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May 29, 2018

JConcepts 1:8 Spring Nationals – Report

HobbyTown USA’s HobbyPlex played host to the 2018 JConcepts 1:8th Spring Nationals this past weekend. The HobbyPlex is no stranger to big races. In year’s past, HobbyPlex has hosted some of the biggest, elite-level races in the nation including the 1/10th ROAR Electric Nationals in 2016 and in July the 2018 ROAR 1/8th Electric Nationals in July. Without a doubt, the versatile HobbyPlex is a genuine racer’s favorite hosting multiple tracks including scaling, 1/8th offroad, 1/10th offroad, carpet on road, and even drone racing. Now in its 9th year, the JConcepts Spring Nationals always adds excitement to the Plex with regional, top-level talent racing for the win in 1/8th scale nitro, electric, and 1/10th 4×4 SCT. This year’s layout was a slightly modified layout of the existing layout to better suit the bigger 1/8th buggies and truggies and one thing for sure, it didn’t disappoint.

Continue reading the report here

May 29, 2018

Jessica Palsson sweeps South Swedish Cup Rd1

The opening round of this season’s South Swedish Cup was held at the Vetlanda Arena over the weekend. Building on her success at the recent second round of the Middle Swedish Cup, Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson again swept the competition, bringing home the TQ, overall win and best junior trophy. Starting from the 2 spot into the 30-minute A-main final she would ultimately leave pole position holder Hampus Berg (HB Racing) behind, bringing home the win some 23 seconds in front of Hampus as Pontus Larsson (Serpent) rounded out the top 3 results. Behind the three, Emil Magnusson (Kyosho) came in 4th and Jonas Dalensjö (HB Racing) made up the top 5.

Thanks to Jessica Palsson for the report.

May 29, 2018

Sunpadow International RC Car GP – Announcement

The organisers of the Sunpadow International RC Car Grand Prix, held at the ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China, have announced that the 2018 edition of the race now has been shifted a week back from its original date, now taking place from the 9th to the 11th of November. The premier classes will be 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th Electric Touring Car with additional categories being 1/8th Electric On-road, 1/8th Electric Moto and 1/5th Electric Moto. More information about the event can be found on ARC Raceway’s official website here.

May 29, 2018

Pucher wins at Austrian IC Track Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Austrian IC Track Nationals was held at the popular LAMAC track over the weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro A-main final the conditions were pretty challenging with a sudden thunderstorm at the 14-minute mark. For the safety of all competitors the race director decided to call the race a day and this handed then-leader Herfried Pucher the win in front of TQ holder Mihelic Nejc and Pascal Knöller in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

See the top 3 results here

May 28, 2018

Jarno Pijpers doubles at BuggyCup Rd2

The second round of the Dutch BuggyCup was held at the Mach One Helmond track this past weekend. In the Nitro Sportsman A-main TQ holder Jarno Pijpers (SWorkz/FX) started from the pit lane, however this did not stop him from bringing home a popular win despite a rain storm going down in the main final. Behind him, Rajco van der Sluijs (Tekno/Reds Racing) and Sander van Genechten (Xray/FX) came in 2nd and 3rd in the A-main final.

Continue reading the report here

May 28, 2018

Ari Heinonen wins Finnish Nitro Buggy Nats Rd1

Round 1 of 4 of this year’s Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Turku in the South Western part of the country. Max Mört looked like the driver to beat in the Nitro Buggy class after taking a pretty dominant TQ, however problems in the semifinal meant he would miss the main final with Ari Heinonen (Mugen/Bullitt/JConcepts) taking profit of the situation, eventually winning the A-main from Joseph Quagraine (JQRacing/Reds Racing/JConcepts) 2nd and August Poutiainen (JQRacing/O.S./AKA) 3rd. Pekko Iivonen (JQRacing/SMJ/JConcepts) and Joonas Hyvärinen (JQRacing/SMJ/Pro-Line) rounded out the top 5 results.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

May 28, 2018

Mirko Salemi wins at Italian Shepherd Trophy

The 2018 Shepherd Trophy was held at the Racing Mini Car Fiorano track this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Nitro class it was WRC Racing’s Mirko Salemi with the triple of pole position, fastest lap and win to round out a perfect weekend. Shepherd’s Marco Vanni ended the 30-minute main final a lap down while Serpent racer, Andrea Ciuriante rounded out the podium result in 3rd another two laps down. In the 1/10th class Alessandro Balboni took the win of the A-final in front of Michele Scaglioni and Alessandro Ciaccheri while in the 1/10th Formula category it was Alessandro Bianchi that came out fastest in front of Matteo Berlincioni and Daniel Conte.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com] & Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 28, 2018

Lars Hoppe wins North German IC Track regionals Rd2

The second round of the North German IC Track regionals was held at the MAC Hamburg track this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro class 1 competition was tough. With Lars Hoppe, Timo Schröder and Merlin Depta three internationally experienced drivers battling it out for the win. After qualification the two Shepherd drivers Lars and Timo put their cars on the 1 and 2 spot for the finals as Serpent’s Merlin Depta followed in 3rd. In the final Lars slowly pulled away while Timo was able to make a small gap too. After 30 minutes of racing Lars took the win three laps in front of Merlin and Timo, the later unfortunately struggling with several engine flame-outs. In the 1/10th Nitro class Lennart Skornia took the TQ and win in front of Bernd Hasselbring and Kai Bode.

View the 200mm podium here