The Templestowe Flat Track Racers of Templestowe, Victoria, Australia recently held their Pan Car Challenge 2018 in Pro10, Formula and 1/12th scale classes. In Pro10 it was Andrew Cooke with the TQ after the qualifiers and thanks to wins in A1 and A3 he also walked away with the overall win from A2 winner Paul Sims in 2nd. Warren Buttriss, with 3-3-3 finishes would round out the podium result.
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The Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held in Valladolid this past weekend. Alberto Garcia and Jorge Soler battled it out for the overall TQ with the better end for Alberto who snatched the pole position in the tie-breaker as Joan Espasa, who also scored a qualifying round TQ, had to settle for 3rd overall. The opening 10-minute A-main was won by Carlos Pineda from Alberto Garcia in 2nd, however in A2 and A3 it was Jorge Soler who would hold the upper hand as Alberto scored to more P2 finished. In there overall ranging it was Jorge Soler with the win from Carlos Pineda in 2nd and Albert Garcia in 3rd, the latter two being tie on points. Borja Hernandez came in 4th from Alex Valls 5th.
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This past weekend the RC Racing Europe GP took place at the Sheffield RC Racing club in England. The event attracted a strong field of Touring and GT12 racers to the Yorkshire based track. The race featured a new larger track, control tyres and full scrutineering checks. The race format also included some seeding round to make sure everything was fair for all racers. After seeding it was Chris Lovely who was leading the way the Touring Blinky, closely followed by team mate Nathan Winyard and local racer Rickey Lee. GT12 also looked close between David Underwood, Chris Parrot and Gareth Williams. Underwood managed to take the seeding honours on the final round. The Tamiya support class was producing great entertainment from with the off with John Yarnall showing the fastest pace.
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The 2018 Team Associated Top Gun Shootout was held at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California this past weekend, attracting many of the fast locals. The premier 2WD Open Buggy class saw Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri taking the win from Jake Mayo and Broc Champlin (both Team Associated) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was again Ryan Cavalieri with the win, steering what is understood to be a prototype of the forthcoming B64.1 buggy. Ron Devoll came in 2nd and Jake Mayo rounded out an all-AE top 3 podium.
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The second round of the Swedish Winter Cup was held at the Klippan RC Club this past weekend. Jesper Rasmussen was the man to beat in the 2WD Modified Buggy qualifying as he made a clean sweep after the triple qualifiers, leaving behind Victor Gunnarsson in 2nd and Hampus Berg in 3rd. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Hampus Berg with the TQ from David Hassel and Alexander Landen.
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Akio Sobue put in a dominant performance in what was mostly a precessional race in the Sweep Modified class at TRC this afternoon. Never really challenged, the Japanese driver was able to pull clear of the chasing pack early on and build up a substantial lead by the end. Behind, Nicholas Lee had what can be described a lonely race in 2nd. While Jin Sawada and a very fast starting Jan Ratheisky, starting in 8th, had a good battle for 4th. That battle would become for 3rd as just ahead Andy Moore had a big moment coming onto the main straight and stuffed it into the wall on the main straight but somehow only lost 2 positions and was able to bring it home in 5th. Jin could stay in front of the German to take the final step on the podium with Jan finishing in 4th.
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The second round of the 2018/19 International Indoor Off-road Cup was held at Model Indoor Oss in the Netherlands this past weekend. The race was held in 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Thibault Jacqueloot (Team Associated) with the TQ after the qualifiers as Jens Becker (Xray) and Wesley van Helmond (Schumacher) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. After the triple A-mains however it was Wouter Wynen (Team Associated) who would hold the upper hand with 1-2-3 finishes as Jens Becker, scoring two 3rd place finished in A1 and A2 as well as the win in A3 had to settle for 2nd overall, tie on points with Wesley van Helmond.
The JMRCA 1/10th Buggy National Championships were held at the iconic Yatabe Arena this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Kaito Kodera with the overall TQ and he would also be on top after the A-mains to take the championship title. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was Yusuke Sugiura who took the TQ and win for another national championship title.
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