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July 18, 2016

Graham Alsop wins at Northern Regional Series Rd2

This past weekend was the second round of the Northern Regional Series. Qualifying provided some great racing with Graham Alsop taking TQ with Ashlee Owen in second. Going into the finals Graham Alsop convincingly took the win in the main and lead from start to finish. Ashlee had a terrible start and was promoted to dead last after a couple of laps. With a solid fuel strategy he was able to work his way through the field, setting fast laps to take a solid second from Colin Brennan in third.

View the final results here

July 18, 2016

Andreas Thrasyvoulou wins Limassol Tournament Rd1

The opening round of the Limassol Tournament for 1/8th Nitro Buggys was held at the AG Metal Off-Road Track with the turnout of racers being less than normal due to the current very high temperatures in Cyprus. The track was pretty rough with also a lot of jumps and in the A-final it was Xray driver and top qualifier, Andreas Thrasyvoulou who made the best out of the conditions, taking the win from the Kyosho duo of Simos Tikkis and Andreas Theodotou in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 18, 2016

Robin D’Hondt claims European 1/8th on-road title

Robin D'Hondt claims European 1/8th on-road title

The 2016 EFRA 1/8th Nitro On-road European Championship was held in in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The event was highly affected by the unsteady European weather this Summer but the 45 minute main event would be held in good racing conditions. The pole position holder, Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch, showed an impressive pace over the week and in the main final he looked to be in control of things with Robin D’Hondt appearing to be the only driver able to keep up with Simon’s speed. But disaster struck for Simon as technical issues put a halt to his title chase, allowing Robin to take over the lead and never looking back. Behind the Belgian driver a 3-car train was in a fight for the runner-up spot, formed by ARC driver Toni Gruber, Daniele Ielasi (WRC) and Simon Kurzbuch. At the end Robin would bring home the win a lap ahead of the battling Toni Gruber and Daniele Ielasi who completed the podium separated by only about two tenth of a second.

View the final results here

July 15, 2016

Adam Drake successful at Novarossi Challenge

Last weekend Barnstormers R/C Raceway hosted the annual Novarossi Challenge. Also know as the Big Apple Challenge, the event hosted the best drivers from the east coast as well as Adam Drake, Ryan Lutz, and Cole Ogden. Adam Drake won his 20-minute buggy semi final and started on pole for the 45 minute final. Drake controlled the race from start to finish after a battle early with Mugen Seiki teammate Cole Ogden. In the end, Drake took the victory by over a lap.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

July 12, 2016

Quentin Leroux takes French 200mm Championship

Round four of the French 200mm National Championship was held in sunny weather conditions and hot temperatures. Going into the penultimate round, Quentin Leroux and Basile Concialdi both were in the position to grab the overall win early with a second place being good enough for Quentin to take the title. The qualifiers were run in a best of three consecutive laps mode and the opening qualifier went to Basile with a 52.65s in front of Quentin with a 52.95s. Following some setup changes Quentin was able to better his time to a 51.92s, also setting a new track record with a 17.31s. Q3 then held no improvements as a slower track allowed Quentin to grab the overall TQ from Basile who was followed by Nicolas Bougnoteau and Michael Derderian.

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July 12, 2016

Maurice Lüscher wins at Swiss 200mm Nationals Rd4

Maurice Lüscher wins at Swiss 200mm Nats Rd4

Round four of the Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Langenthal track. In the 1/10th 200mm main final Xray’s Maurice Lüscher walked away with the win from Raphael Wicki (Xray) and Traugott Schär (Xray) in second and third respectively. Kevin Lehnherr (Xray) and Dominik Mucnjak (Shepherd) completed the top 5 result.

View the final results here

July 11, 2016

Video – 2016 Euros 1/8th Main Final

All the action from the 45 minute long Main final at the 2016 EFRA 1/8th Offroad European Championships in Redovan, Spain. With commentary in English and Spanish by Carlos Gomez.

July 11, 2016

Boots retains Euro title as rivals crumble in the heat

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Elliott Boots has successfully defended his 1:8 Offroad European Championship title. Racing under the beating Spanish sun, the 45-minute final would take a dramatic turn with just 7-minute to go as David Ronnefalk and Robert Batlle looked set to duel it out for the win. Having just relinquished the lead to Ronnefalk, Battle would suddenly slow but before the gasping onlookers could get their breath back Ronnefalk would also come to a stop. With both drivers suffering from overheating throttle servos, it was Top Qualifier Boots who was there to pick up the pieces, the British driver having made a somewhat slow start to the race. With the demise of both Ronnefalk and Battle, the attention of the race was on who would make up the rest of the podium, former champion Yannick Aigoin as surprised as anyone to finish runner-up for Xray ahead of an equally happy Neil Cragg, the Associated driver describing it as the ‘best 45-minute final I’ve ever had’.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.