The Pista Futura track in Italy, host of the upcoming European Championship “B”, saw the 39th running of the 1st May Trophy. Team F.V.S.S. took the pole position and also the final victory with Cristiano Sartor (Shepherd/Novarossi) coming in 1st with Alberto Tedeschi (Serpent/Max) and Michael Canton (Mugen/Max) completing the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: F.V.S.S. [fvssrc.com]
The 2nd annual Asia Contest was run at the former IFMAR World Championship track in Pataya and saw SWorkz’ Atsushi Hara taking the win from Wataru Takashiro (Kyosho) and Paphon C (Mugen). Witsatut R (Agama) and Meen V (Mugen) completed the top 5 result.
Source: Asia Contest [theasiacontest.com]
The Yokomo Euro Touring Series resumes this weekend (9-11 May) following a 2-month break with the fahr(T)raum Museum, a homage to Austrian automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche, playing host to the start of the second half of what has been the most competitive start to the championship in its 7-seasons of existence. Situated in the Austrian town of Mattsee, the museum is home to unique automobiles from the 1900s and provides insights into the earliest days of automobile construction but this weekend it welcomes for the very first time some of the best drivers from the high tech r/c world of electric touring car racing for Round 4 of the World famous championship. With the opening three rounds, all run on venues familiar to ETS regulars, producing three different winners, the asphalt event is all new territory for the 270 plus entries.
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The 2014 JBRL Electric Series round 3 hosted by Rainman’s Hobby & Raceway located in Bakersfield, CA took place last weekend and with 270 entries, breaking another record for the most entries in Bakersfield. Kevin Motter takes the win in 2WD Modified Buggy with his Team Associated B5M and put down some incredible laps taking the TQ spot and a dominate win in the A Main. Elsewhere in the 4WD class Matthew Pages drove his TLR 22-4 to victory. The 2014 JBRL Electric Series will resume on May 17th at OCRC.
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The 3rd annual Traction Raceway Showdown at Traction Raceway in Reno NV was held this past weekend. There were 147 entries, with four rounds of qualifying. JConcepts team driver Nathan Bernal dominated 2WD Modified Buggy and saw some great battles in 4WD Buggy. Nathan TQ’d three of the four rounds in 2WD, and qualified 2nd overall in 4WD. Going into the triple A-mains Nathan was able to win both A1 and A2 in 2WD, and in 4WD Nathan had some great battles with Chris Jarosz with him taking A1 and Nathan taking A2 and A3.
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Delta RC Raceway hosted their first annual Cali Cup Challenge in Antioch, California. Having rained the weekend before, the original date for the race, the track crew worked hard to get the outdoor track prepped and ready to go. Delta RC hosted a great event under challenging circumstances, with a smooth program and just under 100 entries. Eric Albano was in attendance competing in the 2WD open buggy class with his Reedy-powered, Team Associated B5M. Albano took the TQ honors after five rounds of qualifying, taking best three out of five going into the triple A mains. A1 and A2 saw Albano taking the win by almost a lap on the field.
Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]
The South American Championship took place in Paulina, Brazil on a track built by The Dirt’s Joey Christensen. Serpent’s Mike Truhe took the TQ in both the nitro Buggy and nitro Truggy class. He then went on to win both of his semi finals to take the pole positions for the mains that he also won by a comfortable margin to take snatch both titles.
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The final round of JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series Spring Session continued its record pace with 191 entries Saturday at FZRC in Sarasota FL. The weather gods were set to see some of the best action to date as the sunny south Florida weather was set perfectly in the 80’s with a light breeze. Marty Chilton and the FZRC crew groomed and manicured the red clay surface to give racers the most technical layout challenge to date. As racers began to pack the track early Friday morning, all quickly focused on their fast lines and marks for consistent lap times.
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