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May 25, 2018

Xray Racing Series Czech Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Czech Xray Racing Series was held at the Celakovice race track. In the premier Modified class, it was Matěj Šulc, who took the TQ and overall win from Michal Blahovský. Kája Doležal, Martin Kořínek and Tomáš Svoboda wouldn’t give up the battle for the 3rd place until the last final, but with some small mistakes from Martin and Tomáš, Kája could finish 3rd in the last final to become the final podium finisher.

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May 24, 2018

Ruben Schaedler wins at Mexican Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Mexican 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Palmas RC Track in Puebla State, Mexico. The event used IFMAR style qualifying and finals and at the end of the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main it was Tekno’s Ruben Schaedler with the win from Tito Cesena Castro (HB Racing) 2nd and JQ Racing’s Lico Gudino in 3rd.

Source: JQ Racing [jqracing.com]

May 24, 2018

Garland & Vaughn win at Midwest National Series Rd2

Next Level RC in Cambria, Illinois held the second round of the Midwest National Series recently. The track offered lots of challenging elements such as elevation changes, motocross-style jumps and tons of grip. The race format was two 5-minute qualifiers with double 15-minutes, motocross-style mains. The opening Nitro Buggy A-main saw Alex Vaughn having a killer battle with Nate Johnson and Tim Garland with Alex eventually edging out the two for the win. A2 then was a much rougher affair as Alex lead the pack in the final lap when he hit a massive rut which caught him out, but he still managed to take the P2 spot in the main. Overall it was Tim Garland with the win from Alex Vaughn 2nd and Chase Rhinerson 3rd.

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May 24, 2018

Fabio Callegari wins at North-East Italian GT regionals

The fourth round of the North-East Italian GT regions was held at the Pista Verde Fener track recently. Due to the bad weather conditions some pilots opted to sit out the round. In the shaft-driven GT class Fabio Callegari (Xray) set the pace as he took the TQ and also came out fastest in the shortened 20-minute main final to take the day’s win from Andrea Baggio (Mugen) and Paolo Dianin (Mugen).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 23, 2018

Toni Santana wins at Spanish GT Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th GT National Championship was held at the ARCA track in Madrid in the three classes of GT, GTE and Super GT. In the GT category it was Gustavo Gines with the overall TQ after the four qualifying rounds with Miguel Acosta and Jorge Revert coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 45-minute main final however it was Toni Santana with the win some 13 seconds in front of runner-up, Jorge as Miguel rounded out the podium results in 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

May 23, 2018

Christian Wolhuter wins at Australian Nats Rd2

The recent 2018 IFMAR 1/8th Gas Buggy World Championship warm-up race held at the MORB club in Perth, Australia was also the second round of the Australian 1/8th off-road national championship. In the Sportsman class it was Christian Wolhuter with the win from Bradley Thaggard in 2nd and Darren Johnston 3rd.

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May 22, 2018

Daniel Vega wins Madrid Buggy regionals Rd1

The opening round of the Spanish Madrid regional championship was held at the Fuencarral track last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Oscar Navarro took the TQ from Alberto Garcia and Daniel Vega with the latter taking the win with a 1-lap margin in the 45-minute A-main from Juanma Guillen 2nd and Alberto Garcia 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

May 22, 2018

Bryan Baldo wins Levante Championship Rd5

Last weekend the fifth round of the Spanish Levante Championship was held at the Elda with some of the region’s fastest drivers in attendance. Kyosho’s Bryan Baldo took the win in the Nitro Buggy A category from Mugen’s Manuel Iniesta on the runner-up spot. Oscar Baldo (Kyosho) came in 3rd from Joan Espasa 4th and Luis Ignacio Candel 5th.

Image: Bryan & Oscar Baldo