The fourth round of the Israeli League was held at the Omer Ring in Dishpan. In the Nitro Buggy class Ofir Avitan (Mugen) snatched the TQ after the qualifiers some three seconds in front of Tal Siles (Mugen) and Ido Carmon (Kyosho). In the 40-minutes A-main however it was Tal with the win, a lap in front of Ofir as Ido Carmon rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]
Last weekend the Sweep Competition race was held at the GRC circuit in Gimpo, in the Kyunggi province of Korea. In the Formula class it was Shepherd’s Ki Heung Kim who took the TQ honours and he would also sweep the single 10-minute A-main event, taking the win by nearly a full lap from 2nd placed Sungchul Shin (Roche) and 3rd placed DaeYoon Jung (Team Associated).
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The third round of the Mibosport Cup series was held last weekend in Hrotovice. The race had attracted more than 220 racers which promised competitive racing in all classes. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Xray’s Kaja Novotny who TQ’d all three qualifying rounds as the Xray duo of Max Gotzl and Daniel Kobbevik fought for P2 and P3. However in Q3 it was Ales Bidovsky (Team Associated) with the faster time to line up in 2nd on the grid from Max and Daniel in 3rd and 4th.
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The JConcepts 2017 Fall Super Cup Rd 4 at Southside R/C Raceway in Lake City, Florida, marked the end of a fabulous fall season. The Florida race scene has been strong all year long with great turnouts for the Spring and Fall Super Cup Series. Unfortunately, the rescheduling of round 4 due to a rainy weekend forecast, pushed the finale into mid-December and with the holiday season just around the corner, organisers were glad the turnout was above expectation and the racing was in full-speed form.
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This weekend was the 2017 RC Pro Series finals, the largest event of the year for the series with 191 entries total for the race. Team Associated driver Jerry Dean Jr. was in a close battle with Agama driver Jake French as both battled for the TQ until the last round. Ultimately Jake took the TQ by tie breaker setting up a great triple A-main battle. A1 went to Jake as A2 went to Jerry. The final A started with Jerry getting past Jake on the first lap then making a mistake and falling back to 3rd. Jake took the lead with Jerry following close behind. On lap 7 Jake made a mistake that let Jerry take the lead and from that moment on he never look back to take the win and the overall series championship in E-Buggy.
Revelation Raceway of Ontario, California played host to their Toys for Tots race this past weekend. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Cody King, driving a Serpent, with the TQ and win in the 30-minute A-main event. HB Racing’s Tyler Brown came in 2nd from swift Ronda Drake (Mugen) in 3rd.
Image: Ronda Drake
The recent third round of the South Swedish Indoor Series was held alongside the Middle Swedish Electric Series and the event was hosted at the Miracl facilities just outside of the small town of Åtvidaberg. The track was put together using older spec ETS Carpet with a darker gray colour, instead of the more recent black one. The traction started out low during Friday’s free practice, but came up soon. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Markus Hellquist started off quick by winning all practice rounds, qualifiers and finals. Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson came in 2nd as Andreas Johansson (Serpent) obtained the 3 spot on the podium.
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The second round of the Rowley Regis Winter Series was held in the West Midlands and it was Team Associated’s Keith Robertson who took the TQ and win in the 2WD Buggy class. Team Associated teammate Jon Howells came in 2nd as Kan Littley rounded out the all-AE podium in 3rd.
Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]
