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May 9, 2017

Kyle Branson successful at BRCA 200mm Nats Rd2

The second round of the BRCA 1/10th IC circuit championship was held at the Halifax track. In qualifying it was Capricorn’s Kyle Branson who managed to take the TQ and set a new track record ahead of Joe Kerry, followed by Alex Thurston in 3rd and Mark Green in 4th. The final got under way with Kyle managing to pull a gap early on from Mark, who managed to get into 2nd in the opening laps. A great battle was going on from around the 10 minute mark with Alex and Mark fighting for the 2nd spot for almost the remainder of the race. After 30 minutes it was Kyle who took the win with his Capricorn car nearly two laps ahead of the two Serpents of Mark in 2nd and Alex in 3rd.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 9, 2017

Ofir Avitan wins at Israeli League Rd8

Round 8 of the 1/8th Nitro Buggy Israeli League was held at the Omer Ring track in fantastic weather conditions. After the four rounds of qualifying it was Ido Carmon to take the TQ honours. At the start of the 40-minutes main final Ido was not able to take profit of his pole position as he had a bad start which dropped him down the field. This allowed Yaniv Sivan, who came from the 2 spot on the grid, to take over the lead and to open a gap on the field. It wasn’t for long though as a few mishaps and a flame out promoted Ofir Avitan into the lead. However Yaniv managed to recover and to hold onto the 2nd position while Ido Carmon had fuel flame out which he could not recover from. Meanwhile there was a battle between Aviv Maymon and Or Balulu for 3rd. Aviv had some issues and lost valuable time which promoted Or Balulu into 3rd as Asi Bitton and Gil Harush were in the fight for the 4th place. Ultimately Gil Harush had the upper hand but up front Ofir Avitan would walk away with the win from Yaniv Sivan in 2nd and Or Balulu 3rd.

View the final results here

May 9, 2017

Micha Widmaier dominates German Nationals qualifier

A round of the German 1/8th Off-road regionals, qualifying races for the nationals later this year, was held at the Sand/Main track over the weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Micha Widmaier (SWorkz/SPower/ TPRO) made a clean sweep by winning all qualifiers and taking the win in the A-main from Aaron Münster (Kyosho/O.S. Speed/AKA) and Luca Rau (Kyosho/O.S. Speed/AKA). In the E-Buggy class it was again Micha who grabbed the TQ by coming out fastest in two of the three qualifiers. In the A-main finals Micha continued to set the pace and taking wins in both legs secured him the second overall win of the day, with Agama’s Markus Metsch and Kyosho driver Tim Kraus completing the E-Buggy podium.

View the nitro and electric podiums here

May 8, 2017

Gerhard Kandelhart wins at Austrian IC Track Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Austrian 1/10th and 1/8th Nationals was held at the Sollenau track and it was Gerhard Kandelhart who took home the biggest trophy although it was his team mate Leonardo Varga who claimed the TQ spot after qualifying. In the main final Leo was in the lead for quite some time but a crash with a back marker forced him to get his car repaired in the pits. Gerhard Kandelhart took over the lead after Leo’s incident andhe never looked back, crossing the finishing line in 1st position in front of Kurt Hubeny while Leo fought his way back to the front to complete the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 8, 2017

Merlin Depta wins North German IC Track regionals Rd1

The opening round of the North German Nitro On-road regionals was held at the AMC Hildesheim track over the weekend. In the premier 1/8th on-road class Serpent’s Merlin Depta took the overall TQ some 2.6 seconds in front of Shepherd’s Lars Hoppe and Timo Schröder. In the opening stages of the 30-minutes A-main Merlin and Lars would battle for the lead but Merlin held the upper hand especially after the tyre stops, allowing him to take the win with a 1-lap margin from Lars in 2nd and Timo in 3rd.

Image: Lars Hoppe

May 8, 2017

Neil Cragg TQs & wins at BRCA Nitro Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the BRCA Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Kent. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg was the man to beat all weekend, taking the TQ after the qualifiers and bringing home the win with a massive 39 seconds margin from Kyosho’s Elliott Boots in 2nd. Infinity’s Lee Martin would round out the podium result in 3rd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

May 8, 2017

2017 Xray Racing Series finale – Report

The season ending race and grand final of the 2017 Xray Racing Series was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin this past weekend. The weather was good all days despite a not-so-brilliant forecast, making for excellent racing conditions for the several electric and nitro on-road classes. In the premier electric category, Touring Modified, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg brought home the win from IYRCA World Champion, Oliver Havranek while Patrick Gollner rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

May 8, 2017

Dani Choi & Jeff Joo win at Korea TLR Masters

This past weekend the 2017 Korea TLR Masters for 1/8th Nitro Buggies and Trucks was held at the Unique Circuit in Busan, Korea. Over 100 entries made for good competition and in the end Dani Choi (Kyosho) would take the win in the Nitro Buggy class while Jeff Joo (TLR) took the overall victory in the Nitro Truggy A-main. Finally in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was again Jeff Joo who tool the win from Jeongbin Han 2nd and Gapdong Lee 3rd.

View the Truggy podium here