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November 12, 2017

Coelho leads the way China in early 2WD practice

With the first two rounds of free practice complete at the 2WD Offroad World Championships in China complete it is Bruno Coelho who leads the way. The Xray driver set the fastest 3-consecutive laps on his second run to top the times by a massive 2.5-seconds from Naoto Matsukura after posting a fastest lap of 24.788. With things much more closely bunched from P2 to P6, the five drivers separated by 3/10ths of second it was Jared Tebo, the last 2WD World Champion on dirt who completed the Top 3 ahead of Ty Tessmann, Joern Neumann and Dakotah Phend. With 4WD Champion Coelho fastest in contrast reigning 2WD Champion Spencer Rivkin, who celebrates his 19th birthday today in Xiamen, found himself 13th fastest.

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November 10, 2017

Yannic Prümper returns to Yokomo factory team

Yokomo have announced the return of Germany’s Yannic Prümper to their factory team. Yannic grew up using Yokomo cars and buggies and he now comes back to the iconic Japanese manufacturer following a stint with other brands. Prümper will use the BD8-2018, YZ-2 and YZ-4SF platforms in his upcoming campaign that will see attendances at events such as the ETS, EOS and major races in Europe. Yannic says:

I would like to thank Team Yokomo for giving again the opportunity to use their excellent products. It feels good to be back in that Team where my RC carrier started and I grow up. I‘ll do my best in the future to deliver the best results!

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

November 10, 2017

Andrei takes double Fxracing Indoor Series title

The final round of the 2017 UCS Fxracing Indoor Series was held recently. After an intense first two rounds, multiple national champion Jako Zsolt and current Mini-Z class champion Stroe Razvan were the main contenders. In the Buggy Stock 13.5T class, Andrei managed to take the victory after two heats, followed closely by Zsolt, Razvan and Liviu. Andrei then took the overall victory and was crowned Indoor Series Champion. In the 2WD Modified Short Course class, Andrei had strong competition from Zsolt but in the end, Andrei again took the victory and overall crown in this class.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

November 8, 2017

Folman & Gosvig win at DRCMU series Rd3

Round three of the Danish DRCMU series was held in Randers last weekend. The large track was laid out with grey ETS carpet and after some very competitive qualifiers it was Patrick Folman with the TQ in the Touring Super Stock class from Mike Gosvig 2nd and Kevin Nielsen 3rd. In the A-mains it was Patrick with the win in A1 while Mike came out fastest in A2 to shift the decision for the overall win to the third and final main. A3 then saw again Patrick taking a narrow 0.3s win from Mike while Kevin came in 3rd, only 1.4s short of Mike. Overall it was Patrick with the win from Mike 2nd and Kevin 3rd.

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November 8, 2017

Simon Horak successful at Top Speed Challenge

The Czech Modelklub RK club played host to a round of the Top Speed Challenge last weekend. The race was held on a tight and technical track and in the Formula class it was Simon Horak (Xray) with the TQ and win in the A-main from the Xray duo of Radek Rusmich and Petr Svaták.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 8, 2017

Colombian Electric On-Road Nationals finale – Report

The Colombian Electric On-Road National Championship recently concluded, with the finale being held at the Bima Racing Track in Bogota. Race organiser Rodrigo Salgado (ARC) took the title in the Touring Superstock 10.5T, showing a consistent performance during a weekend where the rain was always present. Rodrigo could take the TQ and a double A-win as Juan Pablo Torres (Xray) took the vice–championship title and Jairo Luna (ARC), managed to take the final spot on the podium after a good battle with Leonardo Buitrago (Tamiya).

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November 8, 2017

Hollander & Hill win at SARDA EP Off-road Nats finale

The last round of the 2017 SARDA National Series was held at Ultra Raceway in Pretoria, South Africa. It was a two day event with three heats of qualifying being held on the Saturday and three heats of mains being held on the Sunday. The track is an outdoor carpet surface with extremely high traction and this lead to some exciting high-speed racing for the weekend in all the various classes. 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified were action packed and it was Charles Hollander who took a TQ and 1st place in the A-mains and managed to keep the same pace going to take TQ and 1st place A-mains in 4WD. Charles also rounded the year as South African Champion in both Modified classes.

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November 7, 2017

Super Cup Championship Series Rd3 – Report

The JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series made its way to Ocala, Florida last weekend to Newred Hobbies for round 3 of the 4 round fall series. This unique track is one of Florida’s longest running indoor facilities and will celebrate 15 years of operation next year in 2018. With a history and heritage, Newred has also looked towards the future by evolving with new style wood/carpet jumps making track rebuilds much faster and easier without the need to shape jumps and move large piles of dirt.

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