The third round of the Australian AARCMCC Nationals was held in Townsville last weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Truggy case it was Mugen’s Aaron Stringer with the TQ and win from young Mugen teammate, Caleb Noble. HB Racing driver, Shane Mangu would round out the podium result in 3rd.
Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]
The third round of the Norwegian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Hvervenbukta Raceway in Oslo. The weekend started out with heavy rain on Friday afternoon, so track was ready for a boat race, not cars. Thankfully the weather got better so limited practice was possible before the race start on Saturday morning. Saturday kicked off with Daniel Kobbevik taking a solid TQ in the opening Nitro qualifier, and he would carry on that way so take the overall TQ after the four qualifying rounds. The closest driver was Mugen driver Hans Magne Berg, who had a really good pace this weekend. One more qualifier was held on Sunday morning and Daniel won that one as well. This weekend was especially important for Daniel to get into the final in both classes to take the overall wins, since the last race is on the same date as the 1/8th Electric Euros and the start of the EOS.
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The 2018 edition of The Wicked Weekend was held in Gainesville, Georgia. The event was held in a multitude of classes and categories an in the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz with the TQ and win from Team Associated’s Evan Vail and AE teammate, Julien Oliveras. The Serpent duo of Billy Easton and Adam Johnson would round out the top 5 podium result.
The Townsville Model Off Road Club in Townsville, Australia played host to the Australian 1/8th Off-road Nationals last weekend. Team Associated’s Kyle McBride took the overall TQ in Nitro Buggy and he would also come out on top in the 60-minute main final. Young Caleb Noble (Mugen) secured the runner-up spot from Mugen teammate, Brady Pigott. Over in the Truggy class a 2nd place at the nationals for Caleb Noble won him the AARCMCC Truggy Championship and Buggy Junior title for 2018.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
In celebration of the Indonesian Independence Day, the Indonesian R/C Car Community IRCC together with the Urban Community Park held the UCP GP Buggy Series Rd2 this past weekend. The Indonesia Independence Race, like the opening round, was attended by racers from all over Indonesia that were greeted by a challenging yet fun track layout. The format of the race was four qualifying rounds followed by bump-up finals. Stanley Wangsanegara took two TQs out of four rounds but young and talented Kenji Liono snatched the overall TQ position due to being more consistent over the four rounds.
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The fourth round of the Austrian 1/8th IC Track Nationals was held at the MORAC track last weekend. The usual suspects of Mihelic and Pucher battled for the top spot on the 1/8th Nitro class. Setting the early pace in free practice on Saturday, Mihelic TQ’d while Pucher won the Super Pole with only one Lap to qualify directly to the main final. The 45-minute main final was a clean run for the pair that separated from the field by almost five laps, leaving behind their main competitor Gerhard Kandelhart in 3rd place. It was a pitty that Pucher ran out of fuel on his last stop at the 40-minute mark which prevented him from challenging Nejc to the end. This allowed Njec to bring home the win two laps in front of Pucher and another four laps in front of Kandelhart in 3rd. Winning three out of four races Nejc also secured his 4th title in a row with Pucher in 2nd and Kandelhart in 3rd.
Round 5 of the BRCA Truggy and E8 Buggy Nationals was held at the Slough track over the weekend. SWorkz’s Jack Embling brought home the win in the 30-minute Nitro Truggy A-main final to take this year’s overall title from Agama’s Jon Hazlewood on the runner-up spot. Team Associated’s Matt Lewis would round out the overall top 3.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
The 3rd round of Czech Championship saw Tomas Liptak taking the pole position in the 1/8th Nitro class while Michal Abrahamek walked away with the pole in the 200mm Nitro Touring category. The race on Saturday would start a little bit later due the overnight rain but the remainder of the day would went smoothly. In the 30-minute long 1/8th class final things would start to become tense in the closing stages when Tomas Liptak was chased by Martin Zvara after Tomas had a crash with another car. In the end he would take the win only four seconds in front of Martin. Miroslav Jurenka would complete the top 3 podium result.
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