August 15, 2018

Neil Cragg powered by Piranha Racing Fuel

Nemo Racing and Piranha Racing Fuels have announced that National, European and World Champion driver Neil Cragg joined their team. The Team Associated factory driver has chosen their 25% fully synthetic blend to power his nitro fleet. Nemo Racing and Piranha Racing Fuels are looking forward to work with Neil for the remainder of this season and beyond.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]


August 15, 2018

Anders Mikkelsen takes Norwegian 1/10 IC title

The Norwegian National 1/10 IC Track Championship was held at the Valdres track last weekend. The track is known as one of the most beautiful and challenging tracks in Norway with its 4 meter elevation differences and tight turns. Anders Mikkelsen started from the 3rd position into the A-main and right after the start Mikkelsen got up to 2nd and chased down the leader for the next six minutes before he managed to get by to take over the lead. From that moment on, he kept the lead for the remainder of the race, taking the win with a comfortable margin in front of Christian Hovden and Petter Solvberg to become the 2018 Norwegian 1/10 IC Champion.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


August 14, 2018

Daniel Blake scores maiden BRCA IC track win

Round 7 of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was held at the Cotswold track over the weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro class and after qualifying on P6, Daniel Blake could finally bring home his first win at a 1/8 Circuit National race. Overtaking many of the top-class drivers during the rain affected final, Daniel took the win with a comfortable lead of three laps in front of teammate Tim Wood while Chris Snell completed the podium in 3rd place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]


August 14, 2018

Adam Drake trifecta at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

Round 5 of the 2018 JBRL Nitro Series was held at Empire RC in Brentwood, California this past weekend. The event had a great turnout with 160 entries and Mugen’s Adam Drake was in control all day as he took the overall TQs in Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy and Open Truggy. Drake then also went on to sweep the A-mains as in Expert Buggy Adam would take the win with a lap margin over Team Associated’s Kyle Layton in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo rounded out the top 3.

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August 13, 2018

Thilo Tödtmann teams up with JP GIMAR

JP GIMAR have officially announced the signing of German frontrunner Thilo Tödtmann to their team. The multi-time ENS podium finisher,
U.S. Nitro Worldcup winner, reigning FEMCA Champion and multiple European Championship finalist will be using the Italian brand’s nitro engines during his upcoming campaign that will include all major national and international races. Thilo has the following to say about the deal:

From my heart I would like to thank the Picco brothers for their cooperation over the past year and a half. I am looking forward to team up with with JP Gimar and Giovanni Crea in person. His dedication and most importantly his passion for racing is something that impressed me from the first day and I think we have a great future ahead of us.

Source: JP GIMAR [facebook.com]


August 13, 2018

Jones doubles at Joe Buck Points Series Rd2

VCRC Raceway of Terre Haute, Indiana hosted round 2 of the Joe Buck Points Series this past weekend. Tyler Jones was in control of things in both the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes as he grabbed the overall TQ and wins in both categories. Brad Dewey would come in 2nd in the 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-main as Gary Studt rounded out the top 3 results. The 10-minute E-Buggy A-main was pretty much a blueprint of the Nitro main with Tyler taking the win from Brad and Gary.

View the E-Buggy podium here


August 13, 2018

Gunther van Staey takes Belgian 1/8th On-road title

The final round of the Belgian 1/8th On-road Championship was held at the Model Race Genk track this past weekend. Racing conditions on Sunday were pretty challenging due to a lot of dust on the track. Robin D’hondt would take the overall TQ a lap in front of Gunther Van Staey and Yves Zoma. The main final then again saw Robin out in front, taking the win some five laps in front of Gunther Van Staey as Yves Zoma rounded out the top 3 another lap down. With the 2nd place however it was Gunther who secured himself the overall championship.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


August 13, 2018

Bradley Baird wins Irish National series Rd3

Round 3 of the Irish National off-road series held once again at BADMCC venue due to a closure from another track. Bradley Baird took his buggies to a double TQ and victory in both Nitro and electric classes. With only one round to go and a disastrous round two its all down to the final round one the all astro venue at the Navan Nitro Nuts circuit.

View the E-Buggy podium here