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June 4, 2018

Völker & Mächler win at TOS Apeldoorn

Round 5 of the Tonisport Onroad Series West Division was held at the Dutch Apeldoorn track over the weekend. The race attracted many racer from all over Europe and also overseas that tried to get some laps under their belts in preparation for the Dutch round of the 2017/18 ETS that will be held at the AMCA track later this month. In the premier Touring Modified it was the Yokomo duo of Ronald Völker and Christopher Krapp out in front with the two dominating the practice rounds, qualifiers and finals. After the qualifiers Ronald would obtain the TQ spot from Christopher 2nd and Xray’s Alexander Hagberg, who also took a round TQ, in 3rd. The finals then were a done deal for the Yokomo guys that snatched the 1-2 spots ultimately as Alexander Hagberg retained his qualifying position to round out the top 3.

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June 4, 2018

Hugo Miguel successful at Portuguese EP track Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Portuguese Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Maiorca track over the weekend. Serpent’s Hugo Miguel walked away with the win in the 1/10th Touring class from Xray’s Frederic Santos on the runner-up spot. Nuno Duraes would end the day on the 3 spot to round out the podium.

Image: Nuno Duraes

June 1, 2018

Slovakian Electric Buggy Championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 1/10 Slovakian Electric Off-road Nationals took place last weekend in Košice. The technical track with a long straight offered a combination of different surfaces, making setup tricky. A rainy day before the race increased the grip for the qualification run with the 2WD being TQ’d by local driver Peter Tauber while in 4WD it was Miloš Švihran who grabbed the pole position for the finals.

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June 1, 2018

Kaufmann & Marzini win at Swiss EP Nats Rd2

The second round of the Swiss Nationals took place in Schaffhausen, Switzerland with the event attracting many drivers from across Switzerland and neighbouring Germany. The AMCS track is a fun track and has its own unique charm as the drivers stand is not located in the usual manner and is located on the left corner of the track. To this adds an ageing and sometimes bumpy surface, making setup not an easy task. In the Modified class, Marco Kaufmann (Xray) made a clean sweep by TQing all qualifying rounds and bringing home the win in all three A-mains to end the day in front of Serpent’s Dionys Stadler and Yokomo’s Michele Manzo.

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May 31, 2018

Nikolai Haaheim returns to Schumacher

Schumacher Racing welcome back top Norwegian On-road driver Nikolai Haaheim to the team. Nikko has proved to be an extremely fast likeable guy around the European scene and we’re glad to have him back on board after some time away. Nikko is an ETS Stock A-finalist, 3-times National Champion, 1-time Nordic Champion and most recently A-main finalist at the French GPF3 race in the Modified class.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

May 30, 2018

Danish Electric Off-road Championship Rd2 – Report

The small and bumpy Black Hill RC track in Hobro hosted round 2 of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals recently. In the 2WD qualifiers Jesper Rasmussen was on fire right from the start as he was one of the few drivers that delivered a mistake-free run. In Q2 Jesper took again the TQ without any mistakes in front of M. Kaerup. In Q3 Jesper was on TQ pace again but rolled it, allowing Frederik Hovgaard in front but in the end Jesper’s pace was a bit faster and he ultimately also took round 3.

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May 30, 2018

2018 Lonestar Nitro Challenge – Report

This past weekend was the 2018 Lonestar Nitro Challenge at Thornhill Raceway put on by Joey Christiansen and directed by Jimmy Babcock. The three day event was pretty standard with Friday practice, Saturday qualifying, and Sunday mains plus the always popular horseshoe tournament. As far as the racing went, Team Associated’s Jake Dellinger would take the TQ honors in Pro Buggy and Pro E-Buggy with Dillon Caldwell taking TQ in Pro Truggy. In Pro Buggy Jake Dellinger and Dillon Caldwell would break away from the field early with Tekno’s Tyler Hooks not far behind, but with Tyler having a DNF early on, the race for 3rd was seemingly Team Associated’s Austin Jeffries until Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre mounted a late race charge to take over the spot. Jake Delligner would come out victorious after a lengthy battle with Caldwell which ended in a flame out for the HB Racing privateer, Caldwell would rebound to finish 2nd.

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May 30, 2018

Perez & Moreno win at Spanish Electric On-road Nats Rd1

Round 1 of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held last weekend and in the Touring Modified class, Xray’s David Perez went home with the overall TQ and win. Echarri Santiago Carles (Mugen) came in 2nd from VBC Racing driver, Mateo Rodriguez Antonio in 3rd. In the Stock class, it was Luis Moreno Eugenio (Xray) who took the win in both A1 and A2, which gave him the overall win from Eres Ramos Vicente 2nd and Xray driver, Yeray Martinez 3rd.

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