Merlin Race 2013 – Announcement

The Merlin Race 2013 for 1/8th Nitro Buggy will take place at the Fuencarral Circuit, near Madrid. The circuit has been recently renewed with a new layout designed by a famous BMX pilot, and the Merlin Race will mark the grand track re-opening. All the drivers attending the race will have the chance of winning prices in a raffle and Merlin will provide free fuel for everyone. Most of the top Spanish drivers will attend the race and some big international names will also be soon revealed. Further information can be found here.

Atsushi Kawamoto wins JMRCA 1/8th buggy nats

This year’s JMRCA 1/8th nitro buggy nationals were held at the RC Land 23 track in Matsuzaka-city. Kyosho’s Wataru Takashiro took TQ and but at the end of the 60 minute final multi Japanese champion Atsushi Kawamoto (Kyosho) crossed the finish line as the 2013 champion some five seconds in front of Itaru Kawamoto (Kyosho) and Kazuya Tanaka (Kyosho) who was further 8 seconds down. Takuya Kimura (Kyosho) and Wataru Takashiro (Kyosho) completed the top 5.

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Moller & Gaffney win at The Dual

Beside the eBuggy and 40+ class The Dual race at Pro-Line’s test track in Banning, CA and at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, CA also had an 1/8th Invitational and Expert class to offer. The Invitational was run in the Reedy Race style format that would see three 15-minute races in each class consisting of 1/8 Nitro Buggy and 1/8 Nitro Truggy on each track. The 2 best points from each class, each day would count towards the overall win using a total of 8 finishes. With one full heat of Invitational drivers, each race was very exciting. For each main the starting grid was decided by each driver picking a number out of a bowl, so completely random. The starting position did not dictate how the drivers would finish in the race due to racing incidents and pit strategy. In the start of each of the mains, it was a crap shoot as everyone was in hot pursuit of each other. Some of the races were clean and some of them were not. After day 1 at Pro-Line, Kyosho’s Drew Moller ended up with a 2-2 finish in Buggy and a 3-1 finish in Truggy that gave him a total of 8pts. This would put Drew 3rd overall going into Sunday as Ty Tessman was leading with 6pts, and Ryan Maifield in 2nd with 7pts.

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Antros Lemesianos wins Cyprus off-road champs

The 4th and final round of the Cyprus off-road championship organised by the RCO took place at the Metal Track RC Off Road track in Limassol. Xray driver Antros Lemesianos took TQ and also went on to win the 40 minute final in front of fellow Xray driver Savvakis Milikouris who suffered from a damaged steering servo. Andreas Thrasyvoulou came in third and completed the podium. In the overall championship Antros Lemesianos took the 2013 title in front of Savvakis Milikouris and Sotiris Taifas, also driving an Xray XB9.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Paparegas wins Greek National Cup

The annual Greek Cup took place in Serres in the North of Greece. Drivers from all over the country attended and after the four qualifying rounds Xray driver Tasos Paparegas took TQ in front of Papanikolaou and Terzis. The 45 minute final saw an easy win of the XB9 driver. John Paparegas fought very hard with the rest of the field and he brought home the 3rd place over all at the end even though he started from 7th place. The runner-up spot went to Papanikolaou (Kyosho) who was able to conserve his second place after the qualifiers.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]