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June 19, 2017

Anders Mikkelsen wins Norwegian National Cup Rd2

The second round of the Norwegian Nitro Touring series was hosted by the Lorenskog RC Club just outside of Oslo. Anders Mikkelsen had a perfect day, taking the TQ, A-main win and the fastest lap of the event. The main final had four short periods with some rain, making the track slippery and the driving conditions very challenging which lead to many position mix-ups but in the end Anders managed to get back into the lead and brought home the win with Andre Røine in 2nd and Hans Nikolaisen in 3rd place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 19, 2017

Darren Bloomfield takes Paddy Piston Race 2017

The BADMCC club recently held their popular Paddy Piston Race. A favourite for many, with the great track to race on, the fair challenge of a control tyre and the good humoured nature of the entire event this year’s edition was no exception. With the busy run up of the event complete, the Friday afternoon practise session was underway and the track was in fantastic shape, the track work undertaken by the team at BADMCC is truly unmatched and this is shown in the presentation and standard upheld by the race circuit. Milan Dragojlovic (HB Racing) would take the overall TQ from Agama’s Darren Bloomfield 2nd and Gary Baird 3rd. After being called onto the rostrum one by one, the countdown for the 1-hour main final soon started and they were off. Darren soon took the lead and started to develop a very large lead of the 2nd place driver. Towards the end of the final, lower position switched around and Andrew McClean (Agama) snatched the 3rd place podium spot from Jon Hazelwood (Agama) in 4th. This all stuck true till the flag dropped, with Darren taking a convincing win from Milan in 2nd and Andrew 3rd.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

June 19, 2017

Cragg & Martin win at BRCA Electric Off-road Nats Rd3

Robin Hood Raceway played host to round 3 of the BRCA 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals this past weekend. Neil Cragg dominated the 2WD class with his Team Associated. Pole position and the win means he continues his great start to the series with a perfect score after three rounds while Yokomo’s Lee Martin came in 2nd and Schumacher driver Tom Yardy rounded out the top 3 result. In the 4WD class it was Yokomo driver Lee Martin who grabbed the overall TQ and after some tight battles in the finals Lee would also score the overall win from Neil Cragg (Team Associated) 2nd and Team C’s Craig Collinson 3rd.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

June 19, 2017

Naoki Akiyama wins ETS warm-up race

The German MC Ettlingen club recently held their International Electric On-road Event that was used by many drivers as a warm-up race for the forthcoming ETS event in July. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Yokomo’s Naoki Akiyama who took the overall TQ with Yokomo teammate Christopher Krapp ending the qualifiers on P2, tie on points with Naoki. In the finals Naoki would score wins in A1 and A3 to take the overall win while Tim Wahl (Xray) would score a win in A2 to grab the overall runner-up spot from Christopher Krapp who had to settle for 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com] | Image: Naoki Akiyama

June 19, 2017

Kaja Novotny TQs & wins Czech Open Rd5

The fifth round of the Czech Open was held in Usti nad Labem. It was the series’ maiden race on astro turf with the very bumpy track conditions making it a challenging race for everyone. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would quickly adapt to the conditions and he would sweep the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Stepan Silhavy (Xray). The semi A at first didn’t went to plan for Kaja who struggled in the opening stages but once he got into the groove he was able to build a gap and take the win by more than a lap on the 2nd place driver with a time fast enough to get him the pole position for the main final. The A-main than was a smooth sailing for Kaja after an unfortunate Stepan had to retire some minutes in to the race. Ultimately Kaja would bring home the win with Ivo Viktorin (Serpent) 2nd and Martin Zicha (Mugen) 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 19, 2017

Adam Drake wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at Dialed In R/C Raceway in Victorville, California this past weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake who would take the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 15-minute main final, leaving Team Associated’s Richard Saxton behind in 2nd place, some 19 seconds down. In 3rd 6th place qualifier, Colin Herzig (Kyosho) would round out the top 3 some eight seconds short of Richard. Elsewhere in Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy it was again Adam who excelled by TQing the classes and bringing home wire to wire wins.

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June 18, 2017

Coelho cruises to A1 win as Matsukura snatches 2nd

Having wrapped up his second consecutive Euro Touring Series title by taking the TQ in Slovakia this morning, Bruno Coelho made light work of his opposition to cruise to the win in A1. Almost immediately the Xray driver would establish a lead while the rest of the field backed up behind team-mate Alexander Hagberg. Spinning out on the curbing at the one & a half minute mark would end Marc Rheinard’s race as he got collected by Infinity team-mate Akio Sobue resulting in the front left corner being pulling off the German’s car. This would take the pressure from behind off Matsukura allowing him to focus on finding his way passed Hagberg, the Japanese driver forcing a mistake from the Swede on the penultimate lap to get passed for second. Despite setting the slowest fastest lap of the race, Ronald Volker would finish 4th behind Hagberg, the World Champion clearly having to dig deep to make up for his car’s lack of pace.

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June 18, 2017

Coelho wraps up title with TQ at ETS Slovakia

Bruno Coelho has wrapped up his second Euro Touring Series title after the Xray driver claimed the overall TQ this morning in Slovakia. The reigning champion secured his fourth TQ of the season when he again topped the times in the second of the qualifiers at the rain effected 5th round with the bonus championship for the TQ putting amends to his only remaining title rival coming into the weekend, Ronald Volker. Behind Coelho, Alexander Hagberg made it an Xray 1-2 line up for the triple A-Mains as he managed to better the Q1 time of Naoto Matsukura to move ahead of the Infinity driver. Behind Matsukura, team-mate Marc Rheinard will line up 4th with Volker completing the top half of the grid.

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