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October 11, 2017

Kyle McBride clinches FEMCA Nitro Buggy title

The 2017 FEMCA 1/8th Off-road Championships took place at the MORBC track in Perth, Australia, host of the 2018 Worlds. More than 100 drivers attended the event and it was Australia’s Kyle McBride (Team Associated/Novarossi) who took the overall TQ courtesy of winning three of the six qualifiers. In the 60-minute Kyle was able to preserve his qualifying performance to take the title in front of Shane Kelly (TLR/Reds Racing) in 2nd place and Shin Adachi (Serpent/O.S.) in 3rd.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

October 11, 2017

Huge Challenge finale & 2017 BIRC – Report

The final round of the Huge Challenge and the 2017 BIRC were held at Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand this past weekend. Classes run included several electric and nitro on-road classes that were run on the extremely high-bite asphalt track. In the Touring Modified class, Jilles Groskamp took the TQ in front of Naoto Matsukura and Charlee Phutiyothin. Jilles would then take the win in the first two finals to claim the victory from team mates Andy Moore and Naoto Matsukura. Chavit Sirigupta and Purisek J. completed the top 5 results.

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October 10, 2017

Abrahamek crowned Czech national 200mm champ

The Czech National 200mm Championship recently concluded with the fifth and final round and it was Michal Abrahamek who took the overall title. Ending three rounds of the championship on top of the podium earned Michal the title as Michael Jansa and Pavel Jansa snatched the final podium spots.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 10, 2017

Gary Huang TQs & wins at HKRCSA race

The HKRCSA race was held at the Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong recently. Xray’s Gary Huang, who entered the race to prepare for the forthcoming Xiamen Grand Prix, took the overall 1/8th nitro class TQ after the rain-shortened qualifiers. In the main final Gary would lead from tone to tone to bring home the win from Capricorn driver Luk Chi Hung and Mugen’s Lai Hay.

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October 10, 2017

Bill Lykaris takes Greek national 1/10th 200mm title

Last weekend the fifth round of the Greek national on-road championship took place at the famous Fanatix Racing Track located in the north of Athens. In the 1/10th Nitro category Bill Lykaris (Shepherd) came out fastest, setting the pace all weekend and winning the race in front of John Sotiropoulos (Mugen) and Vaggelis Totomis (Capricorn) who completed the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively. With three wins and two runner-up spots Bill already took the national title before the last race and he will be crowned the national champion at the forthcoming final round.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 9, 2017

Andrew Hastings takes Rd8 of BRCA 1/8th Nats

Round 8 of the 1/8th onroad National championship saw drivers travel to the Wombwell circuit for the second time this year. For those arriving on the Saturday for practice we were treated to a great buffet, thanks to Nicola Wood and Claire Carr, in celebration of Kath and Phil Carrs’ 70th birthday, which also featured a cake in Team Carr colours. The previous week had seen some of the UK drivers competing in the Worlds in France and after speaking with Wayne Briggs it sounded like all of those involved really enjoyed the experience.

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October 4, 2017

Czech national series Rd5 & Rd6 – Report

The final two rounds of Czech national series took place last weekend. Two races in two days on one track was a real challenge for both drivers and their cars. For Round 5 of the series, 1/8E buggy qualifications was quite a close affair between Martin Bayer, Max Gotzl and Kaja Novotny with each driver taking a TQ run each, with Martin eventually taking the overall TQ. In 1/8IC, Martin TQed round 1, but then Kaja managed to take round 2 and 3 for the overall TQ.

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October 1, 2017

Kurzbuch retains title with Fiorano win

Simon Kurzbuch has retained his Euro Nitro Series title, the Shepherd driver becoming champion for a third time with his third win at the World famous Fiorano track in Italy. Coming into the final round of the season going up against Bruno Coelho for the title, the Swiss ace drew the first strike when he claimed the overall TQ moving him a step closer to the top prize. In the final despite a sterling effort from Coelho, who kept him honest throughout the 45-minutes decider, Kurzbuch continued his form claiming win number three of the season by half a lap to take the 2017 title. A surprise challenger to Kurzbuch, winning the season opener having not been a 1:8 contender previously, Coelho would have to settle for second in the standings on this occasion but finishing all four race in no lower than second place the Portuguese driver has already set out his stall for next season’s ENS. Making his first A-Main of the season, Jesse Davis would complete the podium at Round 4 with a hugely popular third place, which where it not for a crash with Lamberto Collari while closing down Kurzbuch, could have seen the Aussie end the season on an even higher note. One can only expect Davis will be another driver taking the challenge to Kurzbuch in Season #5 of the ENS. Unfortunately for newly crowned World Champion Dario Balestri his chances of a good result ended at the first corner after the start. With second place qualifier Andrea Pirani making a very slow start Balestri would run into the back of him, the impact lifting the body off his car and it needing to be returned by marshal to the pits for repairs. Rejoining the race to finish 10th of the 12 starters, Balestri joked afterwards, ‘your luck can change completely in a week’.

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