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June 19, 2014

Lutz fastest in opening seeding practice at US Nats

Ryan Lutz was fastest in the opening seeding practice at the 1:8 Offroad US National Championship. Having had his first truggy time disallowed, in buggy the Team Durango driver put in a convincing performance over 3-consecutive laps around the Thornhill Racing Circuit to top the times from Truggy pace setter Ty Tessmann. As in truggy Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield would post the third fastest time followed by Dakotah Phend and defending champion Adam Drake.

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June 19, 2014

Tessman tops first Truggy seeding practice

Defending US National Truggy Champion Ty Tessmann topped the first seeding practice run at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas, this morning. The HB driver raced the fastest three consecutive laps of the large European style track in 134.919 to top the time sheets from Serpent’s Mike Truhe who ran a best time of 135.496 over the 7-minute run. The Top 3 for the first of the two seeding rounds was completed by Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield who set a time of 135.949.

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June 19, 2014

Drake & Tessmann set early pace at ROAR Nationals

Drake

Defending ROAR 1:8 Offroad Champions Adam Drake and Ty Tessmann got proceedings at the 2014 National Championships in Texas underway by setting the fastest time of their respective title classes. In Buggy Drake had the fastest 5-lap average of the first timed run with a 46.147 with Serpent’s Mike Truhe closest on a 46.183 pace with Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield third. In Truggy Tessman’s HB had a distinct advantage over the Mugen of Carson Wernimont and the TLR of Josh Glancy around the beautifully presented Thornhill Racing Circuit.

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June 18, 2014

RB Challenge Norway 2014 – Video

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The RB Challenge Norway, the biggest racing series during the Summer season in the Scandinavian country, is currently in full swing. Attracting the best Norwegian drivers the series see the running of six events on five different tracks. Started at the Mustit Raceway in Moss back in April, currently four rounds are completed with the fight for the top spots being on between Bjorn Ivar Haug (Xray/Bullit), Oyvind “Fast” Olsen (Mugen/RB), Daniel Kobbevik (Team Associated/Reedy), Lars Erik Moe (Mugen/RB) and Rune Karlsen (Xray/FX). The 5th round of the series will be run on the 31th of August in Grenland.

Video: Eskil Hoddø

June 18, 2014

Bruno Coelho doubles at Portuguese on-road nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Portuguese nitro on-road nationals was held at the city of Coimbra in sizzling hot weather. Bruno Coelho was able to take the wins in both the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm class despite a strong program in practice and qualifying with breaking in new engines and running a brand-new car in the 1/8th class. Behind Bruno, Jose Pequito and Jose Felix finished 2nd and 3rd in the 1/8th class while Franco Vilarinho and Nuno Silva completed the podium in the 200mm class.

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June 18, 2014

HPI Challenge & Bash Party – Announcement

The Notts & Derby Off-Road club will host the HPI Challenge & Bash Party on Saturday, 2nd of August. Meant to be a fun and laid-back “run what you brung” meeting for HPI vehicle owners, the race will see Baja, Buggy, Truggy, 2WD Truck, Monster Truck and WR8 racing. The rules are simply and all needed information can be found in HPI’s event flyer that you can download here (PDF file).

June 17, 2014

Rickard Olsson wins at Stockholm Cup R2

The 2nd round of the Stockholm Cup took place on the high speed track of the Botkyrka MK. In qualifying Frederick Cederberg took the TQ but come the final he made a big mistake on the opening lap allowing runner-up Rickard Olsson to pass into the lead. Rickard then was in control of things and finished nearly a lap ahead of 2nd placed Sebastian Johansson. Michael Kronoström finished 3rd to complete the podium.

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June 17, 2014

David Kukla sweeps Offroad Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the Offroad Cup was held in Kolin using a new track layout and surface that many drivers considered the best they ever drove on. In the 1/8th nitro and 1/10th 4WD electric classes it was David Kukla who took the overall TQ’s for the finals. The 1/8th finals where run in an electric style format with three 12 minute legs that David easily won in front of Jiri Benes and Jiri Dvorak. David then also went on to win the 4WD buggy class in front of Martin Korinek and Kaja Novotny.

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