The RCManiacs Cup was held recently at the RCManiacs asphalt outdoor track with racers from Athens, Patra and Argos in attendance. Kiriazis Michalis took the TQ in the Touring Modified class while posting a new lap record in the process. In the A-mains, Kiriazis would score three wins to secure an undefeated win, however he was in a close battle with Fillipos Issakidis 2nd and Christos Vasilopoilos 3rd.
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The third round of the Mibosport Cup was held at its traditional location, a sports hall in the small town of Hrotovice in the Czech Republic. Taking place the weekend before Christmas added to a holiday atmosphere and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, as racers could be found wearing Santa’s caps and under the smell of brake cleaner was a nice touch of vanilla coming from sweets in little boxes. And even though the holidays are around the corner, the race again counted 230 entries, showing the series has place in everybody’s calendar despite it being Christmas time. The event kicked off with free practice on Friday and the majority of racers used the opportunity to fine-tune their gear. Especially the Formula class was a nice surprise, attracting 35 drivers.
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The town of Maringa in the Parana state of Brazil played host to the 2017 AMAER Festival recently. The race attracted on-road racers from all over the region as well as other states and the warm weather provided excellent conditions for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road class Ricardo Nesi and Chrystian Nozawa had a hard-warming fight with both pushing each other to score new records lap after lap. Ultimately it was Ricardo with the win from Chrystian Nozawa in 2nd and Anderson Bortolossi in 3rd.
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The second round of the Italian Friendly Cup was held at the RC-Evolution track recently. After the three round of qualifiers it was Denny Giacomelli with the pole position for the A-mains from Beggio Gianluca 2nd and Daniele Monzani 3rd. The opening A-main was won by Daniele Monzani while the win in the second and third leg went to Denny Giacomelli who also took the overall from Daniele Monzani and Diego Locatelli in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The second round of the TIT Cup was held in Schöfltand, Switzerland in several electric on-road classes. In Touring Pro Stock it was Roberto Alessandrelli (Xray) with the win from the Team Magic duo of Philipp Huber and Renato Isler. Andy Huerzeler and Adrian Lüscher would round out the top 5 result. Over in the Formula class it was electric off-road specialist Nico Schmid with the win from Florian Schmid, Luca Martinelli, Bernd Georgi and Daniel Koch.
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The Time To Let It Rip Trophy race was held this past weekend at Barnstormers RC in Chester, New York. Different than other tracks in the area, this track was very tight and was 100 percent dirt. No clay, no tyre saucing or softening, just simple green and water was the ticket for tyre prep. Jared Phair would take the double TQ, coming out on top in Modified 4WD Buggy and 2WD Buggy. Ultimately Jared would also bring home the win in both classes, with Jack Bonhomme and Scott Salzer coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 4WD class while the top 3 was completed by Mike Billings and Frank Babriecki.
This past weekend the third round of the Distrital Coimbra Series was held in Oliveira de Frades, Coimbra, Portugal. In the Nitro Buggy it was Team Associated driver, Nuno Filipe Ferreira who took the day’s win from HB Racing’s Joel Soares in 2nd, the latter having an entertaining A-main has he had to start from the pits following an engine flame out at the start of the final, but still managed a podium result. Behind the two, Mugen’s Paulo Pinto completed the top 3 results.
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The RC Pro Series finals here held this past weekend at Indy RC World and it was Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz who took the overall TQ in the Pro Nitro Buggy class from Mugen’s Adam Drake 2nd and Team Associated’s Jake Dellinger 3rd. The hour-long A-main then saw Adam coming out on top, taking the win by a narrow 1.3 seconds in front of Tekno’s Ryan Lutz, the latter coming back from a 95 second lap running out of gas. Jake Dellinger again rounded out the top 3, a result that earned him the overall title in the Pro Nitro Buggy class. Tyler Hooks (Tekno RC) and Noah Dickerson (Xray) would complete the top 5 results. In the 40+ Nitro Buggy class it was Mark Morrow with the TQ and win from Jeff Keeton in 2nd and Shaun Grider in 3rd.
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