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April 16, 2018

Champion Touring Series CTS3 Rd 3 – Report

For the 3rd Annual season CTS3 round 3 was held at Ripon International Raceway, the original home of Reedy Race of Champions in Ripon, California. In Modified Touring Eric Albano came out on top with his Xray, taking home his first win of the season. It was a close battle between him and TQ Brandon Clements (Awesomatix) in the main but with a racing incident, Albano was able reach victory on a stacked stage with Gonzalo Cortes (Team Associated) in 2nd followed by David Jun (Team Associated) in 3rd.

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April 16, 2018

Schmitt & Kraus win Easter Buggy race

The LA Speedway of Landshut, Germany held their Easter Bunny race this past weekend in 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes. In the 1/8th Nitro category it was Team Associated driver Alex Schmitt who dominated most of the qualifiers and he also won the main final from Michael Nalukowy (HB Racing) 2nd and Patrick Schweinzer (Mugen) 3rd. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Tim Kraus with the win from Team Associated’s Stefan Pfeifhofer and Kyosho driver Luca Rau.

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April 16, 2018

Cragg & Martin on top at BRCA 1/10 Buggy Rd1

Round 1 of this year’s BRCA 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend at the Robin Hood Raceway. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg would walk away with the win in the 2WD class, held on Saturday, following some tight battles in the A-mains. The TQ holder wold leave behind Yokomo’s Lee Martin in 2nd and Yokomo driver, Paul Crompton in 3rd. Over in the 4WD class, that was held on Sunday, it was Yokomo driver Lee Martin with the TQ and win from Tom Cockerill (Yokomo) 2nd and Craig Collinson (Team C) 3rd.

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April 16, 2018

Hagberg ends 4-year ETS drought to reign in Spain

Alexander Hagberg has ended a four year drought in the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the Xray driver taking victory at the first outdoor race of the season in Spain today. Claiming the last of his ETS wins in Germany in 2014 on carpet, the Swede got his third ETS career win after the result went to a tie break when Christopher Krapp won an eventful A3. With the overall result coming down to times, Hagberg’s quicker A2 win sealed his first win on asphalt ahead of Krapp and Bruno Coelho. For Top Qualifier Coelho it would be a fraught end to a day that started out so well. Having taken a very straight forward win in A1, a mistake in A2 dropped him behind Ronald Volker before the pair clashed handing Hagberg the win. Leading away the field in A3, another mistake on the curbing, this time on the opposite side of the track, put an end to what could have been a weekend that put his rivals well on the back foot, especially given season opening winner Marc Rheinard was having a tough weekend. Despite the result, Coelho still leaves Spain now with a 5-points advantage over Rheinard who came into the weekend as joint leader. Hagberg’s win moves him up to third pushing Volker, who gave up his A3 lead to try help Krapp get the overall win, back to fourth.

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April 16, 2018

Savoya & Musso successful at French Buggy Nats Rd2

The Vic la Gardiole track in the southern part of France played host to the second round of the French Electric Buggy Nationals this past weekend. Rainy weather in the days before the event made for challenging track conditions but the club members did their best to make for a super fun event for everyone. Ultimately it was the top qualifier, TLR’s Renaud Savoya who took the win in the 2WD lass from Xray’s Armand Lantheaume in 2nd and Team Associated’s Ludovic Valtier in 3rd. Over in 4WD it was HB Racing’s Thomas Musso with the TQ and win from Armand Lantheaume (Xray) 2nd and Renaud Savoya (TLR) 3rd.

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April 16, 2018

Darren Bloomfield scores win at BRCA E-Buggy opener

Round 1 of the BRCA 1/8th E-Buggy and Nitro Truck National Series was held this past weekend at the Brookthorpe track. In the E-Buggy class it was Agama’s Darren Bloomfield who had a great start into his title defending season with a win from Jack Embling (SWorkz) 2nd and TQ holder Matt Lewis (Team Associated) 3rd. Over in the Nitro Truggy class Jack Embling (SWorkz) managed to qualify joint TQ, but started 2nd due to the fastest time being held in the dry round by Team Associated’s Jon Howells. The final was 30 minutes long, and Jack decided to not risk ten minutes stints, so he had to stop three times. However even though his competitors risked one less stop, he still had the speed to take the win from Jon Howells 2nd and Agama’s Jon Hazlewood 3rd.

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April 15, 2018

Hagberg wins A2 as Coelho & Volker clash

Alexander Hagberg has won the second A-Main at the ETS in Spain, the Xray driver the benefactor of A1 winner Bruno Coelho clashing with Ronald Volker as the latter led the race. Starting on pole, just as the field came around to complete the first lap Coelho would get his Xray on two wheels over the curbing allowing Volker through just before the loop. Pushed hard by Coelho, the pair pulled clear of Hagberg but on lap 6 they clashed as Coelho tried a pass. With Volker taking a long time to find his composure as Coelho waited for the Yokomo driver to resume the lead they were quickly swallowed up by most of the grid. With Christopher Krapp, now running 2nd, struggling with a damaged car after he was collected by Volker in the warm-up, Hagberg could control the race for an easy 4-second win. Krapp would come under pressure from Awesomatix’s Freddy Südhoff, with Marc Rheinard joining the battle for a brief time before the Infinity driver outbraked himself trying a pass for second, but the Yokomo driver held on for 2nd.

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April 15, 2018

Coelho takes easy A1 win

Bruno Coelho took and easy win in the opening A-Main of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Spain this morning, the Top Qualifier taking full advantage of the 2nd place battle between Alexander Hagberg and Ronald Volker. Off the start Volker’s Yokomo would get loose from 2nd on the grid allowing 3rd position starter Hagberg to slip through to second at the first corner. While Volker would put the Xray driver under pressure looking to take back the position he couldn’t and in the second half the race the pair were evenly matched with Hagberg leading Volker to the finish line but that wasn’t how they would finish. Just metres from the loop, Volker’s car would stop with an electric problem leaving the World Champion as a non-finisher. The main benefactor would be his team-mate Christopher Krapp would would complete the Top 3 having held off Freddy Südhoff.

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