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Jerome Aigoin wins French 1/8th Buggy opener

Posted: 27 Mar 2017 07:42 AM PDT

Round one of the French 1/8th Nitro Buggy national championship was held this past weekend at the Bergerac club. Jerome Aigoin (Xray/Ultimate) would bring home the win from top qualifier, Renaud Savoya (TLR/RC Concept) in second and Yannick Aigoin (Xray/Ultimate) who rounded out the podium in third.

Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]

Will Bergman TQs & wins at TVRC Saturday Carpet Series

Posted: 27 Mar 2017 07:13 AM PDT

TVRC of Nampa, Idaho held a round of their Saturday Carpet Series and in the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Will Bergman who set the TQ after the qualifiers. In the final Ben John, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, was able to challenge Will for the first couple of minutes but he then caught a pipe and due to marshalling lost most of the lap. Up front Will brought home the win from Gary Ovitt while Ben was able to recover to third overall before the finish.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

2016/17 Mibosport Cup finale – Report

Posted: 27 Mar 2017 06:32 AM PDT

The final round of the 2016/17 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend in Hrotovice, Czech Republic with more than 150 drivers competing in the six electric on-road and off-road classes. In the Touring Modified class Martin Hudy took the TQ but it was Zdenko Kunák who won the opening A-main ahead of Kuba Šimurda, Matěj Šulc and Dominic Vogl while Martin Hudy finished seventh with technical issues. Dominic managed to overtake Martin for the top spot in the second A-main and won ahead of Martin and Zdenko Kunák. Martin would then keep the top spot till the end in the third A-main, leaving Zdenko and Dominic behind. As Zdenko and Martin ended tie on points after the A-mains the winner was decided by the tie-breaker and the better qualifying position handed Martin the win while Dominic Vogl ended the day on the final podium spot.

Tom Krägefski took the TQ in the Stock LRP class ahead of Oliver Havránek and Aleš Pelikán. A very close battle between Tom and Oliver took place right from the start of the first A-main. Oliver then finished only 0.27s ahead of Tom as Aleš Pelikán came in third. The second A-main was almost a blueprint of A1 as Tom and Oliver were again battling for the top spot with Oliver coming out successful. Aleš Pelikán took the third spot again. As Oliver sat out the third A-main, the final was won by Tom Krägefski with Marton Tóth and Aleš Pelikán behind. With these results the overall win went to Oliver Havránek with Tom Krägefski and Aleš Pelikán completing the podium.

Herbert Weber again dominated the Formula class, taking the TQ head of Lukáš Hoch and Christian Schmid. In all three finals Herbert took comfortable wins while Lukáš Hoch and Christian Schmid made up the final podium spots.

Tomáš Lipták confirmed his dominance of the 1/12th scale class as he masterfully won the qualifying and all A-mains as well. Christoph Ramsauer managed to finish second in the first A-main ahead of Aleš Pelikán. In the second A-main, Thomas Dvorszky finished second in front of Christoph Ramsauer. The third A-main was absolutely the same as the second one and so Tomáš Lipták took the overall win with Thomas Dvorszky and Christoph Ramsauer completing the podium.

Over to the 2WD Buggy class in which Hupo Hönigl took the TQ in front of Aleš Bidovský and Kája Novotný. The A-mains on the challenging track made for some dramatic battles but Hupo managed to keep the first position in the first A-main ahead of Kája and Aleš who fought for the second place. Aleš then retired from the race in the seventh lap while the third place went to Max Götzl. The second A-main was even more dramatic, when Hupo made a mistake in the first lap, loosing some positions, promoting Kája Novotný and Aleš Bidovský into the top spot, but Hupo made an amazing recovery and took the lead again, keeping it till the end. Kája Novotný finished second ahead of Aleš Bidovský. The third A-main was won by Kája with Max Götzl and Aleš Bidovský behind as Hupo opted to sit out A3. Overall Hupo Hönigl grabbed the win from Kája Novotný and Max Götzl.

The qualifying in the 4WD Buggy class was won by Kája Novotný. Hupo Hönigl took the second position ahead of Max Götzl. In the first A-main, Hupo managed to overtake Kája for the top spot quite early after start. Hupo then finished the final in the first position with Kája and Peter Loncsar behind. Kája was watching Hupo’s back even in the second A-main, when Hupo made a mistake and Kája took the victory ahead of him and Aleš Bidovský. The third final was about to decide the winner of the race as Hupo and Kája had the same number of points going into the decisive main. Kája was leading the way in the third A-main, however he did not hold the pressure of Hupo who overtook Kája for the first place as Aleš Bidovský came in third. Overall Hupo Hönigl finished on the first spot with Kája Novotný and Aleš Bidovský completing the podium.

Source: Mibosport [mibosport.com]

Team Orion Revolution Race – Report

Posted: 27 Mar 2017 05:54 AM PDT

The inaugural Team Orion Revolution Race was held at Race Em RC in Rockford, Illinois over the weekend. The event attracted 237 total entries to race in several modified and stock classes and in the premier 2WD Modified class it was Team Associated’s Cole Tollard who took the TQ but the A-main win went to TLR’s Alejandro Vegas with TLR teammate Spencer Heckert coming in second. In third Brad Shearer (Team Associated) completed the podium result.

In the 4WD Modified Buggy class TQ Cole Tollard (Team Associated) brought home the win from second placed Brad Shearer (Team Associated) while Alejandro Vegas (TLR) rounded out the top 3.

In Modified Truck it was again Cole Tollard (Team Associated) who came out on top of the pack after the qualifiers and he would snatch his second title of the weekend in the A-main, taking the win from Alejandro Vegas (TLR) in second while Joe Pillars (Kyosho) had to settle for third.

4×4 Modified Short Course had Spencer Heckert taking the TQ and win from Jeremy Zucker in second and Eugene Ryder third.

In 2WD Modified Short Course Truck again the TQ holder also came out fastest in the final with Tim McCarthy bringing home the hardware from Kevin Kretsinger and Eugene Ryder in second and third respectively.

2WD Stock Short Course was won by Cody Lundberg from TQ Tater Sontag and John Ermer.

The 17.5T 2WD Buggy class was run with Team Orion handout motors and it saw young Tater Sontag taking the TQ and win from Casey Blasczyk and Tyler Busch. Tater would also sweep the 13.5T 4WD Buggy category with a TQ and win from Brian Lutz and Cody Lundberg.

Finally in 1/8th E-Buggy, Jared Wiggins took the TQ and win from Scott Cramer and Jeremy Zucker.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

T-Works D817 aluminium chassis side guard screws

Posted: 27 Mar 2017 03:33 AM PDT

T-Works have introduced a set of aluminium side guard screws for the HB Racing D817 off-road buggy. Made from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 aluminium and coming with a silver finish, the screws save some weight on the outer parts of the chassis while also adding visual impact. The fasteners are direct replacements for the stock parts and they come in sets of ten.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

Ielasi & Mazzeo win at EFRA GP Series opener

Posted: 27 Mar 2017 03:16 AM PDT

Daniele Ielasi took the win at the first round of the EFRA GP Series in what was a surprising twist of events, the former 1/10 200mm World Champion producing an excellent performance and his package proving to be tough and consistent in a final that saw a lot of drama. The main kicked off with Simon Kurzbuch starting well from pole and never letting anyone come near to his lead, and despite a charging Balestri trying hard to keep his Infinity in contact with the Shepherd, the Swiss managed to open a gap. Behind them it would be Collari, Picco and Ielasi swapping positions with the latter settling into 3rd, Picco 4th and Collari dropped down to 8th with a broken glow plug. Right after the 25 minutes mark Balestri would crash his Infinity into the barriers entering the straight, the heavy contact leaving the Italian with a broken rear left wishbone and promoting the fighting duo of Ielasi and Picco into podium positions, with Vrijelink now 4th.

Kurzbuch, now with less pressure, kept on dancing through the curbs for 15 more minutes, the strategy and the solidity of his team paying off as usual, until the 40th minute where a cold shower was around the corner for the Swiss that was forced into the pits, losing five laps as the 1st gear pinion came undone on his Novarossi. With Simon in the pits, it was Daniele Ielasi to take advantage of the stop and to inherit the lead, that he managed to keep until the chequered flag was waved above his WRC despite Picco trying his best in the stirred up duel, with Vrieljinck closing 3rd just ahead of the up and coming Italian talent Massari.

A well deserved win for Ielasi, a somewhat underestimated driver who always shines when it counts, and who was pleased with what he described as a tough race. Complimenting his pit man Stefano Colombini for “doing a great, great job and being perfect with both the strategy and its execution”, he also praised his package and declared himself delighted to kick off the 2017 season with a win. “To drive 45 minutes without making any mistakes wasn’t an easy task, especially on today’s low traction conditions, so I’m happy and proud”. With the 2016 season getting him the Italian title on the very same Cassino track and a podium finish at the Euros in Sweden, and this being a Worlds year the premises are good for “continuing pushing in the right direction”.

Coming under the checkered flag in second after winning his semifinal and conquering the P3 starting position, Alberto Picco was happy with a podium in his international debut with the Infinity. “I and Daniele were on the exact same pace, just matching each other’s times lap after lap, I just had a couple flows in my driving that opened the gap a little bit but when you’re so much on the edge of performances it can happen”, said a pleased Alberto at the end of the final. “We had some important feedbacks for the future development and for the work we’ve done with the engine, so we are happy to close this positive weekend with a P2”, continued Alberto, also referring to his semifinal strategy where he pitted at 5 minutes, showing a great fuel economy that could be key later in September at the French Worlds.

Third at the end of the 45 minutes in a much cooler track than it had been in the opening two days of racing, Rick Vrieljinck looked visibly happy. Using a differential in the front of his C803 instead of the traditional one-way solid axle, the Capricorn driver drove a consistent and solid race, the experienced Dutch aware that in most of the occasions finishing the race in good shape has to be the primary goal of a racing driver. Happy enough with how both his car and his engine worked, he was the highest placed driver to go for a 2 tyre stops strategy.

It was for sure a cold shower for reigning World and ENS champion Simon Kurzbuch, who dominated the race for the 85 percent of the race only to see his winning streak break due to a very strange and unusual issue. The Swiss was gutted at the end of the race checking the guilty pinion that was later found on the track, but for sure aware that technical issues aside he was the driver to beat.

In the 200mm class the drama started right in the first moments of the race, with the referee calling an early start from the World Champion and TQ Dominic Greiner and calling the German for a stop & go penalty. The race lead was then inherited by Alessio Mazzeo, who pretty much never leaved it for the whole length of the final. Behind him, the reigning World Champion would work his way up to second again, but never managed to bring a worry in the head of Alessio, also strong of a better fuel strategy. With Alessio taking a convincing win on his debut with Xray just ahead of his former Serpent team-mate Greiner, the third spot on the podium went to BMT’s Mario Spiniello, very happy with the result at the first international experience with the new car.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

Intech Racing ER-14 & ERSC-10 lightweight alloy chassis

Posted: 27 Mar 2017 02:47 AM PDT

Intech Racing have introduced new aluminium lightweight aluminium chassis for the ER-14 and ERSC-10 1/10th scale off-road vehicles. The ER-14 specific part is machined from 2.5mm alloy and it sports excessive machining to save about 20 percent of weight while the 3mm ERSC-10 part is about 15 percent lighter than the stock chassis. Both main plates are machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and they are hard anodised for wear and looks.

Source: Intech Racing [intechracing.com]

Juan Carlos Canas wins Spanish 1/8th Buggy opener

Posted: 27 Mar 2017 02:31 AM PDT

The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro Buggy national championship was held in Lebrija this past weekend. Rainy weather made for some challenging racing conditions and the event was also cut short and in the end it was Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas who took the win in the 45-minute A-main from record national champion, Robert Batlle (Mugen) with HB Racing’s Ignacio Candel coming in third.

Final results:
1. Juan Carlos Canas – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
2. Robert Batlle – Mugen/Picco/AKA
3. Ignacio Candel – HB Racing/Team Orion/Pro-Line
4. Byran Baldo – TLR/Picco/AKA
5. Oscar Baldo – TLR/Picco/AKA
6. Oscal Navarro – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
7. Javi Pombo – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
8. Zacarias Villalba – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
9. Jose T. Escudero – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
10.Alex Daras – HB Racing/Team Orion/Pro-Line
11.Dani Vega – Agama/Reds Racing/6Mik
12.Manu Inesta – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
13.Borja Hernandez – Agama/Reds Racing/6Mik

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]

Apandi & Chiang win at Astro Buggy Champs Rd3

Posted: 27 Mar 2017 01:44 AM PDT

Singapore’s Urban Astro Buggy Championship held its third event of the 2017 season this past weekend. The race was concurrently a Singapore national series points scoring event and in the 2WD Buggy class, the battle for TQ was on between Esmail Apandi, Dennis Chiang and Kum Yew and it would come down to the third qualifying round. Despite running in the earlier group, Esmail master the slightly wet conditions to secure the overall TQ with a scintillating run in Q3. In the finals, Esmail took A-main leg 1, but Dennis came back with a strong performance in leg 2 to take the win and force a decisive leg 3. In final main it was a close battle all the way, but Esmail eventually managed to maintain his advantage to seal the win while Dennis finished 2nd, with newcomer Andrew Tow coming in 3rd.

2WD Buggy final results:
1. Esmail Apandi – Xray
2. Dennis Chiang – Xray
3. Andrew Tow – SWorkz
4. Kum Yew – Yokomo
5. Kamen Koh – Serpent
6. Steven Ong – Hobao
7. Fazly – PR Racing
8. Bobby Chan – Yokomo

In the 4WD Buggy class it was another 3-way fight for TQ. Fadzil secured the top spot in Q1, while Dennis Chiang came out fastest in Q2. With track conditions improving in each round, the overall TQ would come down to the final qualifying run. Kamen Koh eventually secured TQ honours with his Q3 first place run, beating Dennis on a tie-break. In the opening A-main Dennis made an early pass to draw first blood, with newcomer Jody Long in 2nd, while TQ-holder Kamen had to settle for 3rd. In leg 2 Dennis once again jumped into an early lead, though he would be challenged by Dominic Quek. Dennis eventually took the win for the leg and overall, with Dominic in 2nd, while Kamen had to settle for 3rd once again. With Dennis sitting out leg 3, there was an intense battle for the remaining podium spots. Kamen managed to convert his pole position to a win, securing 2nd overall. Marc Seow was 2nd for the leg, while Fadzil took 3rd. Finishing 4th for the leg, Dominic secured 3rd overall on a tie-break with newcomer Jody Long.

4WD Buggy final results:
1. Dennis Chiang – Xray
2. Kamen Koh – Serpent
3. Dominic Quek – Xray
4. Jody Long – Xray
5. Fadzil – HB Racing
6. Marc Seow – Xray
7. Terence Low – SWorkz
8. Tony Neo – Serpent

Thanks to HJ Quek for the report.