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May 25, 2018

Volker set pace ahead of 21st Reedy Race of Champions

With the 21st running of the Reedy Race of Champions getting underway tomorrow with the first of 12 rounds of heads up racing over 3 days it was Ronald Volker who set the pace in practice today at Tamiya Raceway. The final time the legendary race will take place at the iconic track which come September will no longer be, a wet surface greeted competitors this morning resulting a 2-hour delay to the start of practice. While the track dried, drivers faced much cooler conditions than normal as the sun never managed to break through the thick cloud cover with it particularly cold for the 4th and final round of practice. Fastest both in outright lap time and over 3-consecutive laps, Volker led the way from JJ Wang with Christopher Krapp third quickest. For reigning champion Marc Rheinard the day would end with him 5th fastest with him declaring he is ‘not as confident as I was after practice last year’.

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May 24, 2018

JBRL Electric Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of this year’s JBRL Electric Series was held at SDRC Raceway last Saturday. The event kicked off with practice on Friday while on Saturday two qualifiers and single main events would be held. In the 2WD Open Buggy class it was Tommy Hinz with the win, coming from the 4th spot on the grid. Mason Eppley would end the day on the 2 spot from Chris Jarosz 3rd.

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May 24, 2018

Brett Kingsbury doubles at Turf Wars 2.0

The Turf Wars 2.0 race was recently held at Beachline Raceway in Cocoa, Florida with about 100 entries for the usual array of electric modified and stock off-road classes. Brett Kingsbury would double TQ the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and he also walked away with the wins in both classes. Paul Wynn would obtain the runner-up spot in 2WD Mod from Don Tech 3rd. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was Mitchell Schaeffer in 2nd as John Prickett rounded out the top 3.

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May 24, 2018

JConcepts Spring Indoor National Series – Report

The Spring Indoor Nationals is always a special time in the Pacific Northwest as the highly anticipated race brings out the best and fastest local racers along with some of the nation’s top drivers to battle it out on a premier, high-bite indoor clay track better known as the legendary Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, Washington. This year, the layout was extremely fun featuring a radius increasing, full speed sweeper with technical jumps and rhythm sections galore. Because of the tight space, everything is even more connected putting a major emphasis on flow and rhythm while trying to maintain maximum corner speed. As the track changes and the grip increases throughout the weekend, timely setup changes will result in a faster pace and potentially increase your grid position. three rounds of qualifying are held taking best two of three to sort for mains with bump-ups to make a tightly packed 11-car field. 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified raced 6-minute triple A’s while the rest of the classes got single 8-minutes mains.

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May 23, 2018

Van Helmond sweeps at Race Real Dirt event  

The second edition of the international Race Real Dirt event was held on the Pentecost weekend. The MAC Vlijmen club was the host of this event that offered a nicely prepared and flowing clay track to race on. The three-day event started with a full day of free practice on Saturday followed by the 2WD Buggy class on Sunday and 4WD buggy on Monday. During free practice a lot of laps where turned and the track started to groove in nicely, ,making it faster and more consistent to drive. With good weather ahead for the race days this made for perfect condition for everyone. On Sunday morning, it was immediately clear that the top drivers were very close in terms of pace and after the first qualifying round Wesley van Helmond was on top of the list. He wasn’t so fortunate in Q2, where a last lap crash allowed Bruno Heremans to take the top spot. However, after four rounds of qualification it was Wouter Wynen with a win in Q3 and Q4, securing him the pole position.

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May 23, 2018

Paulista Championship Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Paulista Championship was held at the ABC race track in Santo Andre, Brazil. The top positions were hard fought for and after the 17.5T Blinky finals Marcel Servidone (ARC) came out successful from Stig Santos (Xray) and Paulo Martin (VBC Racing) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 13.5T Touring class it was Dennis Pickthall (Awesomatix) with the win from Erich Heshiki (Xray) in 2nd and Vinicius Rebello (ARC) 3rd. The next round of the championship will be held in June.

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May 22, 2018

Aaron Münster double TQs & wins Dirt Classics

The 2018 Dirt Classics were held at the Elektro Offroad Club in Dielsdorf, Switzerland over the weekend in several electric off-road classes. Aaron Münster would double TQ the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and he was able to convert the pole positions into wins also for a perfect sweep. Peter Forster and Philipp Huber in 2nd and 3rd respectively would complete the 2WD podium while Philip Jeisy and Fabian Widmer rounded out the 4WD top 3 results.

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May 22, 2018

Xray Racing Series South-East Asia – Announcement

Xray have announced the Xray Racing Series South-East Asia will be held at Urban PlaySpace in Singapore on the 2nd and 3rd of June. The event will see Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T Blinky and Formula 21.5T Blinky classes and it will be held at Urban PlaySpace’s iconic roof-top racetrack in down town Singapore. The race will see the attendance of World-class drivers such as Jan Ratheisky and Dominic Quek and more information and sign-up for the event are available here.