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June 17, 2014

Short Course Showdown Rd4 – Report

Addiction RC in Ogden, UT, hosted of the 4th round of the Short Course Showdown on a fairly new layout with the track being watered all weekend, making for consistent laptimes. Qualifying was based on qual points with your best 2 out of 4 rounds being used to seat you in the mains. All the A mains were seated with 8 cars and 2 bumps from the B main. After 4 full rounds of qualifying, Dustin Evans sat on TQ in 2WD Mod Short Course and 4WD Mod Buggy while Frank Root grabbed the TQ in 4WD Mod Short Course and Dave Duncan TQ’d in 2WD Stock Short Course.

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June 17, 2014

Rickard Olsson wins at Stockholm Cup R2

The 2nd round of the Stockholm Cup took place on the high speed track of the Botkyrka MK. In qualifying Frederick Cederberg took the TQ but come the final he made a big mistake on the opening lap allowing runner-up Rickard Olsson to pass into the lead. Rickard then was in control of things and finished nearly a lap ahead of 2nd placed Sebastian Johansson. Michael Kronoström finished 3rd to complete the podium.

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June 17, 2014

David Kukla sweeps Offroad Cup Rd3

The 3rd round of the Offroad Cup was held in Kolin using a new track layout and surface that many drivers considered the best they ever drove on. In the 1/8th nitro and 1/10th 4WD electric classes it was David Kukla who took the overall TQ’s for the finals. The 1/8th finals where run in an electric style format with three 12 minute legs that David easily won in front of Jiri Benes and Jiri Dvorak. David then also went on to win the 4WD buggy class in front of Martin Korinek and Kaja Novotny.

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June 17, 2014

Tobias Weist wins Pro10 RC Lemans series Rd3

The 3rd round of the RC Lemans series was held at the fast 2012 IFMAR Electric Touring Car Worlds track of the MACH Heemstede in a floodlight race. After only two rounds of qualifying Tobias Weist took the TQ in the Pro10 class with a 6s lead over Tim Altmann and Dutch racer Reinder Wilms. The three where also the only ones to score a 20 laps run. The first of the two finals was won by Reinder Wilms because Tobias made a huge mistake in the last corner. Tim Altmann ended the opening main in 3rd position. The 2nd final then went to Tobias Weist with a 1.5 seconds faster time, so he took the win ahead of Reinder Wilms and Kai Altmann, who startet from 4th. In the overall result the runner up spot went to Reinder Wilms while Tim Altmann secured himself the final podium spot.

Thanks to Tobias Weist for sending the report.

June 17, 2014

Jesse Munn doubles at Northwest Buggy Champs

This past weekend Northwest Buggy Championships took place in Pasco, Washington. It was a 2 day event with Friday being a practice day and Saturday consisting of 3 rounds of qualifying with the qual points format, then triple A-Mains for electric and a 20 minute nitro main in the evening. While the overall turnout was a little less than expected, the quality of drivers in attendance was great and the racing intense. In 4WD Modified Buggy Jesse Munn TQ’d both of the first 2 rounds to secure the overall top qualifier position without having to run the 3rd round. In the triple A Mains Jesse went 3,1,1 to take the overall win from Mikey Hudson and John Walentia.

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June 16, 2014

Dario Balestri & Luca Radaelli win at Capricorn Trophy

The Capricorn Trophy was held in Melzo last weekend with over 60 entries in the nitro 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm class. The race was also the warm-up for the 2nd round of the Italian championships and saw Dario Balestri (Capricorn/XRD) taking the TQ from Alberto Picco (Mugen/Picco) in the 1/8th class, both being the only drivers to make 5 minute runs without refueling. In the 200mm class Dino Giacalone (Capricorn/XRD) took TQ from 2nd place driver Luca Radaelli (Xray/Novarossi) and Dario Basaglia (Capricorn/XRD). In the 40 minute final Dario conserved his performance and took a never defeated win from Alberto Picco. Elsewhere in the 200mm class Dino Giacalone lead the final for around 10 minutes until a mistake cost him the lead. Luca Radaelli took advantage of the situation and brought home the win. Massimiliano Mercanti (Serpent/TOP)completed the podium in 3rd position.

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June 16, 2014

Moore & Price win at BRCA TC Rd3

Stafford was the host to round three of the BRCA Touring Car series this past weekend which attracted all the top drivers from across the UK to do battle. Drivers were greeted by clear blue skies and sunshine upon arrival to the circuit and the action soon got underway on the track. In the Super Touring class it was HB/HPI Racing’s Andy Moore who got off to the best start by securing TQ in round one. Olly Jefferies with his LRP-powered Xray T4’14 then went on to TQ round two. With bad weather the talk amongst many drivers these suspicions came true in round three of qualification, when the heavens opened up and completely soaked the Stafford track. Again it was Olly who took round three TQ with a great drive in the wet. The final two rounds of qualifying on Sunday was Chris Grainger’s turn to take TQ runs with his Schumacher Mi5 Evo. With Chris deciding to use up his last set of tyres in round five he was able to secure first on the grid by beating Olly Jefferies fastest qualifying time.

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June 16, 2014

Damien Thirion wins at French nitro on-road nats Rd3

This past weekend the 3rd round of the French nitro on-road nationals was held in Vieux-Charmont in the Northeast of France on a small and technical track. In the main Serpent driver Anthony Abisset, coming from 4th on the grid, took the lead around 10 minutes into the final while Serpent team mate Damien Thirion settled for 2nd. At the 25 minute mark Anthony struggled during a pitstop for tyres allowing Damien to take the lead which he never gave back to take the win at the 3rd round of the championship. Anthony decided to take things easy following a small mistake and to grab valuable points for the championship by coming in 2nd. Xray driver Thomas Eytard completed the podium in 3rd.

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