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October 19, 2017

Steve Deblaere wins Formula class at Tonisport Masters

The Tonisport Masters was held at the Arena 33 track in Andernach last weekend. The high-grip track in combination with the mandatory Volante tyres and CS additive made for a level playing field but the fun didn’t stop here. Tonisport organisers Andreas Reifferscheidt and Sebastian Meiborg introduced a whole new system to spike up the racing. The practice rounds were still held according to the normal rules; five minute heats with a ranking list based upon the best three consecutive laps. For qualifying however, the single best lap time would be accounted for. The racers had to strategically make a run of a maximum of eight laps in a ten minutes period. As there were four qualifying rounds, each driver’s single best lap time would decide their final grid position, more or less like in full scale racing.

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October 18, 2017

2017 1/10th Offroad Victorian State Titles – Report

The 2017 1/10 Offroad Victorian State Titles were held at the red clay track of the bordertown Wodonga RC Club. The original date in August was washed out so the re-run was held in combination with the Coleman Cup, an event that has been running for over 20 years in memory of a young racer who tragically died at a young age. This event celebrates sportsmanship and competition, and the prestigious ‘Coleman Cup’ for services to the sport was awarded to Bazz Densely who not only prepared buggies for his two kids to race but also helped with track prep and even cooking the bbq through the weekend.

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October 18, 2017

Georgy Chmigal wins at FinTrack Tour

The recent round of the Finnish FinTrack Tour saw Georgy Chmigal (Xray) walking away with the win in the TSM 10 class. Georgy took a hard-fought TQ after the qualifiers and after equally tight battles in the finals, he took the win from 2nd placed Henry Salmen (Xray) and Eetu Pesonen (Capricorn) 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 18, 2017

Marius Kristensen joins Serpent

Serpent have announced the signing of Norwegian 1/10th buggy frontrunner, Marius Kristensen to their team. The Norwegian National Champion will campaign the company’s SDX4 and SRX2MH buggies at events such as the EOS, the National Series, the National Championship as well as select Swedish races and the Euros.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 18, 2017

Fall Super Cup Rd2 – Report

For the first time in Super Cup history, the JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series was held outside of the Florida State line and ventured into Savannah, Georgia’s Phil Hurd Raceway. 3-time host to the US Offroad Nationals in 91, 92, and 95, Phil Hurd Raceway is a track well known for its rich history and this year is celebrating 30 years of operation. The track is massive resembling more of a 1/8th track than 1/10th. With room to spare, lap times were in the 31 second plus range making mistake free runs extremely difficult. With heavy rain falling on Friday, Saturday morning saw a slow start to the day as the track crew fought hard to get the track race ready. As the sun came out, the track was quickly drying and racing was underway just around 2pm. The flow of the track was great and the layout extremely fun with a Phil Hurd twist. By the mains, the grip was much higher allowing cars to put the power down and made for a great night of racing under the lights.

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October 17, 2017

Vincent Van Gansen successful at Just For Fun race

The Just For Fun Indoor Challenge was held in Vlimmeren, Belgium last weekend. In the Touring Stock 13.5T class it was Vincent Van Gansen (Xray) with the TQ from the Team Magic duo of Jari van de Wal and Pasquinel Neys. In the triple A-mains Vincent took convenient wins to grab the overall victory from Jari in 2nd. Pasquinel had to deal with some problems that included tyres and a ruined ball bearing but he still ended on the final podium spot while Mathias van Laere and Bart Acda rounded out the top 5 results.

View the final results here

October 17, 2017

Pro-Stock Series finale – Report

The final round of this year’s Pro-Stock Series was hosted by Germany’s Minidrom Ettlingen track. During the year the series was held in several regional races with a single national final concluding the season. A total of 52 drivers signed in for the final round that was held in the best possible weather conditions and in the 1/8th Stock class, run with mandatory 5-port Novarossi or Picco engines as well as a control BrilliantRC body shell, it was Jürgen Bähr (Shepherd) who took the TQ honours from Peter Poldvere (Infinity) and young David Kröger (Shepherd), the latter being a regular podium finisher in the Western division in his maiden nitro season.

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October 17, 2017

Williams, Martin & Miller win at SWS Rd1

The 2017/18 season of the popular Silverstone Winter Series kicked off with another full entry at the Moulton College venue. With many of the UK’s top drivers in attendance the racing was fast and competitive. In the biggest class, 2WD Buggy, Greg Williams led home Danny McGee, after a couple of mistakes from pole man Ellis Stafford, and William Venables made it up to 3rd, from 9th on the grid. Lee Martin secured a dominant TQ and win in 4WD, from James Harrold and Connor Cocker while Richard Miller won the truck class from Daniel Gardner and Russell Lee.

View the 4WD podium here