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May 13, 2019

NRW Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the NRW Cup was held at the MACH-One track in Helmond, The Netherlands this past weekend. The event was held in good weather conditions and attracted some of the regions’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers. In the Nitro Top category Jarno Pijpers was the man to beat and after a nice battle with Jeffrey Halsema for the last ten laps of the half-hour long A-main final, he would eventually take the day’s win with Jeffrey coming on the 2 spot. Rene van Schaijk came in 3rd, already two laps down.

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May 13, 2019

Spencer Heckert sweeps Spring Break Out

Shay’s RC Park in Burghill, Ohio held their Spring Break Out race this past weekend with nearly 90 entries for the 1/8th off-road and 1/10th 4×4 Mod SCT classes. In the premiere Nitro Buggy category it was HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert with the TQ and win from Paul Ciccarello (Xray) on the 2 spot, a lap behind. A further lap down after the 20-minute A-main event was Serpent’s Adam Johnson in 3rd.

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May 13, 2019

Surikarn C. TQs & wins at Huge RC Challenge Rd3

The third round of the Huge RC Challenge was held at the Huge RC Circuit indoor asphalt track in Bangkok, Thailand this past weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was former IFMAR ISTC World Champion, Surikarn C. with the overall TQ and also the win in the 7-minute main final. Purisek J. came in 2nd, five seconds behind while Tanat Best I. completed the top 3 another three seconds down. Yingyos Y. and Chatgul K. rounded out the top 5 podium result.

Image: Surikarn C.

May 13, 2019

Flavio Elias takes South American IC Track title

The FAMAR South American On-road Championships were held in Americana, Brazil recently and in the 1/8th IC Track Pro class it was Mugen’s Flavio Elias with the TQ, win and overall title. Fabricio Zamperetti came in 2nd in the 40-minute A-main final, two laps behind Flavio. Kazuo Ohara would round out the podium for an all-Mugen top 3.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

May 13, 2019

Yusuke Sugiura successful at O.S. Off-Road Challenge

The KRC Off-Road Circuit in Tokushima, Japan hosted the O.S. Off-Road Challenge this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest nitro off-road racers in attendance. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Yusuke Sugiura with he overall win from Kyosho’s Kazuya Tanaka in 2nd and Mugen’s Kenji Tsuruta in 3rd overall.

Image: Yusuke Sugiura

May 13, 2019

Matt Lewis wins at Club Series opener

The opening round of the Club Series was held in East Shrewsbury this past weekend. Team Associated’s Matt Lewis would bring home the win in the Nitro Buggy A-main event from HB Racing’s Graham Alsop on the 2 spot. Team Associated’s Lewis Jones rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

May 10, 2019

Tasos Paparegas wins Greek 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of this year’ Greek 1/8th Buggy National Championship was held at the STR track in Athens. Xray’s Tasos Paparegas was in control of things in the A-main final, bringing home the win from the SWorkz duo of Kostas Zagorisios in 2nd and Thanos Makropoulos in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 9, 2019

2019 Silver State – Report

The annual Silver State race was held at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last weekend. Presented by The Dirt Racing crew, the race for sure is one of the best 1/8th experiences of the year. 2018 was the inaugural year that the South Point Hotel and Casino hosted the Silver State and now with a whole year to make think about changes and adjustments, this year’s event was even better. The new make-shift driver stand felt like a real driver stand, the 1/5th scale track turned into a practice track for guys to get more run time than just three five minute quals and to dial in their rides on a surface that was similar to the race track. The track layout is always going to be fun as Joey and Aaron have been doing this for nearly 20 years now and they just understand racing and what it takes to make a fun track that challenges all levels. The real magic of the Silver State race is the evolution of the track and track surface. With Nevada being a desert climate and the driest state in the US, it’s really hard to find good natural earth dirt to make a track. However, by using what they have, the sandy fine dirt never packs together for longevity and over the course of the weekend will break apart creating holes, craters, and broken jump faces making it extremely difficult to race on by the mains. Despite all this, this is what makes the Silver State so special as it really does test the racer’s ability to adapt and overcome.

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