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August 28, 2018

Joaquin Desoto Jr. wins at Great Lakes Challenge

The 2018 Great Lakes Challenge was hosted by the Toledo One Eights Racers in Northwood, Ohio last weekend. In the 1/8th Open 4WD A-main it was Serpent’s Ralph Burch with the overall TQ, however in the 30-minutes A-main event it was Serpent teammate, Joaquin Desoto Jr. with the win, a lap in front of Xray’s Mike Swauger. Capricorn’s Paolo Morganti came in 3rd, some eights seconds down on Mike. Scott Kimbrow and Lon Burling made up the top 5 while top qualifiers, Ralph Burch had to settle for 6th overall. Over in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan class it was DJ Apolaro with the TQ and win. DJ brought home the win with a 7-seconds margin from Mike Swauger while Ralph Burch rounded out the top 3 results. Diatta Collymore and Jeremiah Ward followed in 4th and 5th respectively.

Image: Joaquin Desoto Jr.

August 27, 2018

Wollanka & Horninger win at Austrian GP Buggy Nats

Wölbling in Austria played host to the third round of the Austrian Nitro Buggy Nationals this past weekend. SWorkz’s Martin Wollanka (SWorkz/Picco/TPro) took the win in front of Patrik Schweinzer (Mugen/Novarossi/Pro-Line) 2nd and Dominic Bauer (Mugen/ Ninja/Pro-Line) 3rd. Over in the 40+ class it was Georg Horninger(SWorkz/MW-Picco/TPro) with the win from Mario Penn (HB Racing/Team Orion/TPro) as Heinz Müller (SWorkz/MW-Picco/TPro) snatched the final podium spot.

View the 40 Plus podium here

August 27, 2018

2018 Nordic Championships – Report

The 2018 1/8th Off-road Nordics were held at the Fullspeed RC racing Arena in Vantaa, Finland over the weekend. Even tough the race is called the Nordics, drivers from other countries were also welcomed to join. This time the most drivers came from Finland with Estonia being the second most represented country. The event kicked off on Friday with a day of practice with Saturday being qualification day and from the get go Joseph Quagraine with his own JQRacing car and Lauri Ruotsalainen driving a Team Associated showed good speed taking the first and second spot in Q1. Later Joona Haatanen showed great speed, taking Q2 and Q3 with his Team Associated in front of Joseph Quagraine and Max Mört.

Continue reading the report here

August 27, 2018

Hofer & Kaufmann win at Swiss Buggy Nats Rd5

Round 5 of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship was held in Morges this past weekend. Just over 100 drivers registered for the race that was held on a temporary grass track near the Lake of Geneva. Patrick Hofer in Expert and Noah Kaufmann in the Amateur class took the overall TQ in their respective categories. In the Expert final Patrick Hofer brought home the win with a 5-seconds merging, making it his fifth win this season. With the win Patrick also secured himself a 4th Swiss Championship title in this category. Over in the Amateur class Noah took the pole position for the A-main after winning the semifinals and he would also take the overall win with a 1-lap margin, taking another step towards the overall championship title.

Source: Team Associated [facebook.com]

August 27, 2018

Hampus Berg takes Swedish Nitro Buggy title

The third round of the Swedish Nitro Buggy Nationals was held in Skarpnäck, Stockholm over the weekend. With two wins in the first two rounds in Tomelilla and Gotland, HB Racing’s Hampus Berg was considered the pre-event favourite and with a 2nd place at round 3 he was ultimately able to secure the overall Championship together with the Junior championship. Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson would end the season on the runner-up spot from Serpent’s Pontus Larsson 3rd.

View the final results here

August 27, 2018

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

The 4th round of Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals took place last weekend at the Skripov track. Known for its bumpy, technical layout with some unique features the track suffers a bit from constant rainy weather with this year’s nationals event being no exception as open practice on Friday was cut short due to the weather. On Saturday morning the drivers arrived to a flooded track and it looked like the race had to be called a day, but the organisers managed to prep the track with a lot of sawdust, making it quite reachable.

Continue reading the report here

August 27, 2018

Jean-Pierrick Sartel takes French Cup win

The Carca track in Noeux-les-Mines played host to the French Cup this past weekend. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel took the overall TQ after the five qualifying round and he also came out successful in the both dry and wet A-main event to take the win from HB Racing’s Thomas Musso in 2nd and TLR’s Jerome Sartel in 3rd.

Image: RC Cars Cavalieri

August 27, 2018

Jörn Neumann crowned German Nitro Buggy Champ

The second round of the German Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the Osterhofen track over the weekend. With a win at the second and final round, and following a win at round 1, SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann secured himself another German National title. Agama’s Burak Kilic ended the season as overall runner-up as Mugen’s Carsten Keller rounded out the overall top 3 results.

View the overall top 3 results here