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August 8, 2013

Schöffel & Günther win at Southern German regionals

Last weekend saw the 6th and final race for the Southern German regionals, hosted by the famous MAC Nürnberg club. With scorching hot temperatures and beautiful weather right up to the finals, racing action in the 1/10 IC and 1/8 IC classes was close and intense. Due to a rough qualifying with some incidents caused by traffic 15 year old Class 2 racer Max Günther had to start his finals day in 12th place and therefore in the quarter finals. Max was able to win his final easily leaving a number of Class 1 racers behind him and he progressed into the semifinals where he faced a very strong field of mostly Class 1 racers.

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August 8, 2013

Adrian Berntsen wins at ’13 Norwegian Outdoor Series

Adrian Berntsen wins at '13 Norwegian Outdoor Series

The fourth and final round of the Norwegian national outdoor series was held at the Sorlihavna race track in Lorenskog, just outside of Oslo. The race saw a record entry of drivers with 27 drivers attending in the 1/10 touring modified class which is more than at any other race this season. The Sorlihavna racetrack is a pretty small and technical track which suits the modified-class perfectly but as Q1 started, many drivers struggled to finish their 5 minute heats without troubles. The only driver to finish his race without issues was Xray driver Oskar Fjeld who actually had his fastest overall qualifier in Q1. Adrian Berntsen held the runner-up spot despite a body tuck during the run.

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August 8, 2013

Carsten Keller wins German 8th E-Buggy nats warm-up

The dirt track of the RCRT Duisburg in the western part of Germany saw a busy weekend with the 4th round of the western division regionals, the 6th round of the Brushless Cup and the German nationals warm-up all being held at one race. Nearly 70 drivers attended to tackle the hard-packed and abrasive high-traction track. Saturday saw an early free practice followed by the first qualifiers that had Mugen driver Chris Kammann dominating the field with Carsten Keller and Chris Hahlen in tow. The finals were run according the to the national rules with a runtime of 15 minutes. The semifinal B went to Carsten Keller while Chris Kammann successfully ended the semifinal A who also took pole for the 15 minute A-final. Unfortunately Chris had to retire some minutes into the final leg with a broken bearing. This made way for Kyosho’s Carsten Keller who controlled the proceedings and eventually won the race in front of Chris Hahlen (Mugen) and Oeter Schulte-Batenbrock (Mugen).

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August 8, 2013

Super Cup Championship Series Rd1 – Report

The Fall session of the JConcepts Super Cup started off with a bang on Saturday August 3rd at Space Coast RC in Cocoa FL. Shiverville Raceway was the original scheduled host for this race but with three weeks of rain taking a toll on the track, SCRC was asked to help out with a quick location change and only one week to prepare. SCRC Track owner, Angel Echevarri accepted the race and had the track ready for the 195 entries that began to arrive on Friday afternoon.

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August 8, 2013

Neil Cragg secures 2013 BRCA 4WD buggy title

A win at the recent BRCA 1/10th off-road nationals in Stotfold secures Team Associated’s Neil Cragg the early win of the 2013 BRCA 4WD buggy title with one round remaining. Neil has scored maximum points in three rounds so far and can complete his 17th BRCA National Championship with a perfect score at Oswestry in the final round. Leading the points in the 2WD category entering the final round, Neil is in the driver’s seat to capture his second title this year.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

August 7, 2013

Gadermayer & Pfeifhofer win at Austrian nats Rd3

Last weekend saw the third round of the Austrian 1/10th off-road nationals held in Salzburg, after catastrophic weather conditions lead to a cancellation of round two in Steyregg. The biggest challenge for the racers was the extremely loose track, some of the locals raced old B4 cars with brushed speed controller and motors or only 1S LiPo batteries in the 2WD class. After four rounds of qualifying it was former Euro A-finalist Michael Gademayer who placed his Team Associated B4 with an old Nosram Dominator speedo and Reedy 12×1 motor on the TQ spot in 2WD and Hupo Hönigl (Team Durango) TQ’d three out of four rounds in 4WD.

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August 7, 2013

Miguel Matias wins Portuguese nationals Rd5

The Portuguese 1/8th buggy nationals round 5 were held at the Ortigosa track and with the championship being in its closing stages this was going to be an important race for some of the drivers. At the end of a challenging final it was TLR’s Miguel Matias who took the winning honours in front of teammate Ricardo Monteiro and Xray’s Bruno Coelho. Carlos Duraes came in fourth with Nuno Rebelo rounding out the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 7, 2013

JQ wins 2013 Nordic Championships

The annual 1/8th off-road Nordic Championships were held in sunny and hot Finland. This year the race was more international than normal with drivers from Finland and Sweden, but also Estonia, France, Italy and Germany. The race was incredibly close, with the fastest drivers being Joseph Quagraine, Ari Heinonen and Teemu Leino. In qualifying all but one round was decided with mere tenths of a second, often with all three drivers separated with less than 1 second after the 5 minute qualifying rounds. In the end Joseph Quagraine managed to TQ from Ari in 2nd and Teemu in 3rd. Throughout qualifying the top Swedish drivers, Christoffer Svensson and Andreas Edvinsson found their speed, and were looking stronger for the mains.

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