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The third round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track in Serpong, West Java. A total of 42 drivers attended the event and after the three rounds of qualifying it was Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) with the TQ position. After the 45-minute A-main things looked a bit different with Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) taking a very narrow win only some 1.3 seconds ahead of Adrian while Chopin Yusuf (TLR/Kabuto) rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Final results:
1. Jason Nugroho – Xray/Novarossi
2. Adrian Wicaksono – Mugen/Reds Racing
3. Chopin Yusuf – TLR/Kabuto
4. Indra Liono – Xray/SPower
5. John Agus – Kyosho/O.S.
6. Rama Tribudiman – Team Associated/O.S.
7. Adrian Sutanto – Kyosho/O.S.
8. Dimaz Arianto – Mugen/O.S.
9. Edianto Ong – Kyosho/Reds Racing
10.Faisal Ali – Kyosho/Reds Racing
11.M. Feby – Kyosho/O.S.
12.Rizky P – Xray/O.S.
13.Yan Yusuf – Mugen/Picco
14.Falla – Team Associated/O.S.
15.Yudha Sanjaya – Serpent/Picco

Thanks to Michael Nugroho for the report.

Following the introduction of their new range of Ultimate Racing 4S LiPo battery packs, Spanish company Modelix Racing now also released information on their new 2S hardcase batteries. First up is the 7200mAh 110C pack. Its high capacity makes the standard size battery (139x47x25mm/320g) ideal for all power-hungry applications. Also made of 110C cells but slightly lighter is the 6000mAh offering (139x47x25mm/290g) with both packs utilising dual 4mm tube-type connectors. Designed for all applications that require a shorty battery is a 5000mAh 110C pack (96x47x25mm/200g) whose lightweight design makes it ideal for 2WD and 4WD buggies or pan cars. The hardcase battery is equipped with 5mm tube-type connectors. Last bit not least comes is a 4500mAh 60C stick pack (138x47x24mm/210g) that comes pre-wired with a T-type plug.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

Coming from Capricorn are two new ONE brand option parts for the O.S. Speed R21 engine family. Available are a high-precision CNC-machined conrod made from top-grade alloy as well as a tuned backplate that optimises internal mixture flow into the combustion camber. Both parts are available separately and they are usable on all R21 engines.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

The second round of the Argentinean ACAR Championship was recently held in the City of Bragado. In the Pro Buggy class it was Nicolas Bregante with the win from Matias Lence in 2nd and Gianni Lupacciolu 3rd. The Buggy Master class was won by Mauro Lence from Damian Montiel and Alejandro Di Meola while the Open Buggy win went to Federico Bonzas. The 1/8th E-Buggy victory went to Ivo Novelli from Kevin Negruzzi and Damian Montiel Finally in the Truggy class it was Gustavo Alberdi who snatched the top spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Round 4 of this year’s Speed King Tour was held at the Crest Speedway indoor carpet track. A new track layout built in the week prior to the event meant the locals had less of an advantage and the organisers also decided to enforce a control tyre rule with the new Rush carpet tyre being chosen for the event. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Yokomo driver and local hero, Yugo Nagashima with the TQ from Crest Speedway shop assistant Hayato Ishioka (Kyosho) and Infinity driver Akio Sobue in 3rd. Right from the start of the 7-minute A-main event, Yugo was chased by Hayato with the top 2 being a class of their own. Hayato tried to catch up on Yugo but a mishap of Ishioka gave Nagashima room to breathe. In the end Yugo would maintain the gap to bring home the win from Hayato in 2nd while privateer Toyoki Yamada completed the top 3 result. Elsewhere in the Touring Stock class it was Kazuki Yamashita with the win. The Speed King Tour now has a small summer break with the next round being held at the Twin Ring Honguu outdoor track on September 24th.

Source: Speed King Tour [facebook.com]

The fourth round of the Portuguese 1/8th On-road National Championship recently took place in Maia. After the qualifying José Félix took the overall TQ followed by Nuno Durães and Raul Prata. Right from the start of the main final, José Félix and Nuno Durães found themselves in a nice battle for the first spot, but at the end was once again Nuno Durães (Mugen/Team Orion/Nitrolux/HotRace) who won the main, also scoring the fastest lap, from Pedro Silva (Mugen/O.S./MLC/HotRace) and Solange Araújo (Mugen/Novarossi/Nitrolux/HotRace)

Thanks to Nuno Durães for the report.

The recent third round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the MAC Traiskirchen track. Different from the previous two rounds, this race was held on a super high traction track with the abrasive surface and sugar treatment making for close racing. Xray’s Hupo Hönigl would TQ the opening two rounds of 2WD while up and coming Lucas Grainer (Team Associated) came out fastest in Q3 and veteran racer Peter Pinisch (Team Associated) won Q4. Overall this meant Hupo would take the pole position for the triple 2WD A-mains.

Hupo had saved a set of new tyres for the mains following his early TQ and this would prove to be the right decision as he took wins in A1 and A2 to snatch the overall victory from Lucas Grainer in 2nd and Peter Pinisch in 3rd.

2WD final results:
1. Hupo Hönigl – Xray
2. Lucas Grainer – Team Associated
3. Peter Pinisch – Team Associated
4. Martin Kreil – Team Associated
5. Rene Trauner – Yokomo
6. Roland Hauleitner – Team Associated
7. Thomas Rössler – Team Associated
8. Matthias Presolly – TLR
9. Stefan Pfeifhofer – Team Associated
10.Philipp Stocker – Team Associated

The 4WD class held a very close battle between Peter Pinisch and Hupo Hönigl right from the start. Peter would TQ two rounds while Hupo came out on top in the remaining two but the faster time in Q1 earned Peter the pole position for the A-mains. The finals then saw the fight between the two continue which allowed Thomas Diesslbacher to stay in touch with the top 2 drivers. After Peter and Hupo lost too much time in the battle, Thomas found himself in the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag. A2 again was dominated by a hard fighting top of the field but this time Hupo held the upper hand to bring home the win from Thomas. Going into the final A-main four drivers were in the mix for the overall win but ultimately Hupo would excel, taking home his second overall win of the weekend with Thomas and Peter rounding out the podium result.

4WD final results:
1. Hupo Hönigl – Xray
2. Thomas Diesslbacher – Xray
3. Peter Pinisch – Team Associated
4. Martin Kreil – Team C
5. Roland Hauleitner – Team Associated
6. Stefan Pfeifhofer – Team Associated
7. Matthias Presolly – TLR
8. Philipp Stocker – Team Associated
9. Thomas Rössler – Team Associated
10.Rene Trauner – Xray

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

The 9th and final round of the Israeli League Nitro Series and the 5th round of the Electric Series were held last week at the Negev Speed racing track in super hot weather conditions. Kyosho’s Yaniv Sivan would take the TQ in both classes but in the Nitro Buggy main final it was Ofir Avitan (Mugen) who came out successful after Yaniv suffered two engine flameouts. Tal Siles (Mugen) came in 2nd while Yaniv at least managed to secure the final podium spot. Overall in the championship and with seven of the nine rounds counting it was Yaniv with the victory from Ofir Avitan and Ido Carmon.

Nitro Buggy overall top 10 results:
1. Yaniv Sivan – Kyosho/Reds Racing/Pro-Line – 696 points
2. Ofir Avitan – Mugen/Ninja/Pro-Line – 693 points
3. Ido Carmon – Kyosho/RCConcept/Pro-Line – 676 points
4. Or Balulu – Agama/Bullitt/ Pro-Line – 669 points
5. Gil Harush – Kyosho/Reds Racing/Pro-Line – 665 points
6. Tal Siles – Mugen/Ninja/Pro-Line – 659 points
7. Aviv Maymon – Kyosho/Reds Racing/Pro-Line – 658 points
8. Eyal Kaldor – Mugen/Reds Racing/Pro-Line – 614 points
9. Asi Bitton – Xray/Xray/AKA – 614 points
10.Ronen Alkalay – Kyosho/O.S./Pro-Line – 604 points

In the E-Buggy finals Yaniv made a clean sweep, bringing home 1st place finishes in A1 and A2 to take the day’s win from Ofir Avitan and Tal Siles.

Thanks to Yaniv Sivan for the report.

The recent round 4 of the Swiss Nitro On-road National Championship was held in Langenthal. While Simon Kurzbuch took the win in the 1/8th class it was Xray’s Michael Schäfer who TQ’d and won the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring category. The TO secured Michael the pole position for the A-main and saved him from having to attend the wet semifinals. At the start of the 30-minute A-main Michael was closely followed by teammate Traugott Schär but a flawless pace and a fast working pit crew kept him on top of things and so he was able to walk away with the win from Traugott in 2nd while Philipp Bühler in 3rd rounded out an all-Xray podium.

Final results:
1. Michael Schäfer – Xray
2. Traugott Schär – Xray
3. Philipp Bühler – Xray
4. Patrick Courtet – Xray
5. Marco Schwab – Shepherd
6. Jakob Bühler – Xray
7. Niclas Scherer – Serpent
8. Ugur Cimen – Xray
9. Kevin Lehnherr – Xray
10.Stephan Fischer – Shepherd

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Round 3 of the Czech 1/10th Buggy Nationals was recently held in Velke Opatovice. The 2WD qualifiers saw Xray’s Kaja Novotny coming out on top in front of Ales Bidovsky (Xray) and Marek Schiller (PR) and in 4WD it was the same trio of Kaja, Ales and Marek that obtained the top 3 spots. In the 2WD mains though it was Ales who excelled after Kaja either made mistakes or got taken out. Overall Kaja was still able to bring home a 2nd place from Marek in 3rd.

In the opening 4WD A-main Kaja pretty much dominated the field on to fell victim of a mishap in A2 meaning the race for the overall win was on between him, Ales and Marek in A3. Ultimately and after a 3-horse race to the finish line it was Kaja with the overall win from Ales and Marek. Finally in the 2WD Truck class it was again Kaja with the TQ and win from his Xray team mates Marcel Dostak and Adam Skopalik.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]