The recent 2016 Team Associated Off-road Championships were held at Trackside R/C in Brookfield, Wisconsin and in the 13.5T 4WD class it was Paul Ciccarello who grabbed the overall TQ after taking round TQs in three of the qualifiers. Paul would then also come out on top in the opening two A-mains to take the overall win from teammate Kyle Gannon.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The Silverstone RC MCC venue in Northhampton played host to round two of the BRCA Micro Nationals this past weekend. It was a cold November morning and the drivers were greeted with a twisty technical track, with a few jumps and added features to keep even the best drivers on their toes. Ben Cosgrove went on to take TQ in rounds three and four and this meant that he was tied on points with Phil Sleigh for the TQ battle. Ben had the fastest round time so that would give Ben the overall TQ. The A-main would be a close fought affair with the overall win going to Ben Cosgrove with Phil Sleigh in second and Eugene Galley third.
The Panama GP race was recently held in Costa Rica. The Cup was started last year to create a series held in the two neighbouring countries of Costa Rica and Panama and this time the drivers travelled to Costa Rica. In the 200mm class it was Picado who took the win in the A-main from Lazaro Milan in second and Roque Pinilla in third.
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The 2016 JMRCA 1/10 EP Off-Road Nationals for 2WD and 4WD Buggies were held at the World Famous Yatabe Arena over the weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class, it was Kyosho’s Yusuke Sugiura taking the overall TQ with his RB6.6. Sugiura would go onto take convincing wins in A-mains one and two and secure the JMRCA 2WD Buggy National Championship. Kyosho’s Naoto Matsukura also showed great speed in the finals, coming from the sixth starting position to finishing second overall.
The final round of the North Spanish Electric Off-road Championships was held at the Carbi track in Bilbao. Young Schumacher driver Daniel Ortiz took the TQ, win and the fastest lap in the competitive 2WD Buggy class from Pablo Fernandez (Team Associated) in second and Xray’s Dany Fernandez in third. The Schumacher duo of Iker Viela and Joserra Ortiz rounded out the top 5 result.
Pro-Line Racing hosted the final round of the JBRL Nitro Series this past weekend with the event having 120 entries including Adam Drake, Cody King, and Joseph Quagraine. Drake was the top qualifier in both rounds of qualifying for Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. In the Buggy class, Drake pulled away from the field in the early stages of the race, but had a bad lap or two and allowed Cody King to catch up. Adam and Cody had a great battle in the middle part of the race, but Drake eventually settled into a groove and distanced himself from the field. Drake took the victory followed by Cody and Joseph. Elsewhere in the Nitro Truck final, Adam Drake led wire to wire and took the victory.
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The second round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. The popular championship once again attracted an almost-capacity entry, with well over 100 drivers competing across the two classes of Modified and Super Stock Touring. In the Modified class, the entry was bolstered by the attendance of Xray stars Alexander Hagberg and Olly Jefferies. But it was round one runner-up Andy Moore who set the initial pace, topping the first qualifier from Elliott Harper, and the Xray team-mates of Olly and Alexander. However, this produced possibly one of the tightest qualifying results ever, with second to seventh places covered by one second.
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The opening round of the Northwest Indoor Series hosted by Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, Washington was held this past weekend. In the highly contested 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Tanner Day who walked away with the TQ and win from Harley Yoshii in second and Jackson Andres in third. Elsewhere in the 40+ 2WD Modified Buggy category it was Roger Seim who TQ’d and won from Mike Dana and Mike Shirk.
