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June 19, 2018

2018 ROAR Fuel Off-road Nationals – Report

The 2018 ROAR Fuel Nationals was held at Southside R/C Raceway in Lake City, Florida last week. With over 10 inches of rain on the days set aside to build the track, the crew at Southside were up against Mother Nature and Father Time, but they never gave up and were able to complete the build literally hours before scheduled open practice. The weather was hot and humid. It rained every day, but thanks to the crew at Southside, everyone were racing shortly after the rain delays and the track stayed very similar to how it was before the rain.

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June 18, 2018

Jean-Pierrick Sartel wins at French IC Buggy regional

The French Mini Auto Club Saint Quentinois held a regional 1/8th buggy race this past weekend and it was Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel with the TQ after the qualifiers and the win in the 30-minute main final. TLR’s Jerome Sartel would end the day on the 2 spot from HB Racing’s Malcolm Roquet in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 18, 2018

Matsukura & Branson win at EFRA GP Series

The MRTM Lostallo track hosted the third round of the EFRA GP series this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Nitro class Infinity’s Naoto Matsukura scored his first 1/8th class win after an amazingly fast and faultless drive and perfect tyre strategy. Infinity’s Dario Balestri came in 2nd some five seconds behind his Japanese teammate as Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch rounded out the top 3 podium result. Lamberto Collari and Jesse Davis, both for Infinity, came in 4th and 5th respectively. Overall in the championship it was Simon Kurzbuch with the title from Dario Balestri in 2nd.

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June 18, 2018

Hofer & Kaufmann win at Swiss Buggy Nats Rd3

The third round of the Swiss Nitro Off-road Nationals was held at the MBCJ Courgenay track this past weekend. Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer would take the TQ in the Expert Nitro Buggy class and he also brought home the win in the 45-minute main final some ten seconds in front of HB Racing’s Jeremy Pittet as Kevin Zwahlen (HB Racing) ended the race two laps down in 3rd overall. Over in the hotly contested Amateur category it was Noah Kaufmann with the win in the half hour long A-main final a lap in front of Andi Siegrist and Sebastien Cuanoud in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

June 18, 2018

Mihelic & Kandelhart win at Austrian IC Track Nats Rd2

The second round of the Austrian Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the MAV Aigen Schlägl track this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Nitro class it was ARC’s Nejc Mihelic with the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out fastest in the 45-minute main final, leaving the Shepherd duo of Gerhard Kandelhart and Andreas Giesa behind in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

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June 18, 2018

Steven Schöniger wins East German IC Buggy qualifier

After winning the third round two weeks ago, Steven Schöniger (Kyosho) took the top spot again at round four of the east region qualifying races for the German nationals held at the Roadrunner Club near Berlin. Steven performed flawless all weekend long and sent Philipp Guschl (Xray) and Johannes Klett (Mugen) to the remaining spots on the podium.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

June 18, 2018

Callum Niblett wins at Summer Series Rd5

Round 5 of the Summer Series was held at the Herts track this past weekend. In the main final it was Agama’s Callum Niblett with an awesome drive to take a comfortably win in a quick and well practised field. William Skidmore (Agama) came in 2nd with some heavy pressure from Team Associated’s Lewis Jones who would end the day on the 3 spot.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

June 18, 2018

Davide Ongaro sweeps Nitro Buggy Euros warm-up

The warm-up race for this year’s EFRA Nitro Buggy European Championship was held in Freixedas, Portugal this past weekend. Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro continued his recent winning streak by adding another TQ and win to his already impressive 2018 season as after coming out fastest in the qualifiers and semifinal, he also brought some the win in the 60-minute main final some 22 seconds in front of HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk as Mugen’s Robert Batlle rounded out the top 3 a lap down.

View the final results here