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April 5, 2017

29th April Fool’s Classic – Report

The April Fool’s Classic has a deep history in the world of R/C off-road racing. Known as R/C’s 2nd longest running race and the premier race in Utah, over the years it has attracted some of the industry’s best drivers to compete on a high-bite, clay track better known as Intermountain R/C Raceway. Last weekend IRCR hosted the 29th Annual April Fool’s Classic and since the new ownership under Murfdog, has seen a significant resurgence of a genuine classic. The grip is always high at IRCR and by the mains, the fastest tires are ghost pins or slicks in the rear with low tread up front. With that kind of bite, navigating the flowy layout filled with technical elevated corners and jumps wasn’t an easy feat. Perhaps the hardest part on the track was the big triple that landed into a 180-degree turn coming onto the straightaway. The more precise you could land the jump while still maintaining a tight line and corner speed, the more time you could shave off your lap.

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April 5, 2017

Alex Thurston wins at BRCA 1/8th Track Nats Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/8th Track National Championship was held at the Cotswolds circuit situated on Kemble airfield. Saturday was rained out mainly and on Sunday morning the track had the odd damp patch on it due to a sprinkle of rain during the night. Once qualifying got underway it was Alex Thurston who was the man to beat, taking the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also bring home the win from teammate Joe Hawnt in second and Franck Dambrine in third.

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April 5, 2017

Greek 200mm Nitro Touring National Series Rd2 – Report

The Montelodromio track of Patras, Greece recently played host to the second round of the Greek National 200mm Nitro On-road Series. The event also doubled as the Greek National Cup Race. In the 35-minute A-main mishaps by the top qualifier allowed Bill Lykaris and Nikos Karabelas to battle for the lead. After a nerve shattering 15-minutes bumper-to-bumper battle, Nikos had retained the lead and kept his pace fast and steady while other drivers made errors and fell back. In the later stages of the final, after the last two pit stops, Nikos had already built a huge 3-lap lead so he had to just bring the car home although this wasn’t an easy task with many incidents happening on the technical track, but Nikos Karabelas (BMT) kept his cool and crossed the finish line first, bringing home the win at round two of the championship, the National Cup title and also the fastest single lap. Bill Lykaris (Shepherd) came in second while Dimitris Papadopoulos (Serpent) had to settle for third.

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April 5, 2017

Russian Grand Prix 2017 – Announcement

The Russian Grand Prix 2017 will be held from the 14th to 16th of April at the Hobby Exhibition in Moscow, Russia. The 3-day event will be held in 1/10th 2WD and 4WD Buggy, Stadium Truck, 2WD and 4WD Short Course as well as 1/8th E-Buggy and 1/18th Monster Truck classes with over 150 driver from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus having already signed in for the event. More information can be found here.

April 5, 2017

3rd Annual Thumb RC Mini Nationals – Report

The recent 3rd Annual Thumb RC Mini Nationals was hosted by ROVE and in the 1/14 Buggy class Team LC Racing USA driver Jeff Hutchinson had a good battle with John Taz Motors. After the eight minute A-main was over, Jeff finished with a two lap lead on the field. Taz came home in second with his Losi Mini Eight. Sven took third and finished on the same lap as Taz. Ben Klein running a Caster Racing S16B took fourth and Steven Motors fifth.

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April 5, 2017

BRCA 1/8th Circuit Nationals Rd1 – Report

With the first race of the new BRCA 1/8th Track season being at Cotswold Model Car Club as per the last few years, many racers turned up with one eye on the sky expecting weather conditions similar to the monsoon season. Saturday did not disappoint and the first half of the day was a wash out, with only a few racers braving the conditions, as the track dried drivers entered the process of getting the cars ready for qualifying on Sunday morning. Sunday came with a bright and cold start to the day, but most importantly dry. As the day progressed and the weather improved qualifying was to end with Mark Green in pole position.

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April 4, 2017

Alexander Landen crowned WBC Cup 4WD champion

The penultimate round of the Swedish WBC Cup was held at the IRC Arena in Atvidaberg and hosted by the MSK Kvarnvingarna club. 4WD Buggy Championship leader, Aleander Landen would be the pre-event favourite but a stiff competition meant he only qualified on the 6th spot. After some great battles on the tight track, that made overtaking hard, he was crowned the overall champion though with Hampus Berg coming second and Elias Johansson third.

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April 4, 2017

Kevin Thomas wins at Super Seven Series

Thunder Alley Raceway in North Carolina recently held a round of the Super Seven Series and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Kevin Thomas who walked away with the win. After two rounds of qualifying, Kevin found himself second on the pole after narrowly edging out the third place driver by a tenth of a second and in the main, Kevin was able to get away cleanly and found himself in the lead for several laps. A miscue briefly dropped him to third but he was able to jump back up to second and eventually regain the lead where he would ultimately finish. Sean Kochik would come in second while Scott Belus rounded out the podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]