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December 9, 2013

Hara wins Pattaya Buggy Party race

The Pattaya Buggy Party race took place last weekend and the event was just another Asian meeting to be dominated by Atsushi Hara, this time running SWorkz’ forthcoming S350 Evo buggy. After taking TQ the Japanese ace, who appears to attend each race with a different brand of vehicle, went on to win the 50 minute final by one lap ahead of Meen Vejrak. Joseph Quagraine completed the podium while Carlee Phutiyothin completed the top 4 result.

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December 9, 2013

Mizan & Anthony Wee win at Malaysian Novarossi Cup

This year’s Malaysian Novarossi Cup attracted around 70 racers to compete in the 1/8 and 1/10 200mm on-road classes. The track was closed prior to the event to make for fair conditions for every participant with official practice starting on Thursday. Sunday’s finals saw Mizan taking the win in the 200mm class with Amirul Shafiq and Ben completing the podium.

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December 5, 2013

Javi Pombo takes Madrid regional championship

Javi Pombo (Mugen) has won the last round of the Madrid regional championship held last weekend. Javi competed and won against Spanish aces like Dani Vega, Alberto García or Daniel Pariente and the victory also handed him the overall title and marks the culmination of a season that started up in Montpellier where he supremely run the final, and ended up with this regional victory and 6th overall at the Spanish National Championship.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

December 5, 2013

Maifield doubles at Arizona State championship

Maifield Wins Final Arizona State Championship at Hobbytown/SRS!

In what was the final Arizona State Championship at the Scottsdale location of Hobbytown/SRS, Team Associated/Reedy driver Ryan Maifield once again stamped his legacy on the event by claiming the top two titles in the state. With 28 years of heritage, the “States” have always been a staple of racing in Arizona and Ryan has been a part of the event since he was six years old, some 21 years ago. With a unique one-day event for each electric and gas, Maifield took the TQ and win of 2WD Modified Buggy on Saturday with his Centro-converted B4.2. Facing ever-changing track conditions, Maifield won A1 and A2 convincingly ahead of Billy Fischer and Tommy Hinz.

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December 4, 2013

Wayne Joelson wins SA 1/8th national title

The 4th and final round of the South African nitro on-road nationals took place at the TRAP racing facility just outside the capital city of Tshwane. Nearly 60 drivers from around South Africa attended the event for both 1/10th touring and 1/8th scale. Having already won the championship after 3 rounds the top qualifier in the 1/8th class was current SA champion Wayne Joelson (Mugen Seiki/Novarossi) followed closely by Dawie vd Merwe (Mugen Seiki/Novarossi) and Imtiaz Salie (Mugen Seiki/Max). The final then was won by Imtiaz Salie who took his first 1/8th scale victory and secured the vice championship.

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November 28, 2013

Bruno Coelho wins Madeira Cup Rd1

The first Madeira Cup was held at the Madeira Island Off Road track. With most of the participants being on-road racers Xray’s Bruno Coelho, who was invited to assist with car and engine set-up, had loads of work to do. After Saturday’s practice rounds the track was pretty beat-up but the conditions where the same for everyone and it was no surprise that Bruno Coelho took TQ after the qualifiers as he was the most experienced buggy racers on the track. Right from the start of the 45 minute final Bruno took off and never looked back taking the race win one lap ahead of Joao Figueiredo with Vitor Sousa completing the podium in 3rd position.

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November 27, 2013

John Agus wins Jakarta regional buggy champs Rd6

The 6th and final round of the Jakarta regional buggy championship was held last Sunday at the Boya Racing Track in Tajur, West Java. A total of 40 racers attended the event which featured three rounds of 10 minute qualifying with the 2 best rounds to count and 4 groups of finals with 5 drivers bumping up. Jason Nugroh (Xray) coming from 4th place on the grid got a good start and lead the first 15 minutes of the race when he suffered a flame-out after flipping the car. This handed John Angus (Kyosho) room to breathe and to the win while Jason was able to move his way up again ending in second place. Adrian Wicaksono (Kyosho) completed the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 27, 2013

Atsushi Hara victorious at JQ Asia Tour Event

Atsushi Hara victorious at JQ Asia Tour

The JQ Asia Tour Event, part of the Ratchaburi Offroad Championship, took place last weekend at the Ratchaburi track in Thailand. Two-time World Champion Atsushi Hara, who was driving a JQ Products buggy at this race, took TQ just in front of Joseph Quagraine. In the 45 minute final Hara opened a 2-lap gap on JQ taking a comfortable win in front of his teammate. Agama driver Witsarut R. completed the podium a lap further back.

Source: JQ Products [jqproducts.com]