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May 29, 2014

IFMAR 1/8th Buggy Worlds in Italy – Hotel list

IFMAR 1/8th Buggy Worlds in Italy - Hotel list

The organisers of the 2014 IFMAR 1/8 Nitro Buggy World Championships have been in touch to issue an extended hotel list for the event that will take place from the 18th to 27th of September in Giardini Naxos, in the province of Messina. Beside the existing list on the organisers website there are more rooms available, which along with prices you can find below. There is also an official agency for the bookings but we understand that you can also book directly with the hotels.

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May 29, 2014

2014 JConcepts 1/8th Spring Nationals – Report

The racers from the Mid-West surrounding area made their way to Omaha Nebraska’s famous Hobbyplex for the 2014 JConcepts 1/8th Spring Nationals. This annual event in its 5th year has turned into the must attend racing event for the Nitro crowd. With a record number of entries at 186, this year by far surpassed the previous year record, and the track along with the program did not disappoint. As many may know, an equipment failure left Alex Sturgeon with several stitches and a broken arm during the track build. The core group of locals including the owner of the shop and his son jumped in with the guidance of a medicated Alex to make sure the event went off without a hitch. When racers arrived on Friday for practice, a fresh layout with painted infield sections awaited the drivers, and with that, the track opened and most were unaware that there was anything different.

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May 29, 2014

Kyle Rhodes takes CT State Championship

The CT State Championships was held at Wolcott Hobby and Raceway in Wolcott, Connecticut with around 100 entries. Up for grabs was the State championships for 1/8th nitro buggy, truggy, electric 8th scale buggy and 4WD SC. Leading up to the event the area experienced a few days of rain which left the track a little soft, but the Wolcott Hobby crew did a great job of prepping the track and making sure there was no standing water. Come heat 2 of nitro buggy qualifying and light rain started to fall again that quickly disappeared leaving perfect grip conditions for heat 3. Kyosho’s Kyle Rhods jumped out front early, limited his mistakes and was able to set TQ for the round. Round 2 and with an unchanged buggy but new tyres Kyle made a few mistakes early in his heat on which left him in third for a few laps but he again jumped back out front and was setting a new TQ by 6 seconds ahead of his round 1 time, but he had to pull off at the 3 minute mark, but the TQ from round 1 was fast enough to give him the overall TQ.

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May 28, 2014

LAMAC Open 2014 – Announcement

The Lavanttaler Modell Auto Club in Austria is celebrating their 30 year anniversary with the LAMAC Open race on the weekend of the 29th of June. The event is open for 1/10th electric, 1/10th touring, 1/8th track and 1/8th GT/Rally cars with the club focussing on a fun race and tech talk. To make for a special atmosphere, two qualifying rounds will be held on Saturday night under floodlight. More information about the event can be found here and race entries can be made using MyRCM or via email.

May 28, 2014

Deniz Aksüt wins at Turkish buggy offroad series Rd1

The first round of the Turkish 1/8th buggy offroad series was held at the Snappy Raceway in Istanbul over the weekend. In the E-buggy class, run on Saturday, Serpent’s Deniz Aksüt dominated the proceedings by taking the TQ, win and fastest lap. For Sunday’s nitro buggy race Deniz was able to conserve his performance as he again took the TQ, the win and the fastest lap in the 45 minute final.

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May 27, 2014

Cristo González wins at Canary Cup Rd1

Round 1 of the Canary Cup 2014 was run at the Narea track in Telde, Gran Canaria with 24 drivers attending. The meeting also counted towards the Las Palmas Championship and was hampered by somewhat unstable weather with moments of light drizzle. In the 30 minute final Cristo González (Mugen) secured the win from tone to tone while Cristian Artiles (Xray), who faced a poor start and setup trouble, would finish in 2nd place. Young Sergio Betancor (Kyosho) ended the race on a good 3rd position. Leandro Romano (SWorkz) came in 4th after a smooth run in the final while Antonio Sosa (Kyosho) was another driver who ran into trouble during the day. Jose Heriberto Santana (SWorkz) finished in 6th place after passing Juan José Llanos (Xray) suffered from a flame out only metres from the finish line.

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May 27, 2014

EFRA GT-Rally Eurocup – Announcement

During the EFRA “Flat Chassis” European Championships that will be held from the 1st to 3rd August in Gubbio, Italy, a GT-Rally Eurocup for 1/8th scale GT and Rally chassis will be held. Being an open event, the race only requires a national licence to participate and it is understood that the race is being held to determine the need of an official EFRA 1/8th GT class.

EFRA definition of a GT/Rally Game car
Rally Game Class cars are powered by an internal combustion engine with piston and glow plug. Transmission can be on 2 or 4 wheels. They are based on 1/8th Off-road cars, with some changes to adapt them to an on-road track.

The official EFRA 1/8th GT/Rally Game rules can be found in this document (PDF file).

Source: EFRA [efra.ws]

May 27, 2014

Xray Challenge Korea – Annoncement

Xray Korea invites all Xray drivers to take part at the Xray Challenge Korea. Taking place at the Kirina Circuit on the 1st of June, the race sees the running of electric and nitro 1/10th classes along a 1/8th nitro on-road class. Xray’s Alexander Hagberg will be present for support. More information can be found here.