worlds – Announcement

This June will see the running of the Spec Class VRC Worlds in various Nitro and Electric, On-road and Off-road categories. The fun kicks off on the 5th of June with Nitro Sedans, 1/12th scale Sports Cars and Rally X. All Spec classes are part of VRC’s free2play package – all that is needed is the respective track. The full schedule can be found after the break or on the official VRC website here.

Find a list of all Spec Worlds events here

June 3, 2019

Riccardo Berton wins Kyosho Inferno International Race

The Kyosho Inferno International Race was held at the Nitropark Pietrasanta this past weekend, attracting Kyosho pilots from all over Italy to race agains international stars such as Riccardo Berton or Kyosho Inferno designer, Yuichi Kanai. At the end of the 45-minute A-main final it was Italian Off-road frontrunner, Riccardo Berton with the two laps in front of Fabrizio Teghesi. Mattia Polite came in 3rd, some 16 seconds behind Fabrizio while Yuichi had to settle for 4th overall, another four laps down.

Image: Fabrizio Teghesi

June 3, 2019

Lewis & Taylor win at Paddy Piston race

The BADMCC track of Craigavon, UK held the annual Paddy Piston Race this past weekend, attracting a very competitive field of drivers. In Nitro Buggy and after the 60-minute main final event, it was Team Associated’s Matt Lewis with the win from HB Racing’s Graham Alsop on the runner-up spot. Agama’s Elliot Taylor came in 3rd to round out the podium. The Nitro Truggy A-main had Elliot Taylor (Agama) walking away with the win from JQRacing’s Bradley Baird in 2nd and Agama’s Jon Hazlewood in 3rd.

View the Nitro Truggy podium here

June 3, 2019

Nick Wautlet sweeps Manufacturers Cup Open classes

The 2019 AMain Hobbies Manufacturers Cup was held held at the Silver Dollar track in Chico, California this past weekend. Run in Pro and Open classes it was Nick Wautlet who took overall wins in the Open Nitro Buggy and Open Nitro Truggy classes. Nick would take the TQ in Open Buggy and came out on top of the 14-minute A-main event from Daniel Blalock in 2nd and Mccoy Starkey in 3rd. Over in the 14-minute Open Nitro Truggy A-main it was Jermaine Robinson with the overall TQ, however it was 5th place qualifier Nick with the win some 4.5 seconds in front of Jermaine as Bryce Beaver came in 3rd a lap down.

Image: Nick Wautlet

June 3, 2019

Toni Gruber takes EFRA GP Series 1/8th title

The third and final round of the EFRA GP Series was held in Türkheim, Germany this past weekend. Shepherd’s Toni Gruber was in control of things during qualifying, winning four of the five rounds to take the overall TQ from fellow Shepherd racer, Simin Kurzbuch on the 2 spot and Infinity’s Francesco Tironi in 3rd. The 45-minute main final then again saw Toni holding the upper hand, taking the win some two laps in front of Simon as Capricorn’s Robin D’hondt came in 3rd, another lap down. With the win, Toni also sealed the overall title, leaving behind Capricorn’s Mirko Salemi in 2nd and Infinity’s Teemu Leino in 3rd.

View the overall top 3 podium here

June 3, 2019

BRCA Truggy & E8 Buggy Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of the BRCATruggy and E8 Buggy Nationals was held at the Northern Club North West Nitro just outside of Preston, Lancashire. With the forecast looking a little iffy to say the least only 37 drivers made the trip to the track. This gave the organisers a simple four heats per round – two Truggy heats and two E-Buggy heats. With the rain being on and off in the morning everyone knew it was going to make interesting conditions on the track. The racing started with two rounds of timed practice. During this stage of the meeting the drivers were finding the track difficult with the constant change in the conditions. After practice was over the race went into the three rounds of qualifying in the same heat order as the practice rounds. During the qualifying stage the weather was changing constantly. This made the track conditions changing constantly too with different levels of grip in every race. This were obviously shown in the lap times for the races. Jamie Clancy would take the TQ with his Team Associated Truggy, Jonathan Skidmore (Agama) took 2nd overall and Mitchell Booth (Tekno) took 3rd overall. In E-Buggy it was Jonathan Skidmore again take the TQ again with his Agama, Jonathan’s brother William who also drives for Agama took 2nd place overall and Simon Reeves took 3rd place overall.

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