The fifth and final round of the Madrid regional 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the Fuencarral track last weekend. Oscar Navarro was in control of things all weekend, taking the TQ and also the win in the 45-minute main final, leaving behind Juanma Guillen in 2nd and young Daniel Pariente in 3rd.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
UFRA have announced the signing of IFMAR World and EFRA European Champion, Simon Kurzbuch to their team. The former Contact factory pilot and ENS regular will use UFRA tyres at all open tyre events while also helping with research and development of new products.
Source: UFRA [ufra-tyres.ch]
ARC have announced the return of German 1/8th on-road frontrunner, Lars Hoppe, to their 1/8th on-road team. After being with Shepherd for two years, the current German National Champion, Worlds A-main and multiple ENS podium finisher will use ARC’s R8.2 nitro on-road and R11 electric touring platforms in his 2019 campaign that will see appearances at the ENS and ETS races as well as select national and international events. Lars says:
At first I want to thank team Shepherd for the great two years and wish them all the best. I am very happy to rejoin ARC in 1/8th Class, and race now again electric and nitro for this great company I want to thank TiTAN R/C for the great opportunity and I am happy to work again very close together. For the 2019 nitro season I will participate the Euro Nitro Series, The German Championship, local and international races. I am looking forward to work with this great team!
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
The Brookthorpe Model Car Club held round 4 of their Winter Series this past weekend. The weather was quite chill but racing was hot and it was Team Associated’s Mike Lewis with the overall TQ and also the win in the 15-minute Nitro Buggy A-main. Matt Lewis (Team Associated) came in 2nd, leaving behind HB Racing’s Chris Lovell in 3rd.
Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]
The opening round of the Grassroots Racing Series was held at Wild West R/C Raceway last weekend. Mugen’s Adam Drake was the man to beat all weekend, taking triple TQs in Open Nitro Truggy, Open Nitro Buggy and Open E-Buggy. The 12-minute Nitro Truggy main then saw again Adam on top, taking the win a lap in front of Tekno’s Dean Rock and two laps in front of TLR pilot, Felipe Martinez. Over in the Nitro Buggy main it was another win for Adam, a lap in front of Cole Jenson and TLR’s Anthony Westergaard. Adam would round out a perfect weekend with a win in the 8-minute E-Buggy main, lapping Anthony Westergaard (TLR) and Miguel Perez (Mugen) for the win.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
The Circuito RC Fernando Robles track in San Jose de la Rinconada played host to round 1 of the Andalusian 1/8th Off-road Championships this past weekend. SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas took the TQ spot after the qualifiers in front of Jose Joaquin Jimenez and he also came out on top after the 45-minute A-main, taking the win three laps in front of Mugen’s Augustin Illanes and HB Racing’s Alberto Pelaez.
Image: Alberto Pelaez
Round 7 of the Irish Navan Nitro Nuts Series was held this past weekend. Bradley Baird was in control of things again, taking the TQ and the win in impressive fashion. In the 30-minute main final Bradley set fastest lap after fastest lap to take the day’s win.
Source: JQ Racing [jqproducts.com]
Shepherd have announced the signing of Italian frontrunner and multiple national champion, Andrea Pirani to their team for the 2019 season. The multiple ENS and European Championship podium finisher will join an already strong national lineup to attend all major races with his Velox V8. Furthermore Andrea will bring in his vast experience, helping with testing and developing future Shepherd 1/8th scale products. Andrea had the following to say about the deal:
I’m super happy to stay in a so famous team like Shepherd, composed by many drivers on the top level like Simon and Toni. For sure I will do my best to take the best results at 2019 races.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
